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V. Fisheries: British
United Kingdom, 444,459,009 441,599,807 186,488,956 194,723,262 Germany, 84,315,215 91,684,981 98,837,683 97,316,383 France, 49,013,004 59,826,739 77,672,311 76,688,995 British North America, 38,544,454 37,345,515 39,396,980 39,434,535 Belgium, 26,140,377 26,694,150 9,336,482 10,945,672 Netherlands, 22,487,588 23,816,814 17,029,233 12,422,174 Spain, 12,736,273 14,607,893 5,288,537 6,033,481 Italy, 12,974,249 15,927,274 20,330,051 21,678,208 Russia, 10,661,531 7,925,092 3,409,879 4,833,345 Bristish Australasia, 11,168,081 12,891,679 4,277,676 6,239,021 Cuba, . 12,669,509 11,929,605 53,801,591 61,714,395 Mexico, 12,666,108 14,199,080 22,690,915 27,295,992 British West Indies, 8,074,433 9,546,058 14,865,018 16,293,184 Brazil, 11,902,496 14,049,273 59,318,756 83,230,595 Argentine Republic, 8,322,627 2,718,075 5,401,697 5,976,544 Columbia, 2,522,351 3,108,989 5,575,253 4,765,354 Portugal, 3,891,789 4,986,909 1,418,309 1,618,252 China, 2,943,790 8,700,308 16,260,471 19,321,850 Japan, 5,227,186 4,800,650 21,103,324 3,243,454 Haiti, 4,101,464 5,589,178 2,421,221 19,309,198 Central American States, 5,104,275 6,579,916 8,052,444 9,799, 122 British East Indies, 4,655,256 4,399,544 20,804,319 23,356,989 Hongkong, 4,434,641 4,743,498 969,745 563,275 Africa, N. E. S., 3,778,076 4,538,071 1,501,038 2,611,279 Hawaii, 4,606,900 4,935,911 12,313,908 13,895,597 Venezuela, 3,984,280 4,716,047 10,966,765 12,078,541 Denmark, 5,037,290 3,306,357 238,508 268,686 Chile, 3,219,465 3,133,991 3,183,249 3,448,290 Dutch East Indies, 1,799,306 2,102,942 5,791,250 6,778,992 Guianas, 2,439,184 2,161,764 4,918,736 5,653,916 Uruguay, 3,210,112 1,032,937 1,754,903 2,356,739 Austria Hungary, 945,703 1,215,540 9,331,378 11,595,310 Turkey in Europe, Asia and Africa, 176,386 330,609 4,622,779 6,260,835 Philippine Islands, 122,276 124,572 11,592,626 5,167,209 Switzerland, 22,170 49,317 14,441,950 14,118,805
Thus, in the year ending June 30, 1891, 50.62 per cent. of the domestic exports of the United States went to Great Britain alone, while 23.05 per cent., of the imports came from that country.
The following is the trade of Great Britain and Ireland with the United States, according to the Board of Trade returns := 1880. 1886. 1887. 1888. 1889. 1890. £ £ £ Imports from the 107,081,260 81,600,197 83,049,074 79,763,018 95,461,475 97,283,349 163,018 95,461,475 97,283 United States,.
Exports of British produce, 30,855,871 26,824,876 29,547,800 28,897,060 30,293,942 32,068, 128 The value of the total imports from Great Britain into the United States in 1886 was £37,607,805 in 1887, £40,240,150; in 1888, £41,211,213; in 1889, £43,878,934; in 1890, £46,340,012.
The total quantity and value of the grain and flour exports to Great Britain were as follows in each of the five years from 1886 to 1890:- Year.
Quantities.
Cwts. 1886 54,044,225 1887 57,800,407 1888 37,310,341 1889 50,607,986 1890 56,668,226 Value. £ 20,237,656 23,157,632 15,262,002 18,209,496 19,890,486 The most valuable of the corn exports is that of wheat and wheat flour, which amounted to £15,690,894 in 1886; £20,040,194 in 1887; £12,520,300 in 1888; £12,480,843 in 1889; £13,628,815 in 1890. The value of the maize exports to Great Britain in 1886 was £4,093,821; in 1887, £2,786,486; in 1888, £2,643,174; in 1889, £5,325,498; in 1890, £5,153,537.
The exports of raw cotton from the United States to Great Britain and Ireland were of the following quantities and value in each of the years ending June 30 from 1886 to 1890 :- - 1886. 1887. 1888. 1889. 1890. 12,040,820 12,712,606 11,756,758 Cwts.
Cwts.
Cwts.
Cwts.
Cwts.
Quantities. 11,540,508 11,222,272 £ £ Value. £ £ £ 28,555,402 28,414,597 31,126,787 33,545,271 31,395,055 Other considerable exports to Great Britain were, in 1890-bacon and hams £7,474,737; cheese, £2,081,546; lard, £2,049,747; petroleum, £1,719,654; oilcake, £1,355,853; oxen and bulls, £7,351,981; fresh beef, £3,629,939; tobacco. £2,530.510; leather, £2,019,359; sugar, £143,668 in 1888, £131,811 in 1889, £425,429 in 1890.
The following table gives the total value of the leading articles of British import into the United States in the five years from 1886 to 1890:- Year.
Iron.