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364 DR. BABASAHEB AMBEDKAR : WRITINGS AND SPEECHES

Annual Produc- tion (in £, 00,000 omitted) of Silver. 7,8 8,0 8,1 8,1 8,1 8,1 8,2 8,1 8,1 8,2
Gold. 8,9 13,5 36,6 31,1 25,5 27,0 29,5 26,7 24,9 25,0
Excess (+) or Defect (—) of Coinage on Net Imports of Gold. £ -1,029,577 -1,205,060 -1,172,301 - 915,764 - 728,814 -2,338,382 -1,962,912 -2,739,290 -4,294,180 -4,219,927
Silver. £ + 1,440,681 + 2,304,657 + 2,297,624 + 3,582,473 + 1,860,455 + 871,504 + 146,767 + 436,360 -1,086,794 - 394,495
Total Coinage of Gold. £ 123,717 62,553 Nil 145,679 2,676 167,863 128,302 43,783 132,273 64,307
Silver. £ 3,557,906 5,170,014 5,902,648 5,888,217 1,890,055 7,322,871 11,220,014 12,655,308 6,641,548 10,753,068
Treasure. Net Imports of Gold. £ 1,153,294 1,267,613 1,172,301 1,061,443 731,490 2,506,245 2,091,214 2,783,073 4,426,453 4,284,234
Silver. £ 2,117,225 2,865,357 3,605,024 2,305,744 29,600 8,194,375 11,073,247 12,218,948 7,728,342 11,147,563
Merchandise. Exports. £ 18,164,150 19,879,406 20,464,633 19,295,139 18,927,222 23,038,259 25,338,451 27,456,036 29,862,871 27,960,203
Imports. £ 11,558,789 12,240,490 10,070,863 11,122,659 12,742,671 13,943,494 14,194,587 15,277,629 21,728,579 24,265,140
Years 1850-51 1851-52 1852-53 1853-54 1854-55 1855-56 1856-57 1857-58 1858-59 1859-60