COMMERCE OF THE UNITED STATES. 



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The total number of bushels of corn arriving 

 :it ti<li'-\\:it'T during tho same period was 26,- 

 . r . I ;. ~>;55. The whole number of boats, new and 

 old, registered during the last year, was 485, 

 with a tonnage of 74,630, making an average 

 tonii.'igo of 154. The importance of the canals 

 in tho development of the resources of tho 

 State is fully indicated by the preceding tables, 

 11 as the necessity for their enlargement. 



Comparing the season of 18G5 with that of 

 1866, it shows an increase in revenue of $596,- 

 684, and an increase in tonnage of 1,045,566, 

 divided among the different classes as follows : 



Products of the forest, increase. 802,679 



Vegetable food, 



Manufacture, " 



Merchandise, " 



Other articles, " 8u7,M 



Products of animal*, decrease ............. 8,481 



Other agricultural products, decrease ...... 2,884 



Increase .................................. 1,045,OM 



The marketed imports and the exports of tho 

 United States for tho months of July, August, 

 September, October, November, and Decem- 

 ber, 1866, so far as given, compare one with 

 another as follows : 



SPECIE VALUE OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS AND OF FOREIGN IMPORTS MARKETED-CONTRASTED. 



From these returns it appears, that while tho 

 month of September is the largest importing 

 month, that of December is the largest export- 

 ing month of tho half year. It also appears 

 that the value of goods thrown on the market 

 during the half year did not differ materially 

 from the value of the total imports for the same 

 period. This is not always the case, the two 

 amounts differing very materially at times. 

 During the period embraced in the above re- 

 turns they compare as follows : 



Imports entered for warehousing, value $72,443,812 



Imports entered for consumption, value 125,522,033 



Total Imports, value $197,965,845 



Imports entered for consumption, 

 value $125,522,033 



Imports withdrawn from ware- 

 house, value 65,894,148 



Total thrown on tho market, value $191,416,181 



Difference > $6,549,064 



During the fiscal year ending June 30, 1866, 

 the declared value of the total imports was 

 $437,640,354, and the amount of customs duties 

 received $179,046,651. Tho customs duties 

 were thus forty-one per cent, of the total im- 

 ports. During tho half year ending December 

 31, 1866, the declared value of the total imports 

 was $197,965,845, and the amount of customs 

 duties received about $87,500,000. The cus- 

 toms duties were thus forty-four per cent, of 

 tho total imports. These latter amounts will 

 need some alterations, since several of the ports 

 have yet to be heard from, both as regards 



their returns of commerce and of imposts. 

 "Without making any allowance for these im- 

 perfections (the extent of which can be esti- 

 mated by allowing for the respective ports 

 which have failed to send their returns of com- 

 merce in time, and by adding about $1,000,000 

 to the sum of imposts), the result indicates an 

 increase in the percentage of the customs reve- 

 nue to the total gross imports. During tho 

 half year ending December 31, 1865, the im- 

 ports were $211,805,738. For the correspond- 

 ing half year just ended, they were $197,965,- 

 845. Allowing for the returns not yet received, 

 the amount is about tho same. With the same 

 amount of imports, then, and an increased per- 

 centage of customs receipts, the total amount 

 of customs duties for the year ending Juno 30, 

 1867, it is anticipated, will prove to be rather 

 over than under the official estimate for tho 

 year, which was $160,843,774. 



If there were any means of contrasting the 

 monthly returns furnished herein with similar 

 ones for like periods during past years, they 

 would present an interesting indication of the 

 course of our foreign trade ; but, unfortunately, 

 there are none. The monthly summary returns 

 of the previous years have not always been duly 

 received at the Department. Few, if any of 

 them, are complete ; . and the great variance ot 

 their results with those of the quarter-yearly 

 summaries, which do not distinguish between 

 goods entered for consumption and those en- 

 tered for warehousing, forbid them from being 

 used as standards of comparison. The total 



