New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1873-01-14

statistics of Commerce ana NhFfGhucHs
Monthly report No L. series 1928, of
the Bureau of Statistics contains the statls-
ties of our foreign trade for the month
ended July 81, 1872, and for the seven
months ended the same compared with
the corresponding periods of 1871. The
chief of the bureau furnishes the follow
ing synopsis:
Domestic exports Foreign
Periods. Imports; tspece values). exports.
ls7a ao'n o 4si 7i8 si68e4 SOL ss4O8eI6
181l........ 47e5oe Sa, ,,,,u 27,slS7" '2'2'O72
1s7 seven no4 aia 7si aa2 a47las 1855
i87i........ 35O793776 322,a5s,56l l8227,8lo
The total value Of foreign commodities
remaining in warehouse July 81, 1872, was
$ll2,896, 500, as compared with $70,257, 85,
Suly 81, 1871.
The respective amounts of the foreign
trade for the seven months, which consisted
of merchandise and gold and coin and sill
yer bullion we're as follows:
SEVEN MONTHS KNDED JULY 81, 1872.
Domestic Foreign
Imports. exports exports.
Merchandise. $4Ol 9sl ,o52 $256'726,Og7 $9,S6752l
"P lion anu w 338,a3I75 273,552l2 8774957
SEVEN MONTHS KNDEp JUNB 81, 1871.
Domestic Foreign
ImDoIts. exports. exports.
Merchandise. siO, sS762 s66, O88 s4fssO25
iion........... 1l,85O6Ol 49344,349 9452
Allowing for the difference in the ware
house account, the imports for the seven
months ended July 81, 1872, are in excess Of
the domestic and foreign exports combined,
to the amount of $33, COG, 1873, or nearly 1863
per cent, while for the seven months ended
July 81, 1871, the exports exceeded the I'M
ports by $l,755764, OF about 0 30 per cent.
OF the total imports and exports for the
seven months ended July 81, 1872, and 1871,
the following amounts were carried in
American and foreign vessels. and in cars
and other land vehicles, respectively:
SEVEN MONTHS RI DED July 81, 1871.
Domestic Foreign
American sli8 BS7,7o5 #g653l22o SO - 1888
Foreign 49,. 283 PAS SIG 252, 426,862 1883 365
Land Vehicles 1866, $40 2,294,962 1921, 1893
lxvEN MONTHS ENDED JULY 81, 1872.
Domestic Foreign
Vessels mP9Pgts exports TS5 az eX a5o is
f feiagrn No.. 55 Ssi OH 245,2lo77i ilI79653
Land Vehicles 1858, 1856 3,627,255 ll97,AO
From this table it appears that, of our
total foreign trade Ill seven months ended
Jnly 81. 1872, carried in vessels, over sew
enty-one per cent was in foreign vessels, 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 July 81, 1872 and 1871, respectively,
were as follows:
gwELvR MONTHS ENDED JULY 81, 1879.
-Entered-N -Cleared--
No. Tons. No. Tons.
american vessels. ..l0,769 3121 lO3 iO602 36i85Oi
ssrelgn vessels ,7l9 7,l527T 1880 7l29665
swELvE MONTHS ENDED JULY 81, 1871.
~Entered-- -Cleared--
No. Tons. No. Tons.
10 S67 2 IA .lt1
Soreign vessels 10 366 6,354,25l 1922 62Ss66S
In addition to the foregoing, this report
contains statements showing the receipts,
expenditures and financial condition of the
lite insurance companies in the United
States; railroad earnings in the United
States; exports from Birmingham, England;
production of minerals manufactures and