784 



UNITED STATES, FINANCES OF THE. 



Brought forward. 

 Buttons, except of brass, gilt, or silk, and materials 



Oils 



Vegetables 



Eggs 



Coal, bituminous 



Clocks and watches, and parts of. 



Rice 



Hair, and manufactures of 



Household and personal effects 



Spirits, distilled, and compounds 



Provisions 



Fertilizers 



Musical instruments, and parts of 



Paper, and manufactures of. 



Salt 



Cocoa, crude 



Paints and colors 



Bristles 



Art- works 



Malt-liquors 



Hay.... 



Ivory, animal and vegetable 



Marble and stone, and manufactures of. 



Cork-wood or cork-bark, unmanufactured 



Jewelry, and manufactures of gold and silver. . . 



Corsets 



Cement 



Brushes 



Soap 



Bark, hemlock 



Bolting-cloths 



Hops 



All other articles 



8,480,174 

 8,091,522 

 2,677,469 

 2 677,360 

 2,558,164 

 2,488,102 

 2,471,487 

 2,326,646 

 2,249,172 

 2,111,779 

 1,848,452 

 1,765,447 

 1,749,349 

 1,714,419 

 1,663,831 

 1,644,766 

 1,318,980 

 1,201,735 

 1,192,204 

 1,179,111 

 999,144 

 967,898 

 957,769 



910,827 

 843,159 



591,7? 



437.955 



406,273 



396,153 



304,297 



14,109,629 



Total $667,697,693 



The value of the imports fell off from $723,- 

 180,914 in the fiscal year 1883 to $667,697,693 

 in 1884, a decrease of $55,483,221. 



The following shows the commerce for the 

 fiscal year 1884 with those countries our ex- 

 ports to which exceeded the imports from 

 them : 



The following table gives a similar state- 

 ment for those countries our imports from 

 which exceeded the exports to them. 



The total value of the imports and exports 

 during the fiscal year was $1,408,211,302, as 

 against $1,547,020,316 in 1883, a decrease of 

 $138,809,014. The exports of domestic mer- 

 chandise fell off $79,258,780, from $804,223,- 



632 to $724,964,852 ; and of foreign merchan< 

 dise $4,067,013, from $19,615,770 to $15,548,- 

 757. The total exports were $740,513,609, as 

 against $828,839,402 in 1883, a falling off of 

 $83,325,793. 



The value of the exports of the products 

 of agriculture, manufactures, mining, forestry, 

 and the fisheries, during the fiscal year 1884, is 

 thus shown : 



The value of the exports of agricultural prod- 

 ucts fell off from $619,269,449 in 1883 to 

 $536,315,3*18 in 1884, while the exports of all 

 other commodities increased from $184,954,- 

 183 to $188,649,534. 



Goods entered for Consumption, and Duties collect- 

 ed. The following statement shows the value 

 of dutiable merchandise entered for consump- 

 tion * into the United States, with the duties 



* The value of the merchandise entered for consumption 

 amounted to $667.575.388.91, and embraced both goods en- 

 tered for immediate consumption on arrival in the United 

 States, and goods withdrawn from warehouse during the 

 year for consumption. The value of the imports into the 

 United States amounted to $667,697,693, embracing goods 

 entered for immediate consumption on arrival, goods en- 

 tered for transportation to interior ports without appraise- 

 ment, and goods entered for warehousing awaiting the pay- 

 ment of duties. 



