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TRADE AND NAVIGATION ACCOUNTS
POE TILE MONTH AND EIGHT MONTHS ENDED 318T ATOM 1856 AND 1855.
Month ended August 31,
nu.oars. 1856. 1855.
Declared value of British £ £ Eight Months ended August 31, 1856. 1855.
£ £: Manufactures, Sce 10,753,292 .. 8,891,473 74,689,934 .. 60,154,178 Of these exports the following are items:
Cotton Manufactures : enter-
ed per yard 2,583,523 .. 2,143,044 18,169,495 .. 16,233;038 Cotton lam 768,212 .. 635,444 5,087,667 .. 4,394,732 Haberdashery and Millinery. 395,124 .. 241,317 2,454,553 .. 1,666,354 Hardwares and Cutlery 307,281 .. 231,874 .... 2,328,213 .. 1,857,228 Linen Manufactures: entered per yard 376,609 .. 308,973 2,862,771 2,247,015: Linen Yarn 104,150 79,489 829,003 .. 634,698 Machinery and Mill-work :
Steam-Engines 91,291 . • 76,212 520,684 .. 589,218 Ditto: of all other sorts 195,444 • • 139,174 1,113,507 .. 833,825 Iron : Pig 136,409 • • 115,022 923,118 740,465 Bar, Bolt, and Rod 580,381 • • 570,156 4,299,261 .. 3,012,021 Wrought of all sorts 358,760 • • 209,183 2,489,324 .. 1,508,208(
Copper : Sheet, Nails, Sze.
150,443 • • 91,974 1,086,986 735,142 • Silk : Manufactures and Yarn 308,434 177,689 1,878,344 .. 982,572 "Woollens : entered by the piece 274,112 .. 239,776 1,906,141 .. 1,537,593 entered by the yard 321,980 .. 230,370 2,193,370 1,528,527 Worsted stuffs 289,722 .. 289,228 1,965,405 1,526,212 Woollen yarn 221,504 .. 184,345 1,646,225 .. 1,130,129 IMPOSTs.
The following are items : Month ended August 31, Eight Months ended August 31,
An/sale: 1856. 1853. 1856. 1855.
Oxen and Bulls, number 7,430 .. 8,134 22,066 .. 28,554 Cows
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1,934 .. 1,261 3,187 .. 3,726 Calves
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3,643 .. 3,721 13,458 .. 15,414 Sheep „ 27,373 .. 27,612 62,801 .. 60,431 Lambs „ 2,524 1,500 8,211 3,854 Swine
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2,953 3,458 5,722 5,515
Corn :
Wheat Vs. 507,534 261,860 .... 2,284,519 .. 2,030,252 Barley ,, ... 59,902 41,080 .... 258,289 .. 285,216
Oats ,,
137,692 • • 125,088 700,973 .. 741,238 Pens and Beans. „ 13,836 • • 31,710 .... • 330,265 314,341 Indian Corn or Maize „ 130,792 • • 132,960 .... 1,339,941 .. 776,767 Wheat-meal or
Flour ewts. 478,286 132,046 .... 2,846,071 .. 1,265,678
_Provisions:
• Bacon
Of
35,476 13,494 .... 303,534 .. 214,058
Beef : salted 8,836
12,542 .... 164,904 .. 216,716 Pork : salted. „ 16,474 ..
. 20 .... 120,722 .. 184,182
Butter .. - - " .... 315,243 ., 293,966 Cheese „ 38,958 .. 49,035 233,061 .. 222,195 Eggs number 9,137,200 .. 9,368,200 88,576,200 .. 74,324,000 Coffee lbs. 7,287 022 .. 12,331 478 • 36,709,372 .. 36,428,170 Tea „ 2,525,584 • . 6,274,372 .... 56,785,376 .. 55,832,363 Sugar : Unrefined cwts. 760,657 .. 736,194 .... 5,117,289 4,290,750
Refined (Foreign) ,'
28,936 .. 40,862 .... 141,914 .. 181,901
Wine gallons.
607,638 .. 758,841 .... 4,986,064 .. 5,580,947 Cotton : Raw cwts. 898,701 .. 411,660 .... 7,113,201 „ 5,560,003 Flax: Undressed „ 240,259 .. 101,076 .... 625,892 451,529
Wool :
• Sheep and Lambs' lbs. 12,571,301 .. 10,341,681 .... 74,484,388 .. 60,516,195 HOME CONSEMPTiON: (entered for)
Coffee lbs. 2,596,754 .. 2,558,904 .... 23,686,812 24,905,385 Tea „ „ 5,028,843 .. 4,413,309 .... 42,862,485 44,126,536 Sugar : Unrefined . cwts. 569,361 .. 511,236 .... 4,795,913 5,310,723 Wine gallons. 575,248 .. 577,334 .... 4,787,C78 . 4,411 842
Sailing and Steam Vessels-Month ended August 31, Samosa. Vessels. 18 58. Tonnage. 1833.
Vessels. Tonnage.
Poreign Trade : Inwards.
3,579 .. 863,994 .... 2,724 .. 708,856 Outwards 4,697 .. 1,822,643 .... 4,237 901,378 Coasting Trade: Inwards. 11,111 .. 1,049,238 11,635 .. 1,190,126 Outwards 12,553
.. 1,148.176 ....
13,653 .. 1,246,773
The preceding abstract exhibits once more an increase in every item of British manufactures exported to foreig'n countries. The increase upon the month as compared with August 1855 is 1,900,0001.; and com- pared with 1854, the increase is 2,000,000/. Upon the eight months the
excess over 1855 is 14,500,0001. and over 1854 7,000,0001. The pan- titles of tea, coffee, sugar, and wine, entered for home consumption, show that the means of purchasing such articles remain undiminished.
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