GREAT BRITAIN 



377 



to 841 million* (in 1817) by hw wars in America, 

 Ireland, India, France, &c. ; at Ida death it wa 

 equal to 34 per cent, of the wealth of the United 

 Kingdom. In March 18H9 it amounted to 698 



milliiiriH, or aUtit 7J per cent, of the estimated 

 will tli of the nation. 



COMMKUCK. oilicial recordn of British trade 

 (including IrUh from 1820) H!IOW an follows : 



Vft luiuUdlaji 



f> 2 10 



16 



1 10 2 

 1 18 

 100 

 680 

 3 10 

 440 

 4 



12 17 



17 7 

 20 



17 



18 6 2 



I 



I 





 5 

 7 



Tr. IUInii. lin|>urU. KxporU. TuUL 



1365 ....Edward III. 120,000 290,000 410,000 



1 ;.-.:: Klizabeth. 2,100,000 1,880,000 3,9*0,000 



1..-7 James II. 4,200,000 4,080,000 8,2bO,000 



i;-.i George I. 6,700,000 7,700,000 14,400,000 



1770 George HI. 18,400,000 16,000,000 29,400,000 



IS,M 24,100,000 43,200,000 67,300,000 



1820 George IV. 29,700,000 44,200,000 78,1)00,000 



1M>| Victoria. 51,600,000 62,000,000 118,600,000 



I860 98,000,000 70,000,000 168,000,000 



lM.ii 210,500,000 164,600,000 875,000,000 



1x7" 303,300,000 244,100,000 647,400,000 



ixxii 411,200,000 286,400,000 687,00,000 



1887 ii 362,200,000 280,800,000 643,000,000 



1888 387,635,743 297,886,236 685,620,879 



The Board of Trade returns were as follows for imports : 



BirtnlnH for non- 

 1854. 1870. 1887. (umpiion In 1887. 



Grain ( including rice and potatoes) 22,800,000 36,700,000 61,200,000 440,800,000 



Raw Cotton 20,200,000 53,600,000 40.200,000 34,600,000 



Manufactures 4,100,000 26,600,000 35,400,000 86,400,000 



Meat (including live cattle) 8,800,000 7,700,000 22,8uO,000 22,400,000 



Wool 6,600,000 15,800,000 24,500,000 10,700000 



Sugar 10,800,000 17,600,000 16,600,KXi 15,900,000 



Dairy Produce 3,100,000 11,900,000 16,400,000 16,400.000 



Tea and Coffee 7,200,000 16,400,000 16,000,000 10,600,000 



lii.il.er ." 11,500,000 18,200,000 12,100,000 12,100,000 



Minerals 3,100,000 8,900,000 18,900,000 13.900,000 



Wines (including spirits) 6,400,000 8,000,000 7,700,000 6,600,000 



Flax and Jute 6,800,000 10,400,000 8,600,000 8,600,000 



RawSilk 6,400,000 8,200,000 2,100,000 2,100,000 



Sundries 40,700,000 69,500,000 95,800,000 



Total 162,400,000 303,300,000 362,200,000 



The principal exports of British and Irish products were as follows : 



1854. 1870. 1887. 



Cotton goods 31,700,000 71,400,000 71.000,000^ 



Woollen goods. 10,700,000 26,600,000 24,600,000 



Linenand Jute goods 5,100,000 10,400,000 8,700,000 



Silken goods 1,200,000 2,600.000 2,800,000 



All Textiles 48,700,000 111,000,000 107,100,000 



Iron 11,700,000 26,600,000 25,1(00.000 



Other metals 8,800,000 4,700,000 4,300,000 



Cutlery 4,100,000 6,400,000 3100000 



Machinery. 2,200,000 5,300,000 12,800000 



Coal . 2,100,000 6,600,000 10,200000 



Sundries 24,600,000 40,100,000 58 100,000 



Total 97 ,200,000 



199,600,000 



221,400,000; -3S-3 



11-2 





The aggregate trade in merchandise only, ex- 

 clusive of bullion, for seven years ending December 

 1887 showed thus, in million pounds sterling : 



United States ...... 



France ............. 



Holland ............ 



Germany .......... 



Russia ............. 



Hel^ium ............ 



Sweden and Norway 



Turkey ............. 



. lt*ly ............... 



I Denmark ........... 



, China and Japan 

 I Bitypt .............. 



! Brazil .............. 



! River Plate ........ 



I Chili ............... 



Portugal ........... 



i .Java ............... 



Other Countries... 



Foreign Countries . . 



India 



Australia 



Canada 



West Indies 



South Africa. 



Other Colonies 



British Colonies .... 

 Grand Total 



ii-27 



264 



174 



171 



1>0 



102 



76 



71 



33 



22 



36 



60 



61 



87 



14 



19 



21 



22 



135 



2074 



241 

 173 

 76 

 32 

 38 

 77 



2710 



Exports 

 to. 



254 

 180 

 111 

 202 

 63 

 97 

 35 

 31 

 48 

 54 

 17 

 57 

 22 

 46 

 46 

 15 

 17 

 13 

 121 



1419 



223 

 181 

 66 

 22 

 89 

 75 



Grow 

 Trade, 

 7 yean. 



881 



444 



285 



373 



173 



199 



111 



102 



81 



76 



53 



126 



83 



83 



60 



34 



38 



35 



256 



Ml 



464 



364 



141 



54 



77 

 152 



1242 



4735 



18-6 

 9-4 

 6-0 

 7'9 

 3-6 

 4-2 

 23 

 2-2 

 1-7 

 1-6 

 1-1 

 2-7 

 1-8 

 1-8 

 1-2 

 0-7 

 0-8 

 0-7 

 5-8 



73-6 



9-8 

 7-5 



.'.- 

 1-2 

 1-6 

 33 



26-4 



100-0 



Shipping. The merchant shipping of the British 

 empire, colonies included, showed as follows : 



Year. 



1588 

 1610 

 1666 

 1688 

 1702 

 1760 

 1800 

 1810 

 1820 

 1830 

 1840 

 1850 

 1860 

 1870 

 1881 



470 



910 



1,320 



2,620 



3,260 



6,730 



17,410 



23,703 



25,874 



23,721 



28,962 



84,288 



JH.4f.;i 



32,920 



30,631 



28,212 



37,400 

 83,000 



210,000 

 261,000 

 487,000 

 1,856,000 

 2.426,000 

 2,654,000 

 2,533,000 

 3,311,000 

 4,233,000 

 5,713,000 

 7,150,000 



B.nft.000 



8,936,000 



Mll.CHK, 



162,000 



80 

 90 

 90 

 80 

 80 



106 



105 

 107 

 114 

 124 

 193 



21)1,000 216 

 270,000 280 

 280,000 320 



165,000 

 201,000 

 239,000 



Tom per 



Ship, i Sailor. 



14 



If, 

 II 



M 



17 



u 





 m 



;'i 



M 



Eelpn. 



Elizabeth. 

 James I. 

 Charles II. 

 James II. 

 Anne. 

 George III. 



George IV. 

 William IV. 

 Victoria. 



The shipping of the United Kingdom, excluding 

 colonial, has been as follows : 



1810 

 1830 

 1860 

 1870 

 1881 



10,103 



19,174 



-'.-., I'M 



M.8M 



2,211.000 

 2202,000 

 B.M6.000 



B,W1,000 



6,490.000 



146,400 



in.ooo 



148,000 

 ]. goo 



m 



Ton pr 



Vrael. Henin. 



106 

 114 

 138 

 215 

 200 

 334 



II 



17 

 M 



