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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1876 edition. Excerpt: ...sent principally from Texas (108,747), California (53,438), Washington Territory (9,484), and New York (4,744), and find their way mostly to Mexico (161,549), British Columbia (9,484), British West Indies, (2,299), England (2,692), and Quebec, &c. (1,003). It is sufliciently evident that Texas and California send to Mexico, Washington Territory to British Columbia, and New York and the Atlantic ports to England and the West Indies. Hogs are exported largely from Detroit, Mich. (34,504), Huron, Mich. (28,508), and Minnesota (339); also, from Puget Sound, W. T., to the British Provinces. Key West, Fla., sends about 230 to Cuba, and Texas 348 to Mexico. There is a foreign export of living animals to the value of $22,970, chiefly to England ($12,130) and the British West Indies ($8,176). It is chiefly from New York ($20,722). FOOD PRODUCTS, EXCEPT FISH. The import entries of food products are placed at $724,452. New York is the chief receptaole of these imports ($508,905), followed by the ports on the Canadian border ($173,007), San Francisco ($53,760), Philadelphia ($32,111), New Orleans ($7,400), Boston ($5,253), and Key West, Fla. ($2,336). The receipts from Canada ($113,191) correspond nearly to the amount given for the northern border ports, those from China ($43,331) to the entries of San Francisco, and those from Cuba ($2,846) to the entries of Florida. New York and Philadelphia receive nearly all the remainder, which is principally sent by Germany ($325,693), England ($65,164), France ($63,119), Belgium (54,537), the Netherlands ($40,145), Italy ($11,957), and Mexico ($2,679). The total value of the import of honey is $61,205, of which New York receives the principal share ($34,693), then New Orleans ($13,483) and Boston ($8,019)....
