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ports (gold value), being an increase of $79,- 

 116,187 over the total imports for the same 

 period in 1869-'70. The total exports for the 

 fiscal year ending June 30, 1871, amounted 

 (estimated in gold) to $513,044,273, against 

 $420,535,258 in the previous fiscal year, ex- 

 hibiting a gain of $92,509,015. Reexports for 



the same period foot up $28,459,899 less by 

 $1,967,260 than those for the fiscal year pre- 

 ceding. Goods remaining in warehouse June 

 30, 1871, were valued at $68,324,855, against 

 $56,930,841, July 1, 1870 a difference of 

 $11,394,014. Appended are summaries of sta- 

 tistics for the last two fiscal years : 



Imports at all United States Ports. 



Reexports at all United States Ports. 



Exports from all United States Ports. 



The official returns of United States com- 

 merce for the first nine months of 1871 are 

 not yet made ; but the following are leading 

 items of the statistics, as compiled at Wash- 

 ington : 



The following is a table of the comparative 

 amounts of total foreign trade, imported and 

 exported in American and foreign vessels, in 

 cars and other land vehicles, for the first nine 

 months of each of the two years : 



Nine months ending September 30, 1870. 



The value of foreign commodities in ware- 

 house, September 30, 1871, was $64,395,227, 

 against $51,062,252, September 30, 1870 a 

 difference of $13,332,975. 



The relative values of imports and exports 

 which consist of merchandise and specie and 

 bullion, for the corresponding periods of the 

 two years, are as follows : 



Nine months ending September SO, 1870. 



Nine months ending September 30, 1871. 



Nine montJis ending September 30, 1871. 



From these tables it appears that over 69 

 per cent, of our foreign commerce was carried 

 in foreign vessels, for the first nine months in 

 1871, against 65 per cent, for the relative pe- 

 riod in 1870. 



For the twelve months ending September, 

 1871, the following is the report of the num- 

 ber and tonnage of American and foreign 

 vessels engaged in the foreign trade, which 

 entered into and cleared from United States 

 ports, compared with those of the twelve 

 months ending September 30, 1870 : 



