TWENTY-THIRD ANNUAL REPORT

OF THE

TRADE AND COMMERCE

OF

CHICAGO,

FOR THE

YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1880.

COMPILED FOR THE

BOARD OF TRADE,

BY

CHARLES RANDOLPH,

SECRETARY.

CHICAGO:

KNIGHT & LEONARD, PRINTERS.

1881.

INDEX.

Officers of the Board of Trade for 1880

Officers of the Board of Trade for 1881

Secretary's Annual Review

Annual Report of the Board of Directors

General Statistical Statements

Population Statistics (census of 1880) United States, by States....

Population of Illinois, Chicago and Cook County

Exports and Imports of the United States for a series of years (Values)---

Domestic Exports of the United States (detailed) for the Fiscal Years 1870,

vi

vii

ix-xxi

xxii-xxiv

1

2

3

1879 and 1880

Imports of the United States (detailed) for the Fiscal Years 1870, 1879 and

1880...

5, 6

Exports of Breadstuffs to Europe since 1846 (Quantities).

Total Exports of Flour and Grain for six years...

7

7

Exports of Beef, Hog Product, Butter and Cheese, with its distribution by

countries, in 1879-80....

Exports of Flour, Wheat and Corn (weekly) from the principal Atlantic
ports, with its general distribution, in 1880

9-11

Exports of Flour, Wheat and Corn (weekly) from the principal Atlantic

ports to Europe in 1880...

12

Exports of Hog Product (weekly) from the principal Atlantic ports in 1880

Acreage, Product and Home Value of the principal Grain Crops of the

United States in 1879 and 1880 (detailed), and aggregates of previous

years, United States Agricultural Department Report ....

Statement exhibiting the Nationality of Vessels engaged in the Foreign

Commerce of the United States since 1860

13

14-17

18

Statement exhibiting the Shipments of Flour and Grain from the principal
Western Lake and River ports yearly, 1875 to 1879 inclusive...---

Public Debt of the United States, annually since 1790.........

Detailed Statement of the Public Debt, December 31, 1880.

Valuations of Property and Debt of Illinois ...

Valuations of Property, Taxation and Debt of Chicago..

Acreage and Product of Wheat, Corn and Oats in Illinois in 1880, by

Counties

24, 25

Acres under cultivation in Illinois yearly since 1858-

Weights of the Bushels, as established by law, in Illinois...........

Statistics of the Manufacturing Industries of Chicago in 1880 (United

States census)

27-29

Statistics of the Earnings and Expenses of the Illinois and Michigan Canal

and Illinois River Improvements...-

30

Statistics of the Earnings and Tax of the Illinois Central Railroad..........

31