SHIPPING AND TRADE, vid SUEZ CANAL. No. 18. NUMBER and TONNAGE of STEAM VESSELS which ENTERED and CLEARED at the SUEZ CANAL, and VALUE of GOODS (including Bullion and Specie) IMPORTED from 1900 to 1904 NOTES.-Vessels which entered and cleared (via the Canal) at ports in more than one of the above Colonies are included in the returns for each of such Colonies. For rates of conversion into £ sterling, see Notes (a) and (b) to Table No. 2, p. 5. (a) Excluding Bullion and Specie. SHIPPING AND TRADE, vid SUEZ CANAL. Ports in each of the under-mentioned PosSESSIONS from and to all COUNTRIES viâ and EXPORTED by that route into and from each of these POSSESSIONS, in each Year (so far as can be stated). NOTE. Vessels which entered and cleared (via the Canal) at ports in more than one of the above Colonies are included in the returns for each of such Colonies. (b) For the 12 months ended 31st March of the year following that stated. NOTE.-There are no complete Returns of the trade of Hong Kong, Gibraltar and Malta. For th Exclusive of the value of the imports into Newfoundland, the records of which were destroyed by fire. The trade of the Seychelles, Labuan and British New Guinea with various Countries is not always ascertainable, and in su cases the total trade has been included with that shown for "British Possessions.' (a) For rates of conversion into £ sterling, see Table, No. 2, p. 5. (c) For the 12 months ended 31st March of the year following that stated above. (d) The figures represent the imports into Singapore, Penang and Malacca, exclusive of Inter-Settlement trade. For rates conversion into £ sterling, see Note (b) to Table, No. 2, p. 5. (e) Including the value of Coal for supply to steamships. (1) Including transhipment trade. (g) For years ended 30th June. (h) Exclusive of bullion and specie. 28,833,504 33,444,721 38,963,530 39,126,478 43,633,310 49,583,075 53,282,426 (g) 1,066,205 | (g) 1,296,831 (g) 1,540,510 (g) 1,536,268 (g) 1,610,874 (g) 1,743,100 (g) 1,942,225 (c)2,651,600 | (c)2,672,087 (c) 2,526,450 (c) 55,224,651 North America: Dominion of Canada (a) (g). Total North America. West India Islands : Bahamas. Turk's and Caicos Islands. Windward Islands : St. Lucia (e). St. Vincent. Barbados. Grenada. Trinidad and Tobago (ƒ) (g). 79,123 (c) 77,853 (c) 74,238 821,617 1,069,312 Leeward Islands (u). 2,629,051 (n) 351,473 199,535,000 221,813,000 248,025,000 259,805,000 280,838,000 770,082 801,189 794,392 (n) 632,410 Bermuda. 361,227 British Honduras (a). 452,038 434,458 386,661 472,476 Cyprus. trade of the British Protectorates, so far as available, see Appendices, pp. 348 et seq. (i) Dutiable goods only. (j) Approximate figures only on account of the change in currency. (k) Exclusive of the value of diamonds and raw gold (the produce of South African Colonies) brought overland for shipment but inclusive of the value of goods (other than diamonds and raw gold) imported overland, and of goods in transit for the interior. (4) Exclusive of 7,2431. value of Imports for hurricane relief purposes. (m) Approximate estimate of the total imports into South Africa after deducting, so far as has been found practicable, the value of the articles which pass in transit from the maritime to the inland Colonies, and are therefore, included in the accounts of more than one Colony. (n) Exclusive of Government Stores. (0) The value of goods imported into the Transvaal via Delagoa Bay amounted to 1,280,000l. in 1902, 3,516,000l. in 1903 and 3,036,000l. in 1904. (p) Excluding the value of merchandise and gold imported overland, but inclusive of the value of goods in transit for the interior. (q) Imports for consumption. (r) Including into Labrador. (8) Including transhipments in years prior to 1900-01. (t) Figures for 1903. (u) Inclusive of the trade Imports between the several Presidencies of the Colony. (v) For value of imports into each State, see Table No. 26, p. 156. (2) Exclusive of Inter-State transhipments of oversea imports prior to September 1st, 1903. See note (a), p. 81. D IMPORTS-BULLION AND SPECIE. No. 20.-VALUE of TOTAL IMPORTS of GOLD and SILVER (a) For rates of conversion into £ sterling, see Table, No. 2, p. 5. (b) For the 12 months ended 31st March of the year following that stated above. (c) Imports by sea only. (d) The figures represent the imports of Bullion and Specie into Singapore Penang and Malacca, exclusive of the value of the Bullion and Specie interchanged between the Settlements. For rates conversion into £ sterling, see Note (b) to Table, No. 2, p. 5. (e) Exclusive of the value of gold (the produce of South Africa Colonies) brought overland into the Colonies of Natal and Cape of Good Hope for shipment. 6,267 9,174 (b) 25,601 18,536 2,095 24,000 (b) 25,917 40 36,203 (b) 21,755 34,250 75 22,144 (b) 65,322 |