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MISCELLAXKors PAPEBS ON AI'K CTLTURE. 



It will be noticed that the data on honey and wax crops do not at 

 all agree with the author's estimate given above. In the light of the 

 evidence previously given, it is obvious that the census figure- are 

 entirely too small and are far from doing justice to the industry. 

 The other data are probably much more reliable. It is hardly a fair 

 test to compare 1900 data as to the number of bee keepers with those 

 of 1906 ; but it should be noted that in the recent work of the Bureau 

 in Massachusetts a there were reported 2,127 bee keepers as compared 

 with 1,799, the number given in the census. 



IMPORTS AND EXPORTS. 



Tables IV to VII show the imports and exports of honey and wax 

 through the ports of entry of the United States. The data for these 

 tables were obtained through the courtesy of the Bureau of Statistics 

 of this Department. 6 



« Gates, Burton N. — Bee Keeping in Massachusetts. Bulletin No. 75, Part VII, 

 Bureau of Entomology, U. S. Dept. of Agriculture. (In preparation.) 



b Tariff schedules on honey and wax under the different acts of Congress sul)sequent 

 to 1841 are as follows: 



Acts of- 



Tariff on honev 



Tariff on wax. 



August 30, 1842 

 July 30, 1846.... 

 March 3, 1857... 

 March 2,1801... 

 July 14, 1862.... 

 June 30, 1864... 

 March 3, 1883... 

 October 1, 1890. 

 August 27, 1894 

 July 24, 1897.... 



Not specifically mentioned 



30 per cent ad valorem 



24 per cent ad valorem 



Not specifically mentioned 



15 cents per gallon 



20 cents per gallon 



20 cents per gallon 



20 cents per gallon 



10 cents per gallon 



20 cents per gallon 



15 per cent ad valorem, 

 20 per cent ad valorem. 

 15 per cent ad valorem. 

 10 per cent ad valorem. 

 20 per cent ad valorem. 

 Not specificallv mentioned. 

 20 per cent ad Valorem. 

 Free. 

 Free. 

 Free. 



