1893 IN INDEX NUMBERS, ON THE BASIS OF 1883, VIZ., THE TOTAL BY 1,000 FOR BOTH VOLUME AND VALUE.

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EXPORTS OF 1883 IN INDEX NUMBERS, TOGETHER WITH THOSE NUMBERS AS THEY WOULD HAVE BEEN AT THE PRICES OF OTHER YEARS. 1,000 $87,702,000.

778. The following table shows ing the goods at the prices of the years 1882-93 :1883, and the changes which would have to be made on estimatcertain index numbers for

Wood

Other manufactures.

Horses

Total specified articles.. "unspecified

Grand total

779. The figures below give the actual values and index numbers for the years comprised in the table, and also what the index numbers and values would have been at the prices of 1883, the basis of comparison being still the same :

ACTUAL INDEX NUMBERS AND VALUES FOR 1882-1893, AND THE SAME AT PRICES OF 1883.

By this mode of comparison it would appear that the value of the aggregate trade during the years named, would, if the prices of 1883 had been maintained, have been over $94,000,000 more than it actually was.

780. The next table gives what the actual index numbers and values would have been at prices of 1882-93

781. From the following table it will be seen that if the exports of 1893, $105,798,000, are estimated at the export prices of

1883 they would amount to $120,160,000, or $14,362,000 more than they actually were. Adding this amount to the actual difference, $18,096,000, it will give a total increase of $32,458,000 over exports of 1883 :

STATEMENT SHOWING THE ACTUAL EXCESS OR DEFICIENCY OF 1882-93 EXPORTS OVER OR BELOW 1883, AND THE ADDITIONAL SUMS WHICH WOULD HAVE ACCRUED HAD THEY BEEN VALUED AT THE PRICES OF 1883, TOGETHER WITH THE NET INCREASE OR DECREASE.

782. The table given below shows that if the exports of 1883, $87,702,000, are estimated at the export prices of 1893 they would amount to $79,370,000, 1883 exports being $8,332,000 more. Deducting this amount from $18,096,000, actual difference, it leaves the exports of 1883 less than 1893 by $9,764,000.

STATEMENT SHOWING THE ACTUAL EXCESS OR DEFICIENCY OF 1883 EXPORTS OVER OR BELOW 1882-93; ALSO, EXCESS OR DEFICIENCY HAD THEY BEEN VALUED AT PRICES OF 1882-93, TOGETHER WITH THE NET INCREASE OR DECREASE.

783. The following table of prices of the principal articles of export, based on the values in the Trade and Navigation Returns, will afford some idea of the fluctuations during the past eleven years. As prices are given for almost all the principal articles of export, except lumber, this table may be consulted in connection with that on page 480, as it supplies details of the variation in prices, there shown in the aggregate. The decline in value of all the principal articles of food is very noticeable. It has not yet been found practicable to give a similar table of import prices, owing to the uncertain and irregular definition of quantities: