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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1908 Excerpt: ...States was not large enough to be classified, and was included under the head of " other countries." Eespectfully, John M. Carson, Chief of Bureau. To Hon. Oscar S. Straus, Secretary of Commerce and Labor. MALTA COMMERCE AND INDUSTRIES OF MALTA. REVIEW OF TRADE CONDITIONS. By Consul William Holt Gale, Valetta. The depression in trade in 1906 became more acute in 1907. The annual trade statistics of the customs and port department show that during the financial year ended March 31, 1908, there was a decrease in the importation of nearly all dutiable articles. The gross revenue for 1908 was $1,244,402, as against $1,299,825 collected during the preceding year, showing a decrease of $55,423. The chief dutiable articles imported, with their respective values, were: Cattle (including bullocks, horses, mules, and sheep), $785,150; cotton-seed oil, $90,229; flour, $757,085; meats (frozen and preserved), $108,820; olive oil, $261,631; petroleum, $195,068; sugar, $735,663; tobacco (manufactured and unmanufactured), $260,434; wheat, $966,764; and wine, $482,795. The total value of dutiable imports actually landed was $6,017,573. The principal countries from which the imports were drawn, with the values of the articles furnished by each country, were: United Kingdom and British colonies, $1,420,954; Austria-Hungary, $686,292; Barbarv, $630,697: Eussia. $629,710; United States, $620,750; Turkey, $598,770; Italy, $595,893; Tunis, $255,667; Greece, $231,432; France, $136,250; Germany, $109,465; and Belgium and Holland, $85,831. The United States now stands fifth in the list instead of sixth, as was the case in 1906, and shows an increase of $33,117 in the value of the imports furnished. The principal articles supplied were: Cotton-seed oil, $10,472; flour, $39,3...
