The Sun.
London, England, 1860-08-29 00:00:00

BOARD OF TRADE .RETURNS.

The Board of Trade returns for the month of
July were issued yesterday. We subjoin a state-
ment of the total declared value of the exports of
British and Irish produce and manufactures during
the month and seven months of the last three
years :

For the month. For seven months.
1858 £10,993,997 .... £64,461,801
1859 11,235,451 .... 74,288,610
1860 12,522,698 .... 74,642,687

The aggregate shipments in July were larger
by £1,237,247, or 10 per cent., than in July, 1859,
and larger by £1,528,701, or 13 per cent., than in
July, 1858. The exports for the seven months of
the.present year were larger by £254,077 than in
1859, and larger by £10,080,886, or about 15 per
cent., than in 1858.
Examining the chief items of these exports, we
arrive at the subjoined general figures for the
month, viz.:—

Month of July.
1858. 1859. 1860.
Apparel and slops £166,362 £163,516 £204,849
Beer and ale
Books 33,639 42,547 47,364
Butter
Coals and culm 321,331 337,886 326,000
Cottons
Cotton yarn
Counterpanes and small

23,635

31,917

49,126

wares
Earthenware and porce-
lain 116,156
Furniture
Glass, common bottles.. 26,098
Haberdashery and mil-
linery
Hard wares and cutlery 297,317
Leather, unwrought
Ditto, wrought 116,587
Saddlery and harness 26,314
Linens (cloths of all
kinds and cambrics) 313,936
Linen yarn
Machinery, steam en-
gines
Ditto, other sorts 215,385
Iron, pig
Ditto, bar, bolt, and rod 214,585
Ditto, railway of all
kinds
Ditto, wire
Ditto, cast 73,850
Ditto, wrought 275,547
Copper, unwrought
Ditto, sheets and nails 170,701
Lead
Tin, unwrought
Tin-plates 136,588
Silk manufactures (silk •
onl
Othery ) articles (of silk
only)
Silk, thrown 55,815'
Ditto, twist and yarn
Spirits (British)
Wool
Woollens (cloths, &c.) 249,715
Ditto (mixed stuffs,
flannels, &c.)
Worsted tuffs
Woollen and worsted
yarns
A comparison with last year's figures shows the
principal increase to be in cottons, hardwares, ap-
parel, linen yarn, machinery, iron (the increase
being confined, however, to cast and wrought),
copper, worsted stuffs, and woollen and worsted
yarns. The only important articles that figure on
the adverse side to any noticeable extent are raw
wool and cotton yarn.
The annexed shows the quantities of the chief
articles of food taken for consumption during the
month of July :-

113,177
18,378
22,766

123,127
24,244
31,077

395,697
337,219
25,242
135,691
23,157

375,465
356,139
38,018
124,908
29,167

416,044
109,347

407,698
155,205

85,223
273,174
104,537
198,380

155,912
246,002
83,959
205,158

426,216
21,757
74,776
224,963
50,975
113,258
34,928
49,378.
116,955

351,539
20,403
103,797
350,332
58,645
200,454
39,411
29,048
134,905

67,372

70,194

79,272

44;387
73,487
21,008
29,022
143,625
269,963

34,705
43,832
28,086
28,842
80,797
270,283

430,249
353,788

435,967
390,882

1858. 1859. 1860.
Cocoa lbs. 230,649 177,948 192,259
Coffee
Wheat qrs. 478,074 376,945 509,358
Flour cwts. 463,731 304,889 467,659
Butter cwts. 35,654 33,551 Free
Rice cwts. 157,660 107,842 Free
Cheese cwts. 40,182 38,541 Free
Eggs .s. No. 13,921,600 13,734,200 Free
Pepper lbs. 243,513 385,220 315,868
Rum gals. 217,392 236,460 247,266
Brandy gals. 95,427 105,218 129,918
Sugar, unrefined,cwts. 805,600 1,054,279 877,583
Tea lbs. 5,587,068 11,319,917 6,564,740
Wines gals. 566,090 602,570 671,861
On a comparison with the corresponding month
of last year the principal features are the decline
in the entries for consumption of coffee, sugar, and
tea, and the increase in wheat, flour, wines, and
brandy.