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COMMERCE OF THE UNITED STATES FOE 1870. 



Dry Goods 



General Merchand'e 

 Specie 



$80,905,834 

 163,202,611 



1869. 



195,842,794 

 15,788,462 



1870. 



Specie and Bullion. 



$94,726,417 $109,498,523 



193,836,855 

 11,864,644 



Total imports.. $251,193,834 $306,357,673 $315,200,022 



The exports from this port, as presented 

 herewith, are estimated chiefly in paper cur- 

 rency, at their market value at time of ship- 

 ment. The following table shows the exports 

 to foreign ports, exclusive of specie, for four 

 years, ending December 31, 1870 : 



The monthly movement, for four years, of 

 exports of domestic goods and produce from 

 New York to foreign ports, for the years 1867 

 to 1870, is as follows : . 



Domestic Produce. 



Foreign Free. 



Foreign Dutiable. 



Total Exports. 



It will be noticed that the shipments of 

 specie have been $58,000,000, against $32,000.- 

 000 for 1869. 



About two-thirds of all the imports of the 

 United States arrive in New York, and about 

 forty per cent, of all the exports of the coun- 

 try are shipped from the same point. 



The subjoined tables are prepared from the 

 report of the Registrar of the Treasury. They 

 give the tonnage and ship-building of the 

 United States for nine months of the year end- 

 ing September 30, 1870, and compare them 

 with the statistics of the corresponding period 

 in 1869: 



Tonnage of (he United States. 



