Total imports,

Years. including specie. consumption.

1821

1822

83,241,541 68,367,425 49,874,079 11,504,270 1823 77,579,267 51,308,936 47,155,408 21,172,435 1824 80,549,007 53,846,567 50,649,500 18,322,605 1825 96,340,075 66,375,722 66,809,766 23,793,588

The total value of our imports, and the imports consumed in the United States, exclusive of specie, and the value of foreign and domestic exports, exclusive of specie, and the tonnage employed, during each fiscal year from 1821 to 1854, have been as follows:

IMPORTS, EXPORTS, CONSUMPTION, AND TONNAGE.
Imports for

Domestic
exports.

Foreign

exports.

$62,585,724 $43,696,405 $43,671,894 $10,824,429

Total exports,

including specie. Tonnage. $64,974,382

72,160,281

1,298,958 1,324,699

74,699,030 1,336,566

75,986,657 1,389,163

99,535,388 1,423,112

72,358,671 1,260,798

58,524,878 13,145,857

73,849,508 1,191,776

14,756,321 121,693,577 1,824,940

17,767,762 128,663,040 1,882,103

111,660,561 12,008.371 132,085,946 2,180,764 103,636.236

1829 74,492,527 54,741,571 55,087,307 12,847,344 1830 70,876,920 49,575,009 1831 103,191,124 82,808,110 59,218.583 13,077,069 81,310,583 1,267,847 1832 101,029,266 75,327,688 61,726,529 19,794,074 87,176,943 1,439,450 1833 108,118,311 83,470,067 69,950,856 15,577,876 90,140,433 1,606,151 1834 126,521,332 86,973,147 80,623,662 21,636,553 104,336,973 1,758,907 1835 149,895,742 122,007,974 100,459,481 1836 189,980,035 158,811,392 106,570,942 1837 140,989,217 113,310,571 1838 113,717,404 86,552,598 1839 162,092,132 145,870,816 1840 107,141,519 86,250,335 1841 127,946,177 114,776,309 8,181,235 121,851,803 2,130,744 1842 100,162,087 87,996,318 91,799,242 8,078,753 104,691,534 2,092,391 1843 64,753,799 37,294,129 77,686,354 5,139,335 84,346,480 2,158,603 1844 108,435,035 96,390,548 99,531,774 6,214,058 111,206,046 2,280,095 1845 117,254,564 105,599,541 98,455,330 7,584,781 114,646,606 2,417,002 1846 121,691,797 110,048,859 101,718,042 7,865,206 113,488,516 2,562,085 1847 146,545,638 116,257,595 150,574,844 6,166,754 158,648,622 2,839,046 1848 154,998,928 140,651,902 130,203,709 7,986,802 154,032,131 3,154,042 1849 147,857,439 132,565,168 131,710,081 8,641,691 145,755,820 8,334,015 1850 178,138,318 164,082,033 134,900,233 9,475,493 151,898,720 3,535,454 1851 216,224,932 200,476,219 178,620,138 10,295,121 218,388,011 3,772,439 1852 212,945,442 195,072,695 154,931,147 12,037,043 209,641,625 4,138,441 1853 267,978,647 251,071,358 189,869,162 13,096,213 230,452,250 4,407,010 1854 304,562,381 275,987,839 215,157,504 21,691,922 278,241,064 4,802,903

4,370,804,696 3,637,044,006 3,272,599,154 456,306,395 4,055,379,883 75,693,401

The following table furnishes an interesting view of the progress of our import trade in connection with the progress of population and consumption. It will be seen that the consumption of foreign imports from 1821 to 1831 varied but little, from 1831 to 1835 it gradually increased, until it reached in 1836 nearly $11 per capita. That was a year of extravagance and speculation, and the consumption fell to about $7 50 the next year, fluctuating from that amount to $3 or $4 per head until 1851, when it again increased to more than $8, and for each of the years 1853 and 1854, it reached $10 per capita.

STATEMENT EXHIBITING THE VALUE OF FOREIGN MERCHANDISE IMPORTED, RE-EXPORTED, AND CONSUMED, ANNUALLY, FROM 1821 To 1854, INCLUSIVE; AND ALSO THE ESTIMATED POPULATION AND RATE OF CONSUMPTION PER CAPITA DURING THE SAME PE RIOD:

The years in the above table until 1843 end on the 30th of June; the figures for that year are for nine months. From the 30th of June, 1843, to 1854, the fiscal years end on the last-mentioned day of the month.

We now give a table showing the value of merchandise, the product and manufacture of foreign countries, and the produce of our own country exported annually from 1821 to 1854. In this table the years end as stated in the preceding statement.

STATEMENT EXHIBITING THE VALUE OF FOREIGN MERCHANDISE AND DOMESTIC PRODUCE, ETC. EXPORTED ANNUALLY FROM 1821 TO 1854:

-VALUE OF EXPORTS, EXCLUSIVE OF SPECIE.--

1848 1,410,307

6,576,499

1849 2,015,815

6,625,276

1850 2,099,132

7,376,361

1851 1,744,154

8,552,967

1852 2,538,159

7,986,806 130,208,709 138,190,515 8,641,091 131,710,081 140,351,172 9,475,493 134,900,233 144,375,726 7,522,994 10,295,121 178,620,138 188,915,259 29,472,752 9,498,884 12,037,043 154,931,147 166,968,190 42,674,185 1853 1,894,046 11,202,167 13.096.213 189,869,162 202,965,375 27,486,875 1854 3,260,451 18,500,686 21,761,137 253,220,074 274,981,211 41,422,423

99,497,701

348,647,235 448,144,936 3,310,611,724 3,758,756,660 334,580,493

In the following table we have a statement of the value of imports into the United States, including specie and bullion, and distinguishing merchandise paying duty and free of duty:

VALUE OF IMPORTS FROM 1821 TO 1854.

15,841,616

5,404,648

Total......

$285,586,277 $820,858,748 $3,265,577,544 $4,372,022,569 The warehousing system of the United States went into operation in 1846-7. The Register of the Treasury furnishes us with a table showing the value of goods remaining in warehouse at the close of each quarter from September 30, 1847, to June 30, 1854, as exhibited by the quarterly returns of the collectors of the customs, under the provisions of the act of August 6, 1846, and also the amount of duties payable thereon.

VALUE OF GOODS IN WAREHOUSE, AND DUTIES:

VALUE OF GOODS IN WAREHOUSE, AND DUTIES.

We now proceed to give a tabular statement of the value of certain articles, the most prominent, imported into the United States during each of the years from 1845 to 1854, inclusive, (after deducting re-exportations,) and the amount of duty which accrued on each during same period respectively, as follows: