| Year | New York | Philadelphia | Baltimore | Total |
| 1886 | 19548 | 1625 | — | 21173 |
| 1887 | 30866 | 2178 | — | 33044 |
| 1888 | 26946 | 1935 | — | 28881 |
| 1889 | 23958 | 1394 | — | 25352 |
| 1890 | 26963 | 1676 | — | 28639 |
| 1891 | 47098 | 2719 | 1581[2] | 51398 |
| 1892 | 66544 | 4677 | 5152 | 76373 |
| 1893 | 29059 | 4322[3] | 1941 | 35322 |
| 1894 | 23444 | 3833 | 1902 | 29179 |
| 1895 | 21422 | 3672 | 1097 | 26191 |
| 1896 | 27846 | 3016 | 1986 | 32848 |
| 1897 | 17362 | 1613 | 1397 | 20372 |
| 1898 | 19222 | 2121 | 2311 | 23654 |
| Total | 380278 | 34781 | 17367 | 432426 |
| [1] Table II and all succeeding tables are arranged from July 1st to June 30th, the fiscal year. |
| [2] Baltimore statistics begin October. |
| [3] Philadelphia figures for August missing. |