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decrease of $18,455,447. The increase in the 

 volume of dutiable imports was largely in arti- 

 cle- of dress and luxury. The total imports of 

 cot t on manufactures were $88,500,293, an in- 

 crease of $5,286,452. The imports of silk manu- 

 factures amounted to $38,958,928, an increase of 

 $7,7S(i,034. and the increase in the imports of 

 woolen cloths and dress goods was $2,600,645 ; 

 in kid and other leather gloves, $1,095,496; in 

 champagne and other sparkling wines, $1,007,- 

 238 ; in jewelry and precious stones, $2,892,270 ; 

 in fruits and nuts, $2,366,867: and in tobacco 

 for cigar wrappers, $3,423,963. But there was 

 also an unusually heavy importation of tin and 

 terne plates and taggers tin, the increase in 

 which amounted to $5,250,078; of potatoes, 

 which increased $1,880,583; and of manufac- 

 tures of flax and hemp, which increased $1,837,- 

 477. Other dutiable imports which increased in 

 1893 were : Cattle, increase in number, 1,083 ; 

 horses, increase, 1,985 ; sheep, increase, 78,054 ; 

 and all other animals, including live poultry ; 

 the entire list of animals showing an augmenta- 

 tion in value of $640,662. Paintings and stat- 

 uary increased $336,166; books, maps, etc., $2.- 

 013 ; braes and its manufactures, $6,528 ; bris- 

 tles and brushes, $69,383; buttons, $93.236; 

 chemicals, drugs, medicines, and dyes, $1,838,- 

 857; kaolin and other clays, or earths, $112,- 

 001 ; clocks and watches, and parts of, $67,444 ; 

 and coffee, under the reciprocity clause of the 

 tariff act of 1890, which makes it the duty of the 

 President to suspend the free introduction of 

 sugar, coffee, hides, etc., from any country that 

 imposes unfair duties on the products of the 

 United States, increased $2,576,252. Imports of 

 copper and its manufactures increased $62,383 ; 

 earthen, stone, and china ware, $820,833 : feath- 

 ers, $13,158 ; fish, $356,722 ; hair and its manu- 

 factures, $48.113; hay. $249,604; hides and 

 skins under the provision of suspension in the 

 reciprocity clause of the tariff act, $1,135,036; 

 hops, $201,706; manufactured gutta-percha, 

 $19,897; railroad iron and steel, $12,440; iron 

 and steel hoops and bands, $71,984 ; sheet, plate, 

 and taggers iron or steel, $1,119,520; wire, $76,- 

 464; chains, $2,639; cutlery, $213,496; ma- 

 chinery. $477,645 ; lead and its manufactures, 

 $2,139,246; leather, $1,469,565; leather manu- 

 factures other than gloves, $122,613 ; malt 

 liquors, $230,410; marble and stone and their 

 manufactures, $352,128 ; metal compositions and 

 manufactures not elsewhere specified, $616,085 ; 

 animal, mineral, and vegetable oils, $402,403 ; 

 paints and colors, $94,709 ; paper and its manu- 

 factures, 538,677; perfumes and toilet prepa- 

 rations, $75,503 ; pipes and smokers' articles, 

 $19,525; meat and dairy products, $328,497; 

 soap, $89,493; distilled spirits, $129,209; sugar, 

 above No. 16. Dutch standard, $734,857; leaf 

 tobacco other than for cigar wrappers, $94(5.- 

 054; toys, $407,487; vegetables, $822,879; still 

 wines, $253,612; wood, unmanufactured, $6,- 

 757; wood pulp, $1,088,741 ; other manufactures 

 of wood, $1,137.705; raw wools, $1,376,072; 

 zinc or spelter, $15,180; and all articles not 

 enumerated, $848,916. 



The dutiable imports which showed a decrease 

 were : Breadstuffs, $2,018,711 ; cement, which 

 showed an increase in quantity of 50,169.114 

 pounds, but a diminution of value of $94,635 ; 



bituminous coal, $758,877; copper ore, $264,301 ; 

 eggs, $129,267 ; artificial feather* and flowers, 

 ^ M/J53 ; raw flax, $81,835 ; and glass and glass- 

 ware, $737,223, the falling off being chiefly in 

 silvered plate glass: India-rubber manufactures 

 decreased $33,145 ; iron ore, $1,840,064, or more 

 than one half; pig iron, $312,608; scrap iron 

 and steel, $266,993; bar iron, $132,897, steel 

 blooms, ingots, etc., $78,433 ; firearms, $320,- 

 285 ; other manufactures of iron and steel, $77,- 

 113; barley malt, $1,737; bronze manufactures, 

 $72.509; musical instruments, $86,619; rice, 

 $222,759 ; salt, $21,408 ; seeds, $118,831 ; spices, 

 $9,780 ; confectionery, $44,255 ; manufactured 

 tobacco, $9,345 ; ready-made clothing, $802,716 ; 

 and shawls, yarns, and other manufactures of 

 wool not specified, $185,221. 



The value of the merchandise imported direct 

 from foreign countries was $815,059,709, an in- 

 crease of $29,663,945 over 1892 ; and the value 

 of that coming through exterior ports without 

 appraisement, $51.341,213, an increase of $9,334,- 

 515. The value of the merchandise entered 'for 

 immediate consumption was $758,003,562, and 

 of that entered for warehouse, $108,397,360. 

 The value of the imported merchandise remain- 

 ing in warehouse June 30, 1893, was $40,432,825, 

 against $29,575,072 in 1892. 



Exports. The values of the articles and 

 classes of articles of domestic production ex- 

 ported during the year ending June 30, 1893, 

 compared with the values for the preceding year, 

 are given in the following table : 



