The Sun.
London, England, 1860-02-18 00:00:00

BOA-RD OF TRADE RETURNS.

The Board of Trade returns for the month of Decem-
ber were issued yesterday. We subjoin a statement
of the total declared value of the exports of British
and Irish produce and manufactures during the
month and twelve months :
Month of Dsc. The twelve months.
1857
1858
1859 10,827,242

The aggregate shipments in December were
larger by £768,473, or 7f per cent. than in Decem-
ber 1858, and larger by £3,679,201, or 50 per cent.,
than in December, 1857. Those for the twelve
months of 1859 were larger by £13,831,671, or 12
per cent. than in the twelve months of 1858, and
larger by £8,374,320, or 71 per cent., than in 1857.
Examining the chief items of these exports, we
arrive at the subjoined general figures for the
month, viz. :

Month of December.

1857.-- 18E87--- - 1859.
Apparel and slops £181,371 £194,191 £223,593
Beer and ale
Books 31,260 29,996 . 49,424
Butter
Coals and culm 186,121 196,975 194,095
Cottons
Cotton yarn
Counterpanes and small
wares 29,322 36,329 28,930
Earthenware and porce-
lain 84,073 83,115 95,579
Furniture
Glass, common bottles.. 26,215 24,678 30,838
Haberdashery and mil-
linery
Hard wares and cutlery 275,584 293,756 360,549
Leather, unwrought
Ditto, wrought 123,502 91,210 132,124
Saddlery and harness 28,256 22,474 26,132
Linens (doths of all
kinds and cambrics)
Linen yarn
Machinery, steam en-

gines

59,352

61,175

',-
Ditto, other sorts 152,395 192,?111 138,73 i
Iron, pig
Ditto, bar, bolt, and rod 155,615 172,927 147,310
Ditto, railway of all

kinds - ---.. 204,021 166,831 183,525
Ditto, cast
Ditto, wrought 184,535 183,719 240,770
Copper, unwrought
Ditto, sheets and nails 72,133 149,260 178,498
Lead
Tin, unwrought
Tin-plates 38,775 92,529 64,543
Silk manufactures (silk
only)
Other articles (of silk
only)
Silk, thrown 21,053 55,673 44,824
Ditto, twist and yarn
Spirits (British)
wool
Woollens (cloths, &c.) .. 177,659 205,835 215,196
Ditto (mixed stuffs,
..
flannels, &c.)
Worsted stuffs
Woollen and worsted

yarns
The increase is almost general, but the grand
movement is still in cotton goods. There is a marked
increase in the export of haberdashery, hardwares,
beer and ale, and woollen and worsted goods and
yarn. Pig and bar iron show a falling off. The
exports of linens have also been decidedly below
those for the corresponding month of 1858.
The annexed shows the quantities of the chief
articles of food taken for consumption during the
month :

Month of December.
1857. 1858. 1859.
Cocoa lbs. 147,645 204,063 236,129
Coffee lbs. 2,748,449 2,591,219 2,793,012
Wheat qrs. 486,299 286,906 294,261
Flour cwts. 509,812 237,526 223,860
Butter cwts. 25,155 28,019 43,531
Rice cwts. 141,258 130,898 95,248
Cheese cwts. 36,083 30,508 39,307
Eggs No. 7,531,200 7,024,800 7,672,600
Pepper lbs. 343,814 372,464 320,686
Rum gals. 373,684 417,372 474,529
Brandy gals. 101,491 111,433 123,128
Sugar, unrefined,owts. 614,405 557,390 604,431
Tea
Wines gals. 433,937 497,178 620,790
The consumption of foreign grain, flour, and rico
has been rather limited. Wines and spirits present
an increase. As regards sugar, tea, and coffee-all
important articles-the figures are very large.