The Pamphlet Collection of Sir Robert Stout: Volume 52
Analysis of Imports and Exports for 1884
Analysis of Imports and Exports for 1884.
Imports. | Exports of British Produce and Manufactures. | |
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£ | £ | |
Living Animals, Food, Spirits, Wine, Tobacco, Seeds and Oil Cake | 172,104,684 | 11,076,558 |
Raw Materials, and other Materials of Manufacture, including Cotton, Wool, Ores, Hides, Skins, Coal, &c. | 146,489,696 | 13,469,551 |
Leather | 5,411,253 | 2,016,136 |
Cotton, Linen, Jute, Silk, Woollen, and other Textile Manufactures, including Yarns | 21,813,819 | 109,814,281 |
Metals, in various stages of Manufacture | 14,773,281 | 37,162,152 |
Steam Engines, Machinery, Tools, Hardware, and Cutlery (Import trifling, not stated separately) | 13,051,028 | |
Alkali, Chemicals, and Drugs | 2,362,093 | 7,839,516 |
Other Manufactured Articles | 23,337,202 | 38,168,353 |
Miscellaneous Articles | 3,482,521 | |
Total Exports British Produce and Manufactures | £232,927,575 | |
Exports of Foreign and Colonial Produce | £62,443,715 | |
Total Real Value of Imports and Exports | £389,774,549 | £295,371,290 |
Gold and Silver Bullion, and Specie | 20,321,853 | 21,999,222 |
Total | £410,096,402 | £317,370,512 |
Of the Importations of Textile Fabrics, Silk, formerly the most protected of British Industries, accounts for £10,976,836; Cotton, the freest from Protection, for only £2,23o,800. Of the whole £389,774,000 of Imports, £318,594,000 consisted of Food, Drink, Tobacco, and materials of manufacture, while the Exports of British Produce are mainly Manufactures.