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.
page 11Food and agricultural produce | £ 11,750,000 |
Textile manufactures | £ 102,750,000 |
Other produce and manufactures | £76,000,000 |
Total | £200,500,000 |
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.