TRADE AND INDUSTRY.
5*5
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.
