Statement showing the imports and exports between Aux Cayes and the United States for the year ending June 30, 1881. Flag. Statement showing the navigation at the port of Aux Cayes for the year ending June 30, 1881. 560 United States. United States British.... 8 1, 159 8 1. 159 .do. 7 965 71 965 24 42, 216 Do 24 42, 216 Europe. 24 42,216 24 4 42, 216 Do 2,352 2 637 6 West Indian Isles. 2,989 4 2, 352 16 4, 593 20 6, 945 French 12 3,455 Europe 3,455 2 Do. 2, 194 3 662 856 West Indian Isles. 2 2, 194 14 3,794 16 5,988 German 721 Europe. 7 6, 100 Do. 980 West Indian Isles. 080 7 6, 100 5 1, 533 12 Norwegian and Swedish. .do. Do Europe. 7,633 806 806 2, 140 2, 140 Haytian 768 768 New York 10 Do. 6 917 Europe.. 917 Austrian 3 do.. 894 894 1 Do. 250 St. Thomas. 250 1522 Danish Europe. St. Thomas do.... St. Thomas 269 346 346 3 603 3 603 257 257 1 435 435 1 259 Total 103 69, 817 sels, 2,025 tons. JACMEL. Statement showing the imports at Jacmel for the year ending June 30, 1881. NOTE.-The greatest portion of the goods (dry and manufactured) which are here set down as imported from the United States are goods from England in transit via the United States. Statement showing the exports from Jacmel for the year ending June 30, 1881. NOTE.-The great portion of coffee and orange peel shipped via the United States was in transit for Germany, Holland, France, Great Britain, and other countries in Europe. 4277-36 Statement showing the imports and exports between Jacmel and the United States for the year ending June 30, 1881. CONSULAR AGENCY OF THE UNITED STATES, Gonaives, October 1, 1881. In accordance with the instructions conveyed in your dispatch No. 204, of the 5th July, I have the honor to transmit the following infor mation upon agriculture, trade in cotton yarns and cotton fabrics, &c. Agriculture. This branch of industry is neglected more than ever, and the fact is confirmed by the great scarcity of vegetables since last year, and the large importations of rice, flour, &c. Yet it is to be observed that the want of rain contributed much to discourage the planters. Owing to lack of care, improper maintenance of the trees, and the bad preparation of the beans, coffee shows a decline both as to quality and quantity, and commands a much lower price in foreign markets than heretofore. Coffee-hullers and coffee-cleaners are not yet known in the interior, and it is probably because the price of such engines is beyond the means of the country people. Logwood, this year, was about the only product which saved the inhabitants of the interior of all classes from suffering severely of hunger, but we foresee that in five or six years hence, unless the public roads be properly kept, and better means of conveyance afforded to the inhabitants, this article will become scarce. A logwood tree, once cut, does not grow; very often its trunk is unrooted, and the roots and all are sold. If the trunk shoots off more limbs, a fact which very seldom occurs, those limbs will be fit to cut only after seven to ten years of growth. When planted in good soil, a logwood tree requires just the same time to furnish good dye, and it is well known that the inhabitants of this island do not plant any. The places of cutting are getting farther every day, and it takes sometimes weeks for a countryman to cut, prepare. and deliver to the market 5 M to 10 M logwood. Most of the wood shipped from this city is cut from 16 to 40 miles in the interior, and the roads are miserable, especially in the rainy season, when all river oversflow their banks. In regard to trade in cotton fabrics and cotton yarns, I have to state that European prints is preferred to prints from American manufacture, on account of its more flattering designs. The preference is given to American denims (principally Shetucket) and calicoes, but as England, it appears, can afford to deliver her goods at lower prices, much dry goods, chiefly of the quality above mentioned, is imported from there. The trade in cotton yarns is limited. Gonaives gets its yarn from Portau-Prince. The direct imports are from Europe only, and do not exceed 300 to 400 pounds yearly, valued at $1 to $1.25 per pound. Amongst Haytian products offered in the markets of the United States is the mahogany wood, which is considered finer than that of other origins. Mahogany cutting is easier than logwood cutting, but as the logs must measure at the minimum 8 feet in length by 12 inches square to be offered to a market, they are too heavy for a beast of burden, especially, as said before, when the roads are so bad and the places of cutting so far from the littoral. There has been no import of silver for the year ending June 30, 1881. A. CHARLEU, Acting Consular Agent. 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