The morning call., 1891-01-02
A YEARS TRADE.

The CuStom-hOuSe tables OF the forelgn
trade of the port for the year which ended
on Wednesday have been so nearly COM
pleted that by giving the totals for Decem-
Der, 1889, instead of those OF Decem per-
1890 we are in position TO give the results
with approximate accuracy. 1hey Indicate
that il that trade is not increasing, II Is at
any rate not falling off to any serious extent
Our total exports of merchandise, exclusive
If treasure, in the year ending December
tst were S34, 7l9,03l, as against S34, So5,O00
in the year ending December |, 1889 They
were larger than the exports of 1888 and
1887, but less than those of 1886, in which
year we shipped $50, 2s4, l56 of domestic mer-
chandise. There was, however, heavy
falling off in our treasure exports, which
were only S2.375, 1913, as against S9,6lT00
the year previous, and $40, SCI, 900 in the year
before that. The return for this year did
not include 6,3G3, O60 of Mexican dollars,
which were shipped to China, and which
were COUNTED among the exports of foreign
merchandise, and this may account for the
difference. The imports OF foreign merchan,
disc for the year ending December LIST footed
up $40 193 tO4, as against $50. 4tS, 900 in 1889,
SIS, 76e, 90 in 1888 and S4l, 791, O5o In 1881.
OF our total exl ortS Great Britain took eX-
actly. one-half or Sis,SOO,0OO; China came
next, with S10,55O 600, and the Hawaiian
Islands stand third in the list with S5,173, 000'
The other exports We're sent 10 small quaint
ties to the other counties with which We
trade, the only noticeable feature being the
small export to Japan, 81 ,S59, 600 1t is sin
gular that we do not succeed in finding in
Japan a larger market for our surplus
produce, especially as the United States are
tile only consumers Of Japan tea outside of
the country in which it is grown.
OF course the leading articles of export
last year were as usual, wheat and flour
OF the former W shipped by sea during the
year ending December 1st 13, 266, 400 centaIs,
valued at S17,597, 53S, and Of the latter POI,
304 barrels, valued at 81, S99, POI, making a to-
tai of S23, 100000 in round figures realized
from our wheat-felds-nearly two-third5 of
our total export. Our barley shipments
were very light as compared with previous
yenrs-only S406, 299 as against 81 OBJ, ISL in
1889, and $3.50, 40 in 1885 The crop was
light and the price above the parity of New
urk. From similar causes our export of
quicksilver shows a heavy falling off from
previous years. the total shipments by sea
being only S1T6,26S. Our wine export by sea
showed handsome increase-S1, 8Q1. 500 as
against S1,557,020 in 1889. Our export OF
canned salmon showed a falling OFFS, H.
91S as against S2,592, 500 in 1889.
Turning now to the imports we find that
the co1ntrywbich sent us the largest amount
was Hawaii. whose sugar ana rice figure in
the lisg for So, 294, AL. japan comes next
with 50, fl60 600, then Australasia with So
800, 000, then China with 50. 701, 600 and then
Great Britain with S4,656,000. France and
Germany do not find much of a market here
for their goods, the importations from the
two combined amounted to less than 81, 50o,-
GEO. Our imporiations may be said as rule
to cons of raw materials which reach this
port in steamship lines flying the American
flag.
They embrace, first, sugar, of which we
took So, $40, 900 worth from the islands. the
East Indies, Manila and Central America;
coffee, of which we took s., 322, 900 worth,
almost wholly from Central America: tea,
of which we took 1886 900 worth, from Japan,
China and British India; coal, of which we
took about 100000 tons, from British Co.
lumbia, Australia. Great Britain and Japan,
worth anywhere from So to SI5 ton, ac-
cording to the season in which it was de
hyered, and large quantity of steel, iron
and miscellaneous articles from various
countries in Europe and America.
4 considerable share Of the trade of the
State is conducted over the overland rail-
roads, and though overland shipments are
not ingoiced SO that value can be set on
them, their weight indicates the volume of
the movement. During the year ending De-
cem5eT 1st last goods weighing 2ss, $50 tons
wese sent overland by rail. OF these the
leading articles were sugar, OF which 46 .185
tons we're shipped; wine, of which nearly
5000 tons went forward; raisins. Of which
forwarded
which we shipped 80, 1913 tons, as against
II, l46 IN 1889; dried fruits, of which we sent
2l,219 tons, with smaller quantities of bar
ley, beans. hops, potatoes, salmon and wool
Inc movement in wine. canned goods and
DRIED iruit shows marked increase over
previoas years. 1t is apparent that the
modern processes for drying and desiccating
fruit are going to save the State the enor-
nous loss it sustains every year through the
rolting of ripe fruit and to become a yalu-
able branch of commerce