CVI REPORT OF THE SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE. 



Hawaii, for which no separate returns are now made. Our agricul- 

 tural exports to Cuba, Porto Rico, and the Philippine Islands in 1901 

 were valued at $18,600,000, comprising about 53 per cent of the 

 domestic merchandise sent to those destinations. Compared with the 

 trade for 1900, amounting to $17,551,000, the returns for 1901 exhibit 

 a slight increase, gains in the exports to Porto Rico and the Philip- 

 pines more than counterbalancing a considerable decline in the exports 

 to Cuba. 



As regards our agricultural imports from the three dependencies 

 under consideration — Cuba, Porto Rico, and the Philippines — there 

 was a decided increase, the value for 1901 amounting to $48,600,000, 

 as compared with only $36,162,000 for 1900. The bulk of the gain 

 occurred in the imports from Cuba, but there was also a noticeable 

 increase in the case of Porto Rico. The imports from the Philippines 

 showed a decline. 



TRADE OF PACIFIC PORTS. 



During the year the Chief of the Section of Foreign Markets was 

 detailed to accompany the Congressional Committee on Rivers and 

 Harbors upon its tour of inspection to the ports and waterways of the 

 Pacific coast. The trip aJfforded an excellent opportunit}^ to study the 

 growing export trade that is being conducted through our Pacific 

 ports, and much valuable statistical information was gathered on the 

 subject. Of the $70,000,000 worth of domestic merchandise exported 

 from the Pacific coast during the fiscal year 1900, $45,000,000 worth, 

 or considerably more than half, consisted of farm produce. Indica- 

 tions point to a still further increase during the immediate future, the 

 opening of new markets in the Orient and the rapid development 

 of the wonderful agricultural resources of the Pacific coast region 

 combinino- to render this branch of our commerce one of the most 

 promising. 



LIBRARY. 



ACCESSIONS TO THE LIBRARY. 



During the past year the accessions to the Library have numbered 

 over 4,000 books and pamphlets. These accessions included many ref- 

 erence books of especial value in the work of the Department and a 

 large number of scientific periodicals. The latter class of publications, 

 obtained b}' purchase and by exchange, forms the most considerable, as 

 well as the most valuable, part of the annual accessions. 



CATALOGUE. 



In addition to the regular work on the general card catalogue, a 

 "Catalogue of periodicals and other serial publications'' contained in 



