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Table VI. — Imports and exports of honey of the United States, 1855-1908. 



[The terms "Comb" and "Extracted" honey used In these headings arc used in place, of 'Unstrained" 



id "Strained" honey in the reports of the Department of Commerce and Labor.] 





Imports. 



Exports. 'i 



Year ending June 30— 



Pounds. 



Value. 



Average 



price, in 



cents. 



Comb. 



Extracted. 



Hoili comb 

 and ex- 

 tracted. 



1855 



5, 245, 908 

 5, 142, 432 

 4, 975, 908 

 4, 790, 3SS 

 5, 448, 372 

 4, 626, 420 



$138, 189 

 169, 643 

 202, 436 

 149,915 



196, 751 

 163, 027 



2.63 

 3.30 

 4.08 

 3.13 

 3.61 

 3.52 









1856 









1857 









1858 









1859 





" 



1860 















30, 229, 328 



1,019,961 



3.37 













1861 



3. 970, 320 

 4,311,960 

 3, 394, 896 

 3,461,832 

 1, 899, 072 

 3, 332, 724 

 2, 614, 824 

 2,546,112 



146, 464 

 195, 485 

 158 852 

 162, 071 

 87, 954 

 135, 253 

 128, 537 

 117, 172 

 77, 405 

 76, 459 



3.69 

 4.53 

 4.68 

 4.68 

 4.63 

 4.06 

 4.91 

 4.60 





1 



1862 









1863. 









1864 









1865 









1866 









1867 









1868 









1869. 



$1,152 



8,520 





1870. 























1,285,652 























1871 





56, 891 

 80,014 



128, 925 

 88. 379 



109, 368 

 72, 935 

 61,205 

 67,111 

 48. 169 

 59, 806 





2,479 

 2,677 







1872. 





$28, 168 



$30, 845 



1873 









1874 







714 

 3,586 

 2,534 

 36, 302 

 6,212 

 134, 728 

 26, 820 



57, 895 

 29,563 

 26,079 

 54, 663 

 24, 638 

 27, 958 

 28, 439 



58, 609 



1875 







33, 149 



1876 







28, 613 



1877 







90, 965 



1878. 



1,403,724 

 1,005,984 

 1,293,360 



4.78 

 4.79 

 4.63 



• 30, 850 



1879. . 



162, 686 



1880... 



55, 259 











772, 803 

















.. 



1881 



2, 364, 528 

 1,831,164 

 1,939,500 

 1,530,432 

 1, 821, 432 

 1,520,688 

 1,766,592 

 1, 893, 816 

 968, 976 

 757, 428 



110,059 

 78, 976 

 78, 911 

 57, 443 

 67, 572 

 45,551 

 47, 679 

 46, 210 

 26, 624 

 27, 191 



4.65 

 4.31 

 4.07 

 3.75 

 3.71 

 2.99 

 2.69 

 2.44 

 2.74 

 3.59 



109, 007 

 19,082 

 27, 826 



89, 761 



30, 592 



4,907 



198, 768 



1882 



49, 674 



1883 



32. 733 



1884 



68, 764 



1885 







224, 212 



1886 







44, 735 



1887 







67,154 



1888 







7,579 



1889. 







93, 888 



1890. . 







113,101 











16, 394, 556 



586, 216 



3. 58 







900, 60S 











1891 



572, 880 



841,236 



2,113,764 



1,831,716 



809, 328 



959, 820 



797, 184 



1,159,248 



1,514,604 



1,762,320 



20, 808 

 31,418 

 79, 396 

 56, 156 

 22, 993 

 30, 609 

 27,599 

 38, 158 

 51,599 

 70, 857 



3.63 

 3.73 

 3.76 

 3.07 

 2.84 

 3.19 

 3.46 

 3. 29 

 3.41 

 4.02 







83, 325 



1892. . 







78, 048 



1893... 







15, 115 



1894 







127. 2S2 



1895 







118,873 



1896 







90,969 



1897 







22, 368 



1898 









1899 







55, 900 



1900 









30, 191 















12, 362, 100 



379, 593 



3.07 









720, 575 











1901 



2, 186, 352 

 2, 007, 612 

 3, 452, 352 

 2, 475. 504 

 2, 383, 404 

 1 , 658, 652 

 2,108,064 

 2,543,904 



83, 599 

 56,383 

 115,400 

 69,053 

 76,719 



50,651 



70, 85 1 

 98, 125 



3.82 

 2.81 

 3. 3 1 

 2 79 

 3. 22 

 3.05 

 3. 36 

 3.9 







55,574 



1902 







106, 1 12 



1903 







64,220 



1904 







60.317 



L905 





63 367 



1906 







11 1,945 



1907 





1 



1908 





78,102 





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« Only values are given in reports. 



