Quantity of Wheat and Wheaten Flour (as wheat) imported into the United Kingdom from various sources during the calendar year 1900, together with the average rate of freight.
1900.
| Countries of Origin. | Quantities. Qrs. 480 ℔ | Ocean Freight to United Kingdom. Per 480 ℔. | Total Cost of Ocean Carriage. |
| s. d. | £ | ||
| Atlantic America | 11,171,100 | 2 3 | 1,257,100 |
| South Russia | 569,000 | 2 2 | 62,000 |
| Pacific America | 2,389,900 | 8 1 | 966,000 |
| Canada | 1,877,100 | 2 8 | 250,000 |
| Rumania | 176,400 | 2 6 | 22,000 |
| Argentina and Uruguay | 4,322,300 | 4 10 | 1,045,000 |
| France | 251,900 | 1 3 | 16,000 |
| Bulgaria and Rumelia | 30,600 | 2 6 | 4,000 |
| India | 2,200 | 4 0 | 400 |
| Austria-Hungary | 389,300 | 1 9 | 34,000 |
| Chile | 600 | .. | .. |
| North Russia | 462,700 | 1 6 | 35,000 |
| Germany | 438,700 | 1 6 | 33,000 |
| Australasia | 883,900 | 6 5 | 284,000 |
| Minor Countries | 225,100 | 2 6 | 28,000 |
| Total | 23,190,800 | Average 3s. 6d. | £4,036,500 |
Comparing these figures with a similar statement for the year 1872, the most remote year for which similar facts are available, it will be found that the actual total cost per quarter for ocean carriage has not much decreased.
Quantity of Wheat and Wheaten Flour (as wheat) imported into the United Kingdom from various sources during the calendar year 1872, together with the average rate of freight.
1872.
| Countries of Origin. | Quantities. Qrs. | Ocean Freight to United Kingdom. Per qr. | Total Cost of Carriage. |
| s. d. | £ | ||
| South Russia | 3,678,000 | 8 6 | 1,563,000 |
| United States | 2,030,000 | 6 6 | 659,000 |
| Germany | 910,000 | 2 0 | 91,000 |
| France | 660,000 | 3 0 | 99,000 |
| Egypt | 536,000 | 4 6 | 120,000 |
| North Russia | 490,000 | 2 0 | 49,000 |
| Canada | 400,000 | 7 6 | 150,000 |
| Chile | 330,000 | 12 0 | 198,000 |
| Turkey | 195,000 | 7 6 | 72,000 |
| Spain | 130,000 | 3 6 | 23,000 |
| Scandinavia | 160,000 | 2 0 | 16,000 |
| Total, Chief Countries | 9,519,000 | Average 6s. 5d. | £3,040,000 |
N.B.—A trifling quantity of Californian and Australian wheat was imported in the period in question, but the Board of Trade records do not distinguish the quantities, therefore they cannot be given. The freight in that year from those countries averaged about 13s. per quarter.
The exact difference between the average freight for the years 1872 and 1900 amounts to about 2s. 11d. per quarter (480 ℔), a trifle in comparison with the actual fall in the price of wheat during the same years.
The following data bearing upon the subject, for selected periods, are partly taken from the Corn Trade Year-Book:—