New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-11-23


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Statistics Of Commerce and Navigation.
Monthly report No. 2, of the Bureau of
Statistics (current series, is in press, and
exhibits the statistics of our foreign trade
for the month Of August, 1870, and the eight
months ended the same, compared with the
corresponding periods of 1859. Mr.. Ed
ward Young, chief of the bureau, furnishes
the following summary Of its contents:
Foreign
Domestic ex. exports
Periods Imports. ports, tspecie (sPecie
yaues) values
Month ended
ls76. A,3o7eSs Sao.llo6so s2,O5l 1876
1855. $500. as,l,a,oss 26,eo7,les 1,ss.5ss
ended August
Right months ''
ended August
81, 1852 80. 326,l42,796 226,270,sa9 ls45e5.9
1t will be seen from this table, that for
the eight months ended August 81, 1870, the
imports exceeded the exports by only &c.
750, 564, while for the same period Of 1869
the excess of imports over exports was $780,
412,268
Of the total imports for the eight months
sisted Of merchandise, and $E ,604 600 of
gold and silver; $l3,22S3, Sl7 was free, and
1901 ,254, 525 dutiable.
Of the total domestic exports for the same
period, $2J0, 3Ol, 126 was merchandise (gOld
vaIue), and $50, 979, 24O gold and silver coin
and bullion. OF the foreign exports SILL
399, 695 was merchandise, and $9,7l2,2 27 gold
and silver.
The proportions of the foregoing carried
lively, during the eight months ended Au-
gust 81, 1870, as compared with the same
period of 1869, were as follows:
Domestic ex-
Imports. ports, linked Foreign
vaues) exports.
seIs.. .sll2,747.ss s122,143,47s $1o7lssss
Foreign vessels 2lS,3s4,9A 2l6,6oa,sos lo,362l79
Total. e332, 2,s42 $3.50 os7 s2l,ll2 Ol2
sreHr MONTHS ENDED AUGUST 81, 1863.
Domestic OK
Imports. ports, (mixed Foreign
values) exports
seIs... slolsls; sss.sll,2ss sl2,a3s,sm
Foreign vessels 224.s2s,07o 1sS.sll,484 7,ol9,7o2
Total. ss2s 1895 s2sa, 2a2,77s $Is,45s,57s
The value of foreign commodities remain
ing in warehouse August 81, 1870, was $780,
36,729, against SEQ, 59l .849 August 81, 1869.
The following are the values Of some of
the principal articles imported and exported
during the eight months ended August 81,
1870:
IMPORTS.
Animals, living, $5,lO4,943 coffee, $751;
81. 528; cotton and manufactures of, $751;
Ol5,6l9; fax and manufactures of, $l1 49,
40; hides and skins, other than furs,
%, SIC, 633; iron and steel and manufactures
of, go, 647 ,526; leather andfleather. goods,
81, 142, l65; manufactures of silk, $l7 ,652,-
~; brown sugar, $45,434,322; molasses,
factures OF, $7,262 799; wines, spirits and
coriials, IS, los, $50; wood and manufactures
of, 81, 136, l72; wool (sheep's), goats, and
camcPe hair, $3,s64,77l; manufactures of
wool, ETC., 81, 1864.
DOMESTIC EXPORTS.
Wheat $23, 322,2l4; wheat flour $ll,77l,-
2!7; raw cotton $l52, 525,l ISL; manufactures
Of cotton 81, 499, 532; petroleum So, 1895, 9O4;
cheese $5,594,l2O; lard $3,773, 200; pork
81, 252, 75S; leaf tobacco $11 ,29S,6 42; wood
and manufactures OF, So, All ,3S9.
The number and tonnage Of vessels en-
gagged in the foreign trade which entered
and cleared during the eight months ended
August 81, 1870, were:
No. Tons. No. Tons:
american Au,sIss ysssss 1871
rotal.-....... 20. osGs ,243,s77 2s,eo8 s,l4,eo6
EIGHT MONTHS ENDED AUGUST 81, 1869.
ENTERED. CLEARED
American vessels. ISIS Isl s ISas 81 ss44 4Sns
Foreign vessels . is, $50 ,55l3dO 1929 55O8O5l