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d<-r. <>()) !><T cfnt. of the total, 0-10 of the im- 

 am! (H)6 of the exports ; that <.f IVru. 0-ti.s 

 nt. of the total, (H)7 of the imports, ami 

 OKI ,>f the e.\|Hirts; that of Bermuda, 0*06 per 

 f the total, 0-07 of the ini|>orts. mid <HI! 

 of theexp<>rt<: that of (i recce. 0*08 per (rut. of 

 the total. 0-15 of the inii>orts, and O'Ol of the 

 export*; that of French Africa, 0'05 per cent. 

 of the total, 0'08 of the imports, and (Hto of the 

 exports ; that of Dutch Guiana. 0'05 per cent, of 

 the total, 0-07 of the imports, and 0-03 of the ex- 

 jxirts: that, of French islands in Ocean ica, 0*08 

 IKT cent, of all three : that of all other countries, 

 irjn per cent, of the total, 0*13 of the imports, 

 and 0-24 of the exports. 



Imports. The value of the principal articles 

 or ela-ses of articles exempt from duty imported 

 into the United States during the twelve months 

 ending June 30, 1892. compared with the values 

 for the preceding year, are shown in the follow- 

 ing table: 



Total free of duty $366,241,852 i $457,999,656 



Of the articles imported free from the Hawaiian 

 Islands, rice alone is given in the figures for 1892, 

 the raw sugar being ounched with the imports 

 of cane sugar not above No. 16 Dutch standard 

 of color imported from the West Indian islands 

 and other countries that enjoy the reciprocity ar- 

 rangements of the McKinley tariff bill. "The 

 ports of the United States were made free to 

 raw sugar and molasses of those countries, and 

 to the beet-root sugar of European countries 

 having the footing of favored nations on April 

 1, 1891. The sugar imports from those coun- 

 tries previous to that date are included in the list 

 of dutiable articles. The imports of unmanufac- 

 tured opium, of chlorate, saltpeter, and the 

 other compounds of potash, except the muriate, 

 of chicory root unground, of dried currants and 

 dates, of materials of straw, grass, chin, palm 

 leaf, etc., for hats and bonnets, of needles for 

 sewingby hand ordarning.of unfinished shot-gun 

 barrels, of Chinese and other straw matting, and 

 of jute and jute butts, manilla hemp, and sisal 

 grass for the year 1890-'91, are given only for 

 the part of the year that came after Oct. 6, 1890, 

 before which they were included among the duti- 

 able articles. Eggs and fresh fish, on the other 

 hand, were taken off the free list, and the im- 

 ports of these articles are given only up to Oct. 

 o, 1890, from which date they are included in the 

 returns of duty-paying imports. 



The number of cattle imported free of duty 

 declined from 2,740 in 1891 to 1,132 in 1892, 

 sheej) from 9,606 to 4,816, and horses from 6.444 

 to :>.:U2. Distilled spirits, the produce of the 

 United States, returned free of duty, declined 

 from 1.701,591 to 918.304 proof gallo'ns. and in 

 value from $2.044.925 to $1.079.385. There was 

 a decrease of 23.858 tons, or from 84,155 to 60.- 

 2!7 tons, in the imports of logwood ; of 521.882 

 pounds, or from 938.839 to 417.007 pounds, in 

 gum Arabic; of 4.951,966 pounds, or from 7-V 

 5?:'.-tU to 70,621,448 pounds in muriate of pot- 

 ash: of 478.302 ounces, or from 3.332.178 to 

 2,853.871 ounces in sulphate of quinine and the 

 alkaloids or salts of cinchona bark; of 1 

 tons in sulphur; of f>.4~>? tons, or over 60 per 

 cent., in guano, and 8.636 tons in phosphnt. 

 i;.v.'..v.H> pounds in gutta-percha: of 8,126,187 

 pounds.or from 121,a r )8.212 to 1 1 7.!>:V,\07. r > pounds, 

 in rags for paper stock ; of 2.004 pounds, or over 

 a third in platinum ; of 145,402 pounds in waste 



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