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—The recent growth of the foreign commerce of the country is shown in the following statement of the gross specie value of imports and exports for years ending June 30:
| YEARS. | IMPORTS. | EXPORTS OF FOREIGN PRODUCTS. | EXPORTS OF DOMESTIC PRODUCTS. | |||||||
| Merchandise. | Coin and bullion. |
Total. | Merchandise. | Coin and bullion. |
Total. | Merchandise. | Coin and bullion. |
Total. | Mixed values, gold and currency. | |
| 1850 | 173,509,526 | 4,628,792 | 178,138,318 | 9,475,493 | 5,476,315 | 14,951,808 | 134,900,233 | 2,046,679 | 136,946,912 | .......... |
| 1851 | 210,771,429 | 5,453,503 | 216,224,932 | 10,295,121 | 11,403,172 | 21,698,293 | 178,620,138 | 18,069,580 | 196,689,718 | .......... |
| 1852 | 207,440,398 | 5,505,044 | 212,945,442 | 12,053,084 | 5,236,298 | 17,289,382 | 154,931,147 | 37,437,837 | 192,368,984 | .......... |
| 1853 | 263,777,265 | 4,201,382 | 267,978,647 | 13,620,120 | 3,938,340 | 17,558,460 | 189,869,162 | 23,548,535 | 213,417,697 | .......... |
| 1854 | 297,623,039 | 6,939,342 | 304,562,381 | 21,631,260 | 3,218,934 | 24,850,194 | 213,985,236 | 38,062,570 | 252,047,806 | .......... |
| 1855 | 257,808,708 | 3,659,812 | 261,468,520 | 26,158,368 | 2,289,925 | 28,448,293 | 192,751,135 | 53,957,418 | 246,708,558 | .......... |
| 1856 | 310,432,310 | 4,207,632 | 314,639,942 | 14,781,372 | 1,597,206 | 16,378,578 | 266,438,051 | 44,148,279 | 310,586,330 | .......... |
| 1857 | 348,428,342 | 12,461,799 | 360,890,141 | 14,917,047 | 9,058,570 | 23,975,617 | 278,906,713 | 60,078,352 | 338,985,065 | .......... |
| 1858 | 263,338,654 | 19,274,496 | 282,613,150 | 20,660,241 | 10,225,901 | 30,886,142 | 251,351,033 | 42,407,246 | 293,758,279 | .......... |
| 1859 | 331,333,341 | 7,434,789 | 338,768,130 | 14,509,971 | 6,385,106 | 20,895,077 | 278,392,080 | 57,502,305 | 335,894,385 | .......... |
| 1860 | 353,616,119 | 8,550,135 | 362,166,254 | 17,333,634 | 9,599,388 | 26,933,022 | 316,242,423 | 56,946,851 | 373,189,274 | .......... |
| 1861 | 289,310,542 | 46,339,611 | 335,650,153 | 14,654,217 | 5,991,210 | 20,645,427 | 204,899,616 | 23,799,870 | 228,699,486 | .......... |
| 1862 | 189,356,677 | 16,415,052 | 205,771,729 | 11,026,477 | 5,842,989 | 16,869,466 | 179,644,024 | 31,044,651 | 210,688,675 | 213,069,519 |
| 1863 | 243,335,815 | 9,584,105 | 252,919,920 | 17,960,535 | 8,163,049 | 26,123,584 | 186,003,912 | 55,993,562 | 241,997,474 | 305,884,998 |
| 1864 | 316,447,283 | 13,115,612 | 329,562,895 | 15,333,961 | 4,922,979 | 20,256,940 | 143,504,027 | 100,473,562 | 243,977,589 | 320,085,199 |
| 1865 | 238,745,580 | 9,810,072 | 248,555,652 | 29,089,055 | 3,025,102 | 32,114,157 | 136,940,248 | 64,618,124 | 201,558,372 | 323,743,187 |
| 1866 | 484,812,066 | 10,700,092 | 445,512,158 | 11,341,420 | 3,400,697 | 14,742,117 | 337,518,102 | 82,643,374 | 420,161,476 | 550,684,277 |
| 1867 | 395,763,100 | 22,070,475 | 417,833,575 | 14,719,332 | 5,892,176 | 20,611,508 | 277,641,893 | 54,976,196 | 332,618,089 | 438,577,312 |
| 1868 | 357,436,440 | 14,188.368 | 371,624,808 | 12,562,999 | 10,038,127 | 22,601,126 | 269,389,900 | 83,745,975 | 353,135,875 | 454,301,713 |
| 1869 | 417,506,379 | 19,807,876 | 437,314,255 | 10,951,000 | 14,222,414 | 25,173,414 | 275,166,697 | 42,915,966 | 318,082,663 | 413,961,115 |
| 1870 | 435,958,408 | 26,419,179 | 462,377,587 | 16,155,295 | 14,271,864 | 30,427,159 | 376,616,478 | 43,883,802 | 420,500,275 | 499,092,143 |
| 1871 | 520,223,684 | 21,270,024 | 541,493,708 | 14,421,270 | 14,038,629 | 23,459,899 | 428,398,908 | 84,403,359 | 512,802,267 | 562,518,651 |
| 1872 | 626,595,077 | 13,743,689 | 640,338,766 | 15,690,455 | 7,079,294 | 22,769,749 | 428,487,131 | 72,798,240 | 501,285,371 | 549,219,718 |
| 1873 | 642,136,210 | 21,480,937 | 663,617,147 | 17,446,483 | 10,703,028 | 28,149,511 | 505,033,439 | 73,905,546 | 578,938,985 | 649,132,563 |
| 1874 | 567,406,342 | 28,454,906 | 595,861,248 | 16,849,619 | 6,930,719 | 23,780,338 | 569,433,421 | 59,699,686 | 629,133,107 | 693,039,054 |
| 1875 | 533,005,436 | 20,900,717 | 553,906,153 | 14,158,611 | 8,275,013 | 22,438,624 | 499,284,100 | 83,857,129 | 583,141,229 | 643,094,767 |
To the total value of domestic exports in 1874 should be added $10,200,059 gold or $11,424,066 currency, and to the value of those in 1875, $15,596,524 gold, for merchandise which the Canadian reports show to have been exported from the United States, but which does not appear in the returns of this country. The average yearly value in gold of the imports and exports, from the formation of the government to 1850, was as follows:
| YEARS. | Imports. | Exports of foreign products. |
Exports of domestic products. |
| 1789 to 1799 | $52,359,269 | $15,175,257 | $27,944,992 |
| 1799 to 1809 | 93,351,628 | 37,827,500 | 37,287,530 |
| 1809 to 1819 | 81,906,927 | 13,357,458 | 45,338,432 |
| 1819 to 1829 | 80,220,651 | 28,326,438 | 52,832,653 |
| 1829 to 1839 | 126,641,148 | 19,564,916 | 83,845,630 |
| 1839 to 1849 | 119,678,698 | 13,233,998 | 110,840,752 |
The chief articles of import and of domestic export during the year ending June 30, 1875, with their values, were as follows:
| IMPORTS. | |
| Chemicals, drugs, dyes, and medicines | $10,272,571 |
| Coffee | 50,591,488 |
| Gold and silver, coin and bullion | 20,900,717 |
| Gums | 2,321,383 |
| Hides and skins, other than fur | 18,536,902 |
| India-rubber and gutta-percha, crude and manufactures of | 5,189,469 |
| Paper materials, rags and other | 4,770,745 |
| Silk, raw | 4,504,306 |
| Tea | 22,673,703 |
| Animals, living | 2,861,002 |
| Books, engravings, &c. | 2,633,796 |
| Barley | 6,297,738 |
| Cotton manufactures | 27,738,401 |
| Earthenware | 4,265,210 |
| Fancy goods | 5,623,949 |
| Flax and manufactures of | 17,720,647 |
| Fruits | 12,952,680 |
| Furs and fur skins, dressed | 3,017,631 |
| Glass and glass ware | 5,805,115 |
| Hemp and manufactures of | 3,219,385 |
| Iron and steel, and manufactures of | 18,475,733 |
| Jute and other grasses, and manufactures of | $3,882,268 |
| Leather and manufactures of | 10,245,597 |
| Opium | 2,037,793 |
| Precious stones | 3,612,280 |
| Seeds | 6,687,192 |
| Silk, manufactures of | 24,380,923 |
| Soda and salts of | 5,563,526 |
| Spices | 2,285,525 |
| Straw and palm leaf, manufactures of | 2,325,539 |
| Sugar, brown | 70,015,757 |
| Molasses | 11,685,224 |
| Melado | 3,313,597 |
| Tin and manufactures of | 15,365,565 |
| Tobacco and manufactures of | 6,861,384 |
| Watches, clocks, &c. | 2,566,195 |
| Wines and spirits | 7,769,527 |
| Wood, manufactures of | 6,182,988 |
| Wool, unmanufactured | 11,071,259 |
| Wool, manufactures of | 44,609,704 |
| All other articles | 62,084,493 |
| Total | $552,918,857 |
| Total merchandise, exclusive of specie | $532,018,140 |
| DOMESTIC EXPORTS. | |
| Agricultural implements | $2,625,372 |
| Animals, living | 2,672,505 |
| Indian corn | 24,456,937 |
| Wheat | 59,607,863 |
| Wheat flour | 23,712,440 |
| Cotton, raw | 190,638,625 |
| Cotton, manufactured | 4,071,882 |
| Chemicals, dyes, and medicines | 2,925,322 |
| Furs and fur skins | 4,396,424 |
| Gold and silver, coin and bullion | 83,857,129 |
| Hides and skins, other than fur | 4,729,725 |
| Iron and steel, and manufactures of | 19,349,671 |
| Leather and manufactures of | 7,324,796 |
| Naval stores | 2,901,625 |
| Oil cake | 5,138,300 |
| Oils, mineral, refined or manufactured | 30,078,568 |
| Provisions | 81,343,401 |
| Spirits of turpentine | 1,924,544 |
| Sugar and molasses | 3,793,517 |
| Tallow | 5,692,203 |
| Tobacco and manufactures of | 27,844,490 |
| Wood and manufactures of | 17,740,085 |
| All other articles | 36,239,343 |
| Total | $643,064,767 |
| Total merchandise, exclusive of specie | $559,207,638 |
