TRADE AND INDUSTRY.
725
The imports into the colony consist mainly of articles of general consumption, textile manufactures, and colonial produce, the prin- cipal article being drapery goods, of the average value of upwards of 500,000^. per annum. The quantities and value of the total imports of South Australia, in each of the years 1867 and 1868, were as follows: —
Total Imports
1867
1868
Principal Articles
Apparel and slops .
£
3,789
4,615
Bags and sacks, corn and gunny
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Bales
£
5,381 80,226
2,821 38,954
Beer, porter, ale
- )
Gallons
£
307,284
48,974
360,899 56,037
Boots and shoes
£
47,950
86,996
Bullion and specie .
£
93,392
64.50S
Candles .....
1
Lbs.
726,626
506,304
£
28,092
20,324
Coals, coke, and other fuel
••!
Tons
76,711
67,109
£
87,562
81,635
Cutlery and hardware
£
23,809
34,641
Drapery .....
£
547,844
593,066
Groceries and oilman's stores .
£
40,612
30.241
Iron : bar, sheet, hoop, and rod
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Tons
£
1,151
13,646
2,364
26.51:;
„ manufactures
£
68,960
87,158
Implements ....
£
9,317
8,290
Machinery .....
£
16.354
4,901
Spirits: Brandy
■\
gallons
£
38,875 19,464
65,518 33,815
Gin ....
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Gallons
16,366
19,260
£
5,291
6,697
Sugar ......
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Cwts.
118,211
91,727
£
181,750
135,279
Tea
•f
Lbs.
1,292,126
1,498.284
£
106,106
93,220
Tobacco, manufactured .
•1
Lbs~.
333.741
361,042
£
19,107
21.874
W'n
r
lallons
3S.695
42.246
£
19,848
18,619
Wood, timber .....
•j
Loads
19,098
16,639
£
64,479
58,411
Wool
other )
Lbs.
5,832,350
1,611,446
Total value of principal and
£
425,846
92,957
articles ....
£
2,506,394
2,238.51n
