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GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND.
men, and warehousemen, 531 boot and shoemakers, 427 painters, paperhangers, plumbers, and glaziers, 400 engineers, 284 bakers and confectioners, 276 jewellers and silversmiths, 274 seamen, 245 coopers, 167 butchers and poulterers, and 160 printers. Other trades supplied smaller numbers to the emigration of the year.
Commerce and Industry.
1. Imports and Exports.
The declared value of the imports and exports of the United King- dom, distinguishing, in regard to exports, British produce, and foreign and colonial produce, was as follows during each of the ten years 1860 to 1869 :—
Years
Imports
Exports of British produce
Exports of
Foreign and
Colonial produce
Total Imports and Exports
£
£
£
£
1860
210,530,873
135,891,227
28,630,124
375,052,224
1861
217,485,024
125,102,814
34,529,684
377,117,522
1862
225,716,976
123,992,264
42,175,870
391,885,110
1863
248,919,020
146,602,342
50,300,067
445,821,429
1864
274,952,172
160,449,053
52,170,561
487.571,786
1865
271,072,285
165,835,725
52,995,851
489,903,861
1866
295,290,274
188,917.536
49,988,146
534.195,956
1867
275,183,137
180,961923
44,840,606
500,985,666
1868
294,693,608
179.677,812
48,100,642
522,472,062
1869
295,460,214
189,953,957
47,061,095
532,475,266
In the fifteen years ending with 1869, the increase of commerce of the United Kingdom was nearly twice as large as the increase of population. In 1855, the proportion per head of population of the total imports and exports was 91. 7s., while in 1869 it had risen to 17/. 16s. 3d. The rise was gradual, represented by 10/. 14s. hd. in 1858 ; and by 13/. 0s. Id. in 1860. The following table exhibits the average share per head of population of the United Kingdom in the imports, the exports of British produce, and the total imports and exports, during the ten years 1860 to 1869 : —
Years
Imports
Exports of British produce
Total Imports and Exports
Years
Imports
Exports of British produce
Total Imports ami Exports
£
s. a.
£ s. d.
£
s. d.
£
s. d. £ s. d.
£ s. d.
1860
7
7
4 14 7
13
7
1865
9
2 2
5 11 5
16 9 2
1861
7
10 2
4 6 5
13
5
1866
9
17 2
6 6 2
17 16 10
1862
7
14 7
4 5 7
13
8 5
1867
9
2 6
6
16 12 3
1863
8
9 5
5 ()
15
3 5
1S68
9
14
5 18 2
17 4
1864
9
6
5 8 7
16
9 10
1869
9
12 1
6 3 7
17 6 3
