NOTE (p. 375). The following Table shows the Imports of Phosphates into the United Kingdom,
and the Countries of Production, during the Years 1885-92. | 1885. | 1886. | 1887. | 1888. | 1889. | 1890. | 1891. | 1892. | | Tons. | Tons. | Tons. | Tons. | Tons. | Tons. | Tons. | Tons. | | United States | 138,844 | 144,623 | 165,275 | 111,369 | 122,554 | 177,283 | *131,084 | *201,465 | | Canada | 21,484 | 18,069 | 19,194 | 12,423 | 23,297 | 21,089 | 15,918 | 7,814 | | Dutch West Indies (CuraÇao, Aruba) | 11,588 | 12,581 | 9,505 | 10,736 | 14,730 | 14,763 | 8,851 | 6,648 | | British West Indies (Sombrero, &c) | 7,727 | 3,351 | 6,451 | 11,010 | 1,880 | 3,970 | 1,960 | 2,473 | | Spain and Portugal | 19,282 | 5,825 | 15,612 | 6,978 | 1,326 | — | 320 | 971 | | Belgium | 35,405 | 31,551 | 45,322 | 54,261 | 64,643 | 82,096 | 70,723 | 65,079 | | Holland | 865 | 2,194 | 4,778 | 4,137 | 2,270 | 2,428 | 3,434 | 6,627 | | France | 2,276 | 1,503 | 11,140 | 39,059 | 65,490 | 35,659 | 18,325 | 18,239 | | Australia | — | 200 | 350 | — | 1,250 | — | — | — | | Germany | 704 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | | Hayti (San Domingo) | — | 2,175 | 3,044 | 6,238 | 4,094 | 992 | 1,639 | 2,965 | | Brazil | — | — | 1,200 | — | — | — | — | — | | Venezuela and Guiana | — | — | 405 | — | — | — | 540 | — | | Norway | — | — | — | — | — | 4,151 | 1,495 | 305 | | Other countries | 397 | 1,039 | 1,139 | 1,675 | 390 | 1,070 | 1,483 | 1,594 | | | | | | | | | | | *Florida phosphate | — | — | — | — | — | — | 35,203 | 66,327 | | Carolina phosphate | — | — | — | — | — | — | 96,881 | 135,138 |
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