OK THE UNITED STATES FOR 1870, 



113 



It will bo perceived thnt the total imports at 

 iis ii.rt (luring the year amounted, in round 

 s, to $816,000,000, being $8,500,000 in 

 - (f any previous calendar year. The 

 us ilutirs mi those imports footed up over 

 .000. 



red for Consumption* 



Total Import*. 



Foreign Goods entered for Warehousing. 



Foreign Goods entered free. 





Imports of Specie. 



M->vr- 



Jan.. . 



i-vi... 



M:uvl, 

 April. 

 Miy.. 



June. 

 July. . 

 Aug.. 

 Sept. 

 Oct... 

 Nov.. 

 Dec.. 



Total 



21..M-.V.I7I 



90,688,100 



90,067,008 

 98,086,866 



J-l.273.u-M 

 2l.l7.2l)!l 



15,871,007 



13.37.-I..V*! 



$353,048,475 



J.,..M.'.'..:(I 

 97,968,834 

 99,150,589 



2::.'is7..;:,7 



MJ8MN 



in.!f..7!it> 

 18,801,890 



1UW.KN7 



$251,198,834 



$29,548,520 



:u.7'.((.-.">, 

 86,864,661 

 97,040,661 

 96,OH2,108 



/7.:jN7.i:M 

 2 1.:M .:::{ 

 90,590,086 

 IOJ87,488 



$94,796,675 

 1*5,867,008 

 90,608,688 



2i.n.Y<" 

 94,806,906 



:j<i.2'^."-i-, 

 97,405,764 



M,T99,646 



The total imports for 1870, at the port of 

 New York, are the largest on record ; and it 

 is estimated that the year's profit* upon im- 

 ported goods have been larger than in 1869, in 

 consequence of greater steadiness in the mar- 

 ket, and less violent fluctuations in the price of 

 gold. 



The withdrawals from bond, for consump- 

 tion, of goods previously entered for ware- 

 housing, were as follows : 



Withdrawals from Warehouse. 



The receipts of customs at the port of New 

 York, for 1868, 1869, and 1870, are thus stated 

 the figures representing coin, and the im- 

 ports being reported at their foreign gold cost, 

 not including freight and duty : 



Receipts of Customs at New York. 



Subjoined is a classification, under three 

 heads, of imports at the port of New York, for 

 1868, 1869, and 1870. Under general mer- 

 chandise are included sugar, tea, coffee, spirits, 

 spices, china, glass, metals, drugs, fruits, seeds, 

 etc. : 



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