COMMERCE IMPORTS. 279 



If, now, we wish to compare the exports with the imports, we 

 have, as a term of comparison, the average of only two years 

 1852 and 1853 average of imports, 498,827; of exports, 

 450,873. 



DETAILED IMPOETS 



-1852. 



The above tables exhibit, in pounds sterling, the value of 

 imports for a period of six years : the yearly average is 522,763, 



