Annual report on the social and economic progress of the people of the Falkland Islands.

Date:
[1937]
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Annual report on the social and economic progress of the people of the Falkland Islands. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    The principal articles imported during 1937 and the previous year were as follow: 1936. 1937• ... Value. £ 22,471 Quantity. Value. £ Quantity. Principal sources of suppl with values in £. Provisions... '. 23,039 United Kingdom (18,367) Uruguay (2,106), Argen tine (1,254). Hardware ... 15,865 — 21,133 —- United Kingdom (19,857). Drapery ... 5,I23 — 5,012 — United Kingdom (4,987). Coal, coke and oil fuel, 7,5io 4,769 Chile (2,415), Uruguay* (2,330). Timber 4,526 —• 6,452 — Chile (3,144), Unitei Kingdom (1,812). Paints, etc. 4,no — 5,064 — United Kingdom (2,231) Uruguay (1,828). Chemicals ... 5,279 — 4,760 — United Kingdom (4,479). Beer 1,690 10,384 gal. 2,789 17,032 gal. (2,750). Spirits 1,830 2,079 ,, 3,613 4,657 „ „ „ (3,612). Tobacco ... 2,652 8,293 lb. 4,321 13,215 lb. (4,250). Wines 700 1,050 gal. 1,130 1,503 gal. ,, „ (1,030). Exports. Almost the entire trade continued, as in previous years, to be with the United Kingdom, shipments to other countries being inconsiderable. The values and quantities of the principal domestic exports for the years 1936 and 1937 are given in the table below: 1936. 1937• 7 J Value. Quantity. Value. Quantity. Principal countries of £ £ destination with values in j Wool ...98,6843,994,5371b. 162,511 4,560,0631b. United Kingdom (all). Tallow ... 2,089 248,496 ,, 2,618 205,896 ,, ,, ,, (2,57°! Hides and 7,825 75,812 17,923 110,153 ,, ,, (17,904 Sheepskins. Seal Oil ... 6,58.1 2,732 bis. 4,200 1,654 bis. ,, ,, (all). Coin and Notes.—Statistics of the imports of coin for the year 1937 and the previous four years are as follows: — 1933• 1934■ I935- 1936. 1937- £ £ £ £ £ 25 750 — 9bo 1,125 There were no imports of notes and no exports of coin or notes during the five years 1933 to 1937- i j VIII.—LABOUR. The principal industry, which is sheep-farming, absorbs labour to the extent of some 500 persons. In Stanley employment is almost solely at the disposal of the Government and of the Falkland Islands Company, Limited. There was a slight
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