25 FEBRUARY 1865, Page 3

The Board of Trade Returns just published for the year

1864 show a vast increase in the value of our exports. The total declared value is 160,436,302/., as against only 123,992,264/. in 1862, and 146,602,3422. in 1863. The increase therefore on the previous year is very nearly 10 per cent. The increase in the value of the woollen and worsted exports is still greater, more than 20 per cent. The woollen and worsted manufactures exported are now worth 18,566,0781., about the total value of the cotton exports in 1818. The woollen and worsted trade is therefore treading fast on the heels of the cotton trade, having approached to within sixteen years of it.