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TURKEY AND TRIBUTARY STATES
Imports into U. X. from
Turkey Exports of British pro- duce to Turkey .
1893
£
4,978,721
1694
4,899,815
j5,768,747|6,520,15]
lS9c
1896
1897
5,751,537 5,316,686 6,253,209
i I
5,347,785 5,033,853,6,538,406'
Among the articles of import into the United Kingdom from Turkey are wheat, 604,485/. in 1896; 653,697/. in 1897; barley, 994,714/. in 1896; 973,633/. in 1897; wool and goats' hair, 814,710/. inl896 ; 1,448,441/. in 1897 ; valonia (dye stuff), 296,079/. in 1896; 261,846/. in 1897; opium, 198,222/. in 1892"; 124,360/. in 1893 ; 179,763/. in 1894 ; 183,291/. in 1895 ; 185,860/. in 1896; 165,484/. in 1897; fruit, chiefly raisins and figs, 818,977/. in 1896 ; 1,100,002/. iu 1897.
The most important article exported from Great Britain to Turkey is manu- factured cotton. The exports of cotton goods amounted to 3,387,654/. in 1895 ; 3,211,842/. in 1896 ; 4,264,559/. in 1897 ; cotton yarn, 599,471/. in 1896 ; 787,122/. in 1897; woollens, 268,989/. in 1896; 387,368/. in 1897; iron, wrought and unwrought, 127,227/. in 1896 ; 177,175/. in 1897 ; copper, wrought and \inwrought, 92,741 in 1896 ; 114,502/. in 1897 ; coal, 234,570/. in 1896 ; 268,869/. in 1897 ; machinery, 64,792/. in 1896 ; 78,800/. in 1897.
The value of the trade at various Turkish towns in Asia and Africa in 1897 was : —
Imports
1 Exports ;
£
- - -
Import.s £
Exports £
£
1 Trebizornl :
Bey rut
1,588,072
780,640
Anatolian trade
792,280
443,600
Mosul
563,323
223,335
Transit (Peisian) trade
554,600
215,590
Kerassund
89,560
138,360
, SMinsun
438,700
b00,440
Lattakia .
09,000
98,000
1 Jalla ....
300,630
309,389
Tripoli (S\ rian)
481,089
590,540
1 Aleppo (Alexandretta)
•2.015,217
1,136,399
Tripoli (African)
351,080
363,167 ;
Basrali ....
719,433
1,020,250
- Btiiglia/i .
210.495
324,531
Shipping and Navigation.
The mercantile navy of the Turkish Empire in 1898 consisted of 87 steamers of 46,498 tons, and 1,349 sailing vessels of 252,947 tons. In 1895-96 (March to February) there entered and cleared at all the ports of Turkey 188,033 vessels of 38,409,144 tons. The total shipping entered and cleare'd at Constantinople in 1897 consisted of 14,753 vessels of 11,456,178 tons. Of this number, 11,146 of 11,183,508 tons were engaged in foreign and the remainder in coasting trade. Of those engaged in foreign trade, 2,667 of 316,126 tons were .sailing vessels, and 8,479 of 10,867,382 tons were steamers, including 1,696 of 2,006,222 tons belonging to nine shipping companies. The number of British vessels was 4,567 of 6,505,925 tons.
Internal Communications.
Since the summer of 1888 Turkey has been in diiect railway communication with the rest of Europe. The main lines start Irom Constalitinople and from Salonica. From this latter port is now the shortest route to Egypt.
