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THE POPULAR SCIENCE MONTHLY. 



adopted. I made five classes ; and since that date the fiscal state- 

 ment of each year has been tabulated in that way. 



I venture to incorporate at this point the statement of the im- 

 ports under each of the heads named with the duties thereon. I 

 take these figures from the last report of the Bureau of Statistics 

 of the Treasurer of the United States for the fiscal year ending 

 June 30, 1889. 



IMPORTS ENTERED FOR CONSUMPTION*. 



Imports of Merchandise subdivided into Groups or Classes according to Degree of 



Manufacture and Uses. 



In the following tables the extended classification for imports entered for con- 

 sumption, embracing over a thousand articles and classes of articles, which is 

 mainly an alphabetical arrangement with two grand subdivisions of free and duti- 

 able articles, has been subdivided into the five following general groups or classes, 

 according to the degree of manufacture and uses of the articles imported. It is 

 hoped that the condensation of imports into these groups will in some measure aid 

 and simplify the labors of those engaged in investigating the operations of our 

 tarifflaws. 



For more extended explanation of this classification, see report of this office on 

 Imported Merchandise entered for Consumption, 1887, page xxiv, etc. 



Class A. — Articles of food, and animals. 



Class B. — Articles in a crude condition which enter into various pro- 

 cesses of domestic industry. 



Class C. — Articles wholly or partially manufactured, for use as ma- 

 terials in the manufactures and mechanic arts. 



Class D. — Manufactured articles, ready for consumption. 



Class E. — Articles of voluntary use, luxuries, etc. 



The value of imported merchandise entered for consumption in the United 

 States, with the amount of duty collected thereon added, for the year ending June 

 30, 1889, has been as follows : 



CLASSES. 



(A) Articles of food, and animals 



(B) Articles in a crude condition which en- 

 ter into the various processes of domestic 

 industry 



(C) Articles wholly or partially manufact- 

 ured, for use as materials in the manufact- 

 ures and mechanic arts 



(D) Articles manufactured, ready for con- 

 sumption 



(E) Articles of voluntary use, luxuries, 

 etc 



Total 



Values. 



Per cent 



of total 



value. 



Doty 

 collected. 



Per cent 

 of total 

 duty. 



Total value 

 and duty. 



$240,666,693 32 "45 



172,134,716 23-22 



84,354,5091 11 "38 



147,596,641j 19 "91 



96.678,539 13 04 



$66,568,932 80 44 



15,363,625 



22,195,095 

 68,6S3,765 



7-02 



1015 

 3140 



45.S90.357 20 99 



$741,431,393 100 00 $215,701,774 100 00 



$307,235,625 



187,49S,341 



106,549,604 

 216,2S0,406 

 142,569,196 



$960,133,172 



This table does not show the cost of the imports landed in our ports. There 

 are not included in the values of articles the cost of coverings, commissions, etc., 

 excluded from the dutiable value by the act of March 3, 1883 ; nor freight charges 

 from the country of importation, and undervaluations, the aggregate amount of 

 which can not be estimated with any approximation to accuracy. 



