This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1856 Excerpt: ...amounts of the import duties collected in different ports afford no fair criterion, or, indeed, any criterion at all, of the real extent of their import trade. In regard to exports, the articles produced in London are intended more for the home than for foreign demand, and do not constitute any very large proportion of ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1856 Excerpt: ...amounts of the import duties collected in different ports afford no fair criterion, or, indeed, any criterion at all, of the real extent of their import trade. In regard to exports, the articles produced in London are intended more for the home than for foreign demand, and do not constitute any very large proportion of the shipments to foreign parts. These, however, are notwithstanding very large; for, owing to the extreme facility of communication between London and the manufacturing districts, and the low rates at which goods may be lodged, in the dock warehouses, London has greater facilities than any other port for the making up of mixed or assorted cargoes, and has, in consequence, a large export trade. Thus, in 1849, the declared value of the goods exported from London amounted to 11,748,833/., being, we believe, about the same as the value of the exports from Hull. But during the same year the declared value of the exports from Liverpool amounted to no less than 32,341,918/., or to nearly three times the value of the exports from London. There can, therefore, be no doubt that as respects foreign trade London is surpassed by Liverpool, and, perhaps, also, by New York. But as regards foreign and home trade taken together, London is at least equal to any other place. She may be truly said to be universi orbis terrarum emporium; and owing to her being the grand mart of all the rich, extensive, and densely-peopled districts included within the basin of the Thames, we do not thmk, provided the country continue to prosper, that there is any ground for apprehending any falling off in the commerce of-London. It is impossible to form any accurate estimate of the otal value of the produce conveyed into and from London; but, including the home and foreign markets..
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