Wheat flour $10,196 Cotton goods 9,916 Canned meats 2,108 Cornmeal 1,316 Hardware 804 Alimentary conserves 777 Butter 676 Beer in bottles 572 Petroleum 523 Vegetables 507 Coal 420 Hay 405 Dried fish 376 Footwear 362 Stearine candles 317 Matches 300 Condensed milk 238 Soap 228 Lard 206 Fruit preserves 204 Cheese 173 Rice 168 Miscellaneous food products 1,700 The exports from New York, which average about $75,000 per month, are composed chiefly of the following articles: Galvanized wire Lubricating oil Alimentary articles Electrical equipments Betum Iron pipes Glassware Cured hides Beer Drugs Photographic material Hardware Cotton goods Agricultural implements Soap Jewelry Earthenware Sewing machines Railway material Medicines Typewriters Miscellaneous machinery Plated goods Perfumery Paper Petroleum Watches Weighing scales Hats Whiskey Chintz Leather ware From the port of San Francisco the annual shipments amount to approximately $1,000,000. The principal articles are flour, wheat, hops, corn, barley, oats, cotton, furniture, machinery, beers, wines, and whiskies. The articles imported at San Francisco are chiefly coffee, sugar, cacao, rubber, hides and lumber. HOW THE COMMERCE IS DIVIDED.