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follows : — 1830 — Exports 21 lakhs of rupees, imports 2 lakhs, 

 total 28 lakhs; 1850-51 — Exports 15 lakhs, imports 2 lakhs, 

 total 17 lakhs ; 1875-76 — Exports 75 lakhs, imports 51 lakhs, 

 total 126 lakhs ; 1889-90— Exports 200 lakhs and imports 32 

 lakhs, total 282 lakhs. In 1830 the chief articles of exports 

 were jaggery 1'16 lakhs ; cotton 8*48 lakhs ; cotton goods 10*18 

 lakhs and miscellaneous articles 1*38 lakhs. In 1889-90^' the 

 exports were jaggery 17 lakhs ; cotton 146 lakhs ; cotton goods 

 7 '46 lakhs and other articles 29*54 lakhs. The trade of the 

 other ports of the Presidency, with the exception of Masulipa- 

 tam, has likewise increased very considerably. 



As regards inland trade, the distant traffic carried on by 

 means of railways between groups of districts into which the 

 Presidency is divided for purposes of registration of this traffic 

 amounted in 1889-90 to 31*85 millions of Indian maunds as 

 shown below : 



Million 

 External trade — maunds. 



Imports into Madras Presidency, excluding the chief 



sea. port towns ... ... ... ... ... ... 2*60 



Imports into Madras chief sea-port towns ... ... 118 



378 



Exports from Madras excluding the chief sea-port towns 3*07 



Exports fi"om Madras sea-port towns ... ... ... 1*24 



4-31 



Internal trade — 



Of Madras Presidency, excluding chief sea-port towns ... 10'86 

 Of Madras chief sea-port towns ... ... ... 12"90 



2376 



The traffic borne on the Godavari, Kistna and Buckingham 

 canals in 1889-90 was 21'44 millions of maunds valued at 

 6*41 crores of rupees and the ton mileage 36*03 millions. The 

 carriage alone of this merchandize at 4 pies per ton per mile 

 must have cost not less than 75 lakhs of rupees. The trade 

 with the French Settlements was valued at 2*15 crores of rupees. 



Besides the above, there is an immense traffic carried on by 

 roads which is not registered. In 1888-89 an attempt was 

 made to register the traffic on some of the more important 

 roads in the Ganjam, South Canara, Cuddapah, North Arcot and 

 Madura districts. The registration was necessarily imperfect, 

 but the quantity of the registered traffic was found to be above 

 4 million maunds. The traffic registered represents of course 

 only a very small portion of the total road traffic of the 



'^ It must bo noted that the season of 1889-90 in the Tinnevelly district was a good 

 one, and the exports of cotton and jaggery were somewhat larger than usual. 



