Blandford Weekly News. — 1886-12-11 (Blandford, Dorset, England)

BOARD OF TRADE RETURNS.  The Board of Trade Returns published on Tuesday, for November, are distinctly more favourable than recent issues. The gain in the exports amount to the satisfactory total of i 11,105,442, principally in yarns and teNtile fabrics, but metals and machinery also accounting for a fair proportion of the improvement. The loss on the 11 months' shipments compared with last year is now only L 516,494. The imports shew an increase on the month of £.3,307,187, alxint two-thirds of which is caused by the heavier arrivals of raw materials for manufacture. In the 11 months there is a deficiency in the imports of £20,997,922 The returns taken altogether are decidedly encouraging. The total imports for the month and the 11 months have been : _. November. INSS 18S6  Eleven months.  33,7752,453 21,743,768 33,010,955  Lealing with the month, animals living (for food) ..hew an increase of £32,432. Articles of food and drink duty free, £321,224; ditto, dutiable, £33,019; metals, 42:36,08.7; oils, £1 7,104 ; raw materials for textile manufactures, £1,984,M ; raw materials for sundry industries and manufactures, £32,977 ; and nianufactured articles an increase of ...4274,500..  (:;—il;;;Tt.her hand tobacco %thews a falling c;ff of k1i6,352; chemicals, dyestuffs, and tanning substances of £69.593; and miscellaneous articles of £39,1.Z3. As regards the exports the totals were : November. Eleven months. lES4 17481 1886  17,704,213 .. 10,44;4,250 .. 17,509,092  215,647,472 197026,979 195,310,4 M  . • Dealing with the month, animal.; living, exhibited an increase of £4,:k4.1; articles of food and drink, yarns and textile fabrics, £1,013,023; metals and articles manufactured therefrom, except maehimry,k9o,s49 • machinery and millwork, £147,017; all other articles either manufacbred or partly manufactured, £41,016. On the other hand, raw materials chew a falling off of £161,784 ; apparel and articles of personal use, £21,470; chemicals and chemical and medicinal preparation, a deficiency of £38,747. The re-exports of foreign and colonial merchandise were :  November.  Eleven 'Months.  1883 1885 1886 The import of gold during November was £656,258 k.rainst £1,524,766 last year, and in the 11 months £12,764,135 against £12,621,807. The export during November was £1,077,753 against £1,20,1141, and in the 11 mouth.; £11.569,805 against £0,799,784. Tire import of silver during Nove:Aber was £706,850 aainst £684,078, and in the 11 months, £6,745,064 a-4.ainst £8,508,255. The export during November was £468,139 against £677,830, and in the 11 months, £6,746,065 against £9,206,024.  A little boy has been murdered in a. shocking manner by his elder brother, a shoemaker s apprem tire, at Prague. The little fellow's head was literally smashed in with a hammer. The youthful murderer went to ail police-station and gave himself up, raying that hisfather was continually finding fault with him, and had repeatedly told him to rob or kill some one, so as to get into prison—the only place he was fit for. As the congregation was leaving morning service at St. Alkmund's Church, Derby, on Sunday, a runaway horse dashed in amongst the people, and knocked down and trampled upon an elderly maiden lady named liattersby-. The rider of the horse was also thrown violently against a public-house wall. Both were removed to the infirmary immediately, but the lady died wthin au hour from concussion of the brain.  arc%