ENGLISH TRADE IN THE NEW YEAR.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 2, Issue 437, 13 April 1880, Page 3

ENGLISH TRADE IN THE NEW YEAR.

. .The Board of Trade returns for Jari'u ary show the iinpi'ovematit ffhioh has nowcontinued without a'check'since September Jast hssmade fresh' progress iu tho opening, month-of.the year. The total: .declared • value 'Of "tlie exports was £10,912,858, ary, .1879, and £15,423,911 In January, 1878."- Of this gain iroh ant} ateel represent about a third;- arid ,'jottipn manufacturea nearly as much'-f of the items contribute- something,', and it is worth notice that :"the American demand i« responsible for only jiai't of- this improvement, even insuch a commodity as iron, while in othor articles—cotton goods for instance—tho augmentation extends over the whole range of our foreign markets, the United States contributing a yery trifling proportion. The inference 'is, of course, plain to all who are conversantyrith' cither the theory or the nigmiiioiam 'of trade, ' The reduced cost of production in every--.English industry pf any importance out', foreign markets ' where ' English manufactures had been Ohdersoli The chief increase.is iu the following-Alkali, arms and ammunition, beer," chemicals, coals, copper, cotton "yarn, Obttori manufactures, earthenwarej glass., / hardware, iron, and steel—more th^n. double the. total in January,lß7o—leather, jute yarn,- • linen manufactures, jute manufactures, machinery, oils, tiu, wool; and." unenuraerated articles." •' Clf woollen and worsted., manufactures the .value is almost.identically the came in last month and. the corresponding January. Accordihg to these iretums ther' deolafed value of the imports. was £32,-372,907,! against £26,367,046. in January, 1879, and £30,609,956 in January, 1878.- The chief increase has been iu cotton, silk,' cereals, provisions, and wine.' ,