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COMMERCE OF THE UNITED STATES. 

 The general commerce of the country, for the 

 iisc-ul year ending June 30, 1872, shows the 

 sum of $640,337,540 in foreign imports (gold 

 value), being an increase of $98,843,832 on 

 the total imports for the same period in 1870- 

 '71. For the fiscal year ending June ^30, 1872, 

 the total exports amounted (gold estimate) to 

 $501,164,971, being a decrease of $11,879,302 

 from the total exports of the previous fiscal 

 year. Reexports for the same period up to 

 June 30, 1872 foot up $22,769,749, or less by 

 $5,690,150 than those for the fiscal year pre- 

 ceding. The value of foreign goods in ware- 

 house, June 30, 1872, was $122,211,266, as 

 compared with $68,324,855, June 30, 1871 a 

 difference of $53,886,411. 



Annexed are summaries of the last two fiscal 

 years : 



COMMERCE OF THE UNITED STATES. 



The following were the respective amounts 

 of the foregoing, which consisted of merchan- 

 dise, and of specie and bullion : 



Fiscal Year ending June 30, 1872. 



Fiscal Year ending June 30, 1871. 



The respective amounts of the foreign com- 

 merce of the country, carried in American 

 and foreign vessels, and in cars and other land- 

 vehicles, stand thus : 



Fiscal Year ending June 30, 1872. 



Fiscal Year ending June 30, 1871. 



From these tables it appears that, of our 

 total foreign trade for the fiscal year ending 



June 30, 1872, carried in vessels, about 71 per 

 cent, was in foreign bottoms, while, in 1871, it 

 was a little over 68 per cent. The number 

 and tonnage of vessels which entered and 

 cleared at United States ports are as follows . 



Fiscal Year ending June 30, 1872. 



Fiscal Year ending June 30, 1871. 



Full comparative tables of commerce at the 

 port of New York for the year 1872 are given 

 by the Journal of Commerce. The total im- 

 ports for the year are over $432,000,000, ex- 

 hibiting a gain of more than $47,000,000 on 

 the imports for 1871. The relative totals of 

 these imports for the last ten years are thus 

 tabulated : 



Foreign Imports at New York. 



Goods entered directly for consumption, and 

 the total entered for warehousing, are included 

 under "Dutiable." The specie and bullion 

 mostly came in transilu to foreign ports, and 

 the greater part appears again included in the 

 exports. The following are the tables of 

 monthly summaries for five years : 



Foreign Imports entered at New York during the 

 Years 1869, 1870, 1871, and 1872. 



ENTERED FOR CONSUMPTION. 



