INTRODUCTION. 



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The following is an exhibit of the aggregate value of the domestic exports of the United States 

 from 1821 to 18G3, with the value of the exports of breadstuffs during the same period, and the com 

 parative percentage each year of the latter to the former : 



Comparison of exports of breadstuff s to total domestic exports. 



The repeal of the corn laws of Great Britain in 1846, greatly encouraged the importation of grain 

 into that country, and since that date the export grain trade of the United States has been steadily on 

 the increase, never falling below thirteen millions of dollars in any one year, and rising as high as 

 eighty-eight millions. The following table shows the ratio of increase in the value of the grain exports 

 each ten years during the past forty years : 



Aggregate value of grain Percentage of increase 

 exports each ten years. each ten years. 



From 1823 to 1833 07,842,211 



From 1833 to 1843 73,303,440 8.0 



From 1843 to 1853 198,594,871 170.9 



From 1853 to 1863 512, 380, 514 158.0 



The following tables show the exports of flour and grain from New York, Boston, Philadelphia 

 Baltimore, and Portland, to foreign countries for a series of years : 



TABLE DD. 



Exports of flour and grain from New York to foreign countries. 

 (Compiled from official documents. ) 



