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known origin, was 330,801. There were 83,- 

 066 English and Welsh, 16,786 Scotch, 52,858 

 Irish, and 85,076 foreign passengers whose des- 

 tination was the United States. Of the 146,- 

 310 English emigrants, 18,886 sailed for Can- 

 ada, 33,764 for Australia, and 10,585 went to 

 other countries and colonies, exclusive of those 

 whose destination was the United States. 

 Among the 25,323 Scotch who emigrated, 

 2,971 were destined for British America, 4,240 

 for Australia, and 1,326 to other countries. 

 Of the 61,276 Irish emigrants, the number 

 who departed for Canada was 2,888 ; for Aus- 

 tralia, 5,072; and for other countries, 458. 

 The number of immigrants into Great Britain 

 in 1886, including the foreign emigrants pass- 

 ing through, was 108,879. 



The population of the chief cities of Great 

 Britain and Ireland, as computed by the Regis- 

 trar-General in 1885, was as follows: London, 

 4,083,928; Liverpool, 579,724; Glasgow, 519,- 

 965; Birmingham, 427,769; Dublin, 353,082; 

 Manchester, 337,342; Leeds, 333,139; Shef- 

 field, 305,716; Edinburgh, 250,616; Bristol, 

 218,169 ; Bradford, 214,431 ; Nottingham, 

 211,424 ; Salford, 204,075 ; Hull, 186,292 ; 

 Newcastle, 153,209. 



Commerce. The total value of the imports of 

 merchandise in 1886 was 349,863,000, as 

 against 370,968,000 in 1885, and 390,019,- 

 000 in 1884. The value of the exports was 

 268,667,000, as against 271,404,000 in 1885, 

 and 295,968,000 in 1884. The total volume of 

 commerce was 618,530,000 in 1886, ns against 

 642,372,000 in 1885, and 685,987,000 in 

 1884. The exports of British products amount- 

 ed to 212,433,000 in 1886, as against 213,- 

 045,000 in 1885, and 233,025,000 in 1884. 



The commerce with the principal commer- 

 cial nations in 1886 was as follows, in pounds 

 sterling: 



The declared value of the imports of precious 

 metals in 1886 was 20,864.000, of which 

 13,392,000 were gold and 7,472,000 silver; 

 the exports were 21,007,000, comprising 

 13,784,000 of gold and 7,223,000 of silver. 

 British colonial possessions participated in the 

 import trade to the extent of 81,884,000, the 

 imports from India amounting to 32,131.000, 

 from Australia and New Zealand to 20,954,- 

 000, from British North America to 10,415,- 

 000, from British South Africa to 4,671,000, 

 from Singapore to 4,373,000, and from other 

 colonies to 9,340,000. The exports to Brit- 

 ish colonies amounted to 75,507,000, of which 



31,340,000 went to India, 22,383,000 to 

 Australasia, 7,889,000 to British America, 

 3,304,000 to South Africa, and 10,591,000 

 to other possessions. 



The values of the chief exports of British 

 produce for 1885 and 1886 were as follow: 



The values of the principal articles of im- 

 port, in pounds sterling, were in 1885 and 

 1886 as follow: 



The quantities of the chief imports in 1885 

 and 1886, given in hundredweights, except 

 where otherwise designated, were as follow: 



The quantity of grain and flour imported, 

 per head of population, in 1885, was 235-79 



