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 TRADE AND INDUSTRY.

85

Imports of British produce from United Kingdom

1868

1869

into France

£

£

Alkali, soda ........

62,585

62,731

Apparel and haberdashery

89,401

123,079

Beer and ale.

24,704

29,312

Caoutchouc, manufactures of

116,065

135,665

Cement

60,570

74,916

Coals, cinders, and culm

872,568

869,137

Corn, wheat ....

78,893

25,418

,. wheatflour.

2,908

15

Cotton yarn.

256,366

242,018

,, piece goods

928,517

987,277

,, hosiery small wares

176,799

207,800

Drugs and chemical products

96,063

120,197

Earthenware and porcelain

35,473

33,615

Hardwares and cutlery.

208,368

228.879

Horses .....

74,174

35,929

Linen yarns.

236,579

230,505

,, piece goods.

178,259

191,323

Machinery, steam engines

30,883

15,821

,, other sorts.

349,929

301,303

Metals, copper, wrought and unwrought

350,623

331,226

„ iron, „ ,,

504,053

704,440

„ lead and shot ....

62,716

57,972

„ tin, unwrought.

104,048

187,951

,, tin plates.

40,261

43,038

„ zinc, wrought and unwrouj;

dit.

33,195

78,316

Naphtha, paraffin e oil, &c. .

30,595

70,690

Oil, seed ....

175,100

184,617

Painters' colours.

38,968

42.532

Silk, yarn ....

93,551

72,498

,, thrown.

342,936

346.442

,, manufactures

92,408

113,630

Spirits, British

1,833

1,847

Telegraph wire and apparatus

467

534,432

Wool, sheep and lambs'

349,064

380,292

Woollen yarn

893,561

705,573

Woollen manufactures, cloths, coatings, &c.

356,501

551,371

,, ., worsted stuffs.

1,187,425

1.337,576

M „ flannels and carpets

159,631

156,819

,, „ of other sorts

204.751

137,898

All other articles .....

1,751,943

1,484,230

Total

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10,652,734

11,438,330

It will be seen from the preceding tables that the imports of British produce and manufactures into France during recent years have not kept pace with the immense increase of exports from France to the United Kingdom.

The strength of the French mercantile navy, exclusive of small