COMMERCE OF THE UNITED STATES. 



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Total receipts (crop movement) at the same ports from August 1st to December 25th, in- 

 clusive, for four years : 



Comparative shipments of flour and grain from the same ports from January 1st to Decem- 

 ber 25th, inclusive, for four years : 



The closing grain quotations on the New 

 York Produce Exchange, on December 31st, 

 were as follows : 



Wheat-No. 2 spring 1 14 to 1 17 



Bed winter 1 12 " 1 25 



Bed winter, No. 2 1 17J " 1 18J 



White 1 10 "116 



Corn Western mixed 54 " 58 



Western No. 2 56 " 57$ 



Southern yellow, new 53 " 56 



Southern white, new 54 " 58 



Eye 95 " 98 



Oats-mixed 42 " 45 



White 44 " 48 



Barley Canada West 117 "135 



State, four-rowed 105 "112 



State, two-rowed 100 "105 



Peas Canada, bond and free 82 " 95 



Buckwheat 56 " 58 



The exports of provisions from the United 

 States for the eleven months ending Novem- 



ber 30, 1880, aggregated in value $128,110,921, 

 against $99,190,038 for eleven months in 1879. 

 During this period the shipments of fresh beef 

 were 88,325,197 Ibs., against 57,797,230 Ibs. in 

 1879; of salted beef, 41,104,012 Ibs., against 

 35,840,768 Ibs, in 1879 ; of bacon and hams, 

 715,848,524 Ibs., against 674,138,580 Ibs. ; of 

 butter, 35,796,542 Ibs., against 40,824,749 Ibs. ; 

 of cheese, 127,545,379 Ibs., against 125,693,974 

 Ibs. ; of lard, 373,021,149 Ibs., against 312,208,- 

 448 Ibs. ; of pork, 84,260,514 Ibs., against 83,- 

 356,090 Ibs. ; of tallow, 110,200,794 Ibs., against 

 92,128,447 Ibs. The exports of pork, lard, and 

 hams and bacon for the twelve months of the 

 packing season ending October 31, in 1879 and 

 1880, and their destinations, are presented in 

 the statement below given : 



The summary of the exports of pork products for the two years, with the increase or 

 decrease in 1870-'80, is as follows: 



The exports of petroleum from the seven 

 principal shipping ports from January 1 to 

 December 11, 1880, and for the correspond- 

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ing portions of the three preceding years, were 

 as follows: In 1880, 331,626,483 gallons; in 

 1879, 393,616,075 gallons; in 1878, 321,766,- 



