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Years.

To China.

To Hongkong. Hongkong con-

1834

£...

£...

£...

To China and

jointly.

con-

Total declared value of British and Irish produce and manufactures exported from the United Kingdom to China and Hongkong.

£845,192

1835

1.074,709

1836

1,326,388

1837

678,375

1838

1.204.356

1839

851,969

1840

524.198

1841

862.570

1842

979,381

1843

719.693

736,487

1.456,180

1844

493,356

1,812,261

2.305.617

1845

855.196

1,539.631

2,394,827

1846

565.212

1,226,227

1,791.439

1847

735.089

768,880

1,503.969

1848

795.465

650.494

1.445.959

1849

885.140

651,969

1,537,109

1850

975,954

598,191

1,574,145

1851

1,528,869

632,399

2,161,268

1852

1.918.244

585.355

2,503,599

1853

1,373.689

375.908

1,749,597

1854

532,639

468,077

1,000,716

1855

888,679

389,265

1,277,914

1856

1,415,478

800,645

2,216,123

1857

1,728,885

721.097

2,449.982

1858

1,730,778

1.145.669

2,876,447

1859

2,525,997

1,931,576

4,457.573

1860

2,872.045

2,445,991

5,318,036

1861

3.114,694

1,733.963

4,848,657

1862

2,024,118

1,113,224

3,137,342

1863

2,416.705

1,473,222

3.889,927

1864

3,093,865

1,611,867

4,711,478

1865

3.603,595

1,548,698

5.152.293

1866

5,106,102

2,397.933

7,504,035

It will be seen that the British trade with Hongkong underwent great fluctuations in the twenty years from 1847 to 1866, but which corresponded throughout with the general Chinese commerce, differing only in so far as showing a trebling in the value of the Exports sent direct to China during this period, and little progress in those