In the September number of the Lou don "Ecovomic Journal" Sir Robert Giffen sets forth in a systematic way the conditions of British trade and industry during the past tem years, the past single year, and the current six months (a3 for as returns permit), with his expectations of the immediate future. The results of his examination bear such resemblance to our own experience during the same time that we think some particular account of them will prove interesting to American readers.
The chief point of resemblance is the great advance in prosperity during recent years, manifested in increased railway traffic, in the ocean-carrying trade, in imports and exports, in coal production, in shipbuilding, in public revenue, and in the proceeds of the income tax. While this growth has been subject to variations of ebb and flow, there has been a steady augmentation in the face of severe competition, as regards foreign trade, and this augmentation has been most marked in the
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