Sausages, Bologna. 95,944 Sausage casings.. Seeds: Linseed 646,889 94,126 707,401 1,019,731 Of the total imports, the value of $367,236,866 was free of duty and $482,704,318 dutiable. The total value of animals imported free of duty 993,521 was $803,191; of dutiable animals, $3,727,759. The numbers of animals imported free of duty for 87,934 the improvement of breeds were 1,045 cattle, 1,284 horses, and 2,427 sheep; of dutiable animals, 179,961 cattle, 1,818 horses, and 379,365 sheep. The quantity of antimony metal or regulus was 3,538,751 pounds, of ore 5,707,112 pounds. Of asphaltum, 136,576 tons were imported. 18,235 44,549,672 761,853 1,657,641 15,425,997 3.206.857 1,811,644 The import of hemlock bark was 22,580 cords. 3.723,348 Of British ginger ale, 337,977 dozen bottles were 2,316.115 imported. The quantity of bismuth was 187,681 2,752,771 pounds. The number of pounds of old brass was 331,692 4,593,894. Imports of breadstuffs were 189,757 bushels of barley, 2,480 bushels of corn, 41,523 bushels of oats, 234,959 pounds of oatmeal, 330 bushels of rye, 316,968 bushels of wheat, and 717 barrels of flour. Including the various farinaceous food preparations, which made five sixths of the total value, the imports of breadstuffs amounted to $1,803,729. The quantity of crude bristles was 27,140 pounds, and of sorted and bunched bristles 2,503,018 pounds. The importation of Portland, Roman, and other hydraulic cement was 2,356,422 barrels; of chalk, 92,615 tons. The imports of chemicals, drugs, and dyes included 5,984,991 pounds of alizarin colors, 27,339,480 pounds of crude tartar and wine lees, 4,107,358 pounds of cinchona or other bark from which quinine is extracted, 157,917 pounds of cochineal, 48,188 tons of logwood, 3,350,768 pounds of logwood extract and decoctions, 27,943,106 pounds of glycerin, 961,366 pounds of gum arabic, 1,789,580 pounds of crude camphor, 2,297,992 pounds of gum chicle, 23,829,342 pounds of copal and similar gums, 38,882,940 pounds of gambier, 10,621,451 pounds of shellac, 2,746,944 pounds of indigo, 106,333,199 pounds of licorice root, 136,403,151 pounds of chloride of lime or bleaching powder, 1,972,349 gallons of mineral waters, 544,938 pounds of crude opium and 142,479 pounds of opium prepared for smoking or containing less than 9 per cent. of morphine, 1,499,752 pounds of chlorate of potash, 115,276,906 pounds of the muriate, 10,332,836 pounds of nitrate or saltpeter, and 54,552,598 pounds of other potassic salts, 3,313,749 ounces of quinia sulphate and other alkaloids and salts of cinchona bark, 11,429,989 pounds of caustic soda, 184,247 tons of nitrate of soda, 6,624,314 pounds of sal soda, 78,571,870 pounds of soda ash, and 23,632,374 pounds of other salts of soda, 155,399 tons of crude sulphur or brimstone, 10,335,980 pounds of ground sumac, and 255,966 pounds of vanilla beans. The value of dyewoods was $1,083,644; of gums, $6,884,704; of potash salts, $3,437, 160; of soda salts, $5,908,611; the total value of chemicals, drugs, and dyes, $53,705,152, of which $31,355,759 were free of duty and $22,349,393 dutiable. The import of raw chicory root was 1,216,518 pounds; of roasted and ground chicory, 384,957 pounds; of chocolate, 1,209,012 pounds. Of chrome ore, or chromate of iron, 21,830 tons were imported; of clays or earths, 138,625 tons. The importation of coal was 156 tons of anthracite, 1,707,076 tons of bituminous, and 56,448 tons of coke. The imports of crude cacao, including leaves and shells, were 41,746,872 pounds; of manufactured cocoa, 1,012,368 pounds. Of this, 39,191,140 pounds were re-exported, making the net imports 748, S00,771 pounds, valued at $48,777,126, the average price being 6.5 cents a pound, showing a consumption per capita of 9.81 pounds. The quantity of coffee imported was 787,991,911 pounds. Of coffee substitute, 1,262,659 pounds were brought in. Copper imports consisted of 36,205 tons of ore and regulus and 84,638,794 pounds of bars, ingots, and plates, and old and other manufactured copper. The value of copper and manufactures, not including ore, was $12,457,470. The imports of unmanufactured cotton were 67,398,521 pounds of raw cotton and 7,899,328 pounds of waste or flocks; of cotton cloth, 3,061,790 square yards of unbleached and 61,986,063 square yards of bleached or colored fabrics; of yarns, 5,272,491 pounds; total value of cloth, $8,513,905. The total value of manufactured articles was $41,296,239. There were 135,038 dozen eggs imported. The quantity of emery ore was 197,540 hundredweight; of grains and pulverized or refined emery, 703,739 pounds. The total value of china and earthenware was $8,645,265. The imports of fertilizing materials consisted of 4,756 tons of guano and 110,065 tons of crude phosphates, in addition to manufactured fertilizers; total value of fertilizers, $1,697,986. The quantities of vegetable textile fibers were 6,967 tons of flax, 3,400 tons of hemp, 5,748 tons of istle, 102,693 tons of jute, 42,624 tons of Manila hemp, 76,921 tons of sisal grass, and 10,953 tons of other fibers and grasses; total value of unmanufactured, $26,373,805, of which $24,277,262 were free of duty. The imports of manufactures reported were 436,417 pounds of cables and cordage, 5,193,009 pounds of binding twine, 3,901,384 pounds of coir yarn, 2,857,675 pounds of other yarns and threads, 132,354 square yards of carpets, and 832,405 square yards of oilcloths; total value of manufactures, $31,559,371. Among the fish imports were 1,199,079 pounds of fresh salmon, 7,497,227 pounds of canned and fresh lobsters, 14,395,483 pounds of dried codfish and cured haddock, hake, and pollock, 5,130,813 pounds of smoked and 156,217 barrels of pickled or salt herring, 92,733 barrels of salt mackerel, and 736,658 pounds of pickled or salted salmon. The total value of fish was $7,472,057, of which $1,045,240 were free and $6,426,817 dutiable imports. The imports of fruits and nuts included 36,251,779 pounds of dried currants, 19,902,512 pounds of dates, 8,812,487 pounds of figs, 160,198,056 pounds of lemons, 68,618,938 pounds of oranges, 443,457 pounds of plums and prunes, 10,309,498 pounds of raisins, and 6,317,633 pounds of almonds. total value of fruits and nuts was $19,263,592. The The glass imports, of which quantities are reported, were 51,343,339 pounds of unpolished cylinder and crown and common window glass, 2,547,688 square feet of polished cylinder and crown glass, 571 square feet of the same silvered, 119,242 square feet of fluted, rolled, or rough plate glass, 941,879 square feet of cast plate glass, and 45,997 square feet of silvered plate glass. The total value of glass and glassware was $5,037,931. The import of glue was 5,577,082 pounds. Of gunpowder, 31,212 pounds were imported; of firecrackers, 5,001,176 pounds. There were 143,890 tons of hay imported. Imports of hides and skins comprised 81,998,818 pounds of goatskins, 163,865,165 pounds of hides of cattle, and 100,070,795 pounds of other skins. The value of hides and skins free of duty was $38,527,481; dutiable, $19,408,217. The import of honey was 146,860 gallons. The importation of hops amounted to 2,589,725 pounds. Of India rubber, 49,377,138 pounds were imported; of rubber scraps for remanufacture, 19,093,547 pounds; of gutta-percha, 427,678 pounds; of gutta-joolatong, 8,701,753 pounds. The iron and steel imports shipped by weight were 147,963,804 pounds of tin plates, terneplates, and taggers' tin, 47,096,595 pounds of wire rods, 4,114,078 pounds of wire and wire manufactures, 580,438 pounds of anvils, and 639,020 pounds of chains. The total value of iron and steel imports, including manufactures but not including ore, was $20,478,728. The import of ivory was 353,423 pounds; of vegetable ivory, 16,073,505 pounds. Of lead, 196,378,961 pounds were imported. The import of lime was 48,793,888 pounds. Imports of leather were valued at $6,519,172; of leather manufactures, $6,773,024. The importation of malt liquors in bottles was 1,081,818 gallons, and in casks, etc., 2,228,502 gallons. The quantity of manganese ore and oxide was 747,971,840 pounds. Of nickel ore and matte, 23,547 tons were imported. The import of oil cake was 208,657 pounds. The quantity of fish and whale oil was 851,372 gallons; of other rendered oil, 18,050 gallons; of mineral oil, 2,354,720 gallons; of olive oil, 967,702 gallons; total value of oils, $6,817,780. The number of dozens of palm-leaf fans was 1,376,682. The importation of parchment paper was 1,061,113 pounds; of rags for paper stock, 92,382,167 pounds. Of slate pencils, 255,012 gross were imported. The quantity of plaster of Paris, or sulphate of lime, was 204,850 tons in the ground state. Of platinum, 7,767 pounds were imported. The quantity of plumbago was 20,597 tons. Among provisions were 49,791 pounds of butter and 13,455,990 pounds of cheese, the chief import in this class; total value of provisions, $2,285,383. The quantity of rice imported free from the Hawaiian Islands was 596,100 pounds, and of rice paying duty 93,052,351 pounds, besides 23,031,440 pounds of rice flour, rice meal, and broken rice; total value of rice, $2,279,036. The importation of salt was 410,792,440 pounds. Of linseed, 67,379 bushels were imported. The total value of seeds was $1,795,048. The imports of raw silk were 30,004 pounds of cocoons and 11,259,310 pounds of reeled silk, besides 1,784,404 pounds of waste; and of spun silk in skeins, caps, warps, or on beams, 2,420,552 pounds. The value of raw silk imports was $45,329,760; of silk manufactures, $30,894,373. Of velvets and pile silks, 708,354 pounds were imported. The imports of fancy soaps amounted to 809,299 pounds. Spices imported free were 1,590,811 pounds of nutmegs, 13,085,333 pounds of black and white pepper in the grain, and 19,652,652 pounds of other unground spices; and on 4,516,709 pounds of spices duty was paid; total value of spices, $3,401,265. The number of gallons of domestic spirits returned, subject to the internal revenue tax, was 687,024 proof; of foreign brandy brought in, 244,100; of other foreign spirits, 1,550,896; total value of spirits, $3,609,831. Of starch, 11,767,924 pounds were imported. The import of straw was 5,495 tons. Sugar imports comprised 14,435 gallons of molasses free of duty and 7,010,633 gallons of dutiable molasses, 701,539,452 pounds of beet, 504,713,105 pounds of free cane, and 2,800,374,691 pounds of dutiable cane sugar below No. 16 Dutch standard in color, and 11,459,282 pounds above the standard. Of the raw beet sugar, 95,221,922 pounds came from Austria, 15,142,873 pounds from Belgium, 588,933,642 pounds from Germany, 2,239,776 pounds from England, and 1,239 pounds from other countries; of the raw cane sugar, 7,135,681 pounds from England, 3,869 pounds from Canada, 3,907,387 pounds from Central America, 1,891,917 pounds from Mexico, 200,479,351 pounds from the British West Indies, 705,455,920 pounds from Cuba, 21,664,980 pounds from the Danish Antilles, 3,378,637 pounds from the Dutch Antilles, 72,558,181 pounds from Porto Rico, 122,206,692 pounds from Santo Domingo, 89,684,600 pounds from Brazil, 1,210,991 pounds from Colombia, 149,715,600 pounds from British Guiana, 13,265,520 pounds from Dutch Guiana, 75,155,975 pounds from Peru, 11,386 pounds from elsewhere in South America, 432,768 pounds from China, 9,840,433 pounds from British India, 1,162,202,854 pounds from the Dutch East Indies, 161,898 pounds from Hong-Kong, 1,076 pounds from Japan, 504,713,105 pounds from Hawaii, 49,490,542 pounds from British Africa, and 74,015,702 pounds from Egypt; total, 3,305,087,796 pounds, valued at $85,059,367. The total imports of beet and cane sugar were 4,018,086,530 pounds, value $100,250,974. The import of sulphur ore was 367,328 tons. The number of barrels of tar and pitch was 2,829. The importation of tea was 84,845,107 pounds, of which 1,541,930 pounds were exported again, leaving 83,303,177 pounds for consumption, or 1.09 pound per head of population, of the total value of $10,325,987 and an average price of 12.4 cents a pound. The importation of tin in bars, blocks, pigs, or grain, or granulated was 70,158,915 pounds. Of tobacco, 5,561,068 pounds were imported for cigar wrappers, 14,058,559 pounds of fillers and Turkish and other leaf, and 460,559 pounds of cigars and cigarettes; total value of unmanufactured tobacco, 19,619,627 pounds, $13,297,223; value of manufactures, $2,364,137. The import of varnishes was 43,743 gallons. The imports of vegetables were principally 967,031 bushels of beans and dried peas, 546,798 bushels of onions, and 155,861 bushels of potatoes; total value of vegetables, $2,935,077. Of vinegar, 122,479 gallons were imported. The imports of champagne were 310,149 dozen bottles; of still wines, 315,920 dozen bottles and 2,533,828 gallons in casks; total value of wines, $7,421,495. The wood imports included 28,228 thousand feet of mahogany, 101,397 thousand feet of timber logs, 680,226 thousand feet of boards, planks, deals, etc., and 541,040 thousand shingles. Of the total value of wood and timber imports, $5,956,568 were free and $14,635,340 paid duty. The wool imports consisted of 37,404,243 pounds of clothing, 12,631,283 pounds of combing, and 105,892,929 pounds of carpet wool; total, 155,928,455 pounds, valued at $20,260,936. Of the first class, Australasia, direct or by way of Great Britain, furnished nearly two thirds and the Argentine Republic most of the remainder; of the second class, three quarters came from Great Britain and nearly a sixth from Canada; of the third class, Great Britain and Continental Europe between them supplied more than half, China nearly three tenths, and the Argentine Republic and Asiatie Turkey nearly all the rest. The imports of woolen cloths amounted to 4,924,106 pounds; of wool carpets, 904,296 square yards; of women's and chil dren's dress goods, 25,343,998 square yards; of rags and shoddy, 435,854 pounds; of woolen yarns, 185,262 pounds; total value of woolen manufactures, $16,164,446. The importation of zinc and spelter was 2,998,116 pounds. Of the total value of domestic merchandise exported in 1900, amounting to $1,370,763,571, manufactures, $433,851,756 in value, form 31.65 per cent.; mining products, $37,843,742 in value, 2.76 per cent.; forest products, $52,218,112 in value, 3.81 per cent.; fishery products, $6,326,620 in value, 0.46 per cent.; and agricultural products, $835,858,123 in value, 60.98 per cent. The values of articles of domestic produce and manufacture exported in the year ending June 30, 1900, are given in the following table: Agricultural implements: Mowers and reapers, and parts of Animals: Cattle Hogs. Valne. $11,243,763 2,178,098 2,677,288 244,091 30,635,153 394.813 7,612.616 3,919,478 733,477 289,494 263,443 376,742 91,913 1,108 418,874 462,224 199.194 2,943.435 1,806,727 11,216,694 2,638,719 |