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Show Ireland's Trade With France. Dublin. Owing to the respresenta-tions respresenta-tions of the Irish party four years ago, the French government undertook to keep a separate record. of direct Irish trade with France. A comparison between be-tween the figures for 1906, the first published pub-lished by any foreign state, and those for 190S now available, shows that Ireland Ire-land has increased her direct exports to France from $484,200 to $54S,S00. On the other hand, there was a remarkable decline in direct Irish imports from France, the total falling from $775,800 in 1906 to $315,700 in 1907, and to $168,000 in 1908. The decline is to be accounted for, doubtless, by the falling off in direct di-rect shipments of wine, yarns and flour, but probably the most important factor in the case is that the facilities offered by British trade route3 have caused an increase in indirect imports, as to which no exact particulars are forthcoming. forth-coming. Meanwhile, it is gratifying to know that hams and bacon to the value of $283,400 were sent direct to France in 1908, an increase of no less than $135,-000 $135,-000 since 1906, and that the export of yarns experienced only a small diminution diminu-tion as compared with the export in that vear. |