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tliiongli the Lake ports. New York, with its extensive shipments from 

 Enrope, receives the next proportionate share ($111,501), then San 

 Franci^seo (84,708), Boston (83,029), Baltimore ($2,113), Philadelphia 

 (8310), and Xew Orleans (8200). 



The teams of emigrants have the right of free entr;^-. The ;\ early 

 retnrn of entries is ]>laced at $20,070. The greater ]iroiK)rtion (823,520) 

 appears to come from the British Provinces throngh the Lake ports. 



The imports of birds are valued at $100,870. Of this anionnt, $71,989 

 comes to Xew York, and consists i)rinci]>ally, no donltt, of singing birds. 

 The Provinces send 838,.">28, probabl.N', for tlic most part, fowls. 



Leeches are imjiorted to the amount of $4,227. .Ml come through 

 New Y'ork, excei)t $133 worth through Xew Orleans, 



The following table, comx)iled from the " Statement showing quantities 

 and A'alues of foreign merchandise entered into consumption in the 

 United States during the fiscal year ended June 30, 1877, &c." (Xo. 20, 

 pp. 440-505), while it necessarily does not tally with tlie figures already 

 given, is instructive, since it shows in fuller detail the numbers and char- 

 acter of the imports of foreign animals : 



Description of animal. 



5f umber. 



Value. 



Horses 



Cattle 



Sheep 



Hofts 



Animals for breeding purposes . . 



Fowls, land and water 



Birds 



Leeches 



Animals not elsewhere speeified- 



Total 



9,240 



31, 893 



282, 432 



4,534 



5,370 



$G02,513 



314, 094 



C74, 883 



9,87G 



416, 47G 



36, 793 



73, 187 



4,288 



27, 737 



2, 159, 847 



The domestic exports of living animals are valued at $3,300,308, as 

 shown in the following table : 



Description of animal. 



Horses 



Mules 



Homed cattle . 



Sheep 



Hogs 



Total. 



Xuniber. 



2,042 

 3,441 



50, 001 

 179, 017 



65, 107 



"N'aliie. 



$301,134 



478, 434 



1,593.080 



234, 480 



699, 180 



3, 306, 308 



The largest numl)(*r of horses is shi])i)('d from >.cw York (727), next 

 from Brazos de Santiago, Tex. (30:')), .Minnesota (190), San ])iego, Cal. 

 (195), Corpus Cliristi, Tex. (82), Puget Sound, AVasliington (60), San 

 Francisco (52), and Baltimore (53). The horses shii)ped from San Fran- 

 cisco are most valuable, being worth $509 on an axcrage; those from 

 New Y^ork $150; those from Texas $40. 



The principal exi)ortsof hor.ses are to Mexico (00.')) chietly from Texas, 

 Quebec, Ontario, ^S:c. (391), the Ibitish West Indies and Honduras (232), 

 Cuba (157), and the Frencli AYe.st Indies and French (Jiiiana (129). 

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