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UNITED STATES OP AMERICA. 



Admiral da Gama the friendly offices of the rep- 

 resentatives of the United States in those coun- 

 tries were exerted for the protection of the sub- 

 jects of either within the territory of the other. 

 The Government of Brazil declared its intention 

 to terminate, Jan. 1, 1895, the reciprocity ar- 

 rangements, which had been abrogated in the 

 United States by the new tariff act. When war 

 broke out between China and Japan the govern- 

 ments of those countries each requested that the 

 agents of the United States should, within proper 

 limits, afford protection to its subjects in the 

 other's territory, and this office was accepted and 

 fulfilled. An agreement was reached with Ecua- 

 dor for the settlement by arbitration of the dis- 

 pute growing out of proceedings against Emilio 

 Santos, a naturalized citizen of the United States. 

 The United States Government has renewed its 

 endeavors to bring about a restoration of diplo- 

 matic relations between Great Britain and Vene- 

 zuela, and to induce them to refer to arbitration 

 the dispute about the boundary between Vene- 

 zuela and British Guiana. A notice of forfeiture 

 of the concession for the Nicaragua Canal, on 

 technical grounds, was recalled by the Nicara- 

 guan Government in response to representations 

 from Washington. The Government of the 

 United States has refrained from pressing long- 

 standing claims against Peru, in view of her diffi- 

 culties. The ambassador at St. Petersburg in- 

 terceded in behalf of a naturalized citizen named 

 Krzeminski, arrested in Poland in the summer, 

 who died while efforts for his release were in 

 progress. Mexico has offered to pay an indem- 

 nity for the murder of Leon Baldwin in 1887. 

 The Mora case, a subject of controversy with 

 Spain, has not been settled. Other claims against 

 Spain the Government at Washington offers to 

 arbitrate. Strong representations have been 

 made in regard to the arbitrary and sometimes 

 illegal penalties levied on the cargoes of Ameri- 

 can vessels trading with Cuba, for trivial clerical 

 errors in manifests or bills of lading. The peace 

 negotiations in Japan, Hawaiian change of gov- 

 ernment, the Bluefields incident, the escape of 

 Salvadorean refugees, the rebellion in Samoa, and 

 the Armenian troubles raised difficult questions 

 for the Department of State, and were the sub- 

 ject of diplomatic correspondence (see CHINA, 

 HAWAII, NICARAGUA, SALVADOR, SAMOA, and 

 TURKEY). 



Commerce. The total value of the imports 

 of merchandise during the year ending June 30, 

 1894, was $654,994,622, compared with $866,400,- 

 922 in the preceding year. The value of the im- 

 ports subject to duty was $275,199,086, compared 

 with $421,850,711 ; of articles free of duty, $379,- 

 795,536. The value of merchandise imported 

 direct from foreign countries was $617.840,920 ; 

 imported through exterior ports without ap- 

 praisement, $37.153.702; entered for immediate 

 consumption, (659.689,443 ; entered for ware- 

 house, $95.305.179. The imports brought in cars 

 and other land vehicles were valued at $29.623.- 

 095, against $44,121,094 in 1893; brought, in 

 American steam vessels, $69,174,077, against 

 $74,984.370; brought in American sailing ves- 

 sels, $52,387.116. against $52.111.064; brought 

 in foreign stc;im vessels, $466,219.183, against 

 $649.544.755 ; brought in foreign sailing vessels, 

 $37,591,151 against $45,639,639. The animals 



free of duty of greatest value were horses, 1,516 

 in number, valued at $836,157. The value of 

 American distilled spirits returned was $910,526 : 

 of other articles of American production returned 

 free of duty, $2,543,924 ; of works of American 

 artists, $240,810. The imports of asphaltum 

 were $203,833 in value : hemlock bark, $248,349 ; 

 bolting cloths. $194,632; books, maps, and en- 

 gravings, $1,875,286. Among the chemicals, 

 drugs, and dyes free of duty, the imports of 

 alizarin were 3,959.572 pounds, valued at $722,- 

 265; of argol, 22,373,180 pounds, value $1,504,- 

 200 ; of cinchona and other bark from which 

 quinine is extracted, 2,497,439 pounds, value 

 $143,249; of cochineal, 104,284 pounds, value 

 $28,124; of logwood, 53,705 tons, value $1,313,- 

 376; of gum arabic, 1,089,589 pounds, value 

 $108.868; of crude camphor, 1,323,932 pounds, 

 value $309,407; of gambier, 27,397.460 pounds, 

 value $981,329: of shellac, 4.868,681 pounds, 

 value $996,706 ; value of other gums, $2,783,420 ; 

 quantity of indigo, 1,718,534 pounds, value $1,- 

 218,576 ; of licorice root, 70,158,301 pounds, value 

 $1,209,728 ; of chloride of lime, 81,610,463 pounds, 

 value $1,507,076; value of mineral waters, $356,- 

 416; quantity of crude opium, 716,881 pounds, 

 value $1,691,914; of chlorate of potash, 4,131,- 

 180 pounds, value $520,571 ; of muriate of pot- 

 ash, 81,611,438 pounds, value $1.280,795; of po- 

 tassium nitrate, 9,671,217 pounds, value $251,418 ; 

 value of other potash, $543,716 ; quantity of 

 sulphate of quinia and other alkaloids and salts 

 of cinchona, 2,485,490 ounces, value $488,929 ; of 

 nitrate of soda, 88,079 tons, value $2,785,048 ; of 

 crude sulphur, 88,965 tons, value $1,337,900; of 

 vanilla beans, 171,556 pounds, value $727,853 : 

 value of all other chemicals, drugs, and dyes, 

 $4,486,116. The import of ivory was 123,843 

 pounds, valued at $374.685 ; the value of vege- 

 table ivory, $101,397. Of unground chicory root 

 7,951,045 pounds were imported, value $168,892. 

 The quantity of cacao was 17,634,779 pounds, 

 valued at $2,402,382. The imports of coffee for 

 the year were 531,705,072 pounds, of the value of 

 $87,173,108. The value of unmanufactured cork 

 bark was $985,913. Raw cottcn was imported 

 to the amount of 27,896,733 pounds, value $3,- 

 010,205. The value of farinaceous substances 

 was $220,462 : of guano, $96,606 : of crude phos- 

 phates, $114,799 : of other fertilizers, $927,889. 

 The values of fruits and nuts free of duty were : 

 Bananas, $5,122,503 : cocoanuts, $786,777; cur- 

 rants, $774,802 : dates, $387,586 ; all others, $1,- 

 820,274. Fur skins and undressed furs were 

 imported of the value of $2,641,205; hair, $839,- 

 972; straw hats and bonnets and materials, $2,- 

 017,678; goatskins, $8.170,563; all other hides 

 and skins." $7.668.325. The value of the house- 

 hold goods, implements, and personal effects of 

 immigrants and of Americans dying abroad was 

 $2.775,982. The imports of gutta-percha were 

 498,763 pounds, value $84,340; crude India rub- 

 ber. 33,757,783 pounds, value $15,077,983. The 

 value of manufactures of iron and steel imported 

 free of duty was $278.101. Floor matting was 

 imported of the value of $1,874,977. The im- 

 ports of duty-free fixed or expressed oils were 

 27,152,495 pounds, value $1,336.802 ; of volatile 

 or essential oils. 1.728,620 pounds, value $914,023. 

 The value of gold-bearing ore was $540,444: of 

 silver ore, $6,679,161. The imports of rags were 



