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MISCELLANEOUS PAPERS ON APICULTURE. 
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 figures 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.) 
& Tariff schedules on honey and wax under the different acts of Congress subsequent' 
to 1841 are as follows: 
Acts of— 
Tariff on honey. 
Tariff on wax. 
August 30, 1842 
Not specifically mentioned . . 
30 per cent ad valorem 
24 per cent ad valorem 
Not specifically mentioned.. 
15 cents per gallon 
15 per cent ad valorem. 
July 30, 1846 
20 per cent ad valorem. 
March 3, 1857 
15 per cent ad valorem. 
March 2, 1801... 
10 per cent ad valorem. 
20 per cent ad valorem. 
Not specificallv mentioned. 
20 per cent ad valorem. 
Free. 
July 14, 1862.... 
June 30, 1864 
March 3, 1883 
October 1, 1890 
20 cents per gallon 
10 cents per gallon. 
August 27, 1894 
Free. 
July 24, 1897 
Free. 
