The Pamphlet Collection of Sir Robert Stout: Volume 14

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Table 1. Exports of Home Produce only (in thousands of pounds, *i.e.*, 100 = 100,000).
Years.	Total Value of Exports of British and Irish Produce.	Amount.	Per Cent. of Total.	Amount.	Per Cent of Total.
		Exported to Foreign Countries only.		Exported to British Possessions only.
	£	£		£
1856	115,827	82,527	71.2	33,300	28.8
1857	122,066	84,911	69.6	37,155	30.4
1858	116,609	76,386	65.5	40,223	34.5
1859	130,412	84,268	64.6	46,144	35.4
1860	135,891	92,226	67.9	43,665	32.1
1861	125,103	82,858	66.2	42,245	33.8
1862	123,992	82,097	66.2	41,895	33.8
1863	146,602	95,723	65.3	50,879	34.7
1864	160,449	108,735	67.8	51,714	32.2
1865	165,836	117,629	70.9	48,207	29.1
1866	188,917	135,198	71.6	53,719	28.4
1867	180,962	131,162	72.5	49,800	27.5
1868	179,678	129,813	72.2	49,865	27.8
1869	189,954	141,881	74.7	48,073	25.3
1870	199,587	147,773	74.0	51,814	26.0
1871	223,066	171,816	77.0	51,250	23.0
1872	256,257	195,701	76.4	60,556	23.6
1873	255,165	188,836	74.0	66,329	26.0
1874	239,558	167,278	69.8	72,280	30.2
1875	223,466	152,374	68.2	71,092	31.8
1876	200,639	135,780	67.7	64,859	32.3
1877	198,893	128,970	64.8	69,923	35.2
1878	192,849	126,611	65.7	66,238	34.3
1879	191,532	130,530	68.2	61,002	31.8
1880	223,060	147,806	66.3	75,254	33.7
1881	234,023	154,658	66.1	79,365	33.9
1882	241,467	156,641	64.9	84,826	35.1
1883	239,799	156,322	65.2	83,477	34 8
1884	233,025	152,149	65.2	80,876	34.8
1885	213,045	135,115	63.4	77,930	36.6

Table II. Exports of all kinds (in thousands of pounds, *i.e.*, 100 =100,000).
Years.	Total Value of Exports.	Amount.	Per Cent of Total	Amount.	Per cent, of Total.
		Exported to Foreign Countries only.		Exported to British Possessions only.
	£	£		£
1856	139,221	12,525	73.6	36,696	26.4
1857	146,174	15,738	72.3	40,436	27.7
1858	139,783	6,570	69.1	43,213	30.9
1859	155,693	16,042	68.1	49,651	31.9
1860	164,521	17,988	71.7	46,533	28.3
1861	159,632	14,493	71.7	45,139	28.3
1862	166,168	10,744	72.7	45,424	27.3
1863	196,902	11,932	72.1	54,970	27.9
1864	212,588	16,892	73.8	55,696	26.2
1865	218,832	17,285	76.4	51,547	23.6
1866	238,906	11,738	76.1	57,168	23.9
1867	225,802	12,440	76.4	53,362	23.6
1868	227,779	14,061	76.4	53,718	23.6
1869	237,015	15,123	78.1	51,892	21.9
1870	244,080	18,689	77.3	55,391	22.7
1871	283,575	28,014	80.1	55,561	19.6
1872	314,589	28,980	79.1	65,609	20.9
1873	311,005	29,857	77.1	71,148	22.9
1874	297,650	29,740	73.8	77,910	26.2
1875	281,612	24,957	72.8	76,655	27.2
1876	256,777	16,627	72.7	70,150	27.3
1877	252,346	16,594	70.0	75,752	30.0
1878	245,484	13,491	70.7	71,993	29.3
1879	248,783	12,274	73.3	66,509	26.7
1880	286,415	24,887	71.5	81,528	28.5
1881	297,083	20,402	70.8	86,681	29.2
1882	306,661	24,323	69.9	92,338	30.1
1883	305,437	25,036	70.4	90,401	29.6
1884	295,968	27,664	70.2	88,304	29.8
1885	271,404	15,979	68.5	85,425	31.5

In parallel column with these interesting tables we place the following record, referring our readers at same time to the long lists we gave in previous Almanacks of the Colonial Import Tariffs. These are levied principally upon articles of English Manufacture, upon yarns, woven fabrics, metals, earthenware, glass, leather and oils.

In several of the Colonies administered from Downing Street (called Crown Colonies) tariffs upon com, flour, butter and fish, meat and rice are in vogue, our West Indian fellow-subjects especially being oppressed by heavy Customs Duties upon these food materials, whilst the self-governing Colonies of Australia all tax rice, butter, tea, and sugar, and shut out bacon and hams with heavy duties.

Our Home Government (directed hitherto by Parliaments dominated by the Landed Interest) sets the example for all this folly by exacting Customs Duties upon the produce of almost every country of the globe.

The declared value of the whole of the British Imports which in 1885 had to pay Customs Duties was £28,893,295, and they came from the following countries:

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