Table No. 2 shows the receipts of grain at New York via canal and rail yearly from 1878 to 1903, inclusive.

Table No. 3 shows the exports of wheat, corn, and oats from the ports of Montreal, Portland, Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Norfolk, Newport News, New Orleans, and Galveston from 1878 to 1904, inclusive, with percentages from each port.

Year.

1878.

Montreal.

Portland.

Boston.

TABLE

New York. Philadelphia.

Exports. P. ct. Exports. P. ct. Exports. P. ct. Exports. P. ct. Exports. P. ct.

Exports. P. ct. Exports. P. ct. Exports. P. ct. Exports. P. ct. Exports. P. ct.

Total.

Exports. P. ct. Exports. P. ct. Exports. P. ct. Exports. P. ct. Exports. P. ct.

Exports. P. ct. Exports. P. ct. Exports. P. ct. Exports. P. ct. Exports. P. ct.

Total.