Appleton's annual cyclopedia and register of important events: embracing political, military, an ecclesiastical affairs; public documents; biography, statistics, commerce, finance, literature, science, agriculture, and mechanical industry . 36,000 francs, and theexports at 717,387,000 francs. Of manufact-ured articles, including woolen, silk, and cot-ton goods, leather and leather goods, machin- 344 FRANCE. ery, metal goods, arms, etc., the imports were552,091,000 francs, and the exports 1,693,567,-000 francs. Of miscellaneous products, thevalue of the imports was 119,458,000 francs,and that o
Appleton's annual cyclopedia and register of important events: embracing political, military, an ecclesiastical affairs; public documents; biography, statistics, commerce, finance, literature, science, agriculture, and mechanical industry . 36,000 francs, and theexports at 717,387,000 francs. Of manufact-ured articles, including woolen, silk, and cot-ton goods, leather and leather goods, machin- 344 FRANCE. ery, metal goods, arms, etc., the imports were552,091,000 francs, and the exports 1,693,567,-000 francs. Of miscellaneous products, thevalue of the imports was 119,458,000 francs,and that of the exports, 187,645,000 the total foreign commerce of France for1886, amounting to 7,456,900,000 francs, ex-clusive of specie, the imports amounted to4,208,100,000 francs, and the exports to 3,248,-800,000 francs. The imports of coin andbullion were valued at 443,517,878 francs, andthe exports at 333,262,342 francs. The transittrade amounted to 585,000,000 francs in trade of France with other countries in1886 was, in millions of francs, as follows: COUNTRIES Great Britain Belgium Spain Germany Italy United States Argentine Republic .. British India Kussia Turkey Algeria China Switzerland Austria Portugal Brazil. Exports to— 85544817329T1922821108 10 46 1S9 4 210 14 23 57 The number of silk-culturists in 1887 was136,388, against 136,706 in 1886. In 1886 therewas imported into France 154,994,874 kilo-grammes of sugar, while the home manufact-ured sugar amounted to 412,161,821 kilo-grammes. The product of wheat in 1886 was290,000,000 bushels, and in 1887 it was 322,-000,000 bushels. The yield of wine in 1886 was692,584,728 gallons; in 1887, 536,000,000 gal-lons. In 1887 232,800,000 gallons of wine wereimported, and 48,114,000 gallons exported. In1886 the live-stock in France included 2,911,-392 horses, 13,104,970 cattle, 22,616,547 sheep,1,483,000 goats, and 5,681,088 swine. The num-ber of persons who were gaming their liveli-hood by agriculture in 1882 was
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