442 REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER OF AGRICULTURE. 



Iviports of the United States from South Amerioa in 1885-86. 



Ai-ticlos. 



Cocoa 



Coffee 



Cotton, and manufactures 

 of 



Guano 



Fruits, including nuts 



Hides and skins, other than 

 fur skins 



India-rubber and gutta- 

 percha, crude 



Oils, olive and other 



Seeds, linseed, flaxseed, 

 and other 



Sugar and molasses 



Tobacco, and manufact- 

 ures of 



Wool, raw, and manufact- 

 ures of 



Wood, and manufactm'es 

 of 



Hau' 



Paper-stock, crude 



Feathers and flowers ...... 



Cinchona 



Furs, and manufactures 

 f I'om 



Hats, bonnets, &c 



Iron, steel, and manufact- 

 ures of 



Soda 



Ivory 



Dve-woods, and extracts 

 of 



Fertilizers 



Copper 



411 other articles 



Total. 



Dollars. 



3,746,771 



74,75 



1,183,765 



1,436 



361,080 



787 



36,318 



96,134 

 32, 783 



103,344 

 195,' 249 



5,023,346 



Dollars. 

 314,331 

 30, 384, 150 



141,307 



2,383,001 



6,894,689 

 16 



1,053 

 5, 506, 507' 



853 



151,084 



68,146 

 107,110 



768 

 110 



736 

 11,670 



30,840 



501 

 16, 179 



19 

 110,649 



41,907,592 



Dollars. 



21,410 



136,441 



138 

 100 



5 

 952, 022 



33,834 

 88,905 



1,183,845 



5a 

 •J. 'J 



Dollars 



98,775 

 659, 50! 



374 



Dollars. 



307,205 

 1,230,048 8,004,945 

 341,981 



1,513 



83 



356 



85, 326 



392 



1,683 



50 



31,329 



156 



137 



1,337 



87 



126, 563 



3,871 



21,628 

 96, 638 



3,008,931 



1,336,990 



209, 029 



650 



10, 694 



5, 309 



120, 172 



147,459 



4, 925, 848 



Dollars 



102,615 



4,308,480 



32, 661 

 509 



1,293,794 



31,011 



134 



16, 660 



13,790 



47 



27 



1,991 



2,543 



15,318 



14,000 

 23,934 



180 

 46, 141 



5,791,631 



Dollars. 



538, 033 



9, 576 



773 



3,450 

 421, 573 

 333,240 



1,903,931 



9,633 



112 



6 



70 



'9,' 837 



27 



6,798 



650, 8H6 



1,061 



411 



117 

 145, 580 



4,036,318 



Dollars. 



954, 154 



31,261,707 



1,163 

 32, 661 

 458,371 



11,090,542 



7,590,937 

 16 



275,971 

 7,411,944 



985 



2,834,828 



163,805 

 678, 270 

 3,216 

 49, 969 

 43,719 



102,434 

 37,152 



51 752 



1,003; 905 



143,735 



42,385 

 228,416 



65,768 

 780,621 



65, 875, 426 



These iinports are comparatively nniform from year to year. In 

 the past year (1885-'8G) the value is $65,875,435, a very small increase 

 over the previous year. All countries except Brazil and Venezuela 

 show increase, and the decline in these is due to decreased value of 

 coJEfee rather than diminished quantity. The importation of 1884-'85 

 amounted to 400,714,34:6 pounds from Brazil, averaging about 7.5 

 cents per pound; in the past year 392,058,002 pounds, at about 6.7 

 cents per pound. Seven-eighths of all the coffee imported comes 

 from South America. The sugar from Brazil -was valued at 2.5 cents 

 per i:)ound. The value of the importation of the previous year was 

 2. 1 cents per pound. 



The increase of wool imported is large, from $1,687,100 in 1884-'85 

 to $2,834,828 in 1885-'86. The main increase is from Uruguay, and 

 is caused by a reduction in value of clothing wool from 14.3 cents to 

 10.5 cents, wdiich had the effect of increasing receipts from 2,123,- 

 040 to 12,302,329 pounds. Most of the receipts from the Argentine 

 Republic were classed as carpet wools, and valued at 9.6 cents and 

 9.4 cents; a slight decrease, accompanied by a slight increase in quan- 

 tity from 9,851,121 to 10,456,556 pounds. 



It will be seen that the imports from Brazil are mainly coffee, rub- 



