BRITISH EXPORT OF COAL.
A return issued to an order of the House of Commons show that the total quantity of coals, cinders, and patent fuel exported from the United Kingdom in the year 1880 was 18,719,951 tons of thedeclaredvalueof .£8,372,933. In England and Wales the largest ex.pprt 5,185,093 tons, of the value of £2,447,746 from Cardiff. Newcastle came next highest, exporting 4,496,379 tons, of the value or .£1,863,173. The only other ports which shipped upwards of a million tons were Sunderland and Newport. In Scotland, Kirkcaldy had the largest export — 513,235 tons, of the value of d 8185,527. Bo'ness exported 287,141 tons, value £102,656 ; Glasgow 253,629 tons, value £116,184; and Leith 198,098 tons, value £112,315 The total export from Ireland was only 783 tons. The largest foreign consumers were France which took 3,715,762 tons ; Germany which imported 2,242,064 tons ; and Italy which received 1,534,765 tons
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Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume II, Issue 130, 13 July 1881, Page 4
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147BRITISH EXPORT OF COAL. Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume II, Issue 130, 13 July 1881, Page 4
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