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 386 NEW YOKE (CITY) IMPOETS. ARTICLES. VALTTE. Sugar (1,000,252,669 Ibs.) ....................... $49,298,625 Woollen manufactures : Dress goods (58,390,219 sq. yds.).. $16,868,983 Cloths and cassimeres ............ 9,853,558 Carpets (2,510,091 sq. yds.) ........ 2,886,983 Shawls. ...... ..... ....... ....... 1,841,140 Other manufactures .............. 5,891,486 37,842,155 Coffee (172,595,005 Ibs.) ........................ 83,485,559 Silk: Dress and piece goods ............ 14,935,958 Other manufactures .............. 7,391,860 Eaw (343,670 Ibs.) ................ 1,827,893 24,155,711 Cotton manufactures : Hosiery, shirts, and drawers ...... 4,042,770 Bleached and unbleached (19,592,- 634 sq. yds.) ................... 2,405,676 Printed, painted, or colored (14,- 500,060 sq. yds.) ................ 2,046,650 Other manufactures .............. 15,214,084 28,709,180 Gold and silver bullion and coin ................ 18,401,242 Iron and steel manufactures : Steel railroad bars (224,237,614 Ibs.) 7,349,671 Pig iron (106,756,827 Ibs.) ......... 1,542,238 Cutlery .......................... 1,314,789 Other manufactures .............. 7,577,226 17,783,924 Tea (39,931,658 Ibs.) ........................... 15,024,794 Tlax manufactures ............................ 14,876,173 Hides and skins, not furs ...................... 10,879,623 Tin: In plates (988,210 cwt.) .......... 8,551,631 In bars, blocks, or pigs (85,859 cwt.) 2,310,643 10,862,274 Fruits and nuts ............................... 9,241,888 Tobacco and manufactures of: Leaf tobacco (8,559,065 Ibs.) ....... 4,785,663 Cigars (746,379 Ibs.) .............. 2,637,904 7,423,567 Chemicals, drugs, dyes, and medicines. . . ...... 6,522,132 India rubber and gutta percha (13,166,507 Ibs.). . 5,880,165 Leather (8,546,529 Ibs.) ................... ..... 5,682,506 Wines, spirits, and cordials .................... 5,617,999 Glass and glassware ........................... 4,971,948 Soda and salts of (183,795,145 Ibs.) .............. 4,464,238 Wool (21,691,625 Ibs.) .......................... 3,965,458 Fancy goods .................................. 8,806,044 Melado and sirup of sugar cane (86,806,943 Ibs.). 3,543,714 Flax seed (2,084,475 bushels) ................. .. 3,358 369 Molasses (13,729,643 galls.) ..................... 8,066,551 Gloves of kid, &c. (448,719 doz. pairs) ........... 2,961,211 Earthen, stone, and china ware ................. 2 906 063 Bags of cotton or linen (65,042,194 Ibs.) ......... 2,843,971 Furs and fur skins ............................ 2,719,615 Hemp (16,640 tons) ............................ 2,494,708 Books, pamphlets, engravings, &c ............. 2,389,140 Watches and watch movements and materials. . 2,134,456 Straw and palm-leaf manufactures ............. 2,046,853 Precious stones ............................... 1,985,032 Buttons and button materials partly fitted ...... 1,953,432 Wood and manufactures of .................... 1,838,070 Hair: Human and manufactures of ...... 716,872 Other and manufactures of ........ 933 ,448 1,650 320 Gums (9,895,429 Ibs.) .......................... 1,069,578 Clothing ...................................... 1,592,547 Spices, including ginger, pepper, and mustard (9,081,108 Ibs.). . . . . . .:........'.. ............ 1,529,002 Opium and extracts of (250,604 Ibs.) ........... 1,470,099 Jute: Eaw (8,008 tons) ................. 899,647 Manufactures of .................. 536.764 1,436,411 Hops ......................................... 1,133,005 Paintings, chromo-lithographs, photographs, and statuary .................................... 1 ,068,623 Barks, medicinal (4,730,540 Ibs.) ................ 1 ,057,227 Paper and manufactures of .................... 1,056,394 Paints ........................................ 981,793 Eice(29,864,744 Ibs.) ........................... 897,886 Beer and other malt liquors (995,033 galls.) ..... 836,984 Jewelry and manufactures of gold and silver ____ 728,387 EXPOETS. Bread and breadstuff's: Wheat (41,482,167 bush.).. . . Wheat flour (2,098,036 bbls.) Indian corn (18,696,175 bush.) Eye (1,344,589 bush.) Indian corn meal (201,991 bbls.) Bread and biscuit (8,186,486 Ibs.). $62,223,391 15,049,823 14,059,455 1,354,165 817,148 510,096 94,014,078 ARTICLES. VALTTB. Provisions : Bacon and hams (238,602,635 Ibs.). $23,202,938 Lard (160,870,982 Ibs.) 14,946.337 Cheese (88.815,565 Ibs.) 11 ,624,406 Pork (42,482, 749 Ibs.) 3,583, 640 Beef (22,448,121 Ibs.) 1,782,963 Butter (8,620,653 Ibs.) 899,041 $56,039,325 Gold and silver bullion and coin 46,433,564 Cotton: Eaw (237,855,558 Ibs.) 41.489,597 Manufactures 1,556,316 43,045,913 Oils: Mineral, illuminating (129,213,255 galls.) 23,121.059 Mineral, crude (13,367,003 galls.). . 1,624,697 Naphthas (7,898,742 galls ) 859,104 Sperm and whale (834,496 galls.). . 883,851 26,488,211 Tobacco: Leaf (160,258,360 Ibs.) 16,117,749 Manufactures of. 2,252,882 18,370,631 Iron and steel manufactures : Machinery 2,893,916 Muskets, pistols, &c 2,213,888 Edgetools 818,270 Locomotives (42) 607,091 Other manufactures 2,148,494 8,181,109 Wood: Lumber, &c 3,776,321 Other manufactures of 1,825,906 5,602,227 Tallow (67,207,231 Ibs.) >. . . 5.373,177 Leather (11,960,991 Ibs.) 2,992,480 Furs and fur skins 2,977,619 Oil cake (122,878,065 Ibs.) 2,634,947 Agricultural implements 2,568,765 Hides and skins, not furs 1,717,419 Drugs, chemicals, and medicines 1,508,100 Sewing machines and parts of 1,817,486 Eosin and turpentine (822,042 bbls.) 1,258,917 Hemp and manufactures of. 959,111 Clocks and parts of. 893,898 Eailroad cars (831) 745,016 The quantity and value of tea imported since 1857 are given below : 1857.. 1858.. 1859.. I860.. 1861.. 1862. . 1863.. 1864.. 1865.. Quantity, Ibs. 16,158,926 81,166,475 27,561,415 28,711,402 19,613,855 23,787,513 27,418,315 34,348,765 17,720,508 Value. $5,014,726 6,857,610 7,066,939 8,315,874 9,805,027 yean. 1866. 1867. 1868. 1869. 1870. 1871. 1872. 1873. 1874. Quantity, Ibs. 86,514,725 34,480,261 38,967,743 41,697,021 46,646,013 50,780,011 Value. $9,934,397 11,872,116 10,122,074 12,119,588 12.206,109 15,743,815 15,547,681 18,586,946 15,024,794 Previous to 1855 about one half the imports consisted of dry goods, but since that time the proportion of general merchandise has steadily increased, and dry goods now form less than one third of the total. The value of foreign dry goods imported into New York since 1849 has been as follows : Calen- dar yearg. Value. Calen- dar years. Value. Calen- dar years. Value, 1849. 1850. 1851. 1852. 1853. 1854. 1855. 1856. 1857. $44,435,571 60,106,375 62,846,731 61,654,144 98,704,211 80,842,936 64,974,062 93,362,893 90,534,129 1858. 1859. 1860. 1861. 1862. 1863. 1864. 1865. 1866. $60,154,509 113,152,624 103,927,100 43,636,689 56,121,227 67,274.547 71,619,752 91,965,138 126,222,825 1867. 1868. 1869. 1870. 1871. 1872. 1873. 1874. $86.263,643 80,905,884 94,726,417 109,498,523 132,480,777 136,831,612 114,160,465 106,520,453 The relative proportion of the different classes of dry goods for the last three years are shown in the following table :