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Table VI. — Imports and exports of hone;/ of the United States, 1855-1908. 



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

 and "Strained"' honey in the reports of the Department of Commerce and Labor. J 







Imports. 







Kx ports." 





Year ending June 30— 



Pounds. 



Value. 



Average 



price, in 



cents. 



Comb. 



Extracted. 



Both comb 



and ex- 

 tracted. 



1855 



5, 245, 908 

 5,142,432 

 4, 975, 908 

 4, 790, 388 

 5, 448, 372 

 4, 626, 420 



$138, 189 

 1.69,643 



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 





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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 







1862 





i 



1863 







1864 





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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 











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 

 33, 149 



1875 







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 













1 



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, 970 

 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 

 44, 735 

 67,154 



1886 







1887 







1888 







7,579 



1889 







93, 888 



1890 







113,101 













16, 394, 556 



586, 216 



3.58 







900, 608 











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 







127,282 



1895 







1 1 8 873 



1896 







90, 91 9 



1897 







22 368 



1898. . 







98 504 



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, 854 

 98, 125 



3.82 

 2.81 

 3.34 



2.79 

 3. 22 

 3.05 

 3. 36 

 3. 9 







.").".. 574 



1902 







106, 112 



1903 









til 220 



1904 







69,817 



1905 







63, 31 7 



1906 







ill 945 



1907 



93 t 90 



1908 







7s. LQ2 











o Only values arc given in reports. 



