New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-12-05
statistics of Commerce and NaViga'ioN
for the Fiscal Year 1872

statistics of Commerce and Navigation
for the Fiscal Year lSS@'
yror+b1v report No. II of the Bureau Of
Statistics is going through the press. ~
embraces the statistics OF our IoEelgh tEa e
for tlle month ended June ~, Io'@, anu Io5
~ fgcal year ended the same, compared
Will, the corresponding periods OF ~ J. n ~
Younp, chief Of the bureau, IAflIsbeS VIC
following abstract:
Domestic exports l F0Ts5sn
Periods. Imports (sPec-e values)' Exports
Month en9 $50 isns - $se = 60 SCI
is4I 5i265O76 4l,685258 2,2l5,7gO
Twelve months ended June $o- 30 .eo 40
s 81 355 55S 81 5i5 59i2 sss55555
The following are the respective amounts
of fine foregoing, which consisted OF mef-
chandise and Of specie and bullion:
FISCAL YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 1872
Domestic Foreign
IN ImP o5 s. zoe sH ga 81 $50 As
Sf ISa ana o"l. 1878 gae 72a9a24o 7o792S'
plscAr, YEAR ENDED JUNE 80, 1871,
domestic Foreign
7rrno,+a exports exports.
Merchandise #5lg59JJo4 S4E''oo7'"i' p
SPIT5 S6 ana on., 2lgoooa4 a45o5256 laoaa6a9
The value of the foreign commodities re-
naming in warehouse June ~, 1917, was
$l222ll,26G, as compared with Soo,3<4,'1
1iIowjng for the difference in the ware
bonse accounts. the imports for the hscal
wear 1872 are in excess Of the domestic and
foreign exports combined, to the amount Of
Asa 886. COZ. while for the fiscal year lSIl
the exports exceeded the imports BY $ij,-
393,8l8. r.-.
The respective amounts OF our iioreiign
commerce carried in American ana lCfelSh
vessels, and in cars and other land vehicles
plscAL YEAR ENDED JUNE 80, 1872
Domestic Foreign
vesse !@2 gs5 ss s15 szRfS 9 S. 65
Foreign 800. 4l5,4l7279 38I ,620 6gz ~ iI 100
Land Vehicles II, 634 ASS G279,l57 3,735s3
FISCAL YEAR EyDED JUNE 80, 1871.
Domestic Foreign
Ams sTSsaT s65 rs 7io si80,624658 @9,7538Oi
FOreign w 3G3 O20,644 316,476,6O9 l6,320,3 23
Land Land Vehicles IS I07 .354 5,4I7.224 2,3ao772
1t appears from the above that OF our
total foreign trade in 1872, carried IN yes
sells. about seventy one per cent was ID for
ejgn vessels, while in 1871 it was but little
over sixty-eight per cent.
The number and tonnage Of vessels en-
gagged in the foreign trade, which entered
into and cleared from the United States
during the fiscal year ended June 80, 1872,
were as follows:
-Entered-- ~,--CleaIed--
Fofeign 7essels 1851 o5843 1919 70i869
Total.......... 20 268 10,8o3,i26 29237 Io73o5l5
FISCAL YEAR ENDED JrNE 80, 1871.
-Entered-- Cleared
NJ; T TT s;o :, ~: . T 73I a,z
ForSign vessels 200 G266444 1928 6'I5l527
- --- - ----
Total. ,l2I l0oO9,l84 29a6I 9,89G,482
The report contains detailed lists Of the
arrival Of immigrants in the United States
for the quarter ended June 80, 1872, and tor
the year ended the same. The total mum.
Der arrived during the year was 404, 500, Of
whom 24Ol7O were males, and 1884, 36 fe-
males. They represent l76 occupations,
summarized as follows: Professional Occu-
pati0ns, 2442 males and 2l7 females; skilled
occupations, 3,164 males and 1904 females;
miscellaneous occupations, l3J,O69 males
and 1854 females; occupations not speci-
fed, 29I9 males and 7l26 females; without
occupation (mainly women and cM-drenb
So $50 males and lis, 1853 females.
These immigrants came from about one
hundred different countries, Of which the
following are the principal From England,
G9,764; Ireland, G8,732 Scotland, 1886;
Wales 1914; Germany, l4l, l09: Austria,
4lS2; Sweden, I3,4G4; Norway, ll,42l;
e@enmark, $3.50; Holland, 1919; Belgium,
T3S Switzerland, $3.50; France, 93l7; Spain,
$685. Portugal, 4lG; Italy. ALA; Russia, ga;
Poland lG47; China, 1888; Japan, u; Can
ada, "a SIS; Nova Scotia, 1893; New Bruins
wick, 1850; Prince Edward Island, 1880;
Newfoundland, POS; landowners Island,
5l3; Mexico, $685. Cuba, 49,; Bahamas, 38i;
Azores, 800; Sandwich Islands, 2V3; Aus
tra!ia 2l76; born at sea, l2l.
The tables on immigration are followed
by statements showing the products Of the
American fisheries; guano from American
islands; lumber, etc, from Maine via New
Brunswick; shipments Of domestic and
foreign commodities between New York
and San Francisco via the IsthmUs Of
Panama
The report contains two valuable state
ments showing the quantities and yalues of
our imports and domestic exports fer 1871
and 1872, and the actual increase OF de
crease in value OF tho principal articles.