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STABILITY OF THE EXCHANGE STANDARD 503

TABLE XXV OF WITH AND AFTER THE INDIA UNITED KINGDOM (BEFORE MINT CLOSURE) TRADE Imports from U.K. Total. £ 39,531,631 35,713,916 40,799,652 56,881,017 —9.657 + 14.240 + 39.415 + 43.887 Col6
Bullion and Specie. £ 7,694,149 6,750,736 7,301,172 9,586,706 —12.261 + 8.154 +31.304 +24.597
Merchandise. £ 31,837,482 28,963,180 33,498,480 47,294,311 —9.028 + 15.659 +41.183 +48.549
Exports to U.K Total. £ 32,750,537 24,544,813 30,799,475 39,017,485 —25,055 +25.483 +26.682 + 19.135
Bullion and Specie. £ 1,180,646 2,215,049 2,089,656 2,232,857 +87.613 —5.661 + 6.853 +89.122
Merchandise. £ 31,569,891 26,329,764 28,709,819 36,784,628 —16.598 + 9.039 +28.126 + 16.518
Annual Average. I 1889-93 . . . . II 1894-98 . . . . III 1899-1903 . . . . IV 1903-8 . . . . . Percentage of Increase (+) or Decrease (—) in— Period II in comparison 1 with Period I Period III in comparison with Period II Period IV in comparison with Period III Period IV in comparison with Period I