+-----------------------+---------------------+---------------------+ | | Annual Average | Annual Average | | Countries. | during the Years | during the Years | | | 1884-1888. | 1900-1903. | +-----------------------+----------+----------+----------+----------+ | | Net | Net | Net | Net | | | Imports. | Exports. | Imports. | Exports. | +-----------------------+----------+----------+----------+----------+ | | L | L | L | L | |United Kingdom |15,000,000| . . |26,540,000| . . | |Australasia | 1,284,000| . . | 568,000| . . | |Africa | 72,000 | . . | 737,000| . . | |West Indies, | | | | | | Honduras and Guiana | . . | 207,000| . . | 71,000| |India, Ceylon and | | | | | | Mauritius | . . | 528,000| . . | 580,000| |Dominion of Canada | . . | 4,025,000| . . | 4,789,000| | +----------+----------+----------+----------+ | Total |16,356,000| 4,760,000|27,845,000| 5,440,000| +-----------------------+----------+----------+----------+----------+ |Net Imports |11,596,000| . . |22,405,000| . . | |Total increase in | | | | | | 16 years | . . | . . |10,809,000| . . | |Average annual increase| | | | | | of net imports | . . | . . | 675,562| . . | +-----------------------+----------+----------+----------+----------+