This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1899 edition. Excerpt: ...the United States during the years stated: Production of nickel from domestic ores in the United States during the years 1S87 to 1898. Production of cobalt oxide in the United States, 1869 to 1898. IMPORTS AND EXPORTS. In the following tables are given the statistics of the imports of cobalt oxide and of nickel into the United States from 1868 to 1898: Cobalt oxide imported and entered for consumption in the United States, 1868 to 1898. Nickel imported and entered for coneumption in the United States, 1868 to 1898. Year ending--June 30--1868... 1869... 1870.. 1871... 1872... 1873... 1874... 1875... 1876... 1877.. 1878... 1879... 1880... 1881... 1882... 1883... 1884... 1885... Dec. 31--1886... 1887... 1888... 1889... 1890... 1891... 1892... 1893... 1894... 1895... 1896... 1897... 1898... a Including metallic nickel. 6 Including $465 worth of manufactured nickel. c Including $879 worth of manufactured nickel. d Including $2,281 worth of manufactured nickel. «Including $131 worth of manufactured nickel. /Classified as nickel, nickel oxide, alloy of any kind in which nickel Is the element or material of chief value. tj Classified as nickel and nickel matte. A Includes all nickel importo except manufactures: nearly all of this is nickel in matte from Canada, containing about 20 per cent nickel. Exports of nickel oxide and matte from the United States from 1894 to 1898. a Latter six months; not separately classified prior to July 1,1894. FOREIGN PRODUCTION. In view of the fact that the United States obtains its chief supply of nickel from Canada, the following statement of production in that country since 1889 will be of interest. It should be observed that in this table the statistics are for metallic nickel, while in the table of imports into...