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The Washington Union
Washington, District Of Columbia
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Advices from Porto Rico state the sugar crop will likely be one third less than last year. Comparative exports for 1857 and 1858: sugar increased from 86,391,546 lbs to 121,319,374 lbs; cotton decreased sharply; other commodities varied.
Merged-components note: The table of exports from Porto Rico is part of the short foreign news item on PORTO RICO, with spatial overlap.
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Advices from this Island state that the sugar crop will probably be one third less than last year. The following statement gives a comparative view of the exports of the Island for the last two years:
| 1857 | 1858 | |
| Cotton, lbs | 282,656 | 38,862 |
| Sugar, lbs | 86,391,546 | 121,319,374 |
| Coffee, lbs | 11,139,691 | 9,814,225 |
| Hides, lbs | -604,666 | 405,882 |
| Molasses, gallons | 2,745,675 | 3,729,511 |
| Tobacco, lbs | 4,028,491 | 4,908,444 |
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Porto Rico
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sugar crop one third less than last year; exports: cotton down to 38,862 lbs, sugar up to 121,319,374 lbs, coffee down to 9,814,225 lbs, hides 405,882 lbs, molasses up to 3,729,511 gallons, tobacco up to 4,908,444 lbs from 1857 figures
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Advices from Porto Rico state that the sugar crop will probably be one third less than last year. Comparative exports for 1857 and 1858 provided in table.