The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-07-04
FOREIGN GREEN FRUIT.
REVIEW III I'M TRADE Ipis
THE YEAR tS~'..
Varieties Imported, an'i ti"' Amount
oi Each Variety, Together Nith
the Naiur and Duty Thereon.


the NaIur and Duty Thereon.
The present paper. being the Ssveh-
t.enth If a series of similar annual pa
Iers, gives the amount uf Mediterranean
fruit imported into New York during the
Year lssJ. This amount as herein stated
NAV bi taken as correct. hut III the mat
ter Of an enumeration Of the quantities
received seyeraly from the different
purts named, it Was found To te diili,
cult To secure accurate results, IN many
Instances.
Anticipating the detailed statement,
of quantities. II may be- stated that the
past year shows, in comparison With
the wear l>ei. A large decrease in lmpnr-
tstiun Of oranges from the Mediterra-
mean, and "A still larger decrease III the
importation of lemons.
In the case of green !futt Imp@tttd
from other countries on this continent,
we still find an incrcts" Of oranges, Il 'lc-
ereas, nt bananas. and an mcrea,t ot
pineappl,s. with a very decpi,d increase
Of trade IN canned pineapple.
IL has not been the custom t1 enter
into any extended consideration vi the
state ut the tfalr IN -iten itut, except
that they arrive at giving accurate sta
ti,tical information. The nloet uhNluu'
n a tyt IL, Ia LEA Il
growing out of the I@ri,hatle character
Of the product, handled, and this hazard
il on,, that cannot, in the nature ot
things, he avoided. although the shorter
ocean passage gained lN the usr OF
steamers has reduced Il la some extent.
St,ll the hlztII remain. aud the emu
neratlon of the percentages ui lss must
ulMa>e cont niue to hr one OF the ilnrot
,ant features Of ral'l of this kind.
MEniTEERA$ftS tEtiI.
The ,mpprtation Of Mediterranean
fruit 1t the port oi New York dHtlhg the
,.at l~~i. comprised s!.,,,l boAe5 and
cas,e If Oranges and y.3. ls9 huA." lem
ons. on comparison IL the abo>c with
the import, Of lssi the result shows "a
decrease lll,Uio boxes AMI eases ot ~
anp,'s. and n decrease ot ls,li,,bUo ot
anp.s, also IA decrease Of 3i3,t,t boxes
lemons, and of lemons lO}, lOa, goo.
The total number of orange imported
was l.G, sos. 9Uo, Of which ~, $50 per
isl,ri on the voyage, n, average loss oi
II per cent. The total number ii lem
uns imported was 9Hl 056, 100, of winch
9,s ,Sls p.ilshed ON the voyage, an
average los ui , per cent
GRAPES.
The importation Of grapes comprised
~. ~! packages, on which there was an
average loss ut - pr cent. On com
,aiisun with the imputt4 # 1851, there
was An lncreaeeuf II W. packages.
The writer ag'.ln desires To acknoNl
r,ln. III. obligations, tu Mr.. frcdeilck ).
Robinson. an importer OF tins city, iur
valuable information received from Inn
IN relation H. the quantity ui M'dtt,r
ranran fruit imported into New OH
during the last year. also To Nr. VILLAIN
+. Wall Of the Auditors Department.
as to the value of green fruit entered tur
consumption at this port. and the
amount ot duty thereon for tie past
year.
urN>at, IRON TuE wE,T INDIES, tGS-
IEki. AND Not I'll ANERtA.
TIN, importation Of oranges from the
countries and places above mentioned
was ~ follows. VIZ. The total numbers
Of barrels was lOl, 2Gj, and there were
also imported liz! lUAcs and crates. hc
side several carEots and parts Of CA
.ure Of oranges IN bulk. Following Is
j. an tnlim,rttlon uf particulars: From
klng.tun, Ja. - .s"l barrels and 13u
.tat,.. containing / 200 Sju ntang,
hom Havana - SCI barrels aud lIl"N"-.
containing .oj?.ol3 orange, from Port
Mara. ~ 81, barrels and 1l' crates AMI
ho>,-, containing .,ilJ.o6l oranges
tlum jamaica. g., harreIs aud Len
crates and boxes containing 2,2h9. VI
oranges; from Malagu'z. . carr"es and
pats Of ratguos. containing 2,,ui,hIo
orange, from st, Ann. lay, 3,duN tar
rtS and IL crates, containing l.l6'. lVo
oranges. including those imported III
bulk from st. Jago. 2,2f1 barrels and
80 crates. containing ,-3,ulJ orange.
from the Wlnlvarl l-Ia'ld-, ,i.si'i bar
rps and 10. boxes containing J. 10, 300
urtnpps from Montrgo iiay, so bhtl"l-
ani .,tsi boxes, containing lott, - OF
aupp- from lbpninlra, 80 barrels AMI
Il, crates. containing ut.t'W Oranges
from t,pra,aniIIt. 20 barrels AMI one
cargo in bulk containing l6, va uranGe~.
from AsIinwal, i22 barrels aud GJo
crates. containing 3li, 2Gn oranges from
Port Antonio. -l9 barrels and I tpNr-,
containing lG1. .Gbo oranges. from Nas
sall. 50 barrels. containing = .iHp or
augp~ from I,arlcua, g, barrels. con
tanning. with thuse imported IN bulk.
.i,u, !. ~ oranges fioin san Domingo. u
barrels, containing. with the imIpria-
tions in bulk. -. 40 orange@, from Milk
River. 5r3 barrels, containing l>i,i.9 or
anpes and from san Bias. j., ,poo oranges
IN bulk. making grand total Of b, ~, =
sii oranges. Of which l.}Go .9J3 perishrd
on the ,nvagA, an average loss nf - per
cent.
On compari4on Of tn" above with the
imports If 1>.i. th" result shows an IN
crease If 4. 1gt blftrl- uI oranges. aud
,3HiGin oranges,
Among the principal importers from
the West Indies generally are M.ssr~
intnez * pear-aIl. Messr+. Gcnrl" ii.
Richardson & TO-. The Frank htutlrrs
Company, IN" Merritt Fruit 'pnpahN.
Mr. q. rutdosa Mr., Joeerh ;. johnson.
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