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Brought forward £326,483 

 Estimated value of foreign and colonial exports 150,000 



Total exports .... 476,483 



Estimated value of imports in 1834 : 



Teak timber, 13,000 loads, at 8/. per load . £104,000 



Bees' wax, 3058 cwt. at 8/. per cwt. . 24,464 



Hides, 5526 cwt. at 565. per cwt. . . 15,742 



Ivory, 2567 cwt. at 25/. per cwt. . . 64,175 



Palm-oil, 13,945 tons, at 34/. . . 458,810 



Dye-woods, cane-wood, bar-wood, &c. . 20,000 



Gum Senegal and gum Copal . . 100,000 



Gold-dust, 60,000 oz. at 41. . . 240,000 



Specie and bills ..... 50,000 



£1,077,191 



British shipping employed in the 



trade . . .1820 22,387 tons. 



1834 68,046 

 Imports of palm-oil . .1827 4,700 



1834 13,500 



The value of the trade is therefore as follows : 



Imports ..... £1,077,191 

 Exports . . . . . 476,483 



£600,708 

 Labour and manufacturers' profit on British 



produce and manufactures, taken at 70 per 



cent, on £326,483 .... 28,638 



British labour, transit, and other charges on 



150,000/. of foreign and colonial goods, at 



25 per cent. . . . 37,500 



Annual national gain £866,746 



