164 



COMMERCE AND NAVIGATION, AMERICAN. 



Otherbullion 1,917,094 



Coin: American 686,182 



Foreign 10,998,812 



Total silver. . . $14,594,945 



Total imports of coin and bullion $37,426,262 



The following were the kinds and amounts 

 of domestic coin and bullion exported during 

 the year : 



DOMESTIC KXPORTS. Values. 



Gold : Bars, United States Mint or Assay-Office. $22,961,856 



Otherbullion 90,32T 



Coin... 12,242,021 



Total $35,294.204 



Silver: Bars, United States Mint or Assay-Office. $7,522,671 



Other bullion 6,718,379 



Coin: Trade-dollars 225,500 



Other 464,881 



Total $14,931,431 



Total exports of domestic coin 



and bullion $50,225,635 



The exports of foreign coin and buDion were 

 as follow : 



FOREIGN KXPORTS. 



Gold : Bullion 



Coin 



Total gold $5,787,753 



Silver: Bullion $494,240 



Coin 10,625,755 



Total silver $11,119,995 



Total exports of foreign coin and 



bullion $16,907,748 



In 1882-'83 the imports of gold amounted to 

 $17,734,149; of silver, to $10,755,242; total, 

 $28,489,391. Domestic exports of gold, $8,- 

 920,909; of silver, $12,702,272; total, $21,623,- 

 181. Foreign exports of gold, $2,679,979 ; of 

 silver, $7,517,173 ; total, $10,197,152. 



Percentage of Foreign Countries in the Commerce 

 of 1884t The participation in the American 

 export and import commerce during 1884, of 

 each foreign country of which the share in the 

 aggregate commerce was more than one fourth 

 of one per cent., was as follows : 



Pereentage of Customs Districts in the Commerce 



of 1884. The customs districts in which the 

 transactions amounted to more than one fourth 

 of one per cent, of the total foreign commerce 

 of 1883-'84, participated in the following pro- 

 portions in the export and import trade of the 

 year: 



Navigation. The total number of vessels in 

 the foreign trade of the United States entered 

 during the twelve months ending with June, 

 1884, was 31,822, aggregating 15,068,828 tons, 

 against 32,967, of 16,381,727 tons, in 1882-'83. 

 The number of American vessels was 9,617, of 

 3,202,293 tons, against 9,499, of 3,255,543 tons, 

 in 1883; the number of foreign vessels, 22,205, 

 tonnage, 11,866,535, against 23,468, of 13,126,- 

 184 tons, in 1883. 



The total number of clearances was 31,981, 

 tonnage 15,203, 108, against 33,128 vessels and 



