AMERICAN COMMERCE.

New Zealand Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 4125, 10 June 1874, Page 3

AMERICAN COMMERCE.

o ■ [From the New Yoke Herald.] Whatever the important figures which we publish below may mean when they shall he carefully analysed, we can, at least, state one fact with confidence —that we arc living more upon ourselves than in former years. During the eleven months of the year ending November 30, 1572, we imported, in round nembors, $031,000,000 worth of foreign goods, while during the same period for 1873 we bought but $590,000,000 worth of goods abroad, showing a diminution of $11,000,000. While we exported but §191,000,000 in 1872, last year we found customers for §513,000,000, or §52,000,000 in favor of American products. Thus a sum of money reaching the imposing figure of §90,000,000 remained in the United States during the year 1873, while in 1872 this amount went to enrich foreign peoples. We regard this as an encouraging sign, although it is duo to many financial complications and legislative enactments which we will not name at this time. A review of the number and tonnage of vessels shows gratifying progress also, 1100 more vessels having entered our ports in 1873 than during the previous year, while there was a like number of clearances in excess of those of 1872. The figures, as reported by the Bureau of Statistics, are as follows : Domestic Exports, Specie Foreign Periods. Imports. Values. Exports. Month eiidhigNovember SO, 1873 $39,085,743 $55,731,894 $2,175,210 Month ending November 30,1872 42,428,070 54,540,020 1,859,481 Eleven months ending November 30, 1873 ..589,337,098 543,019,308 23,242,083 Eleven months ending November 30, 1872 ..031,022,213 191,784,202 23,302,380 The number and tonnage of vessels engaged in the foreign trade which entered and cleared during the twelve months ending November 30, 1873 and 1872, respectively, were as follows ;

Entered Cleared 1S7S Number. Tons. Number. Tons. American vessels 11,380 3,751,501 11.404 3,835,327 Foreign vessels 20,121 8,178,700 20,184 8,151,770 Totals 31,501 12,233,273 31,088 12,290,103 1S72. American vessels 11,020 3,700.330 11,118 3,750,082 Foreign vessels 10,41(3 7,441,002 10,220 7,435,752 Totals ' 30,140 11,142,232 30,338 11,194,834