Washington sentinel. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1853-1856, 1855-04-17

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Statistical Abstract for the United
Kingdom. aN r.
A statistical abstract for the United King.
dom in each of the last fifteen years, from
1910 to 1854, has just been published. Con-
timing our attention to the past year, (lS54,)
aud passing over information which has already
been published with reference to imports and
exports, for example, the following particulars
may be extracted for public information:
1t appears, then, that in 1854, the nett re.
venue paid into the Exchequer, amounted to
esq, 736. 1873; and the expenditures to f59, s46,-
1872; leaving deficiency Of f3,289,059. The
items OF revenue were rs follows, namely
Customs, G2OT7574l; excise, fl6,l29,843 ;
stamps, f7,O7S,OQ5; taxes, f3,044,54s; pro-
perry tax, ct ,456, O25; post office, Ell ,2SS 234
crown lands s27l,572; old stores. imnorts
and unclaimed dividends, 9596,019, &c. The
items of expenditure were as follows: Interest
and management of the funded debt and
Ell, 23G, 499, and ofthe unfunded debt and ex-
chequer bills, f49O,462. The civil list, f4OO,-
1888 annuities and PENSIONS Except diplo.
matic,) e347,799; salaries and allowances.
f223,504; diplomatic salaries and pensions,
fl4S,4lO; courts Of justice, f702,583 miscel.
laneous charges on the consolidated fund,
9l9l, 1856; the army, fS0l0,8S2; the navy,
tl2, lS2,769; the ordnance, f4,396,39l; and
civil services chargeable on grants of Parlia-
ment,. and payments of unclaimed dividends,
E5,6 ,645. The total amount of taxes re.
pealed or reduced was, fl,2S4, l07 and the
amount imposed f9,954,643. The balance in
the exchequer at the end Of 1854, amounted
to f6,0l5,6l3; and the capital of the national
debt to f775,04l ,272, against f787,44S, 075 in
1910, E785 ,053,022 in lS45, and f7S7,O29,-
l62 in 1850. The general imports and ex-
ports have already been taken account of. AS
regards wheat, 1T appears that 3,43l,2 27 quar-
tiers were imported in 1854, against 4,9I5,430
quarters in 1853. In 1910, only 1893, 1888
quarters were imported; in 1913 only $40, l2O;
in 1915, 87l,7l0; in 1916, the repeal year.
] ,432,59l quarters; in l847, 2,656,455 quar-
tiers in l849, 3,s45,378 quarters andin 1853,
1915 30 quarters.
Of the wheat imported in 1854, 5O6.s39
quarters came from Russia, 672,842 quarters
from Prussia, 248,451 quarters from Denmark,
3l5,3S6 quarters from the Hanse Towns, l43,.
O78 quarters from France, 1l9,504 quarters
from Modavia and Wallachia, l63, 294 quarters
from the Turkish dominions, 3O2,905 quarters
from Egypt, and 4l7,6O7 quarters from the
United States of America. The total quaint
ties of all kinds of grain imported in 1854,
amounted to 6,S50,500 quarters, and of ali
kinds of meal and flour to 3,7O5, leo cwt.
The declared value of British and Irish pro-
duce and manufactures exported in 1854
amounted to f97 1892, 3Os against SOS, 1913, 7SI
in 1853. In 1910 the value was f5l, 308,74O
only; in l845, eco, ,O82; and in 1850 GIL
367,88 Between 1852 and 1853 there was q
leap from f78,076,854 to EOS, 933,18l. The
foreign countries which are our largest custo-
mers appear to be the Hanse Towns, f7,O93,.
3l4; Holland, ga, 452955; Russia, CLIPS
fO4; Belgium, fl,37l,sl7; France, f2636,-
800; Portugal, Gl,2l0,4ll; Spain, including
her colonies, f2,979,773; Sardinia, fl,1l2,.
AT; Turkey, f2,029,305; the United States
and California, e23,658, 427; Brazil, f3,lS6,-
l07; Chill, fi ,264, 942; Peru, l,246, 730; and
China, FL ,749,597. OF the English colonies,
Australia figures for e14,5l3,700; the East
Indies for 8,l85,695; the West Indies for Ell.
sol, LAG; the Cape for fl,2l2,63O; and the
North American States for f4898,544. The
articles exported in 1854 have already appear
ID. The total tonnage of British and foreign
yessels which entered inwards and cleared out
wards Mt ports in the United Kingdom. in
1854, amounted TO Is,669,O87, Of which |
',924,238 we're foreign. The foreign tonnage
las gradually increased from 4,0l7,066 lin |
848) to its present amount 1t appears
hat, from 1910 TO 1854 1892 sailing |
'esses and 1868 steamers were built and |
registered in the United Kingdom. The |
otal number Of men employed in the |
ZONE and foreign trade OF the United King |
Iom in sailing vessels and steamers was |
624lG IN 1854, against l72,525 in 1853, and |
52,6ll IN lS49. The average price OF wheat |
n 1874 was f3 LIS. ID. per quarter, against |
~ lbs. Sd. in 1853, and f2 Os. Cd. only in |
S52. Between 1910 and 1864 the average |
rice had never exceeded E3 9s. 3D., lin l845.l |
md generally ranged much lower, in 1851 the |
vcrage price was only f1 1885, Cd, the lowest |
throughout the period. In January, 1854, the
verage price was GA 0s. Id; in September il
ell to f2 les. ID; and in November it rose to |
3 lis. Sd. The quantities Of grain sold in
he principal market towns of England and
Wales in 1854 were as follows, VIZ, wheat,
,9l3,257 quarters; barley, 2,267,997 quarters:
nd oats, 765,d3 quarters. The repeal Of the
orn laws appears to have exercised little or no.
niluence on the sales Of wheat, inasmuch as
he quantity sold in 1910 was nearly the same
8 that sold last year, while in lS4s, two years
fier the repeal of the corn laws, 5,395s34
uarters we're sold, against 5,95S, 1868 quarters
= 1916, the year Of the repeal
The total amount Of money coined NJ ,be
mt IN 1851 was e4,354, 2Ol, against fI2.
"a, 10 IN 1893; the total capital OF SAVINGS
anks was t33,742,620, while the receipts and
aymcnts IRON and to depositors were respect
'eiy tI,Ssa6li and f7,935,9l7. The gross
'iai aggregate amount of promissorv notes
ayable on demand in circulation in The Uni
ID Kingdom in 1854 varied from eat. s89. SOC
t39,Sl9,3l0. The estimated population Of
'ngland and Wales, in 1864, was 1861, 900