The Sun.
London, England, 1858-01-25 00:00:00

TRADE AND NAVIGATION STATISTICS

A large light blue-book (annually published) gives the
following statement of the trade and navigation of the
United Kingdom in the year 1856, just presented to
Parliament by Royal command. Tne details of the
statement are almost infinite, but the following "ab-
stract" will supply a sufficient general idea of them.
To proceed ;—The real valve of the imports (in 1856)
amounted to 172,544,1541., and that of the exports to
139,220,3531. The imports increased from 143,542,8501
(in 1855), and the exports, from 116,691,3001. (in the
same year). The " official " value of the total imports of
goods is estimated at 131,937,7631. (vice 172,544,1541.
the "real" value), The imports included 129,517,5681.
from foreign countries (the computed "real" value of
the goods), and 43,026,5861. from the colonies. The
exports included 115,326,948/., the actual produce of the
united kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and
23,393,405/, of foreign and colonial goods. The official
value of the foreign and colonial exports is estimated at
33,423,7241. The imports from foreign coutries included
9,999,579/.from Russia (north), and 1,562,3451. (south) ;
2,031,8611. from Sweden, 2,201,8311. from Denmark,
4,534,815/. from Prussia, 5,302,7391. from the Hansa
Towns, 7,433,4221. from Holland, 2.936,7961. from
Belgium, 10,386.5221. from Franoe, 2.164.0901. from
Portugal, 3,645,083 i. from Spain, 2,654.5801 from the
Spanish West Indies (Cuba, &c.), 1,505,5821. from the
Two Sicilies, 1,427,2891. from Greece, 2.383,029/. from
Turkey, 5,753,5181. from Egypt, 36,047,7731., from the
United States of America, 2.229,0481., from Brae],
1,700,7761. from Chili. 3,048,6941. from Peru, 9,421,6481.
from China, and 1,657,3751. from the West Coast of
Africa. The import 4 from all other counties were
under 1,000,0001., and it will hardly be credit,d by
the general public that those from the " Austrian terri-
tories,, as they are called in the official list, did not
exceed the comparatively paltry figure of 902,4331.
The computed real value of the imports from the colo-
nies was, horn Canada, 3,779,741/. ; from New Bruns-
wick, 1,891,7071. ; from the West Indies, 4,157,0981. ;
from Guiana, 1,418,2641. ; from New South Wales,
2,317,591/. ; from 'Victoria, 2,033,0541. ; from India
(or, as official papers still call it, the "East Indies"),
17,262,8511., exclusive of Ceylon, Singapore, had the
transit through Egypt ; from Ceylon, 1,304,1741. ; from
the Mauritius, 2,427,0071. ; and from the Cape of Good
1,502,8281. From all other places the imports
ruled under a million. The exports of domestic
pr Alice and manufactures from the United King.
dom to foreign tour tries included about 1.500,000/.
to Russia, 1,033,1421. to Denmark, 1,021,485/.
to Hanover (a large increase), 10,134,8131. to the Hanse
Towns ; 5,728,2531. to Holland, 1,689,9751. to Belgium'
6,432,6501. to France, 1,455,7541. to Portugal,
1,734,4831. to Spain, 1,317,0621. to Cuba, k: e
1,143,6891 to Sardinia, 1,202,1831. to the Two Sicilia'',
4,416,0291. to Turkey, 1,587,6821. to Egypt. 21,476.126/
to the United States of America, 4.804,5371. to BraZd'
1,396,446/. to Chili, 1,046,0101, to Peru, and 1.415,4781
to China. The exports of the mother country to the
colonies included 2,418,250/. to Canada, 1,462,1561. to
the West Indies and Guiana, 2,584,8761 to New South
Wales, 5,495,764/. to Victoria, 10,546,1901. to ludts, and
1,344,3381. to the Cape. It will be understood that the
above figures refer to the produce of the United King-
dom exclusively. The articles imported from abroad, in-
°laded, among a heap of others, 2,876,838 b. of bristles,
7,343,4751 b. of cocoa, 56,992,1161 b. of coffee, 4,072,833
quarters of wheat, and 4,124,420 quarter,. of other
grain, 9,141,842 cwt. of raw cotton, and 1,116,2261 u.
of yarn, 191,501 tons of guano, 1,687,041 cwt., of
flax, 2,912,8381 b. of goats' hair, 3 238,1161 b. of dressed
hides, 3,989,574 pairs of gloves, 3,692,001 cwt. of rice,
9,398,9111 b. of raw silk, 3,034,683 sheep and lamb skins,
and 1.218.548 goat skins, 10,810,398 cwt. of pepper,
7,761,240 cwt. of raw supr, 1,122,736 cwt. of tallow,
86,200, 4141 b. of tea, 44,809,6341 b. of raw tobacco, and
1,855,0311 b. of cigars,and souffs,9,4Bl,BBogalls of wine,
22,723,434 hoops, 116,211,8921 b. of wool, 2,540,438
galls, brandy, 195,895 "Geneva" or Hollands gin, and
7,169,005 of rum. There were also introduced into the
country from abroad the following animals, equine, bo-
vine, and ovine, viz., 2,979 horses, 83.306 oxen and
bulls, and 145,059 sheep and lambs. The exports of
our home produce and manufacture included 1,405,901
cwt. of soda; 509,2031. of drugs; 1,363,6191. of apparel,
old and new ;10,500 0181 b. of gunpowder; 51,023 cwt. of
ham and bacon ; 594,528 doz. of empty bags ; 28,023 cwt.
of beef and pork ; 410,392 brl,. of ale and beer; 30,095 cwt
of books ; 139,548 cwt. of butter ; 6,033,991 lbs. of
steoriae candles, 5,637,537 tons of coals, 125,242 qr.i.
of corn, 1,211,281,686 yards of white calic e+, and
803,132,156 yards of printed or dyed calicoi's, 6,063 034
yards of plain cambric or muslins, and 3,261,667 yards
of printed ditto ; 7,544,370 yards of fustian and velvet,
and 3,992,056 yards of cotton and linen mixed, about
1,000,000 pairs of stockings, 5,371,643 lbs, for sew-
ing, 181,495,805 lbs. of cotton yarn or twist, 1,334.118/.
of earthenware and porcelain, 3,638,358/. of haber-
dashery and millinery j 195,6451. of jewellary ;
6,259,4351 b. of wrought leather (except saddlery and
harness) ; 25,118,3491 b. of linen yarn, and 133 170,996
yards of linen goods ; 5,786,409 yards of printed ditto ;
1,538,184 yards of cambric and lawn ; 1,162,018 yards
of damask and diaper ; 4,752,181 yards of sailcloth, and
4,163,0371 b. of sewing thread ; 819,0671. of steam en-
gines ; 7,087,429 gallons of linseed oil ; 745,788 tons of
salt; 655,2181 b. of silk stuffs and rihands, and 880,2681.
of fringes, laces, trimmings, and mixed silk stuffs,
4,846,793 gallons of spirits; 313,953 owl. of raw sugar,
14,378,77416. of wool. 66,974,272 yards of mixed stuffs,
flannels, and carpets, and 2,219,090 pieces of worsted
stuffs. 12,038,2991. of gold specie were exported in
1856, and 12,810,4981. of ether specie. In 1856 92,259
vessels, of 21,689,049 tons, entered and cleared from and
to foreign countries and the colonies, of which 52,144
were British and 40,115 foreign. The above figures
may be Eaid to afford a sort of panoramic view of the
cornuaercial greatness of Great Britain.

CANADIAN AND AMERICAN EMIGRATION.—An im-
portant arrangement has been completed between the
London and North-Western Railway and the Grand
Trunk Railway of Canada, by which passengers of the
first, second, and third classes can be booked at the
London offices of the latter Company, 21, OH Brf.ad.
street, RC., to their destinations on the American con-
tinent, for one payment, which includes the railway
fare from London to Liverpool, the sea transit, either
by steam or by sailing ship, and the railway fare to
upwards of 150 leading stations and cities in Canada
and the United States, as far even as Kansas, a dis-
tance of 1,694 miles from Quebec, and of 1,818 from
Portland. The valuable pamphlets on the resources of
Canada, the map of Canada, showing the railway
connections with the United States, the tariff of
through -rates, and the proteotion afforded to emigrants
byusuati, gratisne
Grand Trunk route, continue to be issued as
on application either persor ally or by
letter, at2l, Old Broad-street, London, E.C.