At the same time, our exports of manufactured paper, though amounting to only about one-third the weight, have very nearly as high an aggregate value as the imports, and have increased in much the same proportion in corresponding years. Thus:—
| cwt. | l. | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880. | 472,168 | 1,106,996 |
| 1881. | 555,219 | 1,242,962 |
| 1882. | 584,947 | 1,305,025 |
| 1883. | 597,923 | 1,284,862 |
| 1884. | 670,760 | 1,374,392 |
The above figures relate to paper manufactured in the United Kingdom. In addition, there were re-exports of paper of foreign and colonial manufacture to the following amounts:—
| cwt. | l. | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880. | 68,843 | 108,426 |
| 1881. | 68,861 | 101,197 |
| 1882. | 50,403 | 82,464 |
| 1883. | 49,526 | 76,620 |
| 1884. | 51,467 | 78,785 |
Taking the latest year for which detailed statistics are available, viz. 1884, we find that the importations of paper {226} are derived from foreign states in the following proportions:—
Imports of paper in 1884—
| From | Cwt. | £ |
|---|---|---|
| Germany | 92,681 | 129,112 |
| Belgium | 42,139 | 68,370 |
| Sweden | 27,747 | 36,682 |
| Holland | 26,507 | 34,884 |
| France | 6,463 | 28,925 |
| Austria | 5,399 | 9,314 |
| Norway | 4,300 | 4,771 |
| Other countries | 3,174 | 5,655 |
| 208,410 | 317,713 |
| From | Cwt. | £ |
|---|---|---|
| Germany | 139,156 | 209,916 |
| Sweden | 116,488 | 120,793 |
| Belgium | 82,263 | 124,476 |
| Holland | 54,594 | 84,699 |
| Norway | 32,294 | 26,765 |
| France | 19,328 | 69,763 |
| United States | 10,980 | 31,201 |
| Austria | 5,927 | 12,012 |
| Spain | 736 | 4,059 |
| Japan | 421 | 4,736 |
| Other countries | 3,547 | 5,995 |
| 465,734 | 694,415 |
| From | Cwt. | £ |
|---|---|---|
| Holland | 439,749 | 201,894 |
| Germany | 235,658 | 116,185 |
| Belgium | 51,235 | 25,350 |
| Sweden | 32,331 | 20,241 |
| Norway | 8,260 | 5,726 |
| France | 3,262 | 19,259 |
| Other countries | 2,696 | 2,663 |
| 773,191 | 391,318 |
The exports of home-made paper in the same year were distributed as follows:— {227}