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Tin- exjort price of live cattle averaged $88. 



head 111 I MU. compared with ifsl.iiO in 



<11.:;!, compared with ifll.M); 



of h..rses, |189.45, compared with $252.88; of 



mules, $1M.4^, compared with $127.59; of 



3.1 HI; 1,905 mules, against 2,184 ; and 40,900 

 sli,-ep. against liU.'.llT. Tin- exports of wheat in 

 aim muted to 157,280,351 bushels, at an 



price of $1.08, against 55, 18 1,9-18 

 in IMM.at !'! cents a bushel. The number 

 of barrels of Hour exported was lf>, I!)<i,?(i9 in 

 ,ud the price was $4.90 a barrel, or 14 

 c.nls higher than in 1891, when 11,834,804 bar- 

 rels were shipped abroad. The corn exports 

 COM from ::<). riiS.213 bushels in 1891 to 75,451,- 

 M!i bushels, while the price declined from an 

 average of 57 cents to one of 55 cents. The 

 price of rye for export rose from 64 to 95 cents, 

 inconsequence of the short crop of this grain 

 in the Continental countries, where it is the chief 

 food of the people. Instead of being converted 

 into whisky, the American crop was exported to 

 the amount of 12,041.316 bushels, compared 

 with :!:!,', 7;>9 bushels in the previous year. The 

 export of oats rose from 958,010 to 9,425,078 

 bushels, with a decline in the average price from 

 43 to 41 cents, and of barley from 973,062 to 2,- 

 800.075 bushels, the price going down from 69 

 to <i:: cents. Of oatmeal, 20,908,190 pounds were 

 exported, an increase of 13,171,817 pounds. The 

 onh decrease in quantities in the list of bread- 

 st nil's occurred under the heads of cornmeal and 

 of bread and biscuit. Of the latter, 14,449,655 

 pounds were exported, against 15,541,655 in 1891, 

 at an average price of 5-4 cents for both years. 

 The values of the cereal exports were as follow 

 lor the two years : 



The export of candles increased from 1,546,079 

 1o 1,715.130 pounds, with a decline of 6 per cent, in 

 price. Among the chemicals, drugs, and dyes, 

 the export of pot and pearl ashes increased from 

 |:!0..")S',> to 1.307,634 pounds. Ginseng decreased 

 from '383,000 pounds, valued at $959.992 to 228.- 

 916 pounds, valued at $808,529. The value of 

 patent medicines was $1,842.889, a decrease of 

 s:;?.s:',9 ; of dyes and dyestuffs, $597,016, one of 

 $88.574 



The export of anthracite coal was 808.277 

 tons. IW.t .:;.-> less, that of bituminous coal 1.700,- 

 !!i(i tons. -J-Jo.TiiO more, than in the preceding 

 year. The e\t>ort of copper in ingots, liars. 

 etc., leaped up from 34,554,517 to 56,453,736 

 pounds, 1 lie average price being 12 cents, a cent 

 lower. The export of Sea Island cotton fell 



off from 87,078 bales, or 14,588,092 pounds, to 

 22,866 bales, or 9,074,<;*<; pounds. The shi; 

 of ordinary cotton were 5,868,545 bales, m 

 145,12") pounds, showing an increase of 85,444 

 bales, or 33,874,422 pounds, over the great ship- 

 ments of 1891. The total figures for raw cot- 

 ton are 5,820,779 bales, or 2,907,358.795 pounds, 

 for 1891, and 5,891,411 bales, or 2,935,219,811 

 pounds, for 1892. Of colored cotton cloths, 40,- 

 M.V150 yards, and of uncolored. 142,938,871 

 yards, were exported, against 39,016,682 and 

 135,529,590 yards. The average price of Sea 

 Island cotton was 21 cents in 1891 and 18 

 cents in 1892; of other cotton, 9'9 and 8'7 cents 

 a pound respectively ; of colored cloths, 6-6 and 

 6'1 cents a yard ;' of uncolored, 6-9 and 6'6 

 cents. The quantity of eggs exported was 

 183.063 dozen, 180,053 dozen less. The export 

 of fresh fish increased from 868,796 to 1,414,019 

 pounds, and that of pickled mackerel from 2,- 

 295 to 8,490 barrels : but the other fish exports 

 showed a falling off, that of canned salmon be- 

 ing 18,215,025 pounds, or 4,152,200 pounds less, 

 and that of dried codfish, haddock, hake, and 

 pollock 14,435,878, or 2,877,292 pounds less. 

 The export of dried apples was 26,042,063 

 pounds, against 6,973,168 pounds in 1891 ; and 

 that of fresh apples increased from 135,207 to 

 938,743 barrels, the crop having been much 

 more abundant. The export price of dried ap- 

 ples was 5-9 cents a pound in 1891 and 4'9 cents 

 in 1892, that of green or ripe apples $1.41 and 

 $1.03. The price of fertilizers advanced from 

 $9.41 to $15.82 a ton, and the export rose from 

 231,915 to 251,104 tons. The export of bagging 

 decreased from 8,092,834 to 7,603,329 pounds. 

 The shipments of glucose increased, from 58,- 

 149,427 to 96,486,953 pounds, at an average price 

 of 2'4 cents throughout. There were 12,604,- 

 686 pounds of hops exported, an increase of 

 3.868,606 pounds, while the price fell from 

 27 to 19 cents. In the total for the iron and 

 steel exports for 1892 the sum of $10,229,293 

 represents machinery, $3,133,992 sewing ma- 

 chines, $2,309,688 locks and builders' hardware, 

 $1,900.444 saws and tools, $1,717,715 locomo- 

 tive engines, $853,628 firearms, $852,659 wire. 

 $789,546 castings, $568,485 boilers and parts of 

 engines, $409,220 printing presses, and $325,- 

 417 scales and balances. The number of loco- 

 motive engines fell off from 275 to 197. and the 

 export of firearms was somewhat less, but in 

 nearly all other articles there was a larger trade, 

 with prices considerably lower, owing to the fall 

 in the price of iron. The average price of boots 

 and shoes per pair advanced from $1.18 to $1.23, 

 the export increasing from 551,738 to 745,112 



Sairs, while that of sole leather, of which 37.- 

 53,381 pounds were exported, remained sta- 

 tionary at 16 cents. The price of rosin dropped 

 from $1.94 to $1.75 a barrel. The export of 

 rosin was 1,950,214 barrels, and of spirits of 

 turpentine 13,176.470 gallons, an increase of 

 159.9I.3 barrels of the one and 982.849 pllons of 

 the other. The exports of lard oil ana of wlmle 

 and fish oils, except sperm oil, were consider- 

 ably smaller, the total for animal oils dropping 

 from 3,072,022 to 2,150,357 gallons. The ex- 

 ports of illuminating mineral oils were 564,896,- 

 658, against 571,119,805 gallons; of crude oil. 

 103,592,767 gallons, against 91,415,095; of naph- 



