Total 72,674,483 lbs. 1,652,295 of Wool wholly or in value £ 146,583 The foregoing Statement is founded upon Returns transmitted monthly throughout the current year to the Inspector-general of Imports and Exports from the different Ports of the United Kingdom. Such Returns exhibit the gross quantities of Articles entered for consumption, and the gross amount of Duty thereon, without reference to deductions for over-entries, &c. This Statement will therefore not agree, in all points, with the Annual Statement to be compiled after the final adjustment of the Custom-house Records shall have been made. (The difference, however, is usually very trifling:] EXPORTS of the principal Articles of FOREIGN and COLONIAL MER CHANDIZE in the year ended 5th January, 1851. Cheese cwts. 5,407 Cocoa lbs. 1,443,363 Coffee - Of British Possessions lbs. 3,413,918 Foreign lbs. 8,755,888 Total of Coffee lbs. 12,169,806 Corn-Wheat qrs. 4,560 Barley qrs. 13,260 Oats qrs. 6,035 Wheatmeal or Flour cwts. 25,443 Slbs. . . 145,895 58,493 93,605 23,667 777,957 81,014 9,859 54,109 6,583 3,721 930 385 60,972 11,604 sq. ft. 32,408 69,859 9 Cotton Manufactures not made up S pieces { value thereof £ Other Articles value £ Cotton Manufactures wholly or in part made up value £ Cotton Yarn { value thereof £ Dyes and Dyeing Stuffs--Cochineal cwts. Indigo cwts. Lacdye cwts. Logwood tons Terra Japonica tons Cutch. tons Embroidery and Needlework . value £ Glass Manufactures Window Glass, not exceeding one-ninth of an inch thick, and shades and cylinders cwts. All Glass exceeding one-ninth of an inch thick, all sil vered or polished glass of whatever thickness White Flint Glass goods (except bottles) not cut, engraved, or otherwise ornamented lbs. Als Flint Cut Glass, Flint Coloured Glass, and Fancy Ornamental Glass lbs. Guano tons Hides, Untanned, Dry . cwts. Wet cw.ts. Tanned, Tawed, Curried or Dressed lbs. Leather Manufactures-Gloves pairs Linen Manufactureş—-Plain lipen and diaper value £ Metals_Copper, unwrought and part wrought cwts. Iron, in bars, unwrought tons Steel, unwrought tons Lead, Pig and Sheet, tons Spelter tons Tin in Blocks, Ingots, Bars, or Slabs cwts. Oil-Palm cwts. Cocoa Nut cwts. Olive tuns Opium. lbs. Quicksilver lbs. Rice, not in the husk cwts. Silk-Raw lbs. Waste, Knubs and Husks cwts. Thrown lbs. Silk Manufactures of Europe -Silk or Satin Broad Stuffs lbs. Ribbons lbs. Gauze or Crape Broad Stuffs lbs. Ribbons lbs. Gauze mixed with Silk, Satin, or any other Materials in less proportion than one-half of the fabric-Broad Stuffs lbs. Ribbons Ibs. Velvet Broad Stuffs lbs. Ribbons of Velvet or Silk embossed with Velvet lbs. Plush for making Hats lbs. 187,202 22,575 83,799 29,778 105,570 401,009 9,483 16,685 5,996 649 3,218 3,423 3,795 73,186 51,546 375 87,451 1,014,492 248,136 557,310 116 75,190 139,368 112,102 1,731 79 21 1,841 1,063 3,880 Silk Manufactures of India-Bandannoes and other Silk pieces 410,473 Spices--Cassia Lignea lbs. 753,915 Cinnamon lbs. 610,495 Cloves lbs. 215,342 Mace lbs. 46,438 Nutmegs lbs. 151,526 Pepper lbs. 3,727,183 Pimento cwts. 8,510 Spirits-Rum proof galls. 1,188,032 Brandy proof galls. 877,607 Geneva proof galls. 280,533 Sugar, unrefined, of the British Possessions in America cwts. 66 of Mauritius cwts. 126 of British Possessions in the East In dies cwts. 625 Foreign cwts. 369,598 TOTAL of UNREFINED SUGAR cwts. 370,415 Sugár, Foreign Refined, and Candy_Of British Possessions cwts. 166 Foreign cwts. 90,386 Melasses cwts. 5,252 Tea lbs. 5,015,629 Tobacco-Unmanufactured Ibs. 7,245,763 Foreign Manufactured, and Snuff lbs. 1,264,154 Wine-Cape gallons 2,543 French gallons 173,005 Other Sorts gallons 1,570,121 TOTAL OF WINE gallons 1,745,669 Wool, Cotton cwts. 915,008 Sheep and Lamb's lbs. 14,054,815 Alpaca and the Llama Tribe lbs. 333,859 Woollen Manufactures - Manufactures not made up, value £ 115,509 Articles or Manufactures of Wool wholly or in part value £ 11,584 made up EXPORTS of the principal Articles of British and Irish Produce and Manufactures, in the year ended 5th January, 1851. 1849. 1850. Articles Declared Value. Alkali--Soda £302,052 £402,129 Beer and Ale 418,235 557,894 Butter 217,844 210,871 Candles 80,664 98,108 Cheese 24,921 30,604 Coals and Culm 1,087,122 1,280,341 Cordage and Cables 135,237 155,210 1849. 1850. Declared Value. . Articles. yard (exclusive of Lace and Patent Net) Of all other descriptions Of other sorts Window Glass. Plate Glass and Millinery Hardwares and Cutlery Leather, Unwrought Wrought--Gloves Saddlery and Harness (exclusive of Lace of Thread) Lace of Thread Of all other descriptions Steanı Of all other sorts Bar, Bolt and Rod Wrought of all sorts Sheets, Nails, &c. (including Mixed or Yellow Metal for Sheathing) Tin Plates . . * 1,097,719 36,169 116,355 287,737 141,562 709,788 279,407 208,289 252,991 1,103,858 71,981 124,350 387,575 124,801 928,181 413,620 247,803 224,673 * The Quantity and Declared Value of Wrought Copper as stated in the Account for 1849 (year ended 5th January, 1850), do not agree with the quantity and value exported in that year as now stated. The discrepancy is occasioned by an error of classification, a part of the Exports of 1849 having properly belonged to the head of Sheet Copper, to which head it is applied in this Account. Articles, Stockings Of all other descriptions Stockings Of all other descriptions Piece Stockings Of all other descriptions Woollen Yarn TOTAL 58,910,883 65,756,032 SHIPPING.--On December 31, 1850, the total number of VESSELS registered at the various Ports of Great Britain and Ireland, the Isle of Man, and the Channel Islands, was 24,799 sailing vessels, and 1,185 steam-vessels. The tonnage of the sailing vessels was 3,396,791; of the steam-vessels, 177,312. Of the sailing vessels, 9,494 were of less than 50 tons burthen, the tonnage of which amounted to 282,836; and 425 of the steamers were also below 50 tons burthen, with a collective tonnage of 97,283. The number of Vessels built and registered in 1850 was 689; 621 of these were Sailing Vessels, 11 being built with iron, the united tonnage amounting to 119,111; and 68 Steam Vessels, of which 50_were iron, the united tonnage of which was 14,584. At the various British Colonies, at the same date (Dec. 31, 1850,) there were registered-In Africa, at Sierra Leone, Bathurst, Cape of Good Hope, and Mauritius, 115 sailing vessels under 50 tons, and 90 above; the total tonnage being 13,765; and 3 steam-vessels, tonnage 411. In Australia, at Sydney, Melbourne, Hobart Town, Launceston, and New Zealand, 451 sailing vessels under 50 tons, tonnage 10,985; 278 above 50 tons, tonnage 41,793; 12 steamers under 50 tons, and 15 above; total tonnage 2,197. In the British North American Colonies, at Newfoundland, Canada, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Cape Breton, and Prince Edward's Island, 3,118 sailing vessels under 50 tons, tonnage 89,274; 2,360 above 50 tons, tonnage 346,994, 22 steamers under 50 tons, and 82 above 50 tons, total tonnage 12,121. In the British West Indies, (including the Bahamas, Bermuda, Demerara, and Berbice,) 634 sailing vessels under 50 tons, tonnage 11,966 ; 93 above 50 tons, tonnage 7,906; and 3 steamers, tonnage 147. COASTING TRADE.— The Number and Tonnage of Vessels that entered and cleared Coastwise, at the various Ports of Great Britain |