BB.—: The Importation of Food (p. 738)

The following figures are given in the Report of the Agricultural Committee (1906) of the Tariff Commission:

IMPORTS OF WHEAT AND FLOUR

Period.	Imports per head. Cwts.	Percentage of Population fed from home-grown corn.	Period.	Imports per head. Cwts.	Percentage of Population fed from home-grown corn.
1831–1835	.119	96.0	1871–1875	1.56	48.0
1836–1840	.267	90.0	1876–1880	1.85	37.2
1841–1845	.308	89.55	1881–1885	2.17	26.4
1846–1850	.644	78.45	1886–1890	2.09	29.0
1851–1855	.755	74.4	1891–1895	2.51	15.2
1856–1860	.837	71.9	1896–1900	2.38	19.1
1861–1865	1.196	59.4	1901–1905	2.54	10.6
1866–1870	1.224	58.4

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For other estimates, and for sources of import, see “First Fiscal Blue-book” (British and Foreign Trade and Industry, 1903), p. 108.