of any such body; but such Delegations or Committees shall report to the Chamber all propositions or actions of such body for its concurrence or dissent.

ARTICLE XIV.

All proposed amendments to the By-Laws shall be submitted in writing, at a regular meeting of the Chamber ; but no such amend. ments shall be acted upon before the next regular meeting.

PART SECOND.

SPECIAL REPORTS

ON

VARIOUS BRANCHES OF TRADE,

WITH

STATISTICS OF TRADE AND FINANCE,

FOR THE YEAR 1886.

CONTENTS OF PART SECOND.

TRADE REPORTS.

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19 27 39 43 48 51

1. Sugar Trade,... 2. Molasses Trade,.. 3. Coffee Trade, 4. Tea Trade,... 5. Tobacco Trade,. 6. Wool Trade,... 7. Wine and Spirit Trade,. 8. Petroleum Trade, 9. Cotton Crop of the United States,.. 10. Whale Fishery of the United States,.. 11. Leather Trade,. 12. Hide Trade,... 13. Boot and Shoe Trade,.... 14. Cheese and Butter Trades, 15. Dry Goods Trade, 16. Drug Trade,... 17. Iron Trade,... 18. Lumber Trade,

58 66 75 77 80 83 85 91 98 108 114

STATISTICS OF TRADE AND FINANCE.

117

19. Value of Imports, Exports and Re-Exports of the Port of New York

for the last Twenty Years, ending December 31, 1886,. 20. Detailed Statement of Articles Imported, Exported and Re-Esported

at the Port of New-York for the year ending June 30, 1886,...... 21. Recapitulation of leading Articles Imported into and Exported from

the Port of New York,.

122

143

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PAGE 22. The Foreign Carrying Trade of the Port of New-York and of the United States,....

145 23. Commerce of the Port of New York with Foreign Cou atries,....... 146 24. Imports of Sugar at the Port of New-York for the last Twenty Years, 149 25. Imports of Molasses

150 26. Imports of Coffee

151 27. Imports of Tea

152 28. Imports of Wool

153 29. Imports of Manufactures of Wool

154 30. Imports of Silk and Manufactures of Silk

155 31. Imports of Manufactures of Cotton

156 32. Imports of Manufactures of Flax

157 33. Imports of Iron and Steel and Manufactures

158 34. Imports, Exports and Re-Exports of Coin and Bullion

159 35. Exports of Cotton from the Port of New York

162 36. Exports of Wheat and Wheat Flour

163 37. Exports of Tobacco

164 38. Exports of Cheese, Bacon and Hams

165 39. Exports of Beef and Pork

166 40. Exports of Lard and Tallow

167 41. Exports of Petroleum

168 42. Foreign Imports at the Port of

169 43. Foreign Exports from

170 44. Domestic Exports from

171 45. Receipts from duties on Imports at

172 46. Number of American and Foreign Vessels, with their Tonnage, which

Entered into and Cleared from the several Districts of the State of
New-York,...

173 47. Number, Tonnage, &c., which Entered the Port of New York, and the Countries from which they Arrived,.....

175 48. Number, Tonnage, &c., which Departed from the Port of New York, and the Countries for which they Cleared,..

177 49. Nationalities of Foreign Vessels, with their Tonnage, which Entered into and Cleared from the Port of New York,.......

180 50. Nationalities of Foreign Vessels, with their Tonnage, which Entered into and Cleared from the Ports of the United States,......

181 51. Number and Tonnage of Vessels engaged in the Foreign Trade of

the United States, from the year 1967 to June 30th, 1886,.... 182 52. Tonnage of the State of New York,.

184 53. Number and Tonnage of Sailing Vessels, Steam Vessels, Barges and Canal Boats belonging to the Port of New-York,...

185