514 



REPORT ON NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1886. 



Marble and stone, and manufactures of marble and stone, of foreign production exported 

 from the United States, 1872 to 1884, inclusive. 



Fiscal yeai ending Juno 

 30- 



Value. 



Fiscal vear ending June 



' 30- 



Value. 



Fiscal year ending June 

 30- 



Value. 



1872 



$1, 929 

 4, 571 

 1, 928 

 3, 428 



13, 371 



1877 



$8 475 



1881 



$709 



4,848 



490 



1873 



1878 



3,448 

 G. 3G4 

 6, 81G 



1882 



1874 



1879 



1883 



1875 '.. 



1880 



1884 



8,420 



187G 











Summarizing the foregoing statistics the movement during the fiscal 

 years 1882, 1883, and 1884 may be stated thus : 



Balance of trade in marble and stone. 





Imports. 



Exports. 



Excess of 

 imports 

 over ex- 

 ports. 



Fiscal year ending June 30— 



Of domestic 

 produc- 

 tions. 



Re-exports 

 of foreign 



produc- 

 tions. 



Total 

 exports. 



1882 



$828,839 

 1,475,658 



821,389 



' $614,430 

 541,553 

 603, 2G0 



$4, 844 



490 



8, 420 



I 



$619, 278 

 542, 043 

 611, 680 



$209. 561 

 933,615 

 209, 709 



1883 ... 



1884 





In addition to the domestic exports tabulated there are occasional 

 insignificant exports of rooting slate, amounting in 1871 to $1,250, and 

 in 1881 to $1,018. 



