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COMMERCE AND NAVIGATION OF THE UNITED STATES. 



* Excess of exports. 



Between the grand divisions of the globe the trade of 1891 was divided as follows : 



* Excess of exports. 



79-97 per cent, in 1891. In 1881 Great Britain 

 and Ireland furnished 27-15 per cent, of the im- 

 ports ; France, 10-86 per cent. ; Germany, 8-25 per 

 cent. ; other European countries, 6-76 per cent. ; 

 the West Indies, 13-10 per cent. ; British America, 

 5-92 per cent. ; South America, 12-55 per cent. ; 

 Asia and Oceanica, 11-40 per cent. ; Mexico, 1-30 

 per cent. ; Central America, 0-54 per cent. ; and 

 all other countries, 2'12 per cent. In 1891 Great 

 Britain's share in the imports was 23 - 05 per cent. ; 

 Germany's, 11-52 per cent. ; that of France, 9-08 

 per cent. : of the rest of Europe, 10-71 percent. ; of 

 the West India islands, 10 - 23 per cent. ; of British 

 America, 4-67 per cent. ; of Mexico, 3-23 per 

 cent. ; of Central America, 1*19 per cent. ; of 

 South America, 14 - 05 per cent. ; of Asia and 

 Oceanica, 11-59 per cent. : of other countries, 

 0-68 per cent. Great Britain took 54-01 pel- 

 cent, of the domestic exports in 1881 and 50-62 

 per cent, in 1891 ; France took 10-16 per cent, in 

 1881 and 6-86 per cent, in 1891 : Germany took 

 7-79 per cent, in 1881 and 10-49 per cent, in 1891 ; 

 other European countries took 13-50 per cent, in 

 1881 and 12 per cent, in 1891 ; British possessions 

 in North America took 4-05 per cent, in 1881 and 

 4-29 per cent, in 1891 ; the West Indies took 3-29 

 per cent, in 1881 and 3'83 per cent, in 1891 ; 

 Mexico took 1-04 per cent, in 1881 and 1-63 per 

 cent, in 1891 ; the rest of North America took 

 0-27 per cent, in 1881 and 0'85 per cent, in 1891 ; 

 South America took 2-78 per cent, in 1881 and 

 3'81 per cent, in 1891 ; Asia and Oceanica took 

 2-55 per cent, in 1881 and 5-02 per cent, in 1891 ; 

 and all other countries took 0'56 per cent, in- 

 1881 and 0'60 per cent, in 1891. 



The trade with the United Kingdom forms 55 

 per cent, of the American trade with Europe, and 

 about 37 per cent^of the total foreign commerce 

 of the United Stares. Next in value is the trade 

 with North America, including the West Indies. 



The commerce with North America, including 

 Mexico, Central America, and the West Indies, 

 amounted in 1891 to $259,775,208, in which sum 

 the imports stand for $163,226,079 and the ex- 

 ports for $66,676,950. Owing to defective col- 

 lection of statistics on the Canadian and Mexi- 

 can frontiers the exports to those countries are 

 probably stated too low by at least $30,000,000. 

 As compared with the figures for 1890 there was 

 an increase in 1891 of $10.813,735 in the domes- 

 tic exports to France, of $7,369,766 in the ex- 

 ports to Germany, of $5,756,518 in those to 

 China, of $2,146,777 in those to Brazil, of $1,- 

 871,620 in those to Spain, of $1,723,598 in those 

 to Australasia, of $1,532,972 in those to Mexico, 

 of $1,475,641 in those to Central America, and 

 of $1,329,226 in those to Holland. On the other 

 hand, the exports of domestic products to the 

 Argentine Republic fell $5,604,552; those to 

 Great Britain and Ireland, $2,859,202 ; those to 

 Russia, $2.769.553 : and those to British North 

 American possessions, $1,198,939. The imports 

 from Brazil were $23,911,839 more in 1891 than 

 in 1890, those from the West Indies were $8,- 

 457,464 more, those from Great Britain $8,234,346 

 more, those from Mexico $4,605,077 more, those 

 from China $3,061,379 more, those from British 

 India $2,552,670 more, those from Australasia 

 $1,961,345 more, those from Central American 

 states $1,746,678 more, those from the Hawaiian 

 Islands $1,581,689 more. There was a decrease 

 of $6,425,417 in the imports from the Philippine 

 Islands, of $4.607,059 in those from the Nether- 

 lands, of $1,794,126 in those from Japan, and of 

 $1,521,300 in those from Germany. The total 

 imports from South America, the West Indies, 

 Central America, and Mexico in 1891 amounted 

 to $242,512,577, which was 28-70 per cent, of the 

 total imports of merchandise. The exports to 

 the same countries were $90,413,516, or 10-22 



