A RETURN TO THE GOLD STANDARD 579
| Minimum Rate for Council Bills. | Col2 | (9) s. d. 1 1 10 4 3 1 10 8 3 1 10 8 1 1 9 2 3 1 9 4 1 9 1 1 6 2 3 16 1 8 5 1 6 8 1 7 1 1 7 2 3 1 7 8 1 7 7 1 7 8 3 1 6 4 7 1 5 8 1 1 4 8 3 1 4 8 1 4 1 4 1 415 16 1 16 1 3 5 8 1 2 |
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| Cash Balances in the Home Treasury. | (8) £ 3,305,972 2,821,091 2,998,444 2,013,638 2,796,370 919,899 2,713,967 1,076,657 1,117,925 2,270,107 4,127,749 2,620,909 3,429,874 4,113,221 2,249,378 4,726,58 5,280,829 5,900,697 3,259,933 5,402,873 3,885,050 4,122,626 12,268,388 | |
| Home Charges. | (7) £ 10,031,261 9,703,235 10,248,605 9,310,926 9,490,391 9,155,050 13,851,296 14,048,350 13,851,296 14,547,664 14,418,986 14,399,083 14,101,262 15,030,195 14,100,982 14,014,733 14,409,949 15,389,065 14,983,221 14,848,923 15,568,875 15,874,699 16,334,541 | |
| Excess ( +) or De ciency (—) of Bills drawn as compared with Budget Estimate. | (6) £ — — + 939,095 - 214,322 + 841,615 -1,910,387 - 964,200 -2,115,545 -3,051,435 + 261,810 -1,660,323 + 1,212,429 - 221,479 + 1,299,805 -2,741,091 -3,481,008 -1,195,121 - 891,423 + 262,859 + 784,596 + 980,034 + 93,854 - 467,785 | |
| Amount of Council-Bills drawn. | (5) £ — — 13,939,095 13,285,678 10,841,615 12,389,613 12,695,800 10,134,455 13,948,565 15,261,810 15,239,677 18,412,429 15,120,521 17,599,805 13,758,909 10,292,692 12,136,279 15,358,577 14,262,859 15,474,496 15,969,034 16,093,854 16,532,215 | |
| Net Imports of Treasure. | Silver. | (4) £ 000,000 .9 6.3 .7 2.3 4.3 1.4 6.1 12.7 3.3 6.5 3.2 4.5 6.1 5.2 5.8 8.8 5.2 6.5 6.3 7.6 10.7 6.3 8.0 |
| Gold. | (3) £ 000,000 2.13 3.43 2.41 1.29 1.73 1.40 .8 .1 .4 1.45 3.03 4.02 4.01 4.44 3.76 2.10 1.58 2.10 1.92 318 4.25 1.68 1.75 | |
| Balance of Trade (Mer- chandise : Private Account). | (2) £ 20,863,000 31,094,000 23,376,000 21,160,000 20,137,000 19,204,000 23,573,000 23,758,000 23,167,000 26,046,000 21,464,000 32,855,000 31,389,000 23,611,600 20,034,100 21,344,200 19,844,800 18,724,400 20,271,900 24,557,800 20,733,800 27,632,400 29,287,300 | |
| Years. | (1) 1870-71 1871-72 1872-73 1873-74 1874-75 1875-76 1876-77 1877-78 1878-79 1879-80 1880-81 1881-82 1882-83 1883-84 1884-85 1885-86 1886-87 1887-88 1888-89 1889-90 1890-91 1891-92 1892-93 |