MINES AND MINERALS I29
During the three years I901-3, the annual value of the Value of
imports into India of minerals and products directly obtained imported
minerals
from minerals averaged £IO,I58,252; and this is exclu- and
sive of glassware, earthenware, porcelain, hardware, cutlery, mineral
machinery, millwork, and railway plant, of which the value is, products.
of course, very much greater than that of the materials from
which they are manufactured. The value of these articles
would add almost -£8,ooo,ooo sterling to the sums detailed in
the following table, which shows the values declared for im-
ported simple minerals and direct mineral products, nearly all
of which are represented among the known resources of
India:-
IMPORTED ARTICLES. 1901. 1902. 1903. Average.
£ £ £ £
Mineraloilsandparaffin 2,835,S15 2,231,946 2,302,865 2,456,8.,;
Iron . 2,249,743 2,0S8,777 2,396,208 2,244,90S
Steel. I,417,297 1,396,634 1,739976 1,517,969
Copper . . 692,836 I,258,54 I,321,144 ,o090o,843
Precious stones and
pearls, unset and 674,818 843,520 987,618 835,319
Salt . . 488,r07 458,251 408,941 451,766
Inorganic chemicals . 377,220 375,933 379,338 377,497
Coal, coke,and patent
fuel 332,093 336,420 238,428 302,314
Tin . 159,157 177,138 226,925 187,740
Building materials:
stone, marble, ce- 148,951 177,149 198,811 174,970
ment, &c.
Lead . . 157,436 127,504 124,392 136,414
German silver 144,282 i39,955 98,605 127,614
Zinc or spelter . . 79392 87,986 96,588 87,9'9
Metals, unenumerated. 51,295 86,521 77,136 7 1,6z
Brass . . 54,653 90,449 53,149 66,084
Quicksilver 26,-96 27.;62 30,648 28,269
TOTAL 9,889,688 9,9c4,293 i I680,772 10,158,252
The chief items among imported mineral products are the The chief
metals, which, during the three years mentioned, had an average mineraled
value of 5,500oo,ooo sterling, without counting the value products.
of the metals used in imported machinery, railway plant,
and hardware. Iron and steel together constitute 37 per cent.
and copper Io.7 per cent. of the total, while the other valuable
articles are mineral oil 24.2 per cent., precious stones and
pearls 8.2 per cent., and salt 4.4 per cent.
In the table on the next page an attempt is made, by adding Value of
minerals
together the so-called values of the minerals for which returns produced.
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