COMMERCE OF THE UNITED STATES. 



leading crops from New Orleans, 114; rail- 

 roads of the States, 115 ; canals and railroads 

 in New York, 115 ; quantities and value of do- 

 mestic exports of the United States, 117; ex- 

 ports of wheat and corn, 118 ; tonnage in each 

 district of the United States, 119; indirect 

 trade of the United States, 120 ; foreign vessels 

 trading with the United States, 120. 



II. Demands for cotton in 1862, 227 ; move- 

 ments in Kentucky and Tennessee, 227; opera- 

 tions at New Orleans, 227 ; comparison with 

 other years, 228, 229 ; opening the ports of 

 North and South Carolina, 229 ; limits of the 

 trade of the country, 229 ; exports from New 

 York, 230, 231 ; St. Mary's Canal, 230 ; influ- 

 ence of the operations of the banks, 231 ; rise 

 in values, 231; imports of New York, 232; 

 imports of cotton into Great Britain, 232 ; in- 

 terruption to trade, 232 ; revenue at New York, 

 233; transfer of vessels to the English flag, 

 233 ; increase of foreign tonnage, 234 ; ocean- 

 steamers, 234 ; coastwise trade, 234. 



III. During 1863, 190 ; imports and exports, 

 190 ; balance of trade, 190 ; prices in New York 

 and San Francisco, 190 ; dutiable goods, 190 ; 

 monthly imports at New York, 191 ; stock of 

 goods in the country, 191 ; failures, 191 ; im- 

 ported articles at New York, 192; exported 

 articles, 194; barrels of flour, 194; decline of 

 prices abroad, 194; grain and flour received 

 by the Erie Canal, 194 ; freight and tonnage 

 of the lakes, 195; export of petroleum, 195; 

 effect of the Confederate cruisers, 195 ; cotton 

 imported into Great Britain, 195. 



IV. Results for 1863 and 1864, 184; com- 

 parative prices of sixteen articles, 184; aver- 

 age rise, 184; revenue at New York, 184; 

 effect of duties on the cost of goods, 185 ; im- 

 ports at New York, 185 ; failures, 185 ; quan- 

 tities and values of the principal foreign im- 

 ports, 185; exports from New York, 187; do. 

 of leading articles of domestic produce, 187 ; 

 exports of petroleum, 188; wholesale prices of 

 foreign and domestic produce of New York, 

 188 ; exports of breadstuff s to Great Britain, 

 189 ; ships transferred to the English flag, 189 ; 

 quantities of wheat imported into Great Britain, 

 189 ; dealing in gold, 189. 



V. Value of domestic and foreign produce 

 exported in 1862-'65, 181 ; value of imports 

 and exports in 1862-'65, 181 ; tonnage in 1860 

 -'65, 181; value of imports and exports in 

 1849-'65, 181 ; tonnage of districts of New 



York, 181 ; exports of staple productions in 

 1859-'65, 182 ; clearances from the port of 

 New York in 1852-'65, 183; American and 

 foreign shipping at New York in 1850-'65, 

 183 ; treasure movement at New York in 1859 

 -'65, 183 ; number of arrivals and tonnage of 

 American and foreign vessels at New York from 

 1821 to 1865, 183 ; influence of Southern priva- 

 teers, 183. 



VI. Errors in statement of imports, 117; 

 bonds held in Europe, 117; imports of 1866, 

 118; exports from New York during each 

 month of the year, 118 ; do. for six years, 118 ; 

 exports of specie, 118 ; balance of trade against 

 us, 118 ; cause of large importations, 118 ; ex- 

 ports from New York exclusive of specie, 

 119; foreign imports, 119; do. at New York 

 for a series of years, 119 ; receipts for customs 

 at New York, 119 ; arrivals of vessels, 120 ; do. 

 coastwise, 120; tonnage of the New York 

 canals, 120; value, 120; movement of freight, 

 120; tonnage arriving at tide-water, 120 ; spe- 

 cie value of imports and exports in the last 

 six months of 1866, 120 ; results, 121 ; specie 

 value of exports and imports for a series of 

 years, 122 ; value of produce received at New 

 Orleans for a series of years, 122. 



VII. Exports and imports, 127 ; exports of 

 Southern products, 127, 128; exports of cot- 

 ton, 128 ; foreign trade, 128 ; foreign importa- 

 tions at New York, 128 ; foreign exports from 

 New York, 129; foreign yearly importations 

 into United States from 1849 to 1867, 129 ; ex- 

 portations, 186T)-'67, 129. 



VIII. Continuance of the decline, 119; im- 

 ports and exports for a series of years, 119; 

 imports at New York for a series of years, 

 120; imports of dry goods, 120; receipts for 

 duties at New York, 120; foreign imports, 

 120 ; exports from New York, 121 ; do. and 

 the range of gold, 121 ; arrivals at the port of 

 New York in 1868, 121; leading articles of 

 export, 121 ; leading articles of import, 122. 



IX. For 1869 : exports and imports, li2 ; 

 foreign commerce of the port of New York for 

 a series of years, 112; duty-paying goods en- 

 tered for consumption, 112; for warehousing, 

 112; foreign goods entered free, 112 ; imports 

 of specie, 112; total foreign imports at New 

 York, 112; classification of same, 113; exports 

 from New York, 113; reexports from New 

 York, 113; export of specie, 113; total exports 

 from New York, 113; receipt of customs at 



