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tha, 12,727,978, against 12,171,147 gallons; ot 

 lubricating and heavy paraffin oil. 33,591,076 

 gallons, against 33,514,730; of cotton-seed oil, 

 13,859,278 gallons, against 11,003,160; of oil 

 of peppermint, 54,987 pounds, against 45.321 

 pounds ; of paraffin and paraffin wax, 64,998,- 

 867 pounds, against 66,366,003. The price of 

 lard oil advanced from 52 to 55 cents ; that of 

 sperm oil fell from 75 to 73 cents ; while other 

 whale and fish oil went up to 28 cents from 

 25. Crude petroleum dropped from 6-4 to 4-9 

 cents, naphtha from 8 - 2 to 7'1 cents, and illu- 

 minating oil from 7 to 5 - 9 cents, while lubri- 

 cating and heavy oils advanced from 14 to 16 

 cents a gallon. The price of cotton seed oil was 36 

 cents, remaining unchanged. The rate for bacon 

 and hams rose from 7'6 to 8'1 cents a pound ; 

 salted beef averaged 5'7 cents for both years ; 

 fresh beef went up from 7 - 8 to 8-2 cents; cheese 

 advanced from 9 to 9-4 cents; lard rose from 

 6'9 to 7'2 cents ; pork, from 5'9 to 6 cents ; and 

 imitation butter declined from 13 to 12 cents, 

 and oleomargarine oil kept steady at 9'8 cents, 

 while real butter rose from 14 to 16 cents. The 

 following table exhibits the quantities in pounds, 

 and the values of the provision exports for 1892 : 



The export of quicksilver increased from 157,- 

 052 to 306,047 pounds. There was a smaller ex- 

 port of clover seed, but an increase in cotton 

 seed, and Timothy and linseed took a jump from 

 144.848 bushels to 3,613,187 bushels, valued at 

 $3,915,547. The export of soap was 1,600.206 

 pounds smaller. The total exports of distilled 

 spirits amounted to 3,350,797 proof gallons, 

 against 1,904,972 gallons in 1891. The export of 

 alcohol was 1,440.219 gallons, against 418,284; 

 that of Bourbon whisky rose from 239,995 to 744,- 

 172 gallons, and rye from 54,656 to 128,273 ; and 

 that of brandy from 136,529 to 216,696 gallons : 

 but rum declined from 1.025,226 to 773,713 gal- 

 lons. The price of alcohol receded from 43 to 

 33 cents, that of rum was $1.20, a cent more, 

 and whisky fell from $1.09 to 89 cents for Bour- 

 bon, and from $1.51 to $1.05 for rye. The ex- 

 port of refined sugar fell off from 108,228,620 

 pounds in 1891 to 14.604.608 pounds, while that 

 of molasses increased from 4,495,475 to 9,343,- 

 214 gallons. The quantity of leaf tobacco sent 

 abroad was 255.432,077 pounds in 1892. com- 

 pared with 249,232,605 pounds, the price falling 



away from 8'8 to 8'4 cents. Of wine in casks, 655,- 

 795 gallons were exported in 1892, at 64 cents, 

 against 543.292, averaging 65 cents, in 1891. The 

 prices of boards and planks, joists and scantling, 

 shingles, and firewood, were higher, and those of 

 sawed timber and other kinds of wood products 

 lower than in the previous year. The export of 

 boards, deals, and planks was 592,596 thousand 

 feet, a decrease of 20,810; of sawed timber, 235,- 

 550, an increase of 20,938 thousand feet ; of hewed 

 timber, 6,736,446 cubic feet, a decrease of 163,- 

 627. Staves and headings, logs and other tim- 

 ber, and doors, sashes, and blinds showed a 

 falling off, but in household furniture there was 

 an increase in the value from $2,956,114 to 

 $3,090,146, and hoops, shocks, barrels, and mold- 

 ings and trimmings show a large gain. 



The exports of foreign merchandise in 1891-'92 

 had a total value of $14,546,137, compared with 

 $12,210,527 in 1890-'9l. Of this sum, $9,990,000 

 consisted of dutiable merchandise, an increase of 

 $2,942,933, and $4,556,135 of merchandise free 

 of duty, a decrease of $607,323. Of the total, 

 $9,972,507 was the value of merchandise exported 

 from warehouse, and $4,573,570 that of merchan- 

 dise not exported from warehouse, an increase 

 of $3,262.095 in the former and a decrease of 

 $926,485 in the latter. 



Movement of Specie. The total value of 

 the gold and silver coin and bullion imported in 

 1891-'92 was $69.654,540, as compared with $36,- 

 259,447 in 1890-'91, showing an increase of $33,- 

 395,093. The gold imports were $49,699,454, 

 against $18.232,567 in 1891, an increase of $31,- 

 466,887. Of the gold coin, $15,432.443 were 

 American, compared with $2,824,146 the pre- 

 vious year, and $22,908,493 were foreign, com- 

 pared 'with $13,303,387. The imports of gold 

 bullion were $11,358,518, compared with $2,11)5.- 

 034. The imports of silver coin and bullion 

 were $19,955,086 in 1892, compared with $18,- 

 026.880 in 1891, an increase of $1,928.206. 

 There was an increase of $3,300,046 in the im- 

 ports of foreign coin, which amounted in 1892 

 to $14,679,709. The imports of American silver 

 coin were $159.569, which were $165,671 less 

 than in the preceding year, and the imports of 

 silver bullion were $5,115,808, which was $1,206.- 

 169 less. The imports of specie over the land 

 frontiers were $16,446,360, compared with $10,- 

 047.707 in 1891. 



The total value of the exports of domestic 

 gold and silver was $60.086.418 in 1892, com- 

 pared with $98,973,265 in 1891, a decrease of $38,- 

 886,847. The exports of gold amounted to $43,- 

 321,351, against $84,939.551 in 1891. a decrease 

 of $41,618.200. The gold exports consisted of 

 $42.841,963 in coin, $8,260 in bars of the Unit- 

 ed States Mint or Assay Office, and $471.128 

 in other bullion, showing a decrease of $24.862,- 

 937 in coin, $15,110,442 in bars, and $1,644.821 in 

 other bullion. The silver exports of 1891-'92 

 amounted to $16.765,067, against $14,033,714 in 

 1890-'91. The exports of assayed bars were $2,- 

 992,884, of other bullion $13.645,501, and of sil- 

 ver coin $126.682. showing an increase of $2,- 

 346,815 in bars and $494,179 in other bullion, 

 and in coin a decrease of $109,641. The ex- 

 ports of specie by land were $1.343,366. which 

 was $1,333,419 more than in 1890-'91. The ex- 

 ports of foreign gold and silver were $22,919,- 



