COMMERCE OF THE UNITED STATES. 



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were $125,661,360, showing an increase of 

 only about $17,000,000. 



The monthly table of goods taken out of 

 bond stands thus : 



WITHDRAWALS FROM WAREHOUSE. 



The figures given for the exports represent 

 chiefly paper currency the shipments of 

 gold being, with unimportant exceptions, the 

 only ones counted at their tale value. The 

 exhibit is the most encourain made for 



The largest items in this warehouse move- 

 ment are tea, coffee, sugar, spices, metals, and 

 liquors. Only about one-third of the total im- 

 ports consists of dry-goods, as demonstrated 

 by the following classification for the last 

 three years : 



CLASSIFICATION OF IMPORTS AT NEW YORK. 



Subjoined is the aggregate of the several 

 classes of dry goods imported at New York for 

 the last three years : 



IMPORTS OF DRY GOODS AT NEW YORK. 



Notwithstanding the slight falling off in the 

 last three months, the total for 1871 is about 

 $23,000,000 in excess of that for the previous 

 year. 



The following is a comparison of the monthly 

 cash receipts of customs (coin value) at the 

 port of New York, in each of the last three 

 years : 



RECEIPTS OF CUSTOMS AT NEW YORK. 



FOREIGN DUTIABLE. 



SPECIE AND BULLION. 



