Part 3 — APPENDIX TO CHAPTER XII.
Reading edition
NOTE (p. 375).
The following Table shows the Imports of Phosphates into the United Kingdom, and the Countries of Production, during the Years 1885-92.
1885. 1886. 1887. 1888. 1889. 1890. 1891. 1892.
Tons. Tons. Tons. Tons. Tons. Tons. Tons. Tons.
United States 138,844 144,623 165,275 111,369 122,554 177,283 *131,084 *201,465
Canada 21,484 18,069 19,194 12,423 23,297 21,089 15,918 7,814
Dutch West Indies (Curaçao, Aruba) 11,588 12,581 9,505 10,736 14,730 14,763 8,851 6,648
British West Indies (Sombrero, &c) 7,727 3,351 6,451 11,010 1,880 3,970 1,960 2,473
Spain and Portugal 19,282 5,825 15,612 6,978 1,326 — 320 971
Belgium 35,405 31,551 45,322 54,261 64,643 82,096 70,723 65,079
Holland 865 2,194 4,778 4,137 2,270 2,428 3,434 6,627
France 2,276 1,503 11,140 39,059 65,490 35,659 18,325 18,239
Australia — 200 350 — 1,250 — — —
Germany 704 — — — — — — —
Hayti (San Domingo) — 2,175 3,044 6,238 4,094 992 1,639 2,965
Brazil — — 1,200 — — — — —
Venezuela and Guiana — — 405 — — — 540 —
Norway — — — — — 4,151 1,495 305
Other countries 397 1,039 1,139 1,675 390 1,070 1,483 1,594
*Florida phosphate — — — — — — 35,203 66,327
Carolina phosphate — — — — — — 96,881 135,138