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COMMERCE AND NAVIGATION OF THE UNITED STATES. 



The quantities of the leading articles export- 

 ed show a much smaller decrease since 1881 



than the values. The quantity of raw cotton 

 exported in 1886 was 2,058,037,444 pounds, be- 

 ing 6'1 per cent less than in 1881, while a com- 

 parison of the values shows a decline of 17'3 

 per cent. The export of Indian corn was 63,- 

 655,433 bushels, 30*7 per cent, less in quantity, 

 and 37*4 per cent, in value ; that of corn-meal, 

 293,546 barrels, 32'5 per cent, less in quantity, 

 and 33-3 per cent, in value: that of rye, 196,- 

 725 bushels, 89-8 per cent, less in quantity, 

 and 92-9 per cent, in value; that of wheat, 

 57,759,209 bushels, 61*7 per cent, less in quan- 

 tity, and 70-2 per cent, in value ; that of wheat- 

 flour, 8,179,241 barrels, 2-9 per cent, more in 

 quantity, but 14'6 per cent, less in value. The 

 export of live cattle was 119,065 head, 35*8 per 

 cent, fewer than in 1881, and 23*4 per cent, less 

 in value. The export of fresh beef, 99,423,362 

 pounds, showed a decline of 6 -2 per cent, in 

 quantity, and 5*7 per cent, in value; salted 

 and cured beef, 59,728,325 pounds, an increase 

 in quantity of 2*5 per cent,, and in value of 

 36'3 per cent. 



The following table exhibits the average ex- 

 port prices of corn and wheat per bushel, flour 

 per barrel, mineral oil per gallon, and other 

 leading articles per pound in 1886 and the five 

 preceding years, and in 1876, 1866, and 1856: 



The values of the principal classes of exports, 

 constituting over 90 per Cent, of the total ex- 

 ports for the last three years, are given in the 

 following table : 



$948,133 : and in clover-seed, $1,260,401, while 

 other seed showed an increase of $1,043,717. 

 Of the decrease in the exports of meat prod- 

 ucts, $7,757,702 was in pork products, $3,923,- 

 853 in beef products, and $1,592,812 in other 

 meat products. 



The following table exhibits the values of 

 the exports of domestic merchandise, divided 

 into products of agriculture, products of manu- 

 facture, and products of mining, forestry, fish- 

 eries, etc., for the last ten years, and for the 

 years 1860 and 1870 : 



In the export of spirits there was a falling off 

 in 1886 of $2,819,702 ; in hides and skins, of 





