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During the year there was a decline in the 

 quantity of breadstuff's received in the city of 

 Chicago equal to 27,000,000 bushels, but the 

 value of the receipts during 1881 far exceeded 

 that of the larger quantity received in 1880. 

 There were nearly 20,000,000 bushels of corn 

 and 8,000,000 bushels of wheat less received 

 in 1881 than in 1830, but the increase of wheat, 

 in the form of flour, about equaled the decline 

 in the receipts of wheat in the usual form. 

 The increase in the flour-trade is represented 

 by 1,741,611 barrels more than was received 

 in 1880. Five hundred and thirty-nine thou- 

 sand barrels of flour were consumad in the city 

 during the year. 



The causes for the falling off in the receipts 

 of corn were that the corn-crop was largely a 

 failure. The following is a summary of the 

 receipts and shipments of breadstuff's, farm 

 products, provisions, live-stock, coal, lumber, 

 and salt, during the year, as contrasted with 

 the receipts and shipments of the same articles 

 in 1880. In the totals of breadstuff's the bar- 

 rels of flour are reduced to bushels of wheat: 



Manufacturers' products $309,000.000 



Manufacturers' products in 1880 285,000,000 



Increase $24,000,000 



KECAPITCLATION. 



Farm products $877,000,000 



Wholesale sales 423,000,000 



Manufacturers' sales 809,000,000 



Total $1,109,000,000 



Deduct for duplications 94,000,000 



Grand net total of trade $1,015,000,000 



Same in 18sO 900,000,000 



Increase (12 8 per cent) $1 15,000,000 



Another indication of the great increase in 

 the business transactions during the year is 

 shown in the Clearing-House returns, which 

 were as follows: 



Clearir.g-House, 1S81 $2,250,000,000 



Clearing-House, 1880 1,725,000,000 



Increase in 18S1 $525,000,000 



The following is a statement of the equal- 

 ized value of lands, lots, and personal property 



Increase ( C J per cent) $84,600,000 



Total $754,486,606 



