460 The Commeixial Products of the Sea. 



United Kingdom for a series of years. The returns can- 

 not be carried down later than 1870, as the Board of Trade 

 has ceased to enumerate coral specially : — 



Imports of Coral into the United Kingdom, of different kinds, 

 in pounds weight. 



Year. 



Fragments. 



Whole. 



Negligees. 



Beads. 



Total. 





lbs. 



lbs. 



lbs 



lbs. 



lbs. 



1855 



2,172 



285 



1718 







1856 



13.270 



308 



2780 







1857 



28 



218 



1872 







1858 



645 



397 



1840 







1859 



1,255 



338 



621 



2955 







i860 



1 134 



1633 



3568 



6,673 



1861 



15,639 



84 



602 



3654 



19,979 



1862 



1,468 



50 



1224 



1427 



4,169 



1863 



183 



318 



586 



1829 



2,916 



1864 



3,617 



758 



446 



3000 



7,821 



1865 



2,914 



391 



258 



994 



4,557 



1866 



4,439 



276 



232 



1385 



6,332 



1867 



7,539 



225 



115 



2543 



10,422 



1868 



7,120 



262 



724 



4375 



12,481 



1869 



5,332 



786 



411 



1210 





1870 



1,600 



418 



652 



958 





Computed Net Value of Coral imported — Rough, Negligees, 

 Beads, etc. 



1860 ... ... ... ... ;^38,892 



1861 ... ... ... ... 33,403 



1862 ... ... ... ... 20,163 



1863 ... ... ... ... 22,657 



1864 ... ... ... ... 37,659 



1865 13,970 



1866 ... ... ... ... 17,899 



1867 ... ... ... ... 29,487 



1868 45,395 



1869 ... ... ... ... 18,834 



1870 ... ... ... ... 14,878 



If we take the weight of coral imported, we notice great 



