TRADE AND INDUSTRY.
Years
Imports entered for home consumption
Exports of domestic pro- duce and manufactures
1866 1867 1868
Francs 2,793,484,000 3,026,514,000 3,398,572,000
Francs 3,180,609,000 2,825,910,000 2,906,790,000
The principal articles imported into France for home consumption in the three years 1866-68 were raw cotton, silk, wool, wheat, and coals. The value of the imports of cotton in each of the three years was : —
Cotton imports
1866
1867
1868
Francs
Francs
Francs
From United Kingdom .
147,108,866
52,570,070
47,994,788
„ Turkey
26,092,045
17,555,439
22,537,231
„ Egypt.
35,626,439
19,418,871
24,713,887
,, British India
23,926,526
26,522,534
51,831.802
,, United States
153.453,191
98,805,208
122,398,853
,, Brazil
r Total . . 4
16,542,393
7,460,996
10,248,750
426,069,065
236,952,281
295,440,823
£17,042,762
9,478,091
11,817,633
The value of the imports of raw silk in each of the three years was : —
Silk imports
18G6
1867
1868
Francs
Francs
Francs
From United Kingdom .
72,121,590
76,305,463
91,227,225
,, British posses- "|
sions in the >
11,270,543
11,449,628
2,743,425
Mediterranean J
„ Italy .
12,831,683
15,745,925
13,970,775
„ Turkey
26,285,648
21,028,586
21,540,225
,, British E. Indies
3,147,525
9,705,717
8,463,900
„ China.
Total . . |
5,306,242
20,459,876
32,607,375
149,206,590
175,026,844
217,004,250
£5,968,264
7,001,074
8,680,170
