TRADE AND COMMERCE.
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ing a fund for the education of the cultivators of the soil. In the North-Western Provinces and Madras the foundation has been laid of a national system of Education ; while the general position for the whole of India is, that the Government has succeeded in establishing a system of public instruction for the upper and middle classes, but has, as yet, naade little or no impression upon the great body of the population.
Trade and Commerce.
The total value of the imports and exports of the Indian empire, including treasure, was as follows, in each of the ten fiscal years ending April 30 and March 31, from I860 to 1869 : —
Years ended
Imports
Exports
£
£
I860 .
40,622,103
28,889,210
—
1861 .
34,170,793
34,090,154
u
1862 .
37,272,417
37,000,397
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1863 .
43,141,351
48,970,785
1864 .
50,108,171
66,895,884
1865 .
49,514,275
69,471,791
.1866 .
56,156,529
67,656,475
g 1 1867 .
42,275,619
44,291,497
! S i 1868 .
47,128,291
51,527,588
£ 1 1869 .
50,943,191
53,706,830
Divided into merchandise and treasure, the imports in each of the ten fiscal years were as follows : —
Imports of
Imports of
Total
Merchandise
Treasure
Imports
£
£
£
r 1860 .
24,265,140
16,356,963
40,622,103
1861 .
23.493,716
10,677,077
34,170,793 1
Fh
1862 .
22,320,432
14,951,985
37,272.417
<N
1863 .
22,632,384
20,508,967
43,141,351
1864 .
27,145,590
22,962,581
50,108,171
1865 .
28,150,923
21,363,352
49,514,275
J866 .
29,599,228
26,557,301
56,156,529
J
r 1867 .
29,038,715
13,236,904
42,275,619
- J
1868 .
35,397,832
11,730,459
47,128,291
£
1869 .
35,793,767
15,149,424
50,943,191
Similarly, the exports in each of the ten years were as follows:
