i "MMKUCE AND NAVIGATION OP THE UNITED STATES. 



187 



16,992,488 to 86,644,096 - M uan- yard-. 



Id) and rag- Ml from 1,980,327 to 1.185,- 



)l pound-, ami t Im.-c of yarn- from :!, I ;;!.-, I'.l |<i 

 pounds. 



i.-iva-e in the import of sugar was 

 Djita tran-fer to the free list (hive monl hs 

 the end of the fi-calycar 1MH. The total 

 taiion of raw >uu r ar. including the import 

 from th.- Hawaiian Islands, was ^,479,260, 785 

 >unds, valued al xlO.V^'vi'Vi, against 2,9:{3,9:W.- 

 ..f the \ able of $96.os:,.!>?i. in 1890. 

 material increase in the value imported is ob- 

 iii the following articles from the free 

 : ColTee, of which the imports were $17,856,- 

 more in value than in 1890; hides and skins, 

 lich show an increase of $6,048,873: chemicals, 



lected on dutiable merchandise was 46*26 per 

 cent, in lN!M,4---l ,,,. r ,.,.,,!., IN'.MI, .j.vi;; ,...,- 

 cent, in iN.yt, |.Yi;:t per cent, in INNS, and 47-10 

 per cent, in 1HN.7. Taking free and dutiable 

 merchandise together, the duties averaged 

 per cent, in ivn. -j-ia per cent, in I wo. L'ic.Vt 

 per cent, in I ssii. ;>!! per cent, in INKS, ami 

 81*08 per cent in 1887. 



Exports. The total value of the export- of 

 don,, stic merchandise for the fiscal year 1891 

 was $872,270,283, which was greater than in any 

 previous year except 1881 and $26,976,455 in ex- 

 cess of the domestic exports of 1890. The val- 

 ues of the chief staples of the export commerce 

 for the last three years are given in the follow- 

 ing table : 



oniel 



decri 

 hem] 



more 



i .1:^. and dyes, of which $4,825,324 worth more 

 re imported ; fruits and nuts, the imports of 

 lich were $3,555,144 greater; and crude rub- 

 and gutta-percha, imports of which were 

 ,166,292 more in value. In the list of dutiable 

 Jcles the imports of iron and steel and the man- 

 ;tures thereof were $11.575,976 more in value ; 

 metals, metal compositions, and manufactures 

 thereof show an increase of $2,988,588 : raw wool 

 was imported to the amount of $2,967,289 more; 

 and vegetables came in to the amount of $2,725,- 

 72'J more. The transfer of jute, sisal grass, and 

 other fibrous materials to the free list caused a 

 leereaso of $13,863,081 under the head of flax, 

 ip, and jute in the 'dutiable list, which was 

 >re than offset by an increase of $14,608,019 

 under the head of textile grasses and vegetable 

 fillers in the free list. There was a decrease of 

 ,249,450 in the imports of unmanufactured silk 

 long the free articles, and among the dutiable 

 ides th,, largest decrease was $15,522,352 un- 

 the head of wool and woolen manufactures, 

 imports of manufactures of flax, hemp, jute, 

 allied substances fell off $4.397,185. 

 The total value of imported merchandise free 

 of duty entered for consumption in 1891 was 

 |3HM.(M54.404. against s-JliC. !():!.( J7 in IS'.IO. s-,V>i;.- 

 "T1. ;:!<) in 1889, $244.104,852 in 1888, and $233.- 

 0!t::,r,.v. in 1887. The total value of dutiable 

 merchandise entered for consumption was $466,- 

 4.Vi.l7:i in 1891, $507,571,764 in 1890, $484,856,- 

 7;^ in iss-.i. $468,143,774 in 1888, and $450,325,- 



rin ISSST. In 1891 the amount of duty col- 

 d was $215,790,686. The average rate col- 



These articles- constituted 91-5 per cent, of the 

 total domestic exports in 1889, 91'99 per cent, in 

 1890, and 92-34 per cent, in 1891. 



Grouped according to the source and nature 

 of the articles, the domestic exports of the last 

 two years are classified as follow : 



Products of agriculture constituted 78'69 per 

 cent, of the total value of exports in 1891, and 

 in 1890 they made 74-51 per cent, of the whole. 

 The proportionate value of the mineral products. 

 which include mineral oils, declined from 2-64 

 to 2 f 53 per cent., that of forest products from 

 3-48 to 3-29 per cent., that of fishery products 

 from -89 to -71 per cent., and that of miscellane- 

 ous products from -60 to -41 percent., these vari- 

 ations being caused by the larger absolute ami 

 relative exportation of manufactured products. 

 which formed 19-37 per cent, of the whole in 

 1891, as compared with 17-88 per cent, in l 



The values of the articles or classes of article-. 

 the produce or manufacture of the United State-, 

 exported during the year ending June 30. 1891. 

 compared with the 'values for the preceding 

 year are pre-uitcd in the following table: 



