The Sun.
London, England, 1860-03-26 00:00:00

BOARD OF TRADE _RETURNS.

The Board of Trade returns for the month of Feb-
ruary were i,-Fited. on Saturday. We subjoin a state-
ment of the total declared value of the exports of
British and Irish produce and manufactures during
the month and two months of the last three
years : _ _

For the month.
1858
1859
1860

For two months.
1:11,510,016
.... 19,207,566
.... 20,088,437

The aggregate shipments in February were
larger by £1,107,797, or 11 per cent., than in Feb-
ruary, 1859, and larger by £3,433,524, or 47 per
cent., than in February, 1858. Those for the two
mold JH of the present year were larger by £880,871,
or per cent., than in 1859, and larger by
£5,578,421, or 38 per cent., than in 1858.
. .

Examining the chief items of these evports, we
arrive at the subjoined general figures for the
month, viz.:—

Month of February.
1858. 1859. 1860.
Apparel and slops £115,281 £159,648 £152,365
Beer and ale
Books 27,914 36.131 39,494
Butter
Coals and culm .
Cot tons
Cotton yarn
Counterpanes and small

wares
Earthenware and porce-
lain
Furniture

17,79 G

33,095

25,259

80,855
17,074
20,929

94,996
17,174
24,508

110,323
16,770
29,661

Glass, common bottles..
Haberdashery and mil-
linery ' 219,113
Hard wares and cutlery 188,699
Leather, unwrought
Ditto, wrought 90,085
Saddlery and harness 17,986
Linens (cloths of all
kinds and cambrics)
Linen yarn ••• ••
Machinery, steam en-

327,114
254,893
30,950
93,889
20,852

369,532
288,255
36,591
121,110
21,567

268,175
76,766

321,672
159,038

381,697
162,692

gines
Ditto, other sorts ..

76,798
130,160
47,337
124,372

43,336
129,412
46,244
160,495

66,721
129,087
36,108
169,699

Iron, pig
Ditto, bar, bolt, and rod
Ditto, railway of all

kinds
Ditto, cast
Ditto, wrought
Copper, unwrought
Ditto, sheets and nails
Lead
Tin, unwrought
Tin-plates
Silk manufactures (silk
only)
Other articles (of silk
only)
Silk, thrown
Ditto, twist and yarn
Spirits (British)
Wool
Woollens (cloths, &c.)..
Ditto (mixed stuffs,
flannels, &c.)
Worsted stuffs
Woollen and worsted
yarns

153,696
58,773
140,146
62,103
122,710
28,169
16,926
80,502

158,402
50,438
189,627
68,870
98,524
31,430
20,096
107,726

194,564

36,022
227,697
78,492
135,743
23,152
17,103
121,181

27,520

66,338

57,827

17,786
18,022
10,181
16,055
65,503
178,048

32,063
53,155
17,275
11,420
32,530
238,471

34,211
24,063
15,218
22,065
40,247
304,432

.220,973
195,535

328,0(33
351,822

358,606
413,394

126,873

163,749

274,898

The principal increase is in cottons (including
yarn), woollens, and worsteds, linens, haberdashery,
hardwares, and cutlery, beer and ale, earthenware,
and 'other manufactures. The export of iron
shows a moderate increase. There is scarcely an
item of importance on the unfavourable side.
The annexed shows the quantities of the chief
articles of food taken for consumption during the
month :

Month of February.
1858. 18.59. 1860.
Cocoa lbs. 263,977 358,159 310,530
Coffee
Wheat qrs. 263,553 226,239 53,087
Flour cwts. 309,172 246,966 125,263
Butter cwts 26,094 26,195 39,848
Rice cwts. 127,149 121,982 116,745
Cheese cwts. 23,503 24,114 21,580
E ggs No. 8,486,200 9,107,000 9,919,400
Pepper lbs. 322,561 319,790 276,382
Rum gals. 301,710 288,748 383,349
Brandy gals. 86,050 90,561 8,406
Sugar, uurefined,cwts. 680,976 619,741 606,882
Tea lbs. 5,433,387 5,939,113 5,582,106
Wines gals. 503,365 604,762 161,924

There is an increase in coffee, eggs, and rum, but
a coni:iderable decrease in wines and brandy, the
operations in which were paralysed by the expec-
tation of Mr. Gladstone's financial scheme. The
consumption figures relating to sugar and pepper
are likewise below the average. The quantity of
foreign bread-stuffs required was small.