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 TRADE AND INDUSTRY.

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Years (ended June 30)

Imports

Exports

£

£

1860

73,670,024

69,495,011

1861

63,424.213

78,119,693

1862

39,459.327

40,219,209

1863

50.548.320

55,761,010

1864

65,699,761

49,070,797

1865

47,840,451

55,131.746

1866

91,174,784

73,282,098

1867

82,360,159

66,890,921

1868

69,509,842

53,808.408

1869

83,661,276

72,211,029

The declared value of the principal articles imported into the United States in the two fiscal years ending June 18G8 and 1869 was as follows, in round numbers: —

1868

1869

£

£

Woollen goods

7.200,000

9,683,000

Silk.

3,730,000

4,467,000

Cotton

3,460,000

4,112,000

Flax.

2,800,000

3,445,000

Hemp.

800,000

647,500

Sugar.

12,400,000

12,305,000

Coffee.

5,000.000

4,906,000

Tea.

2,200,000

2,738,000

Tobacco

400,000

664,800

Wines

920,000

1,254,000

Iron and steel

4,700,000

5,739,000

Tin.

1,720,000

1,762,000

Lead.

600,000

706,400

Wood Manufactures

1,500,000

1,650,500

Glass.

600,000

779,100

Coal.

255,000

223,250

Bread stuffs

1,700,000

2,025,700

The importation of breadstuffs in 1868 and 1869, an entirely novel feature in the commerce of the country, was from Canada into the neighbouring State of New York.

The exports of the United States consist almost entirely of agri- cultural produce. Foremost, as regards value, in the list of articles, stands wheat and flour, and then follow cotton, tobacco, pickled pork and hams, and butter and cheese. Considerably more than two- hirds of the exports go to Great Britain and Ireland, the rest being taken chiefly by Canada, the British West Indies, and Germany.