A YEAR'S TRADE.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 711, 10 January 1910, Page 5

A YEAR'S TRADE.

BRITISH IMPORTS AND EXPORTS /:/" FOR DECEMBER.;' C'//'';-//•?- ■• -INCREASES FOE THE MONTH.';J ' ./£ By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright A': .;'•.;;;";, (Eoc. January 9,';5 'p.m.) ;•//. ..-/v.-; ■' '. ■■':-; :.,■',London, January''B.3'H'; : Eritish imports for-December, totalled',:', .£60,803,400, .an'; increase'of ..^3,M0,000;: V .. the exports'totalled '.£33,789,700,' an' in-.: ; ', : crease of.,£4,3Bß,ooo,'and : the' reexports, ■'■.•'; amounted to 1 an increase 'of-S £i,448,000.///.'///-..'/ ■'■':'S; ■':.//'-:;////// A.FAT YEAR. PREDICTED: BY THE k ; ; v-; ; v' //;•;/; ' /BRITISH IN ■iiSj ./-'London, January ; .■';. The Chancellor of the Exchequer, Mr.?,': Lloyd-George, foretells'.; a.■ gTeat ..boom 'in '-h British trade, during 1910. .'■:■."'':;-' '; ■:% ;:•.-. yd ,-.•■ ■ ; CAPITAL RAI3E'b.;;";4V-;K& '-'■'•■.• LESS ENGLISH BORSOTONGS;'/: ,|'; '. ■■'■ (Eeo. January' 9,' 5.p.m.) : : aa^ : '-:'a ■A:' '>■'. : London, '.. The "Economist"'/states' that. 182J ; mil> ..' lions.pf new-capital 0f.,, which .'74} millions went; to • British K ; ■possessions,"; •including-.the.:,-'follomng';'-■amounts:-- ;/. : '.;; T; yi:V:' .■;,-'-■>')'-//■/;-■ /; ; ;, ; ? .'///' To' <2anada ; v -'';-V/ ;■'. To- Australia £11,380,000 ; ;; ;/" 1... /To South/Africa: .;....'. £ll,ISl,5OO;0o : // ./The.:■ Uniled;\ Kingdom's; ' borrowings§; twere only : :compared/with% £50,051,700-: in:1908; ..Foreign' countries*/'.' ;hpmmngaAyrm-A'£ffiMliw6i?wmfai&s- - £83,501,700 : in'-'.i908. : !'3'. - : -- •' ■-.' /'.ft'/'/ ! . : NET-RESULTS --'FOR;THE;YEAtt{/;^ SOLID' GAIN IN: IMPOSTS: A;'SMAEE'S :;;:-.'/: ;;LOSSON EXPORTS, V;,. ;// /v;;y ..Though,the cabled figures are in round'.;" numbers, and are.therefore"not exact/as-:-;'" regards -.the';hundreds column; it "sis pos- ,^', sible, with the/aid of. the above cabled ••'.?; gram,- to .ascertain./approximately. >how#; the United Kingdom '< stands and', exports/in/ : the/ year- just closed '> as''-. compared with '190 S. The .appended.- table',/' shows, that from' and'i.ncludingVAJ)ril-'the'>:' , 1909 imports'.have-got ahead-';month/.by/'? month of the ;1008 imports/and the/year/S ;ended thirty-one'millions better//The;'ex--;'."■'(■ ports,, up to /and including; May,'■/lost 'a'rf: lot of-ground; since then the. 1909.figures'-' have:exceeded.those of ,1908, but'oh the •'s whole year■■ the-' export' figures: of 51909'? have . the worse/of/ it byVundcr, million. ~.■,' ;:v-''■'/- ■■ a-■-.■■■■ '-■ 7.<-~---M

;,,/ /.///>■ '))/, nu?ORTS.y ' : 0 : k% : :: : £M ; i ;', '■ ■.'■'-• 'v';'.■■. --:".--.:'.--.-''-.";-'-/.-l'sofi;-'--- ,'.: - : ••'■-'l9o&'-v.yv j /S3 4 :■■'■/>/. !-::^".-:iA--: ! 'hr'JBV:V";V ; -H , January/:.«~.^.:)53,511;359-.-:' February / • ;..;'....,:;■: 50,468,397 \. 52,42C,815':i Maroli.-. .;....;...;...; ;52,033,9i3 ;.'' 52,115,259 ' r^M ApriliV;-i_.-i.i....i.; 49,199,179 ■-■'' 47,099,912' ;?'','] Mny., 44,864,217 ;;44,0Ti217/;:K| June; ~ ....;..;_.;.„:;< 51,722,000 "■ 46,136,283 ;#A3 , Ju1y':;;:..;..;..:;;...-;•■) 50,320,000 ';::: 46,773,035<;'&1 August.. .;.....;_v._.) f 48,416,05i; ;/42,746,05U: to ; | September,'■■^:;'..;, ) . 49,477,207 October)/.; '...;:..:,.-)52,657,000 ;/50,751,000?a5/J November,./.:.:..'........ 61,608,000" '49,907,000 : 'U.I December'))').«...V.;. ;60,603,400 "U 60,843,400-');«^j ./;/_:?■ £::■? >■ ■";■•':'; 625,080,553 >"' 593,456,538 : '{«-J i J.'|^;vi;^iij -'M-^- : '-' ■ 'f' exports.-/;);- £;;#;;v:S;| January, : i;« - 28,803,046:-'.'' : 34;407,76f j£ft| February.;;■'..;.....;.; ■ 28,024,452 i March/,- .^.../J.;.:;/:'31,887,424' ;/.32,893,424.'April -■.;■ 28,958,458//: 30,705,338 :'< : -?'I May): ».....»;..-;:... 29,525,877' '-.!> 31,066,877 V^<! June ;. ....i.:.;...;;.;:.V' ; 29,717,000::,■' 28,953,139'*:)>• -July ',;...;;„:.;..;;;., ■.;. 35,496,000 -" 33,705,725 . August '; i..;.....-.,;.:- 30,512,676 ', 30,342,676- - : -' M September■•':'....;..;. 82,797,206::.;. 31,621,206?-"-/f ; 1 .Oc.tobor./..::..;.i.....;..-.■ 33J930,000':•• 183,007,000 - •}>. t\ November.:; ;....:...) 33,321,000:;' 29,147,000 ---'1 December •;'; .V«....;;,33,789,700)/ : '29,401,700;;':'..;'; j >,'.■• '•;}'■ •':■ i: V ; ;. -::?';';376,762,839 ;f '-:377;201,568." ::: M /' ; Deoreaie);in;l9o9Trje43B,s27::;.S I '^}