Revenue and Expenditure. The following table shows the actual revenue and expenditure for the years ending March 31. They are revised so as to exclude, in accordance with the system now adopted, the army and navy extra receipts, and the contributions by India for military charges, formerly brought to account At the end of the Spanish War, 1748.. The following statement shows the oscillations of the national debt of the kingdom from 1748: Decrease during eight years' peace.. 1,237,107 At the commencement of the Seven Years' War, 1756. 74,575,025 412,199 2,753.566 Increase during the war. 58,141,024 2,279,167 At the Peace of Paris, 1763.. 132,716,049 5,032,733 Decrease during twelve years' peace.. 5,873,238 329,214 At the commencement of the American War, 1775. 126,842,811 4,703,519 Increase during the war... 116,220,334 4,837,737 At the end of the American War, 1784.. 243,063,145 9,514,256 Decrease during the peace. 3,399.724 109,077 At the commencement of the French War, 1792.. 239,663,421 9,432,179 Increase during the war.. At the Peace of Amiens, 1802. At the Peace of Paris, 1815.. Decrease during forty years. 297,989,587 10,836,372 537,653,008 20,268,551 Increase during war with Napoleon.. 323,386,041 12,377,067 861,039,049 32,645,618 56,812,695 4,489,609 At commencement of Crimean War, 1854.. 804,226,354 28,156,009 Increase during the war.. 32,918,243 742,642 Debt in 1857.... 837,144,597 28,898,651 Decrease since the Crimean War. 202,708,893 3,898,651 Debt on March 31, 1895. Debt on March 31, 1895. Debt on March 31, 1897. 640,773,679 25,000,000 Debt on March 31, 1898.. The statement following shows the acreage in cereals and green crops in Great Britain and Ireland respectively: IMPORTS, EXPorts, ConsumPTION, AND STOCK OF COTTON. The following shows the quantities of each description of cotton for 1898, in thousands of pounds, and the corresponding totals of previous years: AVERAGE PRICE OF COTTON. Ellison & Co., of Liverpool, give the following estimate of the average price of cotton at that port for a series of years: WOOL. Helmuth, Swartze & Co., London, give the following statements of the supply, export, and consumption of wool in the United Kingdom: 1894. 142,000,000 723,000,000 865,000,000 358,000,000 507,000,000 510,000,000 736,000,000 872,000,000 1897. 139,000,000 767,000,000 908,000,000 411,000,000 495,000,000 The imports of these articles into the United Kingdom were as follows: The quantity and value of fish, excluding shell fish, landed on the coast of the United Kingdom for the year 1848 were as follows England and Wales, 404,002 tons, value £5,756,205: Scotland, 327,261 tons, value £1,876,495; Ireland, 46,653 tons, value £303,317; total United Kingdom, 777,916 tons, value £7,938,017; including shell fish, £8,493,498. The merchandise imports and exports of Great Britain have been as follows for a series of years 435.441.264 Foreign Total Imports and Exports. £748,944,115 744,554,982 Exports British Produce. Total £263,530,585 £328,252.118 247,235,150 309,113,718 1892. 423,703,882 64,423,787 227,138,270 291,640,166 715,434,048 218.259,718 |