FOREIGN TRADE OF THE UNITED STATES-Continued.

IMPORTS AND EXPORTS AT PRINCIPAL PORTS OF THE UNITED STATES.

COMMERCE WITH CUBA, PORTO RICO, HAWAII, AND THE PHILIPPINES.

The entire number of documented vessels was 24,057, of which 7,414 were steamers and 16,643 were vessels other than steamers, all aggregating 5,524, 218 tons.

The estimated value of the whole amount of floating property under the flag, according to the census of 1890, was $215,069, 296. The statistics of the above table are for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1901.

SHIPBUILDING IN THE UNITED STATES.

The following table shows the class, number, and tonnage of the documented vessels built in this country during the last four years reported:

IRON AND STEEL TONNAGE BUILT IN THE UNITED STATES, 1870-1901.

COMPARATIVE GROWTH OF THE TONNAGE OF THE MERCHANT NAVIES OF THE
UNITED STATES AND OF THE PRINCIPAL MARITIME COUNTRIES
OF EUROPE FROM 1850 TO 1899.

American...

British.

French..

Norwegian.

3,485,266 5,299,175 4,194,740 4,068,034 4,424,497 4,635,960 4,703,880 4,769,020 4,749,738 4,864,238
4,232,962 5,710,968 7,149,134 8,447,171 11,597,106 13,424.146 13,56397 13,641,116 13,988,508 14,372,000
688,153 996,124 1,072,048 919,298 1,045,102) 1,154,783 1,148,970 1,248,739 1,242,091 1,401,000
298,315 558,927 1,022,515 1,518,655 1,584,355 1,713,611 1,705,722 1,679,882 1,694,230 1,667,000
346,862 542,6421 475,964
552,888 560,841
178,646 249,466 280,065
982,355 1,182,097 1,569,311
389,614 328,281 378,784
30,149 75,666 110,571
1,012,164 999,196 816,567
329,377 290,971 269,648
404,063)
307,640

Swedish.

Danish..

German

Dutch..

Belgian

292,576 433,922
34,919 33,111

Italian.

Austro-Hungarian.

Greek

263,075

The above tables, except the data of merchant Commissioner of Navigation of the United States, States in 1900 as 5,164,839 and in 1901 as 5,524.218.

1868.

1869.

1870.

1871.

1872.

1873.

315,255

1874..

1875.

157,167,722 110,007,494]

1876.

148,071,985 116,700,732 93,799

1877

130,956,493 118,630,408

1878.

130,170 680

110,581,625

Receipts and Expenditures U. S. Government, 1868-1901.

REVENUE BY FISCAL YEARS.

180,048,427 158,356,461 765,686
194,538,374 184,899,756 229,103
206,270,408 143,098,154 580,355
216,370,287 130,642,178
188,089,523 113,729,314
163,103,834 102,409,785

$164,464,600 $191,087,589 $1,788,146 $1,348,715 $29,203,629 $17,745,404 $405,638,083
4,020,344 13,755,491 13,997,339 370,943,747
3,350,482 15,295,644 12,942,118 411,255,478
2,388,647 8,892,840 22,093,541 383,323,945
2,575,714 9,412,638 15,106,051 374,106,868
2,882,312 11,560,531 17,161,270 333,738,205
1,852,429 5,037,665 17,075,043 289,478,755
1,413,640 3,979,280 15,431,915 288,000,051
4,029,281 17.456,776 287,482,039
405,777 18,031,655 269,000,587
317,102 15,614,728 257,763,879
1,505,048 20,585,697 273,827,184
110 21,978,525 333,526,611
25,154,851 360,782,293
31,703,643 403,525,250

Excess of Revenue over Ordinary Expenditures.

Sales of Public Lands.

924,781

6,879,301

1,016,507

65,883,653

2,201,863

100,069,405

4,753,140

145,543,811

1883.

1884.

1885

1886.

1887

1888

1889.

1890.

1891.

1892.

1893.

1894.

131,818,531 147,111,232

1,673,637

26,005,815 371,403,278
24,674,446 379,266,065
24,297,151 387,050,059
24,447,420 403,080,983
23 374,457 392,612,447
20,251,872 354,937,784
18,253,898 385,818,629
17,118,618 297,722,019
16,706,438 313,390,075
19,186,061 326,976,200
23,614,422 347,721,905
83,505,319 404,511,082

2,341,674 *69,803,261 *42,805,223

*25,203 246

103,471,098

111,341,274

"

87,761,081

85,040,272

26,838,542

9,914,454

*18,052,254

*38,864,305

36,394.977 515,652,666

*89,898.657

1868..

1869.

1870.

1871.

1872.

YEARS. Ending June 30.

233,164 871 295,327,927
238,585,456 307,180,664

EXPENDITURES BY FISCAL YEARS.

Premium on Other Civil
Loans and
and
Purchase of Miscellan'ous
Bonds, etc. Items.
$7,001,151 $53,009,868
1,674,680 56,474,062
15,996,556 53,237,462
9,016,795 60,481,916
6,958,267 60.984,757

$123,246,649 $25,775,503 $4,100,682 $23,782,387 $140,424,046
78,501,991 20,000,758 7,042,923 28,476,622 130,694,243
57,655,675 21,780,230 3,407,938 28,340,202 129,235,498
35,799,992 19,431,027
35,372,157 21,249,810

7,426,997 34,443,895 125,576,566
7,061,729 28,533,403 117,357,840

292,177,188

277,517,963

7,951,705

1874.

1,395,074

69,641,593

1875.

71,070,703 41,120,646

21,497,626

8,384,657

29,456,216 103,093,545

274,623,393

1876..

66,958,374 38,070,889 18,963 310

5,966,558

28,257,396 100,243,271

258,459,797

1877.

56,252,067 37.082,736

14,959,935

5,277,007

1878.

53,177,704 32,154,148 17,365,301

4,629,280

65,741,555 40,425,661 15,125,127
2,795,320 54,713,530 38,116,916 13,536,985 5,945,457 56,777,174 95,757,575
1,061,249 64,416,325 40,466,461 15,686,672 6,514,161 50,059,280
57,219,751 43,570,494 15,032,046 9,736,747 61,345,194
68,078,022 48,911,383 15,283,437 7,362,590 66,012,574
70.920,434 39,429,603 17,292,601 6.475,999 55,429,228
87,494,258 42,670,578 16,021,080 6,552,495 56,102,267
74,166,930 34,324,153 13,907,888 6,099,158
85,264,826 38,561,026 15,141,127 6,194,523
72,952,261 38,522,436 16,926,438 6,249,308
80,664,064 44,435,271 21,378,809 6,892,208 87,624,779
20.304,244 81.403,256 44,582,838 22,006,206 6,708,047 106,936,855 36,099,284
10,401,221 110,048,167 48,720,065 26,113,896 8,527,469 124,415,951 37,547,135
99,841,988 46,895,456 29,174,139 11,150,578 134,583,053
103,732,799

5,206,109

35,121,482 105,327,949

266,947,883

49,641,773 30,136,084 13,345,347 159,357,558
54,567,930 31,701,294 10,293,482 141,177,285

27,264,392

383,477,954

1895

1896.

93,279,730 51,804,759 28,797,796 9,939,754 141,395,229
87,216,235 50,830,921 27,147,732 12,165,528 139,434,001 35,385,029

30,978,030

356,195,298

352,179,446

1897

90,401,267

48,950,267 34,561,546 13,016.802 141,053,164

37,791,110

365,774,159

91,992,000 58,823,985 10,994,668 147,452,369

229,841,254

63,942,104 12,805,711 139,394,929

1900.

105,773,190

134,774,768

55,953,078 10,175,107 140,877,316)

1901

122,282,003 144,615,697 60,506,978 10,896,073 139,323,622|

32,342,979 509,967,353

The total receipts of the United States from the beginning of the Government, 1789, to 1901 have been: From customs, $8,642,217,923: internal revenue, $6,053,692,761; direct tax, $28,131,944, public lands, $295,666,707; miscellaneous, $1,003,781,171; total, excluding loans, $16.671,799,528.

The total expenditures of the United States from the beginning of the Government, 1789, to 1901 have been: For civil and miscellaneous, $3,289,595,016; war, $5,679,936,001; navy, $1,630,022,941; Indians, $379,232,776; pensions, $2,797,971,222; interest, $3,014,802,456; total, $16,891,510,714. *Expenditures in excess of revenue.

Of the whole number of post-offices at the close of the fiscal year, June 30, 1901, 4,466 were Presidential offices and 72,479 were fourth-class offices.

The number of pieces of postal matter of all kinds which pass through the mails of the United States annually is about 8, 000, 000, 000, The annual aggregate number of letters transmitted through the post-offices of the world may be estimated at 18,000,000,000, and of newspapers, 12,000,000,000. POSTAL REVENUE OF FIFTY LARGEST CITIES IN 1901.

The receipts by the Post-Office Department from the fifty largest cities of the United States in the fiscal year ending June 30, 1901, were as follows:

Cities.

New York City.
Chicago, Ill......
Philadelphia, Pa.
Boston, Mass.
St. Louis, Mo.

Brooklyn, N. Y.

1,500,855.52

Rochester, N. Y.

Cincinnati, Ohio...

1,370,035.36

Newark, N. J.

461,234.57

Grand Rapids, Mich.

246,247.60

Baltimore, Md....

Racine, Wis..

243,294.76

San Francisco, Cal.

1,075,657.87

Columbus, Ohio.

Pittsburgh, Pa..

1,030,533.41

Omaha, Neb..

Cleveland, Ohio.

Springfield, Mass..

221,042.52

Buffalo, N. Y..

Detroit, Mich...

826,817.15

Des Moines, Iowa.

334,5 3.85

Dallas, Tex...
Seattle, Wash.

213,895.36

206, 21.36

Kansas City, Mo.

Minneapolis, Minn..

Washington, D. C..
Milwaukee, Wis..

States and Territories.

Alabama.......

808,729.05

Albany, N. Y..

290,749.28

740,664,44

New Haven, Ct.

283,600.36 Portland, Me..

175,341.34

280,871.41

Amount.

$3,968,905.96

States and Territories.
Oregon..

Amount.

$3,931,207.39

Alaska.......

Arizona....

Arkansas..

1,223,975.40 Maine

19,063,062.63

Porto Rico...

1,550,243.55

3,781,667.57

Massachusetts.

8,833,513.04

Rhode Island.

1,232,474.81

California

17,817,737.03

Michigan.

11,052,054.36

Colorado

6,039,981.48 Minnesota

7,197,278.75 South Dakota...

2,572,170.25

The number of domestic money-orders issued in the fiscal year 1901 was 35, 586,379; amounting to $274,546,067; number of international money-orders, 1,247,888; amount, $20,072,613.

Total...... 293,186

28,706 28,815

18,813 18,929

18,255 18,505

650 86,513 4,489 2,298 422, 481 138, 490 15,633 6,621 997, 735 993, 529

4.778

1,826

2,013

Pensioners of the war of the Revolution-Widows, 4; daughters, 5. Pensioners of the war of 1812 -Survivor, 1; widows, 1,527. Pensioners of the war with Mexico-Survivors, 7,568; widows, 8,109. Indian wars-Survivors, 1,086; widows, 3, 479. War with Spain-Invalids, 3, 555; widows, 2,049. NUMBER OF PENSION CLAIMS, PENSIONERS, AND DISBURSEMENTS, 1861-1901.