Democratic Sentinel, Volume 4, Number 25, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 July 1880 — British Trade Statistics. [ARTICLE]

British Trade Statistics.

Statistics of the foreign trade of Great Britain for the half year ending June 30 have been received. The value of imports for the month was £37,437,493, and of exports £18,462,884. The increase of the value of imports was nearly 35 per cent., and the increase of exports 27 per cent. The increase of imports extends almost through the whole list of materials, manufactures and food sharing in the improvement. The imports of grain, however, show a very small decline, and raw silk is a marked exception to the rule of an increase in the raw materials. The distribution' of the increase of exports is nearly as general, though every kind of yam, except jute, exhibits a decrease. Of the total increase of nearly £4,000,000 quite one-half occurred in cotton, piece goods, and iron. During the first half of the year 1880 the value of imports has been £210,761,000, and of exports £107,634,000, an increase of £38,000,000 and £19,000,000, and of 22 and 21 per cent, respectively, as compared with last year. It wul be seen that the excess of the value of imports was £103,000,000, against £80,000,000 last year, but the iatter sum represents, even approximated, the true balance of trade. At a book sale a copy of Drew’s “Essay on Souls” was knocked down to a shoemaker, who, to the groat amusement of the assembly, innocently asked the auctioneer if he had any more books on shoemaking to sell.