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show how great had been this-

increase of hade

Taking the year

18560 he would

give

the importations

ive the

from England alone.

unable to

He had been

to get any statistics in

showed

an increase in value in all

of £10,113,142.

The exports were in

1856 88,500,000 lbs to England and

39,800,000lbs to the United States while

1866e they

wvere

£4,189,479

in 1866 they

were

to England

regard

10

that from the

United

115,000,000 lb and to the

United

Hates but he knew

had also proportionately increased

In 1856 the Importos from England

were

£1.778.437 while at the

end of

whead this

Gates a

decrease was shown owing

no

doubt to the Civil war

then

in

progress

All this

sufficient to shew

wvere

he thought was

that

the Chinese

now

in the

receipt of

A

showing

an

increase of

£2,411,042

very

much

Al

Hill

more

unprote

wvere

At Shanghai this

1866 they

an

shiking in 1856 the

were

£1.956,699

£9,658,804 showing

increase of £7.702,105 ·

This

Comparison

was

had

ever

revenue than

larger. been anticipated

by

the

of 1858.

while in

in

showed

tariff of

important point to be brought forward.

on

addressing the Government and

the shength of it a

reduchon

should

He thought this an