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$8,374,647 in imports, in May $12,683,572, and 

 in June $22,241,279, a higher figure than is 

 shown in any previous month for years. In- 

 cluding gold and silver, the total imports in 1889 

 were $774,094,725 ; in 1890 they were $823,198,- 

 554 the total exports in 1889 were $839,042,908 ; 

 in 1890 they were $909,973.254. 



Imports. The values of the principal articles 

 and classes of articles exempt from duty im- 

 ported into the United States during the twelve 

 months ending June 30, 1890, compared with the 

 values for the preceding year, are shown in the 

 following table : 



cals, drugs, and dyes, $1,345,059 more; cocoa, 

 $474,854 more; coffee, $22,072,158 more; raw- 

 cotton, $572,628 more; eggs, $193,483 less; fer- 

 tilizers, $397,169 less ; fish free of duty. $153,281 

 less; fruits and nuts free of duty, $2,025,724 

 more ; undressed furs and pelts, $29,192 more ; 

 hair, $723,477 more ; hides and skins, $2,232,- 

 303 less ; personal effects of travelers and immi- 

 grants, $121,565 more ; crude caoutchouc and 

 gutta-percha, $2,215,587 more ; oils not dutiable, 

 $98,932 less ; silver ore, $4,236,741 more ; crude 

 paper stock, $128,853 less ; raw silk, $6,309,795 

 more ; unground spices, $7,748 less ; tea, $2,253,- 

 526 less ; tin, $327,316 more ; wood, unmanufact- 

 ured, $406,696 more ; imports from the Hawa- 

 iian Islands under the reciprocity treaty, $1,816,- 

 709 more ; all other free articles, $3,595,560 

 more. The total value of the articles on the free 

 list, $265,588,499, is $37,557,950 more than the 

 average from 1885 to 1889 inclusive, the growth 

 having been steady for each succeeding year. 



The cattle imported for breeding purposes in 

 1890 numbered 3,935 head, against 4,404 head in 

 1889 ; the horses numbered 10,865, against 9,930 ; 

 sheep, 16,303, against 5,926. The quantity of 

 cocoa imported was 18,226.177 pounds, againsi 

 16,743,964 pounds ; of coffee 499,159,120, against 

 578,397,454 pounds; of tea 83,886,829, against 

 79,575,984 pounds : of brown sugar from the 

 Sandwich Islands 224,457,011, against 243,324,683 

 pounds; of unground pepper 13,759,217, against 

 11,358,626 pounds ; of fresh fish other than sal- 

 mon 41,727,190, against 46,348,854 pounds ; of 

 fresh salmon 853,963, against 1,020,507 pounds ; 

 of eggs 15,062,796 dozen, against 15,918,809 doz- 

 en ; of fixed or expressed oils 20,323,677, against 

 16,105,242 pounds ; of volatile or essential oils 

 1,437,216, against 2,065,316 pounds ; of rags for 

 paper stock 149,101,331, against 142,738,858 

 pounds ; of raw silk 5,943.360, against 5,329,646 

 pounds ; of tin in bars, blocks, or pigs, or granu- 

 lated 34,993,099, against 33,877,287 pounds ; of 

 crude rubber and gutta-percha 33,842,374, against 

 32,339.503 pounds ; of phosphates for fertilizing 

 30,249, against 34,603 tons ; of- guano 8,432, 

 against 14,274 tons ; of soda nitrate 204,052,587, 

 against 151,148,674 pounds ; of brimstone 141,- 

 921, against 130,191 tons ; of indigo 2,823,962, 

 against 3,550,765 pounds; of logwood 65,870, 

 against 69,354 tons; of crude asphalt or bitu- 

 men 156,601,203, against 86.348,171 pounds ; of 

 argol or crude tartar 24,908,054, against 21 ,429,434 

 pounds; of distilled spirits of domestic manu- 

 facture returned from abroad 1,021,096, against 

 1,615,316 proof gallons : of raw cotton 8,606,049, 

 against 7,973.039 pounds. 



The following table gives the values of the 

 principal articles and classes of articles subject 

 to duty imported in the twelve months of the 

 fiscal year.!889-'90, compared with the values for 

 the year preceding : 



