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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. 



$90,045,256 were domestic and $7,292,238 foreign 

 exports. Of the total exports, 74.60 per cent, went 

 to Europe, 13.45 per cent, to North America, 2.79 

 per cent, to South America, 4.66 per cent, to Asia, 

 3.11 per cent, to Oceania, and 1.39 per cent, to 

 Africa. 



The value of merchandise received from foreign 

 countries for immediate transit across United 

 States territory in 1900 was $98,551,462. Of the 

 total value of imports, $44,412,509 came by land 

 vehicles, $104,304,940 by sea in American vessels, 

 and $701,223,735 in foreign vessels. Of the total 

 exports, *l in. is:!. 1H went by land, $90,779,252 in 

 American vessels, and $1,193.220,689 went in for- 

 eign vessels. The percentage of the carrying 

 trade that was taken in American vessels was 

 12.9 per cent, of the imports and 7.1 per cent, 

 of the exports by sea; of the whole sea-borne 

 trade, which amounted to $2,089.528.6 Hi, the 

 proportion that was conveyed in American ves- 

 sels was computed at !t.:5 per eent. 



The value of imported merchandise entered for 

 rcniMiinption during tin- fi<enl year 1900 was $830.- 

 M'i.r.2, of which 1366,789,922, 44.16 per cent, of 

 the whole, was the value of free imports and $-lti:!.- 

 7.v..:&30 that of dutiable merchandise, on whieh 

 $229,360,771 of duties were collected, an average 



rate of 49.46 per cent, on dutiable and of 27.62 

 per cent, on free and dutiable merchandise to- 

 gether. The consumption of imported merchandise 

 was $10.88 per capita, and the duty collected $3.01 

 per capita. Articles of food antl live animals, form- 

 ing 26.02 of the total imports and having a value 

 of $216,107,303, of which $91,128,161 represent free 

 and $124,979,142 dutiable imports, paid $78,23(5,070 

 in duties, 34.26 per cent, of all duties collected, the 

 average rate collected on this class being 62.60 per 

 cent, ad valorem. Articles in a crude condition 

 which enter into the various processes of domestic 

 industry had a value of $299,351,033, being 36.04 

 per cent, of the total value of imports entered for 

 consumption, and in this class the value of $241,- 

 835,502 was free merchandise, while on $57,515.531 

 duties were collected, at the average rate of 26.96 

 per cent, ad valorem, to the amount of $15,508,- 

 205, being 6.79 per cent, of the total collections. 

 Articles wholly or partially manufactured for use 

 as materials in the manufactures and mechanic 

 arts had a value of $80,575,042, which was 

 9.70 per cent, of the total imports consumed, 

 $17,824,360 of this class being duty free and 

 $62,750,682 paying $17,092,946 in duties, an aver- 

 age rate of 27.24 per cent., giving 7.48 per cent, 

 of the whole tariff revenue. Of articles manu- 

 factured and ready for consumption, $130,577,155 

 in value, forming 15.72 per cent, of the total im- 

 ports, $10,479,846 were free and $120.097,309 duti- 

 able, paving at the average rate of 51.02 per cent, 

 ad valorem $61.270,378, or 26.83 per cent, of all 

 duties collected. The value of articles of volun- 

 tary use and luxuries was $103,908,719, 12.51 per 

 cent, of all importations, of which sum $5,492.053 

 were free of duty and $98,416,666 paid an average 

 rate of 57.16 per cent, and yielded $56,256,957, 

 that being 24.63 per cent, of the total duty that 

 was collected. 



The imports of silver, including ore, in 1900, 

 were $35,256,302 in coining value, and the exports 

 were $52,464,345 of domestic and $4.247,930 of for- 

 eign, giving an excess of exports of $21.455,973. 

 The value of silver imported in ore was $24,210.- 

 950. The imports of gold coin and bullion in 1900 

 were $44,573,184, and the exports were $48,266,- 

 759, of which $46,693,893 were domestic and 

 $1,572,866 foreign. The excess of exports was 

 $3,693,575, while in 1899 there was an excess of 

 imports amounting to $51,432,517. 



The production of gold from mines in the United 

 States in 1899, according to the report of the 

 Director of the Mint, was 3.437,210 ounces, or in 

 value $71,053,400, of which $25.982,800 came from 

 Colorado, $15,197,800 from California, $(i.-4(i!).:.oi) 

 from South Dakota, $5,459.500 from Alaska, si. 

 760,100 from Montana, $3.450,800 from Utah, 

 $2,566,100 from Arizona, $2,219,000 from Nevada. 

 $1,889,000 from Idaho, $1,429,500 from Oregon. 

 $685,400 from Washington, $584.100 from New 

 Mexico, $160,100 from South Carolina. $113,000 

 from Georgia, $34,500 from North Carolina, and 

 $52,200 from Texas, Michigan, and other States. 

 The production of silver in the United State> \\a- 

 reported to be 54,764.000 ounces, having a comnic-r- 

 cial value of $32.S59.000 and a minim: value of $70,- 

 snii.OOO, of which Colorado produced s-J'.l.:!(U..VJ7. 

 Montana $20.810.990, Utah $9.171.135, Arizona 

 $2,040.630. Nevada $1.090.457. California $1.065.7<i-J. 

 Texas $672.323. New Mexico $<!50.731. Washing- 

 ton $330.990. South Dakota slss.251. Alaska 

 $181,140, Oregon $173,641, Michigan $145.843. and 

 ('em uia. South Carolina, North Carolina, and other 

 States $3.201. 



Banking and Currency. The amount of 

 money in circulation on July 1, 1900, was reported 

 by the Secretary of the Treasury to be $2,055,- 





