COMMERCE AND NAVIGATION OF THE UNITED STATES. 



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ARTICLES nUCK OF DUTY. 



, IU.-.I ,,r . x|.r, >. .1 



^b or essential 



oons, and waste 



. unirniiinil 



. t. iitirelinod 



be and other, unrefined. . 



i and jute butts, 

 t Ix-iiip 



xtlle Basses and fibers. .. 



i in Mocks, bars, pijrs, etc 



Ml. unmanufactured 



m tin- Hawaiian Islands 

 I Di In r I'rce articles 



Total free of duty |26,\68,629 $306,241 ,862 



I *!><>. 



IK!M. 



91,919 



7.74H,&72 



.V.V.I.II- 



tmjut 



.'78,561 

 NVJ.lSS 



( Dutiable) 

 (Dutiable) 

 (Dutiable) 



( Dutiable > 



(Dutiable) 



(Dutiable) 



92.92 1 



987,904 



4,848,088 



1,061,960 



. 



19.077,806 



8,6S,I5I 



t \870,8W 



1 1,954,957 

 i:t,v/s.y<);{ 

 2,644,9tM 



* 4,4M,578 

 167,4N 



l,ti97,Cso 

 7.'J77,t45 

 5,270,972 



10.74y,402 

 y,4ul,154 



From Oct. 6, 1S90. only. For tlio preceding: I"rlod the 



. ivfii in the table of dutiable articles. 

 to Oct. i's l-'-H). For the remaining period see the 

 luiiatilo imports. 

 ; I- nun April 1, istu. For the preceding nine months tee 



table Mow. 



The importing 1 price or cost in the foreign 

 irkct whence they were imported of the cattle 

 .u'ht in free of duty has sunk from $56 in 

 to $18 in 1891, while the quality of horses 

 i! purled for breeding purposes has advanced, 

 id the average cost has risen from $121 to 

 Ml. The price of asphalt per ton in 1891 was 

 J.G1, a third higher than in the preceding year; 

 price of alizarine advanced from 17 to 20 

 its a pound, and that of cochineal from 21 to 

 cents, while that of cinchona remained at 10 

 its, argal fell from 11 to 10 cents, and logwood 

 lower in price. Of the gums, camphor has 

 Rn in four years from 12 to 27 cents a pound, 

 lile gum arabic has declined from 34 to 12 

 nts. Indigo was 77 cents a pound in 1891, as 

 >mparcd with 65 cents in 1890. Chloride of 

 lime <>r bleaching powder averaged 1 cent a 

 pound in both years. Licorice root was 2 cents 

 a pound, double the price in 1890. Sulphate of 

 jiiinia continued to decline, falling from 30 to 

 cents per ounce, a quarter of the price in 

 The price of soda nitrate remained the 

 e ; but that of sulphur advanced 25 per cent. 

 Manilla beans showed some falling off. Un- 

 inufactured cocoa remained unchanged; but 

 -c' from 16 to 19 cents a pound. Eggs 

 pro 15 cents, a cent more a dozen. Guano rose 

 :>m $13.26 to $17 50 a ton, while phosphates 

 11 off in price at the port of embarkation from 

 10.02 to $8.68. Salmon was a cent a pound 

 tieapcr, partly owing to the imposition of a 

 luty. but other fresh fi?h averaged the same in 

 price. India-rubber advanced from 44 t<> 52 

 cents a pound. Ivory was $3.64 a pound, about 

 3 IMT cent, cheaper. The fixed oils were 6 cents 

 a pound, an advance of 1 cent, while the volatile 

 oils fell from 63 to 55 cents per pound. The 

 >rice of raffs did not vary. Raw silk declined 

 ' ->ra $3.92 to $3.66 a pound, while waste silk 

 id cocoons snowed a considerable advance, 

 he price of nutmegs was a cent a pound higher, 

 lat of pepper fell from 12 to 10 cents, and other 

 pices averaged 15 per cent, lower prices. The 



average price of tea advanced from 15 to 17 



cents 11 pound. 



The 1 1 ii in I H T of cattle imported fn-e of duty in 

 INiM was 2,7-10. it decrease of 1,192; of boCM^tbe 

 number was 6,444, or 4,424 less than in IVMI; 

 and the- number of .sheep was 9,006, u decrease of 

 6,6!)?. Tho quantity of American spirits 

 abroad and reimportcd was 1,791,591 gallons, 

 ??1,:!95 gallons more than in the preceding year. 

 The quantity of asphaltum imported was nearly 

 the simc. The import of hemlock bark was 

 two thirds greater in quantity. In the imports, 

 that of alizarine and madder increased 60 per 

 cent., that of crude tartar declined 12 percent., 

 that of the barks from which quinine is extracted 

 was slightly greater, and that of cochineal was 

 only about two fifths as large. In the import of 

 logwood there was an increase from 65,870 to 

 84,155 tons. The import of gum arabic fell off 

 10 per cent, in quantity, and that of camphor 15 

 per cent., while that of gambier or terra japonica 

 increased 85 per cent., and that of shellac 35 per 

 cent. Of indigo about a quarter less was im- 

 ported, of licorice root about the same quantity, 

 of chloride of lime about 8 per cent, more, of 

 muriate of potash 20 per cent. more, of quinine 

 and alkaloids of the same nature a very little 

 more, of nitrate of soda 10 per cent, more, of 

 sulphur 15 per cent, less, and of vanilla beans 18 

 per cent. more. The import of cocoa was larger 

 by one sixth, and that of coffee increased from 

 499,159,120 to 519,528,432 pounds. There was 

 an increase of 25 per cent, in the import of guano 

 and of 13 per cent, in that of phosphates for 

 fertilizing purposes. The imports of rubber and 

 gutta-percha increased from 33.842,374 to 34,- 

 672,924 pounds. In rags for paper-making there 

 was an increase in quantity of 20 per cent. The 

 import of raw silk fell off from 5,!)-j:!.:5;o to 

 4,917,688 pounds, that of cocoons from 162,531 

 to 82,053 pounds, and that of silk waste from 

 1,404,549 to 1,300,789 pounds. The importation 

 of sugar was enormously stimulated by the re- 

 moval of the duty. The same is true in a less 

 degree of jute, sisal grass, and other raw ma- 

 terials that were transferred to the free list. The 

 effect of the competition of the Spanish and 

 English colonies and of Europe is not noticeable, 

 except in the prices, in the returns of imports of 

 brown sugar from the Hawaiian Islands, which 

 were more than a third greater than in 1890. 



The following table gives the values of the prin- 

 cipal articles and classes of dutiable merchandise 

 imported in 1891 and the last preceding year: 



