[601] Imports fell considerably at this date; they were:
| 1832 | 1,254,351 | quarters. |
| 1833 | 1,166,457 | " |
| 1834 | 981,486 | " |
| 1835 | 750,808 | " |
| 1836 | 861,156 | " |
| 1837 | 1,109,492 | " |
| 1838 | 1,923,400 | " |
There were also considerable exports:
| 1832 | 289,558 | quarters. |
| 1833 | 96,212 | " |
| 1834 | 159,482 | " |
| 1835 | 134,076 | " |
| 1836 | 256,978 | " |
| 1837 | 308,420 | " |
| 1838 | 158,621 | " |
McCulloch, Commercial Dictionary (1847), p. 438.
[602] Porter, Progress of the Nation, p. 151.
[603] See Duncumb, General View of Herefordshire, (1805).
[604] Rural Rides, ii. 348.
[605] London, Encyclopaedia of Agriculture (1831), p. 1156.
[606] Cobbett, Rural Rides, i. 149. The average, however, now was about 9s.; see Parliamentary Reports, v. 72.