Eastern times., 1855-11-22
Commerce of the United States.

The Secretary Of the Treasury has completed
the statistics Of Commerce and Navigation for the
fiscal year ending June soth, 1855, and we find a
summary of it in the journal of Commerce,which
remarks that ga careful study of it will afford the
best possible relief for the foolish panic which has
prevailed in some ports of our country during the
last few weeks"
The Foreign Imports at all the ports OF tue
United States, (including, of course, CaiHornla
and Oregonl for the fiscal year ending june 3Oth,
1855, were S26l 3s2 900, against s3oo, 253 for
the preceding year, showing decline OF S44 1891,
293. The total exports from the United States to
foreign ports tor the fiscal year ending June 30th,
1885, were S275 l56 SAG, against S27S, ,l4I 064 for
the preceding wear, showing a decline of only S3-
Os4,2Is. IL will be seen from this, that while for
the year 1854. the imports exceeded the exports
s27, $50 lss-for the last year the exports exceed
ed the imports Sl3, ,773,ss6
The tables show an increase, during the last
year, Of $40 l02 .s64 in the imports of free goods
but falling off OF S5l ,253, ,s07 in dutable mer
chandize, and S32a6,35O in specie The course
Of the Import trade for the last three years is wor
thy OF especial notice The year ending June 30,
1883, shows an increase over the previous wear of
SS5loS3 sos, and the year 1854 showed an increase
over 1858 Of ss7 sol COG, making gain of $780,
S34,9 in two years. For the last year the de-
cline, as already stated, is So, ,36T ,293, which
brings the imports below the total for the year
1854.
While the Imports for the last year have fallen
below even the total for 1925, the Exports are
nearly forty-five millions greater than for that
year 0fthe total Exports of Specie Tor last wear
S53.9754ls were of domestic production, and
81, ,2s9, ,s24 Of foreign. The shipments of domes-
tic produce, exclusive of specie, were So, ,4O6,-
369 less than for the preceding year. while there
as an increase of 81 497 23l IN the exports of for
eigu produce, and Sl4, 1924, ,92O in the exports of
specie.
The imports Of wool, above noted, consisted of
ls9, ,5S4 AIS lbs, against 20 20O 10 lbs last year
and 2l,6s5,097 in 1858. The greatest falling off
has been in piece goods, chiefly in clothes Un-
der the heading of wooden shawls for the last year
are included several descriptions of silk and wors
ted mixtures, which last year went into the un-
enumerated total
The falling off in the imports of cottous is very
great and extends to all descriptions of goods
The difficulty of separating printed cottons from
other piece goods, has induced change in the
official statement, whereby all piece goods in
cludcd in one total Velvets of mixed materials
are now classed with those all cotton.
The deeline in the imports of silks has been far
less than in cottons, but a triHe greater than in
woolens.
From the close of the fiscal year the compare
tive increase in the exports has been still greater,
the total for the quarter ending Sept 30th being
6s 902 Ala dollars. against 62 297 sos imports for
the same period. From this date, however, the
imports will probably show like comparative in
crease