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from Japan, 473,549 gallons; and from all other countries combined, 

 580,180 gallons, making a grand total of 3,937,590 gallons, the value of 

 which was $1,442,941, exclusive of import duties. The European con- 

 tinent furnished 1,089,187 gallons, worth $854,203; the American conti- 

 nent, 1,756,508 gallons, valued at $498,982; and Asia and Australasia, 

 491,125 gallons, worth $89,389. 



The greatest annual receipt during this period was 907,438 gallons 

 in 1893, and the smallest was 181,835 in 1886, the annual average for 

 the period being 393,75',) gallons. The receipts from Europe are quite 

 constant, none of the last eight years varying more than 35 per cent 

 from the annual average. The imports from the British Provinces are 

 far less regular, sometimes varying over 200 per cent from the annual 

 average. The receipts from the Provinces in 1892 were 99,299 gallons, 

 while in 1893 they reached 548,181 gallons, an increase of 554 per cent. 

 In 1894 they decreased to 100,900 gallons. 



Table 68 shows the imports from each country, the imports for con- 

 sumption, and the amount of duties paid thereon during each of the 

 ten years ending June 30, 1894. 



68. Statement by countries of the imports of marine oils into the United States during the 

 ten years ending June SO, 1894. 



: Free of duty. 



