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EXHIBIT C. Quantities and Values of Iron and Steel imported for Five Years.

1911. 1910. 1909. ! 908. 1907. Item. Remarks. i Value. Quantity. Value. Quantity. Value. Quantity. Value. I Quantity. Value, Quantity. Iron and steel angles £ 13,089 Tons. 1,726 £ Tons. 9,716 1,368 7,413 I Tons. £ Tons. £ Tons. 1.039 14.720 1.858 5.912 669 Bar, bolt, and rod Hoop 215,557 2.629 42,485 27,389 218 10,031 161,009 20,297 j 22,117 2.503 42,003 i 10,107 146,448 23.305 39,244 155,790 17.896 195.983 22,669 199,017 21,791 2.543 25.006 2.647 ; 24,184 2,383 9.767 : 47.985 ! 11.283 45,566 9,723 15,824 209,404 16,875 188,159 17,743 Average value, £7 12s. 9d. per ton Freight, £1 Is. 3d. ' Average value, £8 per ton. Freight, £1 Is. 3d. Freight, £1 Is. 3d. Average value, £4 5s. per ton. Freight, £1 6s. 3d. Pipes and fittings Rails Sheets and plates Sheet, galvanized corrugated .. Sheet, galvanized plain Wire, barb Wire, plain Machines and machinery, agricultural Ploughs and harrows Machinery, dairying Engines, gas and. oil . . Boilers Mining Engines, traction and portable. . 264,830 163,221 62.511 308.782 80.941 62,081 129.129 108,096 ( 7,820[ 120,147 1 21,564 7,113 19,962 i 5,248 J 4,975 12,935 204,241 i 19,889 141,274 21.322 j 60,249 7,147 274,192 17.790 ! 53,144 3.352 60,988 4.861 118.150 ■ 11,819 123.279 ' .. 138,001 ! 70,072 220.647 ! 54,869 ! 38,873 83,149 J 112,231 I 7.437 ! 41,983 ! 69,839 I 6.474 37,409 19,951 19,911 I 128.063 17.420 136,331 : 17,988 8.460 73,244 7,822 77.944 7,948 13.503 '< 222.978 13.588 291,085 15,735 3.274 61,201 ; 3,547 . 70,329 j 3,945 3.208 53.463 ■ 4.106 47.939 3.629 8.737 I 125.767 12,008 I 116.204 10.940 138.733 I .. I 103.397 9.599 .. 9,501 35.386 .. 49,487 98.924 .. 110,132 | 12,207 .. 8,777 32.216 .. 35,216 27,151 .. 29,360 Average value, £7 11s. 5d. per ton. 10,292 52,404 129,545 8,613 41,707 24,027 .. ■ I 8.801 I .. 68,286 89,978 7,361 32,275 28,783 Average tonnage per annum for five years, 1907-1911 = 124,251 tons.