§ MR. SYDNEY BUXTON (Tower Hamlets, Poplar)To ask the Secretary to the Board of Trade what were the total imports of foreign goods into Australia, New Zealand, Canada, Newfoundland, the Cape, and Natal, respectively, in the last completed year for which figures are available, and how much of these respective imports consisted of manufactured goods.
(Answered by Mr. Bonar Law.) The total imports of foreign goods into Australia, New Zealand, Canada, Newfoundland, the Cape, and Natal, respectively, in the year 1901, the last for which there are complete Returns, were as follows: Australia, £12,438,000; New Zealand, £2,018,000; Canada (for year ended 30th June, 1902), £32,527,000; Newfoundland (for year ended 30th June, 1902), £572,000; the Cape, £4,418,000; Natal, £1,601,000. The colonial Returns do not distinguish manufactured from other goods.