144 THE BRITISH EMPIRE: — INDIA AND DEPENDENCIES
The value of the leading articles of private merchandise (Indian produce only in the case of exports) was as follows in 1911-12.
Imports
Value 1911-12
Exports
Value
1911-12
Rs.
Rs.
Cotton manufactures .
49,57,03,012
Rice
29,05,17,072
Metals, hardware and
Wheat and wheat flour .
14,14,47,335
cutlery ....
17,87,48,070
Cotton (raw)
29,43,98,017
Silk (I'aw & manufactured) .
3,71,33,339
,, (manufactured)
9,77,88,616
Sugar (refined & unrefined.
Opium ....
13,08,90.897
molasses <fe confectionery
Seeds (oil seeds mainly) .
26,94,03.247
included) ....
11,93.31,830
Hides and skins .
13,92,84,808
Woollen goods
3,40,73,405
Jute (raw) ....
22,55,66,010
Liquors ....
1,93,95,(594
,, (manufactured) .
10,00,05,753
Railway plant and rolling-
Tea
12,94,64,284
stock
4,43,09,549
Indigo
37,58,024
Oils
4,44,07,947
Other dyes and tans .
78,58,707
Machinery and Mill work .
4,25,72,040
Coffee
1,34,61,753
Coal
51,29,421
Wool (raw) ....
2,58,03,133
Provisions ....
3,19,05,901
Spices
92,90,598
Apparel (excluding hosiery)
3,53,32,382
Lac (excluding lac dye) .
2,01,40,405
Salt
84,14,510
Sugar (refined & unrefined)
14,65,559
Spices
1,54,32,096
Silk (raw and cocoons)
45,33,853
Glass
1,54,37,019
,, (manufactured) .
6,51,461
Chemicals, Drugs, &c.
2,07,49,043
Oils
1,60,84,782
Paper
1,17,75,651
Wood ....
95,16,950
Umbrellas and fittings
40,95,680
Wool (manufactured)
27,90,968
Grain and Pulse .
12,74,644
Provisions ....
1,08,49,545
Dyeing & tanning materials
1,26,17,685
Saltpetre ....
32,15,980
The share of each province iu certain exports of Indian produce in 1911-12:—
Eastern
Bengal
Bengal &
Bombay
Sind
Madras
Burma
Assam
Rs.
Rs.
Rs.
Rs.
Rs.
Rs.
Rice . .
6,47,50,183
1,93,038
20,33,114
25,53,875
1,71,73,900
20,32,12,950
Wheat . .
1,62,50,685
, —
1,49,09,716
10,23,23,751
428
—
Opium
0,71,48,200
—
0,37,42,091
—
—
—
Indigo . .
30,57,525
—
87,194
1,89,830
4,23,1(J0
375
Cotton, raw
81,54,864
4,07, 3(J0
21,02,00,540
2,68,87,009
3,90,22,402
30.59,842
Seeds . .
7,35,32,195
—
13,87,08,797
2,72,53,529
2,93,33,788
5,74,938
Jute, raw.
19,99,31,020
2,48,82,101
2,414
—
7,49,786
89
Tea . . .
8,85,29,130
2,77,78,(304
7,89,027
T,714
1,23,57,665
8,138
The trade between India and the United Kingdom (Board of Trade Returns) is as follows : —
—
1908
1909
1910
1911
1912!
Imports (Consignments) into U.K. from India
Exports of Bi'itish produce to Indial .
£
29,588,187
49,418,713
35,430,771 43,581,501
£,
2,703,715
45,998,500
£ 45,423,316
52,245,004
£
52,104,500
57,020,498
1 Excluding stores shipped for Ii.dian Government, which amounted in the years H»(i8-ll to 5,250,626/.; 3,051, 703L; 2,501,7511.; 3,311, 384Z. respectively.
