The evening times., 1896-10-23
AMERICAN WHEEL EXPORTS
Figures of Treasury Depart
ment for Eight Months.
UNITED KINGDOM is FIRST
During the Period Stated Exports
Amounting to SOL 5,257 Have Been
Made to That COuntry-Bicycles
Have Been Shipped all Over the
World from the United States.

disc We're made from American ports during
the eight months OF 1896, ending with
August, which is the latest period TO which
the official figures have been compiled by
the Treasury Department, as follows:
The exports of bicycles from the Unit ed
States to the United Kingdom in August
reached the valuation of Sl2S,515, while
the exports of the eight months ending Au-
gust amounted to $915,2o7
The August exports of bicycles OF this
country to Germany We're worth $50, SO.
and for the eight months ending with il u
gust, SIST $50.
In August Sl1 ,912 worth of A erican BIZ
| cycles was shipped to France, and during
the ight months ending with August SlOs.-
6o3 was the value of outgoing shipments.
All other countries of Europe bought
American bicycles to the value of S14 SOB.
The same Countries during the eight months
ending in August made purchases To the
value of $312,132.
The August shipments to British North
America, reached SIC, ,4S5, and during the
eight months ending with August, $i92,-
lis.
Mexico bought bicycles from the United
States to the value of SS,9l4, and during
the eight months ending in August to the
value of $31 ,s66.
Central America and British Honduras
received bicycles from the United States
in August worth 81 40, and during the
eight months ending with August, $43 1S9.
The falling off characte riZes the August
shipments of bicycles tp Cuba, the vaIua-
tion being only SIS, while during the eight
months ending with August the amount was
Si497.
Bicycle shipments during August TO Porto
Rico amounted to Sss9, and 81 ,3lS for the
eight months ending with August.
The August shipments of bicycles to
Santo Domingo from the United States
We're worth 500, and during the eight
months ending with August $3.50.
The shipments of American bicycles dur
ing August to other West Indies and Ber
nuda are highly satisfactory, considering
the circumscribed territory in which the
goods entered. The August shipments were
worth S5,479, and the shipments for eight
months ending with August, S24 ,23o.
Bicycles from the United States We're
shipprdto Argentina in August TO the value
of 81 ,99i, which is an important increase
over the shipments in recent months, the
eight months ending with August only
making Il total of $40, ,273.
The bicycle shipments to Brazil were
not Sc large in August as might have been
expected from country like that. the
value reaching only S2,910, and only S15,-
636 for the eight months ending with
August.
The bicycle shipments in August from the
United States to Colombia We're worth S4,-
244, and durlng the eight months ending
with August, Sl3,470
Bicycles from the United States to the
value of S7,0O7 were shipped 10 other
South American countries, and to the value
of S2O,614 during the eight months end
ing with August.
1t remains to he seen whether the recent
visit of Ii Hung Chang to the United States
will increase the exports OF bicycles from
the United States to China or not. But it
is interesting to note that during the month
of August S2,650 worth of American
made bicycles were sent TO that country,
which is an important increase over the
previous month. As during the eight
months ending with August, the total footed
up only So $50.
The most Interesting feature of these
official statistics is the steady develop
ment of American bicycle entries in Brit.
ish .Austraias sia. The shipments during
the month OF August reached a valuation
of S52,215, and the shipments during the
eight months ending with August amounted
to $179, 1868.
In August S2,143 worth OF American BIZ
cycles we're exported to the British and
East Indies, showing notable increase
over previous months, only So, $50 worth
having been exported thither during the
eight months ending with August
The August shipments Of American bl-
cycles to other Countries in Asia and
Oceanica amountedto S12, sci, " hich made
the shipments for the eight months Pc
riod, closing With August, amount to
$54, ,416.
The African purchases of American bi-
cycles in August reached So $50, " hile the
exports during the eight months ending
With August were worth $16,S93