The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-08-01
WASHINGTON.
DEPARTMENT Dolses THESE DAYS.
Information ~ 10 Oar Imports ana
Experts = Council OF ChIsfs Whit
takeF's Good Fortune VaEIous
Matters VI CuFFent Interest.

i WAsHNaToN, July SO.-Ths Treasury
Department has just issued its statement
OF the imports and exports oi mercAndlls
Of the past fiscal year. The total exports
for the year ending June 80, 1881, amount
TO $500, ,Sl9,47S. The total imports for that
time were s649,5SS.2ls, the excess Of eI.
ports over imports being $3.50 728, ,254.
For the year 1881 the total exports
amounted to SsS5, ,6Ss 65S, and the total
imports to $66S, 1854, ,746, making the excess
Of exports Sl67 6SS,9l2. .....
Thus 1881 shows an increase In exports
Of merchandise over 1880 Of S4S,22e, AT
and . decrease OF imports Of $26, 1851, ,627,
making the actual increase Of the sxCsS1
Of exports over imports 0f merchandise
for the year 1881 $l,2S6,792, The ex-
ports Of coin and bullion for 1881
amounted 10 Sig, 400, ,s47; the imports,
Stl0676,447, making an excess OF I'M.
ports over exportS OF SOL, los, $50.
The exports OF coin and bullion for
1880 amounted to $l9, l42, ,9l9, the imports
10 $93, ,OS4 ,Sl0, making the excess OF i'm.
ports over exports for that year $76, 1901, ,39l.
The increase OF exports OF coin and bull
hon OF 1881 over 1880 amounts To $2,263,-
92S and the increase 0t imports OF 1881
over 1880 TO $l7,64l, ,lS7, making the in.
crease oil excess In imports over exports
for 1881 over 1880 amount to SIS, 277, ,259.
The total exports Of merchandise, coin
and bullion for the year 1881 amount TO
1927, 726 500, the imports to $75S, l0s,7l6,
and the total exCeBB to $l69, ,557,80 For
the year 1880 the total exports were 1852.
7Sl,677, and the imports $760, 9S9, ,058 and
the excess OF exports over imports S9l,'
792,62!. The increase Of exports ol mer.
chandiSe, coin ahd bullion for 1881 over
1880 amounts TO $6S,944,74S, and the de-
creeae oil imports for 1881 over those for
1880 amounts to Sc ,880,3i0.
For the first Beven months oi the fiscal
year there WGs large increase In exports
oil merchandise over those Of the same
months Tor 1880, except in November,
when the exports were 81, ,048 745 lees than
they were for November, 1850. In April
the increase Tor the fiscal year dWindled
to 1926, ,077, and 10 May the exports were
81 ,526, ,295 less than they were for the came
month the preceding year, June, 1881,
showed decrease in exports over June,
1880. Of 1879, ,S0S.
In the matter OF imports, the frat four
months Of the fiscal year showed on In.
crease of from $1,000, 10000 to Sl8,O0O,OOO
over the same months OF the preOeeding
year, but In November, the imporB btgan
10 dwindle, and the last eight months OF
the year showed the following decrease
over the same months In 1880; November,
s. 1856, ,377; December, $l2,227, ,270; JAnu.
Ary, $g,023,630; February, $7,SS7, ,978;
March, S0,l77,3S7; April, $l5,lS8,S41;
June, 50, S74. .033, aud June, Sl.6B4 ,0SS.
For the month Of June, 1880, the excess
oil imports Of coin and bullion over ex.
ports amounted to $l77s60. This year
the increase Of exports Of coin and bullion
over imports for the month OF June 10
Sl,022, 1862, showing . remarkable change.
During the last ten years the value ol OF.
ports Of merchandise from the United
States has increased from S422, ,S20, ,17S In
1871 to $s02. .9l0, ,473 in 1881.