Statistics. 
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Between 
France and 
Portugal, 
Between 
France and 
italy. 
724 
harvests, or in other occupations, and returned, when 
they had obtained a competency, into their own coun- 
At the period of the Revolution, the imports from 
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vres in mi e alone, t 
&c. to the amount of 62,500,000 er The ot 
from at this consi 
Seaisine aime oil, ptt lemons, 4 
raisins, brandies, luscious wines, chincona, eae 
liquorice, dyewoods, inlaid work, ashes, iron, 
wool, silk, Lethate, hides, skins, i enchineal, 
vermilion, beasts of burden principally sedan, «sil 
handkerchiefs, toys, jewell » household and 
caane for i his value “7 33,300,000 
vres ma’ arranged into the 
classes : : 1. Raw materials, principally wool, ashes, a 
beasts of yas neg to the a of 20,000,000; 2. Eat- 
ables, as well animal as vegetable, to the value of 
‘7,000,000; 3. Wines and liquors, tothe valueof 4,000,000; 
and, 4, upwards of 2,000,000 in manufactured articles. 
The ex ions from France into Spain, at the end 
of the reign of Louis XIV. amounted to the sum of 
20,000,000 ; at the period of the Revolution, they had 
increased to the sum of 44,400,000 livres. In this lat- 
ter period, the exports chiefly consisted of the follow- 
articles : grain, vegetables, flour, cod, salted fish of 
a kinds, ions of various descriptions, bran- 
dies, wines, sheep, mules, pigs ; cinnamon, pepper, su- 
gars of all sorts ; pitch, tar, wool, cotton, silk stockings, 
hats, laces, woollen cloths, stuffs, handkerchiefs, gauzes, 
ribbons, linen, leather and skins, books, stationery, mere 
cery, ironmongery, household goods, wooden works and 
metals. The manufactured articles amounted to the 
value of 26,500,000 livres; the raw materials, and beasts 
of burden, about 5, 200,000 livres ; the eatables about 
11,000,000 ; and the wines and liquors about 1,500,000 
livres, 
II, The importations into France from Port at 
the end of the reign of Louis XIV. amounted to the 
trifling sum of 340,000 livres, and consisted chiefly of 
hides in the hair, Brazil tobacco, olive oil, and dried 
fruits. At the period of the Revolution, the value of 
the imports increased to the sum of 10,400,000 
livres. They consisted chiefly of olive oil, cocoa, le- 
mons, 0 , Sweet wines, cinnamon, pepper, cloves, 
cotton wool, ivory, uni goat skins, indigo, dye- 
woods, inlaid work of the East and West Indies, India 
cotton, and Brazil tobacco. ‘The exportations from 
France into Portugal, at the end of the reign of Louis 
XIV. amounted to the sum of ho ee and con- 
sisted of woollen goods, linen goods, earthen ware, paper, 
&c. At the period of the Revolution, the ex ont 
amounted to the sum of about 4,000,000, a: sh no 
chiefly of grain, vegetables, hams, cotton, woollen stuffs 
and stockings, laces, ribbons, paper, skins, hides, mer- 
cery, glass, books, &c. The manufactured articles 
amounted to about 2,300,000 livres; the raw produce 
and provisions to about 1,600,000 livres. 
IIl, The importations into "France from Italy, Pied. 
mont, Savoy, and Switzerland, at the end of the rei 
of Louis XIV. amounted to the sum of 10,700,000: 
at the period of the Revolution, they had increased to 
82,000,000, and consisted chiefly of corn, rice, vegeta- 
bles, flour, olive oil, lemons, oranges, raisins, figs, cheese, 
lemon juice, liqueurs, manna, opium, senna, fresh fish, 
silk, goats and camels nav hares wool, wood for fuel, 
aahes, a Ban | em ioe 8, shumacy tartar, saffron, 
indigo, n stuffs, gauzes, pene. 
essences, a yo ribbons, white 
FRANCE. 
was of raw silk: Sdk Batables othe smountof 28,300,000, 
of which 11,500,000 livres was for olive oil employed 
in the manufacture of fine soap at Marseilles 
The ex tions from France es at 
the end o 400,000 Iv 
tured articles to the amount of 30,800,000 livres ; 2d, 
Raw materials, or such as had undergone only the first 
ation, as cotton thread principally for Switzer~ 
to the value of 11,800,000 livres ; 3d, Eatables to 
the value of 10,700,000 livres; 4th, Wines and li 
5,000,000 ; and 5th, Colonial produce 20,000,000. 
IV. In 1686, the actual value of the i 
from England into France, amounted to-18,000,000. of France 
materials ; and 3,200,000 in other articles,. At the 
end of the reign of Louis XIV. the im 
England into ce, amounted to the sum of 13,876,000 
livres: viz, 6,000,000 in woollen and cotton goods, 
prepared skins, earthen ware, and other manufactures : 
4,100,000 in metals, coal and horses; 3,700,000 in 
eatables, &c. At the period of the Revolution, they 
amounted to about 58,500,000 livres; and consisted 
pone inelly of butter, salted meat and fish, colonial pro- 
uce, corn, flour, rice, coal, copper, iron, lead, pewter, 
woollen goods, cotton goods, ware, ware, 
leather, ivory, whalebone, alum, copperas, white lead, 
horses, leaf tobacco, saddles, glass, kc. They may be 
arranged under three classes: Ist, Manufactured arti« 
cles to the amount of 33,100,000 livres ; 2d, Raw ma- 
terials, particularly the metals, and coal, 16,400,000 
livres; $d, Eatables, &c. 
In 1686, the exportations of France into England 
amounted to 23,300,000 livres: viz. 1st, Manufactures 
to the value of 11,700,000; 2d, Raw materials about 
2,000,000; and $d, _ wines, liquors, &c. 
9,600,000. pat the - deci of Louis XIV, ie 
exportations greatly not amoun 
more than 18,000,000: viz. 12,000,000 of ailkigpade, 
cambrics, laces, &c, ; 1,000,000 in raw materials, prin- 
cipally leather, cochineal, and indigo ; and 5,800,000 
in eatables, wines, liquors, &c. The exportations from 
France into Great Britain and Ireland at the period of 
the Revolution, amounted to about 38,000,000 ; con- 
sisting principally of plums, salt, roe brandies, trea- 
pone hai matey ot = Se 
glass, perfumery, ‘gloves; millinery, vinegar, 
toys, Jewellery, They may be divided into four 
classes =* Ist, — articles to the value of 
7,300,000 livres ; 2d, Raw materials 11,100,000 livres, 
of which two-thirds consisted of cotton from the French 
5 / 
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Between 
and 
livres: viz, 8,400,000 of manufaetures ; 6,300,000 raw England. 
