454 IVORY AND THE ELEPHANT 



The imports of finished, or partly finished, articles of 

 manufactured collodion (celluloid) into the United States 

 are here given (artificial silk being expressly excepted after 

 1901) for the years 1885 to 1911, inclusive: 



TEAB 



WEIGHT IN POUNDS 



VALUE IN DOLLAB3 



1885 



27.00 



$ 122.00 



1886 



96.00 



1,111.00 



1887 



121.00 



1,110.00 



1888 



124.00 



921.00 



1889 



637.00 



1,580.00 



1890 



2,115.00 



5,366.00 



1891 



4,459.00 



9,446.31 



1892 



11,912.00 



33,165.00 



1893 



14,909.00 



48,515.05 



1894 



26,531.00 



90,491.27 



1895 



11,563.56* 



370,045.42 



1896 





330,104.47 



1897 





254,256.14 



1898 



59,348.00 



135,697.62 



1899 



109,425.15 



235,482.43 



1900 



180,895.44 



369,120.36 



1901 



104,913.46 



268,644.68 



1902 



56,760.30 



155,002.73 



1903 



77,554.68 



175,104.91 



1904 



121,848.93 



235,508.24 



1905 



59,346.55 



162,779.57 



1906 



86,461.29 



270,553.68 



1907 



116,073.24 



870,407.24 



1908 



185,205.97 



1,868,301.48 



1909 



125,782.43 



1,136,897.18 



1910 



77,917.94 



328,469.37 



1911 



55,041.34 



129,112.74 



tals 



, . l,489,069.28t 



$7,603,315.89 



*This weight represents only $38,152 of the total value for the year 1895; for part of 

 1895, and for 1896 and 1897, there was only an ad valorem duty. 



tThe actual total weight might be placed at about 1,800,000 pounds. 



