REPORT OF THE STATISTICIAN. 



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cent, in 1875, showing ;ui iucrease of 4,G2G,023 buslicltj, or 20 per cent., 

 in the actual receipts of those articles. Oats constituted 12.81 per cent., 

 about the same as in 1875, but the actual quantity received shows an 

 increase of 1,015,187 bushels, or 15.19 per cent. Barley increased 

 2,068,934 bushels, or 41 per cent., and rye 1,325,403 bushels, making its 

 receipts about five times those of the preceding year ; the receipts of 

 barley constituted about 7 per cent., and those of rye about 2 per cent. 

 of the total receipts, against 5 per cent, and 1^ per cent, the previous 

 year. , 



The total exports of 1S7G were 53,508,157 bushels, against 49,976,097 

 in 1875, an increase of 7.2 per cent. Of this aggregate G5| per cent, 

 were wheat and flour, against 72 per cent, in 1875, showing an actual 

 decline of 2,032,818 bushels, or 5 per cent, from the previous exports 

 of the same articles. Corn and corn-meal constituted 32.84 per cent, 

 of the total cereal export, against 27 per cent, in 1875, shov/ing an actual 

 increase of 4,921,582 bushels, or 27.9 per cent, over their previous export. 

 The rye export amounted to 2 J per cent, of the whole, showing an 

 increase of 1,129,529, or five times the aggregate of the previous year. 

 The oats export was about li per cent, of the whole and four times the 

 oats export of 1875. Barley exports were quite insignificant. Of the 

 two last named grains, nearly the whole receipts were required for city 

 consumption. 



The movements of grain, flour, and meal for the last five calendar 

 years were as follows : 



Products. 



Eeceipts. Exports. 



18*3. 



1&74. 



Eeceipts. 



Exports. 



Keceipts. Exports. 



rionr barrels 



Wheat bushels 



Corn -meal barrels 



Com bushels 



Flour and wheat bushels 



Corn and meal do... 



Oats do... 



Ityo do... 



Bi.rlcy do... 



Total 



I 



3,0-12,907 I 1,202,792 



10, 2:58, 433 I 13, 299, 320 



178, 150 144, 530 



40, fcOO, 939 25, 652, 603 



3, 546, 568 



35, 559, 870 



211, 591 



24, 576, 345 



1, 655, 331 



27, 801, 829 



136, 084 



15, 416, 7«7 



4,017,207 



41,817,215 



178, 839 



29, 3^9, 000 



2, 462, 723 



33, 541, 740 



176, 393 



26, 447, 807 



31,452,968 

 41,513,539 

 12, 442, 127 

 491,851 

 3, 964, 441 



19,313,280 

 26, 234, 723 



32, 718 

 623, 355 



17, 402 \ 



53, 292, 710 



25, 422, 709 



11, 2.t5, 420 



995, 447 



2, 444, 206 



89,864,926 | 46,221,478 



93, 390, 492 



36, 078, 484 

 15,961,123 



49, 573 

 1, 069, 140 



40, 040 



61,903,2r,0 

 30, 044, 356 

 10, 792, 919 

 592,114 

 2, 770, 000 



45, 855, 380 



27, 253, 379 



122, 523 



641,661 



3,560 



53, 1£8, 300 106,102,639 



73, 676, 503 



1S70. 



PluductS. 



Keceipts. Exports, j Ileccipts. i Exports. 



I 



Flour barrels . I 3. 941. 331 



Wheat bushels. I 34,214,768 



Com-meal barrels. 131, 885 



Corn bushels.] 22,488.707 



Flour and wheat bushels. I 53,921,423 



\ Corn and meal do 23, 010, 247 



Oats do.... 10,630,073 



P^ye do I 301, 654 



Barley do 1 4,710.598 



Total 91.686,000 



1,953,067 I 4,051,605 | 1,914,183 



26, 193, 633 | 27, 042, 164 1 24, 358, 295 



178,257 188,277 ! 178,221 



12, 955, 525 | 26, 899, 162 ! 16, 877, 251 



9,976,097 95,610,563, 53,568,157 



BOSTON. 



Flour. — The receipts of flour during 1876 were 1,830,935 barrels, an 

 increase from the previous year of 199,013, or over 12 per cent. ; ship- 

 ments, 208,093 barrels, a decrease of 3j077. Prices of the highest grades 



