Walrus.-Our imports of walrus skins from Christiania in 1879 were valued at 7900 kroner (of 131d.).
Ccrmmerce in Hides (unenumeralcd, but chiefly Ox and Cow).-Our imports of undressed dry hides in 1880 were from :-Bengal and Burma, 411,874 cwt., 1,473,720/. ; Straits, 48,175 cwt., 110,114/. ; Bombay and Sind, 47,546 cwt., 130,094/. ; British S. Afriea, 34,133 cwt., 128,182/. ; Holland, 21,447 cwt., 66,6921.; Brazil, 13,500 cwt., 48,233/. ; Germany, 11,764 cwt., 55,8601. ; Belgium, 7697 cwt., 24,532/. ; Russia, 5938 cwt., 40,9771.; Argentine Republic, 4355 cwt., 14,851/.; France, 3371 cwt.; 11,452/. ; Madras, 2601 cwt., 75121.; other countries, 47,071 ewt., 159,236/. ; total, 659,472 ewt., 2,271,4551.
Undressed wet hides, frorn :-Uruguay, 104,495 cwt , 338,8301.; Brazil, 101,637 cwt., 301,892/. ; Australia, 101,371 owt., 222,9031. ; Belgium, 60,426 cwt., 177,356/. ; France, 53,934 cwt., 143,6671. ; Germany, 32,619 cwt., 77,220/. ; Holland, 32,121 cwt., 82,887/.; Argentine Republic, 30,550 cwt., 83,601/. ; British S. Africa, 19,217 cwt., 51,5471.; Portugal, 10,502 cwt., 33,2291.; New Granada, 5240 owt., 19,475/. ; Sweden, 4897 owt., I4,162/.; Denmark, 3657 cwt., 10,032/. ; other countries, 21,650 ewt., 51,3261.; total, 582,316 cwt., 1,608,1271.
Tanned hides, from :-United States, 19,923,807 lb., 984,075/. ; Australia, 7,595,257 lb., 318,7271. ; Madras, 4,995,439 lb., 229,799/. ; Straits, 2,778,159 lb., 100,195/. ; British N. America, 838,366 lb., 38,8351.; Bombay and. Sind, 738,471 lb., 38,258/. ; Bengal and Burma, 444,220 lb., 21,024/. ; France, 437,415 lb., 39,393/. ; Holland, 418,873 lb., 36,811/. ; Belgium, 337,579 lb., 24,5261.; China, 239,819 lb., 11,6811. ; other countries, 311,024 lb., 16,7581.; total, 39,058,429 lb., 1,860,082/, Tanned and curried hides, from :-France, 3,850,457 lb., 513,1641.; United States, 2,321,385 lb., 165,877/. ; Germany, 1,181,845 lb., 306,1331. ; Holland, 329,166 lb., 58,8971.; other countries, 256,123 lb., 29,412/. ; total, 7,938,976 lb., 1,073,4831.
Varnished, japanned, or enamelled hides, from :-United States, 297,841 lb., 44,631/. ; Holland, 148,695 lb., 40,8981. ; Germany, 55,958 lb., 12,6231.; other countries, 153,543 lb., 23,3061. ; total,
656,037 lb., 121,4581.
Our exports of hides in 1880 were :-Dry : 179,917 cwt., 630,955/., to Germany ; 59,636 cwt., 224,8511., Holland ; 44,000 cwt., 160,9601., United States ; 17,091 ewt., 56,505/., Rusbia ; 16,898 cwt., 63,3071, Italy ; 6000 cwt., 23,218/., Belgium ; 5433 cwt., 20,250/., Sweden ; 13,854 cwt., 52,03s/., other countries; total, 342,829 cwt., 1,232,0841. Raw : 44,673 cwt., 91,383/., United States; 36,772 cwt., 58,282/., Germany ; 10,943 cwt., 18,I13/., Holland ; 3129 cwt., 7031/., Canada ; 3017 cwt., 5448/., Belgium ; 2262 cwt., 4454/., France; 4465 cwt., 97251., other countries; total, 105,261 cwt., 194,4361.
Our imports of hides from the undermentioned countries have fluctnated 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.
Algicrs.-Raw, 2,051,701 kilo. (of 2.2 lb.) in 1879.
Argentine Republic.-LJndressed, 94,479 cwt. in 1877, 32,961 iu 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/. worth in 1879.
Barbados.-363/. worth in 1877, 913/. in 1878.
Belgium.-Undressed, 51,069 ewt: in 1877, 82,021 in 1878, 68,123 in 1880. Dressed, 176,6351b. 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/. ; salted, 383,691 kilo. Great Britain, 937,976 United States, 585,868 France, 40,770 Spain, 463,269 Portugal, total value 75,523/. ; in 1880, 61 tons, 2267/. 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. t,o England, 31,966 Havre, 775,863 Hamburg, 7800 New York.