FINANCE, INDUSTRY, TRANSPORTATION. JUNE.- California, Spain, Portugal, Italy, | pal vine-growing countries of the world is as Sicily, Greece, and some of the southern de- follows: France, 765,175,972 imperial galpartments of France. JULY. The larger part of France, Austria, Southern Russia, and the larger part of the United States of America. AUGUST.-Germany, England, Belgium, Netherlands, part of Russia, Denmark, part of of the Northeastern States Canada, and America. Scotland, the larger part of 1 lons; Algeria, 722,000,000 imperial gallons; OCTOBER. The northern parts of Russia Wine Production of the World.- CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICAN TRADE. Year. Imports. Exports. $98,288.948 $101,169,299 Honduras Bolivia. 1894 3,000,000 9,600,000 Mexico 1897 42,204,095 111,346,494 Brazil 1893 146,468,936 124,572,907 Nicaragua. 1895 4,116,855 4,994,519 Chile 1896 74,082,805 74,359,414 Paraguay. 1897 2,203,359 1,955,803 Colombia. 1895 11,528,365 15,088,405 Peru. 1896 12,000,000 12,736,830 Costa Rica. 1896 4,748,812 5,597,727 Salvador.. 1895 1,650,424 3,690,294 Ecuador. 1893 6,400,104 8,785,215 Santo Domingo 1897 1,824,375 2,709,805 Guatemala 1897 6,868,858 19,775,860 Uruguay 1896 25,530,185 30,403,084 Hayti.. 1895 6,232,335 13,788,562 Venezuela. 1896 13.989,342 21,433,682 Population According to Latest Estimates. 4,000,000 Honduras (estimate).. 2,500,000 Mexico (official).. 18,000,000 Nicaragua (estimate)... 3,500,000 Paraguay (estimate) 4,600,000 Peru (estimate).. 285,003 Salvador (official)... 1,300,000 Santo Domingo (estimate). 1,211,625 Venezuela (official). TELEGRAPH RATES TO FOREIGN COUNTRIES. These rates are from New York city. The address and signature are included in the chargeable matter, and the length of words is limited to fifteen letters. When a word is composed of more than fifteen letters, every additional fifteen or the fraction of fifteen letters will be counted as a word. FOREIGN TRADE OF THE UNITED STATES. Exports. DOMESTIC MERCHANDISE AND SPECIE EXPORTED FROM THE UNITED STATES DURING THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 1898. MERCHANDISE AND SPECIE IMPORTED INTO THE UNITED STATES DURING THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 1898. Excess of $1,104,616,132 $119,656,000 1874. 1,153,689,382 $18,875,698 1875. 19,562,725 1876. 79,643,481 1877. 151,152,094 1878 257,814,234 1879. 264,661,666 1880. 167,683,912 1881. 259,712,718 1882. 25,902,683 1883. 100,658,488 1884. 72,815,916 1885. 164,662,426 1886. 44,088,694 1887. 23,863,443 1888. 1889. 28,002,607 1890. 68,518,275 1891. 39,564,614 1892. 202,875,686 1893. 18,735,728 1894. 1895. 75,568,200 1896. 102,882,264 1897. 1,815,723,968 286,263,144 1898. 615,431,676 The imports and exports of specie are not included in the above table. VALUE OF IMPORTS INTO AND EXPORTS FROM THE UNITED STATES OF MERCHANDISE, THE WHEAT CROP OF THE WORLD, IN BUSHELS, 1898. *With Croatia and Slavonia. ↑ With Siberia and Asia Minor. The above estimate of production of wheat in 1898 was made by the Hungarian Minister of Agriculture in his annual report, August, 1898. The rye crop of principal countries in 1890-91 was: Austria, 63,000,000 bushels; Hungary, 32,760,000 bushels; United States, 33,000,000 bushels; Russia, 539,000,000 bushels. ANIMAL, VEGETABLE, AND MINERAL PRODUCTIONS. With the Names of the Countries Producing Them. Agates-Africa and several parts of Europe, but chiefly Iceland, Saxony, and Tuscany. Alabaster-Spain, Italy, England, America. Alcanet (root)-Imported from the Levant, or the neighborhood of Montpellier in France. Alligator-North America, South America, and the northern parts of Africa. Almonds-Spain, France, Italy, the Levant, Arabia, Asia, Africa. Indigenous to Greece. Aloes-America, the West Indies. The medicinal Aloes are indigenous to India, Africa, and Italy. Amber-In mines in Prussia, near the seacoast; on the shores of Sicily and the Adriatic; on the southern shores of the Baltic and eastern shores of England; Mexico. Amethyst-Sweden, Bohemia, Saxony, and other parts of Europe; Siberia, India ( Ceylon), Mexico, Brazil. Anchovy-The Mediterranean (chiefly off Gorgona), off the coast of Spain, France, and Italy; and occasionally off those of England. Anise Seeds-Egypt, to which they are indigenous; Syria and other Eastern countries; Spain, Malta, America. Ant-Bear-South America (Brazil, Guiana), East Indies, and Cape of Good Hope. Antelope-Europe, Asia, Africa, Arabia. Apes-Asia (the East Indies), and Africa. Armadillo-Mexico, South America. Arnotto-South America, East Indies, West Indies. Arrack (a spirituous liquor)—Batavia, from rice; Goa, from the juice of the cocoa tree. Arrowroot -East Indies, South Indies. America, West Arsenic-Great Britain, Saxony, Bohemia, Hungary, Mexico. Asafoetida (a kind of gum)-- Persia. Asbestos (an incombustible kind of earth-The Ural and some other European mountains; Swedish Lapland, Candia, China, North America. Asphaltum (a friable kind of bitumen)- The Dead Sea, many parts of Europe and America, the Island of Trinidad. Baboons-Asia (Borneo and the Philippine Islands), and the hot parts of Africa. Bamboo Cane-The East Indies, China, West Indies and America. Banana-Egypt and the West Indies, and other tropical countries. Barilla (an alkaline salt, used in making glass)— Spain and other parts of Europe, South America, West Indies. Bear-The northern parts of Europe, Asia, Arabia.! Egypt, Barbary, Japan, Ceylon, North America, Peru. Beaver-The north part of Europe, Asia,and America. Bergamot (a perfume)- Bergamo, in Italy. Beryl (a gem)- Siberia, Dauria, on the frontiers of China, Saxony, south of France, North America, Brazil. Betel (a shrub, whose leaf is chewed)-The East Indies. Bird of Paradise-The islands of Papua and Droo. Bison-Poland, Lithuania and North America. Black Bear - India, Africa, America, Kamchatka. Black Eagle-Abyssinia. Black Fox-The north of Europe, Siberia, North America. Black Swan-Botany Bay. Boa Constrictor-Africa, South America, India. Box Wood-Spain, Turkey, America. Brandy - France, (chiefly in Cognac and Nantes); also in England, Spain, and the United States, but of inferior quality. Brazil-Wood-Brazil (Pernambuco) and other parts of America; the East Indies. Bread-Fruit- Otaheite and other South Sea Islands. Calabash Tree - The East Indies, America, West Indies. Camel-' -Tartary, Siberia, Thibet, China. Camelopard-Africa, Senaar, Abyssinia, Ethiopia, and the neighborhood of the Cape of Good Hope. Camphor (a vegetable product)-China, Japan, and the East India Islands, Borneo, and Ceylon. Canary Birds — Africa, the Canary Islands, Italy, and Greece. Cantharides (a kind of beetle used in making blisters)- Spain, Italy, and south of France. Cape Madeira Wine - The Cape of Good Hope. Capers (the buds of a plant)-The south of France, Italy, and the Levant. Capsicum (a pepper plant) - East Indies, Mexico, South America, West Indies. Caraway Seeds-England, America. Carmine (a color prepared from cochineal) - East Indies, Mexico, South America. Cassada (an edible root)-South America and the West Indies. Cassia (an aromatic bark)-China, East Indies, South America, West Indies. Castor Oil (from the seeds of a species of palm— The East Indies, South America, West Indies. Cat's-Eye (a kind of gem)-Ceylon, Siberia, America. Catechu (a vegetable extract) — East Indies, Bombay, Bengal. Caviare (a food made from the roes of sturgeon) — Russia. Cedar Syria, chiefly about Mt. Libanus; America. Cayenne Pepper - East Indies, South America, West Indies. Chameleon Egypt and Barbary, India, Mexico, Guiana. Chamois Goat - The Alps and Pyrenees. Champagne Wine-France, United States. Chestnut-Italy, France, Spain, Portugal, America. Chigger (a species of flea that breeds under the skin) South America. Chinchilla (fur)-Chile. Chocolate (Cacao) - Mexico, South America, West Indies. Cinnabar (a red paint) - The palatinate of Germany, Bohemia, Almaden in Spain, and India. Cinnamon - The East Indies, chiefly Ceylon; South America (Guiana). Citron-Europe (Italy), Asia, West Indies. Civet (an animal perfume) -Africa (coast of Guinea), India, Brazil. Claret Wine - The neighborhood of Garonne on the western coast of France; United States. Cloves - The Molucca Islands (chiefly Amboyna); the isles of France and Bourbon; South America (Čayenne). Cochineal (an insect used in dyeing and painting)The East Indies, Mexico, South America. Cockatoo-East Indies, and the islands of the Indian Ocean; Banda, Ceram, the Philippines, and Sunda Isles. Cocoanut-The East Indies, Arabia, Africa, South America, West Indies. Cockroach (a kind of beetle)— Asia, America, West Indies. Coffee-Arabia (Mocha), East Indies, West Indies, South America. Condor (a bird of prey) - South America. Constantia Wine Constantia Farm, at the Cape of Good Hope. Copal (a kind of resin) - Africa (Guinea), and America. Copper-Anglesea and Cornwall, Sweden, Norway, Iceland, the Faroe Islands, and various parts of the continent of Europe, China, and Japan; Southern Africa, United States, Peru, and Chili. Coral (a marine animal production)- The Mediterranean (about Sicily, Majorca, and Minorca), the Red Sea; off the coasts of Africa and America; in the South Seas. Coriander Seed-South of Europe; England and America. Cork-Portugal, Spain, and other parts in the south of Europe; Sicily (on Mt. Etna), the shores of the Mediterranean, South America. Cornelian -The East Indies, Arabia, Egypt, various parts of Europe, several of the British shores, America. Cotton - The Levant, Egypt, the East Indies, South America, United States, West Indies. The finest now produced is the Sea Island Cotton of Georgia, South Carolina, and Florida. Crocodile-Africa (the rivers Nile and Senegal, and all the rivers of Guinea); India (the Ganges). Crystal (a kind of gem)- Madagascar, South America (Brazil, Guiana), North America, Norway, the Alps, Scotland. Currants-The islands of the Grecian Archipelago, England, and the United States. Cypress- -The east of Europe, the Levant, Asia, America. Dates- Egypt, the African coast of the Mediterranean, Arabia, the East Indies, Persia, Spain, and Italy. Diamonds-The East Indies (Golconda, Raolconda, Borneo), Mexico, Brazil, South Africa. Dolphin-The Atlantic and Pacific seas. Dragon's-Blood (a kind of resin)- Japan, CochinChina, Java, and other parts of the East. Dromedary-The deserts of Arabia and other parts of Asia, and of Africa. Ebony - The East Indies (chiefly Ceylon), and West Indies. Eider Down (from the Eider Duck) - The north of Europe (chiefly Iceland), Asia, America. Elephant-Africa and the East Indies. The most esteemed are those of Ceylon. Elk or Moose Deer- North America, some parts of Europe and Asia, as far south as Japan. Emerald-Egypt and Ethiopia, Russia, the confines of Persia, Mexico, Peru. Emery (mineral used in polishing steel)- The Levant, Naxos, and other Grecian Islands, Germany, Guernsey, Spain, Italy, United States. Ermine (a species of ferret) - Norway, Lapland, Finland, North America, Siberia, China. Fan Palm-The south of Europe, the East Indies (Malabar and Ceylon), Japan, Cochin China. Figs-Italy, the Levant, Turkey, the Grecian Islands, Portugal, Spain, and south of France. Fire-fly- America, India, Japan. Fitchet (a species of weasel)-India, New South Wales. Flamingo-Africa, South America, West Indies. Flax-Every quarter of the globe. Flying-fish-Inhabits the European, Red, and American seas, but is found chiefly between the tropics. Flying squirrel-North America. Frankincense (a kind of gum) — Arabia. French Plums - Chiefly from Bordeaux. Frontignac wine-Languedoc, France. Fuller's Earth-Sweden, Saxony, Portugal, Eng land; the finest and most plentiful found at Warden, near Woburn. | Galls (a vegetable excrescence) — Asia Minor, and Syria, the best from Aleppo. Gamboge (a resinous gum) — Tonquin, the East Indies. Garnet - Bohemia, and other parts of Europe, Madagascar, Ethiopia, India, Syria. Gazelle - India, Persia, Egypt, Ethiopia. Gentian (a kind of bitter root)- The Alps, and other mountainous parts of the continent of Europe. Gin - Originally Schiedam, a village near Rotterdam in Holland, and hence sometimes called Holland Gin. Common gin, a deleterious mixture, made in great quantities in England and the United States. Ginger (an aromatic root) The East Indies, West Indies, Abyssinia, coasts of Guinea. Gold- Asia (Arabia), India, Java, Sumatra, Peru, China, Japan, Siberia, Africa, Mexico, Brazil, Chile, United States. Golden Eagle-Europe, Siberia, Abyssinia. Gourd America, south of Europe. Grapes - France, Portugal, America, in great perfection; not so in England and other less genial climates. Guava (a fruit)- The West Indies. Guaiacum (the resin of the Lignum Vitæ tree)-South America and West Indies. Guinea Fowl - Africa. Gum Arabic - Egypt, Barbary, Turkey, Persian Gulf. Gypsum (or Plaster of Paris) — America, Spain, Italy, England. Heliotrope (or blood-stone) - Siberia, Persia, Bukharia. Hemp Russia and other parts of Europe (the best from Ríga), America, the East Indies, and some parts of England. Hickory Nut- North America. Hippopotamus -All the lakes and a number of rivers of Africa. Hock Wine - Hockstedt in Suabia. Humming Bird - South America (Guiana), West Indies, and United States. Hyena (a species of wild dog) - India, Persia, Africa. Ichneumon (a species of weasel)- Egypt, Barbary, the south of Asia, and the Indian Islands. Incense (a resinous perfume) - America. India Rubber (the inspissated resinous juice of a tree) Guiana, and other parts of South America. Indigo (a deep blue vegetable dye)- East Indies, Africa, America, West Indies. Ipecacuanha (a kind of root used chiefly as an emetic)-South America (Brazil), and the West Indies. Iron-Sweden, Norway, Russia, England, Scotland, North America, Africa. Isinglass (fish glue)- Russia. Ivory-Asia (Achem and Ceylon), Africa (Guinea and the Cape of Good Hope). Jackal (a species of wild dog) — Africa and the warm parts of Asia. Jalap (a purgative root)-Chiefly from Xalapa in Mexico. Jasper-Egypt, Siberia, Spain, Sicily, Hungary, Bohemia, Saxony, Silesia, Mexico. Jet-Great Britain, Germany, France, and Spain. Juniper Berries (from which Holland gin is distilled) - Sweden, Holland, Germany, the south of Europe, Asia, America. |