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ports of rubber heels and soles are increasing, the former chiefly 
from the United States and France; the latter chiefly to the 
United Kingdom. A smaller value of toys and games was ex- 
ported in 1928 than in 1927 and went chiefly to France and the 
Netherlands ; imports from France and the United Kingdom are 
increasing. 
Surgical rubber exports go chiefly to the Belgian Congo and 
India; imports come chiefly from Germany and France. Imports 
of miscellaneous rubber manufactures come chiefly from Germany 
and France and, to a much less degree, from the United States 
and Great Britain; exports in 1928 amounted to 548 tons against 
258 tons in 1927, Great Britain taking 211 tons and the Netherlands 
175 tons. 
Exports of sheets, plates, rods, &c. and thread, which are semi- 
manufactured goods used in further manufacture, are increasing. 
Ebonite goods, chiefly imported from Germany and France, were 
61 tons in 1927 and 88 tons in 1928 ; other sheet, &c. imported were 
227 tons in 1927 and 270 tons in 1928, 48 tons in the former year 
and 65 tons in the latter coming from Great Britain. Exports 
were less in 1928 than in 1927 and went to Germany, France, the 
Netherlands, and Italy. Exports of thread are trivial but imports 
are considerable. being in 1928 valued at £41.000. 
C.—CENERAIL CONSIDERATIONS. 
XXV.—NEED FOR MORE UNIFORM STATISTICS. 
116. At this point we should like to call attention once more to 
the need for more uniform statistics. The foregoing paragraphs 
of this survey afford numerous instances in which comparisons of 
the trade of different countries in rubber manufactures have been 
rendered either impossible or have been put forward with several 
qualifications owing to differences in the methods of collecting and 
arranging the statistics of different countries. Certain changes 
were made in 1927 in the trade returns of the United Kingdom 
which should be of great assistance to the industry but generally 
little progress has been made in establishing a common nomencla- 
ture and classification for rubber goods in the trade statistics of 
various countries. Greater uniformity and clarity would be of much 
assistance to the trade and would greatly facilitate the study of the 
developments of this expanding industry. We believe that this 
subject of greater uniformity in economic statistics ought to be 
dealt with internationally and we hope that it will be dealt with 
by the Committee on Customs Nomenclature now sitting under 
the auspices of the League of Nations; but whether international 
agreement can be arranged or not we are of opinion that greater 
aniformity in the statistics of Empire countries is a necessary prece-