H.—44a

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Table 8 gives the imports in greater detail, and shows by means of the quinquennial averages and the accompanying chart the general trend of change.

Table 8.—Imports of Coal, 1885-1918.

Graph showing changes in amount of imports of coal, year by year.

Year. Quantity. Log. of Quantity. Quinquennial Period. Average. 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 •• ! Tons. 130,202 119,873 107,230 101,341 128,063 110,939 125,318 125,453 117,444 112,961 108,198 101,756 110,907 115,427 99,655 124,033 149,764 127,853 103,923 147,190 109,040 207,567 220,749 287,808 258,185 232,378 188,068 364,359 468,940 518,070 353,471 293,956 291,597 255,332 Tons. 5-11461 5-07871 5-03032 5-00578 5-10741 5-04509 5-09802 5-09847 5-06982 5-05292 5-03423 5-00758 5-04497 5-06232 4-99850 5-09353 5-17540 5-10670 5-21463 5-16791 5-22802 5-31710 5-34390 5-45911 5-41194 5-30620 5-27432 5-56153 5-67112 5-71439 5-54835 5-46829 5-46479 1885-89 1880-90 1887-91 1888-92 1889-93 1890-94 1891-95 1892-96 1893-97 1894-98 1895-99 1890-1900 1897-1 1898-2 1899-3 1900-4 1901-5 1902-6 1903-7 1904-8 1905-9 1900-10 1907-11 1908-12 1909-13 1910-14 ■ 1911-15 • 1912-10 1913-17 1914-18 Tons. 117,342 113,489 114,578 118,223 121,443 118,423 117,875 113,163 110,253 109,850 107,188 110,336 119,957 123,346 133,046 142,554 151,556 163,117 181,696 206,473 228,671 241,337 237,438 266,160 302,386 354,303 378,582 399,759 385,207 342,485