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28 , MARINE REVIEW. EXPORTS OF MANUFACTURES. The record of exportation of manufactures from the United States in the fiscal year which ends ninety days hence is not likely to equal that of the preceding fiscal year, for three quite apparent reasons: First, the exporters engaged in commerce with the Hawaiian islands are now refus- ing to furnish to the bureau of statistics the statements of their exports as in former years, holding that their exports are no longer “foreign com- merce” and that therefore the bureau has no authority to require the usual statements which the law-authorizes with reference to commerce between the United States and foreign countries. Second, the exports to Porto Rico are now separately classified and no longer included in the general statement of foreign commerce. Three, the exports to China have tem- porarily fallen off one-half by reason of the unsettled conditions in that country. The total exports to the Hawaiian islands in the fiscal year 1900 were $13,500,000, and to Porto Rico over $4,500,000, a total of more than $18,000,000. The shipments to Porto Rico in the present fiscal year show a large increase over last year, and presumably those to Hawaii have also increased; but as neither of these is included in the export figures of our foreign commerce, it is apparent that more than $20,000,000 of actual shipments from our ports in the fiscal year 1901 will not be included in the general statement of exports to foreign countries. When to this is added the further fact that the exports to ‘China, which in the last fiscal year were over $15,000,000 in value, have been temporarily cut down one- half, it is apparent that the year’s figures of exports to foreign countries will not furnish a fair or just basis for comparison or for measurement of thé general growth of our export trade. The total exports for the eight months ending with February, 1901, show an increase of more than $95,000,000 over last year, but those oi manufactures alone show but a slight increase, and there is reason to believe that the recorded tota! of manufactures for the full fiscal year will, for the above stated reasons, fall somewhat below that of the preceding year. This is due to the fact that a large proportion of our exports to Hawaii, Porto Rico and China are manufactures, and that the apparent re- duction, for the reasons above explained, in the Hawaiian and Porto Rican figures and the real reduction in the exports to China by reason of temporary conditions, therefore relates almost. exclusively to the’ class of exports designated as manufactures. Another condition which has a U. S. Engineer Office, Customhouse, Cn- cinnati, O., March 22, 1901. Sealed propcsals for hire of Towboat having cylinders about 14 inches diameter, with 5 feet stroke, to serve as tender for Ohio River Dredges dur- ing present season, will be received here un- til 2 p. m., April 26, 1901, and then publicly opened. Information furnished on applica- tion. Wm. H. Bixby, Maj., Engrs. Apr 18. 57 Dearborn St., THis [April 4, tendency to reduce the total value of exports of manufactures is found in the fact that prices of manufactured articles in many cases have fallen because of the reduction in the cost of the raw material from which they were produced, and that the exportation of an equal or even greater quantity supplies a smaller figure in the statement of values by which the export movement is necessarily measured. 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