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“...previous recorded years. The total
amount was 473,074?., consisting of imports to the value of 362,7721.
and exports to the value of 110,302?., an increase of 90,510?. (imports
84,284?., exports 6,226?.) over the figures of 1912, which themselves
exceeded those of 1911 by 155,810?. In this case there is no deduction
to be made for variation in the rate of exchange, which is taken as
3s. 0£c1., or !value of
the British cloth imported is nearly balanced by the decrease in the
import of the Indian cloth, the total increase being negligible.
The increase in the import of woollens was confined to articles of
minor importance, especially yarn and cord (293?. to 903?.) and
blankets and rugs (85?. to 231?.). Spanish stripes, the largest woollen
import (value 2,379?.), shows a slight decline.
A feature of the general increase of imports...”
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