464
THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 24TH DECEMBER, 1864.
Official value of
Of these amounts the official value of the proportion of Exports of British and Irish manufactures, Exports of British and Cc., was:--- Irish manufactures,
&c.
value.
1842, 1883, 1803,
£100,255,380.
214,327,452. 256,198,661.
The real value of British imports can only be ascertained since the year 1854. In that year they amounted to 152,389,0537, whilst in 1863 they had increased to 248,980,9427.
Imports. Real
Exports. Real
The real values of the exports from the United Kingdom in the years 1854 and 1863 were:-
value.
Real value of Ex-
1851, 1803,
£115,821,092. 106,002,409.
The real values of these exports cannot be given previously to 1854, as such values of Foreign and Colonial merchandise were not ascertained until that year.
The real value of exports of British and Irish manufactures during the years 1842, 1853, and 1863 ports of British and respectively, was :--- Irish manufactures.
Real value of Ex- ports of foreign and colonial produce.
1812, 1853, 1863,
..£47,381,023. 98,933,781. 146,489,768.
The immence development of this branch of our commerce during recent years will be more readily appreciated when it is remembered that the figures for the year 1842, are but little in excess of the average value of our exports during the thirty preceding years.
In the years 1854 and 1863 the real values of our exports of Foreign and Colonial merchandise
were:-
Imports of articles of consumption.
1854, 1803,
£18,036,366. 49,485,005.
The quantities of the various principal articles of food below mentioned, and now admitted duty free, were as follows for the three periods :—
Horned cattle,
Sherp.....
Bacon and Hams,
Butter,
Eggs,
Rice,
1912.
1850.
1863.
No.
.cwts.
No. ..cwts.
· prohibited.
125,253
150,808
250,420
430,788
8,335 175.197
205,867
1.877.813
403,280
958,708
80,518.717 511411
123,450,678 1,501,029
206 929,6-0 3,070,292
The quantities retained for consumption of the following articles, which are are still subject to Customs duties were :---
Cocoa,
Coffee,
Sugar, raw
Tea,
Tobacco, unmanufactured,
Wine,..
1842.
1853.
1863.
Ibs.
2,246,569 28.519,646
3,997,198
3,712,287
36,983,122
32,762,995
.ewt.
8,868,437
7,272,833
9,202,524
ibs.
37,355,911
58,834,087
85,183,283
57
22,013,146
29,348,568
30,751,173
galls.
*4,815,222
6,813,830
10,422,105
Real value of Ex-
The drelaved or real values of the more important articles of British manufacture exported during the
ports of most import same years are us follows:-
ant articles of British
manufacture.
1842.
1853.
1863.
£
£
£
Apparel, Haberdashery, and Millinery,
1,148,270
0,023,100
7,169,975
Cotton Yarn,...............
7,771,464
6,595,053
8,019,954
Goods,
13,007,884
25,817,240
39,424,010
"
Farthernware and Poreclain,
555,430
1,388,870
1,834,275
Hardware and Cutlery,
1,398,487
3,605,051
3,826,764
Leather and Leatberwares,
400,927
1,578,595
2,819,763
وو
Linen Yarns,.
Machinery,
Iron and steel,
1,025,551
1,151.977
2,535,728
Banufactures,
2,846,740
4,758,492
6,509,970
551,658
1,085,688
4,865,023
2,457,717
10,815,422
18,111,477
Tin Plates,.
Silk, thrown and manufactured,
Woollen Yarn,
13
Manufactures,
803,685
1,181,060
1,311,850
500,180
2,014,361
2,229,591
037,305 5,185,015
1,450,786
5,065,432
10,172,182
15,519,842
* The importation of wine in 1842 was unusually small, the average importation from 1840 to 1848 having been nearly 6,5180,000 gallons.