At the first date, colonial trade was but one-twelfth of the English export business; at the second date, it was considerably more than one-third.

起初，殖民地贸易仅占英国出口业务的十二分之一；在第二次约会时， 它大大超过了三分之一。

As compared with the strict monopoly of her colonial trade which Spain consistently sought to maintain, the policy of England was both moderate and liberal.

——与西班牙一直力求维持的殖民地贸易的严格垄断相比，英国的政策既温和又自由。

It must be considered in relation to the growth of English colonial trade in its entirety—a relation which can be shown by a few startling figures.

必须结合整个英国殖民贸易的增长来考虑它——这种关系可以通过几个惊人的数字来说明。