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The value of the principal articles of import and export was as follows, in 1876 : 



The movement of shipping was as follows (in tons) : 



The commercial navy was as follows, in 1874 and 1875 : 



The railroad statistics for 1875 were as fol- 

 lows: 



The number of letters sent in 1874 was 



962,000,000, and in 1875, 1,009,000,000. Of 



these 847,000,000 were in England and Wales, 



91,000,000 were in Scotland, and 71,000,000 in 



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Ireland. The number of newspapers and 

 printed matter was, in 1874, 258,000,000, and 

 in 1875, 280,000,000. The number of postal- 

 cards in 1875 was 87,116,300. The number 

 of inland money-orders in 1875 was 16,486,- 

 661, amounting to 26,497,918; the number 

 of foreign and colonial money-orders was 334,- 

 213, amounting to 1-,195,1G5. The number 

 of registered letters delivered in 1875 in the 

 United Kingdom was 4,300,000, and the num- 

 ber of returned letters 4,350,000. The number 

 of post-office savings-banks, on December 31, 

 1875, was 5,260 ; the number of deposits, 8,- 

 182,433 ; the amount of the deposits. 8,788,- 

 852 ; the number of accounts open, 1,777,108. 

 The length of the telegraph- wires, at the 



