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ton cloths, 42,162,865 yards, $2,367,641 ; earthen 

 nii'l stoneware, $10,31)0; cured codfish, haddock, 

 hake, and pollock im-iva-ed 417,749 pounds, but 

 declined in value $30,724; pickled mackerel de- 

 crea-ed l.o:;r> ham-Is, and in value $13,028; 

 nickli-d herring, MS Imrn-ls, $2,821; other pic- 

 fcled fish. 0,.VJ7 barrels, $18,800; salmon, $29,450; 

 s $119,192; other shellfish, $100,230; other 

 fi'-h, $54,751 ; flax, hemp, and jute bags, $47,023; 

 c. * - . ) :!(i,'J05; other manufactures of hemp, 



etc., $88.735 ; dried apples decreased 18,075,244 

 pounds, and in value $800,017; apples, 530,729 

 barrels, $1,309,989; canned fruits, $421,100; 

 other fruits, $214,041; glucose, $08,503; grease 

 and other soap stock, $230,875; gunpowder, 

 $2,729; hay, $03,198; honey, $62,933; ice, $12,- 

 112; printers' and other inks, $27,406; scien- 

 tific instruments, including telegraph, telephone, 

 and other electric apparatus, etc., $42,496; bar 

 iron decreased 86,745 pounds, and in value $12,- 

 ()4'J; castings, $218,305; firearms, $130,357; 

 steel ingots, bars, and rods, 301,952 pounds, 

 $3,180; wrought nails and tacks increased 244,- 

 284 pounds, but decreased in value $2,140 ; 

 printing presses decreased $203,415; sewing 

 machines, $057,540; fire engines, $0,305; stoves 

 and ranges, $13,578 ; jewelry and manufactures 

 of gold and silver, $144,295 ; patent leather, 

 $3,951 : sole leather, $591,492 ; boots and shoes, 

 $324,220 ; harness and saddles, $08,723 ; matches, 

 $5,092 ; in naval stores, rosin, spirits of turpen- 

 tine, and turpentine and pitch showed a con- 

 siderable increase in quantity, while tar alone 

 slightly decreased, but the aggregate value of 

 the class decreased $702,032 ; oil cake and meal 

 decreased 23,982,652 pounds, and in value $24,- 

 431 ; lard oil decreased 420,763 gallons, and in 

 value $159,988 ; sperm oil, 25,551 gallons, $41,- 

 786 ; other fish oils, 738,477 gallons, $203,254 ; 

 other animal oils, 66.088 gallons, $37,844 ; crude 

 mineral oils increased from 103,592,767 gallons 

 in 1892 to 111,703.508, but decreased in value 

 *">:! H49 ; refined illuminating oil increased from 

 564,890.058 to 042.239,810 gallons, but decreased 

 in value $1,821,820 ; lubricating and heavy 

 paraffin oil decreased from 33,591,070 gallons in 

 1892 to 32,432,857, and in value $464,458: tar 

 and residuum from distillation decreased 388 

 barrels, and in value $4,999 ; naphthas and lighter 

 products of mineral oils increased 4,576,027 gal- 

 lons, and in value $161,798, but the entire list of 

 manufactured products showed a net decrease of 

 Sv!. 129.485. Cotton-seed oil decreased from 13,- 

 859,278 gallons in 1892 to 9,402,074, and de- 

 creased in value $1,054,729 ; paints and painters' 

 colors decreased $9,549 ; perfumery and cos- 

 metics, $59.005; plated ware, $47,462. In the 

 class provisions, which comprises the meat and 

 dairy products, canned beef decreased from 87,- 

 028,084 pounds, valued at $7.876,454. in 1892, to 

 79.089,493 pounds, valued at $7,222,824, in 1893 ; 

 fresh beef, from 220,554,617 pounds, valued at 

 $18,058,732, to 206,294,724 pounds, valued at 

 $17,754.041 ; salted or pickled beef, from 70.204,- 

 7::<i pounds, value $3.987,829, to 58,423,963 

 pounds, value $3.185,321; other cured beef, 

 from 953,712 pounds, value $92,524, to 898.920 

 pounds, value $87,776 ; and tallow from 89,780.- 

 010 pounds, value $4,425,630, to 61,819,153 

 pounds, valued at $3,129,059. Among hog 

 products, exports of bacon t decreased from 507,- 



919,830 pounds, valued at $39,334,9:13, in 1892, 

 to 891,758,175 pounds, valued at $35,781.470, in 

 1893; salted pork decreased from 80,386,481 

 pounds, value $4,792,049, to 52,459,722 pounds, 

 value $4,116,946; lard decreased in quantity 

 from 460,045,770 pounds in 1892, to 865,698,501 

 in 1893, but showed an increased value in 1898 of 

 $1,442,372; hams showed an increase from 76,- 

 850,559 pounds, value $7,757,717, in 1892, to 82,- 

 178,154 i>ounds, value $9,933,090, in 1893; and 

 fresh pork increased from 877,746 pounds, value 

 $30,246, to 912,644 pounds, value $79,317. Ship- 

 ments of poultry and game increased $4,150; 

 and other meat products, not specified, increased 

 $25.261. Of the dairy products exported, butter 

 decreased from 15,047,240 pounds m 1892, value 

 $2,445,878, to 8,920,107 pounds, value $1,072,090 ; 

 and cheese, f rom 82,100,221 pounds, value $7,676,- 

 057, to 81,350,923 pounds, value $7,024,048 ; while 

 milk showed an increase of $37,797 in value. In 

 the exports classed as seeds, clover decreased from 

 19,582,411 pounds in 1892, value $1,636,671, to 

 8,189,553 pounds in 1893, value $988,029; cot- 

 ton seed, from 12,149,261 pounds, value $86,549, 

 to 4,519,327 pounds, value $35,809 ; flaxseed or 

 linseed, from 3,613,187 bushels, value $3,915.547, 

 to 1,837,370 bushels, value $2,195,374; timothy 

 decreased in quantity from 10,813,074 pounds in 

 1892, to 7,077,131 pounds in 1893, but the value 

 increased from $381,651 in 1892 to $504,937 in 

 1893; while other seeds showed an increase in 

 value of $37,716. The amount of soap exported 

 decreased in quantity 2,888,056 pounds, and in 

 value $55,974. Under the head of distilled 

 spirits, alcohol decreased from 1,440,219 proof 

 gallons in 1892. value $475,937, to 102,181 proof 

 gallons in 1893, value $52,328; brandy, from 

 210,090 proof gallons, value $178,294, to 123,518 

 proof gallons, value $90,731 ; rum, from 773,713 

 proof gallons, value $921,913, to 047,415 proof 

 gallons, value $778,000. Exports of molasses 

 and sirup decreased 909,928 gallons in quantity, 

 and in value $04,745; tin manufactures de- 

 creased $1,672 ; cigars decreased $19,549, and 

 cigarettes increased $133,060, while the entire 

 list of tobacco manufactures exported showed a 

 net decrease of $18,825. Toys decreased $14,- 

 979 ; trunks and traveling bags, $24,409 : varnish, 

 from 215,200 gallons, value $293,059. to 210.007 

 gallons, value $285,400. The aggregate value 

 of the vegetables exported in 1893 was practi- 

 cally unchanged from the previous year, though 

 there was a decrease of 248,059 bush'els in beans 

 and peas, and an increase of 288,098 in potatoes. 

 The steam-vessel tonnage sold to foreigners 

 amounted to 321 tons, value $92,375, in 1893, 

 against 1,510 tons, value $240,200, in 1893 ; the 

 sailing-vessel tonnage amounted to 3,181 tons, 

 value $31,757, against 1,005 tons, value $11,085, 

 in 1892. Exports of beeswax showed a decrease 

 of $9,850; of wine, a decrease of $17,483; of 

 raw wool, a decrease in quantity of 110,598 

 pounds, and in value of $15,856. Of the exports 

 of woolen manufactures, carpets and certain 

 unenumerated articles show an increase, but 

 flannels and blankets and wearing apparel de- 

 clined, and the net decrease in the list is $41,- 

 682. Zinc ore decreased $108.649, and manu- 

 factured zinc, $154,858. All other unmanufac- 

 tured articles not enumerated decreased from 

 $1,034,242 in 1892 to $902,773, in 1893. 



