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UNITED STATES.

Imports of British Home Produce into the

18G7

1868

18G9

United States

Alkali, soda .....

£

801,746

£ 716,473

£ 655,588

Arms, ammunition, and military

stores : —

Fire-arms and parts of fire-arms .

37,329

18,920

34,491

Gunpowder .....

620

1,300

—

Of all other kinds

30,710

22,650

30,454

Beer and ale ....

93,516

94.878

103,158

Coals and culm ....

86,059

72.554

53,152

Cotton piece goods

2,238,664

1.883,376

2,453,621

,, thread for sewing .

359,434

435,122

445,567

Earthenware and porcelain .

711,349

640,558

741,452

Haberdashery and millinery

850,906

711,918

754,806

Hardware and cutlery

837,223

637,528

739,820

Linen, piece goods

2,748,329

2,588,253

3,000,868

,, thread

161,882

160,709

143,268

Metals :—

Copper, sheets, nails

15,339

9,944

7,364

Iron, pig

368,015

251,563

395,445

„ bar, bolt, and rod

374,269

347,159

434,023

„ railway, of all kinds

1,239,773

1,987,128

2,250,032

„ cast

12,223

10,667

16,715

„ hoops, sheets, and

boiler

plates

319,501

193.321

343,625

Iron, wrought, of all kiuds

134,095

86,963

140,445

,, steel, unwrought .

616,492

544,493

513,713

Lead, pig and lead shot

147,179

140,417

110,002

Tin plates

1,390,064

1,476,899

1,744,279

Oil seed ....

199.575

24,438

10,603

Salt

103,647

91,831

107,934

Silk manufactures : —

Stuffs, handkerchiefs, and ribbons .

94,973

91,476

107,529

Other articles of silk only

45,247

113,353

76,570

Mixed with other materials .

77,096

83,515

97,418

Spirits, British

11,932

16,970

15,495

Wool, sheep and lambs'

1,484

41,190

231,499

"Woollen manufactures : —

Cloths, coatings .

552,681

450,157

545,854

Worsted stuffs ....

2,234.016

2,677,205

2,623,309

Carpets and druggets

630,102

531,070

853,796

All other articles . . . .

4,300,233 21,825,703

4,277,604

4,812,416

Total

21,431,632

24,624,311

At the last agricultural census in the United States there were in the country 4,049,142 horses, 280,847 mules, 7,965,148 cattle and oxen, 6,066,748 cows, 2 1,346,391 sheep, and 16,148,712 hogs. The States produced in the year of the census 397,839,212 bushels of Indian corn, 173,677,928 bushels of wheat, 19,989,335 bushels ol

rye, 170,129,864 bushels of oats, 12,158,895 bushels of barley,