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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. 



Of the total imports, 53'69 per cent, came from 

 Europe, 16'27 per cent, from North American coun- 

 tries, 13-96 per cent, from South America, 11-49 per 

 cent, from Asia, 3'16 per cent, from Oceanica, and 

 1.43 per cent, from Africa ; of the exports, 76'26 

 per cent, went to Europe, 13'26 per cent, to North 

 American countries, 4'11 per cent, to South America, 

 2'90 per cent, to Asia, 1-95 per cent, to Oceanica, 

 and 1'57 per cent, to Africa. 



The imports of gold coin and bullion during the 

 year ending June 30. 1896, amounted' to $33.525,065. 

 The domestic exports of gold were $106.934,336, 

 and the foreign exports $5.475,611, making a total 

 of $112,409,947 an excess of $78,884,882 of exports 

 over imports, against an excess of $30,984,449 in 

 1895, $4,528,942 in 1894, $87,506,463 in 1893, and 

 $495,873 in 1892. The imports of silver coin and 

 bullion were $28,777,186 in 1896, and the total ex- 

 ports were $60,541,670, of which $53,196,559 were 

 domestic and $7,345,111 foreign. The excess of 

 exports over imports of silver was $31,764,484, 

 against $37,674,797 in 1895, $37,164.713 in 1894, 

 $17,544,067 in 1893, and $12,855,473 in 1892. 

 There was, besides, silver imported in the ore 

 amounting to $15,859.228 in 1896, and $10,658,659 

 in 1885 a movement recently developed. 



Navigation. The United" States merchant ma- 

 rine in 1896 comprised 22,908 vessels of all kinds, 

 having an aggregate burden of 4,703,880 tons. Of 

 these, 16,313, of 2,396,672 tons, were sailing vessels, 

 including canal boats and barges, and 6,595, of 

 2,307,208 tons, were steam vessels. Of the total 

 tonnage, 2,667,314 tons were owned on the Atlantic 



and Gulf coasts, 437,972 tons on the Pacific coast, 

 1,324,067 tons on the northern lakes, and 274,527 on 

 Western rivers. There were 829,833 tons employed 

 in the foreign trade, 3,790,296 tons in the coastwise 

 trade, 15,121 tons in the whale fisheries, and 68.030 

 tons in the cod and mackerel fisheries. There were 

 built during the year 437 sailing vessels, of 89,068 

 tons, and 286 steam vessels, of 138,028 tons. 



The tonnage of American sailing vessels entered 

 at all the ports from foreign countries during the 

 year ending June 30, 1896, was 1,068,495 ; of Amer- 

 ican steam vessels, 2,604,992 ; of foreign sailing ves- 

 sels, 2,531,529; of foreign steam vessels, 11,247,952; 

 total American tonnage, 3,673,487; total foreign 

 tonnage, 13,779,481 ; total sailing vessels, 3,600,024 

 tons; total steam vessels, 13,852,944 tons. The ton- 

 nage of American sailing vessels cleared was 1,126,- 

 958; of American steam vessels, 2.614,111; of for- 

 eign sailing vessels, 2,507,038 ; of foreign steam 

 vessels, 11,570,683; total American tonnage. 3,741.- 

 069 ; total foreign tonnage, 14,077,721 ; total sail- 

 ing tonnage, 3,633,9!Js<] ; total steam tonnage, 14,- 

 184,794. 



The tonnage entered from and cleared for the 

 various foreign countries in 1896 is given in the 

 following table : 



The tonnage entered and cleared at the various 

 seaports during 1896 is given below: 



The nationality of the tonnage entered and 

 cleared during 1896 is seen in the following table : 



