SUMMARY OF IMPORTS AND EXPORTS.-CONTINUED. GROUPS. EXPORTS. Domestic Foodstuffs in crude condition, and food Dollars. Per ct. Dollars. Per ct. Dollars. Per ct. animals.... 118,185,098 7.92 177,216,467 10.32 167,323,674 9.03 20.22 345,676,856 18.65 29.13 593.072,017 31.99 13.17 260,613,873 14.06 402,064,030 26.95 459,812,656 26.76 479,700,679 25.88 1,491,744,641 13,865,768 51.72 13,013,344 50.22 14.168.086 52.22 48.28 12,897,774 49.78 12,964,958 47.78 26,817.025 100.00 25,911,118 100.00 27,133,044 100.00 1,518,561,666 1.743,864,500 1,880,851,078 ........ VALUE OF IMPORTS AND EXPORTS OF MERCHANDISE BY COUNTRIES. VALUE OF IMPORTS AND EXPORTS BY COUNTRIES.-CONTINUED. All other Africa.. Total Africa... Grand total.. 1,117.513.071 1,226,562,446 1,434,421.425 1,518,561,666 1,743.864,500 1,880,851,078 *Includes New Zealand pr.or to July 1, 1906, IMPORTS AND EXPORTS OF DOMESTIC AND FOREIGN MERCHANDISE BY CONTINENTS (1899-1907) Fiscal years ended June 30. 743,582 836,037 812,334 1,334,033 1,301,319 570 84,799 67,695 129,782 17,600 2,112 106 55,309 45,578 64,904 483 13,530 8.049 1,240 $353884534 $440567314 $429620452 $475161941 $547226887 $498697379 $540773092 $633282184 $747291255 112.150,911 130,035,221 145,158,104 151,076,524 189,736,475 198,778,952 227,229,145 235,364,719 263.576,349 86,587,893 93,666,774 110,367,342 119,785,756 107,428,323 120,364,113 150.795,800 140.422,876 160,165,537 134,089,091 174,453,438 129,072,806 143,849.112 168.745.901 163,820.151 187.371.412 204.865,329 242,260.820 10,436,060 11,218,437 8,953,461 13.447,615 12,581,651 9,426,776 11,343,622 12,628,735 21,127,464 697,148,489 849,941,184 823,172,165 903,320,948 1025719237 991,087,371 1117513071 1226563843 1434421425 936.602.093 1040167763 1136504605 1008033981 1029256657 1057930131 1020972641 1200179235 1298452380 157.931.707 187.594,625 196,534,460 203.971.080 215,482,769 234,909,959 260,570,235 308.381,969 349,840,641 35,659,902 38,945,763 44,400,195 38.045,617 41,137,872 50,755,027 56,894,131 75,159,781 82.157,174 78,235,176 108,305.082 84.783,113 98.202.118 95.827,528 93.002.028 161.584,056 140.581.154133.889.857 18.594,424 19.469,849 25,542,618 33,468,605 38,436,853 24,230,126 18,540,603 19.562,36116511 (2 1227023302 1394483082 1487764991 1381719401 1420141679 1460827271 1518561666 1743864500'} 13,743,689 21,480,937 $58,155,666 $462,377,587 $450,927,434 $11,450,153 98,441,988 541,493.708 541,262,166 231.542 79,877,534 640,338,766 524,055,120 116,283,646 84,608,574 663,617,147 607,088,496 56,528,651 28.454,906 20,900,717 66,630,405 595,861,248 652,913,445 57,052,197 51,668,700 15,936,681 28,489,391 56,506,502 476,677,871 596,890,973 120,213,102 32.847,772 103,989,430 37,426,262 43,242,323 163,651,628 38,593,656 77.958,448 309,658 59.337,986 40,926,410 64,948,183 86,690,369 1870. 1871. 1872. 1873. 1874. 1875. 1876. 1877. 1878. 1879. 1880. 1881. 1882. 1883. 1884. 1885.. 1886... 1887. 1888. 1889. 1890. 1891. 1892. 1893. 1894. 1895. 1896. 1897. 1898... 1899. 1900. 1901. 1902. 1903. 1904. 1905. 1906. 1907. $435,958,408 $392.771,768 $4.3186,640 $26,419,179 520,223,684 442.820.178 77,403,506 21,270,024 626,595,077 444,177,586 182.417,491 642,136,210 522,479,922 119.656.288 567,406,342 586,283,040 18.876.698 533,005,436 513,442,711 19.562.725 460,741,190 540,384,671 79.643,481 451,323,126 602.475,220 151.152.094 40,774,414 437,051,532 694,865,766 257.814.234 29,821,314 445.777.775 710,439,441 264,661,666 20,296,000 667,954,746 835,638,658 167,683,912 93.034,310 642,664,628 902,377,346 259,712,718 110,575,497 724,639,574 750.542,257 25,902,683 42,472,390 723,180,914 823,839,402 100.658,488 667,697.693 740,513,609 72.815,916 67,133,383 705,123,955 807,646,992 102,523.037 577,527,329 742,189,755 164,662,426 42.231,525 620,769,652 784,421,280 635,436,136 679.524,830 44.088.694 72,463,410 674,029,792 751,988,240 692,319,768 716,183,211 23.863,443 35,997,691 752,490.560 752,180.902 723,957,114 695,954,507 28,002,607 46,414,183 783,295,100 742,368,690 745,131,652 742,401,375 2,730,277 28,963,073 96,641.533 774,094,725 839,042,908 789.310,409 857,828,684 68,518,275 33.976,326 52,148,420 823,286,735 909,977,104 844,916,196 884,480,810 39,564,614 36,259,447 108,953,642 881,175,643 993,434,452 112,258,809 827,402,462 1,030,278,148 202,875,686 69,654,540 83,005,886 897,057,002 1,113,284,034 216,227,032 866,400,922 847,665,194 18,735,728 44.367,633 149,418,163 910,768,555 997,083.357 86,314,802 654,994,622 892,140,572 237,145,950 85,735,671 127,429,326 740,730.293 1,019,569,898 278,839,605 731,969,965 807,538,165 75,568,200 56,595,939 113,763,767 788,565,904 921,301,932 132,736,028 779,724,674 882,606,938 102,882.264 62,302.251 172,951.617 842.026.925 1.055,558,555 213,531,630 764,730,412 1,050,993,556 286,263,144 115,548,007 102.308,218 880,278.419 1,153.301,774 273,023,355 616,049,654 1,231,482,330 615.432.676 151,319.455 70.511,630 767.369.109 1.301,993.960 534.624.851 697,148,489 1,227,023,302 529,874,813 119.629,659 849,941,184 1,394,483,082 544,541,898 79,829.486 823,172,165 1,487,764,991 664.592,826 102,437,708 903,320,948 1,381,719,401 478,398,453 80,253,508 1,025,719,237 1,420,141,679 394,422,442 69,145,518 991,087.371 1,460,827,271 469,739,900 126,824,182 1,117,513,071 1,518,561,666 401,048,595 81,133,826 1,226,563,843 1,743,864,500 517,300,657 140,664,270 1,434,421,425 1,880,851,078 446,429,653 157,456,873 *Fiscal year ended Sept. 30 prior to 1843; since that date ended June 30. NOTE-Merchandise and specie are combined in the columns at right of table for the purpose of 93,841,141 816,778,148 1,320,864,443 504,086,295 104,979,034 929,770.670 1,499,462,116 569,691,446 117,470.357 925,609.873 1,605,235,348 679,625,475 98,301,340 983,574,456 1,480,020,741 496,436,285 91,340,854 1,094,864,755 1,520,482,533 425,617.778 130,932,688 1,117,911,553 1,591,759,959 473,848,406 141,442,836 1,198,646,897 1,660,004,502 461,357,605 103,442,654 1,367,228,113 1,847,307,154 520.079,041 108,138,249 1,591,878,298 1,988,989,327 397,111,029 showing the total inward and outward movement of values by years. VESSELS. 1905. DISTRIBUTION OF WORLD'S SHIPPING. Only vessels of more than 100 tons included. 27,800,288 30,796,481 33,553,724 3.277.289 27.880.252 Number. Tonnage. Flag. 100,839 22,889 Number. British 48 63,736 Peruvian 41 Tonnage. 20,836 16,381,850 59 56,641 Portuguese 195 835 660,301 Roumanian 21 Dutch 522 719,295 Russian 1,355 913,133 German Northern lakes*. 479 1,519,050 Greek Philippines Total Argentine 123 3,590 249 50,497 4,241,589 Haitian 7 4,219 Swedish 18,014 Turkish 630.477 Japanese 172,071 Mexican 356 Austro-Hungarian. 312 Brazilian Chilean 188,224 Montenegrin 126 126,194 Norwegian The total gross tonnage of the steam vessels in the world as given in Lloyd's Register for 1906 27,064 1907 was 31,744,904, and of sailing vessels 5,809,113. *Wooden vessels not included. HIGHEST OCCUPIED BUILDING IN THE WORLD. The Singer building in New York city is the tallest occupied building in the world, and with the exception of the Eiffel tower in Paris is the highest structure of any kind. It is built of steel and masonry, is forty-seven stories in height and 612 feet from the level of the sidewalk to the top of the pinnacle. The total weight of steel and masonry in the building is 18,365 tons, resting on the solid bedrock ninety feet below the sidewalk level. 782 1,000,093 Venezuelan 59 Other countries... .30.094 37,554,017 UNITED STATES CUSTOMS DUTIES. The abbreviation n. s. p. signifies "not specially provided for." The amounts given in dollars and cents are specific and the percentages are ad valorem duties: Clothing, cotton, 50%; fur, 35%; rubber, 50%; silk, 60%; wool, 44c lb. and 60%. Coal, free; coke, 20%. Coffee, free. Following is a list of the existing tariff rates on articles in common use or of extensive importation, with especial reference to such as are made or dealt in by the leading American trusts. Agricultural implements, 20%. Alcohol, amyl or fusel oil, 4c lb. Animals, n. S. p., 20%; for breeding, free; cattle, less than 1 year old, $2 per head; value under $14, $3.75 head; value over $14, 272%; hogs, $1.50 head; horses and mules, value under $150, $30 head; value over $150, 25%; sheep, 1 year or older, $1.50; under 1 year, 75c head. Apples, green, 25c bu.; dried, 2c lb. Art, works of, such as paintings and statuary, 20%; by American artists, free. Bacon and hams, 5c lb. not strung, 35%; in jewelry, 60%. Beans, edible, 45c bu. of 60 lbs. Beef, fresh, 2c lb. Bindings, 45% to 60%. Birds, free: dressed for ornaments, 50%. Biscuit and crackers, 20%. Blankets, 22c lb. and 30%; value 40c to 50c, 33c lb. and 35%; value over 50c, 33c lb. and 40%; over 3 yards long, 33c to 44c lb. and 50% to 55%. Bone, manufactures of, n. s. p., 30%. Books, pamphlets, 25%; printed 20 years, free. Boots and shoes (leather), 25%. Bottles, glass, ornamented. 60%; plain, empty, 1c to 12c, but not less than 40%. Braids, cotton, linen, rubber, Buggies, carriages, 45%. lb. Combs, 35% to 60%. Copper, manufactures of, 45%; ingots, ores, free. Cork, bark, Sc lb.; manufactures, 25%. Coin, 15c bu. of 56 lbs. Cornstarch (food), 20%. Cotton, raw, free; cloth, from 1c to 8c square yard and 45%; duck, 35%; articles made of, without silk, 45%; with silk, 50%. Cotton-seed meal, 20%; oil, 4c gal. Cotton thread on spools, 6c doz. Diamonds, cut but not set, 10%; rough, free; set, 60%. Drugs, crude, free; refined or ground, 4c lb. and 10%. Dyewoods, crude, free; extracts, c lb. Earthenware, plain, 25%; decorated, 55% to 60%. Eggs, n. s. p., 5c doz. Embroideries, 60%. Engravings, 25%. Envelopes, plain, 20%; 35%. other, Fans, palmleaf, free; all other, 50%. Feathers, for beds, 15%; plain, 15%; colored, etc., 50%. Felt, roofing, 10%. Felts. not woven, n. s. p., 44c lb. and 60%. Fertilizers, free. Fish, American fisheries, free, anchovies, sardines and the like, ic to 10c per pkg., according to size; smoked, dried, 4c lb.; halibut, le lb.; herrings, pickled, 1c lb.; fresh, 1/c lb. lobsters, free; mackcrel, salmon, 1c lb. Flax, manufactures of, n. s. p., 45%. 25c Flaxseed, 25c bu of 56 lbs. Flour, wheat, 25%. Flowers, artificial, 50%. Fruits, green, n. S. p.. free; dried, 2c lb.; cherries, bu.; cranberries, 25%; dates, 12c lb.; figs, 2c lb.; jellies, 35% preserved, n. s. p., le lb. and 35%; prunes, 2c lb.; raisins, 2c lb. Furniture (wood), 35%. Fur, manufactures, n. S. p., 35%; skins, undressed, free. Glass, n. s. p., 45%; polished plate, from Sc to 35e per square foot, according to size; polished and silvered, from 11e to 38c square foot; common window glass, 1%c to 4%c per square foot. Glass, articles of, ornamented, 60%; manufactures, n. s. p., 45%. Gloves, cotton, 50%; fur, 35%; linen, 50%; leather, from $1.75 to $4.75 per doz. pairs, according to length. Glucose or grape sugar, 11⁄2c lb. Glue, less value than 10c lb., 22c; over 10c, 25%. Gold, manufactures, 45%; jewelry, 60%. Grass fibers, n. s. p., 45%. Gutta-percha, manufactures of, n. s. p., 35%. Hair, human, unmanufactured, 20%; manufactures of, 35%. Hats, caps, bonnets and hoods, from 35% to 60%, according to material. Hay, $4 per ton. Hemp, hackled, $40 per ton; not Horn, manufactures, n. s. p., 30%. India rubber, manufactures of, n. s. p., 30%; vulcanized,-35%. Ink, 25%. Iron and steel, common sheets, various specific rates, according to value per lb., average 45.43% ad val.; manufactures of, n. S. beams, p., 45%; girders, etc., c lb.; hoop, band or scroll, n. s. p., 5-10c to 8-10c lb.; round iron or steel wire, average 40.22% ad val.; wire nails not less than 1 inch long, etc., 1⁄2c lb.; iron or steel tubes, etc., 2c lb. or 35% cast-iron pipe, 4-10c lb.; rails, 7-20c lb. Ivory, unmanufactured, manufactured, 35%. free; Knit wearing apparel, 60%. Knives, pocket, 40% to 20c each and 40%, according to value; other knives, 45%. Lace, articles of, n. s. p., 60%. Laths, 250 per 1,000. Lead, manufactures of, n. s. p., 45%; in any form, n. s. p., 2e lb. Leather, n. s. p.. 20%; manutures, n. s. p., 35%. Linen, manufactures, clothing, 60%. 45%; Linseed, 25c bu. of 56 lbs.; meal, 20%; oil cake, free; oil, 20c gal. of 71⁄2 lbs. n. Liquors. ale, porter and beer, in bottles, 40c gal.; brandy, S. p., $2.25 prf. gal.: cordials, whisky, gin, $2.25 prf. gal.; champagne and all sparkling wines, in bottles of 1 pint to 1 quart, $8 doz. Macaroni, etc., 12c lb. Manila cordage, le lb. Mantels, slate. 20%; marble, 50%; wood, 35%. Maple sirup, sugar, 4c lb. Marble, in blocks, 65c cub. ft.; manufactures, n. s. p., 50%. Marmalade, 1c lb. and 35%. Matches, friction, Sc gross, in boxes of 100 each; not in boxes, le per 1,000. Matting, floor, n. s. p., value not over 10c square yard, 3c |