Part 3 — APPENDIX TO CHAPTER IX.
Reading edition
Nitrate of Soda.
Total Shipments from South America, 1830-1892.
Year. Tons. Year. Tons. Year. Tons.
1830 800 1870 131,400 1886 437,500
1835 6,200 1875 321,000 1887 680,600
1840 10,100 1880 217,300 1888 745,700
1845 16,800 1881 344,600 1889 930,000
1850 22,800 1882 477,800 1890 1,030,000
1855 41,800 1883 572,400 1891 790,000
1860 55,200 1884 540,900 1892 790,000
1865 109,000 1885 423,100
The following tables exhibit the total imports into Europe, and into the United Kingdom from the years 1873-92:—
Nitrate of Soda, 1873-1892.
Imports into Europe. Imports into United Kingdom.
Year. Tons. Year. Tons.
1873 225,000 1873 124,000
1874 230,000 1874 108,200
1875 280,000 1875 164,900
1876 300,000 1876 166,800
1877 208,000 1877 69,600
1878 250,000 1878 104,400
1879 205,000 1879 55,300
1880 140,000 1880 48,300
1881 230,000 1881 54,800
1882 335,000 1882 96,000
1883 440,000 1883 103,700
1884 505,000 1884 103,700
1885 380,000 1885 109,400
1886 330,000 1886 75,100
1887 440,000 1887 83,100
1888 640,000 1888 103,100
1889 760,000 1889 120,000
1890 784,000 1890 114,000
1891 851,000 1891 121,000
1892 795,000 1892 115,000