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For the year ending June 30, 1893, revenue report. . 64,403,875 



For the year ending June 30, 1894, revenue report . . 66,090,058 



For the year ending June 30, 1895 53,636,242 



The following statistics, taken from my previous annual reports 

 showing the amount of butter handled in New York, do not show 

 any increase during the years ending November 1, 1885, 1886 and 

 1887, but shows that about the same amount was received each 

 year, which is accounted for by the fact that oleomargarine was 

 formerly shipped by the manufacturers and dealers as butter, and 

 entered into the statistics as such, there being no way to separate 

 the two. In addition to the oleomargarine received from other 

 States, and included in the figures hereinafter given, there was a 

 large quantity made in the city and State of New York previous to 

 1886, not included in these figures, therefore the increased produc- 

 tion of butter for the New York market within the past five years 

 has equalled the amount of oleomargarine formerly consumed, 

 and has also supplied the increase of population with butter as 

 well as the increased amount for export previously noted. 



The following statistics show the number of pounds and value of 

 butter received in New York city yearly, from 1882 to 1884, inclu- 

 sive, copied from my last annual report, may be of interest as 

 showing the decline from 1882 to 1885, and the advance from 1885 

 to 1888, and for comparison with the receipts and value of the pro- 

 duct handled during the years ending October 31, 1889, 1890, 1891, 

 1892, 1893, 1894 and 1895. 



Receipts and Value of Butter Handled in New York City for 



Fourteen Years Ending October 31, 1895. 



FOR THE YEAR ENDING OCTOBER 30, 1882. 



Eastern, 44,215,990 pounds, valued at 29^ cents 



per pound $13,043,717 05 



Western, 35,648,850 pounds, valued at 28 cents 



per pound 9,981,678 00 



Total, 79,864,840 pounds $23,025,295 05 



