BRITAIN'S DECLINING TRADE.
Those who, with the complacent Lord Salisbury, still doubt whether popular fears concerning British commerce have " any foundation in fact," are told some unpleasant truths in recent Board of Trade returns. In the nine months ended September 30th the exports from the United Kingdom decreased by £9,112,715, as compared with the figures for the same period of laet year. Simultaneously there was a decrease of £4,823,110 in the importation of the raw materials of industry, and also decreases in various foods, which suggest thit the working classes are being compelled to economise on household necessaries. These changes are becoming steadily more and more marked. For the month of September alone the imports show a decline on last year's figures of £3,024,061, and the exports of £2,588,509. A similar tale of decaying trade is told by the official returns for the month of October, a summary of which was cabled out a fortnight ago. 'The imports for the month showed a decrease of £4,144,205, and the exports a decrease of £759,294, as compared with the returns for October of last year.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXIII, Issue 274, 21 November 1901, Page 2
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183BRITAIN'S DECLINING TRADE. Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXIII, Issue 274, 21 November 1901, Page 2
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