TRADE AND INDUSTRY.
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and Ireland showed great fluctuations in recent years, as will be seen from the following tabular statement, exhibiting the distribution of the exports over the four quarters of each of the three years 1867, 1868, and 1869 :—
Exports from the
United States to
Great Britain
1S67
1868
1869
1st Quarter 2nd „ 3rd 4th
&
8,905,648
16,874,464
7,252,107
8,013,738
£
12,162,463
17,396,819
5,338,055
8,164,962
43,062,294
£
9,788,053 12,075,785
8,265,810 12,390,279
Total .
41,045,957
42,519,927
The division of exports from the Northern and Southern States, and ports on the Pacific, to Great Britain and Ireland, in each of the quarters of the year 1869 was as follows : —
Exports from the
United States to
Great Britain
Northern States
Southern States
Ports on the Pacific
1st Quarter 2nd „ 3rd 4th
Total
£ 3,869,348 4,575,232 4,841,411 8,430,963
£ 5,340,638 7,100,514 2,887,940 3,597,198
£ 578,067 400,039 536,459 362,118
21,716,954
18,926,290
1,876,683
The following statement exhibits the gross amount of commercial transactions between the United States and Great Britain and Ire- land during the year 1869, namely, the exports of bullion and specie as well as merchandise, and the imports of bullion, and foreign and colonial goods, as well as British and Irish produce.
Exports to Great Britain and Ireland.
£ General exports, inclusive
of corn and flour . . 42,573,047 Bullion, gold and silver . 2,938,433
Total Exports . . 45,511,480
Imports from Great Britain and Ireland.
British and Irish produce Foreign and Colonial ,, Bullion, gold and silver
Total Imports .
&
24,624,311 2,163,420 1,05 1,717
27,839,448
The following table gives the value of the various articles of British and Irish produce and manufactures imported into the United States in each of the three years 1867 to 1869 : — •
