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COMMERCE AND NAVIGATION OP THE UNITED STATES. 



stone from various buildings in Chicago and a 

 large bundle of newspapers, containing copies of 

 the principal journals of the United States. The 

 monument is about 20 feet in height. The dedi- 

 catory ceremonies included a prayer by S. W. 

 Roberts, a brief address by Capt. Maxwell-Nairn, 

 the local magistrate, and an oration by Walter 

 Wellman. 



COMMERCE AND NAVIGATION OF 

 THE UNITED STATES. The total value of 

 the trade of the United States with other coun- 

 tries for the twelve months ending June 30, 

 1891, was $1,729,397,006, exceeding by $82,257,- 

 913 that of 1890, which was greater than the 

 commerce of any previous year, and $241,797,860 

 in excess of the 'total for 1889. The value of the 

 merchandise imports was $844,916,196, the larg- 

 est in the history of American commerce, exceed- 

 ing the total for the fiscal year 1890 by $55,605,- 

 787. The exports of merchandise reached the 

 sum of $884,480,810, exceeding those of 1890 by 

 $26,652,126. The values of the total imports of 

 merchandise and of the exports, domestic and 

 foreign, for the last four years have been as 

 follow : 



$620,659,640, an increase of $49,210,646 ; and the 

 value brought in foreign sailing vessels was $55,- 

 855,123, an increase of $3,561,017. Of the total 

 exports, the merchandise carried in cars and 

 other land vehicles was $30,116,869 in value, 

 or $201,077 less than in 1890; the value car- 

 ried in American steamers was $42,967,198, 

 or $6,058,419 more ; the value carried in Ameri- 

 can sailing vessels was $33,938,428, a decrease 

 of $4,534,251 ; the value carried in foreign 

 steamers was $675.537,455, an increase of $30,- 

 959,672 : and the value carried in foreign sail- 

 ing vessels was $89,710,333, a decrease of $5,- 

 306,308. The foreign exports carried in cars 

 declined from $2,631,956 to $1,806.570, those 

 carried in American sailing vessels from $947,- 

 721 to $651,080, and those carried in foreign 

 sailing vessels from $898,749 to $394,167; while 

 the value carried in American steam vessels ad- 

 vanced from $1,172,959 to $1,411,341, and that 

 carried in foreign steam vessels from $6,883,471 

 to $7,947,369. 



Imports. The values of the principal articles 

 and classes of articles exempt from duty im- 

 ported into the United States during the twelve 



