TRADE AND NAVIGATION ACCOUNTS

FOR THE MONTH AND THREE MONTHS ENDED 31eT MARCH 1856 AND 1856.

Month ended March 31, EXPonve. 1850. 1865. Declared value of British- £

Manufactures, &e 9,448,570 7,311,303 Of these exports the following are items: Cotton Manufactures : enter-

ed per yard 2,331,340 .. 2,061,257 .

Cotton Yarn 693,442 .. 513,796 Haberdashery and. Millinery 343,707 .. 277,130 . Hardwares and Cutlery 298,747 .. 246,299 .

Linen Manufactures: entered per yard 375,582 „

Linen Yarn 117,697..

Machinery and Mill-work : Steam-Engines 50,601 ..

Ditto : of all other sorts 107,712 ..

Iron': Pig 126,812 ..

Bar, Bolt, andllod 551,869 Wrought of all sorts 316062 ..

Copper : Sheet, Nails, 3m. 135,299 Silk : Manufactures amlYarn 217,556 .. Woollens : entered by the

piece entered by the yard Worsted stuffs Woollen yarn IMPORTS.

The following are items : Month ended March 31, Animals: Oxen and 1868. 1853.

Bulls number 2,475 2,093 .

Cows Calves Sheep Lambs Swine Corn : Wheat Barley Oats 220,811 113,077 .... 633,640 .. 348,872 12,422 .. 20,312 .... 20,925 .. 34,562

38,934 .. 28,158 62.520 .. 47,381

22,270 26,932 30,865 , 49,403 26,034 29,598 .... 81.167 .. 73,011 24,930 .. 24,855 , 68.898.. 52.594 11,080,000 .. 7,824,800 .... 24,901,200 17,226,000 1,502.974 .. 1,839,393 .... 3,676,945 4,107,487

6,080,533 .. 8,231,330, .... 18,600,371 .. 13,013,261

516.863 .. 457,489 .... 1,1.13,129 .. 673,312 20,438 .. 4,805 .... 63,112 .. 18,162 477,413 .. 571,540 852,751 .. 1,063,238 770,777 .. 1,078,796'.... 1,848,703 .. 1,5514,782 34,100 .. 13,694 90,969 47,697 11,106,783 .. 5,131,7er

2,741,653 ..,803, . 9.46i.21

3,961,672 .. 4,537,304 .... 18,009,085 .. 14,450,690' 586,612 .. 479,569 .... 1,279,282 .. 1,703,566 553,003 .. 508,683 1,742,877 .. 1,454,105

Sailing and Steam Vessels-Month ended March 31,

1838. 1853. Vessels. Tonnage. Vessels. Tonnage. 1,802 .. 451,666 .... 1,003 338,036

3,039 .. 701,922 .... 2,298 .. 55%%5l,

10,197 954,763 .... 9,127 .. 872, 11,385 .. 909,073 .... 10,215 .. 923,

The favourable results presented by the Accounts for February are

continued in March. The exports are approaching in value the amount shown in 1854. For the month ending the 5th April of that year, the declared value was 10,042,7544 ; for the month ending the 31st of March of the present year, the amount is 9,448,570/. Upon the three months

there is an excess of 900,000/. in favour of-this year. As compared with the corresponding periods of 1856, the excess upon the month is 2,000,0001.; upon the three months, 6,000,0004 Three Months ended March 31,

18.18. 1836.

25,149,103 . , 18,808,517 ... 6,332,269 . 5,882,096 1,930,950 1,16%098 ... 884,129 .. 604,836 ... 789,511 650,827 236,922 .... 1,065,054 .. 748,403 70,172 310,593 .. 160,836

EffE4

Coffee Tea Sugar : Unrefined .ct4s. , Refined (Foreign). „ Wine gallons.

Cotton,: Raw cwts.

Flax : Undressed „ Wool : Sheep and Lambs' lbs. 6,767,071 .. 3,007,049 BONE CoNsuarrion : (entered for) Coffee lbs.

Tea Sugar : Unrefined. cwis. Wine gallons. Peas and Beans.. „ Indian Corn or Maize „ Wheat-meal or Flour cwts.

Provisions: Bacon „ Beef: salted Pork : salted Butter Cheese qrs. 813 ..

275 ..

6 .. 224,403 .. 11,254.. 63,416 .. 42,836 .. 112,341 .. 261

• • • •

16 .... 47,495 .... 5,318 .... 2,516 89,478 • • 1,698 2,770 , - 91 .. 626,114 ,. 46,077 .. 186,533 .. ,499 3,770 .. 96,810 ....

70,449 ....

77.965

269,183 163,853 88,869 124,784 ....

244,152 .. 203,923 .....

221,614 .. 177,809 275,424 „I 218,863 242,422 149,795 ....

Three Months ended 18E6. • • • 5.888.. • 175,351 304,997 .. 240,433 .. 1,309,846.. 724,120 .. 382,584 .. 594,162 ..

683,564 .. 698,573 673,509 .. 615,290 217,408. 195,222 177,729 088,138 422,544 226,847 312,999 531,980 464,970 431,082

263,468

March 91, 1833. 6,779 1,040 1,892 6,000 37 422,285 46,203 101,709 81,721, 227,671

SHIPPING.

Foreign Trade : Inwards. Outwards Coasting Trade: Inwards. Outwards