VISIBLE SUPPLY OF THE World on THE FIRST OF EACH MONTH.

2,678,207 2,790,391

1891-92..

3,011,715 2,433,248 2,510,437 2,443,295 2,811,168 3,216,318 3,106,271 2,810,254 2,816,853 2,641,313 2,754,331 2,701,610 2,435,339 2,615,617 2,576,456 2,223,948 2,085,308

2,927,544 2,648,272

2,259,920

3,086,450

2,794,103

* Up to January, 1891, only Rio and Santos coffee was included in the United States visible supply.

TABLE EMBRACING STATISTICS OF THE PAST FIFTEEN YEARS.-Contiuued.

THE TEA TRADE OF 1897.

IMPORTS.

IMPORTS OF TEA INTO THE UNITED STATES BY PRINCIPAL COUNTRIES.

STATISTICAL POSITION OF TEA FOR THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA

The tea produced in India is exported, mainly to the United Kingdom, to the extent of about 96 per cent. The subjoined figures give approximately the movement of tea in India, figures representing the average for the last five years:

Pounds.

137,677,744

132,431,125

5,246,619

7,842,608

4,636,784

3,205,824

The following figures show the quantities of tea exported by countries in the last two years, in pounds

By sea

To United Kingdom....

1895-96.

1:23,947,369

1896-97. 135.456.884

MERCANTILE FAILURES IN THE UNITED STATES.

The following statement of mercantile failures in 1897 is from Bradstreet's" annual report. It is proper to explain that only those business embarrassments are included as failures in which total liabilities are in excess of actual assets, except in the case of banks, the suspension of payment by which during business hours is regarded as a failure.

The following is a statement of the number of failures, with percentages of increase or decrease, from year to year, and totals of assets and liabilities for seventeen years:

No.
Failures.

53,0

1892.

10.270

17.1 Dec.

54,700,000

108,500,000

50.0

92,700,000

1889.

50.0

NUMBER OF BUSINESS EMBARRASSMENTS IN EACH STATE, AND IN CANADA and NewfoUNDLAND,

FOR TWO YEARS, WITH ASSETS AND LIABILITIES.

MERCANTILE FAILURES IN EACH GEOGRAPHICAL DIVISION OF THE UNITED STATES, AND IN

CANADA, FOR SEVEN YEARS.

$5,191,647
33,250

$6,724,535

26,7

$13,147,929
71,450

$16,208,460

Eastern States..

Middle States..

Southern States.

Western States.

23,502,550
20,748,226
10,420343

Northwestern States...

11,595,135

Pacific States...

Territories....

Totals United States..

New York City.

Canada and Newfoundland.

1894.
$14,525,210 $10,874,826 $9,020,244 $7,826,381
37,954,346 25,752,819 26,421,055
22.347,560 14,181,409 11,623,102
53,094,492 20,246,957 18,132,474
17,853,450 11,795.778 8,824,874

4,292,231 4,864.432 6,158,540 5,719,936

21,884,000

$23,867,874 $6,057,759 $16,359,000
74,119,915 12,710,210 26,607,000
24,780,822 10,929,161
81,003,224 14,934,987
42,628,251 5.605,899
13,505,493 3,603,425

597,250 1,308,150 959,683 1,207,245 2,511,953 932,665

$85,689,946 $148,207,258 $88,115,530 $79,755,087 $232,417,532 $54,774,106 $102,893,000 7,420,961 13,950,680 7,535,725 9,719,620 35,439,412 3,580,550 6,624,000 5,221,897 6,793,257 6,239,177 11,947,253 7,388,692 4,848,095 6,014,000 -General Liabilities1897. 1896. 1895. 1894. 1893. 1891. $30,592,691 $24,855,138 $19,914,153 $18,790,018 $45,465,110 $16,278,733 $33,356,000 46,808,468 74,335,718 51,239,432 51,493,787 124,381,173 29,836,707 33,499,357 36,312,587 24.811,939 21.285,698 38.478,231 18,167,705 15.661,660 74,602,873 32.727,634 30,138,654 109,485,547 26,048,290 19.976,293 25,931,329 19,216,225 15,201,215 8,709,632 9,211.208 10,608,257

8,586,482

58,945,000 35,578,000 42,576,000

62,375,448 10,013,973
18.268,459 6,858,457

12,712,000

8,973,000

1,041,422 2,305,066 1,721,854 2,077,805 3,973,850 1,391,383 1,037,000

Totals United States.$156,168,373 $247,052,343 $158,842,445 $149,595,434 $402.427,818 $108,595,248 $193,177,000 New York City... 13,776,136 30,126,087 18,100,379 16,369,576

Canada & Newfoundland 13.219.379

15,793,559

20,368,813 58,599.328 10,593,254 21.894,000 23,985,283

* Became a State on January 4, 1896.

15,690,404 11,603,210 14,884,000