The Pamphlet Collection of Sir Robert Stout: Volume 47
Colonial and Foreign trade of England Contrasted
Colonial and Foreign trade of England Contrasted.
The following figures are from an elaborate paper, by Dr. J. Forbes Watson. The years 1869 and 1876 are selected as presenting analogies, both being years of depression, subsequent on years of great excitement.
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Population and Trade of the Colonies.
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Values and Percentages Exported to Ritish Possessions and Foreign Countries.
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Ditto, the Cotton Trade.
Food and agricultural produce | £ 11,750,000 |
Textile manufactures | £ 102,750,000 |
Other produce and manufactures | £76,000,000 |
Total | £200,500,000 |
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Net and Gross Values to Colonies and Foreign Countries Contrasted.
![Net] Imports. 1869. 1876. Mlns. Mlns. £ £ Food....................... 106 .... 159 Raw materials for home consumption........ 38 .... 61 Manufactures..................... 34 .... 41 Total imports................. 178 .... 261 Net Exports 1869. 1876. Mlns Mlns. £ £ Exports of net proceeds of British industries. 102 .... 143 Net value of exports.... 120 .... 143 Balance covered in other ways than by export of manufactures......... 58 .. 118](../../etexts/Stout47/Stout47P001012c(h280).jpg)
Balance Sheet of Trade of United Kingdom.
It thus appears that the net exports nearly corresponds with the amount of food imported—the former being 157 millions sterling in 1676, and the latter 143 millions.
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Table Showing the Changes Which Have Taken Place in the Economic Condition of England in the Period of Eight Years from 1860 to 1876.