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 MARYLAND IM> -TRIES. No. of MUblUh- IM.-lltl. C.pit.1. Value of producU. I'. t i,.. r 26 $i.-J"'!, i $948.710 Pork packed 1 1251000 595,000 185 207,885 5311,083 Saab, doors, and blinds Ship building, repairing, and 17 81 2S-2,4^5 172,500 419,506 857,404 Soap and candles Tin, copper, and sheet-iron 18 198 280,050 668,500 521,489 1.684,009 254 910,000 1,772,257 Woollen goods 23 193,945 890,086 The value of manufactures in 1810 was $8,- 879,861; in 1840, $13,509,636; in 1850, $33,- 043,892; in 1860, $41,735,157. Maryland ranks sixth among the states in the value of foreign commerce, which is carried on wholly through Baltimore. The imports for the year ending June 30, 1874, amounted to $29,302,- 138; domestic exports, $27,513,111; foreign exports, $179,598. The chief items of export were 76,053,533 Ibs. of leaf tobacco, valued at $5,868,405; 6,809,609 bushels of Indian corn, $5287,444; 412,743 barrels of flour, $3,240,- 967; 38,665 bales of cotton, $2,669,219; and 13,321,567 Ibs. of lard, $1,325,636. There were 1,117 entrances, tonnage 558,599, and 1,026 clearances, tonnage 524,847. The number of entrances in 1873 was 861, with an aggregate tonnage of 397,167, of which 367, of 118,637 tons, were American vessels, and 494, of 278,- 530 tons, foreign ; clearances, 853, with an ag- gregate tonnage of 411,161, of which 321, of 109,490 tons, were American, and 532, of 301,- 671 tons, foreign. Besides Baltimore, Mary- land includes the customs district of Annapo- lis, the eastern district, and part of the district of Cherrystone, Crisfield being the port of en- try of the two last. The following table gives the details of the coastwise trade, with the vessels registered, enrolled, and licensed, for the year ending June 30, 1874, and those built during the previous year : DISTRICTS. ENTRANCES. CLEARANCES. REGISTERED, AC. BUILT IN 1873. Veueli. Tom. Vestals. Tons. I Vessels. Ton.. Vessel* Tons. 4 1,951 18 188 1,316,429 1,480 8 MU 176 94 1,541,151 ! 1,424 404 475 1,904 121,187 19,177 ' 2 56 46 71 4,499 1,588 Baltimore Eastern Total 1,973 1,818,047 2,217 1,541,731 | 1,993 142,268 104 6,158 Of the vessels registered, &c., or belonging in the state, 1,296 with an aggregate tonnage of 67,616 were sailing vessels, 113 of 39,325 tons steamers, and 584 of 35,327 tons unrigged ves- sels. Those built include 77 sailing vessels of
 * i,665 tons, 6 steamers of 950 tons, and 21 canal

boats of 1,543 tons. The oyster fisheries of Chesapeake bay are of great value, and are the chief source of supply for the markets of the United States. The state maintains several police boats to enforce the regulations govern- ing the fishery, and derives a revenue from licenses to those engaged in it. The number of miles of railroad in operation in 1844 was 259 ; in 1854, 327; in 1864, 408. The statistics of the various lines for 1874 are as follows : RAILROADS. Miles in operation in the state. Annapolis and Elk Ridge Baltimore and Potomac Branch Baltimore and Ohio Washington branch Metropolitan , Branch Columbia and Port Deposit Cumberland and Pennsylvania. , Branches... Cumberland Valley Dorchester and Delaware Eastern Shore Frederick and Pennsylvania. . . Kent County Maryland arid Delaware Northern Central Philadelphia and Baltimore Central.! ! '. Pliil:uli-lphia,Viliiiiii^t<>n,and Baltimore Branch Pittsburgh. Washington, and Baltimore Vim- ami K.-nt Washington Count v Maryland Wi, omico and Pocomoke Worcester Worcester and Somerset Total. . Annapolis to ajunction with the Baltimore and Ohio railroad. Baltimore to Washington Bowie to Pope's Creek Baltimore to Wheeling, W. Va. (379 m.) Relay House to Washington Point of Rocks to Washington Frederick Junction to Frederick Port Deposit to Rolandville Junction Cumberland to Piedmont, W. Va Cumberland to Astor Mines Kreigbaum's to Pennsylvania line Harrisburg, Pa., to Williamsport (82 m.) Seaford, Del., on Delaware railroad to Cambridge (33 m.) i Delmar on Delaware line, at terminus of Delaware road, to Crisfield. ! Frederick to Woodsboro Town send, Del., on Delaware road, to Parsons (36 m.) i Clayton " " " " to Easton (44 m.) Baltimore to Stinbury, Pa. (188 m.) West Chester Junction, Pa., to Rowlandville Junction (46 m.). . . Philadelphia to Baltimore (96m.) Perryville to Port Deposit Pittsburgh. Pa., to Cumberland (149J- m.) Junction, on Kent County railroad, to Centreville Hagerstown Junction, on Baltimore and Ohio railroad, to Hagerstown Baltimore to Williamsport Salisbury, on Kastcrn Shore railroad, to 'Berlin ... Berlin to Snow Hill Newtown Junction, on Eastern Shore railroad, to Newtown 40 49 137% 81 5!* 24 90 28 14 9 843%