280 



REPORT OP THE COMMISSIONER OF AGRICULTURE. 



Valtie. 



Lamps $7, 565 



Leather and jnannfactures of 13, 190 



Lime and cement 1, 106 



Manures C30 



Marble and stone, and manufactures , 19, 572 



Musical instruments 4, 165 



Naval stores 12,103 



Mineral oils, refined, 294,102 gallons 52,730 



Animal oils, 1,6G0 galloL-q., 2,009' 



Vegetablo oils, 4,074 gallons 4,273 



Ordnance stores 55, 759 



Paints and painters' colors 13, 5H4 



Paintings, engravings, paper, and stationery 39, 473 



Perfumery 9, 242 



Plated ware 4,002 



Printing presses and type # 11,766 



Provisions 467, 737 



Quicksilver 2,124 



Scales and balances 7,599 



Sewing-machines 58, 208 



Soap 17,131 



Spirits of turpentine 2, 343 



Starch 1,489 



Sugar and molasses 38, 045 



Tallow. 221,050 



Tin and manufactures of 2, 697 



Tobacco and manufactures of, leaf, 81,412 pounds 82,822 



Trunks and valises 1,810 



Varnish 1,729 



Watches, wax, and wearing-apparel 3, 597 



Wood and its manufactures 109, 598 



Wool and its manufactures 1, 986 



All other 17,515 



ECUADOR. 



The cLief production of Ecuador, cacao, has steadily iucreased in 

 quantity since 1840. In 1874 the increase bad amounted to over 100,000 

 quintals, or nearly doubled, thougb its quality is not equal to that from 

 Caraccas, Venezuela, which sells for nearly double, and the latter is 

 inferior to that produced in Guatemala, though there the supply is so 

 iimitetl as to be consumed at home. 



In 1874, 247,493 quintals were exported, of which 2,349 quintals came 

 to the United States. 



The agricultural exports for five years, from 1870 to 1874, are shown in 

 the following table, in quintals : 



It is shown that in 1874 the exportation of coffee was nearly double 

 that of the year previous. 



Tiie exportation of cotton has nearly quadrupled in the List year. 

 During the war in the United States the culture flourished, but has 

 since declined. Excellent long staple can be produced, but the cost of 

 labor and transportation hinders the cultivation. The production of 

 cotiee has nearly doubled in the pa^t year, and it promises to rival cacao, 

 the great staple of Ecuador. 



