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COMMERCE AND NAVIGATION OF THE UNITED STATES. 



The exports of live animals included 374,679 

 cattle, exported at the average price of $81.26 a 

 head, as compared with 394,836, at the export 

 price of $79.18, in 1890 ; 95,654 hogs, worth $11.99 

 apiece, against 91,148, worth $9.97 ; 3,110 horses, 

 of the average value of $252.38, against 3,501, at 

 $194.35 each; 2,184 mules, worth $127.59 each; 

 and 60,947 sheep, worth $4.28 each. The export of 

 wheat was 55,131,948 bushels, at 93 cents a bushel, 

 against 54,387,767, at 83 cents, in 1890 ; that of 

 corn fell off from 101,973.717 bushels, at 49 cents, 

 to 30,768,213 bushels, at 57 cents ; that of wheat 

 flour declined from 12,231,711 to 11,344,304 

 barrels, of the total values, respectively, of $57,- 

 036,168 and $54,705,616; of oats, only 953,010 

 bushels were exported, against 13,692,776 in 

 1890 ; and of rye, 332,739 bushels, against 2,257,- 

 377. Ginseng, once prominent among the minor 

 exports, is found in decreasing quantities, and the 

 price has risen from $1.99 a pound in 1885 to 

 $3.39 in 1891, when the export amounted to 

 283.000 pounds. The export of copper ore in 

 1891 was 38,562 tons, an increase of 1,722 tons; 

 that of copper ingots and bars and old copper 

 was 34,554,517 pounds, an increase of 14,317,108 

 pounds, at 13 cents a pound, 2 cents better than 

 in 1890. The export of Sea Island cotton was 

 14,588,092 pounds, an increase of 5.367,273 

 pounds, at 21 cents a pound, 4 cents below the 

 price in 1891. The price of middling upland 

 fell from 11 to 10 cents, while the cotton export, 

 including Sea Island, increased from 5,020,913 

 bales, or 2,471,799.853 pounds, in 1890, to 5,820,- 

 779 bales, or 2,907,358,795 pounds, in 1891. The 

 exports of colored cloths amounted to 39,016,682 

 yards, which was 3,293,088 yards less than in 1890 ; 

 but the increase in the quantity of exports of un- 

 colored cloths, of which 135.529,590 yards were 

 exported, made the gain in cotton manufactures 

 equally large in quantity and in value, for the 

 price for both descriptions of cloth continued to 

 average 7 cents a yard. There was little varia- 

 tion in the fish exports, except those of canned 

 salmon, which fell off from 28,681,661 to 22,367,- 

 225 pounds. Under the head of fruit the drop in 

 the export of apples from 453,506 to 135,207 bar- 

 rels, and that of dried apples from 20,861,462 to 6,- 



