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three years. The imports of tin plate fell cff 

 fr..m 186,746.000 in 1890-'91 to $12,815.000 in 

 I*!U ''.I.'. The imports that took the first rank 



in is'.H 'li 1 ,' \\eiv in nnind numbers as follow: 

 ('..IT.',-. $127,000,000; sugar, $ 107.(HK),000; wool- 

 IMI manufactures, $38.0<X>.(XX): chemicals, $82,- 

 (X)O.lXX); silk manufactures, $31,000,000; cotton 

 inaiiufacliires, $28.000,000; hides, $27,000.000; 

 manufactures of flax, jute, and hemp, $27,000,- 

 000; raw silk, $:>.>,< XX),000. The staple exports 

 reached the following figures; Raw cotton, 

 "<X),000; wheat and flour, $287,000,000; 

 meat products. $130,000,000; Indian corn and 

 meal. $43.000.000; mineral oil, $43.000.000; 

 mt tic, $35,000,000; iron and steel products, 

 s _".'. i KM),000; lumber and wood manufactures, 

 $88,000,000 ; tobacco, $25,000.000. 



The increase in the total value of free imports 

 was $91,758,306, and the decrease in the value of 

 dutiable imports was $109,272.040. In the total 

 value of the merchandise imports there was a de- 

 crease of $17,513.734. The increase in the total 

 exports of domestic products was $143,461,728. 

 The total exports of foreign merchandise in 1892 

 were $14,54(5,137, against $12,210,527 in 1891, 

 showing an increase of $2,335,610. 



The total value of the imports and exports 

 carried in cars and other land vehicles in 1892 

 was $72,948.067, as compared with $72,856.194 

 in 1891 , carried in American vessels, $220,173,- 

 735, against $206,459,725; carried in foreign 

 vessels, $1.564,558,808, against $1,450.081,087. 

 Of the total imports of merchandise, $596,866,- 

 819 came in foreign steamships, $23,789.821 less 

 than in 1891 ; $51,669,157 in foreign sailing ves- 

 sels. ^4,185,966 less; $80,538,964 in American 

 steamships, $6,327,181 more; $58,600,927 in 

 American sailing vessels, $5,341.032 more; and 

 s3!.7'Jii..")!i5 in cars and other land vehicles. $1,- 

 206,160 more. Of the total exports of domestic 

 merchandise, $810,454,897 were carried in foreign 

 steamships, an increase of $134,917,442; $94.- 

 909.498 in foreign sailing vessels, an increase of 

 $5.219,165; $45,985,100 in American steamships, 

 an increase of $3,017,902; $33,181.664 in Amer- 

 ican sailing vessels, a decrease of $776,764 ; and 

 $31,200,852 in cars and other land vehicles, an 

 increase of $1,083.983. Of the foreign exports, 

 amounting to $14,546,137, there were $2.020,- 

 620. an increase of $214,050, carried in land 

 vehicles; $1,340.595, a decrease of $70.746, car- 

 ried in American steam vessels; $526,485, a de- 

 crease of $70.746, carried in American sailing ves- 

 sels; $10,267,275, an increase of $2.319.906. car- 

 ried in foreign steam vessels; and $391,162, a de- 

 crease of $3,005. carried in foreign sailing vessels. 



Of the total imports of merchandise, free and 

 dutiable, $785,395,764 were imported direct 

 from foreign countries in 1891-'92, against 

 $800,737,5158 in 1890-'91 ; $42,006.098 were im- 

 ported through the exterior ports without ap- 

 praisement, against $44,178.238; $?:: 4.6N-J.1CO 

 were entered for immediate consumption, 

 against sSi!!) l.TO'J.'.i::', : and sii-.'.TOn.:!!^ were en- 

 tered for warehouse, against $150,213,223. 



The total value of imported merchandise re- 

 maining in the warehouses of the various ports 

 on June 30, 1892, was $2!i..->7.'.<>7 > -2. compared 

 with $26. 571.201 on June 30, 1891. Of this 

 total, $28.095,613 consisted of dutiable, and 

 $1,479,459 of nondutiable merchandise, com- 



pared with $25,038,067 and $1,583,194 at the 

 end of the previous year. 



of the total import -and exports in 1892 there 

 were imported and exported at the port of New 

 York $950,490,895, or 65-89 per cent, of the 

 total commerce of the Atlantic coast ; while 

 Boston had $158.956.125, or 11-02 per cent.; 

 Philadelphia, $118.548,248, or 8-22 per cent.; 

 Baltimore, $112.268,720, or 7'78 per cent.; Sa- 

 vannah, $26,006,077, or 1-80 per cent.; Charles- 

 ton, $17,615,067, or 1-22 per cent. ; and Newport 

 News, $14,634,481, or 1-01 per cent. Of the 

 commerce of the Gulf ports, $150,162,426, or 

 70-08 per cent., was conducted through New 

 Orleans, and $36,703,256, or 17-14 per cent., 

 through Galveston. On the Pacific coast, 81'82 

 per cent, of the total commerce, or $87,872,728, 

 passed through San Francisco. Of the total 

 lake commerce, 21-77 per cent., $18,653,494 in 

 value, passed through Chicago; 12-69 percent, 

 through Port Huron; 11-18 per cent, through 

 Detroit, and 10-90 per cent, through Vermont. 

 The shares of the principal customs districts in 

 the total commerce of the country was as fol- 

 lows : New York, 51-18 per cent. ; Boston and 

 Charlestown. 8-56 per cent. ; New Orleans, 8'OU 

 per cent. ; Philadelphia, 6-38 per cent. ; Balti- 

 more, 6-05 per cent. ; San Francisco, 4-74 per 

 cent.; Galveston, 1-98 per cent.; Savannah, 1-40 

 per cent. ; Chicago, 1 per cent. ; Charlestpn, 0-95 

 per cent.; Newport News, 0*79 per cent.; Nor- 

 folk and Portsmouth, 0'71 per cent.; Huron, 

 0-59 per cent. ; Detroit, 0-51 per cent. ; Vermont, 

 0-50 per cent. ; Willamette, 0'43 per cent. ; 

 Puget Sound, 0-S8 per cent. ; Corpus Christi, 

 0-38 per cent. ; Paso del Norte. 0-36 per cent. ; 

 Champlain, 0-34 per cent. ; Richmond. 0-31 per 

 cent. ; Brunswick, Ga., 0-30 per cent. ; Wil- 

 mington, 0-29 per cent. ; Buffalo Creek, N. Y., 

 0-29 per cent. ; Oswego, 0-23 per cent. Of the 

 total external commerce of the country, $1,442,- 

 564,718, or 77-06 per cent., passed through the 

 Atlantic ports; $214,279,576, or 11-53 per cent., 

 through the ports of the Gulf of Mexico ; $107,- 

 464,295. or 5-79 per cent., through the Pacific- 

 ports; $85,676,232 over the northern border and 

 through the lake ports; and $7,695,789, or 0'42 

 per cent., fell to interior ports of entry. 



The following table gives the values of the 

 imports from the principal commercial countries, 

 and the exports of domestic merchandise to each 

 of them in 1892: 



