The Sun.
London, England, 1858-12-25 00:00:00

BOARD OF TRADE RETURNS.

The Board of Trade returns for the month and
eleven months ending the 30th of November, 1856,
1857, and 1858, were issued yesterday. We subjoin
a statement of the total declared value of the ex-
ports of British and Irish produce and manufactures
during the month and eleven months : •
For the month. For eleven months.
1856 £10,272,075 £105,845,631
1857 8,285,815 115,007,196
1858 9,976,436 .... 106,555,562
Compared with last year, there is an increase on
the month of £1,690,621, or about 20 per cent., and
a decrease on the eleven months of £8,451,634, or
71 per cent. A comparison with the year 1856
shows a decrease of £295,639 on the month, but an
increase of £709,931 on the eleven months.
Examining the chief items of these exports, we
arrive at the subjoined general figures for the
month, viz.:—

Month of November.
1856. 1857. 1858.
£186,463 £178,098 £235,040
128,214 101,097 128,327
196,587 253,514 191,333
2,744,642 2,105,888 2,960,144
681,568 613,575 849,051

Apparel and slops
Beer and ale
Coals and culin
Cottons
Cotton yarn
Earthenware and porce-

_
lain
Haberdashery and milli-

132,938 93,928 99,960

nery
Hardwares and: cutlery
Leather, unwrought
Ditto, wrought
Saddlery and harness
Linens ( cloths of all
kinds and cambrics)
Linen yarn
Machinery, steam en-

2.57,651 172,300 294,631
371,564 315,092 261,531
24,932 19,522 31,053
126,323 118,985 130,292
23,924 27,048 26,971

455,079 287,561 285,339
128,170 139)998 149,065

101,516 44,624 45,044
172,249, 250,262 150,463
119,802 108,919 59,537
454,733 388,892 395,436
79,216 60,429 49,095
329,410 321,454 245,494.
50,246 82,866 81,822
159,720 108,338 141,305
40,899 25,613 36,959
17.555 17,381 10,941
136,260 53,592 100,874

gives
Ditto, other sorts
Iron, pig
Ditto7bar, bolt, and rod
Ditto, cast
bat°, wrought
Copper, unwrought
Ditto, sheets and nails
Lead
Tin, unwrdught
Tin plates
Silk manfactures (silk
only)
Other articles (silk only)
Silk, thrown
Ditto, twist and yarn
Spirits (British)
Wool
Woollens (cloths, &c.)
Ditto (mixed stuffs, flan-
nels, &c.)
Worsted stuffs
Woollen & worsted yarns 262,358 184,725 288,372
The striking feature is the enormous increase in
the exports of cotton goods and yarn, principally
to meet the Eastern demand. In haberdashery and
millinery, leather goods, silks, and woollen and
worsted manufactures and yarn, an important in-
crease is likewise presented. On the other hand,
on a comparison with the corresponding month of
last year, there is a rather important falling off in
machinery and iron. Linen goods have also been
very dull.
The annexed shows the quantities of the chief
articles of food taken for consumption during the
month :

455,065 42,373 52,361
27,832 12,008 19,393
86,844 18,970 79,753
22,121 14,284 21,871
83,235 35,436 14,585
69,971 14,180 38,025
198,128 200,482 155,619

Month of November,
1856. 1857. 1858.
Cocoa lbs. 353,711 140,520. 355,824
Coffee lbs. 2,739,651 2,595,940 2,903,479
Wheat qrs. 429,882 456,804 276,007
Flour cwts. 205,884 267,160 236,850
Currants cwts. 58,553 37,974 68,121
Butter cwts. 41,611 29,281 30,241
Rice cwts. 126,498 135,879 195,098
Cheese cwts. 33,554 32,240 32,936
Eggs .no. 5,399,200 , 6,645,000 7,736,800
Pepper lbs. 410,102 328,970 455,072
Rum gals. 329,156 294,954 362,446
Brandy gals. 131,392 93,354 108,148
Sugar (unrefined)

... .
ewts. 526,611 502,249 682,155
Tea lbs. 4,909,707 4,888,534 6,204,435
Wines gals. 643,344 508,410 621,391
With the exceptiOn of wheat and flour, nearly
every one of these items exhibit an important in-
crease. The increase in the entries for consumption
of sugar, tea, coffee, cocoa, wine, pepper, currants,
and cheese, is especially worthy of remark.