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 CORRESPONDENCE 
 
 BETWEEN 
 
 SIR LOUIS MALLET, C.B 
 
 AND 
 
 MR. DAVID MACIVER, M.P.
 
 \_Extracted from the British Empire Newspaper, 
 August 9, 1879.] 
 
 The following correspondence has passed between Sir Louis Mallet, 
 C.B., and Mr. David Maclver, M.P., in respect to Mr. Maclver's recent 
 speech in the House of Commons, on Mr. Chaplin's motion for a 
 Royal Commission, challenging the accuracy of Sir Louis Mallet's 
 figures in his recent pamphlet on " Reciprocity." 
 
 SIR LOUIS MALLET TO MR. D. MACIVER. 
 
 Sir L. Mallet presents his compliments to Mr. Maclver, and with refer- 
 ence to his reported remarks in the House of Commons, begs to enclose a 
 note on the subject of the discrepancies between certain figures given in 
 his letter on " Reciprocity," and those with which they are compared in 
 the British Empire newspaper. 
 
 India Office, July 15, 1879. 
 
 Manufactured and Half-7nanufactui'ed Articles. 
 Imports into the United Kingdom, 1877. 
 
 Sir Louis Mallet's figures (taken from the Statistical Abstract for the 
 United Kingdom, 25th number) give the value of the imports under the 
 above head as ^bowt forty -?iine millions. Mr. Maclver, on the other hand, 
 gives their value as nearly sixty-five millions. The discrepancy may be 
 accounted for as follows ; 
 
 r. Mr. Maclver includes in his list the following articles which are 
 included by Sir Louis Mallet under the head " Articles for Consumption," 
 viz. : 
 
 Oil-seed cake ;^i,457,oo3 
 
 Sugar (refined and candied) 5>794>232
 
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 2: The following articles, given by Mr. Maclver as manufactures or 
 half-manufactures, are not entered separately in the Statistical Abstract, and 
 were, therefore, included by Sir Louis Mallet under the separate head of 
 " Articles Unenumerated," viz. : 
 
 Beads of glass ;,^66,26o 
 
 Caoutchouc manufactures .... ... 86,676 
 
 China and porcelain ware ...... 279,888 
 
 Cordage and twine ........ 542,048 
 
 Cork, manufactured 491,503 
 
 Cotton yam 379>8oi 
 
 Embroidery and needlework 84,609 
 
 Hats and bonnets 183,513 
 
 Jute yarn 37,959 
 
 Lace 521,384 
 
 Leather boots and shoes ....... 348,786 
 
 Leather unenumerated ....... 379,005 
 
 Linen yarn and manufactures ...... 575,401 
 
 Musical instruments . ....... 615,702 
 
 Painters' colours ........ 759, 55^ 
 
 Paper 684,631 
 
 Toys 444,829 
 
 House frames, &c. ........ 120,524 
 
 Manufactured goods (unenumerated) 5,748,653 
 
 Imports from the United States. 
 
 Sir Louis Mallet gives the value of our manufactured and half- 
 manufactured imports from the United States as about two 7?iillions : the 
 British Empire gives them as about t/iree and a half inillions. 
 
 Sir Louis Mallet's figures are taken from the annual statement of the 
 Trade of the United Kingdom with Foreign Countries and British Posses- 
 sions for the year 1877, p. 206. 
 
 The British Empire gives the following articles, which do not appear 
 in that statement, viz. : , * 
 
 Chemical manufactures . 
 
 Cotton ,, 
 
 Glass 
 
 Linen , , 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 ;^37,074 
 400,000 
 
 4,393 
 5,162 
 
 Leather , , 
 Muskets . 
 Painters' colours 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 ■ 30,499 
 
 6,199 
 
 15,081 
 
 Toys 
 
 House frames, &c. . 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 13,813 
 37,493 
 
 Also the British Empire includes in its list of American manufac- 
 tures or half-manufactures imported the two following articles, which have 
 throughout been treated by Sir Louis Mallet as " Articles for Consump- 
 tion," viz. : 
 
 Oil-seed cake 
 Sugar (refined) 
 
 ;^i,o5i,843 
 425,150
 
 MR. DAVID MACIVER TO SIR LOUIS MALLET. 
 
 Mr. Maclver begs to thank Sir Louis Mallet for explaining the discre- 
 pancy between the figures given in his letter on " Reciprocity " and those 
 quoted by Mr. Maclver in the House of Commons. 
 
 Sir Louis Mallet's note, however, does not indicate that the '* Cobden 
 Club " is taking any steps to correct the mistake which Mr. Maclver 
 pointed out. 
 
 The " Cobden Club " has printed, and is circulating, Sir Louis Mallet^s 
 letter on " Reciprocity " in a form which conveys the impression that when 
 Sir Louis Mallet gave the value of our "imports of manufactured and 
 half-manufactured goods," he intended to include the whole of such 
 imports. 
 
 Mr. Maclver readily admits that Sir Louis Mallet treated part of these 
 imports as " articles of consumption," and another part as "articles unenu- 
 merated " ; but, most unfortunately. Sir Louis Mallet omitted to mention 
 that the articles so treated were in reality manufactures. 
 
 Mr. Maclver, therefore, having waited, as he thinks, a sufficient length 
 of time without hearing from the " Cobden Club," and believing that Sir 
 Louis Mallet's letter on "Reciprocity" is still being circulated unaccom- 
 panied by the explanation which he is now good enough to furnish, 
 considers himself entirely justified in sending this correspondence to the 
 press. 
 
 House of Commons: August 6, 1879.
 
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