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The total import of ivory amounts to $379,402. STew York receives 

 :5:;;;.727 ? Boston 821,938, Baltimore $20,043, Philadelphia $2,749, San 



Francisco 



HOEX. 



The total value of the importation of horns, horn-tips, and horn -strips 

 is s2s;i.:J68, of which $240,487 comes to yew York, $35,352 to Boston, 

 $4,720 to the Lake ports, and $4,119 to Baltimore. 



WHALEBONE. 



Unmanufactured whalebone entered into consumption to the amount 

 of 1,880 pounds, valued at 81,379. The consumption of manufactured 

 Whalebone is valued at 8851. 



SHELL. 



Shells of every description, including, doubtless, both tortoise shell 

 and shells of mollusks, entered into consumption, $162,768.70. 



CORAL. 



Unmanufactured coial entered into consumption to the amount of 

 9718.145 coral cut or unmanufactured to the amount of $28,649. 



LEATHER. 



The following table shows the amounts and values of leather and 

 leather articles entered into consumption: 



Hides and skins: 



Goat-skins, Angora, and sheep-skins, with the wool on (less the 



value of the wool) >7.419 15 



Goat-skins, raw 3,181,07240 



All other hides, raw or uucured, whether dry, salted, or pickled; 



and skins, except sheep-skins, with the wool 011 11, 795, 029 93 



Leal her, tanned, not manufactured 4, 588, 491 46 



Manufactures of leather 3,449,979 76 



Parchment. % 8,938 00 



Preparations of viscera: 



Manufactures of bladders 106 00 



Gold-beaters' molds and skins : 



Entered into consumption 14, 236 00 



Imported (this whole import comes to New York) 13, 634 00 



Sinews, nerves, &c., crude 3, 798 00 



Catgut and whipgut unmanufactured, catgut strings and gut- 

 cord for musical instruments, also gut and wormgut for whip 

 and other cords, entered into consumption 163, 109 39 



The total entry of catgut strings amounts to 6146,210. Of this, New 

 York receives .*117.9.">2, Baltimore $12,218, San Francisco $5,635, Boston 

 $.-,.411, Sew Orleans $2,898, and Philadelphia $1,644. 



Wool pelts, less the value of the wool, are imported to the value of 

 $8,736. This import is entered entire at Boston. 

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