272 ANIMAL RESOURCES AND FISHERIES OF UNITED STATES. 



COMMERCIAL STATISTICS OF ANIMAL PKODUCTS IX THE 

 UXITFJ) STATES: A K'EVIEW OF A POimON OF THE L'E- 

 FOKT OF THE CHIEF OF THE EL'KEAr OF STATISTICS 

 FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, ISTT. 



]Jy G. Brown Goode. 



The lollowiuj; re\ icw of tlic cUaracter and euuiiiiercial values ofauiuial 

 luodncts used or produced in tbe United States is intended to supjde- 

 jiicnt and explain in ])art the precedin<>- "Catalogue of the eolleetiou 

 illustrating the animal resources of the United States/' made under the 

 direction of the United States National Museum for the International 

 Exhibition of 1870. The statistics Imve been arranged with a view to 

 a concise exhibition of the extent and location of the trade in all sub- 

 stances of animal origin. The classification is unitbrm with that em- 

 ployed in the catalogue. 



An attempt is made to show — 



1. The amount of imports, the countries from which the products are 

 iMi]»(>rt('(l, and the jtorts through which the impoit entries are chietly 

 made. 



U. The domestic consumption of foreign products. The table of im- 

 ports entered into consumption is more detailed than any of the others, 

 and Irom this have been taken many statements which were not else- 

 where given, as, for instance, the amounts of coral, whalebone, chemicals, 

 and specimens of natural history. 



.'3. The exports of domestic products, the ports from whicli they were 

 chietly shipped, and the countries to which they are sent. 



4. The statistics of foreign exports or of the exports ol jnodncts not 

 directly of domestic origin. 



No account has been made <>f tlie indirect and transshipment trade. 



LIVING ANOIALS. 



The total value of li\ing animals brought into llic liiitcd States does 

 H)t fall far below >!L',L'bO,( )(>(>. 



The value of the nuscellaneous inipnitationsof Ux iiig animals is placed 

 it ><1,(J1S.1(;.~), Of this amount (^)nebec, Ontario, «S:c., sup]>ly ■'«< 1 . t.VJ, to7, 

 md Mexico .Sl-!I,S'.)7 (no donltt ehieliy sheep). Nova Scotia and New 

 Brunswiek send .'S.'5(),lL»4, Gennany $13,1>(>2, British Columbia 5'13,7(JL', 

 England !!f(J,lS4. The remainder comes from the British East Indies 

 (!$1,;5S!»), Cuha (8S1S), r.razil {AVSA), Scotland. Honduras, r.elgium. Chili, 

 China. I'rance. Cuiana, ( 'olombia, and Uruguay. Tiie latter countries 

 l»r<>babl\ send chietl.N animals Jbr menageries and gardens. 



Animals tor brcetling ijurjidses are imported to the amount of *t IIM70. 

 Tile laigei- proportion , sj'.U .'.Kio i cniiics tVoiii ihf I'.ritish Frovinci'ti 



