TRADE AND INDUSTRY.
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Imports of British produce from United Kingdom
1868
1869
into France
£
£
Alkali, soda ........
62,585
62,731
Apparel and haberdashery
89,401
123,079
Beer and ale .
24,704
29,312
Caoutchouc, manufactures of
116,065
135,665
Cement
60,570
74,916
Coals, cinders, and culm
872,568
869,137
Corn, wheat ....
78,893
25,418
,. wheatflour .
2,908
15
Cotton yarn .
256,366
242,018
,, piece goods
928,517
987,277
,, hosiery small wares
176,799
207,800
Drugs and chemical products
96,063
120,197
Earthenware and porcelain
35,473
33,615
Hardwares and cutlery .
208,368
228.879
Horses .....
74,174
35,929
Linen yarns .
236,579
230,505
,, piece goods .
178,259
191,323
Machinery, steam engines
30,883
15,821
,, other sorts .
349,929
301,303
Metals, copper, wrought and unwrought
350,623
331,226
„ iron, „ ,,
504,053
704,440
„ lead and shot ....
62,716
57,972
„ tin, unwrought .
104,048
187,951
,, tin plates .
40,261
43,038
„ zinc, wrought and unwrouj;
dit .
33,195
78,316
Naphtha, paraffin e oil, &c. .
30,595
70,690
Oil, seed ....
175,100
184,617
Painters' colours .
38,968
42.532
Silk, yarn ....
93,551
72,498
,, thrown.
342,936
346.442
,, manufactures
92,408
113,630
Spirits, British
1,833
1,847
Telegraph wire and apparatus
467
534,432
Wool, sheep and lambs'
349,064
380,292
Woollen yarn
893,561
705,573
Woollen manufactures, cloths, coatings, &c.
356,501
551,371
,, ., worsted stuffs .
1,187,425
1.337,576
M „ flannels and carpets
159,631
156,819
,, „ of other sorts
204.751
137,898
All other articles .....
1,751,943
1,484,230
Total
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10,652,734
11,438,330
It will be seen from the preceding tables that the imports of British produce and manufactures into France during recent years have not kept pace with the immense increase of exports from France to the United Kingdom.
The strength of the French mercantile navy, exclusive of small
