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IMPORTS OF MANUFACTURES, 1906.
Summary of Class III.
From
Foreign
Countries.
From Self-
Governing
Colonies.
From Other
British
Possessions.
Total.
£ £ £ £
A. Iron and Steel, Manufactures thereof 8,348,110 992 10,650 8,359,752
Percentage 99.7  .3
B. Other Metals, Manufactures thereof 17,313,827 4,076,865 6,841,034 28,231,726
Percentage 61.3 14.4 24.3
C. Cutlery, Hardware, Implements 3,762,161 6,862 2,593 3,771,616
Percentage 99.7  .1  .2
D. Electrical Goods and Apparatus 1,186,631 994 1,187,625
Percentage 99.9  .1
E. Machinery 5,023,649 93,537 9,786 5,126,972
Percentage 97.8  1.8  .4
F. Ships (new) 28,286 114 28,400
Percentage 99.7  .3
G. Wood and Timber, Manufactures of 1,888,629 119,638 8,461 2,016,728
Percentage 93.5  5.8  .7
H. Yarns and Textile Fabrics 39,234,930 1,181 2,248,346 41,484,457
Percentage 94.8  5.2
I. Apparel 3,778,552 5,926 3,784,478
Percentage 99.8  .2
J. Chemicals, Drugs, Dyes, etc. 8,894,668 246,429 963,014 10,104,111
Percentage 88.3  2.4  9.3
K. Leather Goods 9,158,895 799,079 2,787,156 12,745,130
Percentage 71.8  6.7 21.5
L. Earthenware and Glass 4,215,588 3,574 4,219,162
Percentage 99.0 1.0
M. Paper 5,488,490 175,608 64,407 5,728,505
Percentage 95.5  3.0 1.5
N. Miscellaneous 27,980,867 135,326 904,536 29,020,729
Percentage 96.4  .6  3.0
Total    £  136,303,283 5,655,517 13,850,591 155,809,391
87.5  3.8  8.7


Colonial preferences would inevitably entail a general tariff on all foreign goods, including manufactures, for raw materials and finished commodities are so interlaced that this result must follow. Besides, a tax on foreign manufactures is one of the main planks in the Tariff Reform platform. We are to tax these goods to give work to the home workers, already to be so overburdened with duties on their food and their raw materials. Our