New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-04-04

Statistic. Of Commerce and Navigation
Monthly report No. 6 (current series) Of
the Bureau of Statistics Il now IN press. II
contains the statistics of our foreign trade
for the month OF December, 1871, and tOl
the year ended the same, compared with
the corresponding period OF 1870. The foi
lowing is a synopsis OF the contents
Domestic exports ForeigI
Periods Imports. tspecie ralues). exports
Month ended Dece:n Der 30
9IIs S sss 90 sS Sj5 81,
Twelve months ended December %
l37l....... 589, 800 1lt 5lllB0W 26ssI,t3
l3-O........ 1921. 30 13J8'5,'A 5Oooo,! =
The value of foreign commodities remain
ing in warehouse December 81; ISL. was
$6394I, 2.,3. as compared with SA,6l6,75l
December 81, 1870.
The respective amounts of imports and
exports for the twelve months ended De
cember 81, 1871, which consisted of mercfan-
disc and of specie and bullion, were as fol
lows:
Domestic Foreign
Imports. exports. exports.
Merchandise s57s5iosos s!f5.5s5s;S sl'7aa.aae
lion.. 4.. l73g9I5 e5G233i2 12oosl2a
TWELVE MONTHS ENDED DECEMBER 81, 1870.
Domestic Foreign
Me.ehan4.e. sis.I5l15I 45s7!7e, io5 sI5,8o5 100
i.on..a-.....,. 25s-o657 65oss,3l7 l4s5i 900
OF the total imports and exports, the
comparative values carried In American
and foreign vessels and IL cars and other
land vehicles, respectively, during the
twelve months ended December 81, l51l,
were as follows:
Arnslicaa l-z5l;" @l,4 - 90 s3s 9 ..
CS.s etc... l5.yss.7si 67l35@ 2s5s.525
TWELVE MONTH. EyOzD DECEMBER 81, 1880.
Domestic Foreign
yss,s l@P s35s sHFoT: "a. tEg p s.
Foreian....... 5l3.5o3.7.i 5lIo,5.7oi I52G,i53
Care, etc. 1882 2.si5,5-5 1881 go
From the two preceding tables it appears
that Of the total amount Of our foreign COM
merce carried by water, over sixty nine per
cent was ii foreign vessels during the calen
dar year l57l, as compared with .iXtyfve
per cent in 1870.
Vessels engaged in the foreign trade en-
tered into anu cleared from the United
States during the twelve months ended De
cember 81, l51l:
-,--Entered--. ---CleaIed--
f feIsGA s5l55 ysj 5s5s5
Total. .30eDs l0,7l7,758 3o237 lO,55e PSI
TWELVE MONTHS ENDED DECEMBER 30, 1910,
--Eutertd--- --CleartS-
No. Tons 80. Tons.
American vessels. .lo5ps 35;9I255 1922 3,olz9 72
Forei9H vessels. ,10l ,3t5 1906 j,5j7.@l7
Total.........2g2g7 9,l9s,sso % ,98i s,l75,353
The report contains several statements
exhibiting the statistics Of immigration
into the United States during the quarter
ended December 81, 1871, from which it ap-
pears that the total number arrived was
yJ,l3S, Of whom IL, isJ were passengers not
immi grants, leaving the actual imlui grants
at 1868, of whom 1881 were males, and
81 2,2 females OF the total number OF i'm
migrants, ,bJ3 were under fifteen years OF
age; H.9ll, fifteen and under forty; and
III ,0JS,. forty and over. There were 1876
deaths on the voyage.
The countries from which these immi-
grants departed were: From Great Britain.
1926; Ireland, 1926: Germany and Aus
tria, 3O,j0S; Sweden, Norway and
Denmark, 1896: France, 2iO2; Switzer-
land, 5!3; Span and Portugal, 20I;
Italy, 7S3 Holland, 21S; Belgium,
az; Russia and Poland J0G; other coun-
tries of Europe, -; China, GG3; Australia,
Gel; British North American provinces,
II .S6j: Mexico, Ill; South America. %:
West Indies, 40l; all other countries, :23.
Their occupations were, briefly, as follows:
Artists, 81; bakers, 2Il; blacksmiths, $50;
butchers, 30; carpenters and joiners g3,:
clerpymen, %: clerks, 49,; engineers 1913:
lawyers, IL; mariners, 2S'; masons, }2G:
mechanics, 9Ji; merchants. 1899; miners
1892; painters, 1876; ply -icj,'ns, II; seam
stresses, IL; servants, 2lS': sh0emakers
1913: tailors, li2: teachers. CT; weavers, las;
all other occupations, 2l7O: occupations not
stated, and without occupation (cE!ehy
women and cbildrcn), 4J,322.
The total number Of immigrants arrived
during the twelve months ended December
81, 1871, was 3lj93S, of whom 2Oi,'2o were
males and H., 2l0 females.
Further details are gwen III the report.
The immigration statistics are followed
by quarterly statements showing the pro
ducts OF The An "iran fisheries, guano from
American .i,lai.a- lumber. etc, from Maine
Via New Bruns~ Is; ana the value OF the
trade between New York and san Francisco
Via the isthIuuS Of Panama.
In addition to other valuable matter con
tanned in this number may he enumerated
a dispatch from the United States legation
at Mexico TO the Department of State, trans
uniting an explanatory circular OF the min
lister of the Mexican trc@sHf, accompany
Ing the proposed new tau... he trade of
Chill in 1870; average premium on gold in
New York. by months and quarters in the
wears 1862 to 1871, both inclusive; elaho-
rate tables showing the stanSt,'~ of one
hundred railroads in the tnitco Stat,
railroad statistics Of Great Britain frn'n
ISf- 10 iO' j. i'I'bidLioii, az ttthi'i Va mus
s:a; value Of the gold and silver production
OF the United States in 1869 and 1870; navi-
CATION through the Suez canal in 1870 and
1917 act relative TO additional duties for
foreign vessels in France; agricultural sta
iistics Of France: population OF Sweden;
miscellaneous statistics rrldt.'" to Wur-
temberg; imports AMI exports Of Melbourne:
ana exports from tdirutir e." the United
States for fifteen raar~
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