488 REPORT—1868. 
TaBLeE (continued). 
Countries where it is permissive. 
Declared value 
of Exports of 
Countries. Population. Saat British, Foreign, Total Trade. 
and Colonial 
Merchandise. 
United Kingdom..................66 29,000,000 
United States of America ......... 31,000,000] £46,800,000| £31,800,000 | £78,600,000 
60,000,000] £46,800,000] £31,800,000 | £78,600,000 
Summary. 
Countries where it is obligatory . {146,400,000} £93,000,000] £85,900,000 | £178,900,000 
injpantionliy<: A222 25s eeee ae- eee 68,600,000 22,400,000 27,900,000 50,300,000 
PerWissive 0 ose ccwece ccpaswesse spans 60,000,000] 46,800,000 31,800,000 78,600,000 
275,000,000] £162,200,000} £145,600,000 | £307,800,000 
MOtAl"DwaAdeives. secs acchsreeseescecese yo £295,000,000] £239,000,000 | £534,000,000 
Percentage of the Trade with 
Countries using the Metric 
PSYpreWinerenssawase oceascr cis taccases es 54 61 BF 
As regards International Coinage, your Committee have already reported 
the result of the two Conferences which were held in Paris in June 1867. 
A report of the official conference having been presented to Her Majesty’s 
Government, a Royal Commission was issued to consider and report upon the 
recommendations of the Conference, and their adaptability to the circum- 
stances of the United Kingdom, and whether it would be desirable to make 
any and what changes in the coinage of the United Kingdom, in order to 
establish, either wholly or partially, such uniformity as the Conference had 
in contemplation. The Commissioners have completed their labours and pre- 
sented their Report to Parliament, but the same has not yet been publisued. 
A report of the unofficial International Conference on Weights, Measures, 
and Coins has been communicated by Professor Leone Leyi to Lord Stanley 
and was laid before Parliament. During the year a Bill was presented to 
the United States Congress for placing their coinage in direct relation to the 
French, by reducing the value of the half eagle 33 per cent., so that it may 
be worth 25 francs. The Bill was read a second time, and a clause was in- 
serted granting compensation to holders for the difference between the value 
of the existing coinage and that of the future currency ; but the Bill stands 
over for consideration, probably till the Report of the Royal Commission in ~ 
this country is made known. Canada has introduced a Bill to the same effect. 
Spain has engaged to coin gold pieces of 10 francs and 25 francs. Roumania 
has adopted the system of the Convention. The German Parliament passed 
a resolution in favour of a decimal currency. Austria has entered into the 
Convention. And at the International Statistical Congress held at Florence, 
the following resolutions were passed in favour of such uniformity :— 
1. The Congress recommend the adoption of a uniform monetary system in all States 
on the basis of a gold standard, assisted by silver coin, also uniform everywhere, for ex- 
ternal circulation. 
