The Express.
London, England, 1852-10-07 00:00:00

TEE BOARD OF TRADE RETURNS.

The Board of Trade returns for the month and
eight months ending the sth Sept. were issued yes-
terday morning. The total declared value of the ex-
ports of British and Irish produce and manufactures
during the two periods referred to was as follows :

For the Month. For 8 Menthe.
1852
1851
1850
These figures will be regarded with peculiar satis-
faction, u proving the marked and continued activity
of our export trade. The month's exports are shown
to have undergone a remarkable expansion, so that
the eight months' returns are now nearly equal to
the extended movement of last year. Comparedu
with the corresponding period of 1860, the eight
months' figures show an augmentation in the value
of articles supplied by us to foreign countries to the
extent of no less than 3,141,6781. or 7 per cent.
The statement of the exports of our chief staple,
cotton goods, is satisfactory, although the increased
activity noticed last year is not fully maintained.
The figures stand thus:
For the month. For 8 months.
1852
1851
Ibso
Cotton yarn is still rapidly increasing, and the ex-
ports are now in excess of any former period, being
returned as follows : _ _

For the month. For 9 mouths.
1952
1851
1850
The exports of woollen manufactures and yarn,
after being checked during all the earlier part or the
year by the rise in the price of the raw material, now
show a strong tendency towards a rally, a result that
is of course owing to our foreign customers conceding
the proportional difference in price.
For the month. For 8 months.
1852
18.51
1650
The foreign demand for the produce of our silk
industry is active as shown in the subjoined figures,
which include silks of all descriptions:
For the month. For 8 mouths.
1852
1841
150,138
.... ... 980,6,,55

18.50
The increase in the exports of linens is one of the
moat remark‘ble features of the returns. The aug-
mentation is especially apparent in linen yarn. Ths
aggregate exports are thus stated:
For the month. For 8 naafis.
1852 ....
18.51 .... ..... 446,914
18.50
The month's shipments of the other chief articles
of export are shown below :
1652. 1861. 1850.
Beer and ale
Coals and calm 165,884 148,445 147,286
Earthenware 866.907 100,629 88,883
0l11111manalletura?

ila9erda•btay sad nil-
hoary
Hardwars and autlery 282,118 267,873 235,111
Leather. anwrought—, 17,1114 16,120 21,333
Ditt?tmanufacatrad.:.:. 44,041 44,670 46,729

Mac'Lorry sad mill:
work
Bosp 23,90 19,612 20,2'26
Ettatiosery
Wool
Metals 1 014,319 895,434 798,407
Oils
The increase in the shipments of beer and ale is
doubtless owing to the demand for Australia. The
exports for the eight months are no less than
512,2311. 'against 396,4051. in the same period of bet
year, and 380,1951. in 1860. For anis the slight
months' returns show an active foreign demand.
Earthenware maintains its place as an article of In-
creased export. Haberdashery and millinery time
for no less than 1,376,5341. in the eight months,
against 1,280,5951. in 1851, and 1,041,5841. in 1860.
A very steady upward movement is here shown. In
hardwares and cutlery a large augmentation might
have been expected, but this is not the case, owing,
in all probability, to many foreign markets being
overstocked. The exports of leather manufactures
and machinery, two branches of business that afford
employment to • large. population, are rapidly
rising. Soap is slowly increasing, but stationery
shows a falling off on the eight months, which is
traceable to the pernicious operation of the numerous
fiscal impediments to the manufacture and use of

Parr.
On the whole these export returns afford gratify-
ing indication of an increased demand for the chief
articles in the production of which the immense
manufacturing population of this country is con-
stantly engaged.
On referring to the tables of imports and consump-
tion, we find a partial falling off in the month's con-
gumption of sugar, which, however, is still largely
in excess of former years. Of unrefined sugar the
quantity that passed into the hands of consumers is
as follows:
For the month. For 6 mouths.
lef4 cwt.. a 616,039

1861

116,139

1850 838,1.88
The subjoined table, however, is mom reliable, u
it embraces refined sugar and molasses, the molasses
being reduced to cigar at the rate of 1 of the former
to j of the latter.
Sugar in Great Britain and Ireland for 12 months, ending
sth September.
Imported.
1862. 1861. 1860.
Raw Tons 381,774 366,379 323,499
Reined 16,900 26,848 13,182
Molasses