PAGE 87. Area and Population of Metropolitan Districts.. 225 88. Foreign Born Population of New York................. 225 89. Arriving and Departing Cabin and other Passengers on Ocean Steamers... 227 90. Bridges of New York... 227 91. Alien Immigrants Admitted at Port of New York during 1913. 92. Emmigrant Aliens Departed from Port of New York in 1913.. 93. Statistics of Telephones in New York and other Cities...... 228 229 230 94. Public Debt of United States, 1886-1913.. 95. Public Debt of the State of New York.... 96. Real and Personal Estate of State of New York.. 97. Funded Debt of the City of New York... 98. Classification of the City Debt... 99. Electric Light and Power Statistics.. 100. City Budget; Comparative Statistics for fifteen years... of all the Cities in the United States. 104. Statement of City Assets and Value of Public Properties..... 105. Statement of per capita Revenues and Payments of New York and other Leading Cities...... 106. Department of Education City of New York.. 107. Water Supply System of New York.. 108. Police Statistics of New York 243 244 245 246 246 109. Streets of New York, 1913... 110. Health and Vital Statistics of the City of New York, in 1913, 115. Principal Products of the States, Census of 1910.. 250 116. Transactions of the New York Post Office.......... 236 117. Comparative Prices of Leading Articles of Produce in the New York Market, 1909-1913.... 262 SPECIAL REPORTS ON VARIOUS BRANCHES OF TRADE. THE SUGAR TRADE OF THE UNITED STATES. Annual Review, showing the Imports and Consumption of Raw Sugar in the United States, for the year ending December 31, 1913, compared with the previous four years. GENERAL STATEMENT. RECEIPTS OF FOREIGN SUGAR IN THE UNITED STATES FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1913, COMPARED WITH THE PREVIOUS FOUR YEARS. ANNUAL REVIEW OF THE SUGAR TRADE OF THE UNITED STATES. The sugar trade will not soon forget the year 1913, which was probably the worst in the history of the present generation since prac tically no profit accrued to the refiner. Incidentally, the producer of sugar, either cane or beet, was but slightly better off; for although the year started off well from the price viewpoint, it ended disastrously. It was a year of semi-demoralization in local sugar circles, due largely to tariff uncertainty and excessive competition for business. With a special session of Congress readjusting the tariff, it was to be expected that the wholesale grocer and the manufacturer would not buy a barrel more than absolutely necessary; for there was no telling at what date the revised schedule might be put into effect. Throughout the spring months, distribution was on a hand-to-mouth scale, yet consumption kept up well, as the figures indicate. Refiners, naturally, did not care to carry the bag, especially since no provision was made for manufac turing sugar in bond, and it is suggestive of their extreme conservatism that purchases of Porto Rico raws were only made with a guarantee of reimbursement, covering 30 days from the date of arrival, lest the tariff go into effect in the meantime. Yet, in spite of this caution, losses were incurred on such stocks of raw and refined sugar as perforce must be carried in anticipation of the summer movement, which can explain in considerable part the poor showing of refiners for the |