accuracy.
and patience. He has most
Kindly furnished
me with the results
of his investigation into the trade
of
year
1866 and his general result for that tallies almost exactly with the figures
given by
Mr Hart, whilst his
analysis
clearly
and
rather more
succinctly
is more
full.
I cannot therefore do better than
give
his
concluding summary in full. It
is as follows:
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Summary for 1866.
Taels. Sterling. Imports 172,462,136 £40,332,532 Exports 102,423,034 Treasure Total Imports + Exports 54,613,008 12,771,987 32,592,295 13,862,955 43,777,755 Total 359,495,455 £113,840,225 275,385,170 87,205,303 84... 110,285 261 634 922The above figures show the total
value of foreign trade with China
These however
including
The
re-Exports
must be deducted to arrive at the true
amount.
Total value of foreign trade 359,495,455 £113,840,225 Deduct re-Exports 59,565,914 £18,862,539 True value of Foreign Trade 299,929,541 £94,971,656Hence
it will be
seen
that foreign trade with China in the year 1866 amounted to close upon ninety-five
Millions of pounds sterling.
and of that
trade the share of Great Britain amounted
to no less than £71,519,728 or nearly 76
per cent.