UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. 



827 



Marble and stone: Value. 



Marble, and manufactures of $680,533 



Stone, and manufactures of . .* 203,319 



Matches 128,873 



Matting for floors, of round or split straw 2,651,690 



Meerschaum, crude 35,516 



Metals and metal compositions : 



Bronze manufactures 558,472 



All other, not elsewhere specified 3,559,841 



Mineral substances not elsewhere specified 272,432 



Moss, seaweed, etc 31,192 



Musical instruments, and parts of 1,058,424 



Nickel ore and matte 1,183,924 



Oil cake 9,553 



Oils: 



Whale and fish 198,110 



Other animal 1,569 



Mineral 1,791,211 



Olive salad 1,090,250 



Other vegetable, fixed or expressed, free. . . 1,907,923 

 Other vegetable, fixed or expressed, dutiable 611,234 



Volatile or essential and distilled, free 1,381,263 



Volatile and distilled, dutiable 309,994 



Paints, pigments, and colors 1,207,440 



Palm-leaf fans 44,510 



Palm leaf, other manufactures of 9,411 



Paper, and manufactures of: 



Lithographic labels and prints 799,475 



Parchment papers 56,453 



All other 2,335,661 



Paper stock : Rags 805,545 



Allother 1,809,369 



Pencils, lead, and pencil leads 197,406 



Pencils, slate 13,298 



Perfumeries, cosmetics, and toilet preparations 514,660 



Pipes and smokers 1 articles 281,002 



Plants, trees, shrubs, and vines 5,019 



Plaster of Paris, ground 208,084 



Platinum 1,193,475 



Platinum vases, retorts, etc 33,681 



Plumbago 1,081,859 



Provisions : 



Meats and meat extracts 263,845 



Other meat products 109,647 



Butter 3,962 



Cheese 1,563,128 



Milk 52.603 



Pumice and pumice stone 54,281 



Rennets 93.284 



Hice, free (from Hawaiian Islands) ia5,683 



Rice, dutiable 3,017,088 



Rice flour and meal and broken rice 777,378 



Salt 



Sausages, Bologna 



Sausage casings 



Seeds: 



Linseed or flaxseed 



All other, free 



All other, dutiable 



Shell, unmanufactured 



Shell, manufactured 



.Silk, and manufactures of: 



Cocoons 2.2S8 



Raw 31,827,061 



Waste 650,278 



Clothing and wearing apparel 



Dress and piece goods 



Laces and embroideries 2.8< < ,5/8 



Ribbons 1,727,543 



All other manufactures 5,802,782 



Soap, fancy, perfumed, and toilet 



Soap, all other 



Spices: 



Nutmegs 



Pepper, black or white 



All other, unground 



Ground spices 



Spirits, distilled: 



Of domestic manufacture, returned 



Brandy 



All other 



Sponges 



Starch 



Straw, unmanufactured 



Straw, manufactures of 



Sugar, molasses, and confectionery : 



Molasses 



Beet sugar 



Cane and other sugar, free 



Cane and other sugar, dutiable 



Sugar above No. 16, Dutch standard 



Confectionery 



Sulphur ore 



Tar and pitch 



Tea 



Tin in bars, blocks, pigs, or grain 



Tobacco, and manufactures of: 



Leaf, suitable for cigar wrappers 



Leaf, other 5'SS'Sn 



Cigars, cigarettes, and cheroots 2,088,450 



All other manufactures bl > 54y 



93.714 

 622,949 



87,602 

 749,088 

 385,155 

 973,944 



1,083,100 

 997.783 



626,875 



1,683,256 



430,231 



140,528 



4,564 



259,185 



789,576 



15,269,397 



17,287,683 



60,714,089 



1,692,951 



31,797 



970,804 



8,684 



9,675,081 



11,843,357 



Toys 



Umbrellas, parasols, and sunshades 



Varnishes 



Vegetables : 



Beans and dried peas 



Onions 



Potatoes ..'.... 



Pickles and sauces 



Others in their natural state. . 



Others preserved or prepared 



Vinegar 



Wines : 



Champagne and other sparkling. 



Still wines in casks .'.,,, 



Still wines in other coverings 



Wood, and manufactures of : 



Other cabinet woods 



Logs and round timber 



Timber, hewed and sawed 



Boards, planks, and other sawed lumber. 



Shingles 



Other lumber 



All other unmanufactured, free 



All other unmanufactured, dutiable 



Cabinet ware or house furniture 



Wood pulp 



All other manufactures 



Wools, and hair of camel, goat, alpaca: 



Clothing wool 



Combing wool 



Carpet wool 



Carpets and carpeting 



Clothing and wearing apparel 



Cloths 



Dress goods 



Knit fabrics 



Rags, flocks, shoddy, and wastes 



Shawls 



Yarns 



All other manufactures 



Zinc and spelter in blocks or pigs, and old. . 



Zinc and spelter, manufactures of 



All other free articles 



All other dutiable articles 



Value. 

 $2,2(55,542 

 33,127 

 7<J,461 



165,830 

 499,520 

 294,391 

 352,022 

 312,673 

 554,302 

 23,534 



3,668,791 

 1,573,573 



1,347,842 



1,214,921 

 846,356 



1,766,294 

 18,068 



4,200,168 

 827,886 



1,972,231 



20.110 



315.611 



671,506 



1,632,065 



1,948,954 



587,061 



5,786.882 



1,759,566 



3,909,466 

 5,905,548 



70,224 



55,331 



109,671 



564,354 



99,004 



16,637 



1,679,535 



1,455,813 



Total value of imports $697.148,489 



A. The imports of animals free of duty, for 

 breeding, consisted of 624 cattle, 1,067 horses, and 

 2,396 sheep. The other imports were 199,128 cat- 

 tle, 1,975 horses, and 343,515 sheep. The quan- 

 tity of asphaltum imported was- 73,494 tons; of 

 beeswax, 452,016 pounds; of bismuth, 173,802 

 pounds; of bristles, sorted or bunched, 1,835,156 

 pounds; of hydraulic cement, 2,086,053 barrels. 



B. Of breadstuff's, 1,871,101 bushels of wheat 

 formed the chief item in the total sum of $2,- 

 544,765. The importation of bottled beer has de- 

 clined, being 918,562 gallons in 1899; not so that 

 of beer in casks, which was 1,928,672 gallons. 



C. Among chemicals, drugs, and dyes figured 

 5,227,098 pounds of alizarin and alizarin colors 

 and dyes, including extract of madder, 23,300,762 

 pounds of argols or crude tartar, 3,281,977 

 pounds of cinchona and similar barks for the ex- 

 traction of quinine, 97,563 pounds of cochineal, 

 37,375 tons of logwood, 3,183,864 pounds of ex- 

 tracts and decoctions from dyewoods, 15,665,252 

 pounds of glycerin, 928,089 pounds of gum ara- 

 bic, 1,807,889 pounds of crude camphor, 18,126,228 

 pounds of copal, dammar, and cowrie gums, 38,- 

 123,478 pounds of gambier, 2,445,061 pounds of 

 gum chicle, 9,830,111 pounds of shellac, 3,127,357 

 pounds of indigo, 98,432,319 pounds of licorice 

 root, 113,107,250 pounds of chloride of lime, 

 1,608,468 gallons of mineral waters, 513,499 

 pounds of crude opium, 124,214 pounds of pre- 

 pared opium containing less than 9 per cent, of 

 morphia, 2,807,718 pounds of chlorate of potash, 

 95 856,263 pounds of muriate of potash, 19,985,505 

 pounds of crude nitrate or saltpeter, 30,828,207 

 pounds of other potash, 3,978,421 ounces of sul- 

 phate of quinia and alkaloids or salts of cinchona 

 bark 18,405,272 pounds of caustic soda, 122,314 

 tons of. nitrate of soda, 4,224,680 pounds of sal 

 soda, 45,444,305 pounds of soda ash, 23,891,135 



