COMMERCE OF THE UNITED STATES FOE 1869. 



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COMMERCE OF THE UNITED STATES 

 FOR 1869. The general commerce of the coun- 

 try, for the year ending June 30, 1869, shows 

 the enormous sum of $437,000,000 in foreign 

 imports (all gold value) ; while the total ex- 

 ports were $428,000,000, mainly in paper values 

 ranging from 70 to 80 cents per dollar. This 

 is an excess of about $200,000,000 of imports 

 over the value of the exports. The foreign 

 commerce of the port of New York which 

 comprises a very large amount of the foreign 

 commerce of the whole country for the calen- 

 dar years 1866 to 1869, is represented in the 

 following tables: 



The first table shows the dutiable goods en- 

 tered each month directly for consumption ; 

 the second the monthly entries for warehous- 

 ing ; the third the free goods which are thrown 

 directly on the market ; the fourth the specie, 

 and the fifth the total monthly entries of all 

 kinds. 



Entered for Consumption. 



Foreign Goods entered for Warehousing. 



Foreign Goods entered free. 



Imports of Specie. 



Total Imports. 



The total foreign imports at New York in 

 the calendar year 1869 were $306,357,673, 

 being a gain on any previous calendar year 

 excepting 1866, which exceeded it only by a 

 few dollars. The total foreign imports at the 

 port, in each year since 1850, were as follows : 



In the above table are included, under the 

 head of dutiable, the duty-paying goods en- 

 tered directly far consumption, as well as 

 those entered for warehousing ; these, with 

 the free goods and specie, make the total en- 

 tered at the port. The free list was greatly 

 curtailed by Congress seven years ago, espe- 

 cially by the transfer of tea and coffee to the 

 list of dutiable articles. The specie imports 

 include considerable sums brought l^ere to be 

 reshipped to foreign ports, and they will be 

 found again among the reexports of foreign 

 articles. 



