COMMERCE AND NAVIGATION OF THE UNITED STATES. 



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tion during the year ending June 30, 1886, 

 was $625,778,055, against $579,580,054 in 

 1884-'85, and $667,575,389 in ISSS-'S^ The 

 value of dutiable merchandise entered for 

 consumption was $413,778,055 in 1885-'86, 

 $386,667,820 in 1884-'85, and $456,295,124 in 

 1883-'84. The amounts of duty collected in 

 1886 was $188,533,171, the average ad valorem 

 rate being 45-80 per cent. ; in 1885, $177,414,- 

 454, or at the rate of 46-074 per cent. ; in 1884, 

 $189,943,297, representing the average rate of 

 41-702 per cent. The value of manufactured 

 goods entered for consumption in 1886 was 

 $377,012,646, and that of unmanufactured 

 goods $249,296,168. Of the total amount of 

 duties collected 27'337 per cent, was paid on 

 sugar, 2-759 per cent, on raw wool, 14-401 per 

 cent, on woolen manufactures, 7'725 per cent. 

 on iron and steel and manufactures thereof, 

 3*910 per cent, on manufactures of flax, hemp, 

 jute, and other vegetable fibers, 7'358 per cent, 

 on manufactures of silk, 6'205 per cent, on cot- 

 ton manufactures, 4*388 per cent, on tobacco, 

 3 - 798 per cent, on wines and distilled and malt 

 liquors, 2'295 per cent, on chemicals, drugs, 

 dyes, and medicines, and 19-824 per cent, on 

 all other articles. Articles of food paid 32-42 

 per cent, of the total duties collected, raw 

 materials 6'83 per cent., partly manufactured 

 goods 10-68 per cent., manufactured articles 

 29-45 per cent., and articles of luxury 20'53 

 per cent. 



The value of merchandise received for in- tran- 

 sit or transshipment in 1886 was $37,038,264. 

 Goods of the value of $10,861,020 were re- 

 ceived from British North American provinces, 

 and of that of $26,177,244 from other coun- 

 tries. The value of transit goods shipped to 

 British North America was $20,241,079, and 

 of those sent to other countries $16,797,185. 



Carrying-Trade. The proportion of the for- 

 eign commerce of the United States carried in 

 American vessels was 15-07 per cent, in 1885- 

 '86, while 79'38 per cent, was carried under 

 foreign flags, and 5-55 per cent, in land-ve- 

 hicles. The proportion carried in American 

 steam-vessels was 6'95 per cent. ; in foreign 



steam-vessels, 65-25 per cent. ; in American 

 sailing-vessels, 8 4 12 per cent. ; in foreign sail- 

 ing-vessels, 14-13 per cent. The value of im- 

 ports carried in American steam -vessels in 

 1886 was $54,011,911; of domestic exports, 

 $31,751,729; of foreign exports, $1,127,827; 

 total exports, $32,879,556 ; transshipment and 

 in-transit trade, $9,711,701 ; total foreign com- 

 merce, $96,603,168. The value of imports car- 

 ried in American sailing-vessels was $64,930,- 

 906 ; of domestic exports, $44,663,036 ; of for- 

 eign exports, $864,094 ; total exports, $45,527,- 

 130; in-transit and transshipment trade, $2,244,- 

 740; total foreign commerce, $112,702,776. 

 The total value of imports carried in American 

 vessels was $118,942,817 ; of domestic exports, 

 $76,414,765 ; of foreign exports, $1,991,921 ; to- 

 tal exports, $78,406,686; in-transit and trans- 

 shipment trade, $11,956,441 ; total foreign 

 commerce, $209,305,944. The value of imports 

 carried in foreign steam-vessels was $428,403,- 

 781 ; of domestic exports, $442,536,993 ; of 

 foreign exports, $7,882,626 ; total exports, 

 $450,419,619 ; in-transit and transshipment 

 trade, $27,576,087 ; total foreign commerce, 

 $906,399,487. The value of imports carried in 

 foreign sailing-vessels was $63,533,855 ; of do- 

 mestic exports, $130,587,410; of foreign ex- 

 ports, $966,448; total exports, $131,553,858; 

 in-transit and transshipment trade, $1,122,803 ; 

 total foreign commerce, $196,210,516. The 

 total value of imports carried in foreign vessels 

 was $491,937,636 ; of domestic exports, $573,- 

 124,403 ; of foreign exports, 8,849,074 ; total 

 exports, $581,973,477; in-transit and transship- 

 ment trade, $28,698, 890 ; total foreign com- 

 merce, $1,102,610,003. 



The value of imports carried in cars and 

 other land-vehicles was $24,555,683; of do- 

 mestic exports, $16,425,361 ; of foreign exports, 

 $2,719.306 ; total exports, $19,144,667 ; in- 

 transit and transshipment trade, $33,421,197; 

 total foreign commerce, $77,121,547. 



The tonnage entered at ports of the United 

 States in its foreign trade during the year end- 

 ing June 30, 1886, as compared with 1885, was 

 as follows : 



