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The appended statement of exports and imports of rice lias been 

 furnished by Edward Young, Chief of Statistics in the Treasury- 

 Department : — 







Domestic Exports. 





Years. 





















Tierces.* 



Barrels.f 



Lbs 



Value. 











dollars. 



1850 



127,069 



• * 



7fi 94.1 4nrt 



2 , 631 , 557 



1851 



105,590 





ao OKA nnrt 



2,170,927 



1852 



Tin rrOO 



119,733 



• • 





2,4/1 ,029 



1853 



67,707 





ft?? 079 fiOO 



1,667,658 



1854 



105,121 





2,634, 127 



1855 



52,520 



1Q 74.4. 



4.91 <^00 

 OV , T:Zi , DUU 



1 ,717,953 



1856 



58,668 



fi 1 HQa 



01 , Uoo 

 74. QOQ 



fi7 ft! ft noo 



2 , 390 , 2o3 



1857 



64,332 



ftS ^90 fiOO 

 Do , O^S , oUU 



2,290,400 



1858 



64,015 



4.Q OQQ 

 tty , Zoo 



199 900 



1,870,578 



1859 



81 , 820 



69,946 

 77,837 



75,070,400 



2,207,148 



1860 



84,163 



81,632,600 



2,567,399 



1861 



39,162 



50,038 



43,512,400 



1,382,178 



1862 



2,146 



7,335 



4,221,600 



156,899 



1863 



494 



3,496 



1,694,800 



83,404 







5,442 



2,176,800 



84,217 



1865 





2,458 



983,200 



65,105 



1866 





2,212,901 



136,993 



1867 







1,394,007 



100,338 



1868 







3,079,043 



170,357 



1869 







2,232,833 



145,934 



1870 







2,133,014 



127,655 





Foreign Exports. 



Imports. 



Years. 





















Lbs. 



Value, 



Lbs. 



Value. 







dollars. 





dollars. 



1861 



348,900 



10,856 



148,550 



3,610 



1862 



2,339,146 



103,738 



56,961,317 



1,589,109 



1863 



7,844,068 



392,134 



61,196,740 



1,760,077 



1864 



7,637,635 



452,722 



99,691,447 

 60,407,756 



1,911,330 



1865 



8,290,318 



559,465 

 337,016 



1,474,393 



1866 



8,656,060 



76,209,397 



2,379,857 



1867 



4,676,082 



180,043 

 403,941 



44,782,223 



1,219,387 



1868 



11,908,953 



59,140,707 



1,636,492 



1869 



8,868,664 



284,632 



54,065,191 



1,325,234 



1870 



15,212,833 



-454,316 



43,123,939 



1,007,612 



* Estimated at 600 lbs. each. f Estimated at 400 lbs. each. 



Export of rice from the United States 



1770 .. 



.. 150,529 brls. 



1840 



1800 .. 



.. 112,056 tierces. 



1850 



1810 .. 



.. 131,341 „ 



1860 



1820 .. 



.. 88,221 „ 



1870 



1830 .. 



116,517 „ 





101,617 tierces. 

 105,590 „ 

 136,054 „ 

 3,555 „ 



The largest export was 175,019 tierces in 1827. 



Upland rice is an important crop not only for home use, but pays 

 well for its cultivation, and should be more generally looked after 

 than it is. It will pay to grow it as a green crop, for it bears two 



