The Sun.
London, England, 1860-02-29 00:00:00

BOARD OF TRADE RETURNS.

The Board of Trade returns for the month of Jan-
uary were issued 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 of January :-
1858 £7,221,600
1859
1860 9,366,497
The aggregate shipments in January were
smaller by £226,926, or 2 per cent., than in January,
1859, but larger by £2,144,897, or 29 per cent.,
than in January, 1858.
Examining the chief items of these exports, we
arrive at the subjoined general figures for the
month, viz. :

Month of January.
1858. 1859. 1860.
Apparel and slops £149,153 £159,755 £169,697
Beer and ale 161,103 170,294 168,752
Books 29,488 29,341 30,918
Butter
Coals and culm 151,722 156,426 194,071
Cottons
Cotton yarn
Counterpanes and small ,

20,754 29,147 21,146

wares
Earthenware and porce-
lain 76,08t
Furniture
Glass, common bottles.. 22,320
Haberdashery and mil-
linery
Hard wares and cutlery 227,950
Leather, unwrought 19,573
Ditto, wrought 106,696
Saddlery and harness 120,822
Linens (cloths of all
kinds and cambrics) 320,735
Linen yarn
Machinery, steam en-
gines
Ditto, other sorts ..
Iron, pig
Ditto, bar, bolt, and rod 96,528
Ditto, railway of all

90,703 98,938
13,582 14,072
21,550 23,404

29.5,060 248,123
268,790 243,105
30,719 23,488
74,374 104,858
24,938 21,380

3G7,389 355,535
138,213 132,217

45,331 56,843
140,119 213,828
34,320 43,379
173,371 140,660
189,468 152,415
46,715 40,199
187,339 162,021
94,078 93,070
129,810 114,507
30,641 35,405
22,093 25,402
90,627 100,996

kinds . -.-..
205,302
Ditto, cast 58,894
Ditto, wrought 147,759
Copper, unwrought . .. 19,067
Ditto, sheets and nails.: 106,281 -
Lead
Tin, unwrought
._.

Tin-plates -
Silk manufactures (silk
only)
Other articles (of silk
only)
Silk, thrown 33,080
Ditto, twist and yarn 13,793
Spirits (British)
Wool
Woollens (cloths, &c.).. 189,125
Ditto (mixed stuffs,
flannels, &c.)
Worsted tuffs
Woollen and worsted
yarns
The principal alterations shown on a comparison
with the corresponding month of last year are an
iucrease in coals, cotton yarn, leather manufactures,
machinery, tin plates, and woollens (especially
woollen yarn), but a decrease in silks, railway iron,
haberdashery, and cotton goods. The falling off in
the latter important branch, however, is not im-
portant, if regard be had to the previous great in-
crease.

46,220

22,133 51,671 46,578

38,048 28,917
53,961 41,502
19,292 15,790
18,665 13,586
21,660 :'4,601
173,391 230,022

328,754 332,171
311,871 298,443

The annexed shows the quantities of the chief
articles of food taken for consumption during the
month :

Month of January.
1858. 18.59. 1860.
Cocoa ... . lbs. 229,574 249,379 369,325
Coffee
Wheat qrs. 312,841 263,300 183,000
Flour cwts. 304,688 205,468 221,672
Butter cwts. 25,542 28,465 47,329
Rico cwta. 147,973 118,972 112,345
Cheese
.. c'w ts. 22,412 22,561 36,226
Eggs ............ No. 5,681,800 7,556,200 8,008,800
Pepper lbs 422,082 449,318 398,353
Rum gals. 327,230 333,534 386,677
Brandy gals. 86,364 98,799 90,670
Sugar, unrefined,cwts. ' 803,917 726,397 521,161
Tea lbs. 6,149,845 6,626,543 6,138,424
Wines „gals, 614,625 607,103 547,131
Compared with those of January, 1859, last
month's figures show a decrease in the quantities
taken' for consumptioi i as regards wh mt, sugar, tea,
winos, and pepper, buit an increase as regards cocoa,
butter, cheese, eggs, a fld rum. The returns for a
single month oocasion. ally exhibit considerable and
exceptional variations..