The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1904-09-27
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MAINLAND
COMMERCE
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term npn,onuguous territory are IN
Guided Porto Rico 10, Hawaiian Islands,
the Philpp.n, Islands. Guam. Tutuila
and Alaska + he reports 81 the De
partmcnt II Commerce and Labor,
through ~ bureau Of Statistics, show
that the total shipment, Of merchandise
from the United States to all Of these
lnoncontiguous possessions in the fiscal
year ioo4 was $500. SIS and the vauc
Of merchandise received from them $50.
1879 Adding 10 these the gold bullion
produced IN Alaska and shipped to the
United States, the total is SIo3 sS63oS
The merchandise sent from the United
States to the markets of these noncon-
tiguous territories included chiefly
brpadshufs, provisions and manufactures
OF all classes. To Porto Rico shipments
OF breadstuffs amounted to SG,oS4 ,6ol, OF
which SoS5I5i was flour. Cotton ship
ments to Porto Rico amounted to ST.
67ooos, OF which SIogoo76 was cotton
cloths. Iron and steel manufactures
amounted to 1913 DOL, and provisions,
.SI,to2,oI6, while the total value Of do
nestle merchandise shipped from the
United States to Porto Rico was $Io,-
727,oIs, and Of foreign merchandise,
S4S3o45.
The principal articles received from
Porto Rico were sugar, valued at So
oo7 900; tobacco SI,72I,o62; fruits and
nuts, $4,000; coffee S279,46G, and other
articles, Si52,344, making a total OF Sill
! s76.o12 Of domestic products OF Porto
Rico shipped to the United States. For
eign goods to the value OF SI45o14 were
also shipped from Porto Rico to the
! United States In addition TO this, the
exports from Porto Rico to foreign
countries amounted 10 $1,o5S06o
The shipments OF domestic merchan-
disc to Hawaii during the fiscal year 1904
amounted to $II 1907, $50, OF which
SI,5I2,3GI was breadstuffs, SI,o2o,I25
cotton manufacture, SI,453,15o manu-
features OF iron and steel, S9o2,7o3 mill
eral oil. and the remainder miscellaneous
merchandise OF all descriptions, chiefly
manufactures he merchandise re-
ceived into the United States from the
Hawaiian Islands during the year
amounted to S25,133.s71 in value, OF
which sugar amounted to $2435o,3S5,
representing 736,4o1,oo2 pounds.
TcN the Philippine Islands the ship
mentsNof domestic merchandise from the
United States amounted to S4,S3I,Soo, OF
which S77S,767 was manufactures OF iron
and steel, S322.2so cotton manufactures,
$a6S,575 manufactures OF leather, S4IS,-
SS3 refined mineral oil, S3II,IoI provis-
ions, and S62I,I7I wood and manufac-
lures thereof From the Philippines the
value OF merchandise received into the
United States was $I2o66o7J. of which
$II,o447So was manila hemp and $751;
100 sugar, representing oI,57ooI4
pounds.
To Alaska the shipments from the
United States during the fiscal year
amounted to SoS6o72I OF domestic mer-
chandse and S2q5,SSo OF foreign goods:
| The principal shipments consisted OF
provisions, SII65271 in value; manu-
features OF iron and steel, S2,I26,o5T, and
wood and manufactures thereof, So57 500
| The receipts OF merchandise from Alaska
amounted to SIo1ooIST OF domestic
chandise and OF S64,olo Of foreign goods.
| Canned salmon TO the value OF $3.50
oS5 was shipped from Alaska to the
United States The shipments to the
United States OF gold produced from
mines in Alaska amounted to S6,32S,524,
To Guam. the Midway Islands, and
Tutuila the shipments of domestic mer-
chandise from the United States amount
ed to SIoooo5. against Soo,oI4 in the
preceding year.
IMPORTS FROM NONCONTIGU-
GUS TERRITORY, 1904 AND 1904.
Value OF merchandise entering the
| United States from its noncontiguous
territory in 1904 compared with 1894:
Noncontieuous
territories. 1904. 1904.