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Table VI. — Imports and exports of honey 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.] 
Imports. 
Exports, a 
Year ending June 30— 
Pounds. 
Value. 
Average 
price, in 
cents. 
Comb. 
Extracted. 
Both comb 
and ex- 
tracted. 
1855 
5, 245, 908 
5, 142,432 
1,975,908 
4, 790, 38S 
.->. 1 is, 372 
4, 626, 420 
$138, 189 
169, 643 
202, 436 
1 19,915 
196,751 
163, 027 
2.03 
3.30 
4.08 
3.13 
3.61 
3.52 
1856 
1857 
1 S,"iS 
LS.")') 
1860 
30, 229, 328 
1,019,961 
3.37 
1861 
3, 970, 320 
4,311,960 
3, 394, 890 
3, 461, 832 
1,899,072 
3,332.724 
2, 614, 824 
2, 546, 112 
146, 464 
195,485 
15s s;,2 
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 
1863 
IStil 
L865 
1866 
1Si,7 
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 
1873 
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 
1875 
33, 149 
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 
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, 976 
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 
1SS2 
49, 674 
1 ss: J , 
32, 733 
68, 764 
L884 
224, 212 
1886 
44, 735 
1887 
67, 154 
1888. . 
7,579 
93, 888 
1889. 
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 
1S92. 
78, 048 
15, 115 
1894 
127, 282 
1895. .. 
118, 873 
1896.... 
90, 969 
L897 
22, 368 
1898. 
98, 504 
55, 900 
1899 

1900 
30, 191 
12, 362, 100 
379, 593 
3.07 
720, 575 
1901 
2, isi;,.r>2 
2, 007, 612 
3, 152. 352 
2,475,504 
2,383, Hil 
1,658,652 
2,108,064 
2, 543, 904 
83, 599 
56 383 
li:, Kill 
69,053 
76,719 
50,651 
70,854 
98, 425 
3.82 
2.81 
3. 34 
2.79 
3.22 
3. 05 
3. 36 
3.9 
55 574 
1902 
106 112 
L903 
64, 220 
69 317 
1904 
1905 
63, 367 
111 945 
1906 
1907 
93, 690 
78, 102 
1908 
1 
a Only values are given in reports. 
