IMPORTS, EXPORTS, AND CONSUMPTION OF COTTON.
Total Imports of

Total Exports of Retained for Home
Year.
Cotton.

Cotton.

Consumption.
Lbs.
Lbs.

Lbs. 1891.

1,994,885,312
182,008,064

1,812,877,284 1892

1,775,236,288
232,903,888

1,542,332, 400 1893.

1,416,780,064
224,621,488

1,192,158,576 1894.

1,788,116,512
239,894,704

1,518,221,808 1895.

1,757,942,672
203,284,592

1,553,758,080 1896.

1,754,890,256

183,823,808

1,571,066,448 The following is the quantity of each description of cotton imported, exported, and consumed in 1896, and the stock left in ports at the end of the year:

Stock
Import.

Export.
Consumption.

Dec. 31. 1896.

Lbs.
Lbs.
Lbs.

Ibs. American.

1,433,827,810

91,300,800
1,360,209,620

411,288,670 Brazil.

10,621,940
2,411,190

9.988,110

1,905,300) Egyptian..

287,416,180
59,769, 150
234,044,760

59,952,670 Peru, West Indian, etc..

8,949,310
3,930,470
5,212,510

6,280,820) East Indian, etc.....

66,172,400
33,678,400
35,206,000

10,564,000 Total...

1,806,087,640

191,090,010
1.644,661,000

489,991,460 AVERAGE PRICE OF COTTON. Ellison & Co., of Liverpool, give the following estimate of the average price of cotton at that port for a series of years :

1896. 1895. 1894. 1893. 1892. 1891. 1890. 1889. 1888. 1887.
d.
d.
d. d.

d.
d.
d.
d.
d.

d. Import....... 434 4 3-16

456 53-16 4 13-16 55-16 5 13-16 5 11-16 5 17-32 5 15-32 Export.... 4 11-16 43-16 4 5-16 5 1-16 411-16 4 15-16 55-16 548 476 534 Consumption 434 44 458 53-16 4 13-16 55-16 5 15-16 534 5 19-32 5 9-16

WOOL.

Helmuth, Swartze & Co., London, give the following statements of the supply, export, and consumption of wool in the United Kingdom: Domestic Imports of Wool,

Left for
Clip.
Alpaca, and

Total Home Con-
Estimated Mohair.

Total.

Exports. sumption.
Year.

Lbs.
Lbs.
Lbs.
Lbs.

Lbs. 1891

148,000,000 740,000,000 888,000,000 401,000,000 487,000,000 1892

153,000,000 762.000.000 915,000,000 448,000,000 467,000,000 1893

151,000,000 6946,000,000 817,000,000 362,0 0,100 485,000,000 1894

142,000,000 7:23,000,000 865,000,000 354,000,000 507,000,000 1895.

135,000,000 801,000,000 936,000,000 426,000,000 510,000,000 1896.

136,000,000 736,000,000 872,000,000 352,000,000 520,000,000

FLAX, HEMP, AND JUTE.

The imports of these articles into the United Kingdom for 1893, 1894, and 1895 were as follows:

FISHERIES. For England and Wales, the total amount of fish landed in 1896, exclusive of shell fish, amounted to 7,551,000 ewts., of the value of £5,167,000; shell fish, £343,000), making a total value of £5,510,000.

For Scotland, the amount was 6,134,000 cwts., exclusive of shell tish, the value being £1,562,000, 10 which should be added £78,000 for shell fish, making a total of £1,647,000. The corresponding figures for Ireland show a total of 843,000 cwts., valued at £266,000, the total, including shell fish, being valued at £279,000. The total value of the fisheries of the United Kingdom, shell fish included, for 1896, was £7,436,000.

IMPORTS AND EXPORTS.

The merchandise imports and exports of Great Britain have been as follows for a series of years :

-Exports

Total
Foreign
British

Total Imports and
Year.
Imports. and Colonial. Produce.

Exports. Exports. 1886.

£349,863, 472 £56,234,263 £212,725,200 £288.959,463 £618,822,935 1887

362,227,564 59,348,975 221,913,910 281,262,885 643,490,449 1888.

387,635,743 64,042,629 234,534,912 298,577,511 686,213,284 1889,

427,637,595 66,657,484 248,935,195 315,592,679 743,230,274 1890.

420,691,997 64,721,533 263,530,585 328,252,118 748,944,115 1891.

435,441.264 61,878,568 247,235,150 309,113,718 741,554,982 1892.

423,793,882 64,423,767 227, 138,270 291,640,166 715,434,048 1893.

404,688,178 58,878,552 218,259,718 277,138,270 681,826,448 1894.

408,344,810 57,780,230 216,005,637 273,785, 867 662,130,677 1895

416,689,658 59,704,161 226,128,246 285,832,407 702,522,005 1896.

441,808,904 56,233,663 240,145,551 296,379,214 738,188,118

CLASSES OF ARTICLES FOR TWELVE MONTHS ENDED DECEMBER 31.

Exports of British and Irish produce and manufactures:
Animals, living...
Articles of focd and drink,
Raw materials..
Articles manufactured and partly manufactured, viz:

(A.) Yarns and textile fabrics..
(B.) Metals and articles manufactured therefrom (except ma-

chinery).....
(C.) Machinery and mill work.
(D.) Apparel and articles of personal use.
(E.) Chemicals, and chemical and medicinal preparations.
(F.) All other articles, either manufactured or partly manufac-

tured... (G.) Parcel post.

Total value...

Cotton manufactures.
Cotton yarn..

Total of cotton...
Woolen manufactures.
Woolen and worsted yarn..

Total of woolen and worsted...
Linen manufactures.
Linen Farn.
Jute manufactures..
Jute yarn..
Apparel and haberdashery.
Metals-
Iron, pig..
Iron, bar, angle, bolt, and rod..
Iron, railroad, of all sorts.
Iron wire...
Iron, tin plates..
Iron, hoops, sheets, and plates...
Iron, cast and wrought, of all sorts.

Iron, old, for re-manufacture.
Steel, wrought and unwrought..

Total of iron and steel........
Hardware and cutlery..
Copper..
Machinery
Coal, cinders, fuel, etc.
Chemicals.

£5,030,975

1,041,814 2,344,700

378,560 6,745,670

£19,737,949

5,372,313 £25,110,262 £5,351,025

965, 926 2,229,679

355,854 5,878,091 2,077,073

854,017 1,897,036

711,188 4,239,193 3,014,488 3,727,07

252,540 2,907,781

£20,935,867
£4,775,140

1,005, 102
2,391,461

298 418 5,751,829 1,971,518

9:29,552 2,511,014

647, 461 4,991,300 3,264,977 3,765,025

331,274 2,177,456

1,912,958

823,365 1,885, 399

620,538 4,338,786 2,982.051 3,431,990

221,316 2,47:2, 362 £18,688,763

2,535,792 1,104,352 3,565,564

904,103 3,035,931 3,691,632 4.724,322

338,832 3,912,711

£20,592,577

THE PER CAPITA CONSUMPTION OF CHIEF ARTICLES OF Food.

The quantity of the principal food imports retained for home consumption per head of population in each of the years 1890-95 was as follows: Article.

1890.
1891.
1892.
1893.
1894.

1895. Bacon and hams..

..lbs. 13.55

13.11
14.10
11.73
13.29

14.63 Butter.

5.83
6.14
6.23
6.59
7.27

7.92 Cheese.

6.23
5.86
6.39
5.87
6.38

5.93 Eggs...

no. 32.91

33.68
35.03
34.39
36.68

38.97 W heat and flour.

lbs. 226.38 244.06 252.73 247.65 256.19 285.09 Sugar..

73.21
80.17
77.84
78.85
80.06

88.13 Tea.

5.17
5.36
5.43
5.41
5.52

5.67 Rice

9.38
8.85
8.91
8.54
7.26

8.00 Tobacco.

1.55
1.61
1.64
1.63
1.66

1.67

DISTRIBUTION OF BRITISH FOREIGN TRADE.

Countries

Russia....
Sweden
Norway:
Denmark
Germany
Holland.
Belgium.
France.
Portugal.
Spain...
Italy.
Austrian Territories...
Greece.
Turkey
Egypt.

- Imports From
Twelve Months ended December 31,
1896.
1895.

1894.
£22,642,000 £24,737,000 £23,599,000

9,527,000 8,784,000 8,330,000
4,322,000 3.832,000 3,657,000
10,687,000 9,799,000 9.544,000
27,567,000 26,993,000 26,874,000
19,255,00 28,420.000 27,600,000
19,255,000 17, f 45,000 17,052,000
49,974,000 47,471,000 43,450.000

2,604,000 2,492,000 2,390.00)
11,984,000 11,315,000 10,547,000
3,168,000 3,133,000 3,129,000
1,250,000 1,222,000 1,386,000
1,241,000 1,241,000 1,288,000
5,330,000 5,751.000 4,900.000
9.632,000 9,524,000 9,285,000

-Exports ToI welve Montbs ended December 31. 1896. 1895.

1894. £7,230,000 £7,004,000 £6.884,000 3,163,000 3,021,000 2,970,000 1.995,000 1,896,00 1,917,000 2,858,000 2,700.000 2,592,000 22,478,000 20,581,000 17,796,000 8,350,000 7,371,000 8,787,000 7,824,000 7,325,000 7,631,000 14,258,000 13,870,000 13,526,000 1.541,000 1,461,000 1,446,000 3,466.000 3,638.000 3,945,000 5,150,000 5,546,000 5,555,009 1,508,000 1,716.000 1,427,000 850,000 806,400

881,000 5,044,000 5,348,000 6,520,000) 3,780,000 3,348,000 3,995,000 Countries.

India.
China
United States.
Mexico..
Central America.
Chili..
Brazil.
Uruguay
Argentine Republic...
Other countries.

-Imports From

-Exports To Twelve Months ended December 31. Twelve Months ended December 31. 1896. 1895. 1894. 1896. 1895.

1894. £2,314,000 £2,483,000 £2,280,000 £2,621,000 £2,398,000 £2,677,090

2,984,000 3,314,000 3,513,000 6,734,000 5,254,000) 4,451,000 106,376,000 86,549,000 89,607.000 20,436,000 27,918,000 18,799,000

593,000 467,000 555,000 1,519.000 1,522,000 1,214,000 990,000 976,000

949,000 1,269,000 1,316,000 999,00 3,609,000 3,436,000 3,711,090 2,551,000 3,246,000 2,207,000 4,045,000) 3,614,000 3,941,000 6,706,000 7,323,000 7,526,000

316,000 461,000 267.000 1,434,000 1,319,000 1,485,000 8,979,000 9,084,000 6.169,000 6,678,000 5,349,000 4,515,000

9,878,000 8,486,000 10,375,000 16,854,000 14,549,000 13,439,000 £348,548,000 £321,159,000 £314,433,000 £155,987,000 £155,888,000 £143, 184,000

Total........

PRINCIPAL ARTICLES EXPORT AND IMPORT AS BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND GREAT

BRITAN FOR FISCAL YEARS ENDING JUNE 30, 1891 AND 1896.

Exports from the United Kingdom.

Imports into the United Kingdom,
1891.
1836.

1891. 1896. Art works....

B03.197 $1,271,135 Animals, cattle and sheep... $28,727,100 $36,632,583 Books, maps, engravings,etc. 2,407,392 1,789 26 BreadstullsChemicals, drugs, dyes, etc.. 14,467,902 11,246,506 Corn..

28,167,775 18.719,940 Cement. 1,984,692 940.013 Wheat.

27,281,400 27,906,1:26 Cotton, unmanufactured...: 1,216,742 1,189,070 Wheat flour.

33,781,917 29,108,434 Cotton manufactures. 12,321,970 13,441,510 Copper-Ore..

6.852, 470 2,033,513 Earthen, stone, & china ware 4,672,277 4,887,337 Ingots, bar and old. 1,080, 198 3,663,505 Furs and manufactures.... 3,928.311 3,250,093 | Cotton, unmanufactured.. 170,863,888 93,050,467 Flax, hemp. & jute & m'f'r's.. 19,915,9:23 15,056,619 Fertilizers.

1,318,316 1,072,650 Fruits, including nuts... 1,067,667 1,030,302 Fish-Salmon, canned. 1,792,838 2,639,172 Hides and skins not furs... 5,535,366 3,984,272 Fruits, including nuts.

961.311 2,169,873 India rubber & gutta-percha,

Furs and fur skins.

2,131,310 2,876,378 crude. 2,638,032 3,620,724 Glucose..

1,374,044 2,593 620 Iron & steel & manuf'r's of.. 10.314,223 9,726,834 Hops..

2,954,001 1,387,349 Tin plates, terne plates, etc., 35,645,076 8,915,083 Iron and steel, manuf'r's of. 3,501,657 5,255,000 Jewelry and precious stones. 4,337,014 2, 301,463 Leather-Sole and other.. 9,2 12,388 14,3,2,533 Leather and manufactures... 2,311,441 2,366,112 Naval stores.......

3,877,992 3,435,222 Malt liquors...

1,444,633 1,215,095 Oil cake and oil (ake meal.. 5,157,578 3,506,715 Metals and metal composi

Oils, mineral, retined.

7,801,606 14,489,674 tions, and manufactures. 2,276,854 1,245,925 Parailine and paraffine wax. 3,298,263 2,759,112 Paper stock & manufactures 2,3392,166 .1,739,9.16 Provisions Silk manufactures. 5,575,040 2,498,332 Beef products..

27,374,390 25,527,100 Tin bars, blocks, etc. 2,394,026 2,321,417 Hog products..

49,384,916 52,123,981 Vegetables, includ'g pickles

Dairy products, butter and sauces...

1,430,976 363,294
and cheese..

7,055,831 4,259,541 Wools, unmanufactured. 13,734,771 14,679,257 Tobacco & manufactures of 7.382,547 9,768,450) Wool, manufactured. 14.975,331 2:4,436,272 Wood & manufactures of... 7,21,933 9,124,672

TOTAL SHIPPING OF THE UNITED KINGDOM IN THE HOME AND FOREIGN TRADE,

Entered
Cleared-

Total
Year. Rritish. Foreign. Total. British. Foreign. Total. British. Foreign. Total.

1,000 tons. 1,000 tons. 1,000 tons. 1.000 tons. 1,000 tons. 1,000 tons. 1,000 tons. 1,000 tone. 1,000 tons. 1891. 26,637 10.2.22 39,859

21,320

10,633 37.954 63,957 20,855 74,813 1892. 27,040 10,633 37,673 27,333 10,862 88,94 51,373 21,495 75,868 1893. 25,919 10,223 37,142 27.-29

10,262
37,491

54,148 20,485 74,633 1894. 29,033 10,785 39.818 29,649 11,070 40,718 58.682 21,855 80,36 1893 29,175 10,826 40,002 29,517 11,021 40,537 58,692 21,817 80,539 1896. 30,290 12,188 42,478 31,182 11,803 42,985 61,472 23,990 84,462

FOREIGN TONNAGE ENTERED AND CLEARED IN 1894, 1895, AND 1896.

The total length of British railways open at the end of the years given and the average yearly increase in miles at various periods compare as follows: Av. Yearly

Av. Yearly
Year.
Line Open. lucrease.

Year.

Line Open. Increase.
Miles.
Miles,

Miles.

Miles. 1850.

6,621
1890.

20,073

214 1860.