, 1875-08-19
HOME AND FOREIGN TRADE.
A Years Imports and 1sxpOrts--.
ltcnIs Oi 3SGOIOn,y .Or lex.
trMvlgnilcc.
Decrease In Imports Of Nearly 4o,000,-
900, nnd III Exports of Nearly
B50,000,0O0.
The Imports Loss than tho Exports by
Over $50, 100000.

WASHINGTON. u. e., Ang. little detailed
statement Of importB and exports for tho 5eas
ended Juno 90. 1916, hns Just been Issued by
The Hoard OF Statistics. Compared with tho pro-
coding fiscal year marked falling on In tho az
gregatca Of our foreign and domestic tEndc In
shoun. Tho tosnl yauc Of imports fnr tho ynnr
was ELSA. DOG, ,25}. falling oil Of noarty E4?,-
O00, 900 compared with tho preceding year. Uf
tho merchnnllHo imported. siG7. .1s0,iIi was non-
dutiAblo loasiuE S3sG, 725, ,GGJ topay &l5G.47D.1M
collected from customs iaat ycAr. Tho Lscrcaso
III gold coin Imported was 6,773,3!3, AMI In
silvos ,iu. 5g,2D5,0lG. During Tho sear the OK
cess II goltl coin oxporte1. compared with 1874.
waA e30, ,t42, H27. mud Bver coin $3.50, 252 which
shows loss in coin for tho ln,t fiscal yonr Ut
over eJy, ,00O,0n0.
vAtiARY or OUN 1sfronrH.
A glance at tho leading atticloB imported, con-
trastlng their quantities aud rafltca With those
for tho yeal ended june 90, 1874, sill bo Of ape
cal Interest to tic MERCHANTS OF Now York. In
lion and atcel, and thoir manufactures, tho do.
crease was 5,317. .2y;. OF this docrcnBc nearly
f7,O00,000 WIS III stecl ba1B aud rails alono. In
brown angnE tl,o decrease was over S7,010, 600.
This tlecroase did not affect tho rofnlng asd ex-
postatton Of that asticIc. tho valne Of refined
sugar exported from tho United 9tatoa rising
IFUM S4Jut4s lb1 4htt ~ CD 0Ha III 4oius Ill
leRf tobacco mud clGara tho falng of was sl.-
ST, SEC, which represents o decsehAo Of J,000,00
pounds Of ldaf tobacco and 1900 cigars.
In foreign wines, spirits, nnd cotdlats
no ccnnomtzcd 10 Tho o1tent Of sS77, 200,
and our bill for malt llquots whs reduced $10,-
339. What VIC saved in lqnors and tobncco was
gpont mora than twiGo ovor tn fruits aud nuts,
lheae Costing fnat yoAr "a. 1885, 1G1 mnre than II,
1874. Our cofoc oost III loss by 9I,i57,479 aud
vet We got for tho mohoy spent III 1875 Aoiry
81, ,OOp, ,UuU po,,naa moro tuan wo got in 1874. We
brought ovof e, ,14h, 274 moro poundH Of toa tlian
account a1,5Gi.i .ias. For gll kinds OF buItona we
inctcaHsd our bIil 92C9Jl0 aiId for our Alk goods
s:,s4,n3i. II l.Nsnan hai. mud ts manufactures
We 8av.d s3i0,u10, but thu cost Of our 'fancy
goods Increased oyor 900 0ol. In iowetry
40 fell OF e1G1, ,6AU, willie perfumerr and cos
me.iea incroaeed @Jj ,ADl Har]inea, Which cost
IN &sDl. .0H0 In 1H74 cost bnt e51H. ITO in 1875.
thus clfooing : saving Of s4G5,0 In of ium
wc sayo,t S5U2, ,i35; aalt 3432, bG3; 1nIfs-rublcr
aud its manufactures. $500. 9tlS, and taking HIS
amount eavcd nt1 those articles expended 1t for
precious stones, the amount expended for Bnch
alorntnanta boing st,725. BOB in excens OF tho
eum expeuded the preceding year In manu-
factureH Of b, ass TN, ud. glass, 1onthor, hemp,
INK, and wood, thero waH a large lecroase whlto
in manufactures of cooper, cotton. e!la, wool,
and iuto thero was m imcronae.
VALUE or LEADING IMPORTS.
Tho following table will show tic yA111es OF
the leading ARTICLES impol ted tin Inst iirral your
compared with tho corresponding year 1871: