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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,
