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Title: The industries of New Orleans, her rank, resources, advantages, trade, commerce and manufactures, conditions of the past, present and future, representative industrial institutions, historical, descriptive, and statistical
Year: 1885 (1880s)
Authors: Morrison, Andrew
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Publisher: New Orleans, J. M. Elstner & co.
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress

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freights. Reduced port charges and increased facilitiesfor handlnig cargoes, have made New Orleans as cheap as any other Ameri-can poit. The prevailing freight rates during the twelve months ending wiihlast September were: Cotton to Liverpool, steam 11-64 to 7-i6d, sail 1-4 to 7-i6d ; cotton toHavre, steam 3-S to 15-16C. sail 1-2 to 3-4C; cotton to Bremen, steam 5-16to 15-32C, sail 3-8 to 13-16C; cotton to Continent, steam 7-16 to ic, sail 3-8to 15-16C; cotton to New York, steam 25 to 40c per 100 pounds; cotton toBoston, Providence, Fall River, Philadelphia, etc. via New York, steam 38to 55c per 100 pounds. Bulk gi-ain to Liverpool, per bushel, steam 4 to 8d, sail d ; bulk grain to Havre, per quarter, steam 6s to , sail —; bulk grain to Continent, per quarter, ste&m 5 to 6s, sail s. Oilcake to Liver-pool, per ton, steam 15 to 30s, sail ; Sugar to New York, per hog:5head steam ^3 to 5. Molasses to New York, per barrel, steam $1 to 2. Rice to New York, per barrel, steam 50 to 75c.
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UNITED states MINT. The Industries of New Orleans. 39 TRAFFIC WITH THE INTERIOR. Imports from September 1 to August 31, for Three Years, byRiver, Lake and Rail. articles. Apples, bbls Bacon, boxes Hams, tcs Bagging, pes Beans, bbls Butter, pkgs Bran, sacks Beef, bbls Cotton seed, sks — — Corn meal, bbls Corn, sacks Corn in bulk, bushels... Cheese, boxes Candles, boxes Coal, bushels Dry salt meat, lbs Eggs, bbls Eggs, boxes Flour, bbls Hides Hay, bales Lard, tcs Lard, kegs Molasses, bbls Moss, bales Oats, sacks Onions, bbls Oils, bbls Oil, boxes Oil cake, sacks Potatoes bbls Pork, bbls Rye, bashels Rice, bbls , Rosin, bbls Soap, boxes , Spirits of turpentine, bbls, Staves Sugar, hhds Sugar, bbls ■Starch, boxes Shingles , Tallow, bbls , Tobacco, hhds Tobacco, pkgs , Wool, bales, etc , Whisky, bbls , Wheat, bushels 1883-84. 43,69015,683 7.55140,361 10,791 72,704 143,81311,098 1,288,127110,537563,667 5,677,128 47,40330,960 4,569,768 37,961,1553,800 38,464 711,390 231,010 173,410 25,

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