Our imports of hides from the undermentioned countries have fluctuated as shown:-- Abyssinia.--Undressed, 7289 cwt. in 1876, 327 in 1878, 2159 in 1879, and 324 in 1880. Aden.--Undressed, 8190 cwt. in 1876, 113 in 1879, 8294 in 1880. Algiers.--Raw, 2,051,701 _kilo._ (of 2·2 lb.) in 1879. Argentine Republic.--Undressed, 94,479 cwt. in 1877, 32,961 in 1879, 34,905 in 1880. Austro-Hungary.--Vienna, 24,672 metrical _centners_ in 1878, 48,950 in 1879; Fiume, raw, 1400 _kilo._ in 1879. Bahamas.--167_l._ worth in 1879. Barbados.--363_l._ worth in 1877, 913_l._ in 1878. Belgium.--Undressed, 51,069 cwt. in 1877, 82,021 in 1878, 68,123 in 1880. Dressed, 176,635 lb. in 1878, 418,906 in 1880. Brazil.--Undressed, 137,351 cwt. in 1878, 115,137 in 1880. Pernambuco in 1878-9 exported, dried, 31,717 _kilo._ to Great Britain, 28,077 France, 25,606 Portugal, total value, 3002_l._; salted, 383,691 _kilo._ Great Britain, 937,976 United States, 585,868 France, 40,770 Spain, 463,269 Portugal, total value 75,523_l._; in 1880, 61 tons, 2267_l._ Maceio exported in 1877, 4728 pieces (average 28 lb. each) to Great Britain, 1440 New York and Lisbon; in 1879, 36,775; in 1880, 11,405. Bahia exported 1,432,864 _kilo._ in 1877-8, and 1,773,965 in 1878-9, principally to the United States and Germany. Santos exported 397,000 _kilo._ in 1879. Ceara exported in 1878, 372,808 _kilo._ to England, 31,966 Havre, 775,863 Hamburg, 7800 New York. British India.--Undressed, 281,198 cwt. in 1876, 463,764 in 1880; dressed, 14,835,979 lb. in 1878, 6,178,370 in 1880. Bulgaria.--Rustchuk, in 1879, exported 254,196 _kilo._ (250 tons) to Austria. Canada.--Dressed, 939,759 lb. in 1876, 372,359 in 1879, 1,066,043 in 1880. Cape.--Undressed, 15,370 cwt. in 1876, 44,503 in 1878, 29,442 in 1880. Central America.--Undressed, 72 cwt. in 1876, 1113 in 1878, 356 in 1880. Chili.--Undressed, 318 cwt. in 1876, 17,042 in 1879, 1566 in 1880; dressed, 33,026 lb. in 1876, 3929 in 1877, 199,965 in 1878, 224 in 1879, 2930 in 1880. China.--Undressed, 5671 cwt. in 1876, 60,871 in 1878, 2705 in 1880. Hankow exported in 1879, 7797 pieces, 1656_l._; Kiungchow, 490 _piculs_ (of 133-1/3 lb.), 818_l._; Newchwang, 17,665 pieces; Tientsin, 4354 _piculs_; Canton, in 1878, 653 pieces of skins, 873-3/4 _piculs_ of hides. Costa Rica.--San José exported 308,794 lb. in 1879. Denmark.--Undressed, 20,806 cwt. in 1877, 5632 in 1880; Copenhagen exported 1,166,172 lb. to Great Britain in 1878. Ecuador.--Undressed, 680 cwt. in 1876, 18 in 1877, 115 in 1879, 89 in 1880. Guayaquil exported in 1878, 5711 _quintals_ raw, 17,133_l._, to the United States, and 12,504 halves tanned, 8752_l._, to South America; and in 1880, 8859 _quintals_ raw, 22,148_l._, and 4861 tanned, 2916_l._ Manabi, in 1878, exported 1321 _quintals_, 3963_l._