CLASSIFICATION OF IMPORTS BY SEA IN 1884.

Values.Duties.
Oils (vegetable)$14,839.45$14,128.30
Aguardiente35,124.7043,694.75
Cotton thread and cloth1,607,362.341,594,756.48
Firearms1,758.002,435.00
Shoes3,697.423,926.28
Cinnamon20,845.0020,194.45
Carriages2,600.001,575.00
Barley4,386.20438.62
White wax3,122.502,982.20
Beer29,856.2030,267.96
Preserves47,539.8741,851.68
Glass10,725.638,397.56
Money82,932.00free
Sundry articles11,375.4011,594.34
Drugs21,462.9422,794.77
Stearine, crude, and candles14,798.1511,563.22
Matches7,235.767,359.43
Flour118,490.00139,082.10
Iron in bars, etc.85,852.2599,637.37
Instruments,—agriculture, arts, and sciences2,728.80272.88
Wool, thread, and cloth146,294.34159,381.69
Printed books12,627.501,252.75
Sweet liquors5,386.655,893.49
Linen cloth11,743.1711,236.54
Earthenware15,490.8614,129.36
Timber for building35,594.00free
Machinery48,475.704,847.57
Medicines52,952.8554,326.68
Hardware23,738.4621,954.95
Wooden furniture1,143.501,865.46
Articles for institutions of charity or public education10,837.94free
Paper41,694.3729,358.39
Perfumery5,873.656,034.26
Petroleum and naphtha14,764.008,439.30
Pianos10,950.006,470.00
Tanned leather56,863.8431,263.10
Prenderia fina19,145.001,914.50
Utensils of tin, iron, etc.24,678.2621,245.84
Clocks3,956.00786.55
Empty bags25,384.83free
Salt4,122.3012,778.56
Silk thread and cloth102,835.72116,936.29
Saddles946.251,082.00
Hats of all kinds23,751.6824,369.35
Corrugated iron, barbed wire, carts, pumps18,462.701,536.91
Wheat60,128.5128,362.68
Railroad supplies328,426.37free
Wine48,697.4052,165.24
$3,281,698.46$2,674,583.85