APPENDIX IV RETURN OF PRINCIPAL ARTICLES OF IMPORTS TO FOREIGN COUNTRIES DURING THE YEARS 1901-1902.
Reading edition
Articles 1902 1901 Average, Five Years, 1898-1902
Quantity Value Quantity Value
£ £ £
Cotton goods—
Shirtings, grey and white—
British Pieces 389,730 172,515 402,156 176,892 159,763
Japanese ” 18,926 3934 19,236 3933 2328
T-cloths ” 18,771 4169 29,798 6782 4400
Drills—
British and American ” 20,045 9274 34,970 16,250 9546
Japanese ” 2032 1036 919 188 298
Turkey-red cloths
British ” 6357 1873 6815 1928 1934
Japanese ” 9763 1539 10,274 1904 1726
Lawns and muslins ” 100,513 10,133 95,460 9750 12,915
Lenos ” 33,602 8797 38,897 10,296 9062
Sheetings—
British and American ” 134,282 57,342 189,554 80,177 60,164
Japanese ” 173,907 72,098 171,235 72,303 52,961
Cotton reps ” 21,094 9461 28,412 14,598 7707
Japanese piece-goods ” 658,462 65,407 909,811 88,069 75,405
Piece-goods, non-Japanese ” 39,356 3054 39,699 3517 8600
Yarn—
British and Indian Lbs. 111,333 3923 120,933 4193 5641
Japanese ” 4,154,533 98,933 5,028,800 119,781 105,454
Chinese ” — 4 12
Other cottons — — 23,282 33,235 42,003
Total 546,772 643,808 559,919
Woollen goods 7846 16,618 8235
Miscellaneous piece-goods 1701 1645 1148
Metals 59,266 74,156 54,218
Sundries—
Arms, accoutrements, and ammunition 9556 38,606 17,979
Bags and ropes for packing 31,408 28,464 25,011
Clothing and haberdashery 21,918 17,916 14,260
Cotton—
Raw Lbs. 239,066 3806 447,866 7883 5244
Wadding ” 652,606 12,340 688,533 14,650 14,596
Dyes ” 259,333 8361 327,466 13,791 8814
Flour ” 1,937,066 7433 1,899,066 7860 6724
Grain and pulse ” 3,998,266 9337 3,110,133 6348 14,495
Grass-cloth 57,310 53,979 46,823
Machinery 14,608 12,546 8816
Matches Gross 576,629 18,110 562,338 17,747 15,991
Mining supplies 46,659 39,267 28,859
Kerosene oil—
American Gallons 3,461,980 77,988 2,463,631 62,833 55,691[7]
Japanese ” 760 17 19,260 530 1873
Paper Lbs. 878,666 7654 901,733 8033 6475
Provisions 19,154 — 19,359 15,695
Railway plant and material 46,112 — 27,963 33,816
Rice Lbs. 11,447,466 40,675 10,963,200 40,924 24,348[8]
Saké and samshu 15,924 — 14,228 13,247
Salt Lbs. 17,491,733 7998 28,845,200 13,879 13,031
Silk piece-goods 86,444 — 125,381 81,911
Sugar Lbs. 2,501,600 15,039 1,992,933 12,588 10,984
Tobacco, cigars, and cigarettes 20,273 — 17,425 14,576
Other sundries 188,642 — 161,838 135,910
Total 766,766 — 764,038 615,169
Grand total 1,382,351 — 1,500,265 1,238,689