Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1867-05-24
COMMERCE AED NAvIGATION OF THE
UNITED STATES.

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The report of the director Of the bureau
OF statistics for the month of April, 1857,
has Just been published, showing the
statistics of the commerce and uaviga-
ton Of the United States up to the 3lst
Of March last. The value of the imports
Of foreign commodities for the nine
months ending March Slst, were $780,
633, ,SS8; for the three months ending on
that date were S94, ISL, ,462, and during
the month of March were SS1 ,0s2, JIG, OF
which amount S27, 1854, ,743 were dutiable,
and S, ,l27, 1916 free of duty. OF the whole
amount imported in March, goods
valued at s,606, ,4s4 were entered
for consumption, and goods valued at
S12, 475. .035 entered into warehouse. The
principal articles were: Coffee, S933, ,6S2 /;
cotton manufactures, 8, ,922, 1884 fax, and
manufactures thereof, Sl,746, sos; glass,
and manufactures thereof, S539, 1S9 (;
hides and skins, 81 ,2S7, 1874 iron and
steel, and manufactures of, S2.112,256; (;
silk, and manufactures of, 81 ,52S, ,735 SUI
gar and molasses, So, ,2S1 ,222l tea, S2IS,-
764; tobacco, and manufactures of, $3.50, :
2lS; liquors, $402, ,667; wool, and manu-
features OF, S3,604, 765. The exports
of domestic commodities for the nine
months ending March 3lst, were
sos, 7SS, ,633; the exports for the
three months ending on that date
amounted to sl3S, $50, ut, and the same
for the month of March to 45,5I2, ,140.
The principal articles exported were
Breadstuffs, S2,017, ,780; cotton, S3I, ,30l,
779; cotton manufactures, 1881, ,2S3 f; gold
and silver coin, bullion and manufac-
lures of, 81, ,679 OBS; lumber and manu-
factures of wood, 81, AS, ,S54; petroleum
and other oils, 81, ,577 ,224; provions,
s., ,6S7 ,S97; resin and turpentine, S2l5,-
035 tobacco and manufactures OF, S744,-
1874. The valde Of exports Of foreign mer-
chandise for the three months ending
March 3lst were SS, 1856, 499, and for the
month of March, S2,272, ,l9S. The com
mereial reports, while, confirming the
vast extent Of our foreign trade exhib-
tied in these statistics, show that the
large propOrtn n of it is done in foreign
bottoms. From Bergen, in Norway, our
consul reports the arrival of but 8 single
vessel from the United States. Our con-
sui at Laguayra, Venezuela, also reports
the arrival of but one vessel. Oar con-
sui at st. Johns, New Brunswick, reports
remarkable falling off in the ship
meDts Of lumber to the United States as
compared with the same period
last year. The report of our consul
at Melbourne, Australia, shows q, 500
tons of shipping in port, with
9S3 tons belonging to the United States.
The report of our consul at Lyons,
FrapAfs, exhibits falling of in our pur-
chas5e-of silk, velvet goods and other
articles of luxury TO the extent of nearly
one-half, as compared with last year.
The communication from the Hanseatic
charge d'affairs exhibits gratifying in
crease OF trade between the United States
and the port Of Bremen, as compared
with last year. Statistics of the ship
ments of textile manufactures from the
United Kingdom to the United States
exhibit slight increase over last year.
The values of domestic imports given
above, except specie and bullion, are in
curreney-ail others in gold.