New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-05-12
statIstics of Commerce and Navigation

E9EHLAsllCs OF commerce anu NANlEAuOui
Monthly report No. of the Bureau OF
Statistics is in press, and contains the
statistics of our foreign trade for the month
ended January 81, 1872, and for the seven
months ended the same, compared with
the corresponding period of 1871. The fol
lowing is a synopsis of the Contents:
Domestic exports . Foreign
Periods RODS Imports 9: Specie values)' exports
l872........ s5i SIS, I7g s48 87O9a6 s1,271 s37
I8T........ 4l,4O6,336 48, 6el,8I9 liza, 1925
Seven months ended January a.
1872....,... 1888 937,959 274OI3,462 1904 O5t
l87l........ 2791956,3l0 215, 60l,6l6 l5228, 1886
The value of foreign commodities remain
ing in warehouse January 81, 1872, was
$40, 406, 49S, as compared with SAG, sos, 25I
January 81, 1871.
The specie values of the imports and ex.
ports, which consisted of specie and bull
lion, and of merchandise, respectively, for
the seven months ended January 81, 1872,
were as follows:
Domestic Foreign
Merchandise s @E9rt s EP &; eE Be f.
iOn.. , D 676424 28,37I, 957 4846a46
SEVEN MONTHS ENDED JANUARY 81, 1871.
Domestic Foreign
,a In ImP9 95 Is 6so zoe eszPqE -g experts o
Hon........... u,g7a,3aO 46,Ia6,829 7.378,524
The respective amounts of our foreign
trade carried in American and foreign yes
sells, and in cars and other vehicles, during
the seven months ended January 81, 1879,
were as follows:
Domestic Foreign
Vessels anP s sa o szR9 1 ss eTPeF is
Land vehicles. lO,OO4,54O 4,657.834 l,59l,648
SEVEN MONTHS ENDED JANUARY 81, 1871.
Domestic Foreign
amer can. s77i857,ll8 sio5,ooa,9f7 s., 485 565
F1reign-....... 93,420.731 1874. l449 6D 834I 754
Land vehicles. 8,698l25 3,25O,757 l,4O3,329
From the above tables it appears that of
the total value of cur foreign trade carried
in vessels, seventy-One per cent was in for
eign vessels for the seven months ended
January 81, 1872, as compared with sixty
eight per cent for the corresponding period
of 1871.
The number and tonnage of vessels en-
gagged in the foreign trade which entered
into and cleared from the ports of the
United States during the twelve months
ended January 81, 1872, were as follows:
-EnteTed- -Cleared--
American vesses...1l,076 38lO,429 1914 3,742l9O6
Foreign vessels 1883 69slOO4 1854 6S77, l76
Total .3O674 IO,8Ol, 438 3O,368 lO,62OO82
TWELVE MONTHS ESDED JANUARY 81, 1871
Entered -Cleared-
No Tons. No Tons
american vessels. ,48l 3568o56 1854 1925 500
Foreign vessels 49, 1853 5,7Is,l75 1920 562O,746
Total. 1884 9,286,z3l 1904 9247,248
In addition to the foregoing, the report
contains some valuable tables, showing the
textile manufactures of Great Britain in
1870; exports from Berlin to the United
States during the quarter ended March 81,
1872; railroad statistics of Russia and Bel
GUM; merchant marine of Great Britain,
Germany, Austria, Italy, and the Neither
lands; trade of Belgium Russia, Denmark,
Argentine Republic, Rio JaneirO, and
Japan; Australian and West Indian tariff
exports Of sugar and mOlasses from the ten |
principal ports of Cuba for the calendar !
year 1871; pork packing in the West; pro-
duction, expectation and consumption of |
cotton in the United States, etc.