New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-08-11

accounts of our foreign trade for the eleven
months ended May 81, 1870, as compared
with the corresponding period Of 1862 The
head of the bureau, Mr.. Edward Young, fur
nishes the following synopsis:
Domestic
Periods. Imports. exports. Foreign
Specie exports,
values)
81, 1870. - $4o,2os, 75s s3s,3l2s7s s1el3,783
81, 1863. 4l,7si,s7s 29,2el,2ss 3,34 us
Eleven months
ended May 81, 90, o,r e,- .o.o.o-,, -so ,--
Eleven months
ended May 81,
1t will be seen, by the above table, that
for eleven months ended May 81, 1870, the
imports exceeded the exports by Sc, DE, 500,
presenting very favorable contrast with
the same period of 1869, when the excess Of
imports over exports was $S5, 055, 49.
The value OF commodities remaining in
warehouse May 81, 1870, was s54, G29, 462,
against $56, 388,076, in 1869.
Proportion shipped in American and for
eign vessels during the eleven months ended
May 81, 1870:
Domestic
Imports. exports. Foreign
mixed exports.
values)
sells .... s l37, 426 9C6 ssls0l49137 S11 1886, 347
Foreign vessels. p4 508,71I 2s0 486 ZIG IS 49, $50
ELEVEN MONTHS ENDED NAY 81, 1862
Domestic
Imports. exports Foreign
tmixed exports.
values).
sells Sl42..4 1862 sl23 1899 Sl4l54 sl3
Foreign vessels. 254,a66.556 ,865 s,1o1,6l7
OF the total imports for the eleven months
ended May 81, 1870, $43,4l3757 was free of
duty, $37S, 52l 800 dutiable, $246,472, 7S5en-
tered for consumption, and $l75, 462, S32 en-
tered warehouse.
The principal commodities imported were:
Gold and silver coin and bullion, SIG, GIG, 04;
living animals, $685., S53: breadstuffs,
$7,792, 528; coffee, $22,O79,2l8; cotton and
manufactures of cotton, So, 42l ,562; chemi-
.cals, drugs and dyes, So, 1885, 1898; fax and
manufactures of flax, $l5 793, $50; fruits,
$7,O07 GA furs and fur skins, $2,0l1 asa;
hides and skins other than furs, Sl3, 326, 29l;
iron and manufactures of, S26,648.6 GIG;
leather and leather goods, $9,03O93S silk
and molasses, $50, Os7 100 !. tea, $l3,l57 ,992;
tin and manufactures of, So 56S, 81 wines,
spirits and cordials, $6,9ll897: wood and
manufactures of, $780, wool, sleeps,
goats and camels' hair, and manufactures
o., $39, 322, $50. ....
The principal articles of domestic export
were: Agricultural implements, 1921, 733;
Iv1ng animals, *SIU,003 DrcaOSCunS, $OO,-
OIL, l36; raw cotton, $2l5, 49s, 206; manufac-
lures of cotton, s., 292 262; gold and silver
coin and bullion, $3S, 1874, 1893; manufactures
Of gold and silver, So, &c. iron and manu-
features of, $l2, 9l8, 9S6; steel and manufac-
lures Of S. 722, 286; naval stores, 81, S99, 528;
petroleum oil, $2S,099, 939; all other oils,
4l,799, 733; provisions, $26,97I, 595; tallow.
1906, 277; tobacco and manufactures Of,
$40, 254, 036; wood and manufactures Of, sl2,-
574,078 t..
The principal articles re-exported were ::
Gold and silver coin and bullion, $l2, $780,
ga; oils, 81 81 ,872: provisions and tallOw,
81, $50, 5s4; tea, 81, 1879, III.
The following are the values Of the prin-
cipal commodities remaining IN warehouse
May 81, 1870:
Coffee, 81, 1917 ,249; manufactures of cotton,
1874 $50; manufactures of flax, 81, 402, 49,
fruit, 81 ,349, 1907; hemp and manufactures of
hemp, $S76, 4S3; iron and manufactures of
iron, S2,543, l04; leather and leather goods,
$960,8 brown sugar, SLY ,g72, 408; molasses,
$2,732. 273; tea, 1851 1897; wines, spirits and
cOrdials, 81 ,933, 467; wool, etc., and manufac-
lures of, 3,2O6, 6S4.
Vessels engaged in the foreign trade
which entered into and cleared from the
United States during the eleven months
ended May 81, 1870:
-Entered.- -Cleared.-