, 1876-12-01
NATIONAL COMMERCE..

Report of tho Ssoretury Of HtNtn mn tho
CoMmcrcfnf ItctntfDns uf tho United STATES
with Other Countries.
WAsElSGToN, D, e., Nov 2a.-Thc report of
the Secretary Of State upon the commercial r.
laslous Of tho United States With foreign couu-
t;nvrrunict,t printing oiltce, mud Iroin which the
following extracts are taken:
-tMstrta-i[NAydrU-Th returns Of the cnn-
nlercu uf thls country, exclusive III Ualiantfa,
show that the value nl tue imports fur thu year
1874 amounted iu 5O5 Bl5Sss Gur,,,s, aud ti,at oi
exports fpr the sa1nc l'crtol To a5??,22j17. .6G'
tlorns. Upon comparison OF these figures with
the returns 0f the resclt year, the year 1S7l
SHOWS a dcercase Of 5o0s Ulh nori,ss In The i'll.
ports, but an increasc Of -, l3i,os5 Il, the eN-
putts.
DfiVHm-1llc spccla1 Conrncrcc Of thts king
dun, Is rcuutseE lis haYfng amounted tn The
war 1874 to a.lo7, ,T francs, Of which ,sst,
la, ,.Ea tral,ts ssas te val',e uf t!,r in,posts a
crease In the aggregate Of l74.l!is,DW francs
froln llsr colnulerro of 18th III tic trade Ut
Belgium With thu Uuitel Matcs for tho year
1871 u decrease Of 1.,CU0,030 frllics, nr y per
Of a,sah 00 franrs, Or II }'er cent. In the exports
rs compared with the previous year.
Ffaaee.-Altlsuugll tie aggregate commerce of
Fruncc suffered considerable 4llnln.lt!on Anrn,,
sccIi.s lu imse materially Increased. I1hr !l-
Iurts t1,tU France from ths cou,ltrylllrlltg the
yrnr nns,c.l amounted to aIl,aoO,to fr,,,rs TX
teeding those fur 1s13 ty 4?, 0W.GD francs, nl!l
francs lii exrcss u tho exports of tne previous
ycar. Although the bAluncc of trsule between
ille two countries IL still in fayur of France by
ncarIS aiUo}Gn francs, yet tlis Is ga!n Il
favor Of the unitctl statss of nsarly :M,Axki
fratcs over tho year 1S1.,. The total value nf
thr ilerinrcl exports to thu United States tU
France, t"r the ycar ending sspt: ~ is75, Is re-
phrteh lis Htht'nNtlng to Sttl1tUO ONI, iii tnrrcAse
1s5I'T4. '>@'0>@ )"
Htrl4any-A general stnEnatiun IN the trade Ut
thu Grrltan Empire Is reported th" past year.
Tho total lcclarrd exports truu, the Cs,ntulnr
amiu,IltcI to s;D, Ill ,es, bc!t,.; reduriion OF
,al2 froin The corresponding pcru1 Il!
0reai Misunderstanding the year 1871. sl.c In,
ports !ron tile l'nllcl Statcs considerably m'isc
former having amounted to Ea3,sg; ,ItW hui
ttle attur tu XII ..}5 3H. The total amount III
de.iarcd exForta uLltNlIstcl during the year
eudtns scpi. 10, ls75 tu sla5,iii,sls, l'r!nS
Sls,3ii ,9i6 tess sfsall the corresponding lerlod
ut loTJ-i. THIS tutA! number III ye>scs with
entered tho puris VI Tho british Isles during
thu year ls14 {. nsiasls rs;urte1 as G',s5l,
larc.l viii the returns ol ls,;l, stsow l1ss uf
(i3 ycssrls but a gA!n Ut 5GI, ,'t1 tuns, the gun
ot tho to!aE,a aplHartn. chiefly in steam lIar!-
Eat0t Illt iDtAi Mlllltrr III Vessels that el-
tered jron the United States during the year
ls7l amounted tn 4,hS vessels, ulra,lIri,
35ul.. II ts, and of timlsr that cleared for tnis
country tu a,sSi3 yesscle, l!ri,lrin;. Ism, III
TONS, bcn,s u gain OF iI1i Vessels all,l 4s9O1l
tu,Is fl tho cItrrs, and l.ss Of Ill Vessels AMI
.s..3,3i9 tuns, rs compare! with t!se shipping r-
turns oI tue preceding year,
t.'Hala-I'he general commerce III Canada
llas suffered 4 large arercAsc unr!n3 tic tsral
year c,uitnH J1lnu 10 ls1o, The tut4t vntNu uf
cxlurks fr0M the Dnllnlan, rxs!l3ilyu uf ruli
anil hrlu have nillutlHtcl To S7lGS,al. be-
Ing IL Reduction, II urarty Sl1,Ukl from tho pre-
yious ycar. 1hu gnatls entered l,r consumption
aru rrpurlol III having amounted ,lurlng thu
lust t!sral year tn $Ily,Gls s,ta1, slowing .lc-
ctvasu from TIN year IS;3 u s7.7s,,5l:. Thu
euHluIerse VI CAnAaa With ll,c tnltetl states TX
hibits tiln.tnutton during tic year nboyc mc-
TONED OF $l,6lI,ti} IN thv Imports from the llo
lninl.'l. anil u s3,111,7aJ liz imports FROM this
country. The f,alnuce Ut trll,!u appears 10 be III
fayur II tho Un!tul Suites By ncariy ~: aJo U01
III tlle year loj3 It was ln tayor Vi callala,
SaettIc" dad NotxsIY-Tlle yalnt Ut tha fN-
ports Mto Sweden antl Norway fr1Nn the United
Statcs IS rclHlrtetl a. having amounted t,Irn;
t,w year ls74 tn &ti5fa815, dull tho rxlx,rts 10
this country tu $!.5iD1t}l, 'rlcsv tisnrcs inl-
ratu Large uerrcMst lr"n this commerce of
1878, whsl tho imports into thu United States
amounted to luuru than 50, OIL, and tle cx-
ports to this cAltry to over St,tEn,Oo1
Iarkjh Einpifs-So regular repDrts o, con.
Wty.e nrg Issued Nv tsle tIttDknull EnysrUnDt: !: