PETROLEUM TRADE.

Yearly and Monthly Average Prices of Petroleum.

(From Stowell's Petroleum Reporter.)

Monthly and yearly average price of Pipe Line certificates or crude oil at well in the following

4.25

June. July. Aug. Sept.
$4.95 $5.37% $5.57% $5.50
4.17% 8.77% 3.15 3.25
3.85% 4.79
3.85 3.80

4.06 4.65 3.58% 3.25

4.8212 4.25

4.00 4.34

3.15 3.83%

3.32% 3.63

1.42

1.15

1.20

1.25

1874...

1.20 1.40

1.60

1.90

1875...

1876...

1.80 2.60

1877...

3.534 2.70

2.67%

1.62% 1.82% 1.01%
1.36% 1.40 1.26% 1.09 1.13
1.90% 2.014 2.24% 2.7136
2.58 2.24 1.9458 2.07% 2.51

95

1878..

1.43 1.654 1.59

1.37% 1.354

1.14 9834 1.01

8656

8218 8936 1.16

1.19

1879..

864

7843 76

6836

6978

884

1.00

1.06

1881..

7678

9114 8514

88% 1.0558 1.18%. 85%

9678 91% 9156 94%

8436 85%

1882..

83% 842

8136 7838

71%

5489

57%

589%

7218

9334 1.14 96

7816

1883..

934 1.01

9798

94% 1.00%

1.16

1.057%

1.08 1.12%

1.11 1.14%

1.144 1.0534

1884..

1.11 1.0436

988 94

6312

81%

78

7118 7213

7436 831

1885..

70% 7236

803%

7816 79

92% 1.00 1.004

1.05% 1.043

8954 877%

1886..

7418 70

66% 66 61%

6336

658 7196 705%

719

1887.

ΤΟ

64% 64%

6258

9156

9358

8298 8634 757

594 60%
805% 901

67 7076 7378

8034

9354 905% 8538

8914

1889..

88

83%

837%

95% 9916

1890..

1.0534 1.05%

90 8256

891

894

1891.

7414 7836

741⁄44 7116 693

586 6014 5834

99% 1.01% 1.08% 1.04%
81% 80%

9416

6714

8634

1892.

6238

6014

578 57%

5736

54%

5216

55 5434

5136

52

1893..

53% 57%

651⁄44 6834 5834

6014

5796

5876 6458

7034 737%

784

64

1894.

8014

82 844

7934
93 1.043 1.0934 1.79 1.744 1.53 1.4696
1.42% 1.385 1.28 1.22% 1.15 1.1434 1.08

1.05
90% 9218
85% 8634 8614 7634 71
6734 7854 7334 8214 8716 9314

86 8934

83%

81

91%

8376

26%

1.3576

1.15 1.16

98

1.17%

97% 1.018

1.13% 1.16% 1.17%

911%

The Case Trade.

TOTAL EXPORT OF PETROLEUM IN CASES FROM THE UNITED STATES FOR THE YEARS NAMED.

Production and Exports of Crude Oil and Its Products, 1873 to 1898.

Year Ending
June 30.

42 Gallons). Gallons.

Residuum (Tar,
Pitch, and all Other
from Which the
Light Bodies Have

Gasoline, Etc.

Illuminating.

Paraffin, Etc.).

Been Distilled).

Total

Gallons.

Gallons.

Gallons.

Gallons.

Gallons.

6,293,194 9,893,786

264,314,148 18,439,407 $3,010,050
17,776,419
9,757,457
2,099,696
415,539,012
1,406,018 11,758,940
458,931,690 14,718,114
20,520,397
510,825,588
2,220,288 14,780,236
3,756,729 15,140,183
26,819,202
26,935,727 2,694,018 16,416,621
25,874,488 2,180,413 15,054,361
1,927,207 18,411,044
28,297,997
3,065,464 17,292,310
39,984,844
3.129,511 20,213,098
41,304,997
3,914,941 17,070,537
5,302,974 15,045,411
5,903,833 15,822,853
5,859,577 12,311,197
4,860,382 15,735,239
992,281 456,487,221
5,782,008 12,066,921
28,278,866 1,187,712,372
1,155,703 502,257,455
72,987,383 5,083,132 14,100,054
27,612,025 1,159,705,050
1,134,799 523,295.090
6,744,235 12,937,433
35,163,513 1,476,867,546 95,450,653
91,415,095
993,056 571,119,805
5,876,452 12,171,147
45,822,672 1,924,552,224
912,921 564,896,658
5,101,840 12,727,978
53,986,313 2,267,425,146 103,592,767
1,074,710 642,239,816
4,567,391 17,304,005
50,509,136 2,121,383,712 111,703,508
943,970 730,368,626
4,415,915 15,555,754
48,412,666 2,033,331,972 121,926,349
910,988 714,859,144
5,161,710 14,801,224
49,344,516 2,072,469,672 111,285,264
1,059,542 716,455,565
6,121,836 12,349,319
52,892,276 2,221,475,592 110,923,620
60,960,361
6,171,852 14,249,028 1,123,347 771,350,626
2,560,335,162 131,726,243
60,568,081
4,343,262 16,252,929 1,080,797 824,426,581
2,543,859,402 113,297,397
* Production is for calendar year preceding the fiscal year.

9,743,593 $1,487,439 158,102,414 $37,195,735

748,699 $277,966

781,074 $79,566 187,815,187 $42,050,756

1,038,622 217,220,504

37,560,955

1,244,305

404,243 1,827,798
313,646 2,752,818
303,863 2,581,404
497,540 3,196,620
639,381 3,968,790
655,468 3,307,038
1,039,124 4,767,000
1,054,064 3,247,860
1,492,396 3,715,362
2,326,632 6,145,356
2,179,595 5,297,124
2,632,883 6,561,660
2,519,615 3,224,272
3,133,300 3,248,826
3,975,377 1,369,242

44,588,854 6,508,100
36,928,574 10.182,342
38,195,349 10,515,535
40,074,827 13,002,483
40,634,331 12,526,069
37,303,997 16,910,513
38,215,410 22,889,529
4,292,020 1,683,654
39,286,333 25,166,913
38,640,638 30,162,522
40,221,201 33,514,730
33,541,224 33,591,076
31,719,404 32,432,857
30,676,217 40,190,577
34,706,844 43,418,942
48,630,920 50,525,530
48,543,916 50,199,345
42,922,682 60,299,365

4,763,347 2,222,472
4,858,603 1,598,562
557,340
5,203,350
4.738,892

5,449,000
5,867,477
6,566,775
6,619,864 5,989,704
7,239,454 19,973,604

541,044

41,661 804,221,230

42,142,058

211,008

14,704 908,252,314

41,499,806

137,508

13.063 884,502,082

46,660,082

204,960

NOTE. It is stated on good authority that the distillation of 100 gallons of crude petroleum will yield 76 gallons of illuminating oil, 11 gallons of gasoline benzine, or naphtha, 3 gallons of lubricating oil, and 10 gallons of residuum and loss.

The following shows the production of anthracite coal by regions in recent years:

The following shows the production of anthracite and bituminous coal in the census years since 1850, the record being for the entire country:

THE TEA TRADE OF 1898.

Imports.

IMPORTS OF TEA INTO THE UNITED STATES BY PRINCIPAL COUNTRIES.

IMPORTS OF TEA INTO THE UNITED STATES BY CUSTOMS DISTRICTS FOR FISCAL YEARS

13,871,097.21

1898.

Statistical Position of Tea for the United States and Canada