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Year. Imports. Exports. 



1881 £10,054,051 £5,037,236 



1882 11,758,635 5,107,502 



1883 11,834,314 5,410,972 



1884 10,529,115 5,304,429 



£102,271,659 £53,063,262 

 53,063,262 



£49,649,397 

 It will be observed here that the imports are nearly double the exports 



for the ten years. And if you go back for twenty years the same disparity 

 exists between the imports and exports. 



We will next take their trade for the last ten years with Spain. The fig- 

 ures are as follows : 



Year. Imports. Exports. 



1875 £8,660,953 £4,294,490 



1876 8,763,146 4,796,498 



1877 10.842,097 4,267,214 



1878 9,115,394 3,794,734 



1879 8,398,776 3.758,717 



1880 10,669,936 4,078,597 



1881 11,027,505 4,393,821 



1882 11,488,265 4,847,662 



1883 11,623,663 4,876,243 



1884 10,157,885 4,750,746 



£99,777.620 £43,858,722 



43,858,722 



£55,918,898 



The imports are more than double the exports ; and this holds good with 

 Spain for the last twenty years. 



The trade with Russia for the last ten years shows the following figures : 



Year. Imports. Exports. 



1875 £20,708,901 £11,346,316 



1876 17,574,488 8,635,655 



1877 22,142,422 5,443,973 



1878 17,803,852 9,458,729 



1879 15,876,585 10,607.083 



1880 16,029,695 10,967,517 



1881 14,053,221 9,277,438 



1882 21,047,70-2 8,637.568 



1883 20,976,182 7,629,883 



1884 16,315,408 7,588,556 



£182,528,476 £89,592,718 

 89,592,718 



£92,935,758 



