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 TRADE AND INDUSTRY.

Years

Imports entered for home consumption

Exports of domestic pro- duce and manufactures

1866 1867 1868

Francs 2,793,484,000 3,026,514,000 3,398,572,000

Francs 3,180,609,000 2,825,910,000 2,906,790,000

The principal articles imported into France for home consumption in the three years 1866-68 were raw cotton, silk, wool, wheat, and coals. The value of the imports of cotton in each of the three years was : —

Cotton imports

1866

1867

1868

Francs

Francs

Francs

From United Kingdom.

147,108,866

52,570,070

47,994,788

„ Turkey

26,092,045

17,555,439

22,537,231

„ Egypt.

35,626,439

19,418,871

24,713,887

,, British India

23,926,526

26,522,534

51,831.802

,, United States

153.453,191

98,805,208

122,398,853

,, Brazil

r Total. . 4

16,542,393

7,460,996

10,248,750

426,069,065

236,952,281

295,440,823

£17,042,762

9,478,091

11,817,633

The value of the imports of raw silk in each of the three years was : —

Silk imports

18G6

1867

1868

Francs

Francs

Francs

From United Kingdom.

72,121,590

76,305,463

91,227,225

,, British posses- "|

sions in the >

11,270,543

11,449,628

2,743,425

Mediterranean J

„ Italy.

12,831,683

15,745,925

13,970,775

„ Turkey

26,285,648

21,028,586

21,540,225

,, British E. Indies

3,147,525

9,705,717

8,463,900

„ China.

Total. . |

5,306,242

20,459,876

32,607,375

149,206,590

175,026,844

217,004,250

£5,968,264

7,001,074

8,680,170