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Tobacco . London, Liverpool, and Bristol, with South- 
ampton, Goole, and Grimsby. 
Wool, raw . An enormous trade done in London, Liverpool, 
with Southampton (London of course), Hull, 
Grimsby, Hartlepool added. 
Wool, manufactd. London and Folkestone nearly all. 
With these figures, there is no reason why Plymouth, the trade 
of which is an indication of the trade of the westernmost counties, 
should have been omitted from the list of principal ports, and the 
out-ports of London substituted. 
I will now give a list of the countries with which this import 
trade of Plymouth is carried on, and from whence the goods came. 
Import TRADE wiTH EACH Nation (1876). 

From No. of Ships. Tons. 
Russia . : i : : Soi ; - 12,926 
Sweden . : ‘ ‘ : 21 ’ 7,050 
Norway . ‘ ‘ ‘ ; iG; : 4,654 
Denmark. " 4 ‘ : iat : : 261 
Germany . ° . . : 26. : ; 4,112 
Holland . : ; ‘ é 4. ; , 757 
Belgium . ‘ : ‘ ‘ (ee : . 10,930 
France . : : : carole ; eae 
Spain and Portugal . ‘ . 4 . : . 19,068 
Italy : . é < : Dlos : : 2,398 
Austria . : ? ’ . 3. ‘ ‘ 3,005 
Turkey . : . ° : 37 ° - 18,903 
United States of America . : 42% , - 18,103 
Mexico, &c. : : ; ; 12 . . : 2,949 
South America . - : : 25 . : . 9,517 
Others. ; ‘ ‘ : 4, ‘ ‘ 717 
Channel Islands . : : : 89 . ; ‘ 3,599 
India and Australia . . . a's : ‘ 2,084 
British North America ; : oo ‘ . 25,991 
British West Indies . ‘ F y ae . : 744 
849 167,095 


The only comment I offer on these figures is that our trade with 
France is very large, and is carried on with a great number of 
small ships. 
The following figures will show the progressive increase of our 
import trade, measured in ships and their tonnage, since 1860: 
No. of Ships. Tons. 
1860 . e . - 705 . ° 5 : 93,492 
1865. A : 2 668 < : 2 . 81,086 
Rs {) Made . ; : 613 2 : . eal.oUs 
1875. ; : 983 4 - - . 151,244 
1S{6.39, A A 827 . : ; - 164,981 
1877 ey aks as , 1044 et Re 
