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COMMERCE AND NAVIGATION, AMERICAN. 



for immediate transportation to interior ports, 

 without appraisement ; in 1885 the imports en- 

 tered direct from foreign countries were val- 

 ued at $551,814,887; those entered through 

 exterior ports without appraisement at $25,- 

 661,963. The value of imports brought in 

 cars and other land-vehicles was $21,146,585, 

 against $20,140,294 in 1884 ; brought in Ameri- 

 can steam-vessels $54,162,336, against $60,- 

 995,710 ; in American sailing-vessels $58,663,- 

 925, against $74,050,497; in foreign steam- 

 vessels $381,212,388, against $435,366,768; in 

 foreign sailing-vessels $62,291,616, against 

 $77,144,424. 



Of the total exports of domestic merchan- 

 dise in 1885, articles of the value of $21,103,207 

 were carried in cars and other land-vehicles, 

 against $22,444,040 in 1884; $33,127,950 in 

 American steam- vessels, against $41,477,897; 

 $45,678,871 in American sailing-vessels, against 

 $54,558,857; $485,735,372 in foreign steam- 

 vessels, against $468,074,068; $141,022,680 in 

 foreign sailing-vessels, against $138,409,990. 

 Of the total exports of foreign merchandise, 

 $2,992,290 was the value of merchandise ex- 

 ported overland in cars and other vehicles, 

 against $4,129,743 in 1884; $2,451,575 of the 

 exports in American steamers, against $1,523,- 

 996 in 1884; $828,464 of the exports in Ameri- 

 can sailing-vessels, against $1,092,078; $8,- 

 293,654 of the exports in foreign steamers, 

 against $8,003,981 ; and $940,826 of the ex- 

 ports in foreign sailing-vessels, against $798,- 

 968. Of the total foreign exports, the arti- 

 cles shipped from warehouse were valued at 

 $7,024,267, and the articles not shipped from 

 warehouse at $8,482,542, against the sums of 

 $6,900,172 and $8,648,585, respectively, in 

 1884. The value of imported merchandise re- 

 maining in warehouse on June 30. 1885, was 

 $33,288,460, against $418,665,692, on June 30, 

 1884. 



The values of the total exports of merchan- 

 dise, domestic and foreign, for each month of 

 1884-'85, compared with the monthly move- 

 ment of the preceding year, were as follow : 



MONTHS. 



July 



August 



September., 



October 



November . 

 December... 



January 



February.. . 

 March ...... 



April 



May 



June... 



Total 



1884-85. 1883-'84. 



$54,612,492 



55,229,490 

 71,659,582 



91,844,155 



80,532,584 



49,011,878 

 48,468,154 



$742,174,889 I $740,518,609 



$52,884,084 



54,471,252 

 72,608,813 

 79,998,788 



61,246,626 

 66,210,454 

 49,898,564 



48,841,687 



The excess of exports for the twelve months 

 of 1884-'85 was $164,698,039, as compared 

 with $72,815,916 for 1883-'84. Including ship- 

 ments of coin and bullion, there was an excess 

 of exports amounting to $163,687,241 in 1884- 

 '85, against $102,523,037 in 1883-'84. 



The MoTement of Specie. In 1883-'84 there 



was a monthly excess of specie imports up to 

 December, 1883. In that month an export 

 movement began that reduced the net impor- 

 tation, amounting to $8,392,874 on the 1st of 

 December to nothing in March, and at the end 

 of that month left a net excess of exports of 

 $9,831,909, which was increased to $28,914,025 

 in April, and $30,913,637 in May, and then re- 

 duced by an excess of imports in June to $29,- 

 707,121 at the end of the year. The import 

 movement continued in 1884-'85, with the ex- 

 ception of a small excess of exports in Septem- 

 ber, up to the close of November, when the 

 net imports from the 1st of July amounted to 

 $10,567,837. In December, 1884, an outward 

 movement began again, which continued to 

 the close of the fiscal year, reducing the net 

 importation for the entire year to $1,010,798. 

 The shipments each way of coin and bullion 

 for each particular month of 1884-'85 were as 

 follow : 



Of the total imports of coin and bullion dur- 

 ing the twelve months ending June 30, 1885, 

 $26,691,696 consisted of gold, against $22,831,- 

 317 in 1884, and $16,550,627 of silver, against 

 $14,594,945. The gold imports were made up 

 of $8,849,237 of bullion, against $4,997,571 in 

 1884 ; $3,352,090 of American gold coin, against 

 $3,824,962; and $14,490,369 of foreign gold 

 coin, against $14,008,784. Of the total imports 

 of silver, $4,530,384 were of bullion, against 

 $2,910,451 in 1884; $673,926 of American 

 coin, against $686,182; and $11,346,317 of 

 foreign coin, against $10,998,312. The exports 

 of foreign gold for the twelve months were 

 $5,736,333, consisting entirely of foreign gold 

 coin, against $5,787,753 in 1884, consisting of 

 $5,785,353 of foreign coin and $2,400 of bullion. 

 The exports of foreign silver coin and bullion, 

 in 1885, amounted to $12,119,082, against $11,- 

 119,995 in 1884, and consisted of $12,060,612 

 of foreign coin and $58,470 of bullion, against 

 $10,625,755 and $494,240 respectively. The 

 exports of domestic gold and silver amounted 

 to $24,376,110 in 1885, against $50,225,635 in 

 1884. The exports of domestic gold were $2,- 

 741,559 in amount, against $35,294,204 in 

 1884, and consisted of $307,772 in bars of the 

 Mint or Assay-Office, against $22,961,856, $87,- 

 978 in other bullion, against $90,327, and $2,- 

 345,809 in coin of the United States, against 

 $12,242,021. The exports of domestic silver 

 amounted to $21,634,551 in 1885, against $14,- 



