The following table shows the value of the imports and exports of gold and silver bullion and specie in the five years 1885 to 1889 :

The following is a summary of the imports and exports of the United Kingdom for the years ended December 31, 1888, and 1889:

The imports of wheat (excluding flour), in quarters (1 quarter 8 bushels), have been as follows in the years indicated:

The following exhibits the quantities of the leading food im

ports enumerated at the dates noted :

In 1889 the United Kingdom imported 2,356,342 quarters from her own possessions, and the remainder from foreign countries. The seven great wheat sources, in order, are (1889):

The quantity of flour imported in 1889 was 2,939,840 quarters, of which 2,013,565 quarters came from the United States.

The following table shows the quantities of tea imported into the United Kingdom from different countries at different periods in thousands of pounds :

The subjoined tables exhibit the value of the great articles of British commerce imported and exported in each of the years 1887, 1888, and 1889:

THE PRINCIPAL ARTICLES OF EXPORT (HOME PRODuce).

The following table shows the quantity of the principal food imports retained for home consumption per head of population in 1869, 1885, 1886, 1887, and 1888:

The total value of goods transhipped for transit was, in 1884, 11,855,1117.; 1885, 10,955,6857.; 1886, 10,706,0657.; 1887, 9,992,7787.; 1888, 10,938,4957.