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silk ; of nearly a third in fibrous vegetable sub- 

 stances other than those that were newly exempted 

 from duty ; and slight decreases in coir yarn and 

 rice from the Hawaiian Islands. The import of the 

 last named in 1892 was 7,489,700 pounds. Most 

 articles showed an increase, and many a large in- 

 crease. In asphaltum it was from 70,158 to 103,- 

 157 tons ; in raw cotton, from 20,908,817 to 28,- 

 663,769 pounds ; in crude cacao, including shells 

 and leaves, from 21,539,840 to 21,955.874 pounds. 

 The increase in the imports of coffee was 118,- 

 413,480 pounds, or from 519,528,432 to 632,941,912 

 pounds. Among the chemicals, drugs, and dyes 

 not subject to duty, natural and artificial alizarine 

 shows an increase of 1,433,339 pounds, or from 

 3,404,931 to 4,838,270 pounds; cochineal, an in- 

 crease of 143,640 pounds, or from 86,399 to 230,- 

 039 pounds ; argol or crude tartar, one of 3,284,- 

 069 pounds, or from 21,579,102 to 24.813,171 

 pounds ; mineral waters, one of 279,974 gallons, 

 or from 1,885,100 to 2,165,074 gallons; chloride 

 of lime or bleaching powder, an increase of 3,- 

 272,574 pounds, or from 107,475,715 to 110,748,- 

 289 pounds ; licorice root, an increase of 43,351,- 

 672 pounds, or from 55,307,911 to 98,659,583 

 pounds; indigo, one of 372,660 pounds, or from 

 2,089,007 to 2.461,667 pounds: crude camphor 

 gum, one of 239,620 pounds, or from 1,716,167 to 

 1,955,787 pounds ; and shellac, one of 56,886 

 pounds, or from 6,253,380 to 6,310,266 pounds ; 

 and cinchona and other barks from which quinine 

 may be extracted, one of 533,092 pounds, or 

 from 2,901,783 to 3,434.875 pounds. In the im- 

 ports of India rubber there was an increase of 

 6.264,116 pounds, or from 33,712,089 to 39,976,- 

 205 pounds. In those of ivory there was one of 

 28,202 pounds, or from 243,236 to 271,438 pounds, 

 and in vegetable ivory, one of 1,374,830 pounds, 

 or from 7,178,146 to 8,552,976 pounds. The im- 

 ports of fixed and expressed oils increased from 

 18,816,943 to 32,532,437 pounds ; and those of 

 volatile or essential oils from 2,347,685 to 2,529,- 

 311 pounds. Plumbago imports show an in- 

 crease from 10,136 to 13,511 tons, or 3,375 tons. 

 In silk cocoons the increase was from 82,053 

 to 191,221 pounds; and in raw silk or silk as 

 reeled from the cocoon it was from 4,917,688 to 

 7,521,342 pounds. The imports of spices showed 

 a considerable augmentation in the demand, the 

 import of nutmegs increasing from 1,327,135 to 

 1,580,005 ; of black and white pepper, from 13,- 

 564,583 to 14,799,322 ; and of the other kinds, 

 from 13,732,261 to 14,511,451 pounds. The tea 

 imports grew from 83,453,339 to 90,079,039 

 pounds. In the imports of tin in bars, blocks, 

 and pigs, or grain, or granulated tin. the increase 

 was from 39,787,622 to 43,908,652 pounds. 



The values of the imports of the principal arti- 

 cles and classes of dutiable merchandise for 1892, 

 and for the last preceding year, are given in the 

 following table : 



