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UNITED KINGDOM


TABLE XXIV. Wool.

Year

Imports Ib.

Exports of Im- ports Ib.

Retained Ib.

1910 1912 1914

1915 1916 1918 1919

803,295,083 810,494,862 7i7,i22,-475

934-495.242 624,823,286 420,559,105 1,046,704,166

335,222,545 337,941,504 295,487,373 122,990,049 45,381,652 20,500,264 169,474,718

468,072,538 472,553,358 421,635,102

811,505,193 579,441,634 400,058,841 877,229,448

Commerce. Table XXV. shows the value of imports from other countries to the United Kingdom, and of exports to other countries from the United Kingdom, in 1910, 1915 and 1919; and Tables XXVI. and XXVII. (p. 845) show the chief imports into, and exports from, the United Kingdom.

TABLE XXV. Imports and Exports.

1910

1915

1919

I. BRITISH POSSESSIONS:


India and


Ceylon . Imports

48,751,021

74,411,031

124,982,208

Exports

48,320,012

47,560,290

73-328,775

Straits Settle-


ments, Ma-


laysia and


Hong-Kong Imports

13,692,223

20,925,355

30,665,036

Exports

8,190,185

6,380,438

11,976,007

Africa . . Imports

16,186,605

48,325.974

115,648,393

Exports

26,566,138

34,840,681

54,281,137

Canada and


Newfound-


land . . Imports

26,238,649

42,206,548

117,843,141

Exports

20,606,889

13.636,894

16,521,681

West Indies,


Bermudas,


Honduras


and Guiana Imports

3.232,433

5,707,326

13,486,215

Exports

3,265,706

2,773.380

3,109,863

Australia . Imports

38,584,370

45,190,148

111,403,971

Exports

27,652/567

28,965,698

26,306,421

New Zealand Imports

20,943^42

30,407,581

52,703,816

Exports

8,652,716

9,373.843

9.593.J53

Other . . Imports

2,821,823

4,651,264

15,827,859

Exports

4,048,929

4,888,460

10,503,277

II. FOREIGN COUNTRIES:


France . . Imports

46,692,355

34,528,585

52,259,323

Exports

24,930,142

72,119,948

155-593,536

Germany . Imports

62,094,634

526,886

3,202,516

Exports

37,432,603 l

155,673

549,575

Belgium . Imports

19-195-974

2,931,025'

10,1 io,373 s

Exports

10,886,704

624,207

49,202,523

Holland . Imports

18,527,965

23,418,757

21,658,430

Exports

12,695,074

18,036,837

34,315,945

Denmark,


Faeroe, Ice-


land, Green-


land . . Imports

19,671,884

22,894,308

9,791,098

Exports

5,580,865

8,008,689

34,972,425

Norway . Imports

6,630,746

13,690,481

17,067,379

Exports

4-033,195

7,286,938

27,437,672

Sweden . Imports

1 1 ,825,079

19,801,659

35,583,568

Exports

6,697,967

6,278,672

24,483,000

Austria-Hun-


gary . . Imports

7,5",865

48,531

505,813

Exports

4,001,053

1,459,448

Rumania . Imports

3,184414

5,276

2,742

Exports

1,826,652

492,378

5,585,085

Greece . . Imports

2,286,871

3,934,622

10,440,500

Exports

1,545,863

2,467,439

6,914-713

Italy . . Imports

6,458,736

11,258,452

14,635,183

Exports

12,530,583

13,929,053

27,756,885

Spain . . Imports

I5,35l.o86

20,764,004

39,010,162

Exports

6,231,797

7,261,540

12,668,021

Portugal . Imports

3,470,873

5,318,000

13,879,719

Exports

6,328,622

4,703,533

9,579-873

Russia . . Imports

43,644,648

21,424,998

16,370,377

Exports

12,252,556

13,432,172

12,993,681

Turkey . . Imports

4,668,076

1,303,348

9,284,659

Exports

8,636,666

433,o87 3

22,160,138*

Japan . . Imports

4.327,299

9,379,432

23,871,012

Exports

10,121,919

4,876,655

12,913,373

China . . Imports

5,529,530

7,034,852

23,052,935

Exports

9,171,672

8,545,505

20,969,728

TABLE XXV. (Continued).


1910

1915

1919


L


II. FOREIGN COUNTRIES (Continued):

Netherlands


India . Imports

4,029,389

14.474,398

22,394,183

Exports

4.075,825

6,162,284

9,029,752

Other Coun-


tries in Asia Imports

1,238,856

2,562,891

3-"3,54i

Exports

1,312,710

1,757,576

3,411,910

Egypt . . Imports

21,004,468

4

4

Exports

8,717,330


U.S.A. . Imports

117,607,435

237,773,576

541,553,171

Exports

31-446,730

26,167,551

33,913,239

Mexico and


Central


American


States . Imports

3-582,859

4,520,801

8,641,032

Exports

3,342,446

771,452

2,313,059

Brazil . . Imports

17,496,568

8,256,879

10,821,100

Exports

16,426,985

5,I5M70

10,741,637

Argentina . Imports

29-009,738

63,876,814

81,730,319

Exports

19,097,985

11,516,158

21,217,210

Chile . . Imports

S-lSi-737

9-585,247

7,344,655

Exports

5-479-556

1,791,131

4-779,253

Africa . . Imports

1,413,642

1,974,844

3,581,519

Exports

1-747,570

1-999,297

6,063,998

South Americalmports

9- 3 i, 443

11,247,707

25,874,754

Exports

7,200,996

4,481,388

9,556,626

Other Coun-


tries . . Imports

17-038,588

27-541,750

39,804,960

Exports

9-330,539

7,998,131

17,738,366

Total for Brit-


ish Posses-


sions . . Imports

170,450,266

271,825,227

582,570,639

Exports

147,302,942

148,419,684

205,620,314

Total for For-


eign Coun-


tries . . Imports

507,806,758

580,068,123

1,043.585,573

Exports

283,081,830

236,448,764

593,015,062

Grand Total Imports

678,257,024

851.893,350

I,626,I56,O62

Exports

430,384,772

384,868,448

1,798,635,376

1 From German possessions in W. Africa. 1 Includes Belgian Congo after 1914.

3 To territory formerly Turkish, now occupied by other Powers.

4 Included under British possessions from 1915.

The proportion of imports and exports per head of popula- tion of the United Kingdom was approximately as follows:


Year

Imports

Exports


s. d. 1520

s. d. 9 II 8

1912 1914 . 1915-1919

Average ....

16 7 3

15 2 4

25 3 6

10 14 2 9 6 II ii 15 o

Parliamentary Representation. Under the Representation of the People Act, 1918, there was a complete redistribution of seats. Tables XXVIII. to XXXV. show the new Parliamentary arrangements for England, Wales and Scotland.

TABLE XXVIII. London Parliamentary Boroughs.

Name of Borough

No. of Mem- bers

Name of Borough

No. of Mem- bers

Battersea

2

Lambeth


4

Bermondsey . Bethnal Green


2

2

Lewisham Paddington


2 2

Camberwell .


4

Poplar .


2

Chelsea .


i

St. Marylebo

le


I

City of London


2

St. Pancras


3

Deptford


I

Shoreditch


I

Finsbury .


I

Southwark


3

Fulham . .


2

Stepney


3

Greenwich


I

Stoke Newington


i

Hackney . _ .


3

Wandsworth


5

Hammersmith


2

Westminster


2

Hampstead

TJ _IL ___,


I

Woolwich


2

Holborn . Islington* .


I

4

Total ....

62

Kensington


2