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Country. 1890. 1900. 1903. 1904. 1905. 1906. Hard ARE, HOLLOWWARE, AND IRONMO: fGBRY. United Kingdom ... ... ... £ 134,805 £ 217,936 .£ 223,739 £ 220,038 £ 206,318 £ 253,678 British Possessions : Victoria ... New South Wales Other British Possessions 2,201 1,468 4 2,854 5,639 64 5,153 7,325 73 4,777 4,528 785 4,076 4,143 956 3,950 5,353 901 Total British Possessions 3,673 8,557 12,551 10,090 9,175 10,204 Foreign Countries : United States Germany Belgium Other Foreign Countries 12,571 193 51 30 46,078 7,074 508 37 56,569 10,882 1,996 161 45,543 12,252 660 298 41,022 10,249 257 154 37,455 10,330 229 381 Total Foreign Countries 12,845 53,697 69,608 58,753 51,682 48,395 Total Imports 151,323 280,190 305,898 288,881 267,175 312,277 Iron a d Steel : Galva: ised P: <ate and Sheet. United Kingdom ... ... 85,851 253,944 251,811 273,832 267,110 293,166 British Possessions : Victoria New South Wales 75 4,599 16 46 76 249 211 321 500 59 Total British Possessions 4,674 500 62 325 59 532 Foreign Countries : United States Belgium Germany Other Foreign Countries ... 170 33 15 52 798 37 937 45 38 37 38 15 4 Total Foreign Countries 170 37 67 1,772 120 53 Total Imports 90,695 254,481 251,940 275,929 267,289 293,751 Iron and Steel : Wire etting, .."" United Kingdom 14,747 20,765 25,855 25,736 34,346 53,680 British Possessions: Victoria New South Wales ... ... ... Other British Possessions... 8 407 944 36 5,306 207 6,001 27 2,374 6 55 1,484 15 Total British Possessions ... 8 1.351 5,342 6,208 2,407 1,554 Foreign Countries: Germany Belgium ... Other Foreign Countries ... ... 670 1,212 106 14 245 66 65. 169 8 340 238 20 513 545 92 Total Foreign Countries 1,988 325 242. 598 1,150 . Total Imports 14,755 24,104 31,522 32,186 87,351 56,384