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1,026,063

1,075,823

6,774 2,604,243 7,200 21,042 3,680,066 2,947,257 9,256 1,361,940 23,771 4,309,197

21,980 3,759,369

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Statement of the Real or Declared Value of British and Irish Produce and Manufactures Exported from the United Kingdom to different Foreign Countries and Colonial Possessions, in each year, from 1827 to 1844.

North. Europe. South. Europe.

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6,199,356

828,729

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Statement of the Nett Revenue of Customs in each year, from 1839 to 1845; the amount of duty received on Corn, and the Revenue exclusive of the Duty on Corn; showing, also, the principal Duties of Customs repealed and reduced in each year.

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NOTE.-The following is the estimated loss of revenue by reduction, &c., in the

Tariff:

1841......Rice in the husk, oil from the kingdom of the Two Sicilies, 1842......Coffee, hides, indigo, oils, seeds, timber, liquorice, mahogany,

turpentine, and export duties,....

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1,338,102

171,521

286,431

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£4,235,244

SILKS ENTERED FOR HOME CONSUMPTION.

Raw, Waste, and Thrown Silk, entered for home consumption in the United Kingdom.

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An Account of the Declared Value of British Silk Goods exported from the United Kingdom, in each year, from 1826 to 1845, both inclusive.

Total.

U. S. of Mexico, S. Brit. Poss. Africa, Asia, America. America. in America.t & Australia. £27,265 £56,548 £19,523 £ 14,490 £168,801 61,057 25,352 18,757 236,344 31,138 255,871

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102,487 53,974 637,198

1835...... 45,612 157,762 537,040

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84,097

109,629

73,326

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44,628

66,463 410,093

96,681

175,217

75,036 868,118

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72,344

306,757

107,601

116,317

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An Account of the Quantities of Foreign Silk Manufactures retained for Home Consumption in the United Kingdom since the removal of the Prohibition (5th July, 1826.)

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Return of the Rates of Duty chargeable on Foreign and Colonial Wool, the Quantities thereof Imported, the Prices of Southdown and Kent Long Wool, and the Declared Value of British Woollen Manufactures Exported in each year, from 1818 to 1845.

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BRITISH EXPORTS-FIRST QUARTER OF 1846.

By returns made up to the 5th of April, it appears that of the twenty-seven chief articles of British produce and manufactures, the exports from the United Kingdom have been in the present year£11,536,175 against £11,731,066 in 1845, and £11,104,687 in 1844-thus showing a trifling reduction on the present year. The comparison of the four great articles of manufacture is as follows:

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These accounts show that the import of sheeps' wool in the present year has been 9,129,258 lbs. against 7,804,495 lbs. in 1845; of cotton, 1,019,738 cwt. against 1,069,320 cwt. in 1845; of raw silk, 1,561,054 lbs. against 1,313,335 lbs. in 1845; of flax, 100,558 cwt. against 71,880 cwt. in 1845; and of hemp, 76,543 cwt. against 97,217 cwt. in 1845.

BRITISH COAL TRADE.

It appears from official returns laid before Parliament that the coals-small coals, culm, and cinders-exported from the United Kingdom to foreign countries and the British settlements, in 1845, amounted to 2,531,282 tons. The quantities of coal brought into the port of London, in 1844, were as follows;-Coastwise, 2,490,910 tons; by inland navigation and land-carriage, 72,256 tons. In 1845, coastwise, 3,392,512 tons; by inland navigation, &c., 68,687 tons.

THE BOOK TRADE.

1.-Memoirs of the Administrations of Washington and John Adams, edited from the Papers of Oliver Wolcott, Secretary of the Treasury. By GEORGE GIBBS. In 2 vols., pp. 574-555. New York. The work whose title we have quoted, is a very valuable and important contribution to the political history of the United States. Its author, Mr. Gibbs, has spared no industry in collecting his materials, and in preparing them for the press. The selections from the documentary matter to which he had access, were made from about twenty volumes of letters, the whole collection in manuscript, including revolutionary correspondence, drafts of official papers, and miscellaneous documents, extending to nearly fifty, all of which were arranged by Oliver Wolcott, a former Secretary of the Treasury, exhibiting a well-digested history of the administration of those pure and great patriots, George Washington and John Adams, while in the executive chair of the general government. The work is illustrated with a copious correspondence, and official documents, which have been gathered from original and accredited sources. It was the original design of the author to prepare a biographical sketch of Mr. Wolcott, who had been identified with the leading public measures of a former day; but the abundance of the materials which were placed at his disposal induced him to extend his design, and to portray as much of the political history of the period of his public life as the nature and extent of the papers in his possession would seem to warrant. The tract of time extending through the administrations of Washington and Adams, from the year 1790 to 1801, is one of the most interesting in our political annals. Great public measures were then discussed, and the foundations of our national policy, in many respects, were to be laid; for the government was then comparatively in its infancy. It is also true that the permanent record of the circumstances which marked that period have been too much neglected, and the character of the distinguished men who then figured in the public view, and performed signal services for the country, have been permitted almost to be forgotten. Mr. Gibbs has rescued a prominent part of that period from oblivion, having placed its history in a permanent form, which will be consulted with respect by future investigators of political truth; and he has executed his task satisfactorily and ably. By looking calmly at the circumstances which have marked the past, we may take counsel for the present, and guide our steps for the future, and thus learn to adopt measures because they are just and right, and not because they are conformable to the acrimonious spirit of party. A most interesting and valuable part of the work, and one which we hope to refer to hereafter, is that which relates to the establishment of the financial system of the government, during the period of which it treats; and, without expressing an opinion respecting the particular political sentiments of the individuals whose names figure upon its pages, we would commend it to the study of the political scholar and statesman.

2.-The Treasury of History, comprising a General Introductory Outline of Universal History, Ancient and Modern, and a series of Separate Histories of every Principal Nation that now exists; their Rise, Progress, Present Condition, &c. By SAMUEL MAUNDER, author of the "Treasury of Knowledge," Biographical Treasury," "Literary and Scientific Treasury," etc. To which is added, the History of the United States. By JOHN INMAN, Esq. New York: Daniel Adee. This work, which we alluded to while in course of publication in numbers, has at length been completed, and forms two large octavo volumes, covering nearly fourteen hundred pages. The plan has the merit of completeness, and is perhaps the best that could have been devised. It gives, first, a general sketch of ancient and modern history; a rapid and comprehensive bird's-eye view of the rise and progress of nations, the most important incidents of their career, and their relations to each other; and after this, the writer takes up the nations separately; furnishing a concise digest of all that is considered most important, or desirable to know, concerning each-thus affording a sort of key to the changes and events that were more briefly indicated, rather by their results than by their inei. dents, in the general sketch or outline. Mr. Inman, the American editor, has bestowed particular at tention upon the portion devoted to American history, and has brought down that of the United States to 1845. We consider it a very valuable and convenient compend of reference for the student, but more especially for the industrial classes, who desire a general knowledge of the world's history, but cannot find time to devote to the elaborate works devoted to different nations and distinct epochs. 3.--Glimpses of the Dark Ages: or Sketches of the Local Condition af Europe, from the Fifth to the Twelfth Century. Monthly Series of Useful Reading. No 2, 18mo., pp. 177. New York: Leavitt, Trow & Co.

The Dark Ages were not without their mission, and we may profit by the lessons they teach, and perhaps discover in our own time some shadows of the gloom modified by circumstances and progressive light, which overshadowed the moral and social condition of the race. The writer of the present volume attempts nothing more than a glance at the social condition of Europe from the fifth to the twelfth century, referring to the fall of Rome, the church, the monastery, the feudalism of France, and a variety of celebrated matters.

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