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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.