Tare XX
Australia
INTERNATIONAL TRADE, 1886-96
NET IMPORTS.
Declared
value.
[mport
price
index.
Value at 1886 level.
Absolute.) Relative.
Declared
value.
A+B
YVear.! Sm. '1886=1000' £m.
C+3418
1886 =1000 2...
1886
1887
1888
1889
1890
1891
1892
1893
1894
1895
[898
34-179
29-573
36-881
37-577
35-168
37-711
30-107
23-765
21-897
23-195
20.658
o
1000
1009
1004
1048
1035
990
948
912
866
858
RQ92
0 Dn
34.18 1000
29-31 857
26-73 1075
35-79 1051
13-98 994
38-09 | 1114
31-76 1 929
26-06 762
2629 | 740
27-03 791
azon | g73
21-720
23-420
28-900
29-553
29-321
36-042
33-370
33-225
32-131
33-644
23.084
NET EXPORTS.
Export
price
inder.
Value az 1886 level,
Absolute. | Relative.
Net barter,
trade
torane
18886 = 1040
E+F
£m
G+2172 B+F
1x86 — 1000 1886 = 1000
L600
1027
996
1012
978
889
843
761
686 1
703
740
G
21-72
22-80
29-02
29-20
29-98
40-54
39-58
43-66
46-84
47-86
A4.-85
od
1000
1050
1336
1344
1380
1866
1822
2010
2156
2203
2051
1
1000
982
1008
1034
1058
1114
1125
1198
1262
1220
1205
Index of prices.
(Wholesale)
Gross
barter,
trade
forme
Index of wages.
Effective
lowing for
Unemplt.
Melbourne. | Gt. Britain.
H+D
1886 = 1000) 1886 = 1000) 1886 = 1000) 1886 = 1000 | 1886 < 1000
Effective,
L000
1225
1243
1279
‘388
1676
1961
2638
2914
2785
2108
£
1000
992
1262
1023
1035
984.
983
983
960
921
an.
L M
1000 {000
1007 982
1282 952
1013 968
1018 1055
1016 951
1015 849
997 826
976 764
944 674
3161 BRS
N
1600
959
957
975
1003
1014
1019
967
962
907
1076
Volume and prices of imports and exports, net and gross barter terms of trade, with indexes of wages and prices, 1886-96.
Sources. Columns 4 and E. Coghlan’s Seven Colonies, 1895-6.
Band F. Adapted from Coghlan’s Statistical Account of Australia and N.Z.
K. Calculated from wage rates in N.S.W. and Vie, Year Books.
L. Calculated from unemployment figures for factories.
# and N. From Comwlth, Bur. Census and Statistics. Labour Report No. 1.
