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and Ireland showed great fluctuations in recent years, as will be seen from the following tabular statement, exhibiting the distribution of the exports over the four quarters of each of the three years 1867, 1868, and 1869 :—

Exports from the

United States to

Great Britain

1S67

1868

1869

1st Quarter 2nd „ 3rd 4th

&

8,905,648

16,874,464

7,252,107

8,013,738

£

12,162,463

17,396,819

5,338,055

8,164,962

43,062,294

£

9,788,053 12,075,785

8,265,810 12,390,279

Total .

41,045,957

42,519,927

The division of exports from the Northern and Southern States, and ports on the Pacific, to Great Britain and Ireland, in each of the quarters of the year 1869 was as follows : —

Exports from the

United States to

Great Britain

Northern States

Southern States

Ports on the Pacific

1st Quarter 2nd „ 3rd 4th

Total

£ 3,869,348 4,575,232 4,841,411 8,430,963

£ 5,340,638 7,100,514 2,887,940 3,597,198

£ 578,067 400,039 536,459 362,118

21,716,954

18,926,290

1,876,683

The following statement exhibits the gross amount of commercial transactions between the United States and Great Britain and Ire- land during the year 1869, namely, the exports of bullion and specie as well as merchandise, and the imports of bullion, and foreign and colonial goods, as well as British and Irish produce.

Exports to Great Britain and Ireland.

£ General exports, inclusive

of corn and flour . . 42,573,047 Bullion, gold and silver . 2,938,433

Total Exports . . 45,511,480

Imports from Great Britain and Ireland.

British and Irish produce Foreign and Colonial ,, Bullion, gold and silver

Total Imports .

&

24,624,311 2,163,420 1,05 1,717

27,839,448

The following table gives the value of the various articles of British and Irish produce and manufactures imported into the United

States in each of the three years 1867 to 1869 : — •