ANNUAL CROP. No. 128.-QUANTITIES of RAW COTTON PRODUCED, IMPORTED, EXPORTED, and RETAINED FOR CONSUMPTION in YEAR ENDED JUNE 30 the UNITED STATES, from 1859 to 1881, inclusive. Average | Average net gross Exports, domestic and foreign. Retained for home consumption and Percentage of production| Percentage manufacture. for home con-| sumption. exported. Total production and imports. Bales. Pounds. Pounds. Pounds. Pounds. Pounds. Pounds. 3,851, 481 447 491. 41 4, 669, 770 445 487.26 1, 892, 664, 987 2,275, 372, 309 743, 500 1. 893, 408, 487 1,386, 738, 676 Pounds. 506, 669, 811 26.76 73.24 2, 005, 529 2,277, 377, 838 1,767, 830, 609 509, 547, 229 22.37 77.63 a The figures of production from 1859 to 1871 inclusive, are taken from the New York Shipping and Commercial List; from 1872 to 1874 inclusive, from the New York Commercial and Financial Chronicle; and after 1874, from reports of the National Cotton Exchange of America. The amount placed opposite each fiscal year in the column of production is the crop of the preceding calendar year. b The net weight of bales is stated on the authority of Mr. Thomas Ellison, of Liverpool; and the gross weight for years prior to 1878 on the authority of Mr. J. R. Dodge, Statistician of the Department of Agriculture; and after 1877, as reported by the National Cotton Exchange. c No record during the war period. 1,698, 133 1, 196, 840 2,894, 183 4, 425, 524 3,625, 830 2, 149, 332 2, 451, 419 2,656, 567 3,032, 013 2, 993, 677 3,547, 792 4, 449, 866 1,453, 099, 490 958, 785, 304 494, 314, 186 34.02 65.98 2,021, 890, 576 1, 463, 704, 507 558, 186, 069 27.61 72.39 1,386, 978, 677 933, 825, 710 453, 152, 967 32.67 67.33 1,200, 398, 178 637, 216, 277 34.68 65.32 No. 129.-QUANTITY of PIG-IRON PRODUCED, IMPORTED, EXPORTED, and RETAINED for CONSUMPTION in the UNITED STATES, from 1867 to 1881, inclusive. No. 130.-QUANTITY of IRON and STEEL RAILROAD BARS PRODUCED, IMPORTED, EXPORTED, and RETAINED for CONSUMPTION in the UNITED STATES, from 1867 to 1881, inclusive. a In the column of Production the amount set opposite the fiscal year is the production of the pre ceding calendar year. No. 131.-QUANTITY of WHEAT PRODUCED, IMPORTED, EXPORTED, and RETAINED for CONSUMPTION in the UNITED STATES, from 1867 to 1881, inclusive. No. 132.-QUANTITY of INDIAN CORN PRODUCED, IMPORTED, EXPORTED, and RETAINED for CONSUMPTION in the UNITED STATES, from 1867 to 1881, inclusive. In the column of "Production," the amount placed opposite each fiscal year is the production of the preceding calendar year The production of both wheat and corn during the year 1869 is taken from the census report of the ment of Agriculture. neceding year. The production for the other years is taken from the annual reports of the Depart No. 133.-QUANTITY of FERMENTED LIQUORS PRODUCED, IMPORTED, EXPORTED, and RETAINED for CONSUMPTION in the UNITED STATES, from 1869 to 1881, inclusive. No. 134.—AMOUNT of PRODUCTION of FERMENTED LIQUORS and DISTILLED SPIRITS, together with the QUANTITY of DISTILLED SPIRITS withdrawn for CONSUMPTION, from 1869 to 1881, inclusive. [Prepared in the Office of the Commissioner of Internal Revenue.] PRODUCTION OF DISTILLED SPIRITS, EXCLUSIVE OF BRANDY DISTILLED FROM FRUIT. Distilled spirits H. Ex. 133-9 NOTE. Returns of the entire production of distilled spirits under the internal-revenue system were not made to the Office of the Commissioner of Internal Revenue prior to the fiscal year 1869, and the quantities of the different kinds of spirits produced were not reported until July, 1877. |