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still wine in bottles increased from 348,666 to 

 365,140 dozen; and that of still wine in casks 

 decreased from 3,860,503 to 3,477,989 gallons, 

 the price of champagne being about 2 per cent. 

 and that of still wines 4 per cent, higher. The 

 price of boards and other sawed lumber rose 

 from $11.11 to $11.37, and the import declined 

 from 757,244 to 663,253 thousand feet : that of 

 shingles increased from 260,652 to 363,027 thou- 

 sand, with a fall in the price of about 5 per 

 cent., or from $2.12 to $2.02. In wood pulp 

 there was a decrease of 2,197 tons, the quantity 

 imported being 41,118 tons. The total quantity 

 of raw wool imported was 148,670,652 pounds, 

 an increase of 19,367,004 pounds. Of this in- 

 crease, 18,031,861 pounds was in the wools of 

 class 1, or clothing wools, of which there were 

 50,262,796 pounds imported, at an average price 

 of 19 cents, against 21 cents in 1891. The price 

 of combing wools, class 2 in the schedule, re- 

 mained 23 cents on the average, and the imports 

 declined 840,449 pounds to 5,826,574 pounds. In 

 class 3, comprising the carpet wools and all other 

 of similar quality, there was an increased im- 

 portation, the total quantity being 92,581,282 

 pounds at 9 cents, against 90,405,690 pounds 

 in 1891 at 11 cents. The imports of carpets 

 and carpeting fell off from 658,006 to 622,892 

 square yards. The imports of woolen cloths in- 

 creased from 12,109,825 to 13,813.276 pounds, 

 while those of women's and children's dress 

 goods fell of from 86,644,096 to 78,753,033 

 square yards. The price of carpeting averaged 

 $2.06, which was 3 cents lower than in 1891 ; 

 that of cloths declined from 99 cents to 92; and 

 that of dress goods averaged 21 cents per yard 

 in both years. The imports of shoddy, mungo, 

 flocks, noils, rags, and woolen waste fell off from 

 1,185,591 to 262,992 pounds, and those of woolen 

 yarns, at 59 cents in both years, declined from 

 2,004,093 to 1,267,128 pounds. While the price 

 of zinc remained 5-1 cents, the imports decreased 

 from 1,541,836 to 494,980 pounds. 



Exports. The following table gives the val- 

 ues exported of the principal articles or classes 

 of articles, the produce of the United States, in 

 1892, and the values for the preceding year : 



