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SPECIE VALUE OF IMPORTS AND EXPORTS UNITED STATES, FROM SEPT. 30, 1789, TO JUNE 30, 1879. [From the Annual Reports on Commerce and Navigation.]

Before 1821, the Treasury accounts did not separate merchandise from specie. The figures for 1843 are fe9 months, the fiscal year having then been changed from Sept. 30 to June 30.

SPECIE VALUE OF IMPORTS AND EXPORTS OF THE UNITED STATES FROM SEPT. 30, 1789, TO JUNE 30, 1879-(Continued).

SPECIE VALUE OF IMPORTS AND EXPORTS OF THE UNITED STATES, FROM SEPT. 30, 1789, TO JUNE 30, 1879-(Continued).

The import values are invoice prices in gold at place of shipment, and the export values are also in specie. From 1862 to 1878, representing the period of suspension of specie payments, an additional column on the right exhibits the currency value of domestic exports, added to the specie of domestic production exported.

Estimated Aggregate Production of the Precious Metals during the Twenty-seven Years from 1849 to 1875, inclusive.

*Seventeen years, 1859 to 1875. The silver mines of the United States were first discovered

in 1859.

SPECIE VALUE OF IMPORTS AND EXPORTS OF THE UNITED STATES, FROM SEPT. 30, 1789, TO JUNE 30, 1879-(Continued).

Dollars. Dollars. Dollars. Dollars.
1847,523 163,186,510 134,900,233

Dollars.

Dollars. Dollars.
2,046,679 136,946,912

1850..164,034,033 1851..200,476,308 15,949,669 194,526,639 178,620,138 18,069,580 196,689,718 1852.. 195,387,314 268,746 195,656,060 154,931,147 37,437,837 192,368,984 1853.. 250,157,145 263,042 250,420,187 189,869,162 23,548,535 213,417,697 1854.. 275,991,779 3,720,408 279,712,187 215,328,200 38,062,570 253,390,870 1855.. 231,650,340 1,369,887 233,020,227 192,751,135 53,957,418 246,708,553 1856.. 295,650,938 2,610,426 298,261,364 266,438,051 44,148,279 310,586,330 1857. 333,511,295 3,403,229 336,914,524 278,906,713 60,078,352 338,985,065 1858.. 242,678,413 9,048,595 251,727,008 251,351,033 42,407,246 293,758,279 1859.. 316,823,370 1,049,683 317,873,053 278,392,080 57,502,305 335,894,385 1860.. 336,282,485 11,049,253 335,233,232 316,242,423 56,946,851 373,189,274 1861.. 274,656,325 40,348,401 315,004,726 204,899,616 23,799,870 228,699,486 1862. 178,330,200 10,572,063 188,902,263 179,644,024 31,044,651 210,688,675 213,069,519 1863, 225,375,280 1,421,056 226,796,330 186,003,912 55,993,562 241,997,474 305,884,998 1864.. 301,113,322 8,192,633 309,305,955 143,504,027 100,473,562 243,977,589 320,035,199 1865. 209,656,525 6,784,970 216,441,495 136,940,248 64,618,124 201,558,372 323,743,187 1866.. 423,470,646 7,299,395 430,770,041 337,518,102 82,643,374 420,161,476 550,684,277 1867.. 381,043,768 16,178,299 397,222,067 279,786,809 54,976,196 334,763,005 440,722,228 1868.. 344,873,441 4,150,241 349,023,682 269,389,900 1869.. 406,555,379 5,585,462 412,140,841 275,166,697 1870.. 419,803,113 12,147,315 431,950,428 376,616,473 1871.. 505,802,414 7,231,395 513,033,809 428,398,908 1872.. 610,904,622 6,664,395 617,569,017 428,487,131 1872.. 624,689,727 10,777,909 635,467,636 505,033,439 550,556,723 21,524,187 572,080,910 569,433,421 1874

1875

1876

1877

1878

1879

83,745,975 353,135,875 454,301,713 42,915,966 318,082,663 413,961,115 43,883,802 420,500,275 499,092,143 84,403,359 512,802,267 562,518,651 72,798,240 501,285,371 549,219,718 73,905,546 578,938,985 649,132,563 59,699,686 629,133,107 693,039,054

410,200,059 411,424,066 518,846,825 12,625,704 531,472,529 499,284,100 83,857,129 583,141,229 643,094,767 415,596,524 415,596,524 415,596,524 445,938,766 9,469,070 455,407,836 525,582,247 50,038,691 575,620,938 644,956,406 410,507,563 410,507,563 410,507,563 438,518,130 27,746,915 466,265,045 589,670,220 43,134,738 632,804,962 676,115,592 413,051,798 413,051,798 413,051,798 422,896,834 23,143,074 446,039,908 680,683,798 27,054,985 707,738,783 722,779,499 410,535,857 410,535,857 433,679,124 12,853,594 446,532,718 698,340,790 17,555,035 715,895,825 717,093,777 413,158,005 413,158,005

4. These figures represent additional exports to Canada, by land carriage, not embraced in the United States custom accounts, but from Canadian official reports.

Annual Average Production of the Precious Metals in the World, also in the United States of America, since 1848, the Year of the Discovery of the Gold-fields of California.