THE PROBLEM OF THE RUPEE - Page 388

FROM A DOUBLE STANDARD TO A SILVER STANDARD 373

Annual Produc- tion (in £, 00,000 omitted) of Col2 Silver. 8,2 8,5 9,0 9,8 10,3 10,4 10,1 10,8 10,0 9,5
Gold. 23,9 22,8 21,6 21,4 22,6 24,0 24,2 22,8 22,0 21,2
Excess (+) or Defeet (—) of Coinage on Net Imports of Gold. £ – 4,167,531 – 5,125,758 – 6,717,490 – 8,843,952 – 9,744,292 – 5,706,811 – 3,814,603 – 4,587,932 – 5,134,196 – 5,513,506
Silver. £ – 30,859 – 1,616,426 – 3,194,750 – 1,239,997 + 832,524 – 4,029,320 – 779,960 – 1,208,881 – 4,331,717 + 190,143
Total Coinage of Gold. £ 65,038 58,667 130,666 54,354 95,672 17,665 27,725 21,534 25,156 78,510
Silver. £ 5,297,150 7,470,030 9,355,405 11,556,720 10,911,322 14,639,353 6,183,113 4,385,080 4,269,305 7,510,480
Treasure. Net Imports of Silver. Gold. £ £ 4,232,569 5,184,425 6,848,156 8,898,306 9,839,964 5,724,476 3,842,328 4,609,466 5,159,352 5,592,016
5,328,009 9,086,456 12,550,155 12,796,717 10,078,798 18,668,673 6,963,073 5,593,961 8,601,022 7,320,337
Merchandise. Exports. £ 32,970,605 36,317,042 47,859,645 65,625,449 68,027,016 65,491,123 41,859,994 50,874,056 53,062,165 52,471,376
Imports. £ 23,493,716 22,320,432 22,632,384 27,145,590 28,150,923 29,599,228 29,038,715 35,705,783 35,990,142 32,927,520
Years. 1860–61 1861–62 1862–63 1863–64 1864–65 1865–66 1866–67 1867–68 1868–69 1869–70