========+==========+==========+========= | Imports | Exports | Total --------+----------+----------+--------- 1801-05 | £28 $140 | £33 $165 | £61 $305 1806-10 | 30 150 | 37 185 | 67 335 1811-15 | 29 145 | 45 225 | 74 370 1816-20 | 20 100 | 40 200 | 60 300 1821-25 | 26 130 | 37 185 | 63 315 1826-30 | 33 165 | 35 175 | 69 345 1831-35 | 36 180 | 40 200 | 76 380 1836-40 | 47 235 | 50 250 | 97 485 1841-45 | 57 285 | 54 270 | 111 555 1846-50 | 72 360 | 60 300 | 133 665 ========+==========+==========+========= =419. Change in the relative importance of different exports.=—We can expect, by studying the details of exports in this period, to find the branches of production in which the English were strong enough to enable them to supply other people and to extend their commerce. Taking the figures for 1850, we find the evidence of some important changes. The old staple of the English export trade, woolen manufactures and yarn, had increased since 1800 in value, and still more in quantity. It had ceased, however, to be the standby of the English exporter; this item formed now less than one seventh of the exports instead of over one fourth. It had been thrust into the second place by the rival textile cotton, which had become, as it was destined to remain throughout the century, the leading item among English exports. Cotton yarn and manufactures made up 28 out of a total of 71 million pounds sterling. Among other changes in the list we note the growth of the iron and steel, the hardware and the coal exports. Some items are interesting because they are still so small; among those which remained below the million-pound mark were steam-engines and machinery, pottery, and tin plate.