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HOUSE OF E E P R E S E N T A T I V E S .
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\ No.
REPORT
OF THE
SECEETARY OE THE TREASmi,
ON THE
S T A T E OF T H E F I N A N C E S ,
FOR
THE YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 1863.
WASHINGTON:
G O V K R N M E N T PR IN TIIV G O F F I C E ,
18 6 3.
45-0
BINDING S
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INDEX f o EEPORT ON THE FIMNCES.
Page.
The Secretary* s report
1
Statement No. 1. Receipts and expenditures for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1863
28
Statement No. 2. Receipts and expenditures for the fiscal year ending June 30, 186.4
. 29
Statement No 3. Receipts and expenditures for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1865
34
Statement No. 4. Duties, revenues, and public expenditures for the fiscal year ending
June 30, 1863, agreeably to warrants issiied, exclusive of trust funds
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34
Statement No. 5. Receipts and expenditures for the quarter of the fiscal year 1864,
ending September 30, 1863
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Statement No. 6. The indebtedness of the United S t a t e s . - - - .
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42
Statement A. Report of the Comptroller pf the Cun-ency...--«
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Statement B, Report of the Commissioner of Internal Revenue
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Statement C. Report of the Treasurer
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Statement D. Report of the Register
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Statement E. Report of the Solicitor
Statement F . Reportof the First Auditor. _„.
Statement G. Reportof the Second Auditor.
Statement J. Report of the Fifth Auditor
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81
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94
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95
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79
86
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Statement H.'Report of the Third A u d i t o r - _ J _ „ . . . . . . .
Statement I. Report cf the Fourth Auditor
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49
62
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39
97
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104
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107
Statement K. Reportof the Sixth Auditor....
130
Statement L. Report of the First C o m p t r o l l e r . . . - . „ « » . . . . .
131
Statement M. Report of the Second Comptroller...
133
Statement N. Report of the Commissioner of C u s t o m s . . - . - -
135
Statement 0. Report of the Supervising Architect....
136
Statement P. Report of the Light-House Board.
153
Statement Q. Report of the Superintendent of the Coast Survey
168
Statement R. Report of the Supervising Inspector of Steamboats-
174
Statement S. Report of the Director of the Mint
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186
Statement No. 7. Coinage at the United States mint, annually, from its establishment, in 1792, and also the coinage of the branch mints and the assay office,
(New York,) from their organization until June 30, 1863
209
iv.
INDEX.
Statement No. 8. Amount due under treaties with various Indian tribes
212
Statement No. 9. Condition of the banks of the United. States on or about January
1, 1863
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Statement No. 10. Synopsis of the returns of the banks in the different States
224
226
Statement No. 11. General view of the condition of the banks in the United States,
on or about January 1, 1851, to 1863, inclusive
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233
Statement No. 12. CorSparative view of the condition of the banks in different sections of the Union
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234
Statement No. 13. Amount of the public debt on the first day of January in each
year from 1791 to 1842, and at various dates in subsequent years to July 1,
1863
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238
Statement No. 14. Revenue collected from the beginning of the government to June
30, 1863,"under the several heads of customs, internal revenue, direct tax,
postage, pub>ic lands, and miscellaneous sources, with the receipts from loans
and treasury notes, and the total receipts
.;.
240
tatement No. 15. Statement of expenditures from the beginning of the government to June 30, 1863, under the several heads of civil list, foreign intercourse,
war, navy, interest and principal of public debt, and total expenditures
242
Statement No. 16. Receipts and expenditures of the marine hospital fund for the
relief of sick and disabled seamen in the ports of the United States for the
fiscal year ending June 30, 1863
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244
Statement No. 17. Amount expended at each custom-house in the United States
during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1863
250
Statement INO 18. Number of persons employed in each district of the United .
States for the collection of customs during the fiscal year ending June 30,
1863, wifeh their occupation and compensation
252
Statement No. 19. General results of all receipts and disposal of merchandise within
the United States during the fiscal year ending June SO, 1863
•. , 266
Statement No. 20. Amount of coin and bullion imported and exported annually
from 1821 to 1863, inclusive.
Also a comparison of the importation andex-
porta<*:on during the same years
,
269
Statement No. 21. Gross value of imports and exports from the beginning of the government to June 30, 1863-
270
Statement No. 22. Value of domestic produce and foreign merchandise, exclusive of
specie, exported annually from 1821 to 1863, inclusive.,
272
Statement No. 23. Value of leading articles'of manufactures exported from June 30,
1846, to June 30, 1863
274
Statement No. 24. Value of foreign merchandise imported, re-exported, and cons u m ^ annually from 1821 to 1863, inclusive.
Also the estimated popula-
tion and rate of consumption per capita during the same period
278
INDEX.
Statement No. 25. Amount of the tonnage of the iJnitcd States annually from 1789
to 1863. Also the registered and enrolled and licensed tonnage employed in
steam navigation each year
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. 279
Statement No. 26. Stocks held in trust by the United States for the Chickasaw national fund and the Smithsonian Institution
j
280
Statement No. 27. Range of prices of staple articles in the "New York market at the
beginning of each month m each year from 1825,to 1863
283
No. 28. Regulations concerning commercial intercourse with and in States declared
tn insurrection, and the collection of abandoned and captured property
403
ERRATA.
On page 15, eleventh line from bottom, for " Supreme Court," read " Court of Appeals."
On page 16, seventeenth line from top, for " T h e limits of deposits for temporary loan
are,"'read " T h e limit of deposits-for temporary loan i s "
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•
Same page, eighteenth line, for "this deposit," read "these deposits.
Page^291, twenty-fourth hne from top, first column, for 75a9 00, read 8 75fl9 00.
Page 377, sixth line from bottom, for I5«25, read |15a|25.'
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Page 377, twenty-seventh and twenty-eighth hues from top, omit reference marks.
Page 399, second line from bottom, for 1852, read 1862.
FINANCE
REPORT
LETTER
SECRETARY OF TIE TREASURY,
TRANSMITTING HIS
ANNUAL R E P O R T ON I H E F I N A N C E S .
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
December 10, 1863.
SIR : In compliance with the ac^^Buongress of May 10, 1800, I have the
honor to transmit herewith the annual report on the national finances.
Very respectfully,
^ ^
y
S.P.CHASE,
Secretary of the Treasury ^.^
Hon.
HANNIBAL HAMLIN,
Vice Fresidtnt of the United States,
and Fresident of the Senate.
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REPORT
THE SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY.
In submitting to the consideration of Congress the report on the state of the
finances, required of him by law at the commencement of each session, the
Secretary of the Treasury has much satisfaction in being able to say, in general,
that the operations of the department intrusted to his charge liave been attended,
during the last fiscal year, by a fgreaTfer^^meEsure-of^ccess than he ventured
to anticipate at its beginning.
At the beginning of that
easury had indeed been
discharged, and there remained a balance to the credit of the Treasurer of
$13,043,546 81. But the large disbursements, constantly demanded by military
and naval operations, reduced, by comparison, this seemingly considerable balance to almost inconsiderable proportions^^ and the practical operations of the ,
restrictive provisions of the acts authori^^^ffiie negotiation of the bonds known
as five-twenties, the most important.-^H^cts not already fully availed of,
made new negotiations for adequate anSRits and on admissible terms quite impracticable. The reverses which l ^ e l our arms in June, July, and August,
increased the difficulties of the s ^ ^ ^ n , so that, though the Secretary was
enabled under existing legislation ^ ^ - o v i d e largely for the increasing disbursements, there remained necessarily unpaid, on the first day of the last session of
Congress, requisitions on the treasury, chiefly from the War and Navy Departments, amounting in the aggregate to the sum of $46,394,875 80.
To provide for these requisitions and for current demands. Congress, on the
17th of January, 1863, authorized an additional issue of United States notes
to the amount of one hundred millions of dollars; but did not reach any definite
conclusions in regard to loans in time to imbody them in an act before the day
on which the session-closed.
On that day, March 3, 1863, the act to provide ways and means for the support of the government received the approval of the President, and became
law. In addition to various provisions for loans, it contained clauses repealing
the restrictions affecting the negotiation of the five-twenties, and thus disengaged that important loan from the embarrassments which had previously rendered it almost unavailable.
A week earlier, on the 25th of February, an act, even more important to
the credit of the government—the act to provide a national currency through a
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national banldng system—bad received the sanction of Congress and the President. The salutary effects of these two great acts were soon conspicuous.
Notwithstanding the aid afforded by the additional issue of the United States
notes, under the joint resolution of January, the Secretary had found it impossible to prevent a gradual increase, during the session of Congress, in the amount
of unpaid requisitions. Those which were unsatisfied at the beginning of the
session were indeed discharged, and large sums were applied to new demands
for current disbursements. But the aggregate of disbursements, remaining necessarily unpaid, increased steadily, notwithstanding all efforts to prevent it, until
it reached, at the close of the session, the sum of $72,171,189 .41.
The loan act and the national banking act were followed by an immediate
revival of public credit. Success quite beyond anticipation crowned the efforts
of the Secretary to distribute the five-twenty loan in all parts of the country, as
well as every other measure adopted by him for replenishing the treasury. The
result was, that within two months after the adjournment of Congress the whole
mass of suspended requisitions had been satisfied, all current demands promptly
met, and full provision made for the pay of the army and navy. During the.
remainder of the fiscal year no embarrassments attended the administration of
the finances except those which are inseparable from vast expenditures. Notwithstanding these expenditures, it is gratifying to be able to state that during
the last year the total of disbursements did not greatly exceed, while the increase
of the public debt did not equal, the estimates submitted to Congress by the
Secretary at the last session. Thus, while it was theii estimated that the public
debt on the 30th of June, 1863, wmiM reach the sum of $1,122,297,403 24,
its actual amount on that day ^^^^&i098/793,181 ^J7^; | a n d while the disbursements for the year were e s t i i n S ^ ^ t $693,346,321 48, the real total was
$714,709,995 58.
^
The aggregate receipts from all sourcQ^|Mi£luding the balance from the preceding year, as shown by the books of t h ^ ^ ^ s u r y , were, during the last fiscal
year, $901,125,674 86, and the aggregaf^isbursements $895,796,630 6 5 ;
leaving a balance on the 30th of June, 1863, of $5,329,044 21. But sums
borro^ved during the year, and applied during the same time in payment of
debts, affect only nominally the total of receipts and of disbursements. The
sums thus borrowed and applied during^ the last fiscal year amounted to "
$181,086,635 07. This aggregate, therefore, should be deducted from both
sides of the statement, making the true amount of receipts, including balance from
last year,$720,039,039 79,andthetrueamountof disbursements$714,709,995 58.
The balance, of course, remains the same.
It is gratifying, also, to be able to state, that while debts did not reach the amount
anticipated, the receipts from all sources of income, except internal revenue, exceeded the estimates. Thus thereceipts from customs, estimated at $68,041,736 59,
were actually $69,059,642 40; from lands, estimated at $88,724 16, were
$167,617 17; and from miscellaneous sources, estimated at $2,244,316 32, were
^3,046,615 35. Direct tax receipts were estimated at $11,620,717 99, and this
amount, or nearly this amount, has been received in the form of payments for
aiilitary supplies and services by the States, for which they arc entitled to
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credit beyond their several proportions of the tax. In consequence, however,
of incomplete settlements, only the sum of $1,485,103 61 appears on the books
as received into the treasury.
While the receipts from other ordinary sources of revenue thus closely correspond with the estimates, or largely exceed them, the receipts from internal
revenue have alone disappointed expectation. The estimate, indeed, was made
of the operation of a law recently enacted, and necessarily imperfectly executed; but such care had been taken to obtain correct premises, that it was
hardly thought possible that the conclusion deduced from them could be wide
of the truth. Under the instructions of the Commissioner, at the instance of the
Secretary, a very competent gentleman was for some time employed in ascertaining, with the aid of practical men, conversant with business, the probable
amount of revenue from each object of taxation. The result of his inquiries
was the estimate which, sanctioned by the Commissioner, was believed to be
correct by the Secretary, and therefore submitted to Congress.
Experience has demonstrated its error. The estimate was $85,456,303 73,
while the actual receipts were $37,640,787 95. A part of the deficiency may
be attributed to the imperfect execution of the law, and a part to the changes
majde in it by Congress after the estimate was made; but it is not probable,
had neither cause operated to reduce receipts, that the revenue from this sourcewould have exceeded half the estimated amount. It is clear that the law, un-^
less materially amended, will not produce the revenue expected from it.
The whole of the receipts and disbursements for the last fiscal year may be
more easily understood from a somewhat more fonnal statement.
The receipts, estimated and actual, then, for the last fiscal year, ending on the
30th of June, 1863, were, including balance from the preceding year, as follows ;
, ^
Estimated.
Actual.
From customs
From lands
From miscellaneous
From direct tax
From internal revenue
Balance from last year
Total receipts from
sources . . . .
$68,041,736
88, 724
2, 244, 316
• 11,620,717
85, 456, 303
13, 043, 546
59
16
32
99
73
81
$69,059,642
167, 617
3, 046, 615
1, 485, 103
37, 640, 787
13, 043, 54:6
40'
17
35:
61:*'
95:
81
all ordinary
$180, 495, 345 60
$124, 443, 313 29'
The additional sums, actual or estimated, necessary to meet disbursements^
were, of course, derived, or estimated as derivable, .from loans.
- See on last page explanation of difference between the apparent receipt and the actual^,
which nearly or quite equalled the estimate.
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REPORT ON THE FINANCES.
The disbursements, estimated and actual, were as follows:
Estimated.
Actual.
The Civil Service
$32, 811, 543 23
$23, 253, 922 08
Pensions and Indians 1
5, 982, 906 43
4, 216, 520 79
War Department
747, 359, 828 98
599,.298, 600 83
Navy Department
82, 177, 510. 77
63,^211, 105 27
Interest on d e b t - . . :
25, 014, 53^ 0.7
24, 729, 846 61
Total gross estimate.
$893, 346, 321 48
But this amount, it was supposed, would
remain- undrawn at end of year, and
was therefore deducted from the gross
'estimate
200, 000, 000 00
Making actual estimate
$714, 709, 995 58
—
$693, 346, 321 48
In his last report the Secretary stated that if the appropriations should
equal the estimates, the balance unexpended at the end of the year Avould probably reach $200,000,000, and that this sum should therefore be deducted from
the departmental estimates, to make the aggregate correspond Avith probable
conditions. The above statement shows that the aggregate of estimates, thus
reduced, was $693,346,321 48, while the expenditures were $714,709,995 58,
exceeding the reduced estimates $21,363,674 10.
From the actual expenditures, $714,709,995 58, there must be deducted the
actual receipts, $124,443,313 29, in order,to show the amount derived from
loans, $590,266,682 29, which sum added to the amount of the debt on the 1st
July, 1862, $508,526,499 08, (heretofore erroneously stated at $514,211,371 92,)
gives as the.true amount of debt on the 1st July, 1863, $1,098,793,181 37^
The estimates for the current fiscal year 1864 next claim attention. These
are fbunded on actual receipts and disbursements for the first quarter, which
ended September 30, 1863, and on opinions formed upon probable events and
conditions as to the other quarters.
The following statement exhibits what is actually known, and what, after
careful reflection, th^e Secretary thinks himself warranted in regarding as probable:
For the first quarter, ending September 30, 1863, the
actual receipts were:
From customs
$22, 562, 018 42From internal revenue
17, 599, 713 59
From lands
136, 182 09
From miscellaneous sources
641, 542 04
Total actual receipts for first quarter . . .
To which add balance July 1, 1863
40, 939, 456 14
^, 329, 044 21
.Making total receipts of first quarter, except loans:
'
$46, 268, 500 35
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Brought forward
For three remaining quarters, ending on the 30th of June,
1864, it is estimated there will be received :
From
From
From
From
customs.,
internal revenue
lands
miscellaneons s o u r c e s . . . . . . . : . . . .
$50, 000, 000
60, 000, 000
.
300, 000
5, 000, 000
.
5
$46, 268, 500 35
00
00
00
00
—
115,300,000 00
Making a total of receipts from ordinary sources, actual and .
• estimated, and including balance, of
.$161, 568, 500 35
To which add the actual and estimated receipts from loans . 594, 000, 000 00
Making a total of actual and estimated receipts from all •
sources, for 1864
$755,568, 500 35
The expenditures may be stated as follows :
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.
For the first quarter, ending September 30,1863, the actual
disbursements have been :
For
For
For
For
For
the Civil Service
Pensions and Indians
War Department ...•.'.
Navy Department
interest on public debt
•
$7, 216, 939
1,711,271
144, 387, 473
18, 511, 618
. 4 , 283, 628
31
95
97
86
37
Actual expenditures for first quarter
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$176, 110, 932 46
For the remaining three quarters the estimates, founded on
appropriations and estimated deficiencies, are as follows :
For
For
For
For
For
the Civil Service
Pensions and Indians
War Department
Navy Department
interest on public debt
$27, 050, 872
6, 129, 042
741, 092, 037
94,467,567
54, 881, 508
21
86
14
74
01
923, 621, 027 96
Making a total aggregate of actual and estimated expenditures of.
$1, 099, 731, 900 42
But as these estimates include all unexpended balances of
appropriations from former years, they are necessarily
much too large, and there may be safely deducted from
their aggregate, as likely to remain unexpended at the
close of the fiscal year, the sum of
:
350,000,000 00
Leaving the total actual and estimated expenditures for 1864 $749, 7'Ji. 960 42
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Brought forward
$749,731,960 42
The total of expenditin-es being deducted from the total of
receipts,,there will be an estimated balance on the 30th of
• June, 1864, of
$5, 836, 539 93
From this statement it appears.that the total receipts required
for the probable disbursements of the year, and including
estimated balance at its close, will amount to
$755, 568, 500 35
Of which there have been provided and applied during the
first quarter
".
176, 110, 932 46
Leaving to be provided.-..•
$579, 457, 567 8^)
Of which it is estimated there v/ill be received from ordinary
sources during the three other quarters
'
115, 300, 000 00
Leaving yet to be provided by loans
$464, 157, 567 89 •
The amount of debt created during the quarter is ascertained by deducting from
the total expenditures $176,110,932 46, the aggregate of ordinary receipts and
balance from last year, amounting together /to $46,268,500 35, which gives as the
increase of debt $129,842,432 11. To this sumif there be added the sum yet
to be provided by loans, $464,157,567 89, the result will be $594,000,000,
from which if there be deducted the estimated balance on the Ist of July, 1864,
$5,836,539 93, the remainder wiH be $588,163,460 07, and wiU represent the
total increase, on the-^basis of these estimates, of public debt dining the year.
The debt oii the 1st of July, 1863, was $1,098,793,181 37; to which if this
estimated increase be added, the total debt on the 1st of July, 1864, will be
$1,686,956,641 44, instead of $1,744,685,586 80, as estimated in the report of
last December.
It is not certain, or perhaps probable, that the actual expenditures or actual
debt will quite reach the amounts now estimated. Indeed, if the expenditures
for the first quarter, $176,110,932 46, and the ordinary receipts, $40,939,456 14
for the same quarter, be taken as the standard, the total expenditures of the
year will be $704,443,729 84, and the total receipts $163,757,824 56. To these
receipts if the balance on the 1st of July, 1863, $5,329,044 21, be added, it
will make the total ordinary resources $169,086,868. 77; and the subtraction of
this sum from the total expenditures will give the whole amount to be provided
by loans during the year as $535,356,861 07. This sum will therefore be, on
this hypothesis, the increase of debt for the year, and, added to the debt existing on the 1st July,. 1863, will make the total amount on the 30th of Jime, 1864,
$1,634,150,042 44.
^
It is not impossible that vigor in the prosecution of the war, and economy in
every brancli of expenditure, enforced by wise legislation, may reduce actual
disbursements and consequent increase of debt even below these figures, and
certainly few things can be more desirable than such reductions.
' FRASER
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assigned to the Secretary. ' He therefore prefers to accept the estimates of the
several departments, and the actual appropriations by Congress based upon
them, deducting only that proportion which experience has indicated as likely
to remain as balances unexpended at the close of the year. He thinks, too, that
sound prudence requires adherence to the rule he prescribed to himself from
the first, of overstating rather than understating, the burdens created by the war,
and the demands thence arising upon the resources of the country. He has
sought to avoid exaggeration on both sides, but he has thought it more prudent
to excite a little too much apprehension than to encourage too sanguine hopes.
The real difficulties have been, and are, too serious, and the real burdens too
great, not to warrant earnest demands on all the resolution, all the energy, all
the wisdom, and all the economy, which the strongest representations, sanctioned
by reason, could or can bring into action.
In addition to the estimates for the current year just stated, the Secretary is
required to submit estimates of the receipts and expenditures of the next fiscal
year. These estimates, always uncertain, must, in the present condition of the
country, be even less reliable than usual.
But the Secretary is encouraged to attempt them by the circumstance that the
estimates for the fiscal year 1864, submitted in his report of I)ecember, 1862,
are le-^ materially "modified than might have been expected by the actual receipts i." one quarter, and by the probabilities affecting those of the other three,
and the general result is more favorable than was anticipated.
The aggregate receipts for 1864 were estimated in that report at $223,025,000,
while the actual receipts, other than from loans, for the first quarter, and the
aggregate of expected like receipts for the remaining quarters, are now stated at
only $161,568,500 35, in consequence of the large deficiency in the receipts of
internal revenue. On the other hand, the aggregate expenditures were estimated
last year at $845,413,183 56, and are now estimated, on the^ basis of actual returns for part and of estimates for the remainder of the year, at $755,568,500 35.
The subtraction of receipts from expenditures shows the amount now estimated
as required from loans for the year 1864 to be $594,000,000, instead of
$622,388,183 56, as heretofore estimated.- These figures show that the estimate
of expenditures is now $89,844,f^83 21 Jess than the estimate of last year • so
that although the-ordinary receipts as now "estimated will be $61,456,499 45
less than was anticipated a year ago, still the increase of debt will be
$28,388,183 56 less by the present than by the former estimate, which, it should
be remembered, assumed the debt on July 1, 1863, at $1,122,297,403 24,
whereas, in fact, it only reached, at that date, the sum of $1,098,793,181 37.
With these illustrations of the uncertainty of estimates for a year, which is to
commence more than six months after the making of them, and witliout professing any sanguine expectations that the estimates now to be submitted will,
when tested by experience, prove, like the last, less favorable to the country
than the actual results of administration, the Secretary submits the required
statement for the fiscal year 1865, founded on the estimates of their probable
requirements furnished by the several departments, and on what seem to him
probabilities concerning receipts from ordinary sources of revenue.
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He estimates the probable receipts as follows:
Estimated balance, July 1, 1864
From customs
From internal revenue
From lands
From miscellaneous sources
.
.
Making estimated aggregate receipts
And he estimates the expenditures as follows:
Estimated balance of former appropriations, unexpended
July 1, 1864
For the Civil Service
"
For Pensions and Indians
,
For the War Department
For the Navy Department.
For interest on public debt
$5, 836, 539
70, 000, 000
125, 000, 000
1, 000, 000
5, 000, O O
U
93
00
00
00
00
$206, 836, 539 93.
$350, 000, 000
27, 973, 194
9, 631, 304
536, 204, 127
142, 618, 785
85, 387, 677
.00
81
73
77
40
15
Making the aggregate of estimated expenditures.. .$1,151, 815, 088 86
But he estimates as likely to remain undrawn on the 30th
June, 1865, and therefore to be deducted from this aggregate
400, 000, 000 00
Making the real estimate of expenditures for the year.
From which deduct estimated receipts from ordinary sources,
as before stated
Leaving to be provided by loans..
$751, 815, 088 86
206, 836, 539 93
$544, 978, 548 93
The sum to be provided by loans represents the increase of debt during the
year. Assuming, therefore, the correctness of the estimate which puts the debt
on the 1st July, 1864, at $1,686,956,641 44, it wiH result from these estimates
that the whole debt will have reached on the 30tli of June, 1865, the sum of
$2,231,935,190 37.
Tables are appended to this report exhibiting, in more detail and in a diffi^rent
form, the general results already stated. The first shows the actual receipts
and expenditures for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1863; the second the
receipts and expenditures, actual and estimated, for the fiscal year ending June
30,1864, and separately for the two months of October and November, 1863,
with notes, showing in ^detail the amount received from new loans and applied
• in discharge of existing debt during the first quarter and the first two months of
the second, and the amount yet required,from loans for the year, and the probable
increase of the public debt; the third shows the estimated receipts and expenditures for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1865; the fourth is the Register's
statement of revenue and expenditures during the fiscal year ending June 30,
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1863; the fifth is a similar statement from the same office for the first quarter
of the fiscal year 1864, ending September 30, 1863; and the sixth is a complete statement of the origin, progress and condition on the 30th June and
30th September, 1863, of the national debt.
The reports of the heads of the several bureaus of the department, including
that of the Comptroller of the Currency, and the Commissioner of Internal
Revenue, will also accompany this report of the Secretary. They show in
detail the operations of the several bureaus, and the statements and suggestions made in them are commended to the consideration of Congress.
Another statement, showing the prices of the leading articles of coAisumption at
New York, on or near the first day of each month, for thirty-nine years, commencing with 1825, hasbeen prepared under the direction of the Secretary, and
accompanies this report. From this statement he hopes that some help may be
obtained toward correct opinions on many important questions, and particularly
those concerning the contraction and expansion of currency, whether metallic or
paper.
It has been already seen that the amount required for general'disbursements,
exclusive of payments on account of public debt, for the three last quarters of
the current fiscal year, was, on the 1st of October last, $579,457,567 89; of
which sum, $115,300,000 were expected from ordinary sources, and the
remainder, $464,157,567 89, was expected from loans.
The receipts and expenditures during Qctober and November, other than on
account of principal of debt, amounted each, so far as has been ascertained, to
$147,060,731 16, without balance. Of these receipts, $35,629,703 18 were
from ordinary sources, and $111,931,027 98 from loans, either temporary or
permanent, leaving to be obtained during the remaining seven months from ordinary sources $79,670,296 82, and from loans $352,226,539 82. On the basis
of these two months, the receipts and expenditures from ordinary sources for
the last three quarters of the year will respectively exceed the general estimates
by $43,033,664 31, and $39,532,257 72, making a difference in favor of the
country of $3,501,406 59.
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The Secretary admits, therefore, no apprehension of deficiency on comparison
with estimates, in any of the ordinary sources of income, except, perhaps,
the internal revenue; noi does he anticipate any formidable difficulty in providing the amount to be obtained from loans; especially if the successes vouchsafed by a gracious Providence to our armies during the last nine months shall
continue to attend them.
But no one can be more profoundly convinced than himself of the very great
importance of providing even a larger amount than is estimated from revenue.
To check the increase of debt must be, in our circumstances, a prominent.
object of patriotic solicitude. The Secretary, therefore, while submitting estimates which require^ large loans, and while he thinks it not very difficult to
negotiate them, feels himself bound, by a prudent regard to possible contingencies, to urge on Congress efficient measures for the increase of revenue.
It is possible that a limited additional amount of income may be derived
from judicious modification of some provisions of the laws imposing duties on
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foreign imports; but the chief reliance for any substantial increase, and even
for the prevention of possible decrease, must be on internal duties.
The Commissioner of Internal Revenue recommends an increase of the tax on
bank note circulation to two and two-fifths per cent.; an increase of the duty
oil distilled spirits to sixty cents per gallon; an increase of the duty on tobacco to twenty cents per pound on leaf, and from ^ve to twelve cents, according to quality, on manufactured; a duty of ten cents per gallon on crude petroleum; a duty of two cents per pound on cotton ; the repeal of the tobacco
and petroleum drawbacks ; and various other changes of the internal revenue
laws, designed to augment the receipts from this source. In the particular
recommendations just mentioned the Secretary fully concurs, and commends all
his suggestions to careful attention. The enactment of such laws as will secure an increase of the internal revenue to the amount originally estimated, of
one hundred and fifty millions a year, is required by the strongest considerations of public policy.
Hitherto the expenses of the war have been defrayed by loans to an extent
which nothing but the expectation of its speedy termination could fully
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warrant.
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In his first report, submitted at th^e^spe'cial. session in July, 1861, the Secretary stated his conviction, that to a sound financial condition, a system of taxation certain to produce a sufficient revenue to piay 'the whole ordinary expenses
of the government in times of peace, and the entire interest on the public debt,
and to create a gradually increasing lund for the redemption of its principal,
was indispensable. It was not important, so long as it seemed highly probable
that the war would be speedily brought to a successful close, that the revenue
should largely exceed the ordinary expenditures and the interest. On the contrary, it seemed Avisest to obtain the means for nearly the whole of the extraordinary expenditures by loans, and thus avoid the necessity of any considerable increase of the burdens of the people at a time when the sudden outbreak
of flagitious rebellion had deranged their business, and temporarily diminished their incomes.
The financial administration of the.first fiscal year after the outbreak of the
rebellion was conducted upon these ideas. The acts of Congress at the extra
session of July, 1861, were framed with the intention of supplying the full
amount of revenue demanded by them. But receipts disappointed expectation,
and it soon became obvious that a much larger proportion of the means needed
for the fiscal year 1862, than the principle adopted would allow, must be derived
from loans.
When, therefore. Congress assembled in regular session on the first Monday
of December, 1861, the Secretary directed attention to the necessity of increased
taxation. The responsibility was promptly.assumed by Congress and the internal revenue law was enacted, and such modifications of the tariff act were
made that ample provision fbr the desired objects was now supposed to have
been certainly secured. It was not expected, however, that the influence of
this legislation would affect the results of the then current year. Nor did it
affect them. The total receipts from ordinary sources to the close of that year,
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June 30, 1862, were insufficient for the payments expected tobe made from them.
The receipts were $51,935,720 76, while the disbursements for the civil service,
for Pensions and Indians, and for interest, were $37,701,801 1 1 ; leaving only
$14,233,919 65 for the War and Navy Departments, the expenditures of which
in the last year of peace had been $27,922,917 24, and nothing at all for extraordinary expenditures or-a sinking fund.
In his report at the December session, 1862, the Secretary, considering this
deficiency and assuming the correctness of the estimate of $150,000,000 as the
amount of receipts from internal duties, and taking double the expenses of the
War and Navy Departments in the last year of peace as the amount likely to
be annually required after the suppression of the rebellion, expressed the opinion
that the probable receipts under the legislation of- the preceding session would
meet all ordinary expenditures for the fiscal year 1863, and interest, and leave a
large surplus to be applied, for the present, to the extraordinary disbursements
of the war, or, after its close, to the reduction of debt. In that rep'ort, therefore, and in his subsequent communicatio^^^foVthe proper committees, the Secretary sug'gested no increase of t a x ^ ^ ' b ^ ? ^ c o n f i n e d his recommendations to
other measures for the i m p r o ^ ^ e i ^ "ip^th^^ublic credit, among which" those
relating to loans and to m^rorn^y%f^cm-ency held the foremost place.
Congress gave effect \^%ie^:^commendations by the loan act and the
national banking act, but a^^fhe same time so'mewhat diminished the expectation of income by modifications of the internal revenue act.
Notwithstanding this diminution, however, and notwithstanding, the much
arger diminution caused by the failure of receipts expected from internal duties
unaffected by this legislation, the Secretary has" now the satisfaction of being
able to show that the actual receipts of the last fiscal year did pay the whole
interest, the whole amount of ordinary expenditures, estimated for the army
and navy at double those of the last year of peace, and a portion of the extraordinary expenditures which, under the circumstances, was equivalent to a
payment into a sinking fund.
Thus the total amount of receipts during the fiscal year
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1863 was
....,:...
$124,443,313 29
While the expenditures were :
For the Civil Service and for Pensions and
Indians
$27,470,442 87
For interest
24,729,846 61
And would have been for ordinary disbursements of War and Navy Departments,
estimated at double those of the last year
of peace
55,845,834 48
.
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Leaving difference between receipts and ordinary expenditures applicable to extraordiiiary expenditures'or a sinking
fund
•
.f.-.
$108,046,123 96
16,397,189 33
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- Had it been possible, therefore, to suppress rebellion and restore expendi'tures to a peace basis after one year of war, and before the 1st of July, 1862,
there would have been a balance on the 1st of July, 1863, of more than
sixteen miUions of dollars applicable to the reduction of debt.
So, assuming as correct the estimates of receipts and disbursements for the
current year 1864, based on actual receipts and expenditures of one quarter,
and making the total amount of receipts $161,568,500 35, and taking the disbursements for the Civil Service, Pensions, and Indians, to be $42,108,126 33,
for interest $59,165,136 38, and for the ordinary expenses of the army and
navy, as before, to be double those of the last year of peace, or $55,845,834 48,
and deducting the total of these disbursements, $157,119,097 19, from the total
of receipts, there will remain an unexpended balance of $4,049,403 16.
Had it been possible to suppress rebellion after two years of war, and before
July, 1863, this sum would have been applicable to the purposes of a sinking
fund.
So, also, assuming again as correct the general estimates of receipts and expenditures fiov the next fiscal year, 186.^, the total receipts for the year will be
$206,836,539 93; while the expenditures for the Civil Service, and Pensions and
Indians, wiH be $37,604,499 54; for interest, $85;387,676 15; and for the army
and navy, observing the rule already stated, $55,845,834 48; making a total of
$178,838,010 .17, which sum, if deducted from the total of receipts, Avill give a
remainder of $27,998,529 76. Should the rebellion be suppressed after three
years of war, and bjjfore the first of July, 1864, that remainder will be applicable to payment of debt.
These statements are subject to some modifications besides those'which may
result from errors of estimates; but these cannot reduce, though they may increase, the applicable balances, and therefore cannot affect unfavorably any
deductions from the:figures which have been given.
These statements illustrate the great importance of providing, beyond all contin gen c y , ^ r ordinary expenditures and interest on debt, and for the largest
possible amount of extraordinary expenditures, by taxation. In proportion to
the amount raised above the necessary sums for ordinary demands wjU be the
diminution of debt, the diminution of interest, and the improvement of credit.
It is hardly too much—perhaps hardly enough—to say that every dollar raised
.for extraordinary expenditures or reduction of debt is worth two in the increased
value of national securities, and increased facilities for the negotiation of indispensa,ble loans. '
These statements illustrate equally the importance of an economical and
vigorous prosecution of the war. No prudent man will recommend economy at
the expense of efficiency. Such nominal economy is real extravagance. But
efficiency is not promoted by profusion, or waste, and least of all by misuse of
public money or public property. " Every dollar and every man are freely offered /
by a generous people. How sacred the obligation that not one man should be
wasted, and not one dollar misapplied. Nor is rashness, in war, vigor. But
the vigilance that misses no opportunity, the energy that relaxes no effort, the
skill that utilizes all resources, and the perseverance that never grows weary—
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these make true vigor. If by such vigor the rebellion can be suppressed and
the war ended before the 1st of July next, the country will be saved from the
vast increase of debt which must necessarily attend its continuance during
another year, and the debt itself can at once be placed in a course of steady reduction. And whenever progressive payment shall begin, the value of national
securities will rapidly rise, and reduction in rates of interest will gradually
diminish the burdens of debt.
>
While the Secretary thus earnestly urges that the largest possible proportion
of expenditure be provided by direct contributions from the property and incomes of the people, he is aware that a still larger proportion must, as yet, be
provided by loans •
I n the creation of debt, by negotiation of loans or otherwise, the Secretary has
kept four objects steadily in view: (1) moderate interest; (2) general distribution ; (3) future controllability; and (4) incidental utility. .
Towards the accomplishment of the first object, the nearest approach that
seems possible has been made. The earliest negotiations were at the highest
rates of interest; for it is a distinguishing characteristic of our financial history in
this rebellion that the public credit, Avhich was at the lowest ebb in the months
which preceded its breaking out, has steadily improved in the midst of the terrible
trials it has brought upon the country. The first loans were negotiated at seven
and thirty hundredths per cent;; the next at seven; the next at six; more recently large sums have been obtained at five and four; and the whole of the
debt which is represented by. United States notes and fractional currency bears,
of course, no interest. ^
The interest on the debt which exists in the form of treasury notes and certificates of indebtedness or of deposits, and is called temporary debt, is paid in
United States notes; while the interest on debt which exists in the form^of
bonds, and is called funded debt, is paid in coin—-a discrimination which is
intended to bring the payments of coin interest within moderate compass, and at
the same time to offer special inducements to investments in bonds, in order to
avoid a too rapid increase of circulating notes and consequent depreciation.
The average rate of interest on the whole debt, without regard to the varying
margin between coin and notes, was on the first day of July, 1862, 4.36 per
centum; on the first day of January, 1863, 4.02 per centum; on the first day
of July, 1863, 3.77 per centum; and on the first day of October, 1863, 3.95 per
centum.
It will not escape observation that the average rate is now increasing,
and it is obvious that it must continue to increase with the increase of the proportion of the interest-bearing to the non-interest-bearing debt. And as the
amount of the latter, consisting of United States no'^es and fractional currency,
cannot be materially augmented without evil consequences of the roost serious
character, the rate of interest must increase with the debt, and approach continually the highest average. That must be greater or less in proportion to the
duration and cost of the war.
The general distribution of the,debt into the hands of the greasiest possible number of holders has been the second object of the Secretary in its creation
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This has been accomplished by the universal diffusion of United States notes
and fractional currency, by the distribution of certificates among great numbers
of contract creditors and temporary depositors, and by arrangements to popularize the loans by giving to the people everywhere opportunities to subscribe
for bonds. These subscription arrangements have been especially useful and
successful. They have been adopted as yet with reference to only two descriptions of bonds—the two commonly known as seven-thirties and five-twenties; so
named, the first from their rates of interest, and the second from their periods of
payment. The plan of distributing the seven-thirties was that of employing a
large number of agents in many places, and directing their action from the
Department. It worked well for a time, but was soon found inadequate to the
financial necessities of the government. For the distribution of the five-twenties,
therefore, a different plan was adopted. After ascertaining, by inquiry, that
they could not be disposed of to capitalists in amounts sufficient for prompt payment of the army and navy, and for the satisfaction of the just claims of public
creditors generally, without serious loss, the Secretary determined to employ a
general agent, under adequate bonds, and confide the whole work of distribution,
except so far as it could be effected by the Treasurer, Assistant Treasurers, and
Designated Depositaries, to him and to sub-agents designated by him and responsible immediately to him. Under this plan, and chiefly through the indefatigable
efforts of the general agent and his sub-agents, five-twenty bonds to the amount
of nearly four hundred millions of dollars, in denominations of fifty, one hundred,
five hundred, and one thousand dollars, were distributed throughout the whole
country not controlled bythe rebellion, and among all classes of our countrymen.
The history of the world may be searched in vain for a parallel case of popular
financial support to a national government. The Secretary is unable to perceive in what better or more effectual mode the important object of distribution
could be accomplished, and he proposes no departure from it, except such as
considerations of economy, harmonized with efficiency, may suggest.
The object of future controllability has also had a prominent place in the regards of the Secretary. Under the conditions which existed at the outbreak of
the rebellion, he acquiesced in the necessity which seemed to dictate the negotiation of bonds payable after twenty years ; but he acquiesced with reluctance,
and, as soon as permitted by circumstances, recommended the enactment of
laws authorizing the issue of bonds payable after shorter periods, as well as.the
creation of temporary debt in other forms. In harmony with these views Congress provided for the issue of the bonds known as the five twenties; and also
for the issue of treasury notes payable three years from date; for certificates of
indebtedness payable in one year; and for temporary loans by deposits, reimbursable after ten days' notice. At the last session Congress repealed some
emba;rrassing restrictions of former acts, and authorized the issue of bonds payable after ten years, and of treasury notes payable at pleasure or three years
from date. These treasury notes were niade legal tenders for face value, or
convertible for amount and interest into United States notes.
The Secretary availed himself of this legislation by placing with he people
as large an amount as possible of five-twenty bonds, and by using the other
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powers so as to put the whole debt, except the long loans first negotiated, in
such a shape that prompt advantage can be taken of favorable circumstances to
diminish the burdens it imposes on industry. Whenever the constitutional supremacy of the nation shall be re-established over all its parts, it will be completely within the power of Congress and the Secretary to fund the whole or
any part of the temporary debt in bonds bearing a very moderate interest and
redeemable at the pleasure of the government, after very brief periods, or,
perhaps, at any time after their issue. Nothing further seems desirable on the
score of controllability.
The final object of the Secretary was to extract from the unavoidable evil of
debt as much incidental benefit as possible.
To this end, he desired authority to receive temporary loans in the form of
deposits reimbursable after a few days* notice. This measure was regarded by
many with something less than favor at first; but Congress, after full consideration, authorized the receipt of such deposits at an interest not exceeding ^ve per
cent, to the amount of twenty-five millions of dollars; then raised the limit to
fifty millions, and then to an hundred millions; and provided a reserve of fifty
millions of United States notes to meet demands for reimbursements beyond
other convenient means of satisfaction. It was not long before these deposits
reached the highest limit, and, before the flow could be well checked, som.ewhat exceeded it. The utility of the measure was very conspicuous on the recent occasion of great stringency in New York, when the Secretary was able to reimburse
over fifty millions of these deposits during the last weeks of the year; by
which action the pressure was sensibly alleviated, with the use of only a fifth
of the reserve.
In former reports the Secretary has stated his convictions, and the grounds of
them, respecting the necessity and the utility of putting a large part of the debt
in the form of United States notes, Avithout interest, and adapted to circulation
as money. These convictions remain unchanged, and seem now to be shared by^^
the people. For the first time in our history has a real approach to a uniform
currency been made; and the benefits of it, though still far from the best attainable condition, are felt by all. The circulation has been distributed throughout
the country, and is everywhere acceptable. It is a gratification to know that a
tribunal so distinguished by the learning and virtues .of its mernbers as the
Supreme Court of New York has given the sanction of its judgment to the
constitutional validity of the law.
So, too, real and great advantages are derived from the wide diffusion of the
debt among the people, through business transactions, and through the exertions
of the officers of the department and the agents for loans, already noticed.
It is impossible to estimate the advantages to national unity and national
strength secured by this distribution. Every holder of a note or bond, from
a five cent fractional note to a fivQ thousand dollar bond, has. a direct interest
in the security of national institutions and in the stability of national administration. And it is another and no small advantage of the distribution that the
burdens of debt, always heaviest when loans are held by few, and especially
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by foreigners, diminish in proportion as the receivers of interest become ident fied with the payers of taxes.
Another incidental' good growing from the bitter root of debt, has been
fully explained in observations heretofore submitted on the national banking system. Except through such a system no sure way is seen to the complete and permanent establishment of a uniform currency; and a system of
national banking, fair to all and secure for all, can only be safely and firmly
established by making use qf a portion of the national debt as security for the
national currency.
In these several ways may even such great evils as are brought.upon us by
rebellion be transmuted, by a wise alchemy, into various forms of utility. The
Secretary has endeavored to use this alchemy; with what success the country
will judge when time and trial shall have applied to his work their unfailing
tests.
Meantime additional loans are required, and, as legislation now stands, several
modes are open.
The limits of deposits for temporary loan are fixed at one hundred millions of
dollars. The amount of this deposit on the first day of December had been reduced to $45,506,120 01, and payments of $10,000,000 had been made from
the reserve. The additional payments will be confined within the narrowest
possible limits, and can hardly exceed twenty-five millions. The reflow of deposits has already begun, and will probably soon exceed reimbursements, and
so arrest payments from the reserve. The whole reflow beyond the amount of
these payments will be available as part of the additional loan required, and may
be stated, without much risk of mistake, at twenty-five millions of dollars. The
Secretary perceives no solid reason for retaining the restriction on loans, in this
form, to one hundred millions. It may, as he thinks, be usefully removed. As
the advantages of these deposits become better and more generally understood,
the loan in this form will doubtless, in the absence of restriction, be largely increased, and the possibility of demands for reimbursements, beyond means to
meet them, can be fully provided for by an increase of the existing proportion
between deposits and reserve. Such an arrangement, the Secretary inclines to
think, would operate beneficially by increasing the amount of curreucy when
imusual stringency shall require increase, and reducing its amount when returning ease shall allow reduction.
Another portion of the additional loan required may be obtained through the
sale of the remainder of the bonds known as five-twenties. The amount of
tliese bonds unsubscribed for on the first of December was $101,059,600. I t
will not be difficult to dispose of these at par, and it is possible that a small
premium may be obtained on a part.
In a former report the Secretary placed the limit, to which the loan in the
form of certificates of indebtedness could be carried, at one hundred millions of
dollars. Experience has shown that it can be carried to one hundred and fifty
millions, and that its natural limit is about that sum. On the first of December
the amount of these certificates was $145,720,000. It would be unsafe, therefore, to rely on any substantial increase of loan in that form.
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The limit prescribed by law to the issue of United States notes has been
reached, and the Secretary thinks it clearly inexpedient to increase the amount.
When circulation exceeds the legitimate requirements for real payments and
exchanges, no addition to its volume will increase its value. On the conti;ary,
such addition tends inevitably to depreciation; and depreciation, if addition be
continued, will find its only practical limit m the utter wqrthlessness of the augmented mass.
When Congress authorized the creation of debt, to a certain extent, in the
form of United States notes, and impressed on these notes the qualities of a circulating medium, its action was justified by the disappearance of coin in consequence of the suspension of specie payments; by the necessity of providing a
medium in which taxes could be collected, loans received, and payments made;
and by the obvious expediency of providing that medium in the form of
national issues instead of resorting to the paper of banks. Under the circumstances its action was wise and necessary; but it was equally wise and necessary to limit the extent of the issues by the necessity which demanded them.
They were wanted to f^llthe vacuum caused by the disappearance of coin and
to supply the additional demands created by the increased number and variety
of money payments. Congress believed that four hundred millions would suffice for these purposes, and therefore limited issues to that sum.
The Secretary proposes no change of this limitation, and places no reliance,
therefore, on any increase of resources from increase of circulation. Additional
loans in this mode would, indeed, almost certainly prove illusory; for diminished
value could hardly fail to neutralize increased amount.
Sufficient circulation having.beenalready provided, the government must now
borrow like any other employer of capital temporarily requirin'g more than income
will supply, and rely for the credit which will secure advantageous loans upon good
faith, industrial activity, accumulated though not immediately available capital,
and satisfactory provision for punctual payment of accruing interest and ultimate
reimbursement of principal.
To subscriptions for the remaining five-twenties and deposits for temporary
loan, therefore, must be directed all reasonable expectation of means for the service of the current year, except from negotiations under the act of last session.
The sums to be looked for from these two sources have already been stated, and
amount to $126,059,600. If this aggregate be deducted from the ambunt to be
provided by loans for the la>3t seven months of the current year, already shown
to be $352,226,539, there will remain the sum of $226,166,999 to be provided
by negotiations under the act of last session; and, under some like act, must be
. provided in like manner, if the continuance of the war shall make it necessaiy,
the sum of $544,978,548 93, estimated as likely to be required from loans for
the fiscal year 1865,
The act of last session authorized the' loans supposed to be required for
the fiscal years 1863 and 1864 ; and, of the amouiit required for the service of
these two years to the first of December now current, one hundred and fifty
millions in United States notes, and fifty millions by a loan for two years ^ve
per cent, treasury notes have already been provided under that legislation. The
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act is so well conceived and expressed that little lOther legislation for the loans
of 1864 and 1865 will be required than the application to those years of itsjeading provisions. I t will doubtless be thought expedient this session, as last session, to authorize the borrowing, in some form, of three hundred millions for the
current, and six hundred miUions for the next, fiscal year. Indeed, the only modifications of the- act of last session necessary to adapt it to the requirements of
the current and coming year seem to b e : (1) the omission of all reference to
United States notes beyond the giving a simple authority to the Secretary to
ascertain from time to time the amounts destroyed or lost, and to replace them,
by new issues ; (2) the repeal of the existing limitation of the deposit loan to
one hundred milHons of dollars, and the substitution of a provision for a reserve
equal in amount to half the deposit; (3) the permission of the negotiation of
loans redeemable absolutely at pleasure, or at pleasure after a time fixed, not
more remote than forty years; and (4) the omission, perhaps, of the clause taxing circulation and deposits, as being more appropriate to an internal revenue
bill. It is hoped that the other provisions of the last may be retained in the
new loan act.
Under such legislation, the Secretary entertains little doubt of being able to
obtain whatever funds will be needed, through loans, at reasonable rates of interest, for bonds or treasury notes.
For a warrant of this confidence, however, he must not omit to say that he
relies much on the support tobe given to the public credit by the national banking system and by the nationalization of the currency. There is, as he thinks,
no possibility of a permanently successful administration of the finances, under
circumstances involving the creation of large debts, unless loans can be effected
in a medium of general and equal credit throughout the country, and not liable to
variation in quantity or in value except under the operation of national legislation and the general laws of trade.
Only two kinds of currency fulfil these conditions : the first, a circulation of
coin; the other, a circulation of notes of uniform description and value, issued
by the government, and either paid directly to government creditors, or supplied
to banking associations to be employed in general business..
' The circulation now generally used in this country, except so far as it consists of bank notes, is of the latter sort; and no circulation, not immediately
convertible into coin, can be better.
It is an error to suppose that the increase of prices is attributable wholly or
in very large measure to this circulation. Had it been possible to borrow coin
enough, and fast enough, for the disbursements of the war, almost if not altogether
the same effects on prices would have been wrought. ' Such disbursements made
in coin would have enriched Tortunate contractors, stimulated lavish expenditures, and so inflated prices in the same way and nearly to the same extent as
when. made in notes. Prices, too, would have risen from other causes. The
withdrawal from mechanical and agricultural occupations of hundreds of thousands of our best, strongest, and most active workers, in obedience to their country's summons to the field, would, under any system of currency, have increased
the price of labor, and, by consequence, the price of the products of labor, which
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the prices of many things would have risen, in part from other causes, as, for example, the price of railroad bonds from vast increase of income through payments for military transportation, and the price of cotton from deficient supply.
Much the greater part of the rise of prices not accounted for by the causes
just stated, as well as much the greater part of the difference between notes
and gold, is attributable to the large amount of bank notes yet in circulation.
Yf ere these notes withdrawn from use, it is believed that much of the now very
considerable difference between coin and United States notes would disappear..
Certainly there ought to be no difference in favor of coin, when it is remembered
that United States bonds bearing six, or even five, per cent, coin interest are
intrinsically worth, unless the theory of national bad faith or national insolvency
is to be admitted, more than their amount in coin; and yet such bonds can now
be had for their amount in United States notes.
Nor can a condition of affairs in which excessive prices prevail, or national
notes command less than par in coin, be regarded as of permanent duration.
While it lasts, it must be borne with patience, and made tolerable by economy.
No useful remedy will be found in extravagant increase of salaries and disbursements, but an aggravation rather of the evil. All proper measures should be
adopted to hasten the return to the normal condition of prices and business;:
the patriotism and intelligence of the people must be relied on for the rest.
The Secretary has heretofore expressed the opinion that whatever may be the:
true degree in v/hich the currency of the country is aflected by a bank-note
circulation, issued without national sanction and by corporations independent of
national authority, and not receivable for national dues, it cannot be questioned
that in some similar degree the negotiation of national loans inust be prejudiced
and their value to the national finances diminished. This opinion is confirmed
by observation and experience.
Impelled, therefore, by a profound sense of the present necessity of a national
currency to the successful prosecution of the war against rebellion, and of itvS
utility at all times in protecting labor, cheapening exchanges, facilitating travel,,
and increasing the safety of all business transactions ; and at the same time unwilling to urge even salutary and necessary reforms in such a way as needlessly
to disturb existing conditions or impair the value of existing investments of"
capital, the Secretary recommended, in two successive reports, the authorization
of national banking associations, to which the capital of- the corporations now
issuing notes for circulation might be transferred, with advantage to the parties^
in interest as well as to the general public.
.The sanction of Cougress was given to these views at the last session; and'
the simple assurance thus given that, henceforth, the country is to have a national
currency secured by a pledge of national bonds, and the belief that this currency
will at no distant day take the place of the heterogeneous corporate currency
which has hitherto filled the channels of circulation, at once inspired faith in
the securities of the government, and more than any other one cause enabled the
Secretary to provide for the prompt payment of the soldiers ana the public
creditors.
If the policy thus indicated shall be fairly and judiciously pursued, and pro
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per measures adopted to induce the conversion, at the earliest practicable
period, of the bank corporations of the States into national banking associations, and of the corporate circulation into national, currency, the Secretary
believes, and, as he thinks, not without good grounds, that all the money
needed for prompt payment of troops, and for the most Vigorous prosecution
of the war, can be obtained by loans on reasonable terms; while all interest
on debt, and all ordinary expenditures, and a considerable part also of the
extraordinary expenditures caused by this war, will be met by the ordinary
resources. Nor does he doubt that, through wise legislation, sustained by intelligent popular will, and supported by prudence and energy in civil and military-administration, national currency can be so, approximated in recognized
value to coin, that a resumption of payments in specie can be brought about
much sooner than even sanguine persons now permili themselves to liope.
• The Secretary has already referred in general terms to the reports of the
heads of the various bureaus and branches of administration in his department.
A peculiar interest is felt at this time in their operations, and especially in
the operation of those most recently brought into existence.
The Comptroller of the Currency reports the organization under the national
banking act, prior to the 29th of November, of one hundred and thirty-four
associations; all which, upon the suggestion of the Secretary, have adopted the
name of National Banks, distinguished by order of organization and by locality.
These Banking Associations have been formed in seventeen States and the District of Columbia, and have an aggregate capital of $16,081,200. The great
care and labor required for the preparation bf suitable notes for the new national currency has delayed its issue -beyond .exi3ec:tatibn; but the printing is
noAV begun, and the several associations will be' supplied with the amounts to
which they are respectively entitled within a few weeks. Besides the associations reported as actually organized,, there are many others in process of organization. There is hardly, a State not controlled by the rebe^.ion, and hardly a
considerable city, in which a national banking association has not been organized, or is not being organized. Even New Orleans is not an exception to this
statement.
• Thus the great work of introducing a permanent national currency has been
entered upon in a spirit and Avith an energy which promise perfect success
The Secretary thinks he risks nothing in saying that within the present year
the benefits of the system'wdll have so approved themselves to the sense and
patriotism of the people, that it will be beyond the reach of successful assault.
The Comptroller has indicated some amendments to the law which the Secre-tary concurs with him in regarding as important to its? success. As among the
most essential of these, the Secretary asks the special attention of Congress to
the proposition for a uniform rate of interest, and the repeal of the section which
connects the issues of national currency in any degree with State banks. The
Secretary also recommends, as likely to be useful, a provision to be made by law ^
for' the deposit with n'ati9nal banks, and also with the Treasurer and Assistant
Treasurers, at such rates of interest and for such periods of time as the Secretary
may qrescribe, of moneys paid into or invested under the orders of judicial
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courts. I t is not impossible that in this way many millions would be placed in
the treasury at moderate rates of interest.
:
The Secretary has already referred to the recommendation of the Commissioner of Internal Revenue in favor of increased duties. He cannot add
anything to the general considerations he has already urged in favor of augmenting revenue by these methods. It m a y b e useful, however, to invite special,
attention to some considerations which enforce the recommendation of a duty of
2|- per cent, a year on corporate note circulation.
The proposition contemplates a duty of one-fifth of one per cent, per month
on circulation; and the Secretary suggests, in addition, one twenty-fifth of one
per cent, on deposits in each month, making twelve twenty-fifths a year. Under
the existing law the duty on circulation is one per cent, a year on a certain proportion ; two per cent, on amounts exceeding that proportion, and one-fourth of
one per cent, on deposits. The small addition proposed will not be regarded as
unreasonable or onerous, when it is considered that all corporate circulation is
in fact a loan by the people to the banks without cost, except that of preparation, and wdthout interest, except the duties imposed on it. The whole question
then resolves itself into this: Is the duty proposed,,added to the State taxation, and the cost of preparation, more than equivalent to a fair interest for the
loan? If not, surely it should be paid without demur as a reasonable contribution to the common welfare. The duty proposed on deposits is much lighter
for obvious reasons. Its whole amount is less than one-half of one per cent, per
annum; and being in the nature of a tax on profits, rather than on property, will
distribute itself among pM^sfe^j^a^tak^eFe^^h^enefits of the deposits, and press
hardly on none.
TEErL^i:M LIBlURlr' I
It is proposed to mMs^Asis^dut^^pc^Mein small percentages, because it
will be thus distributed over the business of the year; and, because, by requiring monthly returns of circulation and deposits with reference to the
duties, information will be regularly obtained in respect to the amount of circulation of ail descriptions in the whole country, the publication of wdiich will
be an important benefit to all men of business, as well as a valuable guide to
financial legislation and administration.
Monthly returns are now required of many of the national banking associa- *
tions, and should be required of all; and from them, as well as from the banks
not organized under national legislation, should be required a fair contribution
to the general burdens of the people. The Secretary refers to Congress the
question, whether the duty on national currency and the deposits of national
banking associations shall correspond with the duties on other circulation and
deposits. He thinks that for the present, at least, some discrimination in favor, of
the national associations may be properly admitted i n consideration of the indispensable importance of a national currency, not adapted only, like United
States notes, to temporary emergencies, but permanent in its very nature, and
adequate to all demands of business, and capable, at no distant period, of being
made equal to and convertible into coin, and therefore its real representative and
equivalent.
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The opeiTttions ot the mint have been of less importance than usual during
the last year.
The amount of coinage Avas increased over that of last year at San Francisco
alone. The value of the bullion received was $24,824,101 3 1 ; in gold $23,149,495 4 1 ; and in silver $1,674,605 90; from the total of which must be deducted the bars made at one branch and deposited for coinage at another,
making the actual amount deposited $23,701,837 31. The coinage of the year
was $24,688,477 12; of which $20,695,852 was gold coin; $1,949,877 90 gold
bars; $1,174,092 80 silver coin; $390,204 42 silver bars; and $478,450 cents.
Of this coinage $4,184,497 37 in 49,108,402 pieces was effected at Philadelphia; $18,551,598 68 iu 2,872,173 pieces at San Francisco; and $2,137,642 82
in 3,404 gold and silver bars at New York.
The branch mint at Denver has been organized and put in operation during
the year, but its operations are confined, for the present, to melting, refining,
assaying, and stamping.bullion.
A report has been made on a site for a mint in Nevada, and measures will be
taken for its establishment as soon as possible.
The Secretary renews the recommendation of preceding reports in relation to
the universaTmeasure of commercial values by an international decima,l coinage.
The operations of the treasury proper have reached unprecedented magnitude.
These are conducted, under the direction of the Secretary, by the Treasurer, the
Assistant Treasurers, iand the Designated Depositaries, by whom moneys which
come into or go out of the National Treasury are received and disbursed.. As
receipts and payments have increased in number and amount, and assumed new
forms, the labors and responsibilities of these officers have taken vaster proportions of magnitude and importance. The general operations of the year are
seen in the statements already made of Receipts and Expenditures, but no general
statement can convey an adequate idea of their variety, extent, and perplexity.
The labor, and care, and anxiety incident to the borrowing, receiving, and paying of the sums necessary to meet the debt becoming due during the year, or,
in other words, the making and applying of the loans necessary to the renewing
of maturing loans, make little show in the Report, and yet embrace transactions,
often complex and necessarily multitudinous, which reached, during the year, an
aggregate of more than a hundred and eighty-one millions of dollars. The responsibility and labor of the whole money operations of the Treasury may be
inferred from this statement concerning a comparatively small part.
The receipts at the office of the Treasurer in Washington during the.last fiscal
year were $1,348,029,543 9*3, and the disbursements $1,334,615,175 57. At the
office of the Assistant Treasurer in New York the receipts were $637,051,546 63,
and the disbursements $622,842,627 92. At the office of the Assistant Treasurer
in Boston the receipts were $118,900,00.0, and the disbursements $115,750,000.
At the office of the Assistant Treasurer in Philadelphia the receipts were
$113,248,031 27, and the disbursements $109,733,3.46 03.
The receipts and disbursements at the ofiices of the Assistant Treasurers at
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San Francisco and St. Loiiis, and of the Designated Depositaries, especially
at Baltimore, Cincinnati, and Louisville, have been large beyond- precedent, imposing labors and responsibilities correspondingly large. Tbe Secretary cannot
express too strongly his satisfaction with the manner in which these officers have
generally ]3erformed their onerous and multiform duties.
The act of Congress relating to captured and abandoned property, approved
March 12, 1863, and the proclamation of the President of the 31st of lihc same
month, devolved upon the Secretary the duty of regulating commercial intercourse in conformity with the acts of J u l y 13, 1861, and May 20, 1862, and
under license of the President, between the States declared to be in insurrection
and the other States of the Union; or, to use the description commonly employed, between the rebel and the loyal States. This duty has been found
exceedingly arduous and perplexing.
. Prior to the act and proclamation of March, the Secretary had attempted some
restrictive regulations with the view of preventing supplies to rebels ; but the
state of the law, and the terms of the original proclamation, made it difficult to
act with much efficiency or usefulness, and the regulation of the trade w^as assumed
alm.ost exclusively by the military authorities. Immediately, however, on tbe
publication of the proclamation of March, the Secretary, issued regulations of
trade, framed on the best information and with the best consideration he was
capable of giving them; and earnest and persevering endeavors were made to
bring the whole subject under their control and under jDroper supervision. Experience revealed defects in the regulations, and they were revised, amended,
and republished in September last.
T h e subject is too vast and complicated, the appetite for trade is too eager and
exacting, and the impatience of all restraint, however salutary or necessary, is
too great, to allow any hope of avoiding many and sometimes just complaints.
But the Secretary has kejDt steadily in view the plain duty prescribed by the law
of preventing any supplies from being carried into districts controlled by rebels ;
tbe equally plain duty of allowing and securing, so far as practicable, without
intercourse with rebels, supplies of necessaries to the inhabitants of districts in
which the rebellion has been suppressed; and the clearpoiicy of supporting and
facilitating the efforts of loyal citizens to obtain wherever obtainable, without
going beyond the lines of national military occupation, cotton, sugar, tobacco,
tar, rosin, and such other products of the rebel States, for the benefit; of loyal
commerce. To this end he has selected persons of known intelligence, and probity as supervising special agents, and through them others of like characters as
assistant and local special agents, to exercise the necessary powers over intercourse, and has imposed, with the sanction of the President, and as conditions of
license, such fees and contributions on the trade permitted, as were thought
•necessary to defray the cost of supervision, and add something to the means fbr
•the prosecution of the v/ar. The agents of all grades have generally been diligent and faithful in the discharge of their several duties. A few of subordinate
grade have proved incompetent or unworthy, and have been dismissed; and the
same measure will be promptly applied to all, of whatever grade, to whom public
duty may require its application.
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By an order of the Secretary of W^ar issued on the last of October last, the
care of abandoned'plantations-and other real estate has been devolved upon the
supervising agents, who have been instructed to accept the charge and use
their best endeavors in its execution. The charge of abandoned lands and
plantations necessarily carries with it, to some extent, the charge of freed men.
The whole charge is at present under military sanction only; for the acts of
Congixss concerning abandoned property relate exclusively to personalty. The
order is of too recent date to allow receipts of reports concerning its practical
effects. It is only very clear that some system'should be adopted and steadily
pursued wdiich will best serve the great objects of restoring tranquillity, order,
and prosperity to the States and parts of States in which the national authority
is or may be re-established, and at the same time securing the rights and welfare
of the loyal and enfranchised people. To these results the labors of the Commissioners of Direct Taxes, as well as judicial action under the acts relating to
confiscation, must largely contribute. Already, under the sales for direct taxes
in South Carolina, considerable propei.'t.ies divided into small tracts have passed.
into loyal possession, and are cultivated successfully by the labor of freed men.
In this connexion the Secretary asks permission to repeat a suggestion hereto- ,
fore made, that the proceeds of cotton, raised by the freed men before emancipation, and collected from those properties, should be applied in some judicious w^ay
for the benefit of those who raised it. The whole subject wdll doubtless command the attentive consideration of Congress.
The important and responsible duty of receiving commutation money from
drafted citizens, and placing it to the credit of the Provost Marshal General,
with the Treasurer, assistant treasurers, and designated despositaries, has been
assumed by the collectors of internal revenue, at the instance of the Secretary
of War. In the judgment of the Secretary of the Treasury this money should
be paid directly into the Treasury and drawn out upon requisitions for the
purposes to wdiich it is appropriated by Congress. The Secretary of War
thought, ll0^yever, that the other mode of collection and disbursements would
be less burdensome to drafted men and more convenient for the payment of
substitutes. His Avishes were promptly complied with, and the wdiole matter
is noAv submitted to Congress,
'
.
Under a resolution of the Senate, adopted on the 12th of March last, the
Secretary has taken measures for the preparation of the fullest statement possible, wdth existing means of information, of the foreign and domestic commerce
of the United States, including that of the Pacific coast. The learning and
ability of the gentlemen employed in this work warrant the,expectation that a
very instructive account will be obtained of the condition and prospects of our
foreign commerce iirom and to the Atlantic and Pacific coasts, as v/ell as overland,
northward and southward, and of our internal tind inter-State commerce,
including the trade between loyal and rebel States, and between the bread-producing and gold and silver producing districts of our 'country. The materials for
a proper statement of this internal commerce must be sought in^reports of State
commissioners of statistics, of boards of trade, of railroad and canal companies,
and occasional or periodical publications relating to trade and business. Thi&
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is a department of statistics comparatively new and difficult of exploration, but
no pains wdll be spared in the search, in the hope of being able to submit to Congress a result, of no insignificant value to the business community and to those
charged wdth the duties of legislation and administration, which will itself suggest
the action ''necessary to enlarge and protect the important interests involved."
Under the sanction of the acts relating to the subject, the Secretary has taken
measures for preparing and printing fractional currency bonds and notes in the
Treasury Department, with a degree of success wdiich already assures decided
economical advantages and warrants the expectation of satisfactory results.
• The Secretary has already invited attention to the reports of the Register, the
Comptrollers, and the several Auditors.
The Report on Commerce and Navigation for the fiscal year 1862, prepared in
the Eegister's office, has been greatly delayed by causes explained in his report.
The same report for the fiscal year 1863 is also nearly ready, and will be sent
to Congress within the next month. Its important information will be found
much better classified and arranged, and much more clearly stated, and therefore much more acceptable for use than heretofore. The Secretary suggests that
it will promote the interests of commerce and expedite future reports if provision
be made for the monthly, or at least semi-annual, publication of the returns of
imports and exports.
• .
The suggestion of the Second Comptroller that the salaries in the offices of the
Comptrollers should be higher than in those of the Auditors, and that promotion
should take place from the latter to the former, is respectfully commended to
legislative consideration. If sanctioned by law, it will doubtless promote accuracy and promptitude in the revision of accounts.
The vast expenditures of the war, in life and treasure, have devolved unexpected labors on the Auditors' Bureaus, and especially those of the Second and
Third Auditors ; and the difficulties, attendant on the organization of a proper
force for the settlement of the suddenly accumulated accounts, have caused some
delays, which the most strenuous efforts have been made, in vain, to avoid. I t
is hoped, however, that the accumulation wi#ll now be arrested and henceforth
steadily reduced. The Secretary respectfully suggests that some provision be
made by which officers of the department may be enabled to attend the armies
and collect information,, and especially in regard to the wounded, the missing,
and the killed, which will facilitate the promptest settlement of the claims made
in behalf of destitute families, and widows^and orphans.
The Report of the Solicitor wdll exhibit the action of that officer in the investigation of frauds perpetrated by certain persons foiinerly employed in the NewYork custom-house. The legislation of last session, the prompt dismissal of the
guilty parties yet remaining in office, and the measures of prevention devised
and adopted will, it is believed, sufficiently protect the government against the
repetition of these or the commission of like frauds.
The Secretary renews the recommendation, submitted in his last report, of the
purchase of the Merchants' Exchange in New York, now occupied under lease
as a custom-house.
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REPORT ON THE FINANCES.
The operations of the Coast Survey have been distinguished by even more
than usual activity. On the northern coast the work has been vigorously pros.edited, notwdthstanding the existence of the war; while, in compliance with ap
plications from military and naval commanders, parties have been detailed for
work on the southern coast, on the rivers of the interior, and, indeed, wdierever
their services could be made available. From these labors, of an importance cordially acknowledged by the officers to whom they have been rendered, the value
of the survey, and the merits of those by whom it is conducted, receive fresh illustration.
During the last summer a number of rebels ran into Portland harbor in the
night and seized the revenue cutter lying there, its commanding officer being,
sick on shore, and a portion of the crew^ absent on leave. They succeeded in~
leaving the harbor unobserved; but early in the morning the collector of the
port, hearing of the affair, took instant measures for pursuit by chartering two
passenger steamers, arming them with whatever could be mo§t promptly obtained, and providing the necessary force of volunteers, citizens and soldiers. In
a few hours the rebels had been compelled to abandon their prize, after setting
her on fire, and being themselves taken prisoners.. The value of this capture can
best be estimated by the damage inflicted on commerce by the same rebels in the
Tacony, a vessel every way inferior to the one they had seized. The Secretary
deeply regrets that the collector no longer lives to read this acknowledgment
of his prompt, energetic, and judicious action.
The Eeport of the Board of Supervising Inspectors of steam vessels, to whose
supervision Congress has wisely committed the employment of steam in water
transportation, is herewith transmitted. The importance of its action may be
inferred" from the simple statement that there have been inspected during
the past year 933^ steam vessels, valued at $10,135,057, wdth an aggregate
tonnage of 405,000 tons, which have carried, for shorter or longer distances,
6,420,000 passengers. The Secretaiy invites attention to the suggestion of a
safe system of signals, by sounds and lights, adapted to the use of steam vessels,
whether in the merchant or national service, and which may, perhaps, be extended so as to embrace sailing vessels also. Such signals, understood by all,
might avert many disasters and be the means of many benefits, without at all
interfering wdth any peculiar system required for special communication between
vessels of the navy.
The Secretary renews the recommendation of his last report, that authority
be given to sell the buildings erected, but not needed or used, for hospitals, and
also such other buildings as are unoccupied or not required for their intended
purposes.
The operations under the charge of the light-house bureau have been satisfactorily prosecuted during the year. The Cape Charles light-house, at the
entrance of Chesapeake bay, was destroyed, by guerillas in August last. Its
reconstruction is of great importance to commerce, and should be immediately
authorized and provided for.
'
The light-house system of the United States, unlike those of commercial na-
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tions generally, is maintained wholly at our own cost. The Secretary suggests
the expediency of providing for its support and enlargement hereafter, so far astreaty stipulations will permit, by a small duty on tonnage for light-house purposes. The benefits of the system accrue to foreign as well as to American
commerce, and its burdens should be a^^portioned accordingly.
In this report the Secretary necessarily, omits many things; but he cannot
omit the expression of his cordial appreciation of the zeal, intelligence, and
fidelity which the officers of the department generally have brought to the discharge of their several duties. To their labors he sensibly feels and gratefully
acknowledges that he is indebted, in great part, for the measure of success
which has attended its administration.
Still less could h^ excuse himself should he omit to say how distinctly he
recognizes, on looking back through the year, the tokens of that Divine
Providence which has led our country through perils of every kind. How
steadily and grandly, and through what a sea of troubles, under that benignant
care, the Great Eepublic has moved on! How confidently may we trust it>s
Future to the same sacred guidance!
S. P. CHASE,
Secretary of the Treasury,
TREASURY DEPARTMENT, December 10,1863.
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No. L
R E C E I P T S AND E X P E N D I T U E E S
For the fiscal year ending June: 30, 1863.
RECEIPTS. .
The total receipts, includiug a balance on hand July 1,1862,
of $13,043,'546 81, were $901,125,674 .86, as follows:
From.customs
From lands
From miscellaneous sources
From direct tax
From internal duties
$69, 059, 642 40
167,617 17
3, 046, 615 35
,
1, 485, 103 c^l
37, 640, 787 95
,
$111, 399, 766 48
From loans:
For 3-years 7.30 bonds
$17, 263, 450 00 For 5-^20 years 6 per cent, bonds
175, 037, 259 44 ^
For 2-years treasury notes, under act
March 2, 1861
1, 622 00 /
F o r United Stvates notes, under act February 2 5 , 1 8 6 2 . . . , ' .
291, 260, 0.00 00 -'
For United States stock, Washington
and Oregon war debt.
145, 050 00 From temporary loan, under act February 25, 1862
115,226,762 21"^
From certificates of indebtedness, under
^ acts March 1 and 17, 1862
".. 15.7, 479, 261 92
For 20-years 6 per cent, bonds, under
act July 17, 1861
,.
76,500 00
From United States fractional currency
20, 192, 456 00
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'
776,682,361 57
Aggregate receipts
Balance in treasury J u l y 1, 1862
$888, 082, 128 05
13, 043, 546 81
Total resources...
,
$901,125,674 86
From wdiich, however, should be deducted receipts from new
loans, apj)lied during the year in payment of ^ existing
funded or temporary debt, and therefore only nominal receipts...
181,086,635 07
Making the actual amount of receipts
$720, 039, 039 79
EXPENDITURES.
The expenditures were :
For the civil service
For Pensions and Indians
For interest on public debt
For the War Department
For the Navy Department
$23, 253, 922
4, 216, 520
24, 729, 846
599, 298, 600
63, 211, 105
08
79
61
83
27
$714,709,995 58
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To which add payments on account of
public debt as follows :
•
Redemption of treasury notes under acts
prior to July 22, 184^6
Redemption of treasury''notes under acts
December 23,1857, December 17,1860,
and March 2, 1861.
Repayment on account of temporary
loan, under acts February 25 and March
17,1862.
;.
Redemption of United States stock, loan
of 1 8 4 2 . . . . . .
Redemption of 7.30 coupon bonds, under
act July 17, 1861
Redemption of United States stock,
Washington and Oregon war debt . . .
Redemption of United States notes, under
act July 17, 1861
Redemption of United States notes, under
act February 25,1862
Redemption of certificates of indebtedness, under acts March 1 and 17, 1862
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,
$50 00 V
2, 211, 650 00
^
.
67, 516, 993 48 y
•
2,580,743 3 6 /
71, 500 00 ^
69, 550 00 t^
56, 111, 390 00 ,
2,- 099, 000 00 /
'
50, 359, 758 2 3 /
Makingtheaggregateof expenditures. $895, 796, 630 65
But from this aggregate should be deducted payments of existing funded
and temporary debt, all which are
made from new loans, and are therefore only nominal payments
' 181, 086, 635 07
Making the actual expenditures for the year
y^
$7l4, 709, 995 58
Leaving a balance in the treasury July 1, 1863, of
$5, 329, 044 21
No. 2 .,
R E C E I P T S AND E X P E N D I T U R E S
For the fiscal year ending June 30, 1864.
The receipts and expenditures, as.submitted for the current year, show the
actual transactions for the quarter ending 30th September last, and are estimated
for the three remaining quarters. The basis of estimated expenditures is the
amount of appropriations already made and of those asked for. From the
aggregate amount is deducted the probable balance that will remain uiidrawn
on the 1st of July next, by which the amount actually required during the year
is better shown thai! it would otherwise be.
RECEIPTS.
From customs:
i
First quarter, a c t u a l . . .
. . . . . . $22, 562, 018 42
Second, third, and fourth quarters,.
estimated
50, 000, 000 00
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$72,562,018 42
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From internal duties:
First quarter, actual.
,
Three quarters, estimated
$17, 599, 713 59
60, 000, 000 00
$77,599, 713 59
From lands:
First quarter, actual
. . . .'
Three quarters, estimated.;
.
$136, 182 09
300, 000 00
436,182 09
From miscellaneous sources:
First quarter, actual . . .
Three quarters, estimated
$641, 542 04
5, 000, 000 00
5, 641,542 04
Aggregate receipts for the year, actual an,d
estimated, from all sources, other than
from loans
Balance in treasury July 1, 1863 . .
$156, 239, 456 14
, 5 , 329, 044 21
$161,568,500 35
Add amount received from loans during
. the 1st quarter applied to current expenditures
$129, 842, 432 11
Also estimated amount
*
^
derived and to be
derived from loans
.
.
to be disbursed during three other
quarters
$458, 321, 027 96
^
Estimated balance 30
June, 1864
5,836,539 93
' 464, 157, 567 89
•
Making the total receipts from all sources . , , . , .
~ —
594, 000 000 00
$756, 568, 500 35
EXPENDITURES.
The estimates based upon actual disbursements, and on appropriations made
and asked >for the current fiscal year, and including the balances of former
appropriations unexpended on the first of July last, are:
For the civil service:
First quarter, actual
$7, 2L6, 939 31
Second, third, and fourth, quarters,
appropriated
25, 739, 501 08
Appropriations asked for. deficiencies
1,311,371 13
,267,811 52
Fo>- Pensions and Indians:
First quarter, actual
$1, 711, 271 95
Second, third, and fourth quarters,
appropriated
6, 124, 832 86
Appropriations asked for deficiencies
4, 210 00
7,840,314 81
For the War Department:
First quarter, actual. . . .
. . . . .$144, 387, 473 97
Second, third, and fourth quarters,
appropriated
741, 092, 037 14
885,479,511 11
REPORT ON THE FINANCES.
31
For the Na^y Department:
First quarter, actual
$18, 511, 618 86
Second, third, and fourth quarters,
appropriated
91, 602, 567 74
Appropriations asked for deficiencies
2, 865, 000 00
$112,979, 186 60
• For interest on the public debt:
First quarter, actual
Second, third, and fourth quarters,
required
$4, 283, 628 37
54, 881, e508 01
59, 165, 136 38
Aggregate for all purposes other than the public debt
$1, 099, 731, 960 42
Of this amount it m a y b e safely estimated that there will
remain undrawn on the 30th of June next, the sum of. 350, 000, 000 00
Making the aggregate amount actually expended and estimated during the year ending on the 30tli of June, 1864,
for the support of the government and the war, the sum
of...;
$749, 731, 960 42
This sum being deducted from total receipts, as above, there
will remain an estimated balance, on the 30th of June,
1864, of..
$5,836,539 93
NOTE.—There have been received from loans and applied
to current expenditures and reimbursement of public debt
during the quarter ending on September 30,1863, the following sums:
From 5-20 years bonds, under act February 25, 1862
$84,639,628 51
From 6 per.<:ent. 20-years bonds, under
act July-17, 1861
241, 500 00
From United States notes, under act
February 25, 1862
...
15, 452, 000 00
From 2-years 5 per cent, interest-bearing
treasury notes, under act March 3,
1863
13, 000, 000 00
From certificates of indebtedness, under
acts March 1 and 17, 1862
14, 865 000 00
From temporary loan, under acts February 25 and March 17, 1862
.32, 690, 013 84
To which add drafts on balances of dis, bursing officers
11, 574, 940 36
172,463,082 71
Of which amount the following sums have been applied
during the quarter, in payment of existing funded and
temporary debt, namely:
For redemption of stock, loan of 1842..
$60, 000 00
For redemption of Oregon war d e b t . . . .
5, 30.0 00
For redemption of 7-30 coupon bonds,
underact July 17,1861
6, 000 00
For redemption of United States notes,
under act July 17,1861
1, 258, 500 00
32.
REPORT ON THE FINANCES.
For redemption of United States notes,
under act February 25,1862
$337, 279
For redemption of certificates of indebtedness, under acts March 1 and 17,1862
12, 345, 804
For redemption of temporary loan, under
,
acts February 25 and March 17, 1862
27, 203, 017
For redemption of fractional currency,
under acts July 17, 1862, and March
3,1863..^
1,299,600
For redemption of treasury notes, under
act December 23, 1857
'
800
For redemption of treasury notes, under
act March 3, 1861
.'.
104, 350
—.,
00
16
44
00
00
•
00
$42,620,650 60
Showing as the amount from loans actually applied to expenditures, of the first quarter of 1864
$129, 842, 432 11
And there has been, and remains to be, provided for the
second, tliird, and fourth quarters, from
loans, the sum of.'.
$458, 321, 027' 96
.
'
And the estimated balance in the treasury
on the 30th of June, 1864.,
- 5, 836, 539 93
^—
464,157,567 89
Making the apparent' aggregate by which the public debt
will be increased during the year. ,
i . , . $594, 000, 000 00
From which deduct the estimated balance
5, 836, 539 93
Making the actual increase of the public debt during the
fiscal year 1864
$588, 163, 460 07
Receipts and expenditures f o r the months qf October and November, 1863.
RECEIPTS.
From
From
From
From
customs
'.
internal duties
lands.,
miscellaneous sources
$15, 336, 418
17, 435, 751
46, 003
2, Oil, 529
93
71
10
44
Making total resources, except from loans
$34, 829, 703 18
These receipts do not include the entire month of November,
complete returns for that month not having been received from
all points. These returns will probably increase the sum of
receipts % about
,
800,000 00
Making the total receipts for the two months from ordinary
sources
$35, 629, 703 18
Add receipts from loans, except of sums applied in payment
of funded or temporary debt
. . . . I l l , 131, 027 98
Making the total receipts from all sources, e5:cept as above. .$146, 760, 731 16
REPORT ON THE FINANCES.
33
EXPENDITtJRES.
For
For
For
For
For
the civil service
interest on the public debt
Pensions and Indians
War Department
Navy Department
Making the aggregate amount expended
during the. raonths of October and No. vember for the support of the government and^the w a r . . . '
$4, 078, 134 88
12, 504,. 886 46
1, 124, 123 - 22
110, 247, 413 96
18, 806, 172 64
,
»
, . , . , . . . , . . . .$146, 760, 731 16
NOTE.—There have been received from loans, and applied to current expenditures and reimbursement of public debt, during the months of October and
November, assuming the receipts to have been as above explained, the following
sums:
From 5-20 years bonds, under act February 25, 1862
.$111, 952, 957 79
From temporary loan, under acts February
25 and March 17, 1862
11, 097, 251 23
From two-years 5 per cent, interest-bearing
treasury notes, under act March 3, 1863. 35, 032, 800 00
From United States notes, under act February 25, 1862
15,508, 880 00
From fractional currency, under acts July
17, 1862, and March 3, 1863
238, 000 00
From cert-ificates of indebtedness, under
acts March 1 and 17,. 1862
21,113, 000 00
To which add drafts on balances of disbm-sing officers
20, 559, 201 98
—
$215,502,091 00
Of which Amount the following sums have
been applied during the months of October
and November in payment of existing funded
and temporary debt, namely :
Redemption of treasury notesy under act July
17,1861
$788,742 25
Redemption of treasury notes, underact February 25, 1862
539, 913 90
Redemption of temporary loan, under act
February 25, 1862
.^
66, 336, 223 53
Redemption of fractional currency, under
acts July 17, 1862, and March 3, 1863"..
1, 927, 545 85
Redemption of certificates of indebtedness,
under acts March 1 and 17, 1862
33, 430, 437 49
Redemption of treasury notes, under act
December 23, 1857
200 00
Redemption of treasury notes, under act
March 2, 1861
1, 343, 700 00
Redemption pf United States stock, loan of
1842
4,300 00
104, 371, 063 02.
Showing the ainount from loans actually applied to expenditures of the months of October and November, 1863, to
be as. above s t a t e d . . .
$111,131,02.7 98
3 p
.
, •"-m.-
34
REPORT ON THE FINANCES.
No.-3. •
.-
•
R E C E I P T S AND E X P E N D I T U R E S
As estimated f o r the year ending June 30, 1865.
RECEIPTS.
Estimated 4)alance J u l y 1, 1864
From customs
From internal duties.
From lands.. .
From miscellaneous sources
,
I
. f,
,
\ $5, 836, 539
70, 000, 000
125, 000, Q O
O
1,000,000
5, 000, O O
Q
93
00
00
00
00
$206,836,539 93
EXPENDITURES.
Balance of former appropriations estimated to be unexpended on the 1st of July, 1864
$350, 00.0, 000 00
For civil service, foreign intercourse, and miscellaneous....
27, 973, 194 81
Interior Department, Pensions and Indians.
9, 631, 304 73
War Department
"
:........,
536, 204, 12t 77
Navy Department
'.
142, 618, 785 40
Interest on public debt
.*..
85, 387, 676 15
$1, 151, 8i5, 088 86
Of this amount it may be estimated that there will remain
undrawm on the 30th of June, 1865, the sum of
400, 000, 000 00
Aggregate for the y e a r . . ;
$751, 815, 088 86
The estimated receipts, as before stated, for that year are
placed at
...
206,836,539 93
Leaving to be provided for by loans
$544, 978, 548 93
No. 4. ^
Statement of duties, revenues, and public expenditures during the fiscal year
ending June 30, 1863, agreeably to warrants issued, exclusive of trust funds:
The receipts into the treasury were as follows :
From customs, viz: '
During the quarter ending September 30, 1862.... $23, 041,736 59
'
During the quarter ending December 31, 1862-•.... 13,354,505 41
During the quarter ending March 31, 1863...
15,443,53137
During tho quarter ending June 30, 1863
17,219,869 03
—
' ' ' " ' %m, 059,642 40
From sales of public lands, viz:
During the quarter ending Septem.her 30, 1862....
$22,181 04
During the quarter ending December 31, 1862
5,428 38
During the quarter ending March 31, 1833
30,43122 :
During the quarter ending June 3Q, 1863. 109,576 53
—^-^
167,617 17
RE"PORT
O N THE
FINANCES.
35
From direct tax...
!
.From internal revenue
:
From-miscellaneous and incidental sources
From United States fractional currency
-•
From two-years 6 per cent, treasury notes, under act of March 2, 1861
From six per cent, twenty-years bonds, under act of July 17, 1861
..
From 7-30 three-years coupon bonds, under acts of July 17 and August 5,
1862.
From 5-20 j^ears bonds, under act of February 25, 1862'
From stock for Washington and Oregon war debt
From United States notes, underact of February 25, 1862.-..-.
From certificates of indebtedness, under acts of March 1 and 17, 1862
From temporary loans, under-acts February 25 and March 17, 1 8 6 2 . . . . . .
Total receipts
'.
1
For Congress, including books
For executive
• Forjudiciary
For government in the Territories
For officers of the mint and branches, and assay office
atNewYork
For assistant treasurers and their clerks
For supervising and local inspectors, &c
For surveyors-general and' their clerks
•-..
Total civil list
13, 043,546 81
$901,125,674 86,
The expenditures for the year were as follows:
^
17,263,450 00 /
175,; 037,259 44 v' 145, 050 00 ^
291,260,000.00^
157,479,261 92"'
115,226,762 21 "
^
888,082,128 0 5 ,
Balance in the treasury on July 1, 1862
Total means
$1,485,103 61 ^
37, 640, 787 95 ^
3, 046, 615 35 -^
20.192, 456 00 "^
1,- 622 00 '»^ •
76,500 00 v
'^' ;. \ , ^\- \ \ \
$2,252, 510 91
2,515,853 12
1,088,196 74
,
192,460 16
,
78,45186
77,-398 07
63, 310 67
83,237 25
$6,350,^618 78
F O R E I G N INTERCOURSE.
For salaries of ministers, &c
$305,982 39
For salaries of secretaries and assistant secretaries of
legation
58,439 32
For salaries of consuls-general, &c., including loss in
exchange
'....
412, 331 85
For salaries of secretaries of legation to China and
Japan, as interpreters
-...^.
.
1,326 11
For salaries of intei'preters to consuls in China'.
3,705 64
For interpreters, guards, and other expenses of consulates in the Turkish dominions
3,228 44
For contingent expenses of all the missions abroad
.
56, 007 87 ,
For contingent expenses of foreign intercourse
^ 111, 188 09
For ofnce rent of consuls who are not allowed to trade..
31, 873 39
For purchase of blank books, stationery, &c., for con. suls
42,732 80
For salaries of marshals of consular courts in Japan
and rent of premises, "'&c
•....
9,286 59
For relief and protection of American seamen
146,590 00
.For bringing homo from foreign countries persons
charged with crime*
3, 378 00
For expenses of acknowledging the services of masters
and crews of foreign vessels in rescuing American
citizens from shipwreck
.
2,000 00
For compensation of commissioner and interpreter under
. convention-with New Granada
12, 099 98
For compensation of commissioner and interpreter under
convention with Costa Rica
5,392 86
For compensation of commissioner, &c., to run and
mark the boundary between the United States and
British possessions bounding on Washington Territory . .
13,795 19
. For prosecution of work, including pay of commissioner, per first article of reciprocity treaty with .
GreatBritain
,...
8,000 00 .
'
.
,
36
REPORT O:^ TPIE FINANCES.
For. carrying into effect the convention between the
United States and the republic of Peru ibr the settlement of claims, under act of March 3, J 863
::
For expenses of executing the neutrality act of April
12, 1818
"
$2, 000 00
2,496 46
^ 11,231,854 98
From which deduct repayments on account of appropria^
.
> tions under which there were no expenditures during
theyear
441 92
Total foreign intercourse
$1,231,413 06
IVnSCELLANEOUS.
For mint establishment
$600,074 20
For contingent expenses under the act for safe-keeping
of the public revenue.-.'.--•.-..-...'
..'.
44,55040
For compensation to persons designated to receive and
keep the public revenue..'..'.".':.'::.'/:..... V V . . . . . . . ' '
1,049 74
For compensation to special agents' to examine the
• hooks, &c., in the several depositories
3,651 96
For building vaults as additional security to the public
funds in sixty-six depositories
.'
1
2,686 00
For survey of the Altahticand Gulf coasts of the United
States
•
--..:....192,400 00
For survey of the western coast of the United States
75,000 00
For survey Of the Florida reefs and keys
20,000 00
Fpr 1 publishing observatioiis made in the progress of
the survey of the coast of the United States
4,000,00
For pay and rations of engineers of steamers used in
the coast survey.
.
9, 000 00
For repairs of vessels used in the coast survey
4, 000 00
For payment of horses and other property lost or destroyed in the military service of the United States...
40,955 26
For claims not otherwise provided for
1. : . . .
4,563 73
For expenses of the Smithsonian Institute, under act
August 10,1846
.-
:....:..::::..;:
For supplying deficiencies in the revenues of the Post
Office D e p a r t m e n t - . . . . . . . . ,
.........:
For services of the Cahfornia central route .. -•
For running a line to connect the triangulation of the
Atlantic with the Gulf of Mexico
For facilitating communication between the Atlantic
and Pacific States by electric telegraph
•
For preservation of the collections of the exploring- and
surveying expeditions of the government
For quieting certain land titles in the State of Maine...
For collection of agricultural statistics
For purchase of blank checks for the use of the offices
of the assistant treasurers of the United States
For constructing burglar-proof vaults for the assistant
treasurer at New York, ahd fire proof file-cases for
the collector at New York, aud for incidental expenses
of a change of location of their offices
For continuation of the Treasury building.
For General Post Office extension
For building post offices, court-houses, &c., including
purchase of sites
For compensation of prize commissioners and other ex- •
penses connected therewith, under act of July 17, 1862
For salaries of commissioners in insurrectionary districts in the. United States, clerks, &c., under act
February 13, 1863
'
For compensation to .H. K. Brown and others for thirteen
months' services as art commissioners
For detection and bringing to trial persons engaged in
counterfeiting the coin, &c., of the United States
For the release of certain persons held to service or
labor in the District of Columbia.For expenses, commissions, &c., to carry into effect
a national loan
acts for
."
30,9io 14 "
249,313 98.
500,000 00
4,000 00
56,657 83
4,000 00
57, 330 C
O
80, 000 00
2,500 00
166,562 26
571,714 87
3,366 89
83,740 61
26,354 22
8,498 28
9,000 00
9,035 34
993,406 35
1,782,456 99
REPORT ON T H E FINANCES.
For allowance or drawback on articles on which internal duties or tax has been paid
For expenses of collecting the revenue from customs
For repayments to importers the excess of deposits from
ascertained duties . : .
For debentures on drawbacks, bounties or allowances ..
For debentures and other charges, under act October 16,
1837
:
For refunding duties on arms imported by States.
For refunding duties under the act extending the warehouse system
For additional compensation to collectors, naval officers, &c
--..-...
For salaries of special examiners of drugs...
For support and niaintenance of hght-houses,.&c
For building fight-houses, &c., and for beacons, buoys,
&c
,
•.........,..:..
For life-boats, compensation of keepers of stations. Sec.
For marine hospital establishment......'
,.
For building marine hospitals, including, repairs, & c . . .
For building custom-houses, including repairs
For purchase or constructiori of steam or sailing revenue
cutters
•----.--.
-.-For expenses of collecting revenue from sales of public
lands
...'.,
For surveys of public lands - --.---.-.
.---.For surveying public and private land claims in California...,
...........,.,,,.,.,-.,,,
For preparing unfinished records of public and private .
surveys to be transferred to the State authorities
"
For services of special counsel, &.c,, in defending the*
title to public property in California
For rent of surveyor-generals' offices, &c...
For repayments of lands erroneously sold
.....
^ For indemnity for swamp lands sold to individuals
'.
° For five per centum to the State of Minnesota
For expenses of taking the eighth census
For expenses of taking census in Territory of Colorado..
For suppression of the slave trade.
For colonization of persons of African descent residing
in the District of Columbia
For. United States Capitol extension.•.- .•.-.For.new dome of the United States- Capitol.
-..
For completing the Washington aqueduct. .--•
..
For alterations and repairs of buildings in Washington,
improvement of grounds, &:.c
..•..-;....-......:.
For compensation of public gardener, gate-keepers, watchmen, laborers, &.C
,
....:...'...•.....
For salaries and other necessary expenses of the Metropolitan Police.'..
For lighting the Capitol, President's House, &c., with ^
gas
.For penitentiary in the District of Columbia
,..
For asylum for insaiic of District of Columbia and aruiy.
and navy of the United States
For Columbian Institute for Deaf, Dumb, and Blind fnr
District of Columbia.
For support of transient paupers in the- District of Columbia ..
-'..
For Potomac and Eastern Branch bridges, compensation
of draw-keeper, &c
For patent fund...
'
For expense of packing and distributing congressional
journals and documents. - ".
For relief of sundry individuals
•
For some work of art to be executed by Hiram Powers..
For sundry items
—
.•
Total miscellaneous
"
37
$632,507 27
3,238,936 67
2,262,770 59
1, 026,135 58
7,027 24
11,703 00
4,837 80
4,118 03
. 4 , 537 33
862, 089 41
10,996
12,151
198,933
'
5,462
100,174
01
10
60
84
79
68,749 84
111,25.4 06
74, 346 83'
19,02188
7, 418 75
24,203 90
13,511 35
12, 947 38
37,189 78
948 07
129,977 03
'3,262 68
31,939 41
•
28,420 00
288,500 00
103,859 21
92, 000 00
59, 369 51
25,354 00
98,000 00
60,077 17
.12,919 93
47,500 00
15,650 00
5,154 00
13,093 76
2'00,977 31
6, 000 00
36,862 38
.5, 000 00
15,221 70
$15,671,890 24
38
•
REPORT ON THE FINANCES.
UNDER T l I E ^ D m E C T I O N OF T H E I N T E R I O R DEPARTIVIENT.
For
For
For
For
Indian'department.
ptosions, military
pensions, naval
rehef of sundry individuals and miscellaneous..
$3,140,194
908,232
167,597
496
44
16
39
80
Total Interior Department
$4,216,520 ^tf
UNDER T H E DIRECTION OF T H E WAR D E P A R T M E N T .
For pay of the army proper
.....
$5,179,196 .39
For pay of volunteers
:
201,270,432 79
For subsistence of volunteers and regulars
69,151,724 37
For quartermaster's department
239, 005, 029 67
For {irms, ordnance, &.c
42,746,114 31
I'or organi:;ing volunteers and payment of b o u n t y . . . . . .
19,724, 091 10.
For expenses of recruiting
260,222 81
For medical and hospital department
11,896,796 68
For forts, arsenals, armories, &c.
4, 300,236 77
For refunding to States expenses incurred in raising volunteers
. 2,544,383 25
For arms, &c., fbr loyal citizens in revolted States
847,000 00
For Military Academy at West Point
65,600 00
For miscellaneous
,
2,307,772. 69
Total War Department....
$598»,298;600 83
UNDER T H E D m E C T I O N OF T H E NAVY D E P A R T M E N T .
For pay of the n a v y . . . .
For construction and repair
Fpr ordnance, &c
For provisions and clothing
For equipment and recruiting
For contingencies of the navy
Foryards and d o c k s . .
For marine corps
For medicine and surgery
For navigation, &c
For Naval Academy
For relief of sundry individuals
'.
$12,495,516
32,272,253
6,515, 590
..
4,143,764
3,071, 395
2,002,948
1,431,981
986, 062
^..
133,281
88,631
38,016
31, 663
48
24
55
51
02
62
60
32
37
82
07
67
,
TotalNavy Department
$63,211,105 27
Total expenditures, exclusive of the pubKc_debt
$689,930 148 97
PUBLIC D E B T .
/ For interest on the public debt, including treasury notes. " $24,729,846
•^ For redempiion of stock, loan of 1842
» 2,580,743
For reimbursement of treasury notes issued under acts
prior to July 2«2, 1846
.•
50
For payment of treasury notes issued underact December 23, 1857
58,600
For payment of treasury notes issued under act Decemberl7,l860
8,700
For payment of treasury notes issued under act March
2, 1861
2,144,350
• For redemption of 7-30 coupon bonds, under act .July
/
. 17, J861
71,500
For redemption of United States notes, under act July
17, JSG;I
00 ^
00
s I.
00 v j
00 V
00 -
56,177,390 00 '^
For redemption of United States notes, under act Febrwary 25, 1862
'
For redcir.p^on of certificates of indebtedness, under acts
March J and 17, 1862
'.
61
36 '^
.
.
2,099,000 00 ^
r
50,359,758 23 ""
^^
\
REPORT ON THE FINANCES.
For redemption of United States stock, Washington and
Oregon war debt
For reimbursement of temporary loans, under acts February 25 aud March 17, 1862
Total public debt
39
...
$69,550.00 ^
'
67,'516,993 48 X
.^
^
.
y
$205,816,481 68
Total expenditures
$895,796,630 65
Balance in the treasury July 1, 1863...
$5,329,044 21
RECAPITULATION.
Aggregate receipts for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1863
.Balance in the treasury on July 1, 1862
_
N $8SS, 082,128 05
.
13,043,546 81
.Total means.
$901,125,674 86 •
From which deduct amount received from new loans and disbursed during
- the year on account of funded or temporary debt, and therefore only a
'
.
nominal receipt or expenditure
181,086,635 07
Amount of receipts other than for new loans to pay existing debt
.
$720,039,039 79
Aggregate expenditures for the year
$895,796,630 65
Deduct reimbursement from proceeds of new loans of permanent and temporary debt
181,086,635 07
Amount of disbursements for the year, exclusive of reimbursements, as
above. ..."
714,709,995 58
Balance in the treasury on Jidy 1, 1863, as above
$5,329,044 21
L. E. CHITTENDEN, Register.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
Register's Offce, Npvemher 27, 1863.
No.'5.
Statement q f the receipts a n d expenditures o f the United States f o r the quarter
ending September 30, 1863, exclusive o f trust f u n d s .
RECEIPTS.
Customs
$22,562,018 42
Sales of public lands
136,182 09
Internal revenue
1
17,599,713 59
Miscellaneous
•.
641,542 04
United States notes, under act February 25, 1862
15,452, 000 00
5-20 years bonds, under act February 25, 1862
84,639,628 51
Six per cent, twenty-years bonds, under acts July 17 and August 5, 1861.
241,500 00
Two years 5 per cent, interest-bearing treasury notes, under act March 3,
1863
'
13,000,000 00
Certificates of indebtedness, under acts March 1 and 17, 1862
14,865,000 00
Temporary loans, under acts February 25 and March 17, 1862.1
32,690,013 84
$201,827,598 49
EXPENDITURES.
Civil, foreign intercourse, and miscellaneous
Interior, (Pensions and Indians)
War
Navy
Interest on the public debt, including treasury notes
Redemption of stock, loan of 1842... ^ . . . :
Redemption of Oregon war debt.
:
Redemption of 7-30 coupon bonds, under act July 17,
1861.......
/
$7,216,939
1,711,271
144,387,473
18,511,618
$4,283,628 37
60,000 00
5, 300 00
6,000 00
31
95
97
86
40
REPORT ON T H E FINANCES.
Redemption of United States notes, under act-July 17,
1861
$1,258,500 00
Redemption of United States notes, under act February
25, 1862
337,27900
Redemption of certificates of indebtedness, under acts
Marchlandl7, 1862...,,
..12,34.5,804 16
Redemption of temporary loan, under acts February 25
andMarch 17, 1 8 6 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
...,..,.,.
27,203,017 44
Redemption of postage and other stamps, under act July
17, 1862
•
.,...,,.,.,..,,
1,299^60000
Redemption of treasury notes, under act December 23,
1857
800 00
Redemption of treasury notes, under act March 3, 1861..
104,350 00
.
$46,904,278 97
$218,731,583 06
,
;
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
Register's. Offce, Novemher 27, 1863.
„ L. E. CHITTENDEN, Register,
STATEMENT
IIDEBTEBIESS OP THE TJIITED STATES.
42
REPORT ON THE FINANCES.
No. 6.—THE INDEBTEDNESS
Acts ofJuIy 21,1841,
and April 15,1842.
Act of July ^ , 1846
Act of J a n . 28,1847,
A c t o f M a r . 31,1848.
Act of Sept. 9,1850.
Old funded and un-,
funded debt.
Acts prior to 1857...
Authorized a loan of $12,000,000, bearing interest at a rate
not exceeding 6 per cent, per a n n u m , and reimbursable at
the will of the Secretary, after six months' notice, or at any
time after three years from the 1st of Jiinuary, 1842. T h e
act of April 15, 1842, authorized the loan of an additional,
sum of $5,000,000, and made the amount obtained on the
loan after the passage of this act, reimbursable after six
m o n t h s ' notice, or at any time, not exceeding twenty years,
from the first day of January, 1843. This loan was made
for the purpose of redeeming outstanding treasury notes,
and to defray any of the public expenses.
Aiuhorized an issue of $10,000,000 in treasury notes, bearing
interest at a rate not exceeding 6 per cent, per a n n u m , and
payable one year from date. Instead of issuing the whole
amount in treasury notes, autlioriiy was given to borrow
any part of it, and issue thepefor bonds in the same form
and under the same restrictions, limitations, and provisions
contained in the a c t o f April 15, 1842. T h e whole amount
of treasury notes and bonds issued under this act not to
exceed v'^!0,000,000. Authority was given the Secretary to
purchase the treasury notes at any time.
Authorized the issue of $23,000,000 j,n treasury notes^ bearing
interest at a rate not exceeding 6 per c e n t . p e r aniiunr,
with authority to borrow any portion of the amount, and
issue bonds therefor, bearing interest at a rate not exceeding 6 per cent., and redeemable after the 3lst of Decern
ber, 1867. The I3th section authorized the fimdingov these
notes into bonds of the same description. T h e act limited
the amount to be borrowed or is.'^ired in .reasury notes
and funded as aforesaid to $23.,000,000, bui authorized the
funding of treasury notes issued under former acts beyond
that amount. T h e excess of the $23,000,000 is made up of
treasury notes funded under the 14th section.
Authorized a loan of $16,000,000, bearing interest at a rate
not exceeding 6 per cent, per annum, and re"mbur.>'able at
any time after twenty years tVom Ist of July, 1848. Auihority was given the Secretary to purchase the stock at any
time.
Authorized the issue of $10,000,000 in bonds, bearing 5 per
cent, interest, and redeemable at the end of fourteen years,
to indemnify the State of T e x a s for her relinquishment of
all claims upon the United States for liability of the debts of
T e x a s , and for compensation for the surrender to the
UnitedStates of her ships, forts, arsenals, c u s t o m h o u s e s ,
&c , which became the property of the United States at the
time of annexation.
Consisting of unclaimed dividends upon stocks issued before
the year 1800 and those issued during the war of 1812.
Different issues of treasury notes
Authorized an issue of $20,000,000 in treasury notes, bearing
interest at a rate not exeeding 6 per cent, per annum, and
receivable in payment of all public du«s, and to be redeemed after the expiration of one year frora the date of
said notes.
A c t o f J u n e 14,1858. Authorized a loan of $20,000,000, bearing interest at a. rate
not exceeding 5 per cent, per annum, and reimbursable at
the option of the government at any time after the expiration of fifteen years from the 1st of JariAjary, 1859.
A c t o f J u n e 2 2 , 1 8 8 0 . Authorized a loan of $21,000,000, bearing interest at a rate
not exceeding. 6 p e r c e n t , per annum, and reimbursable
within a period not beyond twenty years, and not less than
ten years, lor the redemption of outstanding treasury notes,
and for no other purpose.
Authorized an issue of $10,000,000 in treasury notes, to be
Act of Dec. 17,1860.
redeemed after the expiration of one year from the date of
issue, and bearing such a rate of interest as m a y b e offered
by the lowest bidders. Authority was given to issue these
notes in payment of warrants in favor of public creditors
at their par value, bearing 6 per cent, interest per a n n u m .
Authorized a loan of $25,000,000, bearing interest at a rate
Actof Feb. 8, 1861.
not exceeding six per cent, per annum, and reimbursable
within a period not beyond twenty years nor less than ten
years. This loan was made for the payment of the current expenses, and was to be awarded to t h e most favorable bidders.
ActofDec.23,1857.
Loan of 1842..
Twenty
years.
Loan of 1846..
Ten
years.
Loan of 1847..
Twenty
years.
Loan of 1848... Twenty
years.
T e x a n indemnity.
Fifteen
years.
Old funded debt. Demand
Treaeury notes.
Treasury notes,
One
year.
Loan of 1858... Fifleen
years.
Loan of 1860...
Ten
years.
Treasury notes.
One
year.
Loan of F e b . T w e n t y
years,
1861.
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REPORT ON THE FINANCES.
OF THE UNITED STATES.
<
After D e c . 31,1862. I per ct,
per an
num.
After Nov. 12,1856. . d o . . .
$17,000,000 $8,343,886.03 $2,883,364 11
Par,
$302,620 75
$242,620 75
10,000,000 4,999,149 45
After Dec. 31,1867. . . d o . . .
23,000,000 28,207,150 00
9,415,250 00
9,415,250 00
9,415,250 00
After J u l y l , 18C8. . . d o . . . .
16,000,000 16,000,000 00
.8,908,341 80
8,908,341 80
8,908,341 I
After Dec. 31,1864. 5 p e r c t . Par.
pi:ran
num.
10,000,000 5,000,000 00
3,461,000 00
3,461,000 00
3,461,000 Op
On demand.
114,118 54
114,115^8
114,115 48
On demand.
104,811 64
104,561 64
104,511 64
20,000,000 20,000,000 00
4,636,800 00
13,000 00
12,900 00
After Dec. 31,1873. 5 per ct.
p;r annum
20,000,000 20,000,000 00
20,000,000 00
20,000,000 00
20,000,000 00
Afler Dec.31,1870. . . d o . . . .
21,000,000 7,022,000 00
7,022,000 00
7,022,000 00
. 7,022,000 00
6 & 12 Par.
One year after date pr. ct. p.
annur
10,000,OOC 10,000,000 00
10,000,000 00
1,600 00
600 00
25,000,000 18,415,000 00
1,981,000 00
18,415,000 O
O
18,415,000 00
3&. 6pr.
c pr. an
Inil to6
pep.an
One year after date. 3 & 5i p
ct. per
annum
After J u n e 1, 1881.
6 percl
per annum.
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REPORT ON THE FINANCES.
. 6.-~THE INDEBTEDNESS OF THE
Acts authorizing loans, and synopsis of same.
A c t o f M a r . 2,1861.
A c t o f M a r . 2,1861.
, Acts of July 17,1861
and Aug. 5,1861.
A c t o f F e b . 25,1862.
A c t o f M a r . 17,1862.
ActofJulyll,1862.
A c t o f M a r . 1,1862..
A c t o f July 11,1862,
Act of July 17,1862
Resolution of Congress, J a n . 17,1863,
Authorized a loan of $10,000,000, bearing interest at a rate
not exceeding 6 per cent, per annum", and reimbursable
after the expiration often years from July 1,1861. In case
proposals for the loan were not acceptable, authority was
given to'issue the whole amount in treasury notes, bearing
interest at a rate net exceeding 6 per cent, per annum.
Treasury
Authority was also given to substitute treasury notes lor
the whole or any part of the loans for which the Secretary
was by law authorized to contract and issue bonds, at the
time of the passage of this act, and ssuch treasury notes
were to be made receivable in. payment of all public dues,
and redeemable at any time within two years from March
2,1861. .
.
J
Authorized an issue, should the Secretary of the Treasury Oregon w a r . ,
deem it expedient, of $2,800,000 in coiipon bonds, bearing
interest at the rate of 6 per cent.^per annmn, and redeemable i n twenty years, for the payment of expenses incurred
by the Territories of Washington and Oregon in the suppression of Indian hostilities during the years 1855-'56.
Authorized a loan of $250,000,000, for which could be is.?ued ] 20 yr's sixes . .
bonds bearing, interest at a rate not exceeding 7 per cent,
per a n n u m , irredeemable for twenty years', and after that
redeemable a t ^ h e pleasure of the United States.
.
Treasury notes bearing interest a t t h e rate of 7.30 per cent,
7.39 notes . . .
per annuin, payable three years after date ; and
(Two issues.)
United States notes without interest, payable on demand, to
the extent of $50,000,000. (Increased by act ol February
12, 1862, to $60,000,000.*)
T h e bond.s and treasury notes to be issued in such proportions
of each, as the Secretary may deem advisable.
T h e supplementary a c t o f August 5, i8Gl, iauthorized an issue
of b nd.-^ bearing 6 per cent. intei;est ptir ainmin, and payable
at the pleasure of the United S'laicb alter twenty years frooa
date, which may be issued in exchange for 7.30 treasury
. n o t e s ; but no such bonds to be issued lor a less sum than
$500, and the whole amount of such bonds not to exceed
the wliole amount of 7.30 treasury notes issued. •.
Authorized the issue of ^150,00u,000 in legal lender United
Slates notes, $50,000,0o0 of which to be in lieu of dtniand
notes issued under a c t o f July l7,1861, $500,000,000 in 6 per
cent, bonds, redeemable after five years, and payable
"^ twenty years from date, which may be exchanged for
United States notes, and a temporary loan of $25,0UJ,0U0 in
United States notes for not less than liiirty days, payable
after ten days' notice at 5 per cent interest per annum.
(This last was increased to $100,000,000 by the .following
acts.)
iT
Authorized an increase of temporary loans of $25,000,000,
bearing interest,at a rate not exceeding 5 per cent, per
annum. (Included above.)
Authorized a further increase of temporary loans of
$50,100,000, making the ^whole amount autliorized
$100,000,000. (Included above.)
Authorized an issue of certificates of indebtedness, payable
one year from date, in settlement of audited claims against
the government. . Interest 6 per cent, per audum, payable
in gold on those issued prior to March 4,1863, and in lawful
currency on those issued on and alter that date. Amountof
issue not specified.
Authorized an additional issue of $150,000,000 legal tender
notes, $35,000,0(10 of which might be in denominations less
than five dollars. $50,000,000 of this issue to be reserved
to pay temporary loans promptly in case of emergency.
Auiliorizt'dan issue of notes ot the fractional part of one dol*lar, receivable in payment of all due.9, except customs, less
than five dollars, and exchangeable for United States notes
in sums not less than five dollars. Amount of issue not
specific^d.
—
Authorized the issue of $100,000,000 in United States notes
for the mimediate payment of the army and n a v y ; such
notes to be a part of the amount provided for in any bill
that may hureafter be passed by this Congress, T h e
amount in this resolution is included in act of Mar. 3,1863,
2 years.
60 days
20yr8..
20 yrs
|3yrs|
Dem'd n o t e s . . Payable
on demand.
20 yr's sixes.
U. S. notes,
new i.fsue.
Five-twenties
20 yrs.
5 or 20
years.
Teiii'y l o a n . . . Not less
than 30
days
Certificates of
indebtedness.
1 year,
United States
notes.
Postal currency.
* Act of February 12,1862, authorized an increase of $10,000,000 demand notes, included in above state
ment.
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REPORT ON T H E FINANCES.
UNITED STATES—Gontinued.
rt.€
$22,468,100
2 yrs. after date 1
6pr.ct.
pr.an.
12,896,350
60 dys. after date J
After J u l y l , 1881. . . d o . . .
$2,600,000
1,090,850
6 pr.cf.
pr. an.
f50,000,000
After Aug. 18, '64 7.30 p. c
After Sept. 30, '64 per an.
53,003,300
86,995,700
After June 30,'81
After J u n e 30, '81
O
52,981,000 00 '' 52,725,350 G
86,989,500 00 / 86,953,650 00
Exch'dfor
7.30 notes,
6 pr, ct
per an
28,500 00
500,000,0001 Being is
. sued.
days'
4 and 5 Par. 100,000,000
. pr. ct.
pr.an.
after
6 p r . c t Par. Not specifi'd
pr. an
.do.
150,000,000j 150,000,OQ(
None
50,000,000 0 0 .
3,351,019 75 /
Par. 150,000,000 150,000,000]
One year
date.
50,000,000^00
1,016,000 00
2,022,173 00
[.250,000,000
After April 30,18671 6 pr. ct Par
pr.an.
After ten
notice.
1,021,300 00 ^
60,000,000
No in-terest.
Demand.
$512,900 00
$776,750 00
Par,
Not specifi'd
20,192,456
t $50,000,000 at 89.32 to make an equivalent to 7 per cent, investment.
t$13,'000,000 at a premium of 3.25; balance at par.
4
320,000 00
147;767,114 00 ^147,767,114 00
168,880,250 00 / 278,511,500 00
y
102,384,085 30 Ao4,934,102 70
156,784,241 65 | / 156,918,437 49
150,000,000 00
150,000,000 00
20,192,455 00
/ 17,766 056 00
REPORT ON THE FINANCES.
46
No. 6.—THE INDEBTEDNESS OP THE
a
o
Acts authorizing loans, and synopsis of same.
Title.
o
A c t of March 3 , 1
Authorized a loan of $300,000,000 for this and $600,000,000
, for the next fiscal year, for which could be issued bonds
running not less than ten nor more than forty years, principal and interest payable in coin,' bearing interest at a rate
not exceeding 6 per cent, per annum, payable on bonds not
exceeding $100, annually, and on all others semi-annually.
And treasury notes (to the amount of $400,000,000) not exceeding three years to run, with interest at not over 6
per cent, per annum, principal and intereti payable in lawful nioney, which may be made a legal tender for tlieir
' face value, excluding interest, or convertible into UnitedStates notes. And a further issue of $150,000,000 in United
Slates notes for the purpose of converting the treasury notes
which may be issued under this act, and for no other purpose. And a further issue, if necessary, for the payment
of the army and navy, and other creditors of tlie govern^ United States
ment, of $150,000,000 in United States notes, which amount
notes (new
includes the $100,000,000 authorized by the joint resoluissue.)
tion of Congress, January 17, 1863. T h e whole amount of
bonds, treasury notes, and United States notes issued under this act not to exceed the sum of $900,000,000.
A c t o f M a r c h 3 , 1 8 6 3 . Authorized an issue not exceeding $50,000,000 in fractional
currency, (in lieu of postage or other stamps,) exchangeable
for U. S. notes in sums not less than three dollars, and receivable for any dues to the U. S. less than five dollars, except duties on imports. T h e whole amount issued, including
postage and other stamps issued as currency, not to exceed
$50,000,000. Authority was given to prepare it in the Treasury Department, under the supervision of the Secretary.
/
Total
..t
• 1
Hi
47
REPORT ON THE FINANCES.
a
.2
o
rt
S
a
.IS
OJ-
o
a.
..
O
f
a
O
Outstanding June
30, 1863.
IJNITED STATES—Continued.
m
•
I S
•
2
•
-
P
-
•
None.
.... ^150,000,000 $104,989,937 ••*•
••••
4l04,069;937 00
$89,879,475 00
50,000,000
•
•
.$68,482,686 19 1,098,793, ISA, 37 1,222,113,559 86
REPORT ON THE FINANCES.
49
OFFICE OF COMPTROLLER OF THE CURRENCY,
November 28, 1863.
In compliance with the requirements of 60th seetion of the act of Congress
entitled an " Act to provide a national currency secured by a pledge of United
States stocks, and to provide for the-circulation and redemption thereof,"! have
the honor to submit the following report.
^
'
Up to the preaent time there have been organized under said act one hundred
and thirty-four banks, which are located as follows:
In
In
In
In
In
In
In
In
In
Maine
New Hampshire
Vermont
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Connecticut..
New York
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
2 In District of C o l u m b i a . . . . . . . . .
2 In Illinois
2 In Indiana
,
3^^^^^^d,
^^^^^^;s^?^^^T\„fe<J^%uckv
: . \ r r l . .^^^#*^^Tn^^^:#igan..-.
\^^':^^^^^^^^£^^^^\l\^^om:\
'......
^^^^^f:
1 In Ohio.
20 In Wisconsin
1
.7
20
6
1
4
2
38
4
A statement of the condition of some of the .banks, on the first of October
• last, accompanies this report. Most of those now organized had not at that
time commenced business ; hence the partial returns.
A statement-of the names and compensation of the clerks employed by me,
and of the expenses of the bureau up to the first of July, the commencement
of the financial year, also accompanies this report.
The same section of the act makes it my duty " to suggest any amendment
to the laws relative lo banking by which the sj^stem may IDC improved, and the
security of the billholders and depositors may be increased."
The national currency act, although admirable in its leading features, is not
altogether symmetrical in its arrangement, nor clear, if it is even consistent in
all of its provisions. I respectfully suggest, therefore, that the act be carefully
revised; that those parts of it that refer to the same subject be placed in juxtaposition, and that it be relieved of certain obscurities and apparent inconsistencies that render some of its provisions of difficult construction. A law of so
much importance as this, which is to be interpreted by so many people, and is
to be the charter of so many banking institutions, should be methodical in its
arrangement, clear in language, and comprehensive and consistent in its provisions. In these respects the national currency act is.somewhat defective. Sections relating to the same subject are scattered throughout the act. Words of
different significance are sometimes used as if they were convertible. Many
passages are ambiguous in language, if they do not contain inconsistent provisions. For example, the law requires that articles, of association should be
entered into, and organization certificates executed, stating for what purpose the^
certificates shall be made, and indicating other and difierent things to be provided for in the articles of association, and yet in some instances these certificates and articles seem to be referred to as if they were one and the same,
instrument. Section 6 makes certified copies of organization certificates legal
and sufficient evidence of the existence of associations, while section 11 provides'
that the associations shall have succession, &c., b y t h e name deignated in their
articles. . The last mentioned section, which confers banking powers upon the
banks, has also a provision which bankers find it difficult to interpret. After
bestowing upon the banks general powers to discount bills, notes, and other,
evidences of debt, it authorizes the loan of money " on real and personal seen.
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rity, in the manner specified in the articles of association, and for" the purposes
authorized by the act." This is the only power conferred by this section, the
exercise of which is made dependent upon the articles of association, and it has
been found difficult to give a precise meaning to the language, and to form
articles that should-cover and secure the power intended to be conferred.
Section 13 authorizes associations to provide in their articles of association
for an increase of capital, subject to the limitations of the act; but there is no
limitation in the act of the capital stock of the associations, separately or in
the aggregate. The same section seems to require that the Comptroller shall
certify to the banlcs the amount of their increased stock, instead of giving him
the power to authorize the banks to increase their capitals, and to approve of
the increase, upon his being furnished with evidence that the additional capital
has actually been paid iu.
Section 15 provides that United States bonds to the amo.unt of one-third of
the paid-in capital of an association shall be deposited with the Treasurer, and a
fair construction of the act has seemed to me to warrant the decision that th.e
banks should not only deposit with the Treasurer, but that they should keep
with him constantly, this proportion of bonds; while section 30 provides that
the Comptroller may (shall) direct the return of any such bonds to the association that transferred the same, upon the surrender to him and the cancellation
of .a proportionable amount of its circulating notes, &c., &c. This provision,
construed by itself, might nullify the requirements of the 15th section, even if
it did not defeat the most important object of the act.
Section 37, literally construed, might prevent the national banks from discounting on the security of the stocks of other corporations, many of which
stocks are regarded by bankers as among the most desirable collaterals; while
the object of the restrictions in this section undoubtedly was, merely to prevent
banks from discounting upon the security of their own stocks, and from engaging
in stock speculations. I have decided that under section 41, three,-fifths of the
twenty-five per cent, of lawful money required to be kept on hand by the
national banks might be kept-in similar associations in the cities named, but in
.710, others. The ninth article of the 45tli section is supposed, however, by many
to indicate that no such restriction in regard to the character of the depositary
was intended.
' ^
An absolutely strict construction.of another part of section 41 would seem
to deny to banks in the cities named the privileges granted to those in other
places, but 1 have thought, and decided that a more liberal construction should,
be given to it, because it was not reasonable to suppose it to have been the intention of Congress to withhold from banks in Chicago privileges granted to
banks in Buffalo, nor from our banks in Providence-privileges granted to banks
in Hartford, New Haven, &c., &:c.
These, and others like them,, may be regarded, as minor defects, and such as
do not mateilally affect the proper working of the system, but they serve to
embarrass the bankers, and may cause improper decisions on the part of. the
Comptroller. The law would be greatly improvedaf it were relieved of them.
I suggest, also, that section 47 be struck out entirely. While it is true that
large loans to a single individual or firm should, as a general thing, .be avoided,
there may be, and frequently are, exceptional cases in which such loans are both
necessary and judicious. I think, therefore, that this is a matter that should be
left to the discretion of the managers of the banks, and that it can be safely
intrusted to them.
I suggest, also, that section 39 be so amended that the affairs of the national
banks may be managed by not more than thirteen directors instead of nine, and
that only two-thirds of the directors be required to be residents of the State in, '
which the banks are respectively located. I can conceive of no valid reason
why the stockholders of a national bank should be prohibited from electing
REPORT ON THE FINANCES.
51
more than nine directors. It is not likely that the stockholders of many banks
will be inclined to do so; but some State banks have more than nine directors,
and .if they should be converted into national banks, and the stockholders'
thereof should desire to retain their present number, or if any new associations
should prefer a larger number than nine, they should have the privilege of
doing it.
•
i"
The requirement that all the directors of a bank, should be residents of the
State in which it is located, may, in some instances, prevent stockholders from
availing themselves of the services of men whom it may be desirable to have
in the direction. Many persons carrying on business in our large cities reside
in neighboring States. Should they, therefore, be disqualified frora being
directors of the city banks ? The object for which this resolution was inserted
in the act will doubtless be secured by requiring two-thirds .of the board to be
residents of the State in which an association is organized. Instead of the liability of the stockholders, many of Avhom have little voice
in the management of their banks, I would suggest that section 12 be so
amended that the failure of a national bank be declared prima facie fraudulent,
and that the officers, and directors, under whose administration each insolvency
shall occur, be made personally liable for the debts of the bank, and be punished criminally, unless it shall appear, upon investigation, that its affairs were
honestly administered. The individual liability provision, if continued, will
prevent, as it is now doing, ma.ny prudent men and men of wealth from becoming shareholders in national banks, and consequently hinder a proper and
desirable distribution of their stock, and will not protect creditors to the same
oxtent as would be done by the proposed liability of the managers.
I also suggest that section 24 be so amended that the publication by an association of its quarterly reports, where there is no newspaper in the place where
the association is located, be made in the .nearest paper thereto, instead of a
paper published at the capital of the State.
I suggest, also, that section 39 be so amended that stockholders of banks of
large capital be eligible to the direction thereof, who may be the owners of
less than one-half per cent, of the capital. As the law now stands, no stockholder can be a director in a bank of $10,000,000 of capital, without owning at least
$50j000 of its stock. Such a provision is obviously unwise. The best brains
and the highest integrity might thus be excluded from the management of
banks. There is another objection to this section. According to its provisions,
a stockholder who owns but $1,500 of stock can be. a director of a bank with
$300,000 capital, while one must OAvn $2,000 of stock to be a director of a bank
with $200,000 capital.
I suggest, also, that section. 31 be repealed. Aside from the consideration
that a depreciation of government securities should not be contemplated by
Congress, it is hardly just to the banks to compel them to furnish these securities as a pledge for their circulation, at the rate of ninety pea- cent, on the dollar,
and then subject them to the caprices of the New York stock exchange.
The act authorizes the organization of banks with a capital of $50,000 each,
and requires the payment of only thirty per cent, thereof on the commencement
of business, so that a bank may commence the business of banking with a paid
in capital of only fifteen thousand dollars.
I suggest that, the act be so amended that no bank shall commence, business
with a less capital, actually paid in, than fifty thousand dollars. To say nothng
of the facilities which the law affords to the banks, for building up a fictitious
capital by the use of its circulating notes, when the stock is paid up by
instalments, fifteen thousand dollars is altogether too insignificant a sum, even at
the commencement, for the capital.of a bank. It is very questionable whether
a bank should be organized with a capital less than one hundred thousand dollars;
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fifty thousand to be paid in at the commencement of business, and the balance
in instalments of ten per cent, every sixty days thereafter.
There is, at present, no provision for the voluntary closing of the national banks.
I suggest, therefore, that a provision be ins'erted in the act, requiring banks that
may desire to close up their affairs to give notice of their intention to do so, to the
Comptroller of the currency, afid such notice to the public as. he may prescribe,
and authorizing- the banks,'at any time after two years frora the publication of
such notice, to withdraw from the Treasurer the bonds deposited with him for the
security of their circulation, upon paying into the Treasury of the United States
the araount of their outstanding notes in lawful money, which notes shall thenceforth be redeemable at the. treasury, and the banks respectively, and the stock. holders thereof be discharged from all liability therefor.'
It would thus appear that the benefits resulting from the lost circulation are
to inure to the government, and not to the banks; but it will be remembered,
that the notes are furnished to the banks at the expense of the government,
which Avill probably be no more than covered by what raay be lost or destroyed;
especially as the banks, being at no expense therefor, will be likely to keep their
circulation clean, and unmutilated, by frequerit exclianges of old notes for new
ones.
I suggest, also, that the act be so amended that the rate of interest to be charged
by the national banks be uniform in all the States; that the penalty for usury
be a foreiture of the interest, instead of a forfeiture of the debt, on. which more
than the legal rate-is taken, and that the banks in the large commercial cities of
• the" seaboard States be relieved in.certain contingencies, from all penalties for
usury, in order that they may prevent, as far as practicable, by raising the rate
of interest, excessive importations of foreign merchandise and heavy exportations
of the precious metals.
The expediency of making the rate of interest uniform throughout the country
is manifest. The objection to national legislation upon this subject is, that the
States are supposed to have the exclusive right to regulate the interest upon
loans of money.
It is true that the power to regulate the rates of interest at v/hich money shall
be loaned has always been exercised (except in the case of the United States
Bank) by the States, and it is also true that the laws upon this subject in the
different States have been various and changeable. There are scarcely two
States in the LFnion whose interest laws are exactly alike. Few things have
been'^more embarrassing to the trade between the different sections of ihe^ country, and none have been more prolific of litigation and conflicting judicial de• cisions, than the different and frequently changing legislation of the States in
fixing the value of the use of money.
Whatever opinions may have heretofore obtained upon the subject, there
arc now very few intelligent business men of the country, who have watched the
effect upon trade and exchanges of the efforts of the States to establish by law
the rates of interest, who are not agreed in the opinion, that the regulation of
comraerce between the States cannot be .perfectly accomplished without the
establishment of a uniform rate of interest throughout the Union. The commerce of the country ignores State boundaries, and Congres^s has the exclusive
right of regulating it. Cong-ress ought, therefore, to have the incidental power
of preventing the States frora embarrassing comraercial intercourse between the
people of the States, Avhich is done to no little extent, by their fixing different
rates of interest upon money. If such power exists in Congress it ought to be
exercised. In my judgment, it is demanded both by considerations of public
policy and public convenience.
But v/hatever opinions may be entertained in regard to the general authority
of Congress to regulate the rate of interest upon loans of money, there can be
but little question of its power to regulate the rate which shall be charged by
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the bauKS through which a national circulation is to be issued, and which are
•organized under a national law. Unless it possesses this power, the national
government must divide with the States the control of the affairs of banks created
to carry out its rightful, acknowledged, and necessary functions.
As the law now stands, banks in New York and Michigan can .charge seven
per cent, on their loans, while those of New England and most other States are
restricted to six; and State laws can be so framed as to attract capital to be invested in national banks too largely into particular States, or to prevent such
an investment of it in such States altogether.
It is recoramended, therefore, that the rate of interest to bo charged by national banks be made uniform throughout the States, and that this rate be seven
per cent, per annum.
The authority of Congress to so change the act has been settled, I think, by
the Supreme Court.' The Bank of the United States was authorized by its
charter to loan money at the rate of .six per cent, per annum. Suppose, that in
a State in which a branch of that bank Avas located the legal rate of interest had
been five per cent., would a contract made with the branch for six per cent, have
been void as contravening a State law ? . The right to assess and collect taxes
for the support of the State is a right indispensable to the existence of the State
government. Nevertheless, the State of Maryland was prohibited from taxing
the stock of the branch of the United States Bank in the city of Baltimore, and
on the ground that States had no power by taxation or otherwise to impede, or
in any manner control, laws enacted by Congress in the exercise of its legitimate
powers. If, ins'tead of attempting to tax the Baltimore branch bank, the State
of Maryland had passed a law reducing the rate of interest to be charged by all
corporations within its limits, not authoi'ized by the State, to four per cent., (as it
would have had an.undoubted right to do if the power to regulate the rate of
intc'cst upon moneys loaned belongs absolutely and exclusively to the States,)
would not the Supreme Court have declared such a law, in its application to a
branch of the United States Bank, unauthorized and void? Is the power to
regulate the rate of interest upon money any more clearly a power reserved
by the States than the power to tax 1 If Congress had the constitutional authority to pass the national currency act, it has unquestionably the incidental
right to regulate, irrespe*ctive of State legislation, the rate of interest which shall
be charged by the banks organized under it, for, without this right. State laws
might so control or impede the business of the banks as to render the act itself
practically inoperative.
Few questions have been more frequently and thoroughly discussed, or in
relation to which there has been a greater'^difference of opinion among intelligent
men, than the question of usury. Much of this difference of opinion has arisen
from the fact that men have viewed it from different stand-points. The opinion
of one who has lived in Germany or England, where capital, is abundant, and
no usury laws have existed for years, will, of course, be very different from that
of one who has lived in Minnesota or California, and noticed the evils whicli
have resulted from the high rates which money has commanded in those States.
NotAvithstanding the fact that money is the standard of value, it is not free
from the operations of the great regulating law of supply and demand. Where
money is abundant it is cheap, Avhere scarce it is dear; and no legislation has
been able to control the effect of this general laAv. There is no necessity for
usury laws in most of the States at the present time, because money is abundant
and lenders are plenty, and borrowers are scarce. When the Avar is over, and
business goes back again to its accustomed channels, and the disbursements of
the government are largely curtailed, borroAvers Avill be plenty and lenders
scarce. Because usury laAvs are not needed UOAV, it does not folloAv that they
will not be required at no very distant day, nor does it folloAv, because legislation has not been able absolutely to regulate the value of the use of money,
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and because all usury laAvs are frequently CA^aded, that, therefore, tifese laws
are inefficacious and uiiAvise. Usury laAvs, no matterhoAv much they have been
evaded, have had the effect of preventing, to some extent, excessive charges on
loans of money. There is scarcely a banker or money-lender in the country
Avho has not often been restrained in his charges, for the money he has loaned,
by the usury laAvs which have been in force. In all countries, in Avhich there
is not a superaburidance of capital, usury law^s have been found necessary to
protect those Avhose interest it is to borroAv money, against excessive charges
for it by those Avho have it to lend, and the experience of the nations is not to
be disregarded. Money, Avhether it be in the form of the precious metals or of
bank notes, is created by laAV. Gold and silver are not money until coined and
made such by the authority of the government. It is not like merchandise or
other personal property, the result of man's industry, but a creation of the government, and government, which fixes the A^alue that shall be placed upon it, has .
the right to say, and it is its duty to say, Avhat shall be charged for the use of it.
Of course solvent barik notes, Avhether issued by national or State authority,
depend for their value as money upon the A^alue of the coin of the United
States. The only question, then, which it is necessary to consider in this connexion is, AAdiat.penalty shall be attached to violations of usury laAvs. On this
•point, I am of the opinion that AA^hile the ^penalty should be such as Avill protect the borroAver from oppression, it should not be of such a character as to
tempt too strongly his honor, or to compel both the lender and borrower to resort to shifts for its evasion, Avhich make money dearer to the latter than it otherAAase Avould be. The laAvs of those States that-make void all usurious contracts,
even in the hands of innocent parties, and punish usury as a crime, are impolitic and unAvise; those laAvs that make valid, contracts for any rates of interest '
Avhicli may be agreed upon are scarcely less so. I think it Avill be found that
those laAvs Avhich make the penalty for usury the forfeiture of interest, leaving
the lender the right to collect only the principal of the loan, are more equitable
in their operations, and more effective in inducing fair dealing betAveen man and
man, than the more stringent laAvs of some States and the less stringent ones of
others. I feel it to be my duty, therefore, to recommend that the 46th section of
the national currency act be further amended, so that the penalty for taking or reserving by the national banks of a gre'ater rate of intc^-est than seven per cent,
be a forfeiture of the interest, instead of the forfeiture of the debt on Avhich
more than the legal rate shall have been taken or reserved. And inasmuch
as the history of all commercial nations has shoAvn it to be occasionally necessary,
for the-regulation of trade betAveen them and other nations, that the rate of in
terest should be under the control of an authority less arbitrary than statutes, I
further recommend that the Secretary of the Treasury, or a commission to be
created by Congress, be authorized temporarily to relieve the national banks
in the cities of Philadelphia, NCAV York, Boston, &c., from all penalties for
usury, AA^henever it shall be thought that the public interests Avill be promoted
thereby.
The judicious use of the power possessed by the Bank of England of checking, by an advance of the rate of interest, excessive speculation, and the creation of a foreign debt, to be liquidated by shipments of coin, has frequently
prevented financial crises in. Great Britain. The same poAver, prudently and
resolutely Avielded by the banks of NCAV York as a unit, Avould, in years past,
have • saved millions to the United States. It may be many years before the
national banks Avill possess the poAver UOAV held by the State banks in that city,
but they may have it in due time; and Avhen this is the fact, no statutory restrictions should prevent them from using it for the benefit of the country.
If it shpuld be thought inadvisable, as 1 trust AAdll not be the case, to make
the suggested amendments in regard to .interest and usury, I Avould, in that event,
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recommend, as the national banks are to be subject to State laAvs in regard to
the interest that shall be charged upon discounts, that they be also subject to
the penalties for usury which the State laws may impose. If the exclusive
right to regulate the rate of interest is to be left to the States, they should also
fix the penalty for usury. The power to regulate, by law, the charge that shall
be made for the use of money, and the poAver to punish for the violation of the
law, should be in-the same hands. Under the present provisions of-the act,
Congress must adopt State legislation, whatever it may be, upon the subject of
interest, Avhether it be three per cent, or tAventy, Avhile it inflicts a peualty for a
violation of State laAvs AAdiich-the State laAvs do not themselves impose.
I suggest also that section 45 be repealed, and that instead thereof a section
be inserted authorizing the banks to make semi-annual dividends of profits, but
requiring them^ before dividends are declared, to carry to the '^ surplus" one-sixth
part of their net profits, until their surplus funds shall araount to thirty per cent,
of their respective capitals. The adA=^antages of the creation, by a bank, of a
large surplus fund to cover losses that no prudence can prevent, and, as a preparation for coramercial crises, are so Avell understood as to need no illustration.
The rest of this section refers to semi-annual reports. By section 24 the banks
are required to make full quarterly reports of the condition of their affairs, in
view of which the semi-annual report would seem to be unnecessary.
I recommend also that sections 62, 63, and 64 be repealed.
The national currency system contemplates the organization of national banks,
which, by becoming its financial agents, may aid the government in the safekeeping and transmission of its revenues, and the transaction of its business,
and through the instrumentality of Avhich a safe and uniform circulation may be
furnished to the people.
'
The sixty-second section makes it the duty of the Comptroller to furnish the
national curreiicy to any banks or banking institutions authorized by a State
law to engage in the business of banking, upon their delivering to the Treasurer
the required securities. No matter Avliat may be the restrictions of the State
laAV upon tho issues of State banks, or the character of the banks, if they claim
to be the owners and are the holders of United States bonds to the amount of
fifty per cent, of their capitals, they can deposit any p a r t of these bonds, and
obtain circulation therefor'; . It is difficult to conceive of a measure better calculated to bring the national currency system into conflict Avitli the States, and
into disrepute with the people, than this. Under it Ave should have banks receiving government notes without being in any measure subject to the supervision of the government—deriving all their corporate poAvers from the States,
and yet issuing nptes not authorized by State laAvs. We should have banks
that may have borroAved the government securities attempting to bolster up a
doubtful reputation d)y the credit which an i^sue of national circulation '
Avould give them, and casting reproach upon the system by their inability to
redeem it.
If States have the right to create banks of issue, they must have the sole
right'lo control them. Congress can neither increase nor diminish the poAvers
of institutions brought into existence by State laAvs if their poAvers do not encroach upon tlie authority of the general government.
. But if.enabling acts should be passed by State legislatures, authorizing State
banks to avail themselves of the privileges of the 62d section, the objection to
the delivery of notes to State banks Avould be only partially removed. Thegovernment should have no connexion Avith institutions not created by its OAvn
laws. If the two systems of national, and State banking are to co-e:list, let it
be as separate and independent systems. Let there be no non-descripts which
are part State and part national, issuing tAvo kinds pf circulation, created by
different authorities and based upon different securities.
I n every aspect in which I have been able to vicAv this part of the act, I have
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found it to be objectionable. It is an encroachment upon State authority. It
contemplates the mixing of tAvo systems that ought to be independent. It
would destroy the symmetry of the national currency and afford no advantages
to solvent State banks, Avliich they could not obtain, to a greater extent, by a
transfer of their capitals into national organizations.
I suggest also that it be made the duty of the national banks, if required by
the Secretary of the Treasury, to act as financial agents of the government,
and to receive on deposit moneys for account of the United States, or any disbursing agent thereof, and to give satisfactory security for the faithful performance of the duties required of them.
.
I further suggest that the natioual banks shall be required to prevent tlieir
notes from being depreciated in the commercial cities of the country, and that
the national banks in those cities be ° required to keep their reserve of lawful
money in their own vaults. The national currency—^seciu'cd as it is to be-by
the entire resources of the government, recei Arable for all public dues except
duties upon imports,^ and for all obligations of the government, except the interest on the public debt, and in case of the failure of the banks to be promptly redeemed at the treasury of the United States, can never be much depreciated,
no matter what may be the location of the banks by Avhichit is issued. If, in
addition to all this, the national currency is, in the commercial cities of the
Union, kept absolutely and always at par, it Avill attain a perfection never-yet
reached by a bank note circulation. -That this may be done Avithout prejudice"
to the banks, but rather to their advantage, I have not a particle of doubt.
The redemption of their notes at the commercial cities bythe interior banks
Avould tend to increase largely the deposits of the banks in these cities; hence
the necessity that the latter should keep.constantly on hand a large reserve—a
reserve Avhich might and perhaps ought to be increased beyond the present requirements of the act.
The rapidity Avith AA^hich national banks are being organized in the western
States, and the high character of most of the stockholders thereof, indicate the
'popularity of the system in that part of the Union. In the eastern States it
will be observed that comparatively fcAv banks have been organized; but CA^en
in these States the opinion is rapidly gaining ground that the national system
will there, at no remote period, supersede the State system of banking. It is
desirable that this should be done by a transfer of capital from the latter to the
former Avithout any s^erious interruption of business.' Some of the older States
have capital enough already invested in banking, and the bank note circulation
of these States should be curtailed rather than increased. I know that bank
notes, notAvithstanding the preference that is given to legal tenders by the people, are in great demand, and that currency is reported to be scarce throughout
the country; but no one can be ignorant of the fact that this scarcity is in a
measure attributable to the high prices Avhich "bank issues have contributed to
bring about. It is frequently the case that money is "apparently the most
plenty Avhen there is the least of it in circulation, and the scarcest Avhen it has
attained the highest point, before a fin^i'^icial crisis. An increase of the circulating medium inflates prices. High prices require an increased circulation, and
so they act and react upon each other, and there appears to be no redundancy
of currency, no matter IIOAV vast the volume may be, until a collapse takes
place, and Avhat Avas supposed to be real prosperity is shoAvn to be Avithout a
substantial-foundation.
The national currency system Avas not designed to add to the evils of excessive paper issues, but rather to check them by the substitution of a circulation
protected, by adequate securities, and restricted in amount by being based upon
actual values, for the too frequently unsecured and unrestricted issues of the
States. It A ^s certainly not created to increase the banking capital of the
Aa
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sede the systems of banking in those States by attracting to it the capital of
existing banks. It promise's to do this by a transfer of capital from one to the
other, and Avithout any collision betAveen tliena. Where there are no enabling
acts of State legislatures, the conversion takes place by the organization of national banks by the stockholders of State banks, and the transfer to the former
of the assets and capital of the latter. This has already been done in several
instances Avithout even an interruption of business, and certainly Avithout injury
to the stockholders. The idea that the national banks cannot supersede the
State banks Avithput breaking them doAvn and ruining their stockholders is an
erroneous one, and can only be honestly entertained by those Avho- have not
carefully considered the subject or noticed the process of coiiA^ersion, wliich
has changed sorae banks in the west, and is changing others in the east, from
one system to the other. No war is being Avaged, or is intended to be Avaged,
by the national system upon State institutions. So far from it, it opens the Avay
by Avliich the interests of stockholders can be protected, at the same time that
the character of their organizations is changed.
The Avar in which the country is engaged, although a great calarnity in itself,
will not be an unmixed evil financially CA^en, if one result.of it is the establishment of a system of banking by Avliich, without an interference Avith the rights
of the States, and Avithout detriment to their solvent institutions, a bank note
circulation shall be furnished to the people, as solvent as the nation itself, and
uniform in value, as" a substitute for that noAv supplied by the States, Avhich is
neither uniform in value nor, as a general thing, properly secured. The amount
of losses Avhich the people have sustained by insolvent State banks, and by tho
high rate of exchanges—the result of a depreciated^ currency—can hardly be
estimated. That some of the UCAV States have prospered, notAAdthstanding tho
vicious and ruinous banking systems Avith Avhicli they have been scoiirged, is
evidence of the greatness of their resources and the energy of their people.
The idea has at last become quite general among the people that the Avhole
system of State banking, as far as circulation is regarded, is unfitted for a
comraercial country like ours. The United States is a nation as Avell as a
union of States. Its A^ast railroad system extends from Maine to Kansas, and
will soon be extended to the Pacific ocean. Its immense trade is not circumscribed by State lines, nor subject to State laAvs. Its internal commerce is national, and so should be its currency. At present some fifteen
hundred State banks furnish the people Avith a bank-note circulation. This
circulation is not confined to the States by Avliich it is authorized, but is carried by trade or is forced by the banks all over the Union. I^eople receive
it and" pay it out, scarcely knoAving from whence it comes or in Avliat manner it
is secured. Banks have been organized in some States Avitli a view to lendipg
their circulation to the people of others. Probably not oiie quarter of the circulation of the NCAV .England banks is needed or used in New England—the balance being practically loaned to other States. The national currency system is
intended to change this state of things, not by a Avar upon the State banks, but '
by providing a means by Avhich the circulation Avliich is intended for national
use shall be based upon national securities through associations organized under
a national laAv. The United States notes, the issue of Avhich Avas rendered necessary by the exigencies of the government, and which it is presumed AAdll be
Avithdrawn Avhenever this exigency ceases, have taught the people the supeidority of a national circulation over that to Avhicli they have been accustomed.
-In many sections the produce of the country cannot be purchased Avith bank
notes, and people find it difficult travelling from State to State Avithout legal
tenders. EveryAvhere the opinion is prevailing that the circulation of local .
banks has about had its day, and must yield to the demands of the people for a
circulation of Avhich the government is the guarantor.
By the national currency act the principle is for the first time recognized and
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established, that the redemption of bank notes shoiild be guaranteed by the government authorizing their issue. ' The national currency Avill be as solvent as
the nation of Avhich it represents the unity. The country has at last secured to
• it a permanent paper circulating medium of a uniform value, Avithout the aid of
a national bank. This national system confers no monopoly of banking,' but
opens its ad\^antages equally to all. It interferes Avitli no State rights. It
meets both the necessities of the government and the Avants of the people. It needs
modifications, a.nd may require others than those Avhich are suggested in this
report; but if is right in principle, and of its success there can^ I think, be no
reasonable doubt.
i
The AVork of preparing the national circulation has been attended with unlooked for delays, but it is confidently expected, after the banks already organized are supplied, which Avill probably be accomplished Avithin the next two
months, that all associations Avill be furnished Avith notes Avithin thirty days
from the time bonds are deposited Avith the Treasurer. Contracts have been
made Avith the Continental and American Bank Note Companies for engraving
the plates fpr the five, ten, twenty, fifty, and one hundred dollar notes, and the
printing of the fives and tens has been coraraenced. The delivery Avill soon
foilOAv, and the banks, and through the banks the people, Avill soon be, put in
possession of the niuch-desired currency.
With the suggested araendments of the act, it is not supposed that the national
banking system Avill be an absolutely perfect one, but it is supposed that it Avill
afford to the pePple a better-bank note circulation than any heretofore devised.
There may be under this laAv imprudent banking, and perhaps banking on fic, titious capital, Avhich no laAv can absolutely prevent. It should, hoAvever, be
the aim of those Avho have -the supervision of the system to guard it by every
means in their poAver against such perversions. Men Avithout capital, and adventurous speculators, should have no connexion Avith banking institutions. If such
men do.obtain control of national banks, the restrictions of the laAv should be
so enforced as to render that control a temporary one. Encouragement should
be given to honorable, straightforAvard, legitimate banking, and to no other. •
But AvhatCA^er misraanageraent of the affairs of any particular national bank
may exist, the holders of its notes Avill not be prejudiced by it. If the banks
fail, and the bonds of the government are depressed in the market, the notes
of the national banks must still be redeemed in full at th(i treasury of the United
States. The holder has not only the public securities, but the faith of the nation
pledged for their redemption.
If, in addition to this, the national currency, Avhen distributed among the people, shall tend to give steadiness to trade by preventing bank note panics, and
to.faciliate a return to specie payments, and shall aid in regulating the exchanges of .the country, at the same time- that it meets the necessities of the
government in the collection of its internal revenues, and binds the people' by
the strong ties of pecuniary interest to the governments it Avill prove that the .
war, calamitous as it may be, is not without its compensations, and a national
debt is not Avithout its advantages.
H U G H McCULLOCH, Comptroller. ^
. Hon." S. P . CHASE,
Secretary of the Treasury,
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SCHEDULE
59
A.
Expenses of the National Currency Bureau
The expenses of the National Currency Bureau to the 1st day of July, A.
D. 1863, were nineteen hundred and ninety-one dollars and seventeen cents,
($1,991 17,) at which time nothing had been paid for' the engraving of dies or
for any purpose other than salaries and stationery.
TKe folloAving is a statement of the persons employed in this bureau and the
compensation of each:
'
,
'
Per aniium.
H . BaldAvin, clerk
J : C . Hopper, clerk
0 . W. Comstock, clerk
J . J. Edsoni messenger
Miss M. Johns, copyist
Miss M. L. Wilson, copyist.
....
:..*.....».
•
$1, 600
1, 600
1, 200
840
600
' 600
00
00
00
00
00
00
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SCHEDULE B.—Condition of National Banks on October 1, per quarterly reports furnisiied
currency, secured hy a pledge of United States stocks, and to provide for
5 o c5 rt
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NAMES OF NATIONAL BANKS.
d
1st of Bath, Maine
1st of Springlielcl, Mass
liit of Portsmouth, N. H . . ' .
1st of New Haven. Conu
1st of Stamford, Conn
1st of New'York, N . Y
2d of New York, N. Y
1st of Adams, N. Y
1st of .Ellenville, N . Y
1st of Folly Landinj?, N. Y - .
1st of Ron d out, N. Y
1st of Syracuse, N. Y
Ist of Newark, N. J'
1st of Philadelphia, P e n n . . .
1st of Carlisle, P e n n
1st of. Erie, Penn
1st of Girard. P e n n
1st of Hollidaysburg, P e n n . .
1st of Huntington, Penn
1st of Johnstown, P e n n
1st of Kittaning, Penu
1st of Marietta, Penn
1st of Newville, P e n n
*]st of Pittsburg, P e n n . .^
2d of Scranton, Penn . :
1st of Strausburg, P e n n
1st of Towanda, Penn .<
1st of AVilkesbarre, Penn
1st of AVashington, D. C - - . .
1st of Aurora, 111
1st of Cairo, 111
1st of Chicago, 111
1st of Cambridge City, Ind ..
1st of Port AVuyne, Ind
1st of .Franklin, Ind
1st of Kendallsville, Ind
Ist of .Lafayette, Ind
1st of .Richmond, Ind
Isl. of Rockville, Ind
1st of Terre .Haute
1st ot<?Evausville, Ind
1st of Davenport, Iowa
1st of Iowa City, Iowa
1st of Lyons, Iowa
1st of Ann Arbor, Mich
1 st of Columbia, Miss
2d of Akron, Ohio
1st of Cincinnati, Ohio
2d of Cincinnati, Ohio
3d of Cincinnati, Ohio
1st of Cleveland, Oiiio
2d of Cleveland, Ohio
1st of Dayton, Oliio
2d of Davton, Ohio . . :
1st of PinVaay, Ohio
1st of Fremont, Ohio
1st of liam.ilton, Ohio
1st of .Lodi, Ohio
1st of McCounellsville, Ohio.
1st of Salem, Ohio
1st of Sandusky, Ohio
1st of Troy, Oiiio
1st of Youngstown, O h i o . . .
1st of Port.smouth, Ohio
Is't of Oberlin, Ohio
I s f o f MiUwaukic, Wis
Total . . Add for cents-
$2, 581
50, 560
$3, 04,
519
$5, 015
103, 635
37, 366
228, 691.
79, 395
207, 92'
43, G77
157, 48!
28, 380|
128, 068
2,210
27, 003
9, 307
38, 513
08, 770
54, 899
211, 099
16, 278
59, 467
8,000
5, 424 1,767
147514
3,157
26, 693 $11, 460
4'8'' 22, 542
47, 9851
8, 020, 8, 0.54
7q, 620
44, 030
16, 000 15. 720 7,73
120, 659, 2, 095
159. 900
180 8, 603
31, 960
31, 3 j
:
17, 965
448
60, 009
17. 851.
87, 67451, 21.8
8, 068
16,680
1, 550
99, 200
29, 669
5,688
149,650
107, 405
• 3,555
45,
78, 832
29, 70r
196, 931
56, 548
20, 832
14,457
32,147
45, 767
56, 034
414, 043
.57, 320
329,148
33,035
. 075, 831
,
111. 398
38; 987
69, 739
12,231.
.5, 958
8,700
120,
46,
09,
48,
•
157,
046
431
980
887
422
988
^13, 999 $9,181
6,469
11,
21,
513,
6,
9.
o
?
630
1,000 17, 555
22, 613 • 843
64, 278 1,116
19, 076
4,000
3,800
507
37,000 68, 267
872
341
771
201,
1,
24,
109,
16, 206
1,164
5, 99'
15, 338
14, 448
46, 919
65, 357 13, 970
45, 800
1, 978
16, 271
20, 857
• 850
1, 519
4,688
70,1641 "9,060
56,739.
64,614;.
18. 9771.
123; 519;
69.4391
23. 549;
8, 759
4,744'
10
54, 087
934
602
1,141
794
996
165
805
1, 628
50
69, 351
1,306
2,438
7371
716
1,139
4
77, 215
7,778
64
2,807 10, 225
771
1,764
i,5r
95, 915
50, 102i 23,"ii2
1, 402
3, 988 " 244
1, 084
1,100 18, 941 .59, 889
36, 533
5, 000
65, 028 262, 3.31
.543
20j
500
1,048 21, 395
792 6, 496
723 11,184
2, 334
295 4,280
2,000 1, 800
8,257
4
3,61.1
169 14, 223
3, 518 1, 6.50
4, 293:
14
74
5, 969:
6,478
1, 8391
14, 3241 5,208 8, .500 1,038 16, if.ie
31 2,3r"
447
65, 649'
131
24.8I3:
17, 236
1; 728
668
3,000
6, 876:
104, 066 17,172
87, 653'
$30, OCO
50,000
63, 000
100, 000'
40, 000
100, 000
145, 000
15, 000
40, 000
25, 000
110, 000
30, 000
60, 000
50, 000
17, 000
40, 000
20, 000
24, 000
100, 000
50, 000
67, 000
29, 400
21, 000
150. 000
48, 000
26, 300
19, 750
31, 000
175, 000
25, 000
15, 075
91, 000
.50, 000
36, 000
65, 000
.58, 000
100,000
70. 000
55, 000
• 100, 000
100, 000
.40, 000
10, 000
20, 000
42, 500
50, 000
10, 000
167, 000
100, 000
30, 000
100, 000
200, 000
50, 000
. 50,000
37, 250
70. 000
40, 000
20, 000
50, 000
20, 000
80, 000
100, 000
100. 000
n , 000
19, 000
67, 000
970, 652 488, 723 3, 925, 2751, 830, 300
5, 413, 963 2, 628, 009 44, 967 178, 373
'' T h e report of thefirstof Pittsburg w a s rendered N o v e m b e r
61
E E P O E T ON T H E FINANCES.
Bills
of solvent
banks, U'. States
notes, .and cur-rency.
Comptroller of Currency, agreeably with section ticent'yfour of the '.^Act to provide a national
the circulation and redemption thereof ^^ approved Febriiary 25, 1863.
$7,639
15 '^iS
$211
159
190
3,107 1, 287
197 3,4-10
5 700 1,710
151 1,210
70
6,279 1,314
1 765 2,194
12 247 , 415
386
8] 030
8,296 1,058
1, 390 7,276
3,828
226
13,167
498
51
760
11
330
967
4,140
43
607
114
725
3,892
2,056
404
10, 983
717
19 571
60, 073 1, 999
1,086
745
31 6i5
623
2,409
17, 798
13 200
11,285
143, 740
6,790
8, 469
125
517
1, 403
327
743
/
520 1,162
/
14,589
705
162
723
29 ''01 1, 928
8 160
157
35, 017
414
11 819 3,852
80, 060 1,184
136, 659 1, 039
984
83, 859
71, 233 4,578
• 44 702 985
121 783
565
197
1,354
38
2:3, 722
805
1,672
669
924
375
15, 680
379
1, 281
21, 383 2,771
615
23, 899
124
25,763
105
3, 239
186
312
318
25 079
11, 355
11, 937
-.. 24,345
} 3,8i2
flS
0
fl ^^
i
Mi
fl
rf
3
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3
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.
fl
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.
(3
li
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fl '^ J3
ill
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!
•
$19,191
P 245
92,
$69,191 00
$69,191 00 $50, 000
•
243,271 00 150,000 $1, 028
243, 273 00
$424
100, 556 00 100, 000
] 00, 556 00
132
289, 304
509, 752 00 194, 400 5, 741 ""$306
.509,751 00
$20,000
88, 701
213,8$8 00 120, 000 1,116 4, 0.52
213,869 00
186,217
508, 799 00
• 508, 799 00 200, 000 2,165 120, 417
65, 339
"$827
366, 325 00
159
366, 324 00 300, 000
. 70
15, 070 00
15, 070 CO
15, 000
27, 782
153 902 00
153, 901 00 120, 000 ''" "485 5,635
32, 9.34
94,578 00
439 11, 205
94.576 00 50, 000
60, 574
271,751 00
271, 750 00 200, 000 2,065 , 3,112
52, 661
231, 886 00 100, 000
835 3 389
231.-885 00
75, bob
95, 821
207, 736 00
207, 734 00 84, 020 2,078 13, 817 12, 000
329, 494
35, 526
552, 420 00
•552, 419 00 148,400
'39,'600
40, 594
78. 266 00
78, 265 00
22, 000 '"**22S 2,155 is," 289
62, 013
162 436 00
162, 435 00 100; 000
423
28,499 00
28, 500 00
28, 500
24, 000 00
• 24, 000 00 24, 000
100 000 00
100, 000 00 100, 000
140,71.9 00 58, 650 2,167 2, 049
140. 719 00
m, 596 11, 257
19 7, 593
67, 612 00
67,613 GO 60, 000
57, 207
108, 027 00
108, 028 00
46, 675 '"'"378 3, 767
39, 888 '103,'666
199,863 00
199,861 00 36, 21,0 1,197 5,419 13, 483
1, 334, 394 549, 019 2, 243, 339 00
2, 243, 338 00 300, 000 20, 279 39, 647
848
20, 065
70 6J2 00
37
70, 612 00
49, 662
32, 483
62,416 00 29, 730
205
62,418 00
43,411 00
. 43, 410 00 43,410
1:::;::-i::::::;
4
45,316 00 33, 000
12, 258
45, 316 00
54
17
31, 432
531, 450 00 500, 000
531,450 00
39, 036
90, 354 00
90, .352 GO
50, 000 "i,"3i8
62, 264 ........
82, 466 00 19, 900
•82, 467 00
303
211,591
481,846 00 205, 000 3,7.59 61,498
481,848 00
51, 086 00
1,086
51,086 00
50,000
200,153 00 124, 940 "2," 602 .7,493
65, il"9'
, 200,154 00
• 655
160
75, 909 00
67, 740
75,910 00
7,355'
58, 000 00
58, 000 00
58, 000
167, 477 00 167, 477
107,477 00
'6, 250
150, 746
229. 882 00 71, 954
932
229, 882 00
438
76,17:i
267, 427 00
267, 424 00 125, 000 1, 587
. '918
205,411 00
205, 408 00 100, 000
104, 493 "64,'23i
476, 728 00 100, 000 '"i,'623 2,014 102, 882
270,810
476, 729 00
243, 594 00
. 9, 275
191,742
243, 595 GO
40, 000 2,578
30
' 55 'ioi 00
55,152 00 28, 600
25,826
•698
90, 846 00
27,100;'"35,"209
90,845 00 28, 084
453
52, 079
127 718 00
127,-717 00 75, 000
639
994 05, 622
74,768
241,384 00
241,333 00 100. GOO
97, 712
147, 687 00
147, 686 00 30, 000 1, 089 7,376 11, 510
1, 003, 237 00 448, 500 8,459 47,186
499, 093
1 003 238 00
939
296, 366 GO 100, 000
194,506
296, 366 00
921
331, 292
583, 903 00 120, 000 9,348 123 265
583, 905 00
242,143 00 125,-000 3, 456 5, 876
107, 723
242 145 00
.1,487,068 00 558, 400 34, 099 246, 661 16, 743
.589, 486 41,681 1, 487, 070 00
5, 972
226, 652
3'18 345 (>0
348,. 433 00 112, 500
3, 221
288,684 00 100, 000 " 5 7 5 1,076
187,033
288 684 00
47
57, 397 00
.57, 396 00 59. 000
4, 595
2,755
"4," 479
171, 854 00 lOC^OOO
. 67,270^
171,854 00
105
69,894 00
101
31,301
69, 893 00
36'.4G0
92
39.512 00 31, 800
7,536
39,513 0 )
^
85, 813 00
85,81.2 00 61,369
34,196
2^8
35 2,248
2,193
29, 975 00
29, 977 GO
2'1
25, 475
272, 906 00 100, 000 3,686 5, 898
162; 768 "".'"".556
272, 908 Crl
243, J 00 tK)
243, 097 00 108, 190
116, 739
830
17, 341
220, 812 00
84. 670
230, 811 00 120, 224 1,131 i4,'787
106, 363 00
29
106, 363 GO
43,ol80 1,169
6li 985
48,81.6 00
8,209
607
48,815 00 40, 000
459, 277 00
261, 646
• 459, 276 00 196, 325 1, 306
1
1, 248, 927 64, 434 16, 793, 623 GO7,184, 715124, 791 864,163208, 518134,000 7, 467, 059 810, 433 16, 793, 679 00
79 -^8
135 48
1
16, 793, 758 48
2, 1863, and showed the condition of the bank on that day.
1
1
16, 793, 758 48
62
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REPORT ON TIIE FINANCES.
.
B
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
Office of Internal Revenue, Washington, November 30, 1863.
SIR : The internal rcA^enue laAvs liave noA^^ been in operation long enough
to test, in large measure, both the Avisclom of their general policy and the
efficiency of their particular proAdsions. The systems of taxation in other
countries have grOAvn up gradually Avith the groAving demands of the government, and have been modified from time to time in the light of accumulating
experience, adapting the burden more and more perfectly to existing conditions,
Avith a vicAv at once to equality of distribution, and to all-possible relief from
sensible pressure. But in the United States the needs of the government have
so suddenly increased beyond all proportion to those of its early history, that
it has become necessary to create and organize, Avith unprecedented rapidity, a
ncAv system of revenue. As other nations afforded no experience adapted to
our"oA¥n people, this Avas a AA^ork requiring for its perfection an amount and kind'
of knoAviedge and foresight not to be expected, and, indeed, not possible in any
body of men. Those AVIIO are engaged in the practical administration of these
laAvs can never cease to admire the measure of success attained by the efforts of
Cougress to accomplish it. We may noAv congratulate ourselves as a people on
a pohcy of taxation, settled in all its .main features, and adequate to the support
of the government in the gigantic efforts noAv and recently necessary for its
preservation. At the same time, many of the jiarticular proAdsions of the laAvs
must, for the present, be regarded as experiments, and their administration may
be expected to point the A ^y to gradual improvements.
Aa
The present tax laAvs, on the AAdiple, have been not merely endured, but Avelcomed by the people in a manner, it is believed, elsewhere unparalleled. They
have also added to the revenue of the nation, if not so much as A\^as anticipated
at the time of their passage, yet enough to improve largely the credit of the
government, and to demonstrate the immense resources Avhich it possesses yet
untouched in the loyalty and groAAdng Avealth of the people.. It may be admitted
that important modifications must be made in these laAvs, in order to adapt them
to the needs of the government as those needs are ascertained, and to the settled
condition of public and social affairs, Avhen that condition shall be.restored. Yet
for the present, Avhile the nation is actually struggling for life, AAdth burdens
severer than any financial ones upon it, perhaps the main object of the revenue
laAvs AAdll be attained, if the ability and Aviilingness of the country to meet any
possible demands °of this kind Avhich the future shall present, be fully.established. To this end, no sudden or violent change in the system of taxation devised by Congress appears to be nece^ssary. On the contrary, it is believed
that its capacity to produce revenue is not fully indicated by the receipts hitherto obtained. Not only are the productive property and the industry of the
country, AAdiich are the great sources of this revenue, rapidly groAAdng, but the
administration of the laws is improving constantly, and is believed, Avith the
aid of Congress, to be susceptible of such further improvements as Avill materially
add to the revenue. Every advance in • this direction is a manifest gain both
to the government and the community; for it tends,to equalize burdens, to discourage frauds,anddrregular speculations, and to encourage honest industry and "
legitimate traffic, Avhile it directly increases the returns to the treasury. I shall,
therefore, refrain from suggesting any radical changes, but shall propose such
specific alterations as seem to be necessary, in order to enable the government
- to sustain its financial credit by the payment of interest on the accumulating
debt incident to the prolongation of the Avar. And being anticipated, as they
certainly are, by a loyal people, earnestly disposed to maintain the good faith
and integrity of the nation, their adoption by Congress Avill not, I am assured,
.
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FINANCES.
,
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inA^olve disappointment or ^^dissatisfaction. 1 shall also take the liberty of inviting your attention to some modifications of the present method of procedure,
which, Avith the experience of this ofiice, appear desirable, as being calculated to
render the collection of the revenue more simple^ economical, and efficient.
^ There arc a few provisions, noAV in force, which seem to be inconsistent ;iii
some measure Avith.the, generarpolicy of the laAvs in Avhich they are found;
and others, in. which, from alk the experience, not only of this office, but of
the revenue bureaus of other governments, some change appears desirable.
These have been examined Av.ith much care and labor, and I shall allude to
those which I deem important. Yet it is impossible to approach this subject
without deep anxiety. For Avhile taxation must ahvays be a disturbing poAA^er
among the laAVSAvhich-govern the distribution of wealth, affecting that distribution unequally, yet this evil is of small magnitude compared with that which
results from great or frequent changes in the subjects and the severity of taxation. A fickle policy in this department of government, tends poAverfully to
unsettle every.kind of business, making its profits irregular and uncertain, and
so to encourage a ruinous passion for sudden a>nd uncompensated gains, instead
of the desire, of legitimate-accumulation by productive industry..
,
On a comprehensive view of the subject, it will probably be seen that the
existing rcA^enue laws are not excessive, but,, rather, inadequate, and that, to
make them represent the obligations and needs of the government, they should
bes^a greater, not a less, burden on the people, than theyr^ow are. The revenue
they produce is not> sufficient to defray the necessary expenses of the nation.
The. general policy of the change, if any, UOAV to be adopted, will, therefore^ b e
to increase the, revenue,'not to lighten the burdens/ of the tax-payer. While it
is probable that particular interests will be clamorous.for relief from present
duties, it is certain that the average burdens of the community must yet be
greater than they are; and,, therefore, that an enlightened legislation Avill, for the
present, look Avith suspicion upon any proposal which involves a sacrifice of
revenue. " This surely is not a time to claim exemption or relief for any interest,
unless the claim be grounded on obvious and momentous reasons of policy.
• Among these claims,,one appears pre-eminent. Section eighty-tAvo of the
act-of July 1, 1862, requires the payment of a tax. upon all dividends of life'
insurance companies, classing them with banks and fire insurance companies, in:
Avhich capital is invested Avith a view of producing income. Indeed, it is expressly provided in section ninety-one of the same act that all dividends on
AAdiich such tax shall have,been paid may be deducted from, the amount of in^
come on Avhich the income tax shall be payable, thus* showing that the dividend
tax of section eighty-two is. designed by Cpngress simjply as,a substitute for the •
income tax, or, rather, as a simpile and. speedy mode of collecting the same. In
"the case of mutual life insurance companies its execution is,surrounded,by dif^
iiculties. The so-called " dividends " ^)f those companies are decla;red and paid
in such a A^ariety of forms as not merely to embarrass the assessments of taxes
,upon them, but to render any really equitable adjustment, of them iniipossible.
And the difficulty may perhaps be found to lie, hot in.the organization of the
companies, but in the tax law itself;' for the ''diAddends." of these companies,
although so-called by themselves, are not in any sense income to the nominal
recipients;' nor are they *''dividends'" at all, in the sense in.Avhich the word is
used in-Other applications, for tKeyare not revenue derived from the investment
of capital.. In fact, mutual life insurance companies require of the insured for
their own security premiums, greater in amount than the actual value of insurance. This places in -the hands of the companies a-surplus out of which to •
[
meet all exigencies ; and the remainder is returned to the insured in the form of
a remission of future, premiums or of a cancellation bf notes, or of a credit on
the policies. In either case the return of the surplus so paid to the insured: is
called a '*^dividend," but has nothing in common Avith the dividends ^of banks or
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REPORT ON THE FINANCES.'
of joint'stock companies which are really profits returned from capital invested.
'The income tax should not therefore, on principle, be assessed upon them. The
objection is strengthened by the experience of this office, which shows that the
.levy of this tax so seriously complicates the accounts and embarrasses the operations of these companies as to inflict an injury upon their business far beyond
the amount of the money directly obtained from them. It is not necessary to
dwell upon the general grounds of public policy which demands that the practice of insuring, lives Miould be encouraged by lEe goA^ernment. The dividend
tax seems, in itself to be inapplicable to these comi3anies, and almost incapable •
of collection, and I can discover no sufficient Tcason for perpetuating it.
I t may, ho Aveyer, be remarked that the stamp duty no A required upon policies
V
of life insurance is- very IOAV, and should the uneqiial tax on the dividc'Lcls of ^
these companies be abolished, a partial compensation to the treasury mighj; be
made by increasing the tax on life insurance in this form. It is believed that a
stamp ,011 cA^ery policy, or emolument of like effect, of fifty cents for,each one
thoiisand dollars of the amount insured, may be levied Avithout oppressing the
companies or discouraging the demand for insurance. ' It should also be remarked
that life insurance companies which are not purely mutual, but Avliich have^ a
capital stock invested in them for the . sake of revenue, should obviously'be
taxed upon the revenue in. the .same proportion as the gains and profits of any
other business.
. . . .
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.The administration of the existing laws has furnished^ valuable data for an,
inquiry into the sources from: which any further increase of revenue must be
deri\^ed. A careful comparison of the results already attained here Avith those
Avhich the larger experience of other nations lias led them already indicate some
of these with precision. A strong example is to be- found in the excise upon
distilled spirits. This was fixed' by the act of J u l y ' l , 1862, at tAventy cents
per gallon. - In Great Britain the same product is taxed ten shillings "per gallon,
or nearly tAvelve and a half times as much ; and the revenue received by the
British treasury from this source has been for some years, in round numbers,
ten millions of pounds"annually, or nearly equal to t'wo^hirds of the whole'in-,
ternal revenue of.the United States from all sources. Indeed, the tax on distilled spirits forms more than tAventy per ceiit. of thewhole; inland ievenue of
/the British empire, while uiider our present laws this tax will probably produce
- much less than ten per cent, of the ^Avhole receipts _of this office: Yet in Great .
Britain even this severe tax is believed to be in all its bearings one of the least
injurious of all sources of revehue, and one of~those most cheerfully borne and
least oppressiA^ely felt by the tax-payers.
It Avould obviously be impossible in this country to levy such a tax: as that
of England upon distilled, spirits. With, our more scattered population and less
rigid surveillance the duty Avould be widely evaded, and would act as a direct '
premium on fraud. But there seCms to be no good reason for maintaining a
rate of taxation so much loAA^er than that imposed by any other d\41ize'd nation
upon an article Avhich, though used by so many, is beneficial to none, and Avhich^
on all grounds of general policy,-and by the usage of most governments, should
head the list of taxable products. I respectfully suggest the propriety of recommending to Congress a tax of not less than sixty cents per gallon on distilleci
spirits,
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-Another product on which our excise tax bears very lightly, as compared with
that-of England, is malt liquor of all kinds ; and the method of collecting this
tax is as, different in the IAVO countries as its anio.uiit. " The experience of Great.
Britain has taught her that it can be collected more efficiently, and with much
greater ease, on the malt itself before brcAving than onthe liqiior: Beer is there'
exempt, and malt is taxed heavily • while here, malt is exempted^ even from.our
general tax on m^-nufactures, ancl a light excise is'^placed upon beer. I am
clearly of opinion,that the EJnglish system is more economical in its administra
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tion, and'.far more productive-of revenue, iri proportion to the burden imposed by
it upon the consumer, than our OAVII. J AVOUM therefore suggest for consideration, the propriety of imposing upon malt, uiider suitable-regulations, a tax of
thirty cents per bushel. - Should it, hoAvever, be deemed advisable to continue
the exception of malt, and tax only the liquor produced by it, it seems certain
that the revenue might be considerably increased by,a judicious enlargement of
the tax, say to one dollar and fifty cents per barrel;
. ., Certain provisions of the present law Avhich relate to petroleum have'occasioned embarrassment, and will probably receive from CongresS; some reTisioii
tendihg to make them-more simple and efficient. Large natural deposits of this
oil are being discovered. Its distillation is improving from time to time, so that
its importance in commerce bids fair to increase rapidly for an indefinite peiiod.
If it be thought unfair to foster this product at the expense of others, by exempting it entirely from taxatioh, it Avould seem desirable, in order to facihtate
collections, and make evasion of the duty inore difficult, to levy it for the most
pai't .upon the crude oil before distillation. This oil for illuminating, purposes is so cheaply produced as to be without a rival in the markets of the
AA^orld; and AVere a moderate tax, like that now levied upon the distilled oil, or
eveii one sornewhat heavier, laid upon/it in the crude state, i t could not seriously
check the increasing demand for it, nor injuriously affect those AVIIO haA^e embarked capital in its production.
' B u t however these suggestions m a y b e regarded, the provisions Vf the one
hundred and sixteentli section, alloAving a draAvback on articles Avhich have paid
a duty upon their exportation,, seems, in.its application to this oil, to be obviously
injudicious. It is apparently a direct discrimination against the people of this
country, and in favor of all other nations, in supplying Avhich, nature^has giveli^us
almost a monopoly. If there is any article on whose exportation it is justifiable
to ]evj a direct "tax, it is one.of this character. , As European nations are accustomed to tax products, the growth of this country, severely, in importing them,
raising from them a very large, revenue, i t ' m a y be worthy of consideratioii
whether the moderate duty, nowimposed on ^ this oil, may not be maintained
when produced for export. Additional force is given to this thought by the
practical difficulties experienced in administering the present law. Buch com- '
plications occur as, it, is feared, ojjen the way for fraud. HoAA^ever this may be,
the want of economy in keeping up an elaborate system for the repayment of.
duties once collected, and on.which the government has paid commissions,is so
obvious as to compel attention, to the inquiry hoAv far it may be possible to dispense with it. I therefore,respectfully,suggest that Congress jbe requested to
consider the propriety of repealing the drawback noAV allowed on the export of.
illuminating oil.
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Among the luxuries not in any form necessary to subsistence, and generally
deemed, to some extent, noxious, and, therefore^usually selected by other nations
as7a peculiarly proper subject of tax, is tobacco. Our present excise bears very
lightly on.this commodity, and a larger tax would be, I think, A^ery cheerfully
borne without materially diminishing the' production. In England the tax:
on cA^ery hunded pounds of unmanufactured tobacco, exclusive of warehouse
duties, is seventy-seven dollars and scA^enty-tAvo cents; on snufif one hundredi
and fifty-four dollars and sixty-four cents; and on manufactured tobacco tw^o
hundred and thirty-three dollars and thirteen cents ; being Ori the last upwards of
t V dollars and thirty-three'cents^per, pound. The objects-sought to be atAO
tained by this mode oi taxation were, doubtless, to raise as much re Avenue as:
possible from the importation of raw material, .and to secure the profits of preparing it for consumption to the Britisli manufacturer. It has been successfuL
in both ^respects. The yield in rcA^enue from this source fdr^several years prior
to 1861 averaged more than twenty-seven millions, of dollars, while the niaulifactured article Avas, in great measure, excluded. Eor three years there were
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no importations of snuff, except eighteen pounds only, fo Ireland, and the importations of manufactured tobacco, in all other shapes, ranged from tAvo hundred
and sixty-nine thousand to four hundred and tAventy-eight thousand dollars
only in value. In Erance the tobacco trade is a government monopoly; and
Avhile our exportations of the commodity in the leaf to that country are only
inferior in amount to our expbrtation.s to Great Britain and Ireland, it took from
us no more than twenty-nine pounds in three years, j^nd the largest amount
of manufactured tobacco exported thither in any one year Avas, in value, but
seven.thousand three hundred and seventy-one dollars. Eor many years our
exports to.Erance have varied from three-fifths to four-fifths of all the tobacco
consumed in that kingdom. In 1862 they amounted to thirty-tAvo millions
three hundred and five thousand. tAvo' hundred and forty pounds, at the average
cost of eight cents and three-tenths of a cent per pound; and the net profits to
the government, 'on the manufacture and sale of that product of American soil,
was not less than thirteen million seven hundred and twenty-nine thousand fiA^e
hundred and forty-eight dollars. Those profits have been estimated for several'
.successiA^e years, and been foand to vary from four hundred and forty-seven to
five hundred and fourteen per cent, on the price paid to the producers. . The
restrictions and limitations Avith -which this trade is clogged by foreign nations
have beendong unsatisfactory to our people, and, in the year.eighteen hundred
and fifty-nine, they became the subject of certain resolutions of Congress, protesting tiiat they Avere Avholly inconsistent Avitli that fair and reciprocal condition
of commerce Avliich ought to exist betAveen the United^ States ancl those nations;
but the protest, so far as I have learned, has been unheeded. tJnder such circumstances it is Avell to consider hoAv, in laying our excise duties, Ave may at
once serve the purposes of revenue and protect our OAVU manufactures. There
seems to be no good reason Avliy AVC should furnish the raAvproduct cheaply to
foreign nations on such terms as to enable them.to tax it for their own benefit,
and to make it a means of stimulating their domestic industry.
The diminished production, OAving to the southern rebellion, Avas far short
last year of AAdiat it Avas in previous years.
In ISGO it Avas, in round nutnbers, four hundred and tAventy-eight millions of
pounds. Last. year it Avas only tAvo hundred and eighty millions of pounds.
This year, notAvithstanding the extensive planting in the northern and middle States, the crop is estimated in the last report of the Agricultural bureau,
at only IAVO hundred and fifty-eight millions ; being still one hundred and seventy
millions of pounds less than in 1860. While the domestic production is thus
.diminished, the foreign demand has been constantly increasing, and it will,not
be likely to be seriously affected bythe difference in price Avliich its exportation,
subject to our excise on the raAV material, Avill occasion. I therefore beg leave
to submit the proposition that tobacco be taxed in the leaf in the hands of the
producer, and that no.drawback be alloAved on its exportation in that shape, so
that the cost to the foreign manufacturer may be increased to the extent of our
excise. If any.draAvback is to be alloAved, the proper policy of encouraging and
sustaining our O A vmanufacturer, against adverse legislation of a foreign
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government, seems to require that it shall be alloAved, if at all, only on the
.manufactured article. The extent to which the alloAvance should go is a question of some nicety. The tax on tobacco in the leaf, Avith all the stems on,
might, I think, be fixed Avith advantage to the revenue, and Avithout injury to
the producer, at tAventy cents per pound. A light tax, varying from five to ten
or tAvelve cents per pound additional, might be imposed on the manufactured
commodity. A drawback on this from, ten to fifteen cents Avoiild give to the
domestic manufacturer all the advantages he Avould desire in the foreign .market,
and Avould, in some measure, countervail the legislation of foreign nations to his
prejudice.
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.the consideration, that, united Avith proper regulations for inspection, it Avill tend
to defeat the fraudulent practices by Avhich the government is now deprived of
much rcA^enue diie from this source.
Whether the excise on domestic Avines, being luxuries, useless to the consumer,
ought to be increased, may be questionable. ' The cultivation of the grape and the .
manufacture of wine in this country is still in 'an infant state, and good policy
Avould seem to require that they be encouraged. Though the experience of
Europe has shown that the consumption of spirits is not reduced by high rates
of"duties, it may be in some respects OAving to-the fact that cheap Avines are
not furnished to the consumer. If cheap, mild wine could be made to supersede spirits as the common liquor of the million, the result Avould be gratifying
both in a moral and industrial point of view, and any modification of the excise
tending in that direction would be desirable. I apprehend, however, that the
tax on spirits must ascend to a much higher figure than has yet been proposed,
before any appreciable effect will be produced in determining the choice of
liquors on the part of those who habitually drink them, and that at all events,
in the present heeds of the country for increased revenue, a duty of ten cents
per gallon on iiatiA^e AAdnes Avill not be severely felt or be deemed unreasonable.
These changes in the amount of duty to be laid on spirituous, vinous, and malt
liquors seem to be suggested by common experience and the policy Avhich
obtains in every Avell jioised system of taxation. They belong to a class of
luxuries Avhich may be properly denominated hurtful, and, if the consumption
shpuld happen to be affected by the Aveight of the taxes, the result Avould not
be Avithout compensation to the consumer and the country. The duties are UOAV
A^ery low, in vicAv of the modes of using the subjects df them. TAventy cents a
gallon is but one cent and a quarter a half pint—a quantity usually sufficient, I
presume, for one day's alloAvance for a moderate drinker. Three times that
tax Avould not be sensibly felt, in a proportionable increase of price. If it
Avould exert any influence on consumption, it Avould be in favor of the cheaper
liquors, Avhich, for that reason, could then better bea:.r some additional duty.
If in making your estimates of the needs of the government, it should be
found that no considerable increase in the amount derived from internal duties is
desired, I should think it a question Avorthy of consideration, Avhether some increase of tax on all Jiurtfal luxuries-, including even tobacco, Avould not be
eligible, so that relief might be afforded to those, interests that produce the
common necessaries of life. If an increase of the tax on certain products of
Avhich the use is purely voluntary, and at the same time at least useless, AA^ould
be attended by a diminution of tax on such commodities as contribute to the,
support, comfort, or enjoyment of the community, the propriety of the change
would, seem to be obvious. But if a large revenue is wanted to aidiii sustaining
the national credit and supplying means for the large expenditures incident to
the Avar, the reason for the change Avould become invincible.
In your estimate of last year, derived from information furnished by my predecessor, the amount of internal duties Avas stated at one hundred and fifty
D^nillions of dollars. The laAvs of excise Avere afterAA^ards modified and rendered
less productiA^e, and the result of their operation has probably not equalled the
expectations of Congress. The sum actually received into this office from all
sources, betAveen the first day of September, eighteen hundred and sixty-tAvo, •
and the thirtieth of June last, A ^s thirty-six million five hundred and eightyAa
six thousand three hundred and four dollars and fifty cents; and up to the first
day of September of this year the receipts Avere forty-seven million four hun-*
dred and eighty-nine thousand fbur hundred and seventy-three dollars and three
cents. Up to June thirtieth the drawbacks amounted to six hundred and seventysi.x thousand six hundred and eighty-three dollars and scA^enty-three cents ; and
up to September first, fi,ve hundred and three thousand and sixty-six dollars and
thirty-six cents.
At each.of these dates, however, there Avere considerable sums in the hands
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of collectors, and the annual taxes, including those on-incomes, had been only
partinlly received. To say Avith accuracy how much the excise laAvs have
yielded Avithin a given period, is not practicable. Their operation is continuous.
The machinery is constantly active. There are hardly ever in the malls les^^
than half a million cf dollars, including checks, drafts,.and certificates of deposit to the credit of this office, in transitu. We can make an estimate; and I
think it may be said Avith safety that the product of the taxes assessed Avithin
the year endiiig on the first day of September last, Avill amount to^ sixty-five
millions cf dollars. If the laAv should remain untouched, experience in its
admimstration Avill enable the officers haxing charge cf the subject to make the
yield larger and the expense of collection less; and the increase inthe production of the country, OAving to the activity of trade and industry, Avill operate in
the same direction. I attribute to these causes an addition to the internal revenue of another year of not less than ten millions of dollars. If Ave add to this
the probable results from the measures suggested in relation to spirituous,
vinous and malt liquors, and to tobacco, incase of tbeir immediate adoption,the
internal revenue for the year .eighteen hundred and sixty-four, reckoned from
January to December, both months included, Avill reach the sum of ninety-tAvo
millions, Avithout taking into calculation anything likely to come from -districts
. noAv insurrectionary.
Should such a revenue not be equal to the estimated needs of the treasury,
the necessary increase Avill reasonably be sought in an enlargement of the basis
of taxation, or by adding to.the duties now drawn from other sources, or by
means,cf both these measures together. In view of the probabilities that a
temporary increase of taxes may be demanded by immediate or anticpated
exigencies, I Avill proceed to indicate the subjects which, so far as I am able to
judge, Avill best bear additional burdens. In the performance of this duty I
have been solicitous to find those Avhicli Avill yield the largest returns,-Avith the
least possible onerousness to the people.
There are beverages other than those already mentioned, Avhich, being innocent, the use of them ought not to be discouraged, but Avhich, nevertheless, may
properly be required to contribute to the supplies demanded by the Avants of the
government. I refer to artificial mineral Avaters, soda Avaters, sarsaparilla Avaters.
and other beverages of like kind usually sold in bottles. I propose a tax on
^tliese of l Ao cents.per dozen, of bottles holding a half pint or less; and Avhen
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sold in bottles of greater capacity, four cents per dozen for each dozen of bottles
holding a pint or less; and Avhen sold in bottles of still greater capacity than a
pint, one cent per bottle. When sold in any other Avay> a duty of five per cent,
ad valorem Avould not be immoderate.
There arc certain articles Avhich may fiirly be denominated luxuries, and
Avliich arc only Avithin the reach of the opulent or prosperous, that may be made
liable to duties not yet imposed Avitliout inflicting hardship on any. I allude to
those mentioned in section scATnty-scA^cnthof the excise laAv, in schedule A, and,
I suggest that this schedule might be enlarged, so as to embrace subjects not
there enumerated. Gold Avatchcs, pianos, guitars, dogs, looking-glasses beyondi
a certain size, diamonds, emeralds, and other precious stones, kept for ornament
or use, may be instanced as falling Avithin the scope of the reasons Avhicli called
for the creation of this schedule. It is obvious to remark, hoAvever, that a tax
on such articles is not sustained by the principle of excise Avliich applies legitimately only to profits and products of annual consumption, and not to objects
° merely of taste or ornament, or to those of use or enjoyment, and that though
there m a y b e full ability to pay it, unless it bears a just proportion to the value
of the articles on Avhich it is imposed, it is felt to be oppressive, and Avill be
evaded, or the use of tho articles themselves abandoned. Though the incidence
of taxes on articles of this character is upon a class Avell able to bear them, it is
not to bo denied that they are usually but little productive; and so far as the
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returns of our assessors go, those imposed by the seventy-seventh section do not
constitute'an exception to the common experience. The amount they have yet
yielded pays but indifferently for the expense of collection, and the result points
to. the expediency of either repealing the section altogether, or of enlarging the
list of effects upon Avhich it is intended to operate.
Among those annual products of the soil Avliich appear to be proper subjects
of tax, and Avhich, being needed in large measure by the manufacturing nations
of Europe for the support of their industry, may be loaded Avith heavier duties
Avithout serious detriment to our OAVU countrymen, is cotton. That product is
rioAv subjected, to a duty of one half of one cent per pound. Quadriiple the tax
Avill not, in my opinion, be excessive. So insignificant a sum can be added to
the price in the foreign market, Avithout affecting the demand or exciting dangerous competition.
Thread and yarn manufactured and sold, or delivered for being knit or Avoven
into fabrics, may properly be made subject to three per cent, ad valorem, the
same as if such thread or yarn Avere sold in the market.
Boards planed, tongued, and grooved, shingles, bricks, Roman cement, calcined plaster, draining tiles, dressed building stone, printers' ink, maps, charts,
periodical publications other than ncAvspapers, and engravers' work, Avould bear
an ad valorem duty.
The tax on auction-sales is noAv very low, and Avill bear to be increased probably to one-fourth of one per cent.
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The tax on slaughtered animals may be advantageously adjusted on a someAvhat different scale without becoming onerous, viz: on each head of horned
cattle, ihorc.than eight Aveeks old, slaughtered for sale, a tax of thirty cents;
and on calves of eight Aveeks old and less, a tax of five cents per head. On
slaughtered SAvine, exceeding fifty pounds in Aveight, ten cents per head.
The provisions of the 73d section of the act July 1, 1862, relating to goods
made by persons for their OAVU use, Avas reasonably supposed by my predecessor
to be qualified by the clause limiting the ainount of the annual product to six
hundred dollars; but a number of railroad companies, and other large operators,
Avho manufacture locomotive engines, railroad cars, paper for printing, and many
other articles consumed by them in the prosecution of their business, embracing
in tho aggregate the value of millious, have insisted that the six hundred dollar
limitation has application only to manufactures that are sold, not those consumed bythe manufacturers themselves; and that construction has been adopted
in several litigated cases. Though it may be in accordance Avith the legal inlent of the statute, I cannot belie.ve that it Avas contemplated by Congress to
give to large corporations the privilege of carrying on extensive manufactures
of Avood, iron, and other materials, Avithout the payment of a duty, because they
happen to be such extensive consumers as to make the business of manufacturing for themselves profitable. It is not consistent Avith the general spirit of the
I legislation of that honorable body to discriminate in favor of corporate institu1 tions or private firms, Avielding enormous capital, to the prejudice of small manu'facturers, and to the aggregation, instead of the diffusion, of capital, and the
healthy condition of trade produced by active competition. I therefore beg
leave to suggest the propriety of so amending the laAv as to make it ansAver
plainly the original intent. This, I submit, may be done by requiring that all
productions or manufactures used or consumed by the producers or manufacturers thereof, being articles of commercial value, and Avhich Avould be taxable
if sold, shall be in like manner taxable Avhen used or consumed.
According to the construction given to the act of July 1, 1862, the manufacturer of clothing and other articles of dress, Avhether to order as custom
work or for sale generally, Avas liable to a tax of three per c'ent. ad valorem.
The act of the 3d of J\Iarch last exempted from duty tailors', miUiners', dressmakers', and shoemakers' Avork, made to order as custom Avork, to the amount
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of one thousand dollars, and for any excess beyond that amount le\ded a duty
of one per cent, on the value. The discrimination introduced by the amendatory act does not appear to me to stand on any just principle. ' It creates an •
inequality in the percentage Avhich should be avoided, and operates practically
in favor of that description of customers Avho are best able to pay. The thousand dollar exemption provides a limit Avhicli is hot in accordance Avith the
analogies of the laAv.by Avhich an exemption in all other cases of manufacture
to the amount of six hundred dollars only is secured. I perceiAi^e no satisfactory reason Avhy the tax on all articles made to order beyond the last-mentioned
sum in value, and not otherAvise provided for, should not be laid at the usual
rate of three, per cent, ad valorem..
• "I suggest that the income'-'tax be left untouched, except in a fcAv slight particulars. This tax, though as fair in theory as any that 'can be laid, has been
found by the experience of other countries to be incumbered Avith practical difficulties in the assessment Avhich have deprived it of all claims to public favor:
The people of this country have accepted it Avitli cheerfulness, to meet a temporary exigency, and it has excited no serious complaint in its administration. In
order that it might not be felt to be inquisitorial in its character, the instructions
issued by this ofiice required that the returns of income shall not be open to the
inspection of others than officers of the revenue. Some doubt having been
entertained AAdiether a proper construction of the laAv sustains the instructions, I
i'ccommend that the doubt be removed by express enactment. It will, I think,
contribute to fairness if the provision allowing a deduction for rent paid. for
dAvelling-houses be stricken from the law, and that OAvners of such houses, residing in them, be charged with their rental value as income-. It seems to me,
also, that a change in the rate of taxation of large incomes may be properly
made, subjecting incomes over five thousand dollars (§5,000) and less than ten
thousand dollars ($10,000) in amount to four per cent, tax, and those over ten
thousand dollars ($10,000) and less than twenty thousand dollars ($20,000) to
five per cent., and those exceeeding tAventy thousand dollars ($20,000) to five
and a half or six per cent. The English rate is UOAV over four per cent, in time
of peace, and during the Russian Ava'r it Avas upAvards of five and eight-tenths
per cent, on all incomes over 66150. If the English people could tolerate,
Avithout murmuring, such a tax to sustain a Avar of conquest and ambition,
American citizens Avill certainly, endure a lighter one for union and freedom.
There is a class of persons subject to the assessment of the income tax Avho
claim' exemption on peculiar grounds. I allude to the subjects of foreign governments representing them here as consular agents. Many of these persons
are obliged to pay a tax upon the salaries AAdiich they receive from the home
governments for their ofiicial services, and complaint is made, Avith some reason,
that a double tax charged-upon the same source is unduly severe. In some
countries it appears that American consuls are obliged to pay taxes on their
incomes hoAvever derived, Avhile in others no such tax is exacted. I submit the j
consideratioii Avhether the same measure of liberal courtesy might not be
extended to the subjects of foreign gOA^ernments serving as consuls in our ports
as are extended by those governments to American citizens s'erving abroad in.
a consular capacity. We have sufficient information in this office to enable lis
to make the proper discrimination. The inequality, if any should exist, Avill
be attributed to the proper cause, and those Avho suffer by it Avill knoAv Avhere
to apply for the remedy.
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Among the most satisfactory branches of our excise laAv must be reckoned
that which levies stamp duties on documents and instruments of evidence.
This tax is, of all oj:hers, the most easily and cheaply collected and most cheerfully borne; and it is .believed that, in the future development of our system,
it is the one from Avhich most advantage may yet be expected from a gradual
and judicious extension. It is not to be questioned that some of the stamp
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duties are already heavy enough to represent their full share of the ta.xation of
the country; but there seems to be as little reason to doubt that some others
may noAv be advantageously enlarged. There is, at least, one very important,
class of papers exempt on which it would seem just to levy a small duty,
namely, receipts for the payment of money. Being of the utmost importance
in all transactions, the necessity of making them valid evidence of payment
would offer the strongest inducement to having them duly stamped. It is
believed that, by subjecting them to one-half the duty noAv required on checks
and sight drafts, a considerable revenue might be obtained Avithout seriously
burdening any interest. The penny stamp on receipts in England produced,
in 1861, t V millions IAVO hundred thousand dollars. In this country, Avith a
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population much superior in activity and general intelligence, and universally
habituated to proper modes of business, such a tax as is here proposed Avould
be quite as productive as the stamp there of double the A^alue.
Assignments and transfers of personal property other than instruments of
CAddence now proAdded for, by any Avidting, such as assignments in trust, deeds,
for the benefit of creditors or others; bills of sale and documents of like
nature may Avell bear a stamp proportioned to the value of the property conA^eyed. Indentures of apprenticeship, articles of partnership, attested copies of
instruments made evidence by laAV, Avarrants of distress, Avrits of execution,
letters patent for inventions, leases of personal property, certificates of copyright, commissions appointing persons to ofiices, certificates of admission of
attorneys or counsellors to practice laAv, diplomas of medical schools, colleges,
and uniA'crsities, and certificates of marriage, are among the documents Avhich
oft'er themselves in the present needs of the government as eligible subjects of stamp duty, and by a general provision all Avritten or printed instru"inents not otherAvise proAdded for, might, Avhen offered in evidence on the trial
or hearing of any civil case at huv before any court or judicial magistrate, be
required to have a stamp of small value affixed.
The same reason that demands the enlargement of schedule B, suggests an
increase of.some of the duties for Avliich it provides, especially those laid on instruments of evidence in common use. The stamp system has been far less
fruitful than Avas anticipated, and in order that it shall contribute its due share
to the revenues of the nation, the burdens it imposes must necessarily be increased. The basis of the excise scheme has been laid^with so much skill and
judgment as to comprehend every important productive interest, and to be incapable of material, enlargement, and in providing means for the Avants of the
government little remains but to add to the Aveight of existing taxes, and I consider that there are fcAv subjects that will bear the addition.better than several
enumerated in schedule B. Stamp duties are recommended by the. fact that
they are collected AAdth very little cost, and in. advLsing their increase, it is
pertinent to remark that those imposed by the act of July 1, 1862, before the
reduction effected by the amendatory act of March 3, 1863, Avhilo Avar A ^s flaAa
grant, and the admirable system of national finance UOAV in successful operation
not yet launched from your hand, do not approach in severity'those in vogue in
several European states in time of peace. I respectfully recommend that the
stamp duties on promissory notes, inland bills, drafts and orders, and also mortgages and personal bonds for the payment of certain sums ofanoncy.be doubled,
and that the maximum of those to be required in any case be also doubled ; that
the stamp duties on agreements or contracts other than those specified in the
schedule be ten cents; that the Avords ''exceeding tAventy dollars" be stricken
from the cla;Use in schedule B relating to bank checks, drafts or orders, and
also from the first paragraph of the sixth section of the amendatory act; that
the stamp duties on life, marine and inland insurance policies be doubled; that
those on leases be proportioned to the rent reserved and the length of the term;
that to letters of attorney to do single acts, such as enter satisfaction on a judg-
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ment or mortgage, execute a paper or document other than a conveyance, serve
a notice or process to appear to a suit or action, to receive prize money or Avages
of labor, be assigned a moderate duty more appropriate to the nature of the
service to be performed than that UOAV provided; and that Avrits, summonses, '
and-other processes for the commencement of actions before justices of the peace,
in cases of ciAdl jurisdiction, and Avrits of execution, also issued by such justices
Ibr the seizure or sale of goods, be :^iade subject to a small stamp duty.
The SAveeping provisions of the huv invalidating all documents not correctly
stamped seems, in our immature system, to be necessary, as furnishing the only
sufficient security against evasion; yet there^ are many cases in Avhich the
. amount of the appropriate stamp may be subject to reasonable doubt in itself, and
many more in Avhich the parties to an instrument m a y b e unable to understand
clearly the requirements of the law. In these cases it "^vould seem reasonable
to haA^e some tribunal near at hand AAdiose decisidivmay be final in each case, so
far, at least, that a particular document, the parties to. Avhich may haA^e honestly
endeavored to comply Avith the LIAV; may not be liable to be invalidated by any
subsequent decision of a judicial tribunal. . I therefore respectfully suggest that
the collector of each district be authorized, on the application of any party to a
document, to affix to it the stamps Avhich-, in his judgment, are required by law,
and that, upon the affixing of such stamps, he shall impress oh the instrument
the seal of his office, and also that the instrument so sealed shall not be deemed
invalid by reason of a different interpretation or decision of the laAv thereafter
made by any other. tribunal, provided that in every such case the collector
shall make a report of his action to the Commissioner of Internal Revenue
for approval; and that any person, believing himself to be aggrieved b y t h e
collector's decision, may appeal to the Commissioner, Avhose decision shall be
final. Cases of particular hardship may in this Avay be aA^oided, and the severity
of the laAV be mitigated in its operation upon persons honestly disposed to obey
it, Avithout impairing the security designed by its penal provisions.
In has been decided in the district court of the United States for the district
of NCAV Jersey that no tax can be assessed on lottery-ticket dealers under the
internal revenue laAvs in States in.Avhich the sale of lottery tickets is prohibited
by 'the local hiAvs. This decision appears to me to be subversive of the intent
of Congress as expressed in the act of March, last, and I have confidence that
such Avill be the final determination of the case. The opinion Aidiich seenis to
be entertained by the court that the provisions of the statute, requiring a license
to prosecute the business of a lottery-ticket dealer, could not be enforced in a
State Avhcre lotteries are forbidden by State authority, although the laAvs of the
State are "not enforced by the State officials, appears to me to stand on very
questionable ground.
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The court seems to have confounded the distinction betAveen acts Avhich are
merely mala froh}hita and those Avhich are mala in se, and to . have forgotten
that even gaming is not an offence at common law. The argument of the co.urt
in the case of lotteries Avould equally apply to licenses to sell liquors. But
Avhether the court is right or Avrong, it may be Avell, I suggest, to. clear the
obscurity, if any exists, by a definitive declaration of the laAv. And I suggest,
also, that it may be Avell to consider Avhether it may not be eligible to reduce the
tax now imposed on the sale of lottery tickets. So far it has yielded almost
nothing, without preventing the sale of tickets. This, result has added but
another instance illustrative of the truth that public morals are not to be mended
by legislation. AVhatever improA'cment is to be had in that respect must be
trusted to the influences of civilization and social melioration. A moderate tax
on the sale of lottery tickets (and by moderate I do not mean Avhat Avould be
so deemed, Avhen laid on necessaries, but in application to hurtful luxuries,)
Avould be paid, but the present excessive one has been, and Avill continue to be,
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evaded, and thus to the moral evil of gambling Avill be added the demoralizing
consequences created by habitual breaches of the laAV.
The eighteenth section imposes a tax of three per cent, upon the passenger
receipts of railroad and steamboat companies. It is respectfully suggested that
if additional reyenue is needed the tonnage receipts of these companies might
Avell be subjected to a tax rated as taxes - of an analogous character. Such
a tax Avould be borne by the active business, of the country, Avhicli, being
highly prosperous, could easily sustain it, and would possess the advantages of
• uniformity, simplicity in assessment, and cheapness in collection.
Revenue stamps are required to be affixed to despatches sent by telegraph
companies, and a tax, analog:ms to that on railroad' companies, is assessed on
thereceipts of steamboat, ferry-boat, bridge, express, and gas companies. W h y
the dividends declared on profits made by these last-narhed companies liaA^e not
been subjected fo duty does not clearly appear. They pass, it is true, into the
hands of stockholders, and go to SAvell incomes, AAdiich are taxed under the
ninetieth section of the act; but the assessment and collection of the income
tax are much more troublesome and expensive than of that Avhich is returned
and paid by the several corporations liable for it, directly to this office, and it
cannot be doubted that much, after being distributed to stockholders, escapes
the- grasp of the law altogether. The fact that the expense of collecting taxes
on dividends of corporations does riot exceed one-fifth of one per cent., and also
that greater certainty and facility in collection are attained by their returns being
made directly to this office, point to the expediency of Avidening the operations
of the rule so as to embrace all corporate institutions making profits on
dividends.
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By the seventh section of the act entitled *'An act to provide Avays and means
for the support of the gOA'-ernment," approved March 3, 1863, all banks, associations, corporations, or incliAdduals, issuing notes or bills for circulation as currency, shall be subject to and pay a duty of one per centum each half year from
and after April 1st, 1863, on the average amount of circulation of notes or
bills as currency issued beyond the amount named in the bill; and such'banks,
associations, corporations, and individuals, receiving deposits of money subject
to payment on check or draft, except savings institutions, aTC required to pay a
duty of one-eighth of one per centum each half year after the same date, upon
the average amount of such deposits, beyond the aA^erage amount of the circulating notes or bills laAvfully issued and outstanding as currency.
Monied corporations have a large interest in the financial credit'of the country,
and Avhenever their support becomes necessary, are usually ready to yield it
Avith cheerfulness and promptness. I suggest that, in vicAv of surrounding circumstances, t V and tAvo-fifths of one per cent, may be substituted for one per
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cent, in the act referred to, imposing tax on circulation; and that one-eighth of
one per cent., the tax on deposits, ^may be increased to one-fifth of one per cent.
There is no reason to apprehend that the additional burden Avill be regarded as
severely oppressive, especially AAdien viewed in connexion Avith other taxes demanded by present exigencies;
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Sales at broker's boards, it Avould seem, ought to contribute to the rcA^enue,
for the same reason that exacts a tax from sales by auction. I suggest that a
tax of one-tAventieth of one per cent, be laid on sales at broker's boards.
The duty imposed on legacies and distributive shares has not yet proved as
productive as Avas generally expected. Some . modifications, it is supposed,
might be made of the existing laAv Avithout. inflicting peculiar hardship on the
tax-payer. If the duty laid upon property passing from decedents by Avills, or
under the proAdsions of statutes regulating descent and distribution, be moderately cnlaTgcd, and be made to apply to real as Avell as to personal estate, the
yield Avould be considerably augmented. Estates passing by bequest, distribution,
devise or descent lineally, might Avell pay a duty of one per cent., and those
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transmitted by the same channels to brothers and'sisters would bear an half per
cent, additional; Avhile those to which more remote kindred become entitled
might -be somcAvhat more heavily charged than by the existing laAv. If the
interests of those described in the second, third, fourth, and fifth classes of the
one hundred and eleventh sections- Avere taxed at the rates respectively of three,
five, and seven per cent., I think the additional burden would elicit no serious
complaint, and Avould be preferred as an alternative to almost any other kind of
duty. I suggest also a limit to the exemjition of property passing to husband
or Avife, and Avhether that limit might notbe fixed as IOAV at least as five thousand "
dollars, leaving all beyond that amount subject to a tax, say, of tAvo per cent.'
Our license system is also capable of some slight extension, and perhaps requires it, in order to m^ike it operate equably. . Conveyancers, mercantile
agencies, persons Avhose business it is to buy or sell farm produce for .others,
and Avho may be denominated produce brokers, OAAmers and keepers pf horse
creatures Avliich shall be entered for competidonin any public trial of speed,
might be justly required to pay license taxeis. The same may be said as to
persons Avhose business it is to contract for the letting of houses or other real
estate, or to collect rent for others ; amending the fourteenth section of the sixtyfourth section by striking from it the Avord ''rent." •
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The extension- proposed to be given to the system of internal revenue, and
the adclitional drafts on the producing sources above suggested, in vicAv of the
increasing Avants of. the government, cannot be fairly expected to yield the
amount of one hundred and fifty millions of dollars, Avhich, as I have already
stated, Avas the estimate reportedy to you by this office in December last. If,
therefore, it shall be deemed necessary tp^obtain-by internal duties the last named
sum, recourse must be had to some other "quarter, imadditional taxes imposed on
products Avhicli enter largely into consumptioli.'.;''iA, tiix of tAvo per cent, additional on the general manufactures of the country .Would, I think, produce the
required sum—-probably a few millions more. In making the estimate, some
alloAvance must be made for reduced consumption caused by the increased
economy in the use, incident to increased taxes. Doubling duties on necessaries
AvUl not double the revenue, and the proportion of the receipts to the rate wiH
be less than in the case of such luxuries as, are used in gratifying the appetites.
Consideration has been given to common experience on this point, and due allowance made for it.
The suggestions which I present for your consideration in this report are
made for the purpose of aiding an effort AAdiich appears to be necessary, to jDrovide for a larger revenue from excis.e.
Whatever may be necessary to be done to meet the wants of the treasury
Avill, I am satisfif^d, be cheerfully submitted to by a loyal and patriotic people,
zealous for the Avelfare a,nd honor of the nation, and thoroughly determined to
achieve success in the Avar noAv Avaged against its life, especially Avhen assured
that the burdens which they are asked to assume are likely to be temporary,
and that there is every prospect that those burdens may be greatly lightened
almost as soon as the rebellion shall have been suppressed.
The extension of the area of free labor and the development of the resources
of the old slave States under the new system, together Avith the. advantages,
to trade and business resulting from an equal currency, securing to each portion
of the country the proper rcAvards of its OAVU. enterprise, cannot fail to promote
production and to induce a condition of prosperity as yet unequalled in our history. When the federal authority shall have been re-established in the insurrectionary districts the productiveness of the-excise law will be increased bythe
enlargement of its sphere of operation, and still more by the* spur given to industry
by causes springing from the bosom of southern society, relieved of a A eight
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heavier than debtand regenerated b y the spirit of freedom hitherto repressed in
that region. The expense of collecting the revenue has been ascertained to be
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about six and tAvo-tAventy-sevenths per cent, on the actual receipts of the office.
This is far below the cost of collecting in other countries. ^ The same kind of taxes
in England are collected at an expense exceeding.eleven per cent. It,is hoped
and believed that as our system of excise matures a loAver per centage can yet
be obtained,, and that, by. the adoption of some new provisions, collections may
be facilitated and cheapened Avith a saving of trouble and.annoyance tothe. taxpayer. Such provisions I proceed to suggest. V • '
' : 1. As the laAV IIOAV^ stands the annual list embraces.only the taxes on licenses,
carriages, yachts, billiard tables, and gold and silver plate, all of which relate
either to business avocations or to personal property. The sections of the laAVproviding for,the assessment and collection of these taxes Avere. copied almost
literally from the direct tax law'of August^5, 1861, AAdiich operated exclusively
on real estate. . In the latter case it A ^s proper, if not necessary, in.order to
Aa
secure uniformity and equality, to appoint a time and place to hear appeals and
to,re-examine and equalize the valuations, after due notice, of their amounts had
been given. The time fixed for hearing appeals Avas tAverity-tive clays after
publication of the nofice. The lists being afterwards. completed were to be
handed over .to the collector, Avho,-within ten days after receiving them Avas by
advertisement to require paj^ment in^tAventy days. If-not paid within, that time,
a personal demand Avas to be made, and ten days more given before proceedings
for distraint could be commenced.
These provisions, slightly modified, Avere transferred to the excise laAv. The
statement of them is sufficient to slloAv th^^i^^eneral inapplicability to. personal
taxes. That this proceeding is unng^f^^djp^edious and complicated is further
.shoAvn by reference to the mod^tf?^opt^*3roVjj^sessing and collecting the taxes
on all kinds of manufactmi^gfwlii^\^j<^f^
more consequence as sources
of revenue than carria^^^g^^^^^j^fimrd tables, and plate. -These taxes arc
assessed without adverti^ngo^^^^ing appeals by the assessor, and are collected
Avithout advertisement b p ^ h e collector—all which is doiie AAdthin the period
of one month, Avliile the time occupied in realizing the taxes on the' annual list,
including the income tax, has :averaged six months, if not more. Thus the
present mode of gathering the annua;l taxes involves expense, delay, and labor
wholly disproportioned to the results. I therefore recomniend that the hiAV be
so modified as .to require, after making due provision for appeals in all cases, the
annual tax:es, including the tax on inconifes, to be assessed and collected i n a
manner similar to the mode provided for the assessment and collection of the
, monthly taxes.
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, 2 . The various provisions of the law relating to the time of assessing and
collecting, and the mode of enforcing against delinquents /the collection, of
w-monthly and other taxes, would be improved by being made more uniform.. At
present some of the .provisions for the assessment and collectioii of the tax on
annual incomes, besides being obscure and incompatible . Avith those relating to,
the annual list, have caused. jDerplexity and delay.
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The returns of manufacturers are required to be made within ten daiys after
the first clay of each month, and the taxes are to be paid on such day as may
be prescribed by the Commissioner. The returns * of auction sales are to bo
made at the end of each month, or, within ten days thereafter, and taxes paid
' a t same time.
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tiiiie.
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On receipts of railroads, &e.,,within, five days after tile end of each month,
and taxes paid Avithin. RVQ days thereafter.
.v ' Noxhange is needed in reference,^to .manufactures, but in all other cases it
would be Avell if 'the returns should be required to be made to the, assessor by
the tenth of each month, and the payments by the twentieth, and the provisions
of section nineteen, of the act of July 1, 1862, in reference to.demand and, col to, all.
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about six and tAvo-twenty-sevenths per cent, on the actual receipts of the office.
This is far beloAv the cost of collecting iri other countries. ^ The same kind of taxes
in England are collected at an expense exceeding eleven per cent. It i s hoped
and believed that as our system of excise matures a loAver per centage can yet
be obtained,, and that, by the adoption of some new provisions, collections may
be facilitated and cheapened Avith a saving of trouble and. annoy ance t o t h e taxpayer. Such provisional proceed to suggest, v • •
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' ; 1. As the law UOAV stands the annual list embraces.only the taxes on licenses,
carriages, yachts, billiard tables, and gold and silver plate, all of which relate
either to business avocations or to personal property. The sections, of the laAv.
providing for,the assessment and collection of these taxes Avere. copied almost
literailly from the direct tax law'of August^5, 1861,'AAdiich operated, exclusively
on real estate. . In the latter case it Avas proper, if not necessary, in.order to
secure uniformity and equality, to appoint a. time and place to hear appeals and
to. re-examine and equalize the valuations, after due notice, of their amounts had
been given. The time fixed for hearing appeals w^as tAverity-tive clays after
publication of the'notice. The lists being afterwards. completed Avere to be
handed over .to the collector, Avho,-within ten days after receiving them Avas by
advertisement to require paj^ment in^tAventy days. If.not paid within that time,
a.personal demand Avas to be made, and ten days more given before proceedings
for distraint could be commenced.
These provisions, slightly modified, Avere transferred to the excise laAV. The
statement of them is sufficient to slioAv th^j^^eneral inapplicability to. personal
taxes. That this proceeding is uim^f^'^mj()^edious and comjilicated is further'
.shown by reference to the mod^«!?^^pyJ^^5ror^sessihg and collecting the taxes
on all kinds of m a m i f i i ( i t u ^ 0 ^ Y h i ^ \ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
more consequence as sources
of revenue than. C8.viiai^^.^^^ikj^^^nvd tables, and plate. - These taxes are
assessed Avithout'adverti^ng^^^
appeals by the assessor, and are collected
Avithout advertisement. 1)^^10 collector-—all which is done AAdthin, the period
of one month, Avhile the time occupied in realizing the taxes on the' annual list,
including the iiicome tax, has averaged six months, if not more. Thus the
present mode of gathering the annual taxes involves expense, deiay, and labor
wholly disproportioned to the results. I therefore recomniend that the hiAV be
so modified as ,to require, after making due provision ior appeals in all cases, the
annual taxes, including the tax on inconies, to be assessed and collected i n a
manrier similar to the mode provided for the assessrnent and collection of the
montlily taxes.
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, . 2 . The various provisions of the law relating to the timC'df assessing arid
collecting, and the mode of enforcing against delinquents /the collection. of
^monthly and other taxes, would be improved by being made more uniform.. At
present some of the provisionsfor the assessment and collection of the tax on
annual incomes, besides being obscure and incompatible .AAdth those relating to,
the annual list, have caused perplexity and delay.
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;. The returns of manufacturers are required to be made wdthin ten days after
the first day of each month, and the taxes are to be paid on such day as may
be prescribed by the Commissioner. The •returns'of .auction sales are to bo
made at the end of each month, o t within ten days thereafter, and taxes paid
at same time.
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On slaughtered animals a t t h e end of each month, and taxes paid at same
t i m e .
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On receipts of railroads, &e.,,Avithin, five days after the end of; each month,
and faxes paid Avithin. five days thereafter.
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Noxhange is needed in reference.^^to .'manufactures, but in all other cases it
Avould be Avell if 'the returns should ,be required to be made to the assessor by
the tenth of each month, and the payments by the tvventieth, arid the provisions
of section nineteen, of the act of July 1, 1862, in reference to demand and, colDigitizedlection applied to all.
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tuted, and costs incurred in cases, which this office Avould not have advised, and
money may often be saved by accepting terms of accommodation offered by par-,
ties prosecuted for penalties, Avhere little prospect exists for recovering anything
by proceeding to judginent and execution.
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As the administration of the internal revenue laAvs is intrusted mainly.to this
office under your direction, I suggest that a provision that all fines, penalties
and forfeitures, or the share bf them recovered under those laws, belonging to
the government, be paid'into this office, and 'that,the costs of suits, ancl prosecutions Avhich shall be instituted by the IJnited States for such fines and penalties,
and for, internal revenue duties, be paid by this office out of such moneys as may
be here received for t^xes, so that the Avliole subject may be brought Avithiri the
cognizance of officers appointed under th(3 internal revenue laAvs.
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My predecessor recommended that the purchase of iron safes he authorized
for the use of assessors and collectors. The subject is one of much importance,
especially in districts Avhere large amounts of revenue are collected. I beg leave
to rencAv the recommeiidation. The destruction of v^liable peepers of a collector, in one instaiice, Avithin a feAv riaonths, has caused great incon\^enience arid
some loss, and the experience of the office confirms thewisdomof Mr. BoutAvell's
suggestioii.,
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It is important that the compensation of the officers engaged in assessing and
cpllccting the interrial revenue should be determined on proper principles. As
the law noAv starids,' Avhen the collections amount to four hundred thousand, dollars, the collector is entitled to his maximum compensation, and the expense attending all subsequent collections, during .the-year must be borne by him Avithout
remuneration from any source. Such an arrangement, it will be perceived, tends
to discourage collectors^ in districts yielding large revenue, from performing their
: duties, as the greater his energy ancl diligence .the less is-his profit. I propose,
as a juster mode of compensating this officer, that a certain fixed salary be given
to each collector and a small commission be alloAved him on all stims AAdiich he
shalfcollect. An adjustment of the compensation, I am satisfied, can be so
made by this mcde as not to require a larger amount to be paid to the Avhole
body of collectors, and Avill secure to each a compensation proportioned to his
labor and responsibility.
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The assessor receiA^es.his maximum on the collection-of'six hundred thousand dollars, and for AAdiatever trouble or expense he incurs on assessments over,
that sum he is not remunerated. •. If an alloAvance of one-tenth of one per cent,
on all moneys collected in the district should be made to this office, it: Avoiild, I
think, compensate him sufficiently and op'erate as a stimulus to effort inthe pro-,
per direciion.
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The compensation of assistant assessors is also a subject AA'orthy the attention
of Congress. If it can be fixed in such a manner as to give them an interest in
making their sub-districts productive, tlie government Avill, I have no doubt,
profit by it, and persons who now escape assessment altogether- will be required
to pay their due share of taxes.
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In compliance with the provisions of the 33d section of the act of July ,1;
1862, requiring that separate accounts shall be kept at the treasury of all moneys
received from internal.duties iri each of the respectrive States, Territories, and
collection districts, and that separate accounts shall ,be kept of t4ie "amount of
each species of duty or tax that shall accrue, so as to exhibit, as far as may be,
the amount collected from each source of revenue, Avitli the money paid to collectors and other officers employed in such district, separate accounts, as required
by the act, have been kept. ^ They are, npt yet, ho AVC ver, "so complete as to enable me to append to this report an abstract, in tabular form, shoAving the receipts
from each district, and the expenses of collecting the taxes in each.
Several collectors, though repeatedly urged, have, as yet, failed to make to
this office the proper returns, Avithout Avhich full and , complete accourits cannot
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be prepared. I trust, hoAvever, that I shall be able to present you Avith an accurate statement of the expenses of collection, in connexion with a supplementary
report,-before the first day of January next.
In attempting to indicate the sources from Avhicli .additional means may be
draAAm to meet present exigencies, I trust that I have not exceeded the limits
proper to be observed in this report. It is apparent to every iiitelligent mind
that Avhile the rebellion lasts the national debt must continue to accumulate,
and that the ability of the government eventually, to meet all demands upon it,
must be clearly demonstrated. In such a Avar as that in Avhich the country is
noAv engaged, the contest is as much of exchequers as of armies ; and the soundness of the national credit, of Avhich you are the appointed guardian, is indispensable to successin the field or ori the ocean.
With sincere respect, your obedient servant,
JOSEPH J. LEWIS,
Commissioner.
Hon.
S. P . CHASE,
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Secretary of the Treasury.
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TREASURY OF THE U N I T E D S T A T E S ,
Washington, November 21, 1863.
, , SIR ; The receipts iuto the treasury during the fiscal ,year ending June 30,
1863^ were as folloAvs:
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Customs, internal revenue, and from miscellaneous sources. $889,767,3,37 01-.
From the War D e p a r t m e n t . . . . : . . . . . . - . . . . • ---..,- - . . - . - - - '•' ,3, 256„.O10 95
From the Navy D e p a r t m e n t . . . . . . . V . . . . - . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .^
3> 180, 308 10
From the Interior D e p a r t m e n t . . . . . - . . . . . . . f . : . . . . . . . . . . .
192, 375^ 39. . Total, coA^ered by 2,845 A v a r r a n t s ^ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 896, 396, 040 45
.Less counter warrants
$7, 016, 387 OS ^ ^ ' '^
-Less trust funds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \ 1 , 297, 524 .47 ':
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8,313,912 40
Actual receipts'. . • . . . - . . . . . . . . . . . . . - . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . •. 888,082-, 128 05. _
The payments during the fiscal year, ending with June 30 last were as
follows: '•
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For
For
For
For
Payments.
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civil, diplomatic, public debt and miscellaneous...... '.. $229, 461, 1 3 1 5 6
War D e p a r t m e n t . . . . . . . . : . . . . . . . . . . . . ; . . . . . . . . . . , .
602, 554,:620 78
Navy D e p a r t m e n t . . . . . : . . , . . . , . . . . . . . . . . . . . ' . . . . : . ' . . , '' . 66, 402, 271 74 •
Interior D e n a r t m e n t . . . .^.. . . . . . . I . . . . . . . . , . ^ . . . . . - < 4, 425, 724 09
-Total, covered by 21,554 w a r r a n t s . . . . . . . .
. . . .*. 902, 843, 748 17 .
L e s s b y r e p a y m e n t s : . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $7, 016, 387 93 ^
Less trust funds
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30,729 59 ';
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7, 047, 117 52:
Actual p a y m e n t s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
895, 796, 630 65
^ The following figures* show the increase in the receipts and payments during
the last three years:
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Receipts to June 30, viz:
1861-.,...,:.'......,........:.........',.., V..
:....... ; $88, 694, 572 03
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1862
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.,..:...... '. 589, 197, 417" 72
1863.
......,...,....,:,.:.:..'.,............ .888, 082,128 05
Payments to June 30, viz :
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1861........
.....*.... .1.....'.:...,'.. ^..:...... $90, 012, 449 79
1862..
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.7............... .578, 376,^242.79
1863
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895, 796, 630 65
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The total transactions for 1861 amount to about ten per cent, of the aggregate
r 1863.
The amount received for'.the use of the Post Office Department during the last fiscal year, including a balance in the
treasury at the commencement of the year of ^45,165 48,
Avas
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Paid on 2,982 post office Avarrants
Available balance subject to draft.
^ 3 , 504, 417 49
3, 282, 929 07
221, 488 42
The receipts of'the War Department consist of repayments into the treasury
by disbursing officers and the proceeds of confiscations.
The receipts from the Navy Department are mainly repayments by disbursing
officers and from captures.
The aggregate transactions at this office for.the last three years were as
folloArVS:.
1861
1862.:
1863
$4:1, 325, 339 20
929, 630, 814 38
2, 696, 059, 087 86
One year six per cent, certificates of indebtedness in part payment of warrants and disbursing officers' checks have been issued during the year- to the
amount of one hundred' sixty millions tAvo hundred nine thousand tAvo hundred.
sixty-one dollars ninety-two cents.
June 30, 1863, the number of open accounts at this office Avas.
June 30, 1862, the number was
368
232
Increase, about sixty per cent., viz :
136
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By means of eight hundredfifty-tAvotransfer orders, the suni of $462,222,661 25
was transferred from one depository to another during the year, to facilitate disbursements.
The payment of government dues through the medium of transfer checks on.
the assistant treasurers at New York, Philadelphia, Boston, and San Francisco,
has been of signal benefit to public creditors, and an essential aid in the business
of the department. T h e number of these • checks issued for the year ending
June 30, 1861, Avas*l,484; for the year ending June 30, 1862, the number .Avas
8,038; aiid for the last fiscal year the number Avas 30,526, covering the sum of
S159;864,954 57.
The number of national banks organized previous to July 1, 1863, A ^s twentyAa
six; the amount of United States bonds deposited Avitli the undersigned as
security for currency, Avas $1,185,750.
The number of official manuscript letters Avritten during the year, was four
thousand one hundred eighty-tAvo.
In the safe management of' the multiform fiscal operations, of the' government
under present circumstances, great care and ceaseless attention to details have
become imperative here, and to close up the current transactions of each.day cor-.
rectly, suffering nO part of the Avork to accumulate,- requires the industrious
application of a large force of capable and faithful clerks. There is no
probability that the A^olume of money transactions Avhich has been groAving to
the present time, will be lessened for many years, and it is respectfully sug
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gested that the places of all the additional or temporary clerks in this office
be made permanent. The salaries of many of the employes here are beloAv those
paid by moneyed corporations and others, for like services and responsibilities,
and in consequence, some of my clerks have been obliged, in justice to them^
selves, to accept positions tendered them elsewhere, and to leave their posts
under government, where their services and business talents have not been
suitably paid for. Promptness, integrity, and capability ought to be as highly
prized in public service as in private enterprise, and the fruits of the prevalent
practice in the choice and pay of men in public offices are obvious enough.
It is recommended that the salaries of the cashier and of the assistant cashier
be each fixed at two thousand five hundred dollars per year, and that there be
appointed a chief of diAdsion of national banks, at a salary of tAvo thousand dollars per year. It is also recommended that the compensation of the four chiefs
of division be increased to tAvo thousand dollars per year.
In view of the past and prospective increase of labors and duties in this bureau, I would recommend the following number and classification of clerks for
the ensuing year, with the remark, that the force may have to be somcAvhat enlarged by the employment of temporary clerks :
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Ten clerks of the fourth class,
Ten clerks of the third class.
Twenty clerks of the second class,
Ten clerks of the first class,
making a total of fifty clerks, exclusive of the cashier, assistant cashier, chief
clerk, and heads of divisions, and an increase of six over the number now employed.
I have the honor to be, very respectfully, your obedient servant,
F . E. S P I N N E R ,
Treasurer United States.
Hon.
S. P. CHASE,
Secretary of the Treasury,
D.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
Register's Office, October 31, 1863.
SIR.: The amount of business in all of the divisions of this office has continued steadily to increase during the past year. .
At the date of my last report it had reached a magnitude never contemplated
by the legislation under Avhich this bureau is organized, and Avhich, Avith its
limited powers and accommodations, it was very difficult to perform in a satisfactory manner. The great increase since, and the prospective increase in future,
renders a reorganization of the bureau and a large addition to its present accommodations indispensable.
It is indeed a matter of surprise to me, in looking over the past year, that the
bureau has been able to accomplish so much as it has; and if there had not been
a degree of zeal, industry, and fidelity on the part of the gentlemen engaged in
it, Avhich I never expected to meet, this amount of business could not have been
transacted. If I do not name these gentlemen in my report, it is because I
should find difficulty in distinguishing the degrees of merit between them. I
would be obliged to name them all. In season and out of season, AAdthont much
regard to the limit of office hours, they have applied themselves to the mass of
work Avhich increased with every day, and they have performed it, giving me
the great pleasure of being able to report to you that, although much remains
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to be done, the business of the office was never in a greater state of forwardness
than it is noAv, and that there is not a citizen of the government who can truly
say that his rights or his interests suffer because the Register's office delays any
action proper for it.to perform. I shall always look back upon the last year,
and my experience in the Register's office, as having given me better views ot
human nature and increased confidence in men.
The work has been done quietly and unobtrusively, with a full knowledge
that no especial merit Avould be gained by doing it, and in the history of these
times I do not believe that instances can be found of more untiring industry and
devotion to duty than in many of these subordinate places in the departments.
It is a cruel thing in all the changes of the last fcAv years that these men should
be compelled to toil on under salaries established fifty years ago, and Avhich do
not equal in many cases the pay of a second lieutenant in the army. It appears
to me that if the true facts in this respect Avere presented to Congress, that body
could not fail in some degree to act upon them.
From the necessity of the case my first attention has been given during the
last year to the subject of loans. The preparation and placing in the hands of
parties scattered over all that part of the country under the national control of
more than one hundred and seventy-five rnillions of dollars in securities, the
greater part of Avhich pass Lke bank notes Av'hhout indorsement, without the loss
of a single dollar to the government or to the subscribers, Avith all the incidental
labor connected Avith the subject, has been no easy task. The great anxiety
which parties feel to have their bonds at an early day after subscription makes
it necessary that all parts of the business should be transacted Avith great
rapidity, and yet correctness is indispensable. These bonds, to insure correctness, must undergo many manipulations and examinations, and the amount of
labor necessarily attending their issue, both in this office and your OAVU, is far
greater than is commonly supposed. The gentlemen in your own office, whose
work goes on in this respect p a r i passu Avith that in the loan division, have used
every effort to facilitate the transaction of the business, and have contributed in
no small degree to enable us to forAvard the issue of bonds, and UOAV AVC are able
to issue bonds to fill the very large orders received daily on the day following
their reception.
The following statement is only brought to the end of the fiscal ye'ar. The
business of the department since has been much greater than during any part of
the year closing on the 30th of June last.
During that year the original issues of bonds have been as folloAvs:
Loan of July 17, 1861.—Number of bonds, 30; amount, $28,500.
Loan of July, 1862.—Number of coupons, 283,008; amount, $144,119,650.
Loan of July, 1862.—Number of registered, 10,761; amount, $16,839,400.
Thus it AAdll be seen that in the issue of one hundred and sixty million nine
hundred and eighty-seven thousand dollars, there have been entered in the
various appropriate books, fiPled up, sealed, signed, and transmitted to the proper
parties, ahnost three hundred thousand different bonds.
This business Avith the transfers has required the Avriting and. transmission
of eight thousand seven hundred and forty-nine letters, or about an average of
thirty for each business day.
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The transfers have been as folioAvs : ^
Loan of-
1847,... 1 . . . . . , . , - ' . . . ^ . . : . .
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Act of February S, ,1861.
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transfers. transferred.
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421
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555 f>m
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17,063,300
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Number of new accourits opened i n the various books, 2,600. --.••..:
,'T'he business incideritally connected Avith the issue of bonds naust always.inr
crease^in t h e same proportion. The accounting systeni, the receiving and numerical arrangement for perrnanent preservation of paid coupons and treasury
notes, the examination, entry, and filing of certificates, of deposit for loans, and
of powers of attorney to transfer bonds and.collect interest,, thepreparatioriCif
accounts of unclaimed dividends, the preparation" of statements for,, and the
answer to, calls from yourself and Congress, with a, large amount of other business difficult to-classify of tabulate, mitst be attended to in its proper time, and
must increase with the government indebtednesSi, The preparatioil of,schedules
of interest on.the various loans as it falls due- senii-annually is a very irnportant
work. The one prepared on, the loan of 1862'J for November 1, 1863, is the
largest ever made .in the department. I do not Avish.to.magnify the amount of ,
labor performed in this departnient, but I do wish, to present sufficient CAddence:
to justify m y often repeated suggestion .thatthe; time has corrie AAdien this diAdsion
should be raised to an independent bureau, and, thus enable its heacl to give his
undivided attention to its interest and duties. ^
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The statistical.,reports of commerce and navigation have become difficult to/
prepare during'the last three years, by reason of,frequent changes in the!tariff^,
and especially because the later enactments have introduced many distinctiohspreviously urikiiowri.
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The extension of the schedules of articles rendered it difficult for the col-lectors at the principal ports to prepare their r^etllrns immediately after the e x piration of each quarter, as they, deemed itnecessary to awsiit the liquidatioh. of
entries in order to obtain exact quantities and Valuesv and thus,^ in many cases,
months elapsed'before the returns wereLreceiyed arid placed iri proper hands-for
the preparation of"the annual statement. . ,'
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The recent forms'of the tariff are also tire first which introduce, distinctions
in the designation of goods, which .cannot be precisely folloAvednn the preparation of statistics.
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These must be coridensed and certain modifications of form applied to them
which requires, on the part of those to .whom the Avork is corrimitted, a praGtical
knowledge of commercial distinctions not usually possessed by department
clerks. I have long been impressed Avith the idea that the forms hitherto used
were susceptible of great condensation ,and improA^emerit, and it was my purpose
to introduce these reforms into the statistics for the year 1861-'62, and to greatly
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reduce the size and expense to which the volume had' grown in the preceding
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' Efforts were makihg to this end when the act of the 3d of March last made
such restrictioif compulsory, and called for a condense^d statement of the aggre' gate aiTiount of the expbrts to and the imports' from foreign countries.. As it
was totally impossible fot- me to give my time to the details of this subject,^with
your approval I invited, Lorin Blodgett, esq.; ^secretary of the Philadelphia
Board of .Trade, to undertake the supervision of the work, so as to secure coriipliance.with the act of C^ongress, aiid at the ^ariie time make the annual publiT
cation such as would meet the necessities of trade, and at the same time be more
Greditable to the department. In this Avork he has since been eniployM, and
has diligently undertakeii to ;carry out my wishes in this respect, The result
will shOAV for itself I t would not, be becoming for me to eipress my opinion
abc)ut it. I think yburself and the country will not be dissatisfied with- it.
y The condensation referred to was manifestly interided to apply to the returns
for l86l-'62, which Were unpublished at the passage of the act, and its practical
applicatioii to the greatly extended record of that year under the new tariffs,
and to the still more voluminous schedules of 1862-'63, hasbeen a very difficulty
work, unavoidably delaying both reports, and rendering it impossible to complete the last one within the time required by the act. It will, however^ be
ready by the first of Janua.ry, 1664.
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I will give a slight synopsis of the changes which have been introduced into
the system of recording and reporting from the different custom-houses, as well
as the mode of computing and printing thel5e statistics. ^
The schedules, both of articles imported and articled exported^ have been recoristructVd entirely, including in the list of articles enumerated many \vhich
have been introduced into commerce since the previous schedules ivere prepared,
and which have not been specified in the published, statemcrits of former years.
NCAV articles of commerce will be included hereafter as they arise, and those
which tease, to be of commercial importance will be excluded, thus conforming
the statement to the fullest requirement of a complete account of the commerce
of the country, and bringing its publication up to the time required by law.
I n the plan ad'opted for the statistics of the fiscal year 1861-^'62, the general
tables of exports and imports will be first given by countries and by districts,' iri
a little more than one-fourth the space occupied in the yolume for tlie preceding
year-—with more clegirriess, and affording better facilities for reference. Subdivisions of countries are hot separately stated i n the general tables, nor are
foreign ports separated, which belong to one general market, if under the, same
political governments For a more full detail of the trade to and from each important division of every foreign country, or distinguishable portion of tlie
w .divisions of a foreign power, there will be a new general table of commerce of the
Uni ted. States with each fbreign country fbi: a series of consecutive years^ which
r win follow the tables heretofore giATcn.
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This last table has been constructed entirely anew from the original retiarns,
; and it contains many articles not ehumerated in the previous, reports. ; The
/chief purpose of its preparation was to give a ready reference to tlie state of our
^ fesi'de Avith each important division of every foreigri country, unincumbered by
f .^rinSf^h^
each particular case.,' If our trade with any country is
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articles of. export or import, the fact at once appearsv arid no
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;fvi^x^Jt is proposed tp continue this form of publication, adding to the table the
;i';%c5inparison afforded by t
I hope and believe these impfovements and changes Will, in some degree;
compensate for the delay iri publishing the two volumes about to be issued—a
delay which, under the circumstances, became unavoida^^^^^
The constantly ej^teriding trade of the United States, and tHe enlargement of
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all the interest connected with commerce, have also called for more than usual
labor on this class of statistics, and have rendered it necessary to provide, a
larger force to meet its current and future duties. The practice of both Great
Britain and France has been to complete and publish monthly, as well as annual,
statements of their entire foreign commerce, and to do this with great promptness. Their publications are nearly in the same form as that adopted for the
forthcoming reports of this office, and it appears to me highly important that this
office should at least folloAv their example, so far as to provide for the prompt
publication of half-yearly returns.
I do not deem it necessary to extend this report by a detailed statement of the
business transacted during the last year in the division of receipts and
expenditures. It may be enough to say that the duties of that division Avere
never so important or so onerous as UOAV. It is the treasury counting-room. - If
its business is not promptly and at the same time correctly transacted, error9
will be introduced into many departments of the government, Avhich must inevitably result in difficulty and loss. The business must be done, die in diem,
Avhatever the consequences may be, or whatcA^er the amount of labor required.
I have heretofore transmitted to you a full statement of the character and extent
of the duties of this division.
The proper transaction of its business hereafter will inevitably require both
an increase in the clerical force,^and a rate of compensation which shall secure
the highest order of clerical ability. The force now employed is taxed to the
very limit of human endurance, It cannot meet the prospective increase of business Avhich is certain to come. The proposition that the accounts of this department can be kept to-day with the force adapted to the business of thirty years
ago, is almost an absurdity. If the department is to be protected against errors
and secured against loss, in its counting-room, attention must be given to the
suggestions upon this subject which I have made so often. As a fair illustration of the increase, let me refer to the partial filling up, entiy and signing of,
certificates of indebtedness. The number during the last year was 74,360,
against 26,256 in the next preceding year.
The business of the tonnage department and the files room still goes on satisfactorily, these being almost the only departments of the office in Avhich aa
additional force is not required.
The counting, entry, and destruction of the demand and other treasury notes,
retired from circulation, has also added largely to t h ^ duties of the bureau.
This business is carried on in connexion with the Treasurer's office and your
OAvn, and ladies have beeri employed to perform the clerical portion of the work
in this as Avell as the other offices. This department has been under the direction
of my chief clerk, who continues to discharge these and his other onerous duties
in a satisfactory manner.
Congress, at its last session passed an act providing for the appointment of an
Assistant Register, and assigning him certain duties. The act continues in
operation only for one year; its extension is absolutely indispensable. The
performance of all the duties imposed by law upon the Register by one person
is a simple impossibility. Whether they can be promptly discharged
by the aid of an assistant may be questionable. I submit to your OAVII judgment and that of Congress whether the law ought not to be so amended as to^
permit the assistant to perform all the duties of the Register Avhen occasion
requires. The present limitations are very embarrassing, and greatly impair the
efficiency of the laAv. Dr. R. Solger, Avho received the appointment, has applied
himself to the performance of the heavy Avork assigned him with a degree of
energy and industry that is highly commendable.
In bringing this extended report to a close I must say one thing further in
behalf of the clerks, temporary as well as permanent, employed in this office.
Their fidelity has been tested by years of trial; many of them have become so
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familiarly acquainted Avith their duties, and so expert in their performance, that
their resignation Avould be a great loss to the government, and a loss which
under the present circumstances cannot be supplied. The scale of compensation alloAved by business men is so much larger than that adopted by the gov^
eiTiment, that competent men no longer find it for their interest to remain in the
government service. Instances have been numerous during the last year in
which clerks employed in this bureau have been offered a higher rate of compensation than they Avere receiving here by outside parties, and have only been
induced to remain because they saAv their resignations would create embarrass^merit and delay, and they have remained at my earnest solicitation. To^refuse
noAv to do something which Avill enable them to meet the increased expenses
they unavoidably incur, and still ask them to meet the heaA^y requirements of
their desks, Avould be a piece of injustice Avhich as a priA^ate citizen I could not
justify, and as a public officer my conscience requires that I shouTd call it to
your notice. For myself I ask nothing; for these gentlemen I ask simple justice^.
I remain, very respectfully, your obedient servant,
L. E. C H I T T E N D E N , i^e^wjfer.
Hon.
S. P. CHASE,
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Secretary of the Treasury.
E.
TREASURY DEPARTAIENT,
Solicitor's Office, November 16, 1863.
SIR : I have the honor now to submit a report of the operations of this office,
and those under its charge, for the fiscal year ending June 30, J 863.
I transmit herewith seven tabular statements, showing the number and character of the judicial suits under the supervision of the office during the year,
together Avitli the results of those Avhich had been determined at its close, and
the condition of those then remaining undetermined. These statements are as
folioAvs:
No. 1. A statement of suits on transcripts of settlements of accounts of defaulting public officers, coi^tractors, &c., adjusted by the accounting officers of the
Treasury Department.
No. 2- Statement of suits for the recovery of fines, penalties, and forfeitures,
for violations of the customs revenue laAvs.
No. 3. Statement of prize cases and suits under the acts of July 13 and August 6, 1861, and May 20, 1862.
No. 4. Statement of^suits fbr fines, penalties, and forfeitures under the internal
revenue laAvs.
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No. 5, part 1. Statement of miscellaneous suits, being suits in which the
United States were interested, not embraced in any of the other tables.
No. 5, part 2. Statement of suits against collectors of the customs at New
York, and reported by the United States attorney for the southern district of
that State.
No. 6. Statement of suits on Avarehouse transportation bonds for duties on imported goods.
No. 7. A general summary or abstract of the foregoing tables.
This summary SIIOAVS that the Avhole number of suits, of all descriptions,
brought during the year, Avas 2,051, of AAdiich 51 Avereof class 1, for the recoA^ery
of $379,916 54 ; 232 of class 2, for the recovery of $284,449' 60 ; 620 of class
3 ; 932 of class 4, for $136,459 2 1 ; 176 of class 5, for $155,286 32, and 40 of
class 6, for $110,827 38. Of these suits 999 Avere disposed of, during the year,
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in the folloAving manner, viz : 598 Avere decided in favor of the United States ;
11 Averedecided against the United States; 339 Avere settled and dismissed; and
51 Avere remitted by the Secretary of the Treasury, leaving 1,052 still undecided.
Of tbe suits on the dockets of the office, AAdiich Avere pending at the,commencement of the fiscal year, 407 Avere disposed of as follows, viz-: 96 in favor
of the United States, 247 against the United States, and 64 settled and dis*
missed.
The total number of suits of all descriptions, decided or otherwise disposed
of during the year, was 1,406. The gross amount for Avliich judgments Avere .
obtained, exclusive of judgments i7i rem, A ^s $135,118 12, and the whole
Aa
amount collected from all sources Avas $2,997,709 45.
I desire to call especial attention to the great disparity in the number of old
suits decided in faA^or of the United States, as compared Avith recent ones receiving a favorable decision. This shoAvs, in a marked manner, the great disadvantage to the government arising from delay in biinging suits to trial; and it
also suggests that a favorable result in cases Avhich have been more than a year
pending, can onl}^ be anticipated, if at all, as- the result of extraordinary- effort.
The chief reason for this is, doubtless, the great difficulty of making the proper
proof after the lapse of any considerable length of time.
In the following table is presented a comparative vicAV of the business under
the charge of the office, so far as the same is embraced in the foregoing tables,
for the List tAvo fiscal years respectively.
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By an inspection of this table it Avill be perceived that the business of the
office Avas again fully doubled during the last fiscal year. The duties of the
Solicitor have been further heavily increased by the act of 3d March last, for
the prevention of frauds upon the revenue, and in various other ways, until they
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have grown out of all proportion to those devolving upon the office at the accession of the present incumbent.
The act to which I have just referred had not gone into full operation at the
close of the last fiscal year, and I Avill not, therefore, now make it the subject of
any remark further than that measures have been taken Avith a vicAv to give it
complete effect, and that I haA^e the fullest confidence, from the test Avhich it has
thus far undergone, that it Avill be found productive of all the advantages which
were anticipated from its passage.
During the last fiscal year I Avas on several occasions directed to visit the city
of NCAV York to examine into questions affecting the administration of the cus*tom-house in that city. The results, in part, of the inquiries made by me Avere
stated in the special reports Avhich I had the honor to make on January 25 and
April 3, 1863. Investigations upon other topics Avere pending at the expiration
of the fiscal year.
In my last annual report I had the honor of calling your attention to the
large amount of judgments in favor of the United States then outstanding, and
of recommending certain measures with a vicAv to preventing such an accumulation of uncollected judgments in the future, and of realizing a portion of those
already in existence. I beg leave to refer fo that report for a full statement of
my views upon this subject. . The measures proposed by me were—
1st. The allowance of a commission to district attorneys for moneys collected
by them for the government.
^ 2d. That authority be given to employ special attorneys and agents for the
collection of such judgments, Avhen such a course might be deemed advisable.
3d. That the Secretary of the Treasury be authorized, under proper restrictions, to compromise judgments due to the United States.
With your approval a bill Avas prepared and submitted to Congress, embracing
provisions substantially in accordance with the suggestions then made. Congress adopted, Avithout modification, the proAdsion authorizing the compromise
of claims, but failed to adopt that alloAving the employment of special attorneys
and agents, and very greatly modified that respecting commissions to district
attorneys. I can but consider.it matter of regret that Congress did not adopt
in full the provisions referred to. There are many judgments and other claims
so situated that, to secure their collection, extraordinary effort and expense are
requisite. These it is often impracticable for district attorneys, in the multiplicity of the duties pressing upon them, to bestow, and there is therefore a
necessity for the employment of special attorneys and agents for the purpose.
It is true that the poAver to employ such agents and attorneys probably already
resides in the Secretary of the Treasury, but I think it advisable, nevertheless,
that the poAver shall, for the purposes here alluded to, be expressly given.
In respect to the commission to be allowed to district attorneys, the act referred to alloAvs a commission of two per cent, upon moneys arising from revenue
suits only. This limitation almost defeats the object for which the provision
was sought, since by far the greater proportion of the collections from these
sources are in the southern district of New York, where the sums sued for are
larger and the difficulty of collection is much less than in other localities. The
true purpose of such an allowance should be to quicken and award the diligence
of district attorneys in collecting money due to the government.. Experience
proves that the difficulty of collection is much greater in rural districts, where
the original grounds of claim are various and often of such a nature as to induce a resort to every shift and dcAdce to avoid payment, than in great cities,
Avhere the claims are^ usually of a commercial character. Another consideration
applicable to this subject is, that the difficulty and expense of collection are relatively greater in respect to small than to large claims.
In view of these considerations, I am of opinion that the public interests
would.be advanced by the modification of the provision alluded to, so as to allow
REPORT ON THE FINANCES.
89
a commission upon all moneys collected by district attorneys, and to gi-aduate
the commission according to the amount of each collection, in such a manner
that a higher percentage shall be alloAved for the collection of a small than of a
large sum. Perhaps.for this purpose the following scale might be a proper one:
On any sum not exceeding $500
10 per cent.
On so much of any sum as may exceed $500, and not exceeding $1,500 5 per cent.
On all exceeding $1,500, and not exceeding $10,000
2 per cent.
On all exceeding $10,000.. /
"...
J of 1 per cent.
Another subject to Avhich I desire to call attention is the limitation of the"
compensation of district attorneys, except for certain specified serAdces, to six
thousand dollars per annum. Careful inquiry and reflection convince me that
such a limitation is unwise, and only operates to the disadvantage of the public
service. I do not hesitate to say that the requisite ability, experience, and devotion for the proper discharge of the duties of district attorney in the principal
districts of the country, cannot, except as the result of some fortunate accident,
be procured for the compensation mentioned. In private practice a laAvyer possessing these qualities would realize from twice to three or four times the amount.
I t is of the highest importance to the government that capacity and diligence
shall be secured. More may be lost by their absence, in a single case, than the
salary of the district attorney for his entire term. Besides, I can perceive no
propriety in limiting the compensation of these officers, depending as it does
upon the amount of business conducted by them. No gentleman in private life
asks what are the aggregate earnings of his attorney. All that he concerns
himself about is the ability, fidelity, and assiduity with which he attends to his
business, and whether his charges for his services are reasonable. Such, in my
judgment, should be the conduct of the government in relation to district attorneys. It should fix the compensation to be allowed at reasonable rates for
the various kinds of service performed, and so arrange it that the amount of
compensation will depend upon the amount of service rendered and the success
attending it, and there stop. I am persuaded that a contrary course, while it
may save a fcAV dollars in salary, will inevitably result in the sacrifice of thousands from the withdrawal or withholding of the proper stimulus to exertion.
Thoroughly convinced as I am of the correctness of the main views Avhich I
have thus expressed, I respectfully ask for them your favorable consideration, in
order that, should they meet your approval. Congress may be asked to give
them effect by the proper legislation.
I have the honor to be, with high respect,
E D W A R D JORDAN,
Solicitor of the Treasury,
Hon.
S. P . CHASE,
Secretary of the Treasury,
Statistical summary of business under charge of the Solicitor of the Treasury during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1863.
o
SUITS B R O U G H T D U R I N G T H E FISCAL Y E A R ENI)I.^JG J U N E 30, 1 8 6 3 .
T r e a s u r y transcripts.
Judicial districtfi.
No.
Maine
1
New Hampshire
2
1
A'^ermont
Massachusetts
1
Connecticut
Ilhode Island
New York, northern dist.'
1
New York, southern dist.
3
New J e r s e y
Peunsylvania, east'n dist.
1
Pennsylvania, west'n dist
Delaware
Maryland
3
District of Columbia
2
Virginia, eastern districtVirginia, western district
North Carolina
South Carolina
Georgia
Florida, northern district
Florida, southern district
Alabama, northern d i s t . .
Alabama, southern d i s t . .
Louisiana, eastern d i s t . . .
Louisiana, w e s t e r n d i s t . .
Mississippi, northern dist.
3Iississipi3l, southern distT e x a s , eastern d i s t r i c t . . .
T^exas, western d i r t r i c t . .
Arkansas, eastern d i s t . .
Arkansas, western d i s t . .
Missouri, eastern district.
1
Missoiu'i, western district. ; " 2
Amount
sued for.
$6,2S1
12, 073
1,785
16, 619
00
77
76
43
927 52
11,717 85
Fines, penalties,
and forfeitures under customs revenue laws.
No.
Amount
8ued for.
Prize suits and suits Suits under interunder acts of J u l y nal revenue laws.
13 and August 6,
1801, and supplements.
No.
Amount
sued for.
4
2
4
12
1
5
5
237
263
72
1
11
3
14
16
4
84 1282,149 60
12,292 82
1
12, 246 14
126, 756 22
10
2
83
1
57
64
63
Amount
sued for.
No.
S85
545
1, 905
1, 910
30
710
1, .140
58, 055
19,100
I5i310
394
1
^
00
00 00
00
00
00
00
00
00
00
00
Miscellaneous.
Custom-house
bonds.
m
§1
No.
1
1
9
1
4
13
2
3
35
Amount
sued foi\
No.
Amount •
sued for.
o
$6, 280 00
8, 962
300
900
650
20,000
16
00
00
00
00
$12, 646
12, 618
3, 690
29,591
. 330
1,610
2, 717
463, 794
19,100
45, 602
394
^2,100 00
91, 872 20
18, 000 00
3,500 00
00
77
76
59
00
00
52
65.
00
82
00
950 00
950 00
J.
to'
11
1?
$5 00
$2.124 42
80 00
1, 816 44
630 00
2, 370 00
118 00
1, 475
199 737
690
294 015
496
49
63
52
63
32
O
5, 851 22
530 00
575 00
i
613, 368 32
141
.
o
52 00
47, 891 64
15, 746 14
126, 756 22
•
1
5 1
1=2
o
V
12,414 80
3,345 95
3
1, 800 00
55
4 1
R.'^O 0 0
6
6, 020 00
21,064 80
3,345 95
4,500 00
18,451 84
O
Tennessee eastern dist
Tennessee, middle dist
Tennessee, western distKentUcky
Ohio, n o r t h e r n ' d i s t r i c t . . .
Ohio, southerii district
Indiana
Illinois northern district
Michigan, eastern district
Michigan, western district
"Wisconsin
Iowa
Minnesota
. .
Kansas
California, northern dist.
^52
2
4
17, 995 14
19, 474 16
1,
3
2
11, 987 03
5,162 09
12, 524 79
4
3
5
3
2
12, 529 39
5, 870.07
14,073 30
17, 828 19
26, 802 97
•4
3
9
21
12
89
21
0.42
73
2
500 00
3
1
24^
00
00
21
00
00
27
2
4
25
500 00
1, 010 00
3
915
2, 090
13,400
1,910
11,150
60, 000
100
19, 8.:!4
3, 000
00
00
16
00
6, 250 00
^
4
19, 208 15
1
96
60 00
28
8
1
16, 855,18
60, 915
20,185
52, 698
4, 910
23,137
5,162
19, 774
I,010
12, 559
5, 870
14, 073
17,888
43,658
00
14
53
00
03
09
79
00
39
07
30
19
15
20
7, 631
2, 435
7, 585
1,192
65
31
52
00
25
4,861 59
1,632 37
11,629
13, 929
2, 888
1 079
98
59
85
78
2, 566 00
1,060 00
979 74
2, 549 91
36, 771 61
152,201 96
Oregon'
2
U t a h Territory
Nebraska Territory
D a k o t a Territory
Colorado Territory
N e v a d a Territory
960 00
7
5
5, 960 00
5, 000 00
1, 972 20
815 00
1,608 70
927 20
//....
H
Arizona Territory
Idaho Territory
Total...
o
H
O
19, 208 15
51
379, 916 54
232
284, 449 60
620
932
136,459 21
176
155, 286 32
40
110, 827 33
1, 066, 939 05
74,966 94 1, 376,151 47
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Ul
O
SUITS B R O U G H T P R I O R TO T H E P R E S E N T FISCAL YEAR.
IP
iS
30
P
Judicial districts.
1
.2
"3
P
Is l i
%
1
P
Vermont
Pennsylvania, eastern district
Pennsylvauia, western district
2
1
7
Miine
Connecticut
..
Rhode Island
N e w York northern district
1
....
2
14
29
253
1'
1
1
6
7
10
91
40
21
36
1
174.
8
5
7
H li
If
OD
^i
"*2i""
'"'i'"
1
5
n
G
o
7
3
7
37
2
2
14
324
50
104
1
17
4
9
57
2
9
25
436
264
134
36
36
35
•
1
7
45
11
""i
"246"
3
0.2
"fl a
g 0 •
<1
$2,724 42
630 00
1, 000 00
2'
43
9
334
1,167 07
275, 591 53
690 52
311,269 27
7
17
136
40
37
37
2,.370 00
118 00
340 58
AG6 i i
5, 980 00
29
37
3
^
530 00
52 bb
2, 642
475, 329
1,381
605,284
496
466
5,851
-5, 980
56
16
04
90
32
44
22
00
o
575 00
Ul
*
"
1, 204, 862 51
69
A l a b a m a northern district
63
591, 494 19
141
' •
69
i
1
i
i
Mississippi northern district
Texas, Gastern district
Texas, western district
Arkansas, eastern d'Strict
Arkansas, western district
O
H
O
421, 013 65
!
!
!.
N o r t h Carolina
South Carolina
1}
1
80 CO
1,816 44
373,122 01
16
r-i
$5 00
4
1
12
^ ^
9
3
16
1
ls«©CD
8
t
6600, 00
i
5
«S"
^25
2
15
16
1
340 58
78
65
2
&
^3
1
2
$1,000 00
-a
0
if
1 1 3
'a
•3
tj
g
%
a
•r^C
from all
iai year
SUITS B R O U G H T D U R I N G T H E FISCAL Y E A R
ENDING JUNE 30, 1 8 6 3 .
Whole amount of judgments re-udercdin favor of United States
during thefiscalyear ending
Juno 30, 1863.
Statistical summary of ^business tend r charge of the Solicitor of the Treasury, ^.—Continued.
e
Missouri, eastern district
Missouri, western di.strict
Tennessee, eastern district
Tennessee, middle district
Tennessee, -western district
Ohio, northern district.
Ohio, southern district
Indiana
...
29
2
12
10
"
....
...
'....
...
Illinois, southern district
Michigan eastern district
Michigan, western district
AVisconsin
Iowa
Minnesota
California, northern district
California, southern district
Oregon
,
W a s h i n g t o n Territory
U t a h Territory
N e b r a s k a Territory . . . .
Dakota Tenltory
15
5
28
31
17
33
3
"i'
"3 '
3
7
1
3
33
9
54
18 " ' 2 "
1
31
40
4
5
16
2
69
2
77
8
39
14
72.
23
5
24
4
3
51
67
100
16
100
55
143
79
8
24
8
3
5
2
3
1
4
12, 886 17
3
• 29
3
1
1
3
1
5
2
1
1
3
1
5
2
3, 517
19
3, 844
10
17, 592
89
80
89
00
40
,34, 318 20
45,924 43
16
6
31
31
22.
33
3
17, 366 17
20
7,631
2, 435
7, 585
1,192
65
31
52
00
25
4,861 59
.
18, 451 84
15,147
13, 949
6, 733
1 089
17, 592
2 566
35, 378
87
39
74
78
40
00
20
2
4
9
5
4
1
-
1, 632 37
45, 924 43
979 74
2, 549 91
31
40
36, 771 61
152, 201 96
4
0
3
2
4
5
1,972 20
815 00
3 482 20
'927 20
1
-
1,873 50
o
O
H
N e w Mexico Territory
Arizona Territory
Idaho Territory
Totajl
598-
11
339
51
1,052
2,051
60,151 18
96
247
64
407
1, 621, 557 71
694
135,118 12
2, 997, 709 45
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CD
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E E P O R T ON T H E
FINANCES.
•F.
•
,
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
First Auditor's Office, October 27, 1863.
SIR : I have tlie honor to submit the following report of the operations of
this office for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1863.
RECEIPTS.
Accounts adjusted.
No. of
accounts
Amount.
Collectors of customs
Collectors under the steamboat act-
1,104
303
JG7, 387,805 78
29,600 17
Aggregate receipts
1,407
67,417,405 95
DISBURSEME^'TS.
^Collectors as disbursing agents of tbe treasury
Official emoluments of collectors, naval officers and surveyors..
Additional compensation of collectors, naval officers, surveyors, &c
Excess of deposits from unascertained duties
Debentures, drawbacks, bounties and allowances.. .•
Special examiners of drugs
,
Superintendents of lights, t&c
Agents of marine hospitals
Accounts for duties and fees illegally exacted, fines remitted,
judgmeuts satisfied and net proceeds of unclaimed merchandise
r
Judiciary accounts
Interest pn the public debt
Reimbursement of temporary loans
Redemption of certificates of indebtedness
Redemption of United States stock, loan of 1842.'.
Treasury notes redeemed and received, &c., in payment of customs
Treasury notes and postal currency destroyed
Treasury notes, lost and stolen, refunded
Treasury notes, .Oregon war bonds, and certificates of indebtedness, funded
Money in lieu of bounty land
"Property lost in the mihtary service of the United States
Inspectors of steam vessels, for travelling expenses, &c
•...
Life-saving stations, coasts of Long Island and New Jersey
Superintendent of Public Printing
Insane asylum of the District of Columbia.
Cohmibia Institution for the deaf, dumb and blind
Designated depositories for additional compensation
Construction and repairs of public buildings
Commissioner of Public Buildings
Support of the penitentiary of the District of Columbia
Contingent expenses of the Senate and House of Representatives, and of the several departments of the goverhment
Mints and assay offices
.,
Territories
^
Salaries of officers of the civil list,- paid directly from the
treasury
• .
CoastSurvey
,
Di.'sbursiug clerks for paying salaries
Disbursing agent for California land claims
,
Withdraw al of applications in appeal cases
.
939
010
4,099,946 95
697,103 48
14
28
43
11
263
433
1,501 03
1,452,337 66
339 857 17
2,035 33
894,118 53
2i0, 353 61
346
397,231 22
1,001,302 16
900
15,072,767,^70
22
847
103,313,566^83
21 . 24,440,397 72
2,887,005 65
314
1,365,397 91
75
214
49,534,520 00
7,53165
4
7
2
233
ly
o
15
84
7
7
3
156
170
3
237,467 20
200- 00
40,848 36
14,563 70
19,112 92
936,181 61
68,248 36
12,303 65
2,545 45
971,519 47
194,724 67
• 31,318 57
430
57
38
1,293,151 53
27,938,737 66
113,907 26
850
26
273
4
4
341,.573 59
368,911 79
2,486,504 81
7,323 50
4,160 00
95
REPORT ON T H E FINANCES.
Disbursements—Continued.
No. of
accounts
Accounts adjusted.
Treasurer of the United States, for general receipts and expenditures
Pay and mileage of members of the Senate and House of Representatives
Miscellaneous accounts
_..
Amount.
Letters recorded... Accounts recorded
Powers of attorney registered and
Acknowledgments of accounts
§644,117,012 48
3
575
991 440 56
5,008,966 03
8, .543
Total
4
890,917,695 77
1, 339
7,436
719
4,710
filed
1
Total
,
14,264
T. L. SMITH, Auditor.
Hon.
S. P. CHASE,
Secretary of the Treasury.
G
SECOND AUDITOR'S OFFICE,
November 16, 1863.
Statement o f the operations o f the Second A u d i t o r ' s office d u r i n g the fiscal y e a r
ending J u n e 30,. 1863, showing the number o f money accounts settled and. the
amount o f the expenditures embraced therein, and, in general, the other duties
p e r t a i n i n g to the business of the office ; p r e p a r e d in obedience to instructions
o f the Secretary o f the Treasury.
T h e number of accounts settled is 33,584, embracing an expenditure of
$91,664,467 76, under the following heads, viz :
P a y department
I n d i a n affairs
$47,875,231 36
2,099,257 87
Ordnance department, viz :
E x p e n d e d b y disbursing officers
$4,261,429 63
P r i v a t e claims, including expenditures under
appropriations for purchase of arms, & c . . . 27,768,812 89
32,030,2*42 52
Quartermaster's department, expended on account of contingencies of the a r m y , medical and hospital and ordnance
appropriations
14,954 45
Medical a n d hospital department, viz :
E x p e n d e d b y disbursing officers
$1,494,524 09
P r i v a t e claims, including accounts of contract
* surgeons, &c
4,457,503 81
Contingent expenses of A d j u t a n t General's d e p a r t m e n t . . . . .
E x p e n s e s of commanding general's office
P u r c h a s e of books of tactics for volunteers
5,952.027
9,364
551
79,276
90
28
55
90
96
REPORT ON THE FINANCES.
Secret service fund.
:
$211,832 77
Purchase of artificial limbs for soldiers and seamen..
2n0 00
Removing stables around Washington Infirmary
411 00
Improvement of grounds around general hospital in Judiciary
Square.
:
^
4,000 00
Medals of honor
"
4,000 00
Belief of sufferers at Washington Infirmary
"
598 0^>
Miscellaneous claims
540,389 83
The recruiting service, viz :
Expenses of recruiting, &c
$199,403 20 /
Collecting, drilling, and organizing volunteers
155,156 74
Pay of bounty to regulars and volunteers
44,226 00
—
398,785 94
Arrears of pay, bounty, &c., to discharged and deceased
officers and soldiers
2,443,293 39
91,664,467 76
Property accounts examined and adjusted
Requisitions registered, recorded, and posted
Letters, claims, &c., received, briefed, and registered upon the general
book of the office
Accounts and claims received and registered upon various other
books not included in the preceding, both money and property . . .
Accounts settled and not confinned, rejected, &c., involving disbursements allowed by this office and not passed upon by the Second
Comptroller to the amount of $12,646,924 49
Letters written, recorded, indexed, and mailed . . 1
INames of soldiers enlisted, dead, and discharged, recorded upon the
appropriate books . .
7,368
5,144
134,816
25,449
3,292
40,651
35,813
In addition to the foregoing, various statements and reports have been prepared and transmitted from this ofiice as follows:
Annual statement of disbursements in the department of Indian affairs for
the fiscal year ending June 30, 1862; prepared for Congress, comprising 418
page foolscap.
Annual'statement of the recruiting fund ; prepared for the Adjutant General of
the army.
Annual statement of the contingencies of the army; prepared in duplicate for
the Secretary of War.
Annual statement of the contingent expenses of this office; transmitted to the
Secretary of the Treasury.
Annual report of balances on the books of. this office remaining unaccounted
for more than one year; transmitted to the First Comptroller.
Annual report of balances on the books of this office remaining unaccounted
for more than three years ; transmitted to the First Comptroller.
Annual statenient of the clerks and others employed in this office during the
year 1862, showing the amount paid to each on account of salary; transmitted
to the Secretary of the Treasury.
Monthly reports of the clerks in this office, submitted each month to the
Secretary of the Treasury, in compliance with his instructions of the 17th
August and 11th September, 1861, together with a tabular statement showing
the amount of business transacted in the office during the month, and the number of accounts remaining unsettled at the close of the month.
REPORT ON THE FINANCES.
97
All the ledger accounts confirmed by the Second Comptroller have been
regularly journalized and posted.
All payments and refundments have been regularly entered and posted in
the appropriation books.
The payments made to officers by paymasters of the army have been entered
in the officers' and company pay-books of both the regular and volunteer
service.
.
The property accounts of the Indian department have been posted upon the
*' Indian property books."
Reports of the payments under various Indian treaties have been, made foi
the use of Congress.
In addition to the above, numerous letters, estimated at 100,000 at least
have been written, acknowledging the receipt of claims, and embracing correspondence generally with claimants and agents in relation to claims.
E. B. F R E N C H . •
H.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
Third Auditor's Ojffice, November 5, 1863.
SIR : I have the honor to submit the following report of the business transacted in this office during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1863.
The great increase of- business noticed in my last report has continued and
been considerably augmented during the last fiscal year with a prospect of still
further increase during the current year. During the last fiscal year the requisitions on appropriations entered on the books of this office amounted to the sum
of $317,978,211 76, and there remained undrawn at the close of the year
$166,460,533 48. This surplus or unexpended balance may, if necessary, be
added to the appropriations for the current year, which amount to the sum of
$419,126,033 74, and on which requisitions are being raade by the Secretary of
War as the wants of the service require. These requisitions are mainly far
advances of money from the treasury to officers disbursing in the quartermaster
and commissary departments of the army, and the accounts with vouchers for
the expenditure and application of the money to the public service are, under
existing laws and regulations, required to be rendered to the Third Auditor for
examination and audit, having first received the administrative examination and
scrutiny of the chief of the military bureau under whose immediate direction
and supervision the disbursements are made. After having been examined and
audited here; the accounts are reported to the Second Comptroller for his revision
and final decision. From a short review it will readily be observed that the
labors and responsibilities devolved on this office are unexampled in the history of the country. During the war of 1812 the aggregate expenditures of the
government did not reach fifty millions of dollars in any one year, and during
the war with Mexico the highest figure reached in any year was only a little
over sixty millions of dollars. The expenditures of the government for all purposes, civil, legislative, judicial, army, navy. Post Office Department, &c., never
exceeded the sum of $84,578,834 47, which amount was only reached in the
fiscal year ending June 30, 1861. At that time the accounts for the disbursements of this money Avere divided amongst six Auditors and two Comptrollers:
the First Auditor having principally accounts pertaining to the civil, legislative,
and judicial; the Second Auditor of the pay department of the army, ordnance,
medical department, and Indian affairs; the Third Auditor of quartermasters,
commissaries, and other officers and agents disbursing under the special direction
of the War Departnient, also of army pension agents; the Fourth Auditoif
7 F
98
REPORT ON THE FINANCES.
of ofiicers disbursing in the Navy Department, also navy pension agents; the
Fifth Auditor of foreign ministers and consuls, &c., connected with foreign
affairs. This division of duties Avas made by Congress in 1817, and has remained with but slight change until the present time. It was doubtless intended to be an equal distribution of official duty and responsibility at the time,
but the subsequent growth and expansion of the country and especially the
present current of events have created great disproportion. In 1836 an office
was created for the audit and settlement of accounts of postmasters, contractors,
ageiits, &c., connected with the Post Office Department. Thus at the present
time there are six Auditors, amongst w4iom are divided the entire accounting
duties pertaining to the government.. Under this distribution in theyear 1861
and for some years prior thereto, when the government expenditures, as before
stated, had aittained the highest point, this office audited about fifteen millions of
dollars of accounts per annum, being very nearly its proportionate amount of
the entire expenditures. Now, however, the accounts required to be rendered to
this office for adjustment amount to nearly, if not quite, one-half the entire expenses of the government even at the present enormous rate of expenditure.
Under this state of facts, consid'ering the totally unprepared condition of the
accounting officers for such vast increase of business, it is not surprising that
those offices more immediately connected Avith the military service should be
unable for the time to keep pace with the demands upon them, and that accumulations should occur. This has been especially the case with this office. It is
here that the greatest increase of business has occurred, and this notwithstanding
every effort has been made to despatch it as fast as was safe and could be done
with proper regard to accuracy and the public interest. It is believed, however,
that some advantages have been derived even from this delay, compensating in
no small degree for the accumulations referred to. By allowing some time to
elapse between the rendition of the accounts and the final settlement thereof,
in nunierous cases developments have been made enabling the/accounting ofiicers
to reject vouchers for payments which otherwise might have been favorably
passed upon. At an early stage in the war, foreseeing that, in the multiplicity of
accounts and claims for transportation under the system of making payments
upon certificates of the officers in command of the' respective regiments and
detachments that such services had been rendered, there would be danger of
double payments,! directed a book to be opened and kept in this office in which
should be entered all such .payments made by disbursing officers, as well as
through the treasury, on accounts of railroad companies received at this office
•from the Quartermaster General, wdth his approval. This book is used for constant reference in the investigation and settlement of accounts and claims, and by
it have already been detected duplicate payments of considerable sums w^hich
will be reclaimed to the treasury.
At the outbreak of the rebellion the clerical force of the office consisted of sixtyone clerks. About the 1st May, 1862, 1 asked and obtained ten additional
clerks from the Secretary's office. In my report of 8th November last I asked
for twenty more, but soon finding that number Avould be insufficient, I increased
it to fifty; and the authority for their employment was granted on the 25tli of
February last. But few of these clerks have been appointed until recently, it being understood that their appointment has been delayed for the completion of the
Treasury building, in which additional rooms were*' to be assigned for the accommodation of this office. They are now only about completed, and are being
occupied by the clerks, and there is nothing to joreventthe immediate filling up
of the clerical force to the number authorized by law. This dela^y, together
with the disturbance and confusion consequent on the improvements and alterations being made in and about the rooms occupied by the clerks of this office,
has very much retarded its operations, and prevented as satisfactory a showing
'for the year as I had anticipated..
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The principal transactions may be found in the following brief statement:
The aggregate amount involved in the accounts of quartermasters and cpmfmissaries received for adjustment during the year was $117,253,940 60; and
there were audited and reported to the Second Comptroller of the Treasury, for
his revision, similar accounts involving the sum of $51,363,263 63, leaving at
the close of the year accounts on hand involving the sum of $65,890,676 9-7.
During the first quarter of the present fiscal year there have been received similar
accounts involving the sum of $31,236,275 88 ; and there have been audited and
reported during the same period accounts^ involving the sum of $28,957,077 88.
The accounts of pension agents adjusted during the year involved the sum
of $753,001 90 ; and 164 claims for arrearages of pensions, and for pensions due
and unclaimed at the pension agencies for a period exceeding fourteen months,
Avere settled, amounting to $13,235 18. Accounts of officers and agents disbursing under the special direction of the War Department were settled, involving
•expenditures to thfe amount of $62,738 38. These aggregates of work performed,
although large beyond precedent in the accounting divisions, are still far below
w^hat will be required of the office in order to prevent accumulations of business.
It will, therefore, be necessary to make provision for a further increase of clerical force; but I would not advise taking more than the number now authorized
•until the new clerks shall have been some time in office, and become familiarized
with their duties. Before the close of the present fiscal year an increase may be
made, and, accordingly, I have estimated for twenty additional clerks from 1st
January next. These, with those already authorized, when fairly to work, will,
i think, prevent further accumulations, and enable the office to gain on the arrearages.
In addition to the auditing of accounts above refeiTcd to, there are various
classes of miscellaneous business devolved on this office by special acts of Congress ; and since the breaking^out of the rebellion, and the extensive military
operations consequent thereon, numerous claims of various kinds are necessarily
brought under its jurisdiction. Many such, indeed, are of a character not yet
provided for by law, and must necessarily await legislation by Congress, whilst
others, being embraced in and provided for by the regular appropriations for the
various branches of the military service, are paid out of the appropriations to
which they respectively pertain. Of the former class, for which no provisionhas
yet been made, are claims ioY damages for property taken or destroyed in various localities, but more especially in the regions of country under military occupation, or within the scope of military operations. Of the latter class, such as for
supplies, transportation, clothing, services rendered, &c., 829 claims were received
duringthe year, 669 of which amounted to the sum of $1,502,768 34; there
being no amount specified in the remaining 160, and claims .to the amount of
$1,161,227 80 have been investigated and allowed. During the first quarter of
the present fiscal year 166 claims have been received, amounting to the sum of
$157,601 77, as claimed, whilst in 21 others no amount is specified. Of these,
and others previously on file, 154 have been examined and reported for payment
to the amount of $98,932 40. All such claims, before being acted on in this
office, receive the administrative examination and scrutiny of the proper military
bureau of the War Department.
The act of 3d March, 1849, which is executed by the Third Auditor, provides
for payment for horses and other-property lost or destroyed whilst in the mili.tary service of the United States by impressment or contract, and under it
•numerous claims have been filed. During the last fiscal year 1,556 claims were
received, amounting to $271,697 70, and 232 awards were made for payment,
to the amount of $40,904.96 ; and 112 claims, amounting to $19,660 29, were rejected. During the first quarter of the present fiscal year 779 claims .have been
received, amounting to $147,533 97 ; and 48 awards were made for payment, to
the amount of $8,319 38; and 28 claims, amounting to $4,163.^25,,were rejected.
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The settlement of the Oregon and Washington Indian war claims, which was
devolved upon the Third Auditor by aspecial act of Congress, approved March
2, 1861, is now nearly completed. Claims for services and supplies have been
filed, amounting in the aggregate to $4,172,355, and awards thereon have been
made to the amount of $1,916,600 75. Awards for pay of the volunteers have
also been made, amounting to $212,566 23 ; total amount reported for payment,
$2,129,166 98. Only $40,568 85 of claims are now on file unacted on—exclusive of some suspended for additional evidence—and these will be disposed of,
it is believed, within the next thirty days. There will still be some claims
coming in in snlall amounts, but they will hereafter be settled without delay.
The claims, as reported by a; commission appointed to investigate them, amounted
to $6,011,457 36. On inv^estigation and report by the Third Auditor, Congress
appropriated for payment of clainis for supplies, services, &c., $2,400,000, and
for pay of volunteers $400,000; total, $2,800,000, of which there yet remains
in the treasury the sum of $670,833 02. This will be fully adequate to meet
all the outstanding claims, and, in all probability, a surplus will remain of' the
appropriation for services, supplies, &c. The scrip, or evidence of indebtedness, issued during the war, has been required to be surrendered by the holder
in each case, so that there is scarcely a possibility of a double payment being
made, the award also being entered on the books in which the respective claims
are recorded.
The claim of the State of California for expenses incurred, by her in the suppression of Indian hostilities therein, the investigation and settlement of which
was devolved on the Third Auditor by special act of Congress of March 2,
186P, and for the payment of which an appropriation of $400,000 was made,
has been settled, and the amount allowed, $229,987 67, has been paid to the
State.
Under the act of July 27, 1861, to reimburse the States for expenses incurred
by them in "enrolling, subsisting, clothing, supplying, arming, equipping, paying, and transporting " their troops '* employed in aiding to suppress the present
insurrection against the United States," claims have been presented by the
States amounting in the aggregate to $26,458,451 79. A division has been
organized for the investigation and settlement of these claims, under the rules
approved by the Secretary, and considerable progress has been made therein.
Partial settlements of some of the claims have been made as follows : Vermont,
$613,766'58;, Connecticut, $1,245,752 89; New Jersey, $356,667 49; Virginia, $26,319 2 4 ; Illinois, $3,351,517 56; Iowa, $29,279 92; Wisconsin,
$556,440 99; Minnesota, $8,904 40; New Hampshire, $245,835 78; and Ohio,
$1,907,045 28; amounting in the aggregate to $8,350,530 13.. The claims of
New York, Pennsylvania, Kentucky, New Hampshire, Maine, Massachusetts,
Rhode Island, Michigan, Kansas, and Indiana, have been partially examined,
and some of them are nearly ready to report to the Comptroller. Others have
been temporarily laid aside, awaiting additional information or evidence.from the
State authorities. The claim of the State of Kansas, amounting to "$12,351 04,
was withdrawn by the State authorities for the purpose of being perfected and
furnishing some additional evidence, and I have been informed by the governor
•that the papers, vouchers, &c., were destroyed at the late massacre in Lawrence.
It will, doubtless, be impossible for the State authorities to furnish duplicate
vouchers in lieu of those destroyed, and some legislation by Congress may
therefore be necessary to enable the accounting officers to act in this particular
case. Fortunately this office retained memoranda of the character and amount
of the claiim, as well as the portions objectionable or needing further evidence,
and can therefore act intelligently on the subject, even in the absence of the
original papers. These claims, being irregular in their character and outside of
regulations, and, moreover, having been contracted under circumstances of great
emergency, the authorities," relying on the good faith of the government for
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reimbursement, have received as liberal consideration as could be allowed consistent with precedents heretofore established in analogous cases and what
appeared to be sound principles in accounting. It necessarily turns out that in
the hurry and excitement, and the employment, in many cases, of officers and
agents entirely inexperienced in such matters, some expenditures have been
made and claims presented which are not considered by the accounting officers
a proper charge against the United States, and these must necessarily be disallowed. I believe, however, as far as the settlements have gone, they are generally satisfactory.
By section 22 of the act making appropriations for sundry.civil expenses of
the government, and for other purposes, approved March 3, 1863, the Secretary
of the Treasury was directed to pay to the governor of the State of Minnesota,
or his duly authorized agent, the costs, charges, and expenses properly incurred
by said State in suppressing Indian hostilities Avithin said State and upon its
borders, in the year 1862, not exceeding $250,000, to be settled upon proper
vouchers to be filed and passed upon by the proper accounting officers of the
treasury; and'it was provided that in determining the claims to be .allowed,
the same principles, rules, and regulations sliould be observed by the accounting
officers in auditing said claims as have been applied to the claims allowed to
States under the act approved July 27, 1861, entitled " A n act to indemnify
the States for expenses incurred by them in defence of the United States."
Under this law the State of Minnesota has filed her claim, amounting to
$324,569 0 1 ; but in consequence of the ]3ressure of other business, it has not
yet been acted on. On the 20th June last an advance or partial payment was
made to the State of $200,000 on account of this claim.
In the act above referred to an appropriation was made of 600,000 "to defray
expenses incurred in the raising, equipping, transportation, and subsistence of
minute men and volunteers in Pennsylvania, Maryland, Ohio, Indiana, and
Kentucky, to repel rebel raids," to be settled by the proper accounting officers
of the treasury, and upon such principles, rules, and regulations as have been
applied in the settlement of the claims of States above referred to. Only a few
small claims have been filed under this' act, and no settlements have yet beeii
made. - «
At the last session of Congress a provision was inserted in the " act to promo'co
the efficiency of the corps of engineers and of the ordnance department, ana
for other purposes," amendatory of the act of 3d March, 1849, so as to inelad.ea
" steamboats and other vessels, and railroad engines and*cars, in the piopeity ta
be alloAved and paid for Avhen destroyed or lost under the circumstanceiipiondea
for in said act." Under this law 88 claims for steamboats, barges, (^c, have
been filed, amounting iu the aggregate, to $527,973. These, it is presumed,
form but a small portion of the number to be filed under this ac'ti. La my last
report I had the honor to make some reference to this subject, some such claims
having then been presented for settlement, under the act of 3d il'larch, 1849,
but of which I declined to take jurisdiction; As the laiv now stands, however,
it is imperative on the Third Auditor to proceed with Ihe execution of the act.
A number of the claims have been partially examined, txait some correspondence
had in connexion therewith. But four awards have as yet been made, on
which the sum of $44,500 has been allowed. I beg leave again to repeat the
suggestion contained in my last report, that these claims should be referred to
another jurisdiction. It is impossible for the Third Auditor of the Treasury, with
the pressure of business hereinbefore referred to rescmg upon him,, to devote
the time and research necessary to a proper investigadon of claims of this description. • The claims come before him as prepared by the claimants, the testimony all ex parte, and just such and so much as the claimants consider necessary
or advantageous to their case. Oil this testimony, with such other as the Auditor
may, in his limited knowledge of the facts and circumstances attending each
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particular case, be enabled to obtain, he is compelled to act, there being no
means provided for taking testimony by a commission or otherwise. The rules
adopted by the Secretary of War, relative to the evidence required, have been
carefully prepared and Avith a vicAV of. requiring as much record evidence as
possible; still I beg leave to repeat that, in my opinion. Congress should relieve
the Third Auditor from this duty and provide for the reference of such claims to
the Court of Claims, or to a commission Avhich could take testimony in the localities where the losses happened. Meanwhile, however, I shall proceed with the
execution of the act to the best of my ability, and give to it all the personal
attention possible, consistent with the proper discharge of the current duties
absolutely necessary to keep the machinery of the office in motion, exercise
supervision over the various subdivisions, and decide questions that are constantly arising and frequently require much care and investigation. Since the business of the office has reached its preseiu proportions the personal calls on
official business and routine duties that cannot be delegated to another consume a large portion of my time. I therefore respectfully suggest whether an
assistant should not be authorized, as has been done in some other offices, who
could discharge such duties as might be assigned him by the Auditor, thus greatly
relieving him and.facilitating the despatch of the public business.
The system of monthly accounts required by the act of 17th of July, 1862,
has at length got fairly into operation, the difficulties resulting from the discordant views of the military and trei|sury bureaus having been removed, after free
consultation of the heads of tef^aU's^^^y General Order No. 165, War Department,'June 5, 1863. For a''-c.oiisiidgraBle period a^er the passage of the law,,
disbursing officers, under instriiiSitiOTS frojn the military bureaus, were required
to make their accounts in triplicate ;':.on^49.py with vouchers for the military
bureau, another for the proper accountin^-^^lje^f of the treasury, and a third to
be retained by the officer himself. Thus t w ^ c c o u n t s were rendered to the departments here, for one of which there was no necessity, and the expenditure
and time involved in its preparation answering no valuable purpose whatever. Under the general order above referred to but two sets of vouchers
and accounts are required, as under the old regulations, one of which is.
retained by the officer for his own protection, and the other sent to the proper
accounting officer, to be by him referred to the chief of the proper military
bureau for his administrative action before being taken up for settlement at the
treasury. The accounts for the disposition of pro^jerty are to be rendered to
the chief of the military bureau, as heretofore. The advantages derived from
this s^^stem may be summed up as follows : In affording to the treasury offices
a knowledge of the actual condition of the officers' accounts with the government at regular and short periods, and in extracting therefrom information valuable for reference in connexion with the accounts or liabilities of other officers
to whom advances or transfers of money may have been made, but of which
the accounting officers, under the old system, would have had no knowledge
until all the accounts were settled. For example: Many disbursing officers
receive no advances of public money directly from the treasury; but they
receive advances and transfers from other officers who do receive money
directly from the treasury, and to'whom they give their receipts for the respective amounts received by them. Therefore these officers are not charged on the
treasury books, and cannot be until such time as the accounts of the officer
making the advance or transfer of money are settled, at which time he will
receive credit for the money advanced or transferred, and the officer receiving it
will then be charged with the same upon his receipt. Meantime the officer to
whom the advance was made may have gone out of the service, and if he has
not properly accounted for the money, the government is without remedy, except
by a suit ou his official bond, if any be given, and frequently without even that
to fall back upon. Now, however, as each officer's account is deceived, it is
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registered, and in separate columns the amounts disbursed, balance due the government, &.C., and all advances or transfers made by the officer to other officers are extracted from the account and entered on what is styled the "advance
book," w^hose names are immediately entered on the list of officers having
accounts to render. At the next monthly period, if these officers render no
accounts, they are reported as delinquent, and it is competent for the War De. partment to order a stoppage of their pay until the delinquency is renioved.
Thus the officers are reminded of their duty, and the severity of the penalty,
which may be extended in a flagrant case to dismissal from the service, seldom
fails to accomplish the object desired, viz: a prompt rendition of the accounts.
As an interesting item of information, it may be stated that on the 1st J u l y
last the sums of money in the hands of quartermasters and commissaries, unexpended, as shown by their accounts for the month of June, amounted in,the
aggregate to $22,173,362 47. This sum Avould be below the actual amount, as
some accounts have not been received. The sums on hand, unexpended, on
the 1st August, as shown bythe accounts for July, amounted to $18,890,752 94.
I trust I may be pardoned for remarking, in conclusion, that the position of
the Third Auditor during the last two years has been peculiarly trying. The
ratio of increase in the amount involved in accounts and claims, the investigation and settlement of which are devolved upon the office, large as it is, is greatly
enhanced by the complications and difficulties in the accounts themselves, resulting from the necessary employment of a l a r ^ , number of disbursing officers
and agents, who, when first entering the se^^^Jwere totally inexperienced in
their respective duties, and the forms a j ^ ^ ^ g ^ ^ ^ s established for their government. Hence many irresrularities^mve^k^^r^i^^and extraordinary difficulties inhere in the accounts, whph^n^w^e^^royment of experienced and competent officers and agents w(md<^^-h^^^occurred. These things, however,
were inseparable from the coMitj^^of the country, and the numerous and
varied claims unavoidably arising^rom the military operations, many of which
present strong equitable grounds for relief, but as yet are unprovided for by
law, have been a fru>;iful source of embarrassment. Claimants naturally suppose
that all claims, of whatever description, if well founded, are entitled to be paid;
foigetful or not aware of the fact that the accounting officers have only a lim- •
'
ited jurisdiction, prescribed by law, and that they are restricted in their action
not only to the objects of appropriations made by Congress, but to the rules
and regulations made in pursuance of laAv, and the observance of ..principles of
accounting which long experience has sanctioned as necessary safeguards to
the public interest. Thus, whilst they are liable on the one hand to the risk of
allowing improper claims,^ they are exposed on the other to the denunciations of
the whole army of claimants and their interested clamor. Hence it is that complaints have in some cases arisen. It has been my effort,, however, by an adherence to laio and regulations, and the most assiduous application to official
duty, to guard the interests of the government, without prejudice to the just
rights of individuals; and I believe I may say that this office can safely challenge the most thorough and critical investigation into aM its official transactions
and records. For the last IAVO years I have not been absent a single day from
official duties, and I believe the gentlemen connected with me have performed
an amount of labor not exceeded by any other office in the department of the
government.
At the last session of Congress I recommended the addition of four clerkships
of class four, and seven of class three, to this office, w^hich was granted. In the
estimates submitted for the last half of the present and for the next fiscal year
I have asked for two more of each of these classes. The addition of these clerkships was required, in my opinion, as an act of justice to the clerks in this
office, and with a view of securing promotion to some of the gentlemen employed
therein, who, from their experience and efficiency, were deserving of it. It has
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been necessary to reorganize the office, with a view to the proper distribution of
duties; and in the increased business, of course, more responsibility must be
devolved on the heads of subdivisions, and some of the clerks attached to independent desks. Indeed, in view of the magnitude of the interests committed
to this office, I am of opinion that several clerkships of a still higher grade,
with salaries of, say, two thousand dollars each, should be added to it. The
great body of the clerks belong to the first and second classes. The first class
should be regarded as preparatory, to which appointments, as a general rule,
would be made, and from w^hicli promotions w^ould follow as the clerks should
prove apt, efficient, and zealous, in the discharge of their official duties. The
second and third classes should be composed of experienced accountants, to
whom could be committed" the principal business of stating accounts, keeping
the books, conducting correspondence, &;c.; and the higher class should be composed of the most superior men in the office, in whose experience, ability, integrity, and close application to business, the head of the office could safely rely
in examining accounts and claims, making special investigations and reports,
and to whom could be delegated an intermediate authority, to be exercised b y ,
them as heads of divisions,, &c. What the public interests require from such
clerks is not a mere mechanical performance of duty during the prescribed
office hours, but a hearty, zealous, and indefatigable application of all their time
and talents; and it is respectfully submitted that they should receive compensation for the comfortable support of themselves and families, and their minds
should be free from anxiety respecting their official tenure, so long as they
faithfully discharge their duties. The government cannot now afford to retain
indifferent or only average men in these positions, nor should it compel the
service of men of the .requisite qualifications at less salaries than are paid by
private corporations .for similar services in connexion with interests of far less
magnitude. I have known of several resignations of clerks to take positions in
railroad and other corporations, or associations, at better salaries than the government was paying them. I am persuaded that if a few more of the higher
class clerkships were added to this office, to be reserved only for those who
evince extraordinary zeal and ability in the public service, and to which all
might aspire as a reward of merit, it would have a salutary effect in adding
further incentives to exertion and improvement on the part of the whole'clerical
forcCj thus materially promoting the interests of the government.
I am, sir, very respectfully, your obedient servant,
R. J . ATKINSON,
Auditor,
Hon.
S. P. CHASE,
^
Secretary of the .Treasury.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
Fourth Auditor's Office, November 1, 1863.
S I R : In consonance with your letter requesting me to furnish "the annual
report of the transactions of this bureau for the fiscal year ending June 30,
1S63," I have the honor to submit a statement of the official business and
operations of the office during the above period.
First. The total number of accounts during the year tranWitted to the
Second Comptroller fbr his revision and approval is fifteen hundred and sixtythree (1,563.) They include those of paymasters, assistant paymasters, acting
assistant paymasters, naval storekeepers, naval agents, the disbursing officers of
the marine corps, the agents for the payment of pensions, and other officers in
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the service. The aggregate sum covered by these accounts amounts to
$22,117,315 87, according to the following tabular statement, in which the
operations of each month are presented for the joint purpose of affording facilities of comparison, and a better appreciation of the current business of the
office, as it is transacted from day to d a y :
Months.
July
August
SeptcQiber.
October . . .
November .
December .
January...
February..
March
April
M:ay
..
J une
Amount of
expenditures.
$1,375,355 31
800,918 81
104,931 84
174 58
2, 007,
, 390,720 39
848,624 47
1,369,674 17
352
6, 850, 44
762,721 57
2,768, 047 53
958,930 98
3,879,863 78
Total.
22,117,315 87
Second. During the year the number of requisitions for drafts for the naval
service, which have been drawn, is twenty-one hundred, (2,100,) and the amount
they include is $63,368,749 46. The number of requisitions for the pension
service is seventy, (70,) and their aggregate amount is $184,677 28.
Tliird.^ The transfer requisitions during the same period amount to one
hundred and forty-nine, (149,) and include the aggregate sum of $2,498,192 83,
Fourth. The number of refunding requisitions for the year is two hundred
and eighteen, (218,) making an amount of $541,285 19.
Fifth. The number of letters received during the year is twenty-three thousaud two hundred and eighty-one, (23,281,) and the number written is twentyfour thousand nine hundred and forty-six, (24,946.)
Sixth. Twenty-five (25) official reports have been transmitted from the office
during the fiscal year.
Seventh. The number of allotments or half-pay tickets received and duly
registered is eight thousand one hundred and seventy-one, (8,171.)
Eighth. The number of reports giving admission to the Naval Asylum is
forty, (40,) of bounty land cases fifty, (5.0,) and of pension cases one hundred
and twenty, (120.) In the above cases, the names of the persons making the
applications being scattered through rolls of maiiy years, "without regard to
alphabetical order," as was remarked by one of my predecessors, " some of
w^hicli contain the names of more than a thousand men each, and as it is frequently necessary to trace the men from roll to roll in consequence of transfers
from oue ship to another, the examination is very arduous and unavoidably
consumes a great deal of time." For these reasons the amount of labor in
adjusting the above cases w^as immense, and this branch of labor is one that
will necessarily increase in greater proportion hereafter than heretofore, as more
and more sailors will have served fbr twenty years.
Ninth: The prize lists made up for distribution from June 30,1862, to June 30,
1863, number one hundred and seven, (107,) and they amount to $869,105 35.
These lists likewise involve both complicated and laborious calculations, but it
has been the constant aim of the office to have them adjusted with as much
celerity as possible, that the bravery and lieroism so signally, exhibited by the
navy might meet its just reward without procrastination or delay.
The act of Congress of January 1, 1823, requires "that every officer or
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agent of the United States shall reiider his accounts quarter-yearly. to the
proper accounting officers of the treasury, with the vouchers necessary to the
correct and prompt settlement thereof, within three months, at least, after each
successive quarter, if resident within the United States, and within six months
if resident within a foreign country." In order to give efficiency to this statute,
reports have been regularly transmitted from this office to that of the Second
Comptroller, at the conclusion of each quarter, setting forth the names of those
disbursing agents of the Navy Department who had not complied with the
requisitions. These lists were likewise accompanied with a statement of the
nature of each case and the amount of default.
The navy hospital fund has receiyed that prompt and careful attention
which its importance deserves, and quarter-annual reports have been regularly
made to the honorable Secretary of the Navy, in which was' shown the amount
passed to the credit of the fund on the books of this office..
The various items of expenditures charged to the appropriations of'the contingent expenses of the navy have been enumerated in detail in a report to the
honorable Secretary of the Navy.
An increased clerical force for this office has fi-qm time to time been most
respectfully solicited, and with that attention to details, which has distinguished
your administration of the department, it has received such additions as the
nature of the existing congressional enactments and appropriations would allow
you to use for favoring and expediting the public business. But notwithstanding a greater number of clerks are now employed in this bureau than formerly,
•the force is not yet adequate to the exigencies. In common with other branches
of the public service, and as one of the Consequences of that rebellion which
now convulses the country, and which sprung from unparalleled and causeless
violence, and unhallowed devotion to slavery, the official transactions of this
bureau have been increased in a ratio constantly augmenting, till the amount is
portentous, and the requirements are almost interminable.
If we very briefly compare the statistics of the fiscal year just passed with
those of former years, the difference is very striking. At the commencement
of the present administration the number of disbursing officers in the navy was
about one hundred; now there are four hundred and eighty-seven. The number of national vessels afloat in 1861 was forty-two; now it is more than five
hundred, and many more are in process of construction, which will soon be
launched. The number of requisitions for drafts for the naval service and for
the pension service in 1861 was seven hundred and eighty, amounting to
$11,856,201 9 8 ; now it is twenty-one hundred and seventy, amounting to
$63,553,426 74. In 1861 the number of letters received and registered, and
writteji and recorded, was ten thousand nine hundred and fifty-five ; the past
fiscal year it was forty-eight thousand two hundred and twenty-seven. A similar rate of increase runs through the other departments of the bureau, an d all
involve a corresponding increase of labor. In fact, notwithstanding all the assiduity of the office, there were, on the first instant, two thousand and three
accounts, involving many millions of dollars, remaining unadjusted, and several
of them have been more than a year awaiting settlement. It is, moreover, probably true that the accounts audited in this office are not exceeded in intricacy or
amount by any iunder the government, and that they especially require clerks of
specific and pe'culiar talents, and are attended with much responsibility. For
these reasons I would most respectfully suggest that twenty-two more clerks be
added to this bureau, which would make the complement amount to seventy-five,
and oue laborer, whose services are particularly needed on account of the great
accumulation of work connected with the office. Such will be the inevitable
aggregate of business that this force can be beneficially employed for years after
the present large navy shall have been reduced.
In view, also, of the fact that there are no clerks of the fourth class in this
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107
bureau, notwithstanding the exacting nature of its requirements, I would beg
leave to recommend that five clerkships of the fourth class be assigned to the
permanent list of the office. All the other accounting bureaus of the department have clerks of this grade, and gentlemen of superior learning, ability, and.
faithfulness are performing in this oJffice that kind of duty without the compensation it elsewhere receives. Should these suggestions be thought equitable and
proper, I would likewise most respectfully recommend that the whole clerical
and other force of the bureau be distributed as follows: one chief clerk ; five
clerks of the fourth class; twenty of the third class; twenty of the secondclass ; thirty of the first class ; one messenger; one assistant messenger; and
one laborer, as set forth in an official communication to yourself, dated October
28, 1863.
As I did not enter upon the duties of the Fourth Auditor till the first of June
of the present year, the far greater portion of the business specified in this report
was transacted under the competent direction of my predecessor. Since then,
however, the business has' very largely increased, and, I am happy to say, has
been performed with system, accuracy, and despatch. This has partly resulted
from the many new methods and regulations introduced into the various branches
of the Treasury Department since it has been conducted by its present chief.
These have conduced to give order and regularity to the work, to stimulate the
ambition and industry of the clerks, and to awaken the heads of bureaus to a
renewed appreciation of their responsibility. But I also take.no little pleasure
in saying that, in this bureau, the commendable correctness and the faithful industry with which the various clerical operations have been executed, is greatly
due to a corps of clerks that I am'sure, in regard to diligence and capacity, stand
second to none employed in the public service.
In closing, I would say that, as navy accounts are those which are audited in
this office, it frequently happens that the poor and the needy, the humble and
distressed, the comnion sailor and his widow or heirs, are those who have business
with the bureau. It has been, as it will be, our aim to wait upon them with alacrity,
and to extend, with all possible pomptitude, the aid and duty of the government
to the brave men who man its ships and fight its battles wherever our vessels
float. In this special regard to these meritorious persons who are without official
position or influence, the honorable Secretary of the Navy and the honorable Second Comptroller have most cordially and effectively co-operated, they being
both intimately connected with this office in the disposition of such accounts.
I have the honor to be, very respectfully, your obedidnt servant,
S T E P H E N J . W. TABOR, Auditor,
Hon.
S. P . CHASE,
Secretary of the Treasury.
J.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
F f t h Auditor's Office, Novemher 9, 1863.
SIR : I have the honor to report that during the fiscal year ending June 30,
1863, there were audited and adjusted in this office and transmitted to the Comp' troller of the Treasury two thousand three hundred and four (2,304) accounts,
and that, in the course of their examination and adjustment, two thousand one
hundred and forty-six (2,146) letters were written.
I submit herewith schedules marked A, B, C, D, and E, respectively, exhibiting more particularly the nature of the business transacted.
Since the last annual report, the duty has devolved upon this office of auditing a new class of accounts, viz., the accounts of assessors and collectors ap
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pointed under the internal revenue act. The business of the office has thus
been greatly increased, and the establishment of proper bases for the adjustment
of these accounts, with the issuing of accessary instructions to collectors and
assessors, has been attended with much labor. A practical system has, however, been gradually evolved, and at present all such accounts which reach the
office in proper form are promptly audited and transmitted to the Comptroller of
the Treasury for revision.
Schedule E, accompanying this report, shows the expenses incurred in assessing the excise tax in the several collection, districts of the Unitedj States from
the date when the internal revenue act went into operation to the 30th of June,
1863.
No exhibit is presented of the expenses attending the collecting of the tax, for
the reason that no accounts of collectors have yet been adjusted in this
olfice. A considerable number were received, but were afterwards wdthdrawn
b y t h e Commissioner of Internal Revenue for preliminary examination in his
office. A few of these have only recently been returned to this office, and these
are not in a form to authorize their settlement. So soon as they are perfected,
in respect of vouchers, etc., they will be adjusted.
I have the honor to be, sir, with great respect,
C. M. W A L K E R , Auditor,
Hon.
S. P. CHASE,
Secretary of the Treasury.
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SCHSi^DULE A .
Statement of expenses of all missions abroad f o r contingencies, loss by exchange,
and salaries, from tlie 1st of July, 1862, to the 30th qf June, 1863, as shown
by accounts adjusted in this office, other than those which may have been p a i d
by the disbursing clerk of the Department of State.
Mission.
Salary.
Contingen- Loss by
exchange
cies.
Total. .
.
GREAT BRITAIN.
Charles F. Adams, minister.
From July 1, 1862,- to .Tune 30, 1863
From July 1, 1862, to June 30, 1863
$17,078 42
$3,512 54
-
Chas. L. Wilson, secretary of legation.
From riuly 1, 1862, to June 30, 1863
:
2,574 48
Benj. Moran, assistant secretary of legation.
From July J, 1862, to June 30, 1863
'
1,477 50
21,130 40 1 3,512 54
$.24,642 94
FRANCE.
Wm. L. Dayton, minister.
From Julv 1 1862 to June 30 1883
From July ] , 1882, to June 30, ] 863
From July 1, 1862, to June 30,- 1863
17,078 42
2,608 04
156 16
'...
IV. L. Pennington, secretary of legation.
From July 1, 1862, to June 30, 1863
2,574 48
W. L. Dayton, jr., assisVt secretary oflegation.
From July 1, 1862, to June 30, 1863
1,477 50.
21,130 40 i 2,608 04
156 16
23,894 60
•
'
RUSSIA.
C. BX. Clay, minister.
From April 1, 1832, toAujrust ]5, 1862
From March 11, 1863, to June 30, 1863
4,500 00 . 206 84 351 28
• 3, 594 54
303 95
Simon Cameron, minister.
P r o m A p r i U , 1862, to February 23, 1863.;.
Bayard Taylor, secretary of legation and
charge d\ij]'aircs.
From July 1, 1862, to September 12, 1863.. -
10,6^5 23
'
5,079 94
593 15
23,809 71 j 1,103 94
351 m
25,264 93
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Statement of expenses qf all missions abroad, &jc.—Continued.
Salary.
Mission,
^'
'Contingen- Loss by
cies.
lexchangc
Total.
PRUSSIA.
Norman B. .Judd, minister.
$11,715 62
From July 1, 1862, to June 30, 1863
$599 95
$73 92
Ii. Kreisman, secretary of legation.
'•
2,467 33'
From July 1", 1862, to June 30, 1863...
1 14,182 95
599 95
11,715 6-3
484 94
73 92 $14,856 82
AUSTRIA.
J. L. Motley, minister.
From July 1, 1862, to June 30, 1863
G. W. Lippitt, secretary of legation.
1,764 00
From July 1, 1862, to June 30, 1863
13,479 62
484 94
10,150 32
551 17
13,964 56
SPAIN.
Gustavus Kocrner, minister.
j
From July 23, 1862, to June 30, 1863
If. J. Perry, secretary.of legation and charge
d^ajj'aires.
From July 1, 1862, to March 31, 1 8 6 3 . . . . . . .
2,756 27
968 26"
12,906 59
1,519 43
11,886 62
2 01 -
532 22
2 01
14,428 03
MEXICO.
Thomas Corwin, minister.
From July 1, 1862, to Juno 30, 1 8 6 3 . . . . . . . .
W, II. Corwin, secretary of legation.
1,770 06
From July 1, 1862, to June 30, 1863
13,656 68
^532 22
14,188 90
o
'
BELGIUM.
H. S. Sanford, minister.
From July 1, 1862. to June 30, 1863
j
7,327 87
98 78 1 35 46 •
7, 327 87
98 78
35 46
8,282 11
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EEPOET ON THE FINANCES.
Statement of expenses of all missions abroad, ^x.—Continued.
Mission.
Salary.
Contingen- Loss by • Total.
exchange
cies.
$11,715 62
$149 94
BRAZIL.
J. Watson Wf.hb, minister.
From July 1, 1862, to June 30, 1863
T. Biddlc, secretary of legation.
From July 1, 1862, to-Marcb 31, 1863
1,329 03
149 94 $13,194 59
13,044 65
CHINA.
\
A. Burlingame, minister.
Accounts not received.
5. Wells Williains, interpreter.
From July 1, 1862, to December 31, 1862...
2,500 00
2,500 00
2,500 00
PERU.
Christopher Rdbinson, minister.
$225 81
423 10
11,374 03
225 81
423 10
7, 327 87
3,635 04
309 88
7, 327 87
From July 1, 1862, to June 30, 1863
3,035 04
309 88 i 10,672 79
9,765 51
Charles Easton, secretary of legation.
From July 1, 1862, to Febmary 13, 1 8 6 3 . . . .
From Apiil 1, 1863, to June 30", 1863
921 08
360 17
A. G. Robinson, secretary of legation.
From January 13, 1863, to April 2, 1863....
327 27
12,022 94
TURKEY.
E, Joy Morris, minister.
From July 1, 1862, to June 30, 1863...
0
SWEDEN AND NORWAY.
J. S. Haldeman, minister.
From July 1, 1862, to June 30, 1863
;.
7,327 87
448 26 ! 148 81
7,327 87
448 26
148 81
7,924 94
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Statemeyit of expenses of all missions abroad, ^c.—Continued.
Mission.
Salary.
Contingen- Loss by
exchange
cies.
Total.
DENIMAUK.
Bradford R. Wood, minister.
Fro-.2i July 1, 1862, to June 30, 1863
7, 327 87
355 52
7,327'87
355 52
7,327 87
351 95
7,327 87
' 351 95
7, 327 87
436 95
7,327 87
436 95
7,327 87
810 71
93 37
7,327 87
810 71
93 37
$7,683 39
GUATEMALA.
E. 0. Crosby, minister.
From July 1, 1862, to June 30,-1863
J
7,679 82
SWITZERLAND.
G. G. Fogg, minister.
From July 1, 1862, to June 30, 1863
7,764 82
PORTUGAL.
J. E. Harvey, minister.
From. July 1, 1862, to June 30, 1863
8,231 95
PONTIFICAL STATES.
R. M. Blatchford, minister.
(Accounts incomplete.)
0
'
NETHERLANDS.
J. S. Pike, minister.
From July 1, 1862, to June 30, 1863
7, 327 87
1
479 35
267 72
7, 327 87
479 35
267 72
4,937 38
1,482 64
479 10
8,074 94
NICARAGUA.
A. B. Dickinson, rainistcr.
From .TulV 1 1862. to March 3. 1863
From April 18, 1863 to June 30, 1 8 6 3 . . . : . . .
T. H. Clay, minister.
From November 15, 1862, to March 31, 1863.
2,754 69
9,174 71
•
479 10
9,653 81
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KEPOET ON THE FINANCES.
Statement of expenses of all missio7is abroad, ^c.—Continued.
Salary.
Missions.
Contingen- Loss by
cies.
exchange
Total.
HONDURAS AND SALVADOR.
J. R. Partridge, minister.
From July'l, 1862, to Juno 30, 1 8 6 3 . . . . . . . .
$7,327 87
$397 50
1,823 25
107 50
9,151 12
505 00
7,327 87
283 84
7,-227 87
283 84
7,327 87
118 10
75 30
7,327 87
118 10
75 30
:.
9,765 51
915 68
From July 1, 1862, to June 30, 1 8 6 3 . . . . . . . .
1,484 30
T. H. Clay, minister.
From April 1, 1863, to June 30, 1863
$9,656 12
N E W GRANADA.
A. A. Burton, minister.
From July 1, 1862, to June 30, 1863
7,611 71
ARGENTINE CONFEDERATION.
Robert C. Kirk, minister.
From July 1, 1862, to June 30, 1863
7,521 27
CHILI.
Thomas H. Nelson, minister.
From July 1, 1862, to June 30, 1863
C. S. Rand, secretary of legation.
11,249 81
915 68
12,165 49
PARAGUAY.
C. A. Washburnc, commissioner.
From July 1, 1862, to June 30, 1863
From April 1, 1862, to September 30, 1862..
7, 327 87
128 58
7, 327 87
128 58
8,090 69
283 18 1,538 64
7,456 45
HAWAIIAN ISLANDS.
T. J. Dryer, commissioner.
From July 1, 1862, to June 20, 1863
>
James McBride, minister.
For quarter ending June 30, 1863
1,362 41
9,453 10
^
8 F
283 18 1,538 54 11,274 82
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REPORT QN THE FINANCES.
Statement of expenses of all missions abroad, ^c.—Continued.
Salary.
Mission.
Contingen- Loss by
cies.
(exchange
Total.
ECUADOR.
. F . Hassaurek, minister.
From July 1, 1862, to June 30, 1863
1..
$7,327 87
$356 63
7,327 87
356 63
$999 24
999 24 $8,633 74
VENEZUELA.
E. D. Culver, minister.
(Accounts incomplete.)
From Octobfer 1, 1862, to June 30, 1863
305 43
305 43
305 43
COSTA RICA.
Ci N. Riotti, minister.
From July 1, 1862, to June 30, 1863
• 7,327 87
372 70 1,358 58
7,327 87
.372 80 1,358 58
6,369 97
322 46
653 50
6, 369 97
322 46
653 50
7,327 87
452 94 3,695 56
7,327 87
452 94 3,.695 56 11,476 37
9,059 25
HAYTT.
B. F. Whidden, commissioner.
From August 17, 1862, to June 30, 1863....
7,345 93
JAPAN.
Rv H. Pruyn, minister.
From July 1, 1862, to June 30, 1863...-. i.-..-
^
BOILIVIA.
D. K. Cartter, minister.
From July 1, 1862, to March 10, 1863
5,147 80
5,147 80
5,147 80
BARING BROTHERS <fe Co., U N I T E D STATES
BANKERS, LONDON.
Amount of loss by exchange on remittances
made by the Treasurer from July 1,1862, to
June 30, 1863
93,699 42
426,330 68
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SCHEDULE B .
Statement of the amount of salaries, and loss by exchange, paid to, and fees •
received from., the consular officers of the United Slates,, mentioned in
Schedules B and G of the act of August 12, 1856, ''to regulate the diplomatic and consular systems of the United States," f o r the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1862, and ending June 30, 1863.
Consulates—where
locatGd.
Acapulco
Aix la Chapelle.
AlexandriR
Amoor river
Amoy
Ainbterdam
Antwerp
Ancona
Aspinwall
A u x Cayes.
Loss b y
exchange.
Salaries.
Fees.
SI, 913 04
2, 500 00
5,635.29
^743 50
997 50
^84 09
1.91 97
113 78
Making transit 9 days.
R e t u m e incoiHplete.
3,000
1. 000
2i 500
1,500
2,311
00
00
00
00
68
1, 345 10
Athens.
Algiers.
806 34
318
334
2,619
2
1, 747
94
01
51
00
40
3,334 92
76 89
147 39
141 62
752 72
470 82
Antigua.,
858 00
58 85
172 90
33 95
3 12
28 16
Beirut
Basle
Batavia..
B a y of Islands .
Beixast
Buenos A y r e s . . .
Bremen
Bahia
2, 000
2,195
1, 535
1,000
2,000
2,093
3,000
1, 500
00
6.5
32
00
00
41
00
00
30
. 1, 887
83
192
2, 960
2. 616
i;886
239
95
59
85
67
33
88
50
02
Bristol
Barbadoes.
Bermuda . .
Barcelona .
Balize
1,125
1, 000
1, 500
1,500
2, 955
00
00
00
00
90
720
568
602
163
430
57
23
60
26
73
108 14
404 47
29 27
Bilbao . . . .
Bergen
Bordeaux .
1, 500 00
1, .500 00
2, 000 00
9 00
43 44
2,196 98
1,500 00
2, 370 92
2, 278 45
594 71
180 25
Calcutta.
8, 232 62
.1, 767 96
558 43
Cape T o w n .
2,183 31
309 48
131 29
Cadiz . . .
Cunigoa.
Candia..
1, .500 00
1, 500 G
O
1,187 66
396 41
•608 67
187 80
84 33
173 07
.Cyprus
Canton
'.""...
Callao
Cobija
Constantinople .
Carthagena
Capo H a y t i e n . . .
1, 000
4, 500
3, 500
500
3, 000
501
967
Demerara.
Dundee . . .
5,000 00
2, 000 00
Less 8 days absence dedHctod, and 5 days
disallowed.
Receiving instructions, 18 d a y s ; transit
to post, 44 days.
No returns for 2d quarter.
Receiving instnictions, 50 d a y s ; making
transit; 41 days. No returns fer 3d and
4th quarters of 1862, and 1st and part
of 2d quarter of 1863.
Receiving instructions, 28 d a y s ; making
transit, 36 days. No returns u p to
F e b r u a r y 20 1863.
556 30
325 87
99 15
Cardiff.
Cork . . .
32
Reanarka.
00
00
00
00
00
37
40
Elsinore .
3,195.65
1, 500 00
68
83
00
30
78
26
272 90
2, 006 50
1, 689 48
Frankfort-on-the-Maine
Funchal
540
1. 704
30
340
293
345
244
39
133
191
28
52
83
83
16 53
427 05
6 89
Waiting his exequatur, 17 days.
Loss b y exchange suspended for explanations.
R e t u r n s incomplete.
Receiving instructions, 30 days ; making
transit, 31 days. George Raymond's
transit home, 11 days.
Receiving instructions, 30 days; making
transit, 17 days. P. J. Devino's transit
home, 13 days, and -7 days additional
reeeiving instructions.
Trimsit home, 96 days, Samuel L i l l y ;
making transit, 231 days.' 2d quarter
returns not received.
Transit home, .53 days, McDowell; receiving instructions, 20 days ; making transit 69 days.
Receiving instructions, 30 d a y s ; making
transit, 139 days. Returns incomplete.
136 95
2, 092 75
106 43
1, 367 57
12 days disallowed.
656 36
213 18
675 50
71 28
Making transit, 36 days.
Making transit borne, 286 days.
197 14
616 92
Receiving instructions, 21 d a y s ; ftiaking
transit, 29 days.
Amount additional at his post, 23 days.
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Statement of the amount of salaries, &c.—Continued.
Consulates—where
located.
Foo-Choo
Fayal
Falkland Islands.
Salaries.
$3, 033 97
750 00
Loss by
exchange.
Fees.
1953 23 .$2, 534 60
390 47
No returns.
Genoa . . .
Glasgow .
1,875 00
3,586 94
831 51
3, 570 11
Geneva
Guayaquil..
Gottenburg.
1,875 00
937 50
2,188 96
.332 00
95 00
70 96
Guayamas . .
1, 720 09
282 41
Gaboon
Giilatza
Gasp6 Basin.
873 58
1, 039 22
1, 500 00
2 00
3 00
3 17
Halifax
Havre
Hamburg
Havana
Honolulu
Hong K o n g . .
2, 000 00
6, mo 00
2, ( f0 00
6, 000 00
3, 000 00
3, 500 00
Jeiiisalem.
1, 694 63
5 00
510 81
Kingston . . .
2,384 11
589 57
636 43
Kanagawa .
2, 750 00
228 50
1, 259 57
Leipsic
L a Rochelle .
1,500 00
1, 976 90
1,988 00
194 06
35 42
36 08
Laguayra
Lahaina
1, 500 00
2, 334 15
311 29
87 05
1,013 98
1,209
2,431
-2, 509
6, 272
1,101
5, 946
68
14
55
32
32
08
455 03
'559'61
492 80
538 19
111
296
53
87
795
96
07
65
95
61
95 25
'La P a z .
99 75
L a Union.
Lisbon .
2, 486 41
Liverpool .
London . .
Lyons
Lanthala..
Leeds
Leghorn..
7,-500 00
7, 500 00
I, 500 00
750 00
2, 000 00
1,500 00
16, 904
12, 540
1,891
11
5, 543
916
49
81
30
15
50
82
4, 000 00
1,000 00
I, 500 00
1, 500 00
2, 000 .00
2, 987 82
417
166
210
179
7, 390
21
95
25
65
30
00
45
778
9
585
425
50
324
Receiving instructions, 30 d a y s ; making
transit, 39 days. T. S. P r c t t y m a n ' s
transit home, 27 days.
Receiving instructions, 29 days.
P . M. Epping's transit home, 57 d a y s ,
making transit, 120 days.
Receiving instructions and maldng transit,
68 days. Returns incomplete.
No returns.
Making transit, 115 days.
No returns for 2d quarter.
Making transit, 100 days, and 5 days allowed.
Receiving instructions, 19 d a y s ; m a k i n g
ti'ansit, 20 days.
Making transit, 25 days. One quart.er's5
salary for 1862 included.
Receiving instructions, 6 days'; m a k i n g
transit,. 63 days. Balance of returns
unadjusted.
Receiving/instructions, 30 d a y s ; making
transit, %^ days.
Receiving instructions, 30 d a y s ; making
transit, 36 days.
From November 1. 1861, t o . J u n e 3 0 , 1362,
included.
144 42
22 89
61 91
74 55
19 95
Montreal...
Munich
Malaga
Malta.
Manchester.
Macao
81
82
Remarks.
Manzanillo .
900 81
704 75
34 43
Maracaibo..
1, 446 91
77 63
Matanzas..
Mauritius -
2, 500 00
4,652 31
1, 492 11
387 90
Marseilles ..
Melbourne .
2, 500 00
8, 879 42
1, 549 20
899 44
Messina
Moscow —
Maranhfim.
I, 500 00
2, 000 00
1,142 75
442 53
13 00
126 78
250 00
1, 027 18
89 53
1.089 52
98 Matamoras ..
'99 I Montevideo.
54
47
51
08
12
05
Amount received b y the government, and
handed over b y the consul for the benefit of hospitals. W . P . Jones receiving
instructions, 30 days.
^
Receiving inatructioiiis, 13 d a y s ; m a k i n g
transit, 22 days.
Receiving instructions, 20 d a y s ; making
transit, 107 days.
177 80
620.91 Making transit, 89 d a y s ; receiving instructions, 15 days. Transit home of
T. Shankland, 56 d a y s ; Geo*. H . Fairfield's transit home, 245 days.
141 54
865 71 Making transit, 155 days. Amount heretofore suspended, but allowed by tho
State Department October 7,1863; transit home, 66 days.
452 18
973 22
323 97 Receiving instructions, 30 d a y s ; making
transit, 31 days.
Returns incomplete.
Receiving instructions, 30 days.
117
REPORT ON THE FINANCES.
Statement of the amount of salaries, ^c.—Continued.
No.
Consulates—where
located.
100 I Mexico
Salaries.
Fees.
Loss b y
exchange.
| 1 , 000 00
$84 60
101 I Monrovia . . .
1,137 36
59 14
102 I M a r t i n i q u e .
784 51
112 94
$230 29
Remarks.
No returns for the 2d quarter of 1863 and
2d quarter of 1862 included.
Receiving instructions, 30 d a y s ; making
transit, 85 days.
.Transit home, 13 days, J. W h i t i n g ; receiving instructions, 26 d a y s ; making
transit, 7 days. Returns incomplete for
2d quarter.
103
104
105
106
107
IDS
Nassau, ( W . L ) . . . ,
Nagasaki...
Naples
Ningpo
Nantes
Napoleon Vend6e.
1, 761 08
109
110
111
Nice
Newcastle Oporto
1,125 00
1, 500 00
1,184 94
112
113
114
Omoa. -.
Odessa . .
Otranto .
1, 000 00
2, 500 00
1,500 00
491 17
100 06 2, 528 37 Returns incomplete.
86 73
252 02
131 72 Receiving instructions, 8 d a y s ; making
tr.^nsit, 19 days. No returns for 2d
quarter of 1863.
161 52
361 87 No returns for 2d quarter.
905 95
82 96
141 75
682 24 Receiving instructions, 19 d a y s ; m a k i n g
transit, 34 days. No returns to Noveni'' ber 27, 1862.
27 50
91 02
718 57
398 30
115
116
117
118
119
120
121
122
123
124
125
126
Panama
Ponce, (Porto Rico)
Para
Palermo
Paramaribo
Paris
Pernambuco
Pictou
-..
P o r t Mahon '.
P o r t au Prince
Prince E d w a r d ' s Isl'ds
Payta
1
2, 625 00
1, 500 00
522 88
522 42
127
Paso del Norte.
128
Quebec
1, 500 00
441 47
129
130
Revel
Rio de Janeiro..
2,000 00
3, 205 80
3 00
756 74
662 52 1. 286 16
131
132
Rotterdam
Rio Grande del S u r .
2, 000 00
I, 000 00
1, 500 00
2, 250 00
1, 500 00
1.437 08
1, 055 94
Returns incomplete.
1, 500
I, 500
5. 000
2^000
1,500
1,500
2,000
1, 500
461
00
00
00
00
00
00
00
00
95
505 08
180 90
10, 525 00
741 86
686 30
76 84
583 78
168 99
216 07
1, 023 86
" 267 27
^
78 40
134
Sau J u a n , (Porto Rico)
135
1.36
137
138
139
Santander
.
Santiago de Cuba.
Santos
Scio
Shanghai.
1, 500
2, 500
1, 500
1, 500
5, 790
00
00
00
00
60
J40
141
^.42
143
Singapore
Smyrna
Southampton.
Stockholm
2, 432
2, 000
2, 000
1, 726
07
00
00
23
144
145
146
147
San J u a n del Norte.
St. John, (N. F . ) . . .
St. John, (N. B . ) . . .
St. P e t e r s b u r g . .
2. 000 00
1,500 00
1,500 00
1, 866 64
230 21
257 26
943 17
• 242 00
148
149
150
151
St. Thomas
Stuttgard . . . . . . . .
St. Domingo.
Swatow, (China) .
4, 000 00
750 00
1, 500 00
6, 220 10
1,009
263
114
141
8
304
69
103
15
47
68
66
21 38
13 03
97 83
375 00
1, 625 00
9 25
. 414 10
27 50
5, 215 80
660
658
175
59
7 92
185 51
231 91
Receiving instructions, 30 d a y s ; making
transit, 54 days. 2d quarter suspended.
542 63
76 30
23 87
273
257
126
600
134
68
10
.56
69
98
32 1, 479 60
,4
0
562 05
90
633 68
41
298 11
05
00
10
74
Receiving instructions, 30 d a y s ; m a k i n g
transit, 6 days. No returns from J u l y
1 to September 3, 1863.
Transit home, 38 days. No returns.
382 90
483 89
St. Marc .
Sabanilla
,
St. Catharine.
258 23
52 62
San J u a n del Sur .
153
.154
No returns for 2d quarter.
46 44
80 46
143 85
849
31
104
3, 954
16
48
72
05
Receiving instructions, 26 d a y s ; making
transit, 40 days. No returns from J u l y
1 to September 15, 1862.
Transit home, 17 days, J a s p e r Smith; receiving instructions, 36 days. No retui-ns.
\
Including salaries of marshals and interpreters.
Less ten days' absence from post.
Additional loss by exchange.
Making transit home, 39 days, Chas. Leas;
receiving insti'uctions, 42 days.
Making transit, 27 d a y s ; receiving instructions, 28 days.
2d quarter suspended.
Receiving instructions and making transit
.4 months aud 28 days.
No returns from J u l y 1, 1862, to J u l y 1,
1863.
118
REPORT ON THE FINANGJiS.
Statement of the amount of salaries, ^c.—Continued.
No.
Consulates—where
located.
Salaries.
Igl,447 00
$85 47
155
Santa Cruz, (W. L ) . . . .
156
157
158
159
Santiago, (Capo Verde).
Spezzia
Stettin
St. P a u l de Loando
750
1,000
1, 000
1,236
160
Tabasco.
2,474 18
161
162
.163
Tarapic®
Tangiers
Tehuantepec .
1,500 00
3, 000 00
513 58
3.57 77
164
165
1«6
167
.168
X69
Trieste
Twnidad de C u b a . .
Trinidad Island . . .
Tripoli
-....
T u r k ' s Islands
Tahiti
2, 000
2, 500
1,125
3,725
2, 000
885
271 39
327' 49
264-23
170
171
172
173
Talcahuano .
Tumbez
Taranto .. ..
Tunis
250 00
1, 500 00
1, 500 00
174
175
Vienna
Vera Cruz.
1, 500 00
2,777 16
176
Valpai-aiso.
996 09
192 42
1, .500 00
1,500 00
63 75
164 46
1, 624 3 i
$200 01
170 52
85 48
Venice . . .
Valencia.
179
00
00
00
30
00
00
00
21
00
96
17
22
81
60
Remarks.
Loss b y
exchange.
Fees.
49
01
97
80
54
192
405
32
59
08
59
63
Making transit, 26 days. Accounts suspended from J u l y 1, to August 10,1862.
Receiving instructions, 30 d a y s ; making
transit, 69 days. Returns incomplete
for let quarter'of 1863.
Receiving instructions, 20 day's; making
transit, 35 days. Returns from J a u u siry 1 to J u n e 30, 1862, included.-
169 .30
154 46
Making transit, 126 days.
complete.
328 40
88 39
679
1,016
108
179
26
26
99
54
70 72
43 85
241 07
R e t u r n s ia-
No returns for 2d quarter.
Including contingent expenses, $725 21.
Receiving instructions, 30,days; making
transit, 99 days. 1st and 2d quai'ters
suspended.
Accounts suspended.
640 65
No returns.
351, 032 29
^ 697 00
i, 481 80
319 59
306 28
Receiving instiTictions, 162 days. R e t u r n s
incomplete.
Receiving instructions, 30 days. No returns for 4th q u a i t e r of 1862, and 1st
and 2d quarters of 1863.
359 81
177 63
Making transit, 120 d a y s ; transit home
107 days.
152, 982 94 54, 388
$351, 032 29
54, 368 08
Total amount of salariet for 179 consulates for the year ending Juiie 30, 1863 .
Less iu exchange on same
405, 400 37
152, 982 94
Total amount of fees returned b y con.suls .
Paid b y United States treasury .
SCHEDULE C .
Statement showing amount expended in arresting seamen charged with crime
in foreign countries, and expenses incident thereto, from July 1, 1862, to
June 30, 1863.
Consulates -where expenses were .incurred.
Callao
- .-Constantinople . Genoa
Hamburg
Havana
^Liverpool
Malaga
Panama
Total
No. of
! seamen.
1
1
Amount.
1
2
7
4
1
1
$166 00
. 172 44
11 25
628 24
255 07
142.04
322 58
45 00
1 8
1,742 62
1
• •
'
119
REPORT ON T H E FINANCES.
SCHEDULE
D.
Statement showing the several amounts disbursed by consular officers f o r relief
of destitute American seamen, amounts o f loss by exchange on s a i d disbursements, a n d the amounts received by s a i d consular officers a s extra wages e f
discharged seamen, ^ . , as a p p e a r s f r o m adjustment o f consular accounts
m a d e in this office f r o m J u l y 1, 1862, to J u n e 30, 1863.
Consulate,
Acapulco ..
Alicante r -.
Amoy
Antwerp...
Apia . . . . . .
AspinwaU
Bangkok
Barbadoes
Barcelona......
Batavia
Bay "of Islands.
Belfast
Bermuda
Bombay
Bordeaux
Bremen....
Bristol
Buenos Ayres . .
Cadiz ,
Calcutta.-... ..*.
Callao....
Cardiff . . . . . . . Cape Town
Cobija..
Constantinople.
Cork
Cui'a^oa
Demarara .
Dublin..,
Falmouth
Fayal
Frankfort-on-the-Main .
Disbursements.
Lo.ss by exchange.
|96 60
%66 25
16'8 15
251
87
854
1,147
84
76
25
36
552 80
36 ,00
252 92
5,766 28
901 57
174
90
152
23
303
797
16
84
68
04
40
00
245
372
12,240
531
544
9
471
61
345
13
12
64
02
02
25
13
84
00
1315 20
159 61
2 50
.801 55
.7 40
360 00
102 00
183 60
469 24
599 23
54 00
.345 97
2,760 67
648 00
20 50
230 70
1,650 00
136 30
2,260 39
28 03
1,152 06
'""'i3'47'
82 28
32 18
1,303 60
2,684 63
306 40
183 00
158 24
154 83
467 00
119 24
405 76
54 00
600 00
115 79
6,671 .33
21 05
153 00
852 40
Gasp6 Basin.
Genoa
Gibraltar
Glasgow . . . .
Gottenberg . .
Guayaquil...
9
.487
240
442
157
111
Halifax
Hamburg
Plavana . ^
Havre
Hayti ...•..•...
Hilo
Hobart Tow-n
Hong-Kong...
Honolulu
441
438
6,728
656
39
16
04
13
84
50
91
65
10
68
03
35
25
Receipts.
298 93
3,048 57
32,623 50
336 11
130 50
262 02
110 93
96 95
31,74
78 00
9,016 37
570 99
100 00
10,861 70
108 00
540 00
2,019 08
6,048 00
120
REPORT ON r H E FINANCES.
,
Statement shoioing the several amount^disbursed, 4^.—Continued.
Consulate.
Kingston .
Disbursements.
$192 85
Laguayra
Lahaina
Leeds
Leghorn . . . . .
Lisbon
Liverpool
London
Londonderry.
Lyons
36 00
102 00
8 23
49 17
330 00
20, 858 32
747 62
1,
190 04
1,152 00
Macao
Malaga
Manilla
Manzanillo
Maracaibo ..
Marseilles. -.
Martinique..
Matamoras..
Matanzas...
• Mazatlan . S.
Melbourne ..
. Manatitlan..
Montevideo .
Montreal
4 50
2,261 99
1,170 25
25 62
291 00
1,127 63
365 46
Nagasaki
Nassau . Newcastle-on-the-Tyne
Ningpo
Oporto
Paita
•...
Palermo...,
Panama
Paramaribo
Paris
Pernambuco
Pictou
Port-au-Prince
Port Loms, (Mauritius) .
Porto Praya -
856 43
1,401 05
683 84
35 00
1,512 89
.29 90
214 00
233 09
66 68
300 00
Loss by exchange.
$126 57
10 64
640 65
219 94
654 42
53 27
131 01
11 16
48 66
6,686 74
67 32
606 10
122 64
27 84
6,119 68
16 00
99 58
1,783 81
122 26
1,018 11
8 40
.326 86
118 68
7 74
Quebec .
Ri© Janeiro
Rio Grande de Sul.
Rotterdam
Slianghai
Sidney
Sierra Leone .
Singapore
Sisal...
SouthaD:ipton.
Stettin
St. Catherine.
St. Croix
St. DomiDgo .
St. Helena . . .
1,234 63
968 50
. 90 00
788 52
685 32
251 98
503 54
209 25
204 37
34,62
99 26
102 50
820 22
648 08
25 88
259 90
82 07
REPORT ON THE FINANCES.
121
Statement showing the several amounts disbursed, &fc.—Continued.
Disbursements.
Consulate.
St Jao'o de Cuba
St. John (N. F.)
St. Petersburg . . . . . : . . . . . . . . . . . . .
St. Thomas
Swatow
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .''. . .
Tobasco
---..
Tahiti
Talcahuano
Trieste
Tumbez
.
Turk's Island
---.
.
....
..'
*
.............
.
..
.
$145 99
290 93
175 77
1,867 06
106 00
$665 00
84 27
37 50
10 68
149 58
628 10
174 00
2,214 00
870 00
36 00
480 00
7,123 40
1,679 37
1,158 00
...
Receipts.
$72 26
171 62
328 00
1,398 50
13,485 50
120 07
7,403 88
173 17
Valnaraiso......................'.. . . . . . . . .
Vera Cruz
......... ............
..
Victoria
.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Zanzibar
Loss by exchange.
411 87
296 69
29 75
Total
180,364 72
19,627 07
Aggregate of disbursements and loss by exchange
Less receipts
Excess of expenses at consulates
103,798 85
$199,991 79
103,798 85
96,192 94
The following are the amounts disbursed f o r relief of seamen, otherwise than by
consular officers:
By w^hom disbursed.
For whom disbursed.
Shir) Peniaub
. ....
...
Amsterdam brig Constantino
Steamer Adriatic . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Danish barlv Morning Star..
Schooner H. C. Brooks
Shin Geo. West
Danish ship Julien Shadd.
Ship Emily F a r n u m . . .
...
Ship Kisbec
Brio* H u m b o l d t . . . . . . . . - . .
Crew of John A. Parks, burned at sea
Victims of Florida
Crew of Samuel Watts, wrecked
Crew of Jacob Bell, victims of F l o r i d a . . . . . . .
Crew of B. Martin, wrecked
Crew of Gladiola, victims of privateers
One man, picked up at sea
Seventy-eight victims of Alabama. .^
Crew of Louisiana, wrecked
One sick seaman
Total
Amount.'
$360 00
63 00
423 00
250 00
21 00
248 00
37 02
542 32
73 50
21 67
2 039 51
The following is a list of extra wages and moneys refunded to seamen or their
representatives, directly from the United States Treasury:
To
To
To
To
To
estate
estate
estate
estate
estate
of
of
of
of
of
Francis Weeks, deceased
Jas. 0 . Barber, deceased
Wm. Timmons, deceased
Wm Bowzer, deceased
Jas. Hampton, deceased
—
S80
210
36
83
67
00
32
00
25
93
122
To
To
To
To
To
To
REPORT ON T H E FINANCES.
A . M. Emerson, s e a m a n . . . , , . . ,
Michael Clare, seaman
William Briggs, seaman
E d w a r d O'Brien, seaman
J o s e p h Siddon, seaman
F . M. Sprague, seaman
................
-. -
Total
$80
29
24
36
24
20
.00
87
00
00
00
00
6 9 1 . 37
./..
Statement shoiving amount expended f o r p a s s a g e q f destitute American seamen
f r o m the several consulates below n a m e d to the United States, as a p p e a r s
f r o m the accounts of shipmasters adjusted in this office, f r o m J u l y 1, 1862, to
J u n e 30, 1863.
Consulate from which sent.
No. of
seamen.
Rate paid for each.
Amount.
Acapulco . .
Aspinwall..
Aux Cayes.
10
55
9
Batavia
Bay of Islands, N. Z.
Belize
Bermuda
Bissao, Africa
Bombay
Bristol
Buenos Ayres
6
7
2
12
1
5
1
3
60
70
20
120
10
50
10
30
00
00
00
00
00
00
00
00
Cadiz
Calcutta
Cape Town
Cardenas
Cardiff.
Cascumpec
Constantinople .
Cura^oa
7
'6
7
9
16
1
3
1
70
•60
85
90
160
10
30
10
00
00
00
00
00
00
00
00
$100 G
O
550 00
90 00
2 at $17 50; 5 at $10 00.
. 40 00
DemeraraFayaP
Fayal
Fayal > victims of privateers.
Fayal
Fayal ^
Flores
315
24 at $10 00; 10 at $12 00^
H a t 40 00; 2 at 28 00
16 at 18 00; 10 at 20 00
1 at 30 00; 9 at 25 00
U 0 7 a t 36 00; 125 at 33 06 J
9,583 00
1
10 00
Genoa
Gibraltar .
Glasgow..
2
11
6
20 00
110 00
60 00
Halifax
Halifax
Plalifax
Havana
Havre (one invalid).
Hong K o n g . . :
Honolulu
Honolulu
-^
( 2 at $10 0 0 . . . .
21 < 4 a t 6 00
( 15 at 7 00..,
29
4 3 a t $ i o 00; i'at'$i5 6o'".
12
51 Vis'at* iio* 00".!!!!."!!]!'.'.
\ 8 at 15 00.'.
Inagua.
Inagua.
5 3 at $10 00
\ 5 a t 12 0 0 . . . .
149 00 '
290
45
.120
550
00
00
00
00
90 00
REPORT ON T H E FINANCES.
123
Statement shoioing amount expended f o r passage, Sfc.—Continued.
Consulate from which sent.
No. of
seamen.
Rate paid for each.
Amount.
$10 00
20 00
Jackmel.
Jeremie.
10 00
Kingston, Jamaica.
Laguayra
Lisbon
Liverpool.
London
Londonderry.
1
1
79
39
1
10
10
790
390
10
00
00
00
00
00
Macao
Malaga
Malta (indirect).
Marseilles
Marsei>les
Matanzas
Mazatlan
Merida . . . ^
Monganui
Montevideo
V
1
9
1
3
1
1
10
3
1
2
10
90
15
30
20
10
100
30
10
20
00
00
00
00
00
00
00
00
00
00
Nassau .
Nassau.
Nassau .
56
25
80 00
672 00
400 00
Oporto (by foreign vessel).
Palermo
'
Panama
Para
.Paramaribo
Paramaribo
Paramaribo (invalid)
Pernambuco
Pernambuco "j
Pernambuco I
Pernambuco [ victims of privateers. <
Pernambuco J
Plaister Cove..
Plaister Cove..
Port Elizabeth.
Port-au-Prince
Port Stanley..
Puerto Cabello
75 00
3
3
1
3
3
1
16
11
9
100
9
" 2
2
4
3
1
1
30
30
10
30
18
25
160
170
225
5,070
171
20
14
40
30
10
10
00
00
00
00
do
C
O
00
00
00
00
00
00
00
00
00
00
00
Rio Janeiro.
13
130 00
San Juan de los Remidios
Santiago, Cape de Verde
Santiago, Cape de Verde
Santiago de Cuba
Santiago de Cuba
:
Shanghai'
Sierra Leone
Singapore
'
St. Catharine
St. Christopher (foreign vessel).
St. Domingo City
-...
St. Domingo City
St. Domingo City
St. Helena
1
3
6
5
2
1
8
3
1
1
1
3
8
26
10 00
30 00
82 O
O
50 00
5 00
10 00
80 C
O
30 00
10 00
20 00
25 00
30 00
155 00
260 00
124
REPORT ON THE FINANCES.
Statement showing amount expended for passage, ^.—Continued.
No. of
seamen.
Consulate from which sent.
St. John, N . F
St. John, N. F
St. John, N . F
St. Thomas
St. Thomas )
f
St. Thomas 1 . ,.
^ • /
J
St. Thomas T^^^^"'' of privateers.. ^
St. Thomas J
t
Sidney, B. N. A
:...
Sydney, N. S. W.'
8
3
1
36
37
80'
29
6
3
1
Tabasco
Tahiti (an invalid^
Talcahuano
Tampico
Trapani
Trinidad de Cuba
Trinidad island
Tumbez
Turk's Island
Tm-k's Island (foreign vessel)
Valencia
Valparaiso
Vera Cruz
Vera Cruz
Victoria . .
Victoria
Victoria
$80
21
5
360
604
1,280
725
72
30
10
00
00
00
00
34
00
00
00
00
00
2
1
4
3
1
5
1
2
14
6
..
.
....'.
Amount.
Rate paid for each.
20
25
40
30
10
50
10
20
140
72
00
00
00
00
00
00
00
00
00
00
.
1
4
23
2
17
1
- 4
10
40
230
30
170
5
100
00
00
00
00
00
00
00
.
4
20 00
1,431
26,713 84
.
.......
.. . . .
Yarmouth
Total
. . . . . . . . ' . . . . . . . . . . . . ....
Q
'^
Average rate of passage $18 66^.
RECAPITULATION.
Amount expended at consulates, including loss in e x c h a n g e . . . . $199, 991 79
Amount expended, otherwise than by consuls, for wrecked seamen
picked up at sea, sufferers from privateers, &c
2, 039 51
Amount refunded to seamen, &c., from treasury, direct
691 37
Amount paid masters of vessels for passage of seamen to the
>
« United States
26,713 84
Total
Less receipts
Total excess of expenditures
229, 436 51
103, 798 85
, 125, 637 66
NoTE.-^The increase of expenditures under the foregoing head of 1863 over
1862 amounts to $22,247 82, and arises from the large number of seamen
thrown upon the consulates hy the depredations of rebel privateers.
The increase of the receipts during the same term, amounting to $43,664 02,
arises from the fact that a large number of American vessels have been sold in
foreign countries; for every seaman on board of each of which, the consuls
ai'e required by laAV to collect three months' extra wages.
REPORT ON T H E
SCHEDULE
125
FINANCES.
E.
Statement showing the expenses incurred in assessing the excise tax in the several collection
districts of the United States, from the date ichen the internal revenue act. went into operation to the 3{)th June, 1863, as appears from accounts adjusted in the office of the Fifth
Auditor of the Tfaasury, exclusive of payments made to assessors in California, Oregon,
and Nevada Territory, by the assistant treasurer at San Francisco, of payments to assistant
assessors made by coltectors siiice 1st of January, 1863, under the provisions of the amendatory act approved March 3, 1863, and also exclusive of expenses of. blank books and stationery furnished to assessors and assistant assessors by the office of Internal Revenue at
Washington.
(NOTE.—^In the column of clerk hire this m a r k [*] indicates that no allowance has been made b y the Commissioner of Internal R e v e n u e ; this m a r k [t] that an allowance has been raade, but no claims presented ; and
this m a r k [J] that the amount has been paid in anticipation of an allowance. * I n m a n y of the blanks for stationery, printing, postage, and rent, bills have not been presented, or have been suspended, to bo perfected or
for explanation.)
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Maine.
42
00
43
04
19
$169 25
1M2
100 75
42 96
130 75
1,308 44
524 08
454 83
192 97
112 50
19, 425 03
$4, 220 54
3, 947 34
3, 339 00
$185 17
422 05
201 33
$60 53
76 78
96 76
$43 50
147 46
124 79
$33 33
24 01
40 94
$67 19
87 46
75 00
,$4, 610 26
4, 705 10
3, 877 82
151 47
11, 506 88
808 55
234 07
315 75
98 28
229 65
.13,193 18
%AQ 3 6
49 44
43 67
$3, 465 08
3, 688 97
3, 231 10
$197 00
$60 67
98 49
40 53
$53 50
43 75
225 84
$34 81
42 29
46 AQ
$15 00
$3, 614 06
4, 070 50
3, 558 93
139 47
10, 385 15
197 00
199 69
323 09
123 5S
15 m-
11,243 49
143
56
115
53
64
47
58
99
59
76
$3, 365
4,278
7, 626
4,124
5, 016
3, 445
4, 469
5, 755
4, 616
5, 284
$85
181
538
94
314
176
188
269
144
73
87
50
18
25
16
75
12
57
00
99
$56 26
82 12
m
37
42
09
54
15
48
• 56 25
66 57
1,969 58
2, 056 39
541 12
795 84
59, 755 90
$60 12
41 71
$166 77
79 50
$12 81
6 36
$250 00
$5, 008 66
a2, 969 74
101 83
246 27
19 17
250 00
7, 978 40
$562 44
16, 832 21
154 60
51 96
44 91
district
district
district
district . .
15
86
92
34
94
229 06
1st
2d
3d
4 th
$46
43
48
47
43
51
09
65
22
59
$3,446
3,157
3,671
3, 531
3, 024
552 00
394 00
$140
51
51
123
158
$16
14
65
53
43
35
18
71
16
57
m
00
52 50
$4,394
3, 234
4,294
4,144
3, 357
61
16
31
50
45
New Hampshire.
1st district
2d district
3d district
Vermont.
1st district
2d district
3d district
(t)
Massachusetts.
1st
2d
3d
4th
5th
6th
7th
8th
9th
10th
district
district
district
district
district
district
district
district
district
district
57
32
01
91
35
27
33
46
88
24
*674 54
76
(t)
00
(t)
70 $2, 535 59
57
(t)
22
948 91
32
-683 25
74
517 64
91
758 00
845 09
98
121 00
29
47, 983 49
6, 409 48
$138
143
462
114
138
87
253
137
159
335
12
41
09
29
02
38
35
96
04
92
$375 00.
5
54
44
85
53
118
41
166 67
131 25
a$3, u e
4, 685
11, 527
4 338
6, 471
4, 493
5, 580
6, 974
b, 049
5, 987
01
03
.56
80
68
37
61
98
93
93
Rhode Island.
1st d i s t r i c t . . . . . .
2d diistrict
$58 93 ' $4, 518 96
2, 842 17
37 15
96 08
(t)
(t)
7, 361 13
•
Connecticut.
1st
2d
3d
4th
district
district
district
district
,
..
63
28
64
66
$4, 292 16
4,229^.8
3, 482 65
3, 811 46
$206 99.
462 96
161 00
205 21
15, 815 45
830 95
$55
55
46
47
(t)
89
33
85
47
$141 90
112 20
2 00
253 54
256 10
$68
105
67
11
a To Mai-ch 31, 1863
$13
37
10
24
12
98
12
24
$80 00
85 46
80 00
$4,803
4, 947
3, 723
• a3, 847
06
Q>
z
62
17
17,321 50
126
REPORT ON THE FINANCES.
Assessor.
Schedule E—Continued.
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New York.
1st district
2d district
'.
3d district
4th district
5th district
6th district
7th district
8th district
9th district
lOth district
l U h district
12th d i s t r i c t . . . . . .
13th district
L4th district.
15th district
16th district
17th district
IS'li district
19th district..
20th district
21st district
22d district
23.1 district
24 th district
25th district . . . .
26th district
27th district
28th district . . ' . .
29th district
30th district
31st district
32d district
$55 18 ' $4, 229 70
90 08 I - 5,6133 69
110 48
7,251 27
5, 399 56
67 48
4,687 14
59 90
4,755 82
86 95
4,808 79
61 25
6,251 01
116 96
4,725 80
94 02
5, 969 68
73 50
3,647 05
49 08
4,879 39
60 07
3, 757 12
50 32
7, 840 93
119 65
4, 352 7654 50
2,858 24
40 11
3, 106 61
43 04
4,120 .76
54 48
4,122 89
54 40
4,106 18
54 27
4,274 17
^ 55 19
4,841 79
62 23
4,227 52
55 66
4,618 64
59 80
3, 765 78
50 82
4, 045 39
5"; 15
3, 702 40
50 00
5, 325 92
68 54
4,823 47
62 31
6, 765 32
101 32
3,099 34
42 80
5, 372 94
' 67 ,49
2,125 03
25 j $159 05
$95 30
$26 61
$150 00 '
70
512 14
275 72
18 20
00
22 40
419.80
416 66
407 10.
55
331 97
26
368 30
375 00
12 . '*"834'9i'
255 30
215 08
34
209 15
482 85
. '2.53 33
73
656 42
241 20
250 00
04
272 19
250 00
67
1.04 45
53 50
1-25 00
•20 40
43
31 09
94 95
32 69
(t) •
IQ 65
2 15
150 00
111 36
47 7 i
14 25
1 55
1, 510 28
827 26 • 368 98
45 1.4.
231 '94
247 32
43 62'
171 77
300 00
70 36
3 50
2 48
36 14
10 41
61 12
.55 6.6
129 20
72 15
52 00
132 26
57 77
59 65
108 74
250 00
37 fi9 • 25 50
5 81
584 23
232 21
396 20
92 98
180 00
663 70
171 -.57
60 96
59 16
997 83
55 38.
158 57
47 43
245 00
74 01
. 355 98
66 89
89 81
50 17
277 17
3 75
16 15
85 46
211 98
94 90
26.63
39 06
199 25
59 74
33 13
89 57
498 91
76 75
1 97
19 11
350 00
69 51
50 15
90 35
62 50
383 02
1,165 35
163 27
351 27
123 00
24 57 ; 109 50 ' " " 2 i ' 8 4 "
15 09
4,157 61
427 23
$718
1,756
3, 304
4, )45
2, 936
3,051
3, 104
3, 792
3, 557
889
399
150, 867'27 39, 602 38
5,614 75
5, 222 92
802 30
$79
19
37
141
204
'$'27 .30
45 00
$.5,378 91
a l , 696 45
11 414 13
10,184 18
8 366 70
9 112 2:3
9, 058 46
11,191 36
8 805 03
7,162 90
4 205 21
a-i, 892 19
4. 081 99
10,-824 .54
a4, 815 47
3, 234 .58
3, 269 94
4,32211
4,533 31
4 425 1?
5,759 79
5, 797 le
5, 731 7:]
5,205 3:4,113 O
S
4, 503 4i
4, 084 0^
5, 922 U
5, 445 ^
8, 828 2:
3, 393 2i
. 9, 957 7(
3, 607 70 j 205, 717 35
Neio Jersey.
1st
2d
3d
4th
5th
district
district
district
district
district
•
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$52
63
60
45
81
$4, 002 47
56
88 : 5, 040 55
4, 705 97
82
3,593 18
56
6, 586 58
36
304 18
23, 928 75
$260
558
.812
225
1, 712
37
89
50
00
00
3,568 76
06
41
87
30
87
482 51 ;
134 39
332 55
$11
47
68
102
12
96
58
60
02
07
'133 33
127 50
$4,481 K
5,711 4
5,644 9
a4, 279 2
8, 975 5
639 24
262 23
210 83
29, 092 3
Fennsylva.nia.
1st
2d
3d
4th
5th
6th
district
$112 46 •
district......
124 44
district
116 96
district
90 44
district
50 54
district
• 49 74
1
60 35
Rtii district
1
47 94
9th district
1 62 98
10th district
43 98
• l i t h district
40 3:1
42 41
12th district
50 52
13th district
40 92
• 14 th'district
.54 98 ^
'15th district
p
48 12
16th district
46 49
17th district
45 35
18th district
41 08
19t.h district
52 76
'>0th district
46 60 I
21st district91 05
'22d district.
49- 06
23d district
56 21
24th d i s t r i c t . . . . . -
1 1,465 69
Delaware.
$54 20
$524 01
' $4il6 67 - $9, 866 0
$177 18
$5, 675 31 $3, 072 89
247 50
418 47
10, 929 5
5, 207 50 3, 533 01 1, .506 28
$.16 75
344 30
11,,270 9
6, 029 04 3, 520 06
960 13
395 b3
21 60
254 08
3, 828 96 3, 326 08
516 45
416 67
8, 3.57 2
15 00
160 85
3; 817 89 1,91.7 44
6, 727 6
398 41,
16 39 ' 416 67
45 84
122 20
3 920 4
3, 735 01
17 41
(t)
28 91
4, 572 :66
25 35
5, 028 6
3 00
398 91
4 4:-i4 i
3,557 15
18 05
6 47
i45 83
706 79
4,950 92
47 76
• 5,114 C
•
75 80
8 33
31 25
(t) ,
3, 249 64
51 57
3, 666 i
6 00
56 00
52 08
250 91
3,144 81
61 .54
a3, 312 .:
29 17
11 55
'65. 25
(t)
3, 345 56
a3, 378 (
14 72
18 39
3,822 75 1 > <^> 39
i
317
47 34
17 03
65 66 i . 4, 269 i
2, 965 41
130 92
53 25
395 83
83 00
3, 653 '
25 00
29 78
4,199 67• ; 375 00
83 00
4, 873 ]
113 23
72 50 1
56 94
3,603 55 t
53 00
• 3,787 •
36 35
37 50
(*)
41 15
3,502 68
77 03
113 62
. 31 20
3, 765 (
3,344 17 i 533 33 •
73 38
94 25
12
3, 845 i
2, 900 60
72 00
57 31
4 75
41 42
26 66 i 3, 096 (
291 30
64 95
.91 75
19 53
j ' 4,430 '
3, 963 25
56 00
49 00
25 23
3, 889 i
3, 484 74 ! 230 00
45 60
.+268 00
6,163 'i
5, 302 85
395 92
121 45
75 00
"""""82'
3i 739 51
2 35
3, 742 -.i
11 67 '""25" 66'
152 00
49 62 """29'66'
4, 601 J
4, 334 23
96, 277 86
$4,162 60
19,160 94 ! 5, 343 87
$523 00
$186 18
a To March 31, 1863.
2,181 61
437 83
$392 42
$94 33
2,722 76
126,124 !
$5 358 i
127
EEPOET ON THE FINANCES.
Schedule E—Continued.
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Maryland.
1st district
2d district
3d district
5th d i s t i ' i c t . . . . . .
$46
46
101
33
45
40
42
55
46
44
273 27
16
50
09
38
56
18,651 69
' $144
71
359
38
50
$240 00
1, 029 40
$3, 440
3, 433
6,182
2, 463
3, 332
(t)
+789 40
9
^
43
64
25
94
90
665^16
$282
137
253
20
11
25
61
26
00
75
• 13 04
6 93
7 15
704 87
81 23
$54 11
$97 50
265 57
41 67
$4 160
3, 740
7, 862
a2, 529
3, 444
95
25
61
25
03
404 74
21,737 09
$134 00 '
$3, 521 60
$37 50
50 00
$2, 596 93
1, 947 92
363 35
500 29
87 50
5, 408 49
47
35
75
76
$57 78
166 66
$2, 701 52
c886 16
3, 3.34 42
•
Dist. of Columbia.
$40 45
$2, 790 22
$2.52' 81
$52 05
$289 02
$:3 50
$33
26
5
6
$2,305
I, 736
291
368
56
52
37
25
$206 99
116 50
$76 38
31 .33
3 98
$7 00
9 50
18 00
$1 00
16 57
4, 701 70
455 53
111 69
34 50
17.57
Virginia.
1st
2d
3d
4th
district
district
district
district
'..
38
98
33
75.
72 44
C)
+132 04
Kentucky.
1st
2d
3d
4th
district......
district
district......
district
91
81
01
76
$269 50
91 43
5, 924 49
$56 82
22 45
50 48
26
00
77
85
343 52
49 25
450 21
268 88
478 37
58 33
224 44
7, 404 72
$4,226 81
1, 237 06
2, 941 37
$868 27
(*)
$357 15
•21 00
172 50
$20 54
29 50
71 95
$28 00
90 CO
:370 96
$227 97
. 66 87
105 74
$5, 728 74
1, 444 43
3, 662 52
129 75
8, 405 24
1, 239 23
400 58
550 65
121 99
^118 00
10, 835 69
$69
104
51
56
42
15
56
41
46
39
32
49
45
47
38
39
54
52
53
5, 665
6, 575
4, 061
4, 330
3,107
832
4, 367
3, 024
3, 464
2, 837
2, 224
3, 689
3.266
3, 547
2,698
2, 740
4,049
3, 899
4,067
$33
15
35
6
45
70
51
77
$2, 234
868
2,451
369
C) •
|180 7 1 '
$37
3
185
42
$85 60
$16
14
6
20
G482 62
Missouri.
1st district
2d district
3d district
Ohio.
1st
2d
3d
4th
5th
6th
7th
8th
9th
10th
11th
12th
13th
14th
15th
I6th
17th
18th
19th
district.i
district
district
district
district .
district
district
district
district
district ..•
district-i
district
district
district
district...
district
district.
district
district
03
67
57
78
95
26
81
92
90
97
m
88
30
91
38
21
52
03
80
839 55
94
01
40
80
84
56
41
59
11
54
59
04
66
77
84
74
95
66
60
$211 89
171 00
m , 452 05
1, 879 66
$345
160
117
14
49
262 00
300 00
(*)
+198 00.
1297 00
?!
148 75
226 52
t64 50
(t)
(*)
C)
•
123
64
77
3
32
195
48
119
35
61
16
91
92
65
39
16
50
93
95
15
59
09
00
92
17
28
67
43
16
38
02
22
1, 648 65
$31
169
62
19
127
44
300
108
374
59
41
146
. .47
36
22
70
50
13
50
75
50
00
62
50
40
00
25
00
24
00
50
50
26 00
91 20
1,797 59
$15
12
25
25
1
4
33
7
64
4
5
46
27
22
16
12
3
20
69
00
50
48
83
91
50
19
08
34
00
38
09
95
95
.32
67
26
31
81
418 57 •
$103 70
75'66'
30 00
66 66
48 00
7 50
105 00
56 25
492 11
b$e, 269
7,191
a4, 286
4,727
3, 287
882
5,124
3,234
4,244
3, 200
2, 304
4, 076
3,4:38
3,875
2, 999
2, 957
4 069
4,141
4,377
98
73o
54
88
18
01
37
76
60
54
14
30
13
14
61
06
59
99
08
74,688 63
Indiania.
Ist
•2d
3d
4th
5th
6th
7th
•8th
9tH
10th
nth
district
district
district
district
district.district
district
district
district
district
district....•..
$82
46
40
45
43
46
37
44
42
21
23
83
$2, 226 16
94
•3, 516 91
16
2,850 07
3, 233 44
29
3,128 49
17
3, 429 26
47
15 • 2, 833 88
3, 278 18
79
3, 080 16
44
1,196 81
94
1, 420 98
45
424 63
30,194 34
a To
March 31,, 1863.
$80 00
42 12
122 12
$21
160
60
87
51
33
10
100
35
4
17
29
18
44
6280 •
59
30
20
71
10
20
582 43
$21
74
59
45
151
120
50
20 •
00
99
85
50
.
$7
21
38
21
64
11
02
02
22
83
16
43
32
50
100
50
55
00
50
7 56
21 96
38
606 59
212 43
33
61
21
17
19 23
$2, 275
3, 772
' 3, 027
3, 500
00,
3, 446
00
3, 736
00
a2,844
3 4]9
75 " 3, 238
1, 221
50
1, 525
$26 6i
50
291 26 •
b To January 31, 1860.
97
31
74
88
30
90
18
44
13
91
41
32, 009 17
128
REPORT ON THE FINANCES.
Schedule E—Continued.
u
g
<
Illinois.
l e t district
$61
32
43
36
44
57
41
38
38
42
29
39
37
*^fl ("li^trirt
4th district
5t.h district
6rh district
7th district
8t.h district
9th district
l " t h district
12 h district
13 h district
28
89 '
43
15
34
03
95
43
02
48
97
32
61
$4,673
2, 333
3,161
2, 462
3,183
4,369
2, 996
2, 637
2, 643
3, 048
2,169
2, 753
2,605
05 §1, 083
33
87
316
98
200
99
500
11 I
CO
92
214
44
C)
40
C)
36
160
19
15
0"
00
00
f^
541 90
39,037 86
$58
51
52
38
42
43
Michigan.
1st district.
2d district
3d district . . .
4 th district
5th district
6th district
i
33
$4,605
3,886
4,024
2, 748
3,175
3,224
9 00
2, 482 91
$183
3
12
35
74
45
29
25
6
49
15
63
49
19 '
95
50
17
50
95
20
30
55
66
73
10
05
"fl
$84 75
44
146
97
34
122
83
95
2
86
24
50
50
50
56
25
75
85
00
50
75
593 85
822 91
$121 90
74 15
$102 36
35 75
207 88
283 69
266 66
51 41
60 90
46 98
102 25
32 52
44 50
21, 663 89
758 23
355 34
$37 88
$2, 672 80
22 45 - 1,261 51
,
83
10
04
05
64
23
+$185 00
3, 934 31
185 00
95
26
01
21
89
42
286 74
OQ
Is
.2
58
00
00
1
.
CS
u
0
M
•
% 1nfl
^
i
1
$5
42
17
25
91
53
19
92
26
4
10
16
4
21
13
52
50
51
60
00
84
20
188 80
$3
53
1
36
31
19
$36
93
133
90
112
58
40
00
75
33
00
50
33
00
64 00
627 91
$6,024
2, 343
3,533
3,795
4, 024
4 645
3,391
2, 901
2, 802
3,410
a% 190
2, 988
2,701
32
19
4884
66
89
20
99
62
47
92
59
07
43, 754 24
00
39
85
77
20
17
10 00
40 00
• 25 50
$4,833 09
4,101 56
4, 025. 89
3,156 36
3, 623 95
3, 627 04
317 38
145 38
127 67
23, 367 89
$37 91
• 100 85
$10 50
181 77
$23 17
32 50
$30 00
$2, 929 38
1, 606 63
138 76
192 27
55 67
30 00
4, 536 01
57
60
92
73
74
30
$204 17
00
16
92
00
$4,422 55
4,288 39
3,807-74
3, 517 33
3,554 40
3, 048 96
240 86
362 25
22, 639 37
00
75
25
05
50
75
$81 26
$61
25
44
40
$3,325
1,353
3, 502
2, 674
1 301
2, 512
372 30
184 06
$52 17
Minnesota.
1st district^
2d district
60 33
Wisconsin.
1st district
.3d
4th
5th
6th
•
district
district
.district
district
$51
5^
47
46
44
38
95
14
57
50
06
76
$3, 865
3, 914
3,520
3, 415
3, 209
2, 706
49
99
87
10
85
74
280 98
$39
22
44
36
22
34
loioa.
Ist district
20, 6a3 04
$2, 719
1, 241
3, 237
2,551
1, 241
2; 318
C)
+42 00
+45 00
$89
200
29
29
117
124
177 90
590 56
C)
$45 90
45 00
02
40,
56
39
39
80
13, 309 03
237 20
$1,865 17
(t)
$7,002 20
C)
$1,160 48
149 80
7,002 20
1,160 48
30
50
39
95
50
12
634 76
$171
42
47
'25
39
46
$73 35
$149 80
Kansas.
$208 70
+28 50
$24 19
district
district.
district
district
89
14
43
42
15
00
199 75
3d
4th
5th
6th
$237
91
106
27
100
71
11
45
54
95
44
26
(*)
$82
16
138
38
18
101
42
,50
71
22
75
54
396 14
$26
35
49
15
36
76
34 77
20.23
1 98
45 82
56
29
47
25
75
00
00
00
170 75
02
89
16
92
38
11
14,669 48
$4 19
cl, 942 71
$396 75
$20 75
C$8, 580 18
396 75
20 75
8, 580 18
California.
1st district..
2d districts
3d districts
4th districts
5thdi8trict§.
/
Oregon.^
:
$29 76
$1,931 63
C)
$19 45
$21 20
$16 14
$880 60
(t)
$42 50
$5 00
$50 00
$2,022 28
Dnliotah Tcr'tory^
Terr of N. Mexico.
§ No report.
o To March 31, 1863.
$928 10
c To December 31, 1862.
129
REPORT ON THE FINANCES.^
Schedule E—Continued.
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3
3
o
H
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02
Utah TcrritorTj.
$29 15
$1, 982 67
C)
$132 57
Colorado TcrHor]).
$26 37
$1, 701 12
$t27 00
$67 25
Nevada Territory.
Washington Ter.
C)
$44 12
$1, 775 -88
C)
$8 40
$4t58 26
3
$2 41
$1 00
$2,117 75
$14 24
$1,810'61
$172 00
$172 00
C)
.
$75 00
$14 33
$56 93
dm, 050 14
$43 00
$128 00
$37 10
$30 00
$568 36
Louisiana. §
Tennessee.
RECAPITULATION.
Stat-es.
i
s
1
i
1
Maine
$229 06
New H a m p s h i r e . .
151 47
Vermont
139 47
Massachusetts. . .
674 54
Khode Island;
.
96 08
Connecticut
205 21
N e w York
2,125 03 •
New J e r s e y
..
304 18
Pennsylvania
1,465 69
DelaAvare
54 20
Maryland
273 27
40 45
Dist.of Cohimbia.
72 44
Kentucky
91^43
129^5
Missouri
Ohio.
. .
839 55
Indiana
. 424 63
541 90
llhnois
286 74
Michigan
Minnesota
60 33
Wisconsm
280 98
Iowa
199 75
24 19
Kansas
149 80
California . . . . . . .
Oregon ^
29 76
Dacotah Ter'ry §
16 14
29 15
Utah Territory,..
26 37
Colorado T e r ' r y . .
$16. 832
11,506
10, 385
47, 983
7, 361
15, 815
150, 867
23,928
96, 277
4,162
18, 851
2, 790
4, 701
5,924
8, 405
68,452
30,194
39, 037
21,663
3, 934
20, 633
13, 309
1,665
7, 002
^
3
21 $1, 308 44
808 55
88
197 00
15.
49 6,409 48
13
830 95
45
27 39, 602 38
75 3, 568 76
86 19,160 94
60
523 00
69 1, 029 40
252 81
22
455 53
70
450 21
49
24 1, 239 23
05 1, 879 66
122 12
34
86 2, 482 91
758 23
89
185 00
31
177 90
04
237 20
03
17
20
3
$524 08
$454
234 07
315
199 69
323
1,969 58 2, 056
101 83
246
253 .54
256
5,614 75 5, 222
482 51
639
5, 343 87 2,181
186 18
392
665 16
704
52 05
289
111 69
34
268 88
478
400 58
550
1, 648 65 1, 797
582 43
606
593 85
822
355 34
317
138 76
192
590 56 •-- 634
396 14
372
73 35
1,160 48
396
83
75
09
39
27
10
92
24
61
42
87
02
50
37
65
59
59
91
38
27
76
30
75
$192
98
123
541
19
85
802
262
437
94
81
3
17
58
121
418
212
188
145
55
240
184
4
20
97
$112 50
28
229 65
56
15 00
12
795 84
17
250 00
46
80 00
30 3, 607 70
23
210 83
83 2,722 76
33
23 . 404 74
50 . 134 00
87 50
57
224 44
33
99
118 00
57 ' 492 11
43 . 291 26
80
627 91
38
127 67
67
30 00
86
362 25
06
170 75
19
75
21 20
880 60
1, 982 67
1, 701 12
42 50
132 67
67 25
, 5 00
2 41
14 24
1,775 88
458 26
27 00
128 00
1 00
172 00
75 00
43 00
640, 616 18 81, 706 70 22,337 89 19, 577 58
§ No report.
9F
•
P4 «
19 45
44 12
Grand t o t a l . . 9,014 08
1
1, 931 63
8 40
Washington T e r .
Louisiana §
rt g
fl
o
$19, 425 03
13,193 18
11, 243 49
59, 755 90
7 978 40
17, 321 50
205, 717 32
29, 092 32
126,124 87
5 358 53
21, 737 09
3, 521 60
5 408 49
7,404 72
10, 835 69
74, (388 63
32 009 17
43 754 24
23, 367 89
4,536 01
22, 639 37
14, 669 48
1 942 71
8 580 IS
50 00
2,022 28
14 33
56 93
928
2,117
1,810
172
2, 050
37 10
30 00
568 36
4, 504 86 11,231 84
779, 975 05
d To April 30, 1863.
10
75
61
00
14
130
REPORT ON THE FINANCES.
K.
OFFICE OF THE AUDITOR OF THE TREASURY FOR THE
POST OFFICE DEPARTMENT, October 30, 1863.
SIR : I have tlie honor to submit the following brief summary of the business
transacted in this office during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1863 :
Four thousand eight hundred .and seventy-two changes of postmasters were
reported to this office by the Post Office Department, requiring the final adjustment of their accounts within the fiscal year..
Thirty-eight thousand nine hundred and three accounts of late \postmasters
were in charge of the office.
Twenty thousand one hundred and forty-five accounts of present postmasters
were in charge of the office.
.
. Seventy-eight thousand two hundred and thirty-nine quarterly accounts of
postmasters were adjusted, audited, and registered.
Sixteen thousand six hundred and fifty-six accounts of mail contractors were
audited and reported to the Postmastei' General for payment.
Four thousand eight hundred and twelve accounts of special and route agents
were audited and reported for payment.
Fifteen thousand five hundred and twelve accounts of special contractors and
mail messengers were audited and reported for payment.
Two hiindred and forty-five miscellaneous accounts Avere audited and reported
for payment.
Two hundred and forty-eight accounts of United States attorneys, marshals,
and clerks of United States courts were adjusted, stated, and reported for payment.
Two hundred and forty-five suits were instituted for the recovery of sums
amounting in the aggregate to $100,999 33.
One hundred and nine judgments Were obtained in favor of the United States
in cases commenced within the fiscal year.
Sixty-five accounts for paper and printing post office blanks were audited and
reported for payment.
' Seventeen accounts for advertising were audited and reported for payment.
Sixty-one thousand one hundred and fifty-one' collection orders were issued
to mail contractors.
Seven thousand seven hundred and seven collection drafts were issued by this
office.
I
Twelve thousand nine hundred and ninety-one department drafts were countersigned and registered.
Two thousand nine hundred and fifty-three department warrants were countersigned and registered.
One hundred und three thousand and twenty-eight letters were received,
indorsed, and properly disposed of.
Seventy-four thousand one hundred and sixty-four letters were prepared,
recorded, and m'ailed.
Three thousand,seven hundred and seventy folio-post pages of correspondence
were recorded in the collectioh letter-book.
Four hundred and thirty-five pages in the suit letter-book.
Three hundred and twenty-five pages in the miscellaneous letter-book.
One hundred and eighty pages in the report letter-book.
Sixty-four thousand seven hundred and eight accounts were on the ledgers.
Twenty-one thousand and thirty-one quarterly accounts of postmasters were
copied, restated, and mailed.
Seventy-nine thousand and seveii stamp and stamped envelope accounts were
r(examined, compared, and restated.
REPORT ON THE FINANCES.
131
Two hundred and ^ve thousand two hundred and forty-nine dollars and
eighty-eight cents were collected on drafts issued on late postmasters.
Two hundred and fifty-seven thousand seven hundred and thirty-five dollars
and thirty-eight cents were collected on drafts issued on present postmasters.
One million nine hundred and sixty-four thousand nine hundred and fifty-five
dollars and sixty-eight cents were collected on orders issued in favor of mail,
contractors.
One hundred and twenty-nine thousand six hundred and ninety-six dollars
and sixty-seven cents were collected on drafts issued on mail contractors.
Two hundred and thirty-six thousand one hundred and twenty-three dollars
and thirtyTseven cents were collected from special and mail messenger offices.
Twenty-four thousand and twenty-four dollars and thirty-three cents were
collected by suit.
The important postal accounts between the United States and foreign governments being both extensive and complicated, were regularly adjusted to the
satisfaction of the governments interested.
The compilation of that portion of the biennial register which is prepared in
this office, and which has heretofore constituted nearly three-fourths of. that
book, has been carefully and fully completed.
The foregoing exhibit presents only a very brief and imperfect outline of the
business performed within the immense scope of duties assigned to this office.
Many duties of an important character, requiring much time and- labor which
it would not bc; practicable to particularize in this report, were necessarily
discharged.
.
The gentlemen employed in the bureau, with few exceptions, have discharged
their duties with assiduity and ability, and the business of the office is now in a
satisfactory condition. ^
I have the honor to be, very respectfully, '
G. ADAMS, Auditor,
Hon.
S. P . CHASE,
Secretary of the Treasury.
L.
TJREASURY DEPARTMENT,
First Comptroller's Office, November 19, 1863.
SIR : The abstract herein contained of the business of this office for the fiscal
year ending June 30, 1863, is respectfully submitted.
The following named warrants of the Secretary of the Treasury have been
examined, countersigned, entered in blotters, and posted, to wit:
Diplomatic warrants
Stock warrants
:.....
Quarterly salary warrants
Treasury (proper) wari;ants
Treasury Interior warrants
Treasury customs warrants
Treasury internal revenue warrants
War pay warrants
War repay warrants
„...,
Navy pay warrants
Navy repay warrants
Interior pay warrants
Interior repay warrants
.'
•-
-
'.
2, 185
1, 592
1, '87i
1, 267
1, 960
1, 825
382
8,937
352
2, 110
367
978
90
132
'
REPORT ON THE FINANCES.
Treasury appropriation warrants
Treasury Interior appropriation warrants
Interior appropriation warrants
Customs appropriation warrants
War appropriation warrants
Navy appropriation warrants
Land covering warrants
Customs covering warrants
' Internal tax covering waiTants
Miscellaneous covering warrants
i..
.'
....
.,
'
'
,22
8
43
7
15
39
158
579
39
1, 278
26,104
The following described^ accounts, reported to this office by the First and Fifth
Auditors and the Commissioner of the General Land Office, have been revised,
and the balances ^arising thereon certified to the Register of the Treasury :
I. From the First Auditor:
Judiciary.—Embracing the accounts of marshals for expenses of the
Unitecl States courts ; of United States district attorneys ; of clerks of
the United States circuit and district courts; and of UnitedStates
com.missioners for per diems and fees
717
Public debt.—Embracing accounts for redemption of United States stock
and treasury notes; the interest on the public debt; the United States
Treasurer's accounts; United States assistant treasurers' accounts;
temporary loans ; and airmatteis" peHinSt^^^
1, 427
Mint and. branches.—Embradng.^ac.ciDiintsJoS'^|ld and silver bullion ; of
ordinary expenses, repairs, wag-6S-of-emplo.yls, &c
61
Territorial.—Embracing accounts of governors of the Territories for
contingent expenses ; of the secretaries of Territories for legislative and •
contingent expenses, &c
175
Salaries.—Embracing accounts of salaries of United States Supreme,
district, and Territorial judges; of officers of the executive departments, marshals, attorneys, &c
1, 328
Public 'printing.—Embracing accounts for public printing, binding and
paper
120
Miscellaneous.—Embracing accounts of the Coast Survey ; of the Com' missioner of Public Buildings ; for suppression of the slave trade; for
horses lost in the military service of the United States, &:c. . . . . . . . .
723
Congressional.—Embracing the accounts of the secretary of the United
States Senate, and the Clerk of the House of Representatives
87
I I . From the Fifth Auditor:
Diploviatic and consular.—Embra.cing the accounts of foreign ministers
lor salary and contingent expenses; of secretaries-of legation for
salaries; of consuls-general, of consuls and commercial agents for
salary, and for disbursements for relief of destitute American seamen,
and for their passage home ; of United States commissioners under
reciprocal treaties; of accounts under treaty for foreign indemnity,
and of contingent expenses of consulates
1, 576
Patent Office.—Embracing accounts for contingent and incidental expenses, salaries, &c
'........
I8'
Census office.—Embracing accounts of the disbursing clerk thereof
3
Internal revenue.—Embracing accounts for drawback, and the accounts
of the assessors, &c
i..
508
United States tax commissioners
8
REPORT ON THE FINANCES.
*
133
I I I . From the General Land Office:
Embracing accounts of receivers of public money ; of receivers acting as
disbursing agents ; of surveyors general and deputy surveyors; pf •
lands erroneously sold; of the several States for the percentage on
lands sold within their respective limits, &c
1, 413
Aggregate
. From
From
From
of accounts revised :
First Auditor
,
Fifth Auditor
^
Commissioner of the General Land Office
4, 638
2, 113
1, 41.3
8,164
Bonds entered, filed, and indexed
'
386
Letters written upon matters belonging to or arising from the business
of the office
4, 485
Internal tax receipts registered and partially posted
1, 627
<
^ '
All letters and communications received in the office have been regularly
entered, filed, and indexed, with the proper briefs indorsed thereon.
The semi-annual emolument returns made by the United States marshals,
district attorneys, and clerks of courts, have been examined, entered, and
properly filed; and all requisitions made from time to timfe for advances of public money to United States marshals. Territorial officers, to treasurers of mint
and branches, to disbursing officers and agents, &c., have been examined,
entered, and reported upon.
It is impossible in a report like the present to enumerate all the miscellaneous'
duties required to carry on promptly and efficiently the business of this office.
hBverf=^©bits^te'~ge^eral result of the year's
The preceding abstract, hoiv^
—^—operations.
Very respectfully,
^ WILLIAM HEMPHILL JONES,
I Acting Comptroller,
Hon.
S. P . CHASE,
Secretary of the Treasury.
.
M.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
Second Comptroller's Office, October 31, 1863.
SIR : I respectfully present the following report of 'the operations of this
office for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1863 :
The number of accounts of disbursing officers and agents received and finally
.adjusted were: on reports of the
Second Auditor
Third Auditor
Fourth Auditor.
,.,.
4,660
3, 049
308
There have been examined and acted upon 27,050 certificate accounts from
the Second Auditor for arrears of pay and bounty due deceased and discharged
soldiers, and 7,043 for salaries of contract surgeons.
The number of certificate accounts from the Fourth Auditor's office revised
.and settled in this office was 1,004.
There were adjudicated and prepared for distribution, on reports from the
Fourth Auditor, the proceeds of seventy-nine prizes, amounting to $853,897,
and the accounts of one hundred and forty-seven discharged and deceased sailors
134
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REPORT ON THE FINANCES.
for prize money were revised and settled, making a total of 44,240 accounts'examined.
'
The number of requisitions updn the Secretary of the Treasury examined,
countersigned, and recorded in this^office was, from the
Interior Department:
Pay or advance requisitions
Refunding requisitions
<
..
314
81
.395
War Department:
Pay or advance requisitions
Refunding requisitions ^.
^
Navy Department:
Pay or advance requisitions
Refunding requisitions
8, .341
477
—
•
,
•
i ....
8,818
2, 303
372
2,675
The number of official letters received during the year was 1,130, and of those
written, 1,524, the latter filling 848 pages of the letter-books. Besides this a
very large amount of correspondence is conducted by this office in the form of
indorsements made directly upon papers referred here for decision, which are
only accounted for by being briefly noted on a reference book.
The several reports exhibiting the state of the appropriations under the control of the Interior, War, and^ Navy Departments have been prepared and transmitted in duplicate to the several Secretaries of those departments, to be laid
before Congress in couipliance with the act of May 1, 1820.
The reports of the Auditors will set forth in detail the amounts of disbursements for which accounts have been reported and settled, and I therefore omit
doing it.
'
•
A suggestion which I made to one of your predecessors in the department.,
appears to me to be of sufficient importance to be renewed. It is this: that the .
salaries in' the revising offices should be made larger than those in the offices
having primary action on accounts, and that vacancies occurring in the revising
offices should be filled by selections from the most experienced and meritorious
of the Auditor's clerks. To do this, the salaries in the revising office should be
large enough to make the transfer a promotion. As it is now, the revising officer is entirely deprived of the power to avail himself of the experience and
ability of a first-rate clerk in an Auditor's office to revise work with which he is
familiar, and -^pply laws and regulations which have been his study for years,
because, in most cases, such a clerk has a larger salary in the Auditor's office
than the revising office can give him. The consequence is, that new men are
assigned to the duty of revising the work of clerks who have had the experience and study of years, and a practical knowledge of the laws and forms of
settlement.
If the case were reversed, the knowledge and experience of the older officer
would enable him to detect errors of principle or practice in the statement of an
account by .a new appointee in the Auditor's office; but if.errors pass the revising
officer, as, under the present system, no doubt some m7ist pass while the, mo.st
faithful revising clerk is learning his duties, they cannot be detected and corrected except by accident.
It gives me pleasure to bear testimony to the general fidelity and competency
of the clerks in this office. Those who have been long enough appointed to
learn their duties are in general competent and assiduous, and disposed faithfully to do their part in the transaction of the public business, and there is as
DQUch average ability among the clerks of this office as in any equal number of
men associated for the public service. But the enormous increase of wo^'k, con
REPORT ON THE FINANCES.
IdO
sequent on the vast expenditures caused by the rebellion, will render necessary
a considerable augmentation to their number. Upon this subject, however, I
propose to address you a separate communication.
The manual labor of signing all the requisitions from three departments, and
all the reports and certificates from three Auditors, consumes so large a portion
of my time that the investigation pf intricate or disputed claims, and writing out
decisions, frequently employ me till a late hour at night. At whatever cost of
labor or time, the work of the office will be kept up, and decisions promptly
made; nor has the work thus fai' accumulated on my hands. But I am. sensible that to give to the subjects submitted to me all the consideration that their
importance demands is an impossibihty, unless the current ordinary business be
injuriously delayed. I shall, therefore, take the liberty of submitting to you
soine proposition to relieve the head of this office from certain routine duties by
the appointment of an assistant, or in some other way, so that the more important functions of the Comptroller may be deliberately and satisfactorily discharged, without neglecting matters of ordinary detail.
I am, sir, with great respect, your obedient servant,
J . M. BRODHEAD,
Comptroller.
Hon.
S. P . CHASE,
Secretary of the Treasury.
I
N.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
Office of Commissioner of Customs, 'November 6, 1863.
SIR : I have the honor, to report that the current business of this bureau haa
been conducted during the past year with commendable diligence, promptitude^
and accuracy on the part of the clerks engaged. .
Several important branches of business properly belonging to this burea;u
have been transferred to it within the past year, and have received all necessary attention.
Two of these, the keeping of the accounts, giving the necessary instructions,
and furnishing proper forms to collectors, special agents, &c., in relation to
coastwise and internal commerce, and the supervision of abandoned or captured
property in insurrectionary States, under the act of March 3, 1863, are
branches of. great and increasing importance, and may require the services oi
several additional clerks in this bureau.
The duty of devising and putting in operation some system whereby the;
great and rapidly increasing evil of smuggling may be checked, if not entirely
prevented, having been within a short time referred to me, I have taken the subject in hand, and am endeavoring to obtain such information from various
sources as will, I hope, enable me to accomplish the wishes of the department,
notwithstanding the task is one of no ordinary magnitude and difficulty. Our
very extended frontier line, separating us from the British provinces, together
with our long line of sea-coast, with its innumerable bays and inlets, which
afford such secure retreats for very small craft, present strong- temptations to
the depraved and avaricious smuggler to carry on his illegal and. demoralizing
avocation.
,
I t is to be hoped, and is certainly expected, that the revenue officers at the
various ports on the seaboard, and northeastern, northern, and northwestern
frontier, will not be wanting in that vigilance, promptitude, and energy which
the occasion deniands.
Referring to former annual reports to the Secretary of the Treasury from
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this bureau, I have respectfully to reiterate the suggestion that all subjects relating to commerce, navigation, and customs, should properly be assigned to the
bureau of customs, where the accounts have to undergo final revision; and that
by beiug so assigned, would obviate many embarrassments growing oiit of a
divided jurisdiction—a part beiug assigned to one office, and a part to another.
I venture to press this matter upon the attention of the Secretary, in view of the
herculean hibors devolving upon him at this time, as ameans of relievinghim of labors
which should be performed by others, and because, in making the assignment
suggested, it would be but carrying out the general and admirable system of
the Treasury Department. The bonds required to be given by collectors of
customs, and which are prepared and deposited for safe-keeping in this office,
are still required by the treasury regulations to be approved by the First
Comptroller, although he has nothing further to do with these collectors. I
submit that this duty should have been transferred to this office from that, with
the other duties with which it is immediately connected.
Very respectfully, your obedient servant,
N. S A R G E N T ,
Commissioner,
Hon.
S. P .
CHASE,
Secretary of the Treasury.
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0
. TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
Office of Siipervising Architect, September 30, 1863.
SIR : I have the honor to submit the following report of the operations of
tlrs office during the years ending September 30, 1862, and September 30,
1863,'and of the condition of the buildings under its charge, as far as I have
been able to obtain definite information ; no examination of the remainder having been made since the date of the last report from this office. I desire, in
this connexion, to urge the importance of an annual inspection of all buildings
under the supervision of this department, both as a matter of economy, and the
only method by which the information necessary for an intelligent discharge oi
the duties of my office can be obtained.
I Avas unable to make any report last year, for the reason that the records ,of
this office were so imperfect and confused that it was utterly impossible for me
to procure the necessary information in time, having only entered upon my duties on the 28th of July previous. Sinc^ then various changes have been
made in the method of keeping the records, and a system of bookkeeping introduced that will in future exhibit the nature and amount of all expenditures
upon the various buildings, and the funds available. Much, hoAv'ever, remains
to be done, the pressure of business having prevented the complete reorganization of the office.
Since the date of the last report no new buildings have been commenced.
The Merchants' Exchange in New York has been leased, remodelled, and converted to a custom-house, and the former custom-house fitted for the use of the
assistant treasurer of the United States. The contracts for the proposed alterations had been made and the work commenced when I took charge, but the
changes proposed were totally inadequate, and the estimates in consequence insufficient. These buildings are now occupied, and are -admirably adapted for
the transaction of business and the accommodation of the public. A detailed
account of the expenditures Avill be found under the jiroper head. With this
exception, the operations of this office have been confined to the continuation
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of the treasury building, the court-house at Baltimore, and repairs on the
various public buildings under my charge.
I desire to call special attention to the utter worthlessness of the corrugated
iron roofs, constructed under the directions oN my predecessors, and with which
f
nearly all the buildings constructed under the supervision of this office have
been covered. All that I have examined leak, most of them seriously, and as
the defects are radical, will ultimately involve an entire reconstruction of nearly
every one. Repairs that will probably last during the coming winter have
been made on a large number, but they should be reconstructed during next
summer; the annual bill of repairs being more than the interest oh the cost of
a new roof. The material was unsuitable for the purpose, and the low pitch
adopted insured failure; in addition to which, the work has been, as a rule, of
very inferior quality. The injuries to the various structures from this source
have been considerable, and will increase annually at a rapid rate, until those
roofs are removed and replaced by some of established permanency. I cannot,
in conclusion, too strongly condemn the incapacity of recklessness that has
.made this heavy item of expenditure necessary. The roofs of the customhouses at Milwaukie, Wisconsin, and Portland, Maine, have been reconstructed
under my supervision, and that of the custom-house at Providence, Rhode
Island, is in progress.
On the 1st of October, 1861, the aggregate balance of appropriations not
withdrawn from the treasury, and in the hands of disbursing agents, amounted
to $1,709,087 24. The appropriations becoming available during the year
amounted to $510,000, making an available amount at the control of this office
of $2,219,087 24, for the year ending. September 30, 1862, The expenditures
during the year amounted to $268,853 95, leaving an aggregate balance in the
treasury,,and in the hands of the disbursing agents, on the SOth of September,
1862, of $1,950,233 29. See table A.
The appropriations becoming available during the year ending September 30,
1863, amounted to $483,904, making, together with the balance remaining from
the previous year, an available amount at the disposal of this office for the year
ending on this date, of $2,434,137 29. The expenditures during the year
amounted to $1,085,954 70, leaving an available balance in the treasury, and
in the hands of disbursing agents, at this time, of $1,348,181 59. See table B.
TREASURY
EXTENSION.
The work upon the extension, which, as appears from the report of the acting
engineer in charge, dated September 30, 1861, had been almost suspended, was
resumed in February, 1862. I found, on taking charge, a large amount of cast
iron and most of the granite delivered for the west front, and a number of the
antse and columns set; but little else done above the entrance floor. Some, of
the material could only be obtained slowly, and various delays occurred that it
was impossible for me to prevent, partly on account of the necessary materials
not having been ordered in time by my predecessor, and partly caused by the
changes which became necessary to meet the requirements of the national note
bureau, then first contemplated.
An additional story towards the court yards of the building was determined
upon, and in consequence, a complete change in the construction of the roof,
from the one originally designed, became necessary. The execution of these
changes and additions, as well as the work generally, was unfortunately much
delayed by circumstances entirely beyond the control of this office, and altogether caused by the vicissitudes of the war. The utmost exertions were made,
however, to push this part of the building to its completion, and the larger
portion of the west section is now completed and occupied; the remainder will
be in a few weeks. The northwest section of the building,,in which are located
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the banking rooms and vaults of the Treasurer of the United States and the
Comptroller of the Currency, has been pushed forward without delay; it will be
completed ready for occupancy during the present winter.
Attic stories corresponding to the one erected on the west section, have been
commenced on all the remaining portions of the building, and are being rapidly
pushed towards completion, though the great difficulty of obtaining iron-work
has retarded it very much. During the past year the prices of both labor and
materials have advanced considerably, and a deficiency of labor in certain
branches has rendered it an absolute impossibility to obtain prompt and expeditious delivery of material, or to perform the work as rapidly as desired.
I have made various alterations in the modes of construction used by my
predecessors, by which a great saving has been effi^cted; though I believe that
the comfort and convenience of the building have been increased thereby, and
the style and appearance improved. The amount of saving effected by these
changes was not so great as it would have been had not so large an amount of
material been ordered; but the amount is shown, in the table marked C, to be
^60,403 14.
I propose to carry out the same changes, and others which the progress of
the work had rendered impossible, in the north front, whenever, that section of
tho building shall be authorized; the nature of these changes and their value is
shown in the table marked D, by which it Avill appear that a saving can be
effected on the original plan of $167,142 45, without detriment to the convenience, beauty, or solidity of the structure.
Besides these changes, which are altogether structural, some of design are
proposed and submitted for your approval. They are faithfully represented by
a large model of the whole building, with its approaches and grounds, now on
exhibition in this office, which has been accurately prepared according to the
proposed changes, and will explain and illustrate them more fully than drawings can do.
These changes are:
1. Widening all the areas, and carrying them at their present depth around
the entire building.
2. Lowering the present level of the court yards to that of the cellar floor.
3. Giving more importance to the north portico by increasing the dimensions
of the same.
4. Reconstructing the east or 15th street front, on the same plan as the other
portions of the building.
5. Opening a wide carriage way, with an easy grade, from the corner of.
Pennsylvania avenue and 15th street along the west front of the building, intersecting Pennsylvania avenue again opposite 16th street, at the southeast
corner of Lafayette square.
By the changes marked 1,2, 4, six full stories will be made available, throughout the whole building, (the old part having at present little over two available
stories,) and accommodations provided for the whole of the department in the
building—a thing not yet accomplished, as the ever-increasing demands of the
public business have hitherto more than kept pace with the progress of the
building.
'
•
I would earnestly urge the importance of completing this bmlding at the
earliest possible time, not only on account of the demand for the space, but as a
matter of economy. I respectfully recommend the completion of the north
front; and that an appropriation of $250,000 for the present fiscal year, and
of ^500,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1865, be obtained from Con^
gress for that purpose, should you approve of the continuation of the building
at the present time.
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REJN^ODELLTNG O F T H E M E R C H A N T S ' E X C H A N G E A N D CUSTOM-HOUSE A T
NEW
YORK.
On the 14th of May, 1862, a contract for remodelling the above-named
buildings was awarded, under the direction of my predecessor, to James Webb,
amounting, for both buildings, to $31,315 39. The-work to be done by J .
Webb was masonry, (including granite and marble work,) iron-work, (exclusive of counters, vaults, and file-cases,) carpenter's work, plumbing, painting,
(exclusive of painting the custom-house.)
The work to be done by other parties was estimated at—
Counters..:
'
$8, 200 00
Vaults.
:
28, 683 28
File-cases
. . . . , . : . 10, 834 00
Heating
. . . . . 1 1 , 6 5 0 00
Painting the custom-house
3, 000 00
Making, with J . Webb's contract of
31, 815 39
An aggregate cost of
94, 182 67
This estimated cost of the alterations has been very largely exceeded, and,
in addition to the appropriations heretofore made for these works, it will require
an additional appropriation of $80,000 to pay for outstanding debts. This
large increase of cost was partially caused by refurnishing these large buildings;
the original specifications, upon which the contract of James Webb and the
above estimates were based, were also imperfect, and the plans originally contemplated entirely inadequate to the imperative demands of the service. They
were, therefore, rejected, with your approval, after a full consultation with the
collector and assistant treasurer.
The following table will show the actual cost of the various portions of the
work, and the cost originally contracted for or contemplated.
Designation of work.
Masonry, marble, ancl granite work
Carpentry and plumbing
Painting
-....Iron work, otlier than counter, file-cases, and vaults.
Fiie-cases
Vaults or safes
. Counters
Pleating
Furniture and continfyencies
Amount of Actual cost.
contract or
orio^inal cost.
427
9, 876
6,660
7, 852
10, 834
28, 083
8,200
11, 650
00
04
00
35
00
28
00
00
94,182 67
$26, 790
49, 938
]9, 822
35, 432
7, 499
20, 200
13, ]01
31, 099
36, 835
88
36
22
85
96
00
13
52
08
240,700 00
The work has been entirely completed; the quality is generally good, and
though the cost of the changes has exceeded the original estimates by
$146,517 33, (the Cost of the furniture and gas fixtures not having been included in them.) I believe the interest of the department demanded that the
alterations'should be complete, and proper facilities provided for the transaction
of the public business, though the extra expense was reluctantly incurred, only
upon the urgent demands of the collector and assistant treasurer, by whom all
purchases of fixtures and furniture were made, and not under my instruction,
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DUBUQUE' ( I O W A )
CUSTOM-HOUSE.
*
This building remains in the same condition as described in the last report.
The temporary roof, put on by direction of my predecessor, is inadequate to
protect the building from injury, and its completion is imperatively demanded
to prevent the destruction of the work performed and the large amount of valuable material stored in the building. I therefore strongly recommend the completion of the building as a matter of economy, not only as regards the preservation of the work performed and material paid for, but because the interest on
the sum required for the completion is much less than the rent now paid by the
government fbr unsuitable accommodation for officers, who would be accommodated in the building if finished.
A paragraph in the last annual report has been considered as a reflection on
the conduct of the present superintendent t)f the building, and if so intended, is,
in my opinion, unjust, as I believe he has discharged his duties honestly and
efficiently, Avliile the superintendent who "expressed such entire confidence"
must have been decidedly mistaken as to the time necessary to finish the work,
and the amount necessary to complete the same.
An appropriation of $30,000 will be required for its completion.
ST.
LOUIS ( M O . ) CUSTOM-HOUSE.
This building is in bad condition, never having been thoroughly finished.
I t is inconvenient, and requires an entire change in the interior arrangements in
order to provide the necessary accommodation for a proper transaction of the
public business. A large number of the rooms have been rendered worthless
by the erection of-a high building on the adjoining property, the custom-house
having been injudiciously built too near the line of the lot to provide against
such a contingency. A plan for the re-arrangement of the interior of the builds
ing will be prepared and submitted for your approval.
The approaches to the building are in bad condition, the main steps very
inconvenient, and the Olive street sidewalk exceedingly contracted by an area
railing, which should be removed and the area covered with an iron grating.
This would be a great accommodation to the public, an improvement to the
building, and the expense would be inconsiderable.
CHICAGO ( I L L . )
CUSTOM-HOUSE.
This building is in good repair. The roof is one pf the best of the kind that
I have inspected. It, however, needs repairs continually, and should be replaced
at the earliest possible moment by a suitable and substantial one. The carriage
ways have been graded and gravelled, and the pavements relaid according to the
established grades. ' The building is kept in excellent condition bythe collector,
who is very attentive to its cleanliness and preservation, a matter in which the
custodians of too many of the public buildings are too negligent.
TOLEDO (OHTO) CUSTOM-HOUSE.
Tliis building was never properly completed, and is somewhat out of repair;
the gutters leak badly, as well as the roof. Repairs have been ordered which
will, it is hoped, protect it during the winter, and nothing but an almost, if not
entire, reconstruction of the roof can remedy the evil. The lot has never beeri
fenced nor graded, and is in its present condition a disgrace to the department.
• The balance" of the appropriation is $3,389, and will probably be sufficient
for that purpose; and I would urgently recommend that the work be completed
during the coming summer.
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LOUISVILLE ( K Y . ) CUSTOM-HOUSE.
This building is also in a very unsatisfactory condition, and is badly arranged
Changes in the interior arrangement have been demanded by the officers occupying the building, in order to provide accommodations for the proper transaction
of business. Plans have been prepared under your instruction. The estimated
cost of the changes will be $15,000.
CINCINNATI (OHIo) CUSTOM-HOUSE.
The internal arrangement of this building is very inconvenient; and had the
designer endeavored to make it as unfit . as possible for all the purposes for
which it was erected, the effort could hardly have been more successful.
Much and just complaint has been made since the completion of the building
to the present time; but of late the great increase of the business of the surveyor and depositary, and the post office, has rendered some change imperative,
whereby the waste room might be made available, in order to obtain the requisite
accommodation for the transaction of business.
A plan has been prepared which is entirely satisfactory to all the officers
concerned, and which will, in my opinion, be satisfactory to the public and
advantageous to the government. It will be submitted for your approval. The
estimated expense is $20,000.
MILV^AUKIE ( W I S . )
CUSTOM-HOUSE.
The damage to this structure by the fire, mentioned in the. last report, has been
repaired, and an excellent copper roof constructed, and the building is now in
good condition.
^ - '
PROVIDENCE ( R . I.) CUSTOM-HOUSE. •
The roof of this building has.been removed by your instructions, and a new
tin roof is now in course of construction. .
\
B U F F A L O A N D OSWEGO ( N . Y . ) CUSTOM-HOUSES.
During the present year the long pending claim of Messrs. 0 . B. and 0 . S.
Latham, for work done on the above buildings, was adjusted by a special act^ of
Congress, approved March 3, 1863, which directed the payment to them of
$74,583 37 out of the remaining balances of appropriations for the construction
of these buildings.
PORTLAND ( M E . ) CUSTOM-HOUSE.
The galvanized iron roof of this building, having been found beyond repair,
has been removed. A new tin roof is in course of construction, and will soon be
completed.
The furnaces in the building having proved a failure, a contract has been
made with Hayward, Bartlett & Co., of Baltimore, for heating the building with
their hot-water apparatus, for the sum of $7,950. The work is nearly completed, and will, no doubt, be in order before the weather becomes too cold.
The repairs Avill, it is hoped, be entirely completed before the winter sets in.
BOSTON
(MASS.)
CUSTOM-HOUSE."
The alterations and iinprovements in the approaches, authorized by the last
Congress,,have been commenced. The contract for the exterior alterations was
awarded to Messrs. Blaisdell & Emerson, for $10,000. During the progress
of the work some extra items" have become necessary, but the whole expenditure
will come within the amount of the appropriation. The work has been performed
in a satisfactory manner, and will in all probability be completed this fall.
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The interior of the building is much in need of a general cleaning and a
thorough renovation, estimates for which are in course of preparation, to be submitted for your approval.
'
PHILADELPHIA (PA.) CUSTOM-HOUSE.
The accommodations in this building are altogether inadequate with the present
arrangement. Much complaint exists among the various officers, and some relief, in my opinion, must be granted them. X
A
I am satisfied, after an examination of the premises, that the necessary
accommodations can be obtained in the building with a proper arrangement; a
plan of which is in course of preparation, subject to your approval.
MARINE HOSPITAL AT CHIGAGO, ILL.
This building needs a thorough renovation. The roof, which is shingled, is
adly decayed, and must be replaced next season by a new and permanent roof.
Some slight changes should be made in the interior at the same time, as considerable inconvenience to officers and patients is caused by the absence of proper
facilities. The cost will, however, be inconsiderable.
MARINE HOSPITAL AT BURLINGTON, VT.
I desire to call your attention to this building. I t has been completed some
years, and never been occupied in any manner. There is no demand for a <
hospital at that point, and I would respectfully suggest that the building be
leased or sold.
'
It is not only worthless to the government at present, but is gradually decaying for want of care and attention.
N E W ORLEANS ( L A . ) MARINE HOSPITAL.
The operations on this building were suspended July 13, 1860. The work,
which was far advanced, under roof, with a large amount of interior work done
or on hand, was closed up, well protected against injuries from Aveatherand left
under charge of a watchman. Of its present condition, this officeis in possession
of no information whatever. Sundry claims, arising principally out of a number
of changes of construction introduced in the course of its erection, were satisfactorily .adjusted within this year. The amount claimed was $28,945 5 3 ; and
the amount awarded, as approved by you, was $19,542 29, No claims now
remain against this building.
INDIANAPOLIS ( I N D I A N A )
COURT-HOUSE.
This building has been completed and furnished since the date of the last
report. But the pavement of the sidewalks and the grading and fencing of the
lot remain to be done, the cost of which, according to an estimate of the late'
superintendent, will amount to about $3,300, and for which the remainder of the
appropriation of last Congress is not sufficient. The equitable and complete
settlement (under your instructions) of claims, adjusted and unadjusted, absorbed
the most of the above appropriation. The work, however, is of great importance, not only fbr the preservation of the buildiug, but as regards the convenience of the public; the present condition of the approaches to the building is
bad.i, Thq roof and gutters are very defective, and have been repaired several
times, though the building has not been occupied over two years. The ceiling
of the court-room has been seriously injured, and, I believe, nothing save a total
reconstruction of the roof will remedy the defects.
.
BALTIMORE (MARYLAND) COURT-HOUSE.
Operations on- this building, which were suspended by direction of this departAt
Digitized forment on the 22d day of May, 1861, were resumed in the spring of 1862.
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the date of suspension the excavation and trenches had been made, and a considerable amount of materials delivered. Upon resuming operations the contractors found great difficulty in obtaining granite, or a sufficient number of
granite cutters; in consequence of which,^they have been unable to push the
work as vigorously as was desired, though they have undoubtedly made all
reasonable efforts to do so, and in ordinary times would probably have succeeded.
The walls are erected to the belt-course of the second story, and a large
amount of brick and iron work is on hand awaiting the progress of the granitework. The work has been done in a very satisfactory manner, though since
the resumption of operations the services of a local superintendent has been dispensed with, and the work performed under the immediate control of this office.
This arrangement has proved very satisfactory and profitable; the work has
been as well done as previously, and the expense saved.
The balance.of appropriation on hand will be sufficient to complete the building.
WINDSOR (VERMONT) COURT-HOUSE.
The roof of this building is reported by the marshal of the district to be in
bad condition. No personal inspection has been made as yet, and no specific
remedy of permanency can therefore be recommended by me. The defects will,
however, be made good for the coming season.
Appended to this report will be found seven tables, exhibiting in tabulated
form various details of the business of this office, viz:
Table A, statement of custom-houses, marine hospitals, court-houses, and post •
offices, and miscellaneous buildings, showing the amounts available for each
work September 30, 1861; the additional appropriations made and becoming
available; the disbursements made during the year ending September 30, 1862,
and the balances available September 30, 1862.
Table B, same statement for the year ending September 30, 1863.
Table C, sundry reductions of cost made on the west section of the Treasury
extension.
Table D, proposed reductions of cost in the construction of the north section
of the Treasury extension.
Table E, showing balances available September 30,. 1863, for buildings which
have not been commenced, for buildings which have been completed, and for
buildings in course of construction.
Table F , condensed analysis of all disbursements made on the various public
buildings under charge of this office, frOm September 30, 1861, to September
30, 1863.
Table G, disbursements made on Treasury extension from September 30,1861,
to September 30, 1863.
All of which is respectfully submittedI have the honor to be, very respectfully, your obedient servant,
I S A I A H ROGERS,
Sujjervising Architect. .
Hon.
S. P . CHASE,
Secretary of the Treasury.
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SQHEDULE A .
T a b u l a r statem^eni of .custom-houses, m a r i n e hospitals', court-houses', post offices, '
ancl miscellaneous b u i l d i n g s ; showing the amount available f o r each work
September 30, 1861, the a d d i t i o n a l ajjj^ropriatipns m a d e a n d becoming a v a i l able ; . the amount available .September 30, 1862, a n d the disbursements m a d e
f r o m September 30, 1 8 6 1 , to. September '30, 1862.
CUSTOM-HOUSES.
•if -
pi:
w^
Total.
$43,707 88 $10,000 00
8,300 00
95,180 55
4;429 91:276 60
22,335 32
50,000 00
3,-050 56
1,951 20
1,295 48
96,568 19
26,998 36
-104,2.1.5 69
5,045 82
• 5„052 14
•108V858 25
1,683 09
20,625 34
2% 298 05
1,357 51
17,410 H
• 3,391 89
.: 775 09
$48,505 95
5,201-93'
. 8, 30P ,00.
95,074 69
'"id5'86'
. 4,364 91
- 6 5 00
276 60
21,555-82
780 00
50,000 00
3,050 56
1,053 90
897 30
1,295 48
96,568.19
26,998 36
104,215 69
.•• 4,476 .03 ":"'".*569,"79,
. 5,052 14
108,858.25
1,683 09
20,625.,3429,298 05
.1,158.63
: 198,88;
17,410 14
3, 391 8a
'270'GO
505 09
•651 •807 .56
Annualrepairs of custom-houses...
Bangor, Me
)....custom-house.
Buffalo, N. y
...-.•.do..--.
Charleston,' S. C
do.....
Cleveland, O
do
Chicago, III
do
Cairo," 111
do
Detroit, Mich
:
do Dubuque, Iowa
do
Georgetown, D . C . . - . .
-do .
Knoxville, Tenri.
do.
New Orleans, Lii
. d o . . . -.
Nashville, Tenn'r.
do.... .
New Haven, C t . '
'.... do..'...
Oswego, N.Y,..'.
d o . . .•- -•
Ogdensburg, N Y
do..-...
Portsmouth, N. H
d o : . -"..
Perth Amboy, N. J . do:... .
St. Louis, M o . . . .
^..do.....
Sandusky, 0 . •..:.... . i . ^.. do
.
San EranciscQ, Cal
do
Toledo, 0 . 1 . . ; . . . . ' . : . .
do ..;...
Wheeling, Va
•...
do
653,718 80
10,000 00
8,088 76
MARINE HOSPITALS.
Annual repairs of marine hospitals . . $39,429 94
Burlington, Vt,; . .. .marine hospital..
6,676'78
Detroit, Mich
•• • 8,-582-25
Evansville, I n d . . y///.''.'.\do.'.\V.\ . 4,669 48
1,966 31
...do
\
Galena, 111
• 11,420 65
New Orleans, L a .
do
4,488 65
Portland, Mo
V^V.V.'.'AO".'.'.'.
20,947 04
Pensacola. Ela
do
25,925 05
St Louis, Mo» - .
Total
124,107 15
$39,429-94.
6,676 78
..8,582.25.
4,669 48
1,966 31
11,420 65
4,488 65
20,947 04
25,925 05
.
124,107 15
":^::i
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145'
EEPORT ON T H E FINANCES.
T a b u l a r statement o f custom-houses, &c.—Continued.
.a 1
'i=^o
$123,667 37
Baltiuiore, Md., court-house
214 89
Baltimore, Md
post office..
Indianapolis, Ind.
do.
. 15 667 93
Key West, Fla ^
do
. . 40,908 26
34 856 10
Memphis, Tenn
do
49 .870 75
Madison, Wis
do. - .
5 651 26
Rutland, Vt
do
Raleigh, N. C
d o . . . . . . 41,879 47
53 866 60
Springfield, 111
do
. 49 915 90
Tallahassee, Fla
do
Windsor Vt .
- do
102 68
$112,810
214
2,837
40,908
34,856
49,870
3,953
41,879
53,866
49,915
102
(5
89 • $10,856 .48
89
89
12,830 04
26
10
75
1,697 36
90
47
60
90
68
391,217 33
- •- . . . - . - . 416,601 21
Total
Balances available Sept. 30,
1863.
Balance of appropriations available Sept. 30,
1861.
COURT-HOUS^p.
25,383~B8
MISCELLANEOUS - WORK^.
Burglar-proof vaults, N. Y
$100,000 00
Fire-proof vaults for <o^ depositories.. $55,016 38
55,712 68
New Mexico public buildings...
Treasury extension
345 928 68 500,000 00
Treasury: Ventilating okT building..
4 511 18
Protection of fuel
.. 951 15
. .
Vault for Philadelphia custom-house.
913 1.2
Vault for Philadelphia mint
175 13
Vault for pubUc funds. New Mexico.
8,363 00
San Francisco branch m i n t . - - . . . . - - 45 000 00
Total
-.-.-..
516 571 32
500 G O 00
O
$55,016
55,712
610,547
4,511
951
38
68
37
18
15
913
175
8, 363
45,000
12
13
00
00
781 190 01
$235,381 31
235 381 31
.
RECAPITULATION.
Custom-houses..
Marine hospitals
Court-houses . . .
Miscellaneous...
Total....
10 F
$651,807 56 $10,000 00 $653,718
124,107 15
124,107
4I6-,601 21
391,217
516,571 32 500,000 00 781,190
80
15
33
01
1,709,087 24 510 000 00 1,950,233 29
$8,088 76
25,383 88
235,381 31
268,853 95
" S C H E D U L E 'Q.-—Tabular statement qf custom-hoitses, m a r i n e hospitals, court-houses, a n d post offices, and- miscellaneoiis b u d d i n g s ;
showing the amount a v a i l a b l e f o r each work Sepfember 30, 1862, the a d d J t i o n a l a p p r o p r i a t i o n s mad.e by the ^ I t h C m g r e s s , the
amount available^September 30, 1863, a n d the disbursements m a d e f r o m September 30, 1862, to September 30, 1863.
CUSTOM-HOUSES.
Object.
Annual rcpair-of custom-houses
Annual,repair of custom-houses and marine
. hospitals '-'
...'
Bangor (Maine) custom-house
Boston (Massachusetts) custom-house
Buffu'o (New York)
do
Charleston (South Carolina)...-. do
Cleveland (Ohio)
do
Chicago (Illinois)...-_...__........do......... I..r.
Cairo (Illinois)
do..•
.Detroit (Michigan)
...
do..-.
Dubuque (Iowa)
do.. 1
• Georgetown /(Dr. C".)::::': .•.":.:: d o : : . : . : : . .
Knoxville (Tennessee)'::..^.::::do:.: 1 . l l \ . .
N.ew. Orleans (Louisiana). J. .^.: ."do.. - . . . . - • .
Nashville (Tennessee).:.':. i . : : . d o . .
1.:
New. Haven (Connecticut).:..:..do...i.. '..'.
O.sv/ego (Ne\y. Y o r k ) : . . . . . i . . . : d o : . . : . - . . , .
Ogdensbuig (New York): :•....:. d o . - ' . . : . . . .
Portsmouth (New Hampshire).. . „ d o . . . - . . . . ; .
Perth Amboy (New Jersey). .'•... d o . . . . . . . . .
St. Louis (Missouri)-"
do....._....
Sandusky (Ohio)'.
i . . . . . . . do
•:
San Francisco (California)
do
Toledo ( O h i o ) . . . . - i - V , ^ - . . . . . . . do
Wheeling (Virginia)'..'..
do
'.
Balances •available September
30; 181)2./;
Appropria- Balances available September
tions, 1862,
30,1863.;, "1863.
3v505v95
$36,723-17
i 8,300'00
|20; 000' 00
•6,000 00
12,904 00
"95,* 074'69"
4,364 9I
276 60
. .21,555.82
50,000 00
^ 3,050 56
1,-053 90
- 1^295'48'
• 96, 568 vl9
•26,998 36
104,215 69
4,476 03
5,052 14
108,858 25
1,683 09
20,625 34
29,298 05
1,158 63
17,410 14
v 3,391 89
• '.;.-505 09
-653,-7.18-80
. Remarks.
• $11,782'78^
20, boo" 00
:,':: 7,817. 00
12,861 00
23,347 40
- 4;289 91
276 60
17,547 70
50,000 00
' I,999J58
983 53
. ' 7 6 0 79
96,568 1.9
25,790 22
104,215 69
^ 1,089 77
108,858
1,660
.20,625
29,298
1,158
17,410
.; 3,391
., 465
38,-9p4 00-
Disbursements Addition'1 ap-made to Sept. -propriations
= 30,1863.
required.
25
79
34
05
63
14
89
54
587,139 18
O
'6,483:00
43 00
7i,727 29
75 00
Completed.
Construifting.
Completed.
Construction suspended.
Completed.
^4,008 12.
. - . Do
.-. . .
.1-..- =
Not commenced.
' 1^ 050- 98
Completed.
70 37 $25,000 00 Construction suspended.
; ; 534 69
-Completed.
Not Commenced.
*i ,"208^14'
Construction suspended.
•Not commenced: •' '3,'386*26
Completed.
5, 052 1:4
Do.
Not commenced.
"'°°°22°30"
Completed.
Not commenced.
Construction suspended.
Completed.
Do.
Dor.:/
Do.
; 39:55
105,483 02
.25r000 00
,H
O
MARINE PIOSPITALS.
Balances avaala-' ble September
; 30,1862.:.-
A n n u a l r e p a i r s .of marine h o s p i t a l s . ^ ! . :
Burlington (Vermont)-marine' hospitar.
Detroit. (Michigan)^..].: i...: d o i : . ; . ' . : .
Evansville ( . I n d i a n a ) ; : . . . . . . do". : . . ' . • : : ,
Galena ( I l l i n o i s ) . . - : . ' . . - . . . . - , . d o . : . . . . i^
N e w Orleans ( L o u i s i a n a ) . C: d o . : . . . : . .
Portland ( M a i n e ) ; . . . . - . . . J . do - " . : . . . .
Pensacola ( F l o r i d a ) . i . . . . : : d o : : . . . . .S t. L o u i s •( Missouri ) . . . L Z I : d o : . : : , ' . . :
Appropria- Balances availations,-l862,ble September
1863; - 30, 1863. - :
$39^429.94
6,676-78
8,.082':'254,669 48
1,966 31
11,420 65
4,488 65
20,947 04
25,925'05
$33,117 23
6, 475 .47
8,o82-25
•'^4,'665'98
1,616 66
124,107 15
Object.
102,256'33
""*'^926'65"
20,947 04
25,925 05
Disbursementsr Addition'lap'
j>ropriations
made-toSept;
30, 1 8 6 3 : - ^ " required.
"$Q; 312 71
20L3i;
Remarks*
Completed."
.
" 3 "56'
$30,000 00
- D o .
' • • • • ' • - - • • :
Do.
349.65
11, 420 65
3, 562'00
21,849 82
Construction suspended.
Completed. Not commenced. :
Coinpleted.
^
•
O'
H
O
.30,000 00
H
W
COURT^PIOUSES.
'.Baltimore ( M a r y l a n d ) c o u r t - h o u s e : ; : : . . : : : : :
$112, 810.89'.
Baltinnore ( M a r y l a n d ) post' 'oflicO:."...":..:
- " ^ " ^ " - 2 1 4 89
I n d i a n a p o l i s ; ( I n d i a n a ) : . . . d o . ' ' . : v . . - . : . . : .i'.,.
2, 837 89
Key West ( F l o r i d a ) : . : - • . . - : d o - . . . . . . . . : : . : . .
40, 908'26
Memphis ( T e n n e s s e e ) .
d o . . . . . . . . . . . -.-•;.
• - 34,856 10
Madison (Wisconsin)
do
-49,87.0 75
Rutland ( V e r m o n t ) . . . . . ; . - . , d o . . . . . . .
-.•3,953^90.
Raleigh (North Caroliifa).."do
.'
•,.',.•.41,-879 47
Springfield (Illinois) . . . . .^. d o i . ; . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : ;.53,866 60.
Tallahassee (Florida) . . . - . do
49,-915 9.0
Windsor (Vermont)
do
102 68
^\.''::'••'.
'.:/ !'._ : ; , . - , '
'•'\:..-i..,
;^'.;-, - j - - / _
391,217 33
"$5,'()oo'66'
.5,00000
$86,185-43:
-214: ..89.
606 .58
40; 908 26
- 34, 856^-10
• ••49,870 75
3,953.90, 41,,-,879,.4-7
...
53,866.60.
49,915 90
' ,. .'.-^.02 68'
362,360 56
^;
. $26,625 4 6 :
7 , 2 3 1 31
33,, 856.77,
' Constructing.
Completed.
1 Do.
$5,000 00
Not commenced. ^
Do.
: Do.
•Completecl.-: .t. •:>
;,Not commenced.
_ Do
Do.
Completed.
: 5,000 pq
O'
CQ
SCHEDULE 1^.—Tabular statement of custom-houses, marine hospitals, court-houses, (Jnc.—Continued,
.
-
•
.
.
•
•
Object.
Burglar-proof vaults, New York
'.
Fire-proof vaults lor,66 depositories-.
New Mexico public buildings
Warehouses, Staten island-.Treasury extension ..'
Treasury, ventilating old building...
Treasury, protection of fuel...:
Vault for Philadelphia custom-house.
Vault for Philadelphia m i n t . . . :
Vault for public funds. New Mexico .
Utah p e n i t e n t i a r y . . . . . . . . ^ . . . ^
San Francisco branch' mint - . . .
Balances availa- Appropria' ble September tions, 1862,
V 1863. : •
30, 1862.
Balances available September
30, 1863.
$i:50,000 00
§55, 016 38
55,-712. 68
30,000 -00
'6i6','547'37' 250,.000 QO
4,511 1 8
:
- ^ :951 15
10,:000^^ 00
'"."'gi^ 12\. 175 13
•8, 363 00
45,000 do
781,190 01
440,000 00
00
' ' ^
" MISCELLANEOUS-WORKS. .
$34,418 38
52,148 80
•29, .524 12
110"; 420<64
.
.'
Disbursements [Addition'l ap
made to Sept. ;propriationSj
30, 1863.
required';
$150,000 00
20,598 00
3,563 88
475 88
750,126 73
•4,511'18
.: 951 15
10,000 00
913 12
' , 175 13
.
/ 8,363 00
-45,000 00
296,425 52
Remarks;
O
O
924,764 49
i25
o
Ul
RECAPITULATION.
Custom-houses
Marine hospitals.....
...'.
Court-houses . . .
...... 1..'.'...
Miscellaneous
- $653,718
124,107
. . . . . . .•
391,217
781,190
80
15
33
01
1,950,222 29
$38., 904 00
is
33
56
52
• $105,483. 62
21,849 82
33,856 77
924,764 4 9 :
483,904 00
i,348,18L59
1,085,954 70;
• $587; 1.39
102,256
**'5,"e)6b''66" • . ' 3 6 2 ; 3 6 0
296^425
440,000 00
EEPORT ON THE FINANCES.
j
i
149
SCHEDULE C .
Sundry reductions of cost, of west section, Treasury extension, and west end of
•
'
• rCprth section of the sam.e, October, 1863.
Omission of granite .balustrade, west secticci and north section..;" $18, 576 15
Omis;sion of granite stairways, third story, west section. .'.
9, 796 40
Omission of gTanite stairways, north section
,...
18, 239_ OS
Omission of granite basement architraves, north section.
1, 013. 51
Omission of roughirbn wall-plates for beams, north section.... .
238 ^^
Omission of; rough iron window lintels, north s e c t i o n . . . ; . . . . . , !
• 333 ()0
Omission of floor-lights, north section. . . . . . . ' . ; . : . . . : . - . . . . . . . . " ,;
360 00
Replacement of iron window-mouldings by plai?ter mouldings... .8,847 00
Reduction of xost of • plastering by' chainge of style of • mouldings .:
and by enteringa more favorable c o n t r a c t . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
3, 000 0.0
I
:
:•; ;. ;
! . . . . ;
'
• ;
\
;^.
: :
: ^•
. ' :
"
-
;' ' SCHEDULE E . ;
Su7idry reductions of cost of north section .of Ti'easury extension.
Replacement ;of7 irou window-mouldings by, plaster;. . . . . . . . . . .
Replacement of portion of iron door-jambs by p l a s t e r . . . . . . . . . .
Omission of
floor-lights.......:
'.
Reduction of weight of:iron s k i r t i n g s , , , , . . . . . . . . . . , . . . . . . .,,..,..
Omission of rough iron window-lintels...;.;..;..io... . . , . . . . . . . . . .
Omission of rough iron wall-plktes for beams;..,.. . . . . , .
Change and reduction of iron' antse....;.. * . . • . . ; . . . . . . . . . . . . .
R/eplacement of the iron architrave and beam mouM^^
halls by .plaster nioludings....
. . . . . ; . . ...-.... . . . , . . v . .
..
Replacement of' the -massive g.ramt07w;ork in:;the. interior, of: basemient.story by iron and brick. . . . : ; . > . . . . . . . . ; . ... .,•...........
Change-of: north portico vestibule:-.,.;; ..•.,. . i'..:^;....; . ;.;. . . . . ;
Redu,ctron o£:thickness of granite antse...«.' . . V^;:.'. .^•::... . . . . . . . .
Omission of granite, balustrade.,
.".'. . . . " . ' . . . . . . . .
Omissioniof granite.stairways,
'
Reduction of concrete beds
Redpction !of brick-york .^..:
'
I
60,403 .L4
'/:[;[
[
'
'
.
c
SCHEDULE E .
.
^'
,
$14, 34:8 80
2-, 856 00
2, 462 00
2, 767 43
1, 483 33
1, 483 33
10,055 10
6:,.368 00
'
.. 17, 356
40,.278
11, 258
1.5, 104
: 18, 139
2, 180
21, 000
92
67
39
65
70
13
00
' 167, 142 45
|-
^ ' '
';
•
j
;:
; : Summhry of balances available September 30, 1863.
Balances aivailable for completed buildings... i
$189, 497 18
Balances available for buildings in process (or- suspended process)
of construction, and annual repairs . . J J . . . 1.;
,
448, 844 95
Balances available for buildings which have not been commenced 682, 511 59
• '.
'
1,.320, 853 75
1*50
'
REPORT ON THE FINANCES.
Table of buildings f o r wldch apfprqpriatixjns have been m a d e u n d whicli hUve
n o t bee7i commenced, arid availcible balance f o r sd^
. ::^:
Cairo, Illinois
,
-.....•
.custom-house."..-. $50, OO'O 00
,Knoxviile, T e n n e s s e e . . :
.do........
96, 568,>1:^
'Nashville, ' T e n n e s s e e . . . . . . . . . . V. ; . . . . . . . . . . . . . d o . . . . . ' . ' . : . ^ 1Q4, 215: .69
-Qgdensburg, N e w Y o r k . , . . . . . ' . . ' . . . . / . . . . . . . . . . . d o
. . 1 . ,108, 858 %5.
" P e r t h A m b o y , New J e r s e y . . . . . ' . . V . . . . .V. . V . . . ^ d . o . . . .^ ...v ; ( 2 0 , 6 ^ 5 ,34
Pensacola, r i o r i d a . . . . . . . 1 ' . , . . . 1 . . . . 11 \ . . marine h o s p i t a l , . - 20, 9 4 7 / 0 4
K e y . W e s t , F l o r i d a . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \ . ' . . . ' . . .court-house . . . .
40, 90S 2(5
Memphis,' Tennessee . . . . . . . . . . . . ' . . . ' .
. V . . . . . d o . . . . . . . . , 34, 856 .10
;:Madison,'Wisconsin . . I : . 1 . . . . • . ' . . . 1 . . ' . , .
... do..........
49, -870 75
:Ilaleigh, North Carolina : . . . . . , . . . . ' . . . . V . V . . . . ' . . . d o ^ . . . . . . . . . ; ' . , 4 1 , 879:'47
;Spririgfietd, Illifiois. .^1. V . . . . . . 1 . 1 . . . . . ; . . . . . . . . . . . d o : . . . . . ' . . •, 5 3 , M 6 . : 6 0
;Tallahass<3e, Florida J . . : . . . : J. J . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . d o . . . . . . . . . .• , 49,, 915 ..90
.Yault for Philadelphia c i i s t o m - h o u s e . . . . . . . . — . . . . . . . . . , . . ,, , 1 0 , OGi.O-.OO
' ' '
• •—--'-'--^
•
,
•;
•
' '
^ ' -\ •••• G 8 2 , 5 1 l " 5 9
Table of buildings f o r which balances were available September 30, 1863, a n d
which buildings h a d been completed p r i o r to above date.
Bangor, Maine
— :
. . . . . . . . . . .custom-house....
$7, 817 00
Buffalo, N e w Y o r k . .
J
do
23, 347 40
Cleveland, Ohio :
.
do.
276 60 .
Chicago, Illinois
".....
„.;..........:
do
17, 547 70.
Detroit, Michigan.
d o . ' . . . . . . . . 1 , 999 58
P u b u q u e , L o u i s i a n a . , . . 1. : :'."...•.
. d o . . . . . .^.. -- " • 5 7 1 ' 7 l
Georgetown, District of.Columbia.
.do. 1 . : . . . . ;' 760 79
N e w H a v e n , C o n n e c t i c u t . ' . . . ; . . . ' . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . d o . . . . . : . ' . ' 1, 089' 77
Portsmouth, New Hampshire . ^
.do
1, 660 79
Sandusky, O h i o . . . . . - . . . ^ ^ i ^ . ^ - ; . ^ ^ . ^ ^ . . . . . : . . . d o . . . . . . : :
i , 15S 63
S a n Francisco, California
do
17, 410 14
Toledo, O h i o .
.do........
; 3, 3 9 L 89
W h e e l i n g , Virginia
.
. . ^ . . . V . . . . . . . . . . . . : d o . . . . . . . . ' ' ^ 465 54
Burlington, Vermont . . . . . : ''.i
. . . . . . . . . . m a r i n e hospital..
', 6,.475,; '47
Detroit, M i c h i g a n . :
do........"
;8^:5S2;'25
Evansville, I n d i a n a . , . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . d o . . . . : . . -'
4, 665' 98.
Galena, Illinois.
:.............. :do....:.. 1
1/616',66
Portland, M a i n e . : : . . . . . . . . . . . .^ . . . . . . . . . - . . : : : d o . . . . : . : . ^ ' ^ ;926;l65^
St. Louis, Missouri.
; w . . . . . . . . . . . . . d o ' . . . . ' . . . . / 24,;94i;;:T)b'
Baltimore, M a r y l a n d
....
^ . ; . . . : . .^post o f f i c e . . . . . . . J " 2 i f c S 9
Indianapolis, I n d i a n a i . . . . . . •.
^.: .•..^.-... .court-house V . ' . W "''
60'6'''58
Rutland,, V e r m o n t . . . . . . : . ^ . . . . .
d o . . . . . . ..,.
/ 3 , 953 90
Windsor, V e r m o n t . ; . - . . - .
.do
.. .. ,
. ; ' I Q ^ .68
Ventilating old T r e a s u r y b u i l d i n g . ; ; - ; . . : . . : . . . : : . . . .
' 4, ' ^ M ' " i 8
Suitable protection for fuel
-.. •. i . . ' . . - . . . . . . . :
......
; 9 5 1 ; 1;;5
Branch mint, S a n ' Francisco
:..........-..............
45, 00& ^00
Utah penitentiary...
-i.:...-..: . . - ; : . . . . . . . . . :
' 8, 363 OT)
V a u l t for p u b h c funds, N e w M e x i c o .
.
; l'''^ 13
Vault for Philadelpia mint
i^......
913 1-2
^ ^ -^ '.^ - •
'
-
. -
•' • 1 8 9 ; 4 9 7 ^ l 8
151
REPOET ON THE FINANCES.
' Table of buildings m process (or suspended. sprocess)^'of mhstruction, and balances available for same July 1; 1863 • 'al^sd balcvnces for annual repairs
available September 30, .1863.
.
-. ,
•
•Boston.
. ; . . . . . . . . . . . . - . . . . . .custom-house.;.'..^ ;.$12, 861 00
Charleston, South C a r o l i n a . . . . . . . . . . : . . . . . . . . . . d o . . ' . ; . . . . . ' . . 4,.289 ^ 1
NewOrleans, Louisiana
. . . ' . . . . ' . . . . . . . . . ' . ..;'.do;l. ...'!,..' ] ; 25, 790;22
^St.-Louis, Missouri-...-. .•..-.'.^.i..'.\:.\V.v::\'. . ' . ' d b : . . : : ..^ '; l 2 , 795 15
•New Orleans, Louisiana... J . . . . : . . ' . . " . . . : : ; m a r i n e hospital.:
::Baltimore, Maryland
' . . . . . . - : : , , : , : : : . . .court-house . ; . . . .
. 86, 185 43'
Fire-proof vaults for 66 depositories...'.... . V . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . , 34, 418; 38
, New Mexico public b u i l d i n g s . . . . : . ..^ . . : : 1 . : : : ' . : : . . . V . . . . ; 52, 148 .80
Staten island, New Y o r k . . . . . . . . . . . . . : : ' . . .warehouses '.'..-, .> ^ 29,;524 12
Treastiry extension, Washington, D. C . . . . : . . : : : . . : . . . . . . . . .
1.00,. 991 '54
^Annual repairs of c u s t o m - h o u s e s . . . : . : . . : . : . . . . . . . . : : . . .V... VSOi 723 17
Annual repairs of marine hospitals . : : . x . . . . . . . . : . ' . ' . :\ . . . . . " .
33,117 23"
Annual repairs of customliouses and marine hospitals.
20, 000 00
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•:':^.'\
448,844 95
•.:...
— -'-SGHEDULE^ F.-^ ^
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Condensed analysis of all' dishur.sements made on the various public buildings
•,: under charge of Bureau of Construction during the period, beginning with
September 30,«1861, and ending September.'^^, 1863;
Total amount of disbursements m a d e . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
L,^56,314 60
;, • , Construction:
_ . , . , . . . . . . . . . o..: .
B,aItimoi'e court-house, construction of cellar,,
_ _
, , _, ;.y basement, and entrance stories.;... ..•..-^- - _ , , $37,^ 481.94.;
In(^,anapolis court-house, completion of the^ .
, ,,
; ; ; ; b u i l d i n g . . . : : . : : . . . . . . . ^ . . ^^.^.^.1 \ . .,.^ ]. [20, Q61 ^35
Treasury extension, construction of west sec/
, „.
; ; ; ^ ' t i o n . . : . . . . : - . ' . ' . . : . v . ^ . : : ; . ' . . . ^ ' . X . ^ ' . . ,,'9S7,,Qi4'..87,
;!purglar-proof vaults,' remodelling custom^ _. _ , . ;: .
V.. house and Merchants* Exchange building,
, '^ •
^ ; N e w Y o r k . . . . : . . . . . . , . . . ; . , . V . . ^ \ ; l ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ y : " 166, 700^
1,-211,258 16
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Approaches and grounds:
Bangor (Me.) c u s t o m - h o u s e . V - . V . . . . ! . . . .
(Chicago (111.) c u s t o m - h o u s e . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
New Haven (Conn.) c u s t o m - h o u s e . . . . . . . . .
Rutland (Vt.) c o u r t l i o u s e . . . . . I . . . . . . . ^ .
„
..
.^.,;;;.; 7j ^17:,OQ,
^
. ^ 4, 788 :;12,
^ 3, 956 05,,
. " ' J, 697 36
,;,
New roofs:
.
Portland (Me.)' marine h o s p i t a l ! . . . ! . . . ^ . . .^
MUwaukie (Wis.) custom-house
..-_,..::.•.:;.
3, 562 00
7, 150 00
18,'258:53
10, 712 00
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B r o u g h t : f o r w a r d . . . : . . . : . . . . . .^'.V.'.'..^ . v . . . . v . . : . J. . $ l , 2 i 0 y ^
Claims:
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Buffalo and Oswego custom-houses', hy spe- '
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cial acts of Congress
. : : ' : : . . ; : : : . . " . - ^ ''$74,'^583 37 ' '
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Chelsea marine hospital, according to recommendation of the Solicitor of the Treasury
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.Deparfment.'....'
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3,00000'
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New Mexico public buildings, according to
recommendation of the ' {Solicitor of the — - .
Treasury Department . . : . . i . . : .^ . ::^..\ = = • 3, 563 88
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.New Orleans marine h o s p i t a l . . . . . . . . . . . . .
- 1 1 ; 420 65
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92;567;90
Gas fixtures, furniture, fire-proof vault's,-sundry repairs, ^and ^
• ^.
contingent services for various buildings
23, 518 01
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i,356^3i4 60
SCHEDULE G .
Table of disburseinents made:on Treasury, extension from,September 30, 1861,
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' ' ' to Seplcmber 3(y,lS63. ^ ; . ; .
In hands of disbursing agent: September 3 0 , 1 8 6 1 - . . . . . . - .•.-.
$7,922^27
Bf>lance in treasury September 3.0. 1 8 6 1 . . . . . ; . . . . ' . . : . . . . . . . . . 338, 006) 41
Appropriations made by 37th Congress
. . 1 . . . . - . . . . . — . . . ; 75Q, Q O 00
O
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Disbursements made.
; 1, 695,928^ 68
985, 508) 04
-Balance available September 30, 1 8 6 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ^ . . . .
, 110, 420' 64
: Materials and work furnished under agreements:
Granite, marble, arid other stone work. - . . ' . . . . . ;
Iron-work...
. . . . . . . . . : . . . . ' ; . . . : . . . :•...,
Bricks.::
...:.................,...:.....
Cement and lime.'... 1 . ; . . . . . . . • . . . : . . . . . . . . . .
Sand ahd g r a v e l . . . . . . . . ; . - - . , . . . . . . . . . ^ . : . .
Lumber . . . . . . . . : . . J . : ; . . . I . ^ . . " . . . . , J . . . . . G l a s s . . - . . . . . . .•.:,:'.:.;.•.•.:.:.:. .> . . . . , . ' . . ' . .•:.;:.'
Plumbing m a t e r i a l s - . : . . . : : . . . . . . , . . . . i . . :...•. i
Gas'fixtures..... i . . . : : .> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \ : : •
Slate.....-..'.:.:.'.'.. . . . : . . . : . . .^.v......'... .\ . •
Plastering.,.......:
: , : ; ; ^ , , . : - ^.
^Hardwaire... . : . . : . : • . - . . . : . : . : : . . . . . . ; . . . . : . •
Sharpening t o o l s . . . . . . . " . ' . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Miscellaneous....'..... - . . . : ^ . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . .
$195, 298 t 2 .
209, 993 33
25,004 95
I I , 085 00
• 3, 521; .17
' 37, 320 63
_- 15, 992 -87
17/^89 30
8, 291 55
^ 7, 973 28
1^, 461 53
14, 495 81
;3, 627- 32
17, 301 26
-$579,786 11
Biick-masons' pay-rolls
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Stone-masons' pay-rolls
.
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Machinists ana plumbers
C a r p e n t e r s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...^ . . . . . . . . .
Riggers
43, 931
33, 987
40, 542
76, 594
14, 071
04
28
64
81
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Painters and paint
$20,53466
Labor
1 : . . . J . . . . . . . . . . . . ' . . . : . : . l . ! . ^ ^^ ° 33, 802 4 3 ' >
Teaming.......
...,.,,.....,... ^
7,242,'60 ' '
Contingent pay-roll..
•.........
......'
34, 476 .94
' . ' : ' ' : . , : • • / ; : " \ ' ; ,'••,—— $ 3 ' 0 5 , T 8 3 .79
Amounts expended from construction funds by order, and to'be refunded:
.......
...
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Furniture.
. . : . " ; . . . . . . . . , . ' ; ' 12, 958 '27 •
Cabinet-maker's: work
,43,776 68, ', . ',
Work for note bureau
5, 264 ,60
.Floor-cleaning........"..../....'..'./....v..'.^'
2: ^ 526 09 '
Night-watch...................
..,..,.
36,012 50 .
) .; ,:•_.\
.,...,...,
. :. ••.".,.:': . '''.'' '""-..'. ioo,;5.38-i4
Disbursements made,. ^ .^ . : . . . . . . . . .^ ^
-,
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985, 508 04
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
" Office Light-House Boardy WdshingiOn,-October 31, 1863.
SIR : I have the honor respectfully to submit, for" your information and for
tha't of Congress, the report of Ihe operations and condition of the light-house
establishment for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1863.
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i In the first light-house district,- embracing the v coasts from the northeastern
boundary of Maine to Hampton harbor. New Haropshire, the general condition
6f the service gives evidence of faithful performance of duty on the part of the
• emjiloyes. . . ^ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .-.-..-., ...-o . - . , , . . , , . „ , , 'r" :'- • - , , • -•.: "..';.;;
As complete inspection and renovation of the light-stations of this district
have been made as time and opportunity woiild permit, and it is believed that
hut little is required to entirely complete the s'ystem' of repairs.
The walk connecting the Portsmouth light-hqUse with the shore having been
i-emoved to facilitate operations on the fortificatiohs at that place, it has been
replaced by the engineer department.
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The • fog-bell rung by machinery, autliorized by-act of Congress March 3,
1859, for Whale's .Back light-house, has been erected, and is now in successful
operation. Various and important repairs have been riiade at Boon island, (Joat
island. Wood island, Cape Elizabeth, Portland HeadV Breakwater, Burnt island,
Mahheigin, White Head and Owl's Head: lightrhouses. The beacon/heretofore
placed on Logey ledge having been overtliro-^n,* measures have been taken for
its re-erection. Similar steps have been taken to replace the beacon on Lower
Middle ground in Lubec baiy, which had been thrown down, arid it is hoped that
both of these important aids to rifivigatiqn will be in position soon after the opening of the next working season.
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The buoyage of the district exhibits a gratifying condition.' Through stress
of weather and other causes, nunierous buoys have beeii driven frbm their .station, but they have been, replaced with coinmendabie alacrity.
:;,The necessity for re-l)uoying tlie approaches to Portland harbor has led tothe
mopi'ing of the foliowiiig new buoys: 1st class can (iron) on Hue aud Cry
rocks ; 2d class nun (iron) on Vapor rock; 3d.class nun (iron) on Taylor's reef;
spar buoy on Catfish rock.
, .
The tenders in this district have been kept constantly and usefully employed.
.and one of them was sent to Beaufort, South Carolina, laden with the materiala
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fdr bohstructing the range lights authorized by/Corigress for Port Royal entrance,
the structures for those lights having been frained'and fitted in this district.:
The •"second light-house district embraces the coasts from Hainpton harbor.
New Ilarapshire, to Goosberry inlet,.Massachusetts. .•. / ;
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• The' different aids to navigation in this district have received' careful attention
during the past year, and their condition is a-s;nearly complete as practicable. >•.;
' ^Extensive and important i'epak'S have been completed at the follpwing.stations:
Hyannis, ^a liew caist-irOn lantern has; beeii erected on a brick^parapet,; tow^^^
lined, platforms repaired^ &c.;. Chatham, ;tlie ./soiitherl^
P^'irtly rebuilt,
new' lantern provided, neAv floor to watch7rdom,; woodwork repai^^
Loi:ig
Island Head, new floor to watch-robm, robfs,, bridges,,^&c.,, repaired;; Nobs(jue
Point, new lantern provided, woodwork' ;renew&t^4^^^^
shutters placed:
Saridy 'Neck, 'woodwork .rerieSyed,platfqr^^^ renewed, bulkhead repaired;
'Billingsgate island, cistern renewe'd and general repairs/made; .Brant, .Poinf,
iiew floors, whasf, cScc, repaired,; tower repointed;., Naiitucket• Ohff/be,kcpnsi
platfoniis renewed, enclosures repaired, &c.;'Sank'aty .Head, tower repointedi
chimney partly rebuilt^ &:c.; Gi'eat Point, fen ees ^ platform, and steps iref
newed; Plymouth, general repaks ^inade; .Gape Cod,,ditto;, Nansett Beacliji
tower repointed, new bulldiead built, out-builGlin'g^ repaired; .l^ace Point, tow.er
partly tak^n down and i^ebuilt,^. new; lantmi p^
^^
kitchen lathed, plastered andne^vly floored,'rbo^ repaired, chimneys partly
rebuilt, grounds graded, &c.,fog-b,eir removed toaposition nearer, thfc dwelling;
Boston Narrows, this sk'ticture, which had been;/run into by a vessel,and
materially damaged, lias been "repaired in iroil aiid wood work, new ladder and
tackle supplied; Cape Page, chimneys .rebliilt, shutters pro vi
cistern; res
paired, painting, &c.; Palmer's island, riew, laiitern provided and small repairs
made; Dumpling Rock, new lantern; provided, plak^brnis renewed,; &c.; West
Ghbpj iiew lantern supplied, &c:, new rairi gutter's'provided, tower, *&c., re-;,
pointed; Bird island, new lantern erected, sea-wall repaired, planking of; pier,
renewed. - Repairs at Wing's Neck light-house, including the erection of a new
lantern, are in progress. Ail of the .light stations in this district have been
thoroughly inspected, and each, except .Edgartown and. Clark's Point, is now
fitted with a suitable lantern of approvisd coristriictjlo'n.,, The illuminating,!apparat'us has been thoroughly overhauled and repaired. . ' / ;'
, "..
• Repairs are yet required at Cuttyhurik,.Cape Ariri,. and Gay Head light
stations, which ^Vill receive du;e;atteiitibn during "the next season. , ,
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- T h e several Hght-ve'ssels of this district have been, continued on their sta,tions
almost without inteiTuptipn*duririg .tlie'year—ra faci in itself most/gratifying,?
and demonstrating,, moreover, ihe adva,ntage' diie; to, rigid inspection by/the!
board, and responsibility attaching tb keepers wfo Tail,to.comply strictly.with,,
the regulations.' The buoyage;*and beacbnage;is jn an.(effective condition, and
sieemS to meet evOry reqmr^merit'of cbmiherce. / / ; / //\ /
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-The large quantities 'of oil andtbtheiVsupplies fpr^^t^^ entire establishment are/
nib stly provided in or distributed frprn ;this distinct, .\yhich duty/involving muQ^^
attention and carefulness, has beeii: proiiiptlya^ satisfactorily performed.,, •-'The duties of the third light-hbuse district, which embraces the coasts fromGooseberry Point, Massachusetts, to Squam inlet, New Jersey, including Lake
Champlain and Hudson river, have been carefully performed, and the various,,
and highly important aids to havigation/within'its limits are in a condition of'
great usefulness:'• They- have been brought under frequent and searching/
scrutiny, and the good effects are seen in their increased efficiency.
The-dwellings for light-keepers at Navesiiik have been, completed, and .the:
new station and structiires present a highly opiate and substantial appearance.
The board has heard no complaints on the pairt,of mariners,of the confounding.,
of these two fixed lights with those on;Sandy,Hook light-vessel, as was a,ppre
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bended The change of light at this station is.bellcyed,.therefore, to have, been
.followed with none "but useful results.
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The light-house tower at Sandy Hook and, the /Vyest beacon at,that place
bave "been thoroughly renovated, a new^ boat-house, built,-&c- ,..
. ;:/
The light-house at Princess bay was found to.be in such ;a; condition as to
inake its reconstruction a matter bf necessity, admitting of no delay.. The work
of' rebuilding it is how in progress and will be pu;shed forward to.early completion, a temporary, frame, to secure the exhibition of thejight during the work
having been erected. Measures have been laken,to insure the protection of:the
|site from the erosive a-ction of the water by the,constmctionpfVcrib-work piers-.
•• 'important repairs have been made to the light, stations,at,Robin's Reef and
^Salid!s'Point, iiew lanterns haying been provided fpr .both..
, , ,.
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'':; The artillery practice, at I^ort Tompkins having seriously, damaged the lanterii
glass/of the light-house at that place, refitting w^as fpuiid to be necessary. ,. • ' 'Repairs more or' less extensive have been made at'the following light stations;;
Bergih Point, Passaic, Point Corhfort, Waackaack,.Corio,ver, Stony Point,/Four
Mile Point, Sauge^rties, Stuyvesant, Coxsackie, North . Dumpling, Morganfs
Point, and Plum island.
*' New dwellings for lieepeii
•
island light-house stations:
^ '•[ A n,ew wooden' spindle, sufais^59^^d==4^
, erected at Soiitht
west Ledge to replace'one carried away by i c p r . , ,. -; , ^
'-^ _ ..
(/; The spindles at Cow island and Coeyman's b,ar!wei:e both /destroyed by the
ice last winter, but .have been replaced during, the year ^
; .r.,
The beacon at Race rock having been throw^n dpwn, steps have been taken
for its re-establishhient, and no time will be .lost in completing the ^^ork. ,
• The light-vessel at Bartlett's reef halving; been found jn an unsafe condition,
was removed from the station for repairs, which a,careful examination found
ifidispensable. These repairs were extensive and involved much expense, but
the work was faithfully dp ne, and the vessel, substantially ne\v, is again on her
'station.-
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" T h e other light-vessels i n t h e district have; rec^ved careful attention and
have been kept constantly on their stations.,
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.' The vessels now marking. Strafford shoals and pel. Grass shoal are old, and^
need such extensive repairs that it has been fleemed,,a?dvisable to submit a special estimate of apprbpriatioh required in each case.-: .The,general appropriation,
for this branch would probably prove insufficientvtp carry so heavy an expense.
^ The buoyage of the district is in a most satisfactpry condition. The buoys
*
have been kept under watch'as far as possible, and wlien.through, casualty any
liave been lost, lliey have been promptly recpyered, and replaced. The; loss.of
niaterial has, during thepast season, been rather.less than usual.
"Pending the construction of a beacon for.Raqe-Rock, a, first-class iron buoy,
has been placed to mark that danger. This bupy thus-far unswers the.^d^
of commerce, but it may be expected that" at that/exposed point the drifting, ice• will,, during the coming winteisd.rag it fi'omits.^s^^^^
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The bell buoy which formerly marked Shagwpng,reef has been renovated
aild prepared fbr service!
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^•' The condition of the various aids to navigation!/tln;oughout this district is/
generally efficient, but there still remains much work of renovation to,be done,;
to'meet the larger expense of Avhich special estimates of appropriation will be
submitted: "
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The fourth district embraces the coasts from/Squam inlet. New Jersey, to
Metomkin inlet, Virginia, including Delaware bay knd tributaries.
: •The aids to navigation within its limits have been maintained in an efficient
condition and^vith but;few unusual casualties pr expenses..'. \:^.- • . •
Repairs have been made aiBarnegat, Abseciim, Cape May, Fort Pier, Chris
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tiaiiai Reedy Island, Bombay Btook, Delaware breakwater, and O^pe Henlopen
light-^tations.^•••'••:' "''"- '-•'•'" •''/'•.•, •'"'•' • •''
•'.-•'-••'•• ^
. At Cape Henlopen a new/dwelling for/tlic keepers has been completed in'a
pOsitioncalculated to avoid the course of the large moving sand hill at that placp.
/'The sites of/the light-houses at Cohansey and Egg island having been foiind
to require considerable protection, the amounts necessary to complete the works'
have been asked foi'in a spiecialestirnate. '
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"•The Five-Fathbm< Bank and Cross .Ledge light^ve'ssels have undergone'ex^
tensive repairs, found to be necessary, and /are now in gobd condition.
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V * The buoyage of the district has received careful attention, and is in a- state^'of
efficiency.
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...' In the fifth light-house district, embracing the cbasts- from Metomkin iiilet;
Virginia',, to New' River inlet,' North Carolina, including Chesapeake bay and
tributaries, Albemarle and Pamplico sounds, circurnstances have • hbt permitted
.the board'to make inany; improvements beyond those mentioned in the last
ahnualrepbrt. -'•:••' ••,-•• . •"
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?' T h e new illuminating apparaitus ordei-ed for Cape Hatteras main light,,cbm^
billing the latest and highest imjirbvementsv has been placed in its position; andt^arioiis repairs to this station have been^ cbinpleted during the year.
''•
.:• The light-houses at Roanoke marshes, northwest point of Royal Shoa:!, Crba^
tan, Cape Lookout, and Ocracoke have, been refitted and the lights- re-exhibited;
,.' The light-house at Wade's Point was ••also re'-established, but- early iii'May
lastit was visited by a-guerilla. force from.the main land and again destroyed.' -;
,'/: A new light-house ha:s been established at the mouth of Neuse river, showing
a. fixed light of the 5th. order, and a 500-pound bell, to guide mariners duriii^,
foggy/weather, has been provided'ahd put in\^^^^^
"
,; The' light-vessel stations at Long, shoal and. Bra:nt• Island shoal have -'been
marked. by suitable vessels and ajiparatus, and' arO now iii effective operatibn.
The:vessel markiiig- the' latter station being old and'defeGtive,'measures are in
progress, for the'^ erection-at thitt site; of' a.'screw-pilc- structure, and it is"/cbiifidently expected that in the course of the coming winter'4he new light wilT be
completed.
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The light-houses at Craney-lsland shoal. Back river, and Cape Henry'have
been repaired, renovated, and refitted, and are now in operation,-the' important light at Cape Henry being proteeted from the- enemy by a military/guard
detailed by the general commanding at Fortress Monroe.
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./.r./Upbn. the;exhibition of Cape Henry'light-hotise; the liglit-vessel placed at the
tail of the- horsbshoe to 'facilitate •entraric'e^ into Chesapeake bay, during the ex^
tinction of that light-house, 'being no •longer-'necessary, was discohtinite'd" and
^removed.'/' ^^ .^^-'•'•;;•• : '•• '.:"^ - -•• •.•••'•':' \;''''' ; i'W^''''
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. A new fog-bell,''frame, and machiiiery has been placed at Old Point Cbinfort
light-house, and extensive genera:! repairs made at/that station:
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I - /Important .•repairs have also: been made at W'^aitt's Island, F^og' Point, Poiiit
Lobkoat, Piney Point, Blaeki^ton's Island, Bodkin Poiritj Fishing Batteiy, -ahd
Lazaretto Point light-stations. - - • . •>'v:''' '
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;'?,.;; Itliaving been deemed necessaTy to "establish a depot in this districts for light;^
house property and supplies, the old' wharf'at-Lazaretto Point, whioh had been
fof>m€ny ye^rs unfit for.service,/vvas reconstructed,.and the;large warehouse at
ithat.^ipoint •:bplonging' to 'the Treasury Department hating been placed at/the
disposal of the board, was repaired and refitted, and will now afford to the op';erations, of .the light-house' establishmeiltthe' greatest facilities.
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^/{A fog-bell^ to be rung, by machinery; authorized at the last session of !Gbh^
gressr.for, Sandy Point,'Chesapeake bay," Maryland; has been completed-aiid
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The light-vessels in this district have received careful attention^and with bii^
one or two exceptions have .remained securely at their stations. The-light
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vessel built under contract for Frying Pan shoals, off Cape Fear, North Carolina, has been sent to her station, but the lights have not been exhibited-iii
, compliance with the wishes of the,naval authorities. ; .;
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, The .buoyage has likewise been cared for, and is in a condition, of great uset
fulness. Beaufort bar and Hatteras bar. North Carolina, have been systematically and properly re-buoyed,
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In the sixth light-house district, embracing the coasts from New River inlet]
/North Carolina, to Cape Canaveral light-house, Florida, inclusive, the same
• reason which called for a brid* summary of operations in the last annual-report
still exists, i. e., the slow recovery of the territory .by the IJnited States military
forces.
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• Congress, at its last session, having made an appropriation for the establishment of range lights to' facilitate; the entrance Into ]Port/Royal harbor, early
measures were adopted to secure the designed end;. The necessary preliminary
e-xaminations were made, the plans and estimates of the engineer approved,' aiid
the construction of the buildings completed at Portland, Maine. When .ready
they were sent out to Port-Royal and put up. - These ranges consist of two lights
on Hiltoh Head island, one light pn Bay Point, and a ji.ght:vessel anchored Ori
Fishing Rip. Through the courtesy of the general commanding the United
States forces at Port Royal, the necessary details of soldiers Averemade to assist
in-.ppening a vista;through,the woods for,the inner range on Hilton Head, and
by; tiie kindness of the admiral cominanding the' South Atlantic Gulf ^ squadron,
a suitable vessel for Fishing Rip was placed-at the disposal of the board. These
lights have been completed and lighted, to the. great be.hefit of the increasing
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Early in the year a competent engineer was sent to this district to make,/as
far,as possible, a detailed examination into the condition of the light-hoiifebs,
&c., on this.coast, and.the damage done by the,enemy thereto. He performed
the duty, confided to him with marked promptitude and :ability, and; his report
conveys the intelligence that the follpwing named lights have been naore. or less
completely destroyed: .:•• . / ; . ' , ^,/ / .:.; : .^ : . .
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. H e reported the almost^ total diestruction Or removal-of the buoys b y t h e
enemy, and a large number of suitable sizes' and .kinds, with the necessary/acr
cessories, was promptly forwarded from' the^ bUoy depots of the north. Upon
their arrivalat Port Royal they were, .as far as required, placed in position
under the direction of the officerSof the Coast Survey on duty; on that station.
In addition to the light-vessel for Fishing Rip, placed at the service of the
jbpard, the kindness-.of Admiral; DuPont .secured-the services of a small
schooner, a prize to the naval forces, as, a; tender for ithe district.' She has been
officered, manned, and placed in commission, and liasproyed of the greatest^posr
sible assistance in the performance of various • works in the district, such as
buoyage, transporting majterials, supplie.s,/^&c., ./^,: ^
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^ The seventh/ light-house district embraces the^coast;of Florida from 'St;' Aiu
gustine -to Egmont key. ThQ lights in this district have been maintained iu
useful operation;
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Cape Florida light has not been re-exhibited. The necessary materials for
its repair, and a suitiible illuirtinating apparatiie to replace the one destroyed by
the enemy, have been piovidedand stored at -Key .West, so that the work may
be prosecuted to early completion whenever it may be found safe and pi*udent
to do so.
The eighth and ninth light-ho1isc districts have received the especial atten
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tion of the board, and in view of the inany seriOus difficulties to be overcome in
the. re-establishmcnt of the various aids to navigation, it has reason to congratulate itself, upon having-accomplished so much.
• .The important light, at Pensacola has been repaired and re-exhibited, showning, temporarily a fourth order, instead of the first order lens, which is allotted
to that station, and, the placing of which is not deemed advisable until the occupancy of a greater jDortion of the surrounding country by the United States
forces.shall have placed the station beyond'risk of damage and'spoliation.
. Extensive repairs to the light-house at Ship island/(whose re-establishmcnt
was stated in the last annuar report) have been made, find further needfnl renovations .are in progress. .\,. - . . :..^
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The screw-pila structure at Merrill's Shell Bank was foiind in measurably
good condition. A-new illuminating apparatus was provided, the necessary
i-epairs made, and the light re-exhibited.
Pleasanton's island light-house has been repaired, refitted temporarily, and
the light exhibited.
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West Rigolets light-house has been repaired temporarily, arid the light re-'
established.-.; " • ;- j.v;.' :.: ; :'"
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The light-houses at Port Pontchartrain, Bayou St. John, and IJew Canal have,
been,refitted and the lights put into operation.
Pass a rOutre light-house.lias been thoroughly repaired,- a new keeper's
dwelling erected, and the light exhibited.
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The old. light-house at the head of the Passes was burned at the commence-'
ment of the rebellion. A new sti-ucture has been erected, and the light shown.
South, Pass and South west Pass-lights have been renbvated, extensive repairs ^
being made to the latter, and the lights re-exhibited.
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The buoyage of the district/has .been AveU cared foi^as far as practicable, ^
and a. large. Ipt of buoys is now:On.the. way from the iiortlr, to further assist in re-es.tablisliing the admirable system which was in operation at the.beginning ^
of the war,
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The tenth light-house district embraces all lights on Lakes Erie and Ontario*^
and rivers.St. Lawrence and Niagara. The varibus aids.to navigation are generally in good condition, but few. extensive repairs being required.
During the past year,, important needful renovations have been made to the
'light stations at Green island, Genesee, Gal loo island, and Huron.
Congress, at its last session, having made an appropriation for range lights
for Maumeebay, Ohio, i h e necessary: steps for prosecuting the work, have been ^
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The bupyage of the district has received due consideration, and'the numer-'/
ous buoys have been maintained nearly constantly in their, positions.
The eleventh district embraces Lakes'St. Clair; Huroii, •Michigan, and Supe-'^^
,rior, Green Bay and tributaries. ..Several ittiportaUt works in this district, the \
'Commencement di, which, w^as reported last year, have been completed., Rasp- '
berry island, one of; the ApOstle group, Lake Superior, has been marked by a^ :
light,.and the new light-ho]ase at:Green Bay, Wisconsin, has been completed'
and lighted. _ •; -. •• •,.•''•' .\\^:v\ ;."v/-:' .• -v .• ;' ' ^.*:'' •
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The delivery of timberl'equired for the construction of the light-house pier^,-';
authorized by act,of Obngre'ss, for Racine and Milwaukie, has been so tardy on'''
the part of the contractors^ that but little'progress has, been made .towards the
. completion of these highly.important.wbrks. Various ;causes have been alleged "
for this failure, clrief amongfwhich" is the scarcity of labor, &c.
Measures have been takeiifto efiect certain extensive and needed renovations ^
at Beaver island, Ports du Morts, Skilligalee Detour, Whitefish Point,'Manitou
and Cliicagp liglitliouses, which, when finally completed, will add much to the
•efficiency of these aids to navigation.
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this structure is threatened with destruction frbm the action of the lake, during
storms, upon the crib-work foundation upon which it is built: The expeiise
necessary to obviate the ^evil by building a new breakwater, &c., is so heavy
that the limited, appropriation under the headof "repairs,-&c.,j)f light-houses,"
was found to be totally unable to defray it. A\special item to meet this object '
is, therefore, inserted in the .estimates of apprbpriations to be submitted to Congress., . , • . , . . , • • • , . - • • • . ^
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' At "its last session. Congress made an appropriation for repairs of the pier,
and beacon light at I^enosha, Wisconsin. - The engineer has been directed-to
push forward the work to early completion, and/it;is now in progress:
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The tender heretofore in service in this district having, through age and
usage, become unseryic,eable^ a new vessel has been provided and properly fitted,:.The buoyage of .ithe. district has been, well attended to, and a rock reef off"
,Racine, Wisconsin, has been suitably marked. •'- .
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In the twelfth light-house district, eomprisihg the entire Pacific coast bf "the^
United States, but little has been done beyond the maintenance in an efficientcondition of the existing, aids to/navigation..:. ' ' '
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' "At the last session of Congress an appropriation was made for the establish-'
ment of a light at Ediz.Hook, False .Dungenness bay. Straits • of -Fuca,. Wash- ^
ington Territory. The land for tlie..site-having previously been secured by^"
reservation, the engineer, was instructed to take steps, for the early exhibition
of a suitable light—a temporary light having been: established on the point and.
maintained by private enterprise. I t is hoped that the periuanent light will be
in. operation early in the-next spring.,,- ' .
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/ The'progress of the fortification .works at Fort Point, entrance to San Fran- ,
cisco bay, having rendered the retn oval of the light-house and fog-signal at that'
point inperatiyely necessary, steps have been taken to remove the light to a
position over the stair\Yay of the forty and the. fog-signal to a point outside the '
work .hear the two-gun battery.. -The.;Work is now in progress, and the new tOwer, together with suitable quarters for the keepers, will, it is hoped, soon be -'
completed.
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'Considerable difficulty has been experienced and expense incurred in the •
district, by reason pf the fact that gold.and :silver is the only currenc)*- of t h a t '
coast, aild payments, in the legal currency of .the> government are subjected to
heavy depreciation. .The cost of the establishment on this coast has, in consequence, been materially, increased.
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Congress, at its last session, made an appropriation of, -$50,OOO for the purcliase of a lot and the erection of suitable buildings thereon for the light-house
establishnient in New .York city or vicinity, r Immediately upon the passage
of this law, energetic, steps were; taken to . secure an eligible site for this'depot, •
and a number of lots were examined with/a-view, to a selection. None suitable,
"were found;, hpwpver, .which could be procured within the sum available. At '
this jiiiicture the/,Hon.'Secretary of the Treasu^^^^
to place at the dis- /
pbsa.f of the board ,a pprtion of .the:,lc)t belonging'to the departrnent on" Staten
island, near Castletpn, N. X, 1 ^ ^
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is highly eligible in maiiy respects, of
suitable extent, accessible, and with a good water fi-ont. To render it available '
for the, purposes required, co^nsiderablegra.ding /and filling and the constriiction
of;laiiding piers is .necessary. ;The sum of;$32,000 of the •appropriation has '
therefore been appliod to the iinproYement of the lot,, reserving $18,000 for the
construction of suitable buildings/ on, -that part allotted to the board. ' P l a n s ;
and estiniates for these buildingshave been under consideration, and the' Avork '
of, erection only, awaits ^,the ^ ppiistruction of |Drbperlacilities for landing materials,'^c;'^; ,'.^/-- •,;,.,-,,::/ ,•;.•,'••/ '.'.•. \: ;/-'/•'',^^: .•-•'/ ' • •
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• In August last the light-hpuse at Cape Charles was visited' by a party of
giierillas, who completely destroyed that light; carrying away such portable
articles, as they deemed valuable. The new tower authorized for that station
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had, at the breaking out of the rebellion, progressed in construction to a height
of S3 feet; the greater part of the materials to complete the tower to its proper ,
height (150 feet) being on the ground, stored, ready for future use. During
the.rebel occupancy of this part of the peninsula the articles which had been
thus stored were subjected to indiscriminate pilfering and spoliation, so that a
' new provision will have to be made. . It is the earnest desire of the board that
means may be provided "for the resumption of wOrk at this highly important
station as early as possible.
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Wade's Point lightliouse-was yisited in like manner, and the wooden supeiv
structure entirely burned. This light had been re:est.ablislied under the assurance that its continuance would be ^secured by military .protection, and,
having been destroyed, the ' boaid does not deem its ^reconstruction advisable
until it can be maintained beyond perad venture.
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Of the five light-vessels which were under construction by. contract at the
date of the last .annual report, two have been completed to the; satisfaction of
the board, and sent to the stations for which they were designed. The others,
after great delay on the part of the contractor, were finally finished in .July
last, were paid for, and turned over to the agent of the board to receive certain
necessary outfits. Whilst this work was in progress the vessels were,seized at
the wharf, in New Bedford, by the sheriff of that county, under a warrant to
secure claims for labor and materials on them, due and unpaid by the contractor,
and they are still in the possession of that bfficer.
This unusual ai?d unlooked-for event deprives the government of the services
of vessels to mark certain obstructions to navigation in the Potoniac river ; the
want of which is the source of a heavy expense to the governnient, for'the '
reason that the immense number of vessels chartered to ,ca.rry supplies, &c., for
this military department, are obliged, on .arriving at these obstructions toward
nightfall, to come to anchor until the next day.
The case is before the supreme court of Massachusetts, by whom a decision,
it is expected, will be rnade in a few days.
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A contract has been entered into, on terms highly advantageous to the government, for the construction of a large number of iron buoys of the several
classes and sizes, for use in the waters south of the capes of the Delaware, and
another contract for similar.buoys of wood, forseryiceinnorthern waters, where
the absence pf the * Teredo navalis " renders their use admissible. These buoys
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are in course of. manufacture, and when completed will go far to replace the
vast number of these aids to navigation destroyed or removed by the..enemy at
the beginning of the war.
, Under authority.of the department a contract has been lentered into .whereby
the government derives a valuable consideration for allowing an •.exca^^atipn to
be made fbr iron ore known to exist on the light-house grounds at I^.azar^.tto
Point, near Baltimore, Md. The preliminary excavations have been made, and
it is supposed thatthe ore will be reached in. large quantities in the course of a
few .weeks. . In drawing the contract a provision has been inserted to .secure
the light-house grounds from any injury in consequence of the .excavation.
Through the kindness of the Navy Department the board has had the advajntage
of the services of officers of the navy of high rank/as, inspectors in the-2.d,; 3d,
4th, 5th, 10th, 11th, and 12th districts;,and it is with great pleasure, that it
acknowledges the benefit derived to the public service from.: the experience,
ability, and zeal which those officers have brought to the discharge of; their
duties. It is hoped that it may cpmport with .the, arrangements of-the/Nayy
Department to" continue this kindness, a;nd to extend it_so that.^all the districts
may be so supplied.
The .act of Congress approved August 31,1852, assigns this duty to * officers
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of the ..army .or navy," and at the first arrangement of the district-they/were
€!<jually divided between the two branches pf the service, and the able assistance
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received from officers of the array, so long as they could be obtained, is gratefu ly acknowledged ; but the demand for them to fill more appropriate and, no
doubt, more congenial duties soon deprived the board of them, and five districts
are now, and have been for some time past, without inspectors.
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The same act of Congress further provides for a detail of officers of the engineer corps "to prepare plans, drawings, specifications, and estimates of cost of
aU illuminating and other apparatus, and for construction and repair of towers,
buildings, &c., connected with the light-house, establishment;" and further pro. vides ''that all works of construction, renovation, and repair shall be made by
order of the board, under the immediate attendance of their engineer secretary,
or of such engineer of the army as may. be detailed fOr that purpose."
Experience has taught that the engineer secretary of the board cannot give
''immediate attendance" to the construction, renovation, and repair of works
without leaving important office duties unperformed, and that the board cannot hope to obtain from the engineer corps a sufficient number of bfficers to give
both inspectors to districts and ssuperintendents of constructions, renovations, and
repairs. I t is difficult to obtain them even for the latter purpose, fbr which
they are most needed.
.It is for the above reasons proposed that the inspections of all the districts
(twelve in number) be given to navy officers, and the superintending of building, renovation, and repairs to officers of engineers of the army.
^, The light-house service suffered a severe loss in the, death, on October. 15 last,
of Commodore William L. Hudson, inspector of the 3d district. This lamented
bfficer had recently entered oh his duties, but had already given assurance, by
cheerful, zealous, and efficient action, that the high reputation which he had
acquired iri various other important statioiis would be enhanced in this new
sphere of usefulness.
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There being several specific appropriations fbr light-house purposes on hand
in the treasury, Avhich have not been used, for want of sufficient information as
to the localities, and the attention of the board having been drawn to the
increased and increasing corrirnerce on the upper lakes, and the consequent ball
for further aids to navigation on these important inland seas, a committee of two
members of the board was detailed, with directions to visit certain localities ori
the. seaboard and On the upper lakes Avith a view to the judicious exlpenditure
of appropriations on hand and the obtaining of siich information as will enable
the board to ask understandingl}? for sUch additioriar ispecific appropriations as
the daily increasing and important commeixe of the northwest calls for. l^he
report of this committee, which accompanies this, is respectfully submitted for
consideration. It will be fpllowed by further information from the same sOurce,
which will be duly laid before, the department^
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The board have froiri the first made it an object of primary impbrtance to
rpnder the system of lighting the coast of the United States as perfect as possible, and their eflbrts in respect to this object "have been crowned with more
success than could have been reasonably expected from the great extent Of bur
seaboard and the difficulties connected with many of the points to be illuminated. They have successfully introduced the lenticular apparatus at all the
stations, and have thus added greatly to the efficiency;and economy of the lights.
No £ea-coast in the world can be compared in extent'with that of the United
States,,and but few can now compete with it in the character of its lights.
While this is manifest to the mariner, the reduction of the cost of maintenance
of lighting has not been equally evident to the casual observer, since the average
annual appropriation lias not been diminished. But this has been caused by
the large number of new stations which have been established, and the constantly advancing price of sperm oil, the principal material of the illumination.
,The price of this oil, which iri 1852 was $1 30 per gallon, had increased up to
the time of the last purchase to $2 43^ per gallon. The continued advance
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in the cost of this material has been an object of constant solicitude to the board,
and they have anxiously endeavored to avail themselves of any discovery or
improvement whicli might offer a substitute for so expensive a .combustible.
With this view, a few years ago they imported from Europe a quantity of rape
seed, which they distributed gratuitously through the Patent Office, and from
which colza oil is now being cultivated in several of the western States. .
During the present year 6,000 gallons of this oil have been purchased for
light-house use, principally on the western lakes.
It appears from photometrical measurements, made in Europe, that the light
from colza is about 5?} per cent, superior in intensity to that derived from sperm
oii, while the quantity consumed is about I j per cent, greater. Its practical
value for the production of light is, therefore, about the same as that of sperm
oil, while its cost is nearly one-half less. Were a sufficient quantity of this
oil produced in the country, a great saving of expense would result from its
general introduction; but this is not the case, and the board some time since
directed experiments to be made, relative to the introduction of lard and petroleum oil; they were, however, unsuccessful. The lard oil did not stand the
usual adopted test of congelation and burning in the ordinary trial lamp; and
the petroleum, when first brought to market, was too volatile and combustible
to be safely employed for light-house purposes. Inuring the past year a new
series of investigations have been made relative to the last-meritioned oils, by
the committee on experiments, in person; from this it is expected, with considerable confidence, that lard oil may be economically substituted for spermaceti
oil, in light-houses of all denominations; its photometrical power is slightly
greater than that of sperm oil, while the quantity consumed is but little increased. It is true that it congeals with less degree of cold, and bn this account, at first sight, niight appear not to be as well adapted to our northern
coast in winter, but the committee have found that during its combustipn it
evolves a greater amoi!irit of heat, both of radiation and of conduction, than an
equal quantity of sperm oil, and may, therefore, apparently be miade to retain its
fluidity at a lower temperature.
After an elaborate series of experiments on the relative qualities of this oil,
and the means of testing its purity, and after having studied its JDeculiarities
while burning in lamps of all the different orders now used on the coast, the
committee have put it to the test of actual use in a light-house of the first
order, and thus far the experiments, which are still confinued, have been entirely^
satisfactory.
The committee, however, do not as yet venture to pronounce "with absolute
certainty as to its general introduction, since this will depend on the amount of
supply of the oil of a suitable quality, and, perhaps, on other contingencies
not now apparent; they are, however, confident that through its.means an important reduction can be made in the cost of the materials of illumination.
A series of experiments have also been made with kerosene oil, a niaterial
which they have found of much, more difficult management than lard bil, bat
which, they think, may be introduced into the lower order of lamps, provided
some changes are made in the parts of the apparatus at which the combustion
takes place. All changes in the system or materials of lighting are, however,
required to be made with great caution, since they involve the seribus responsibility of the risk of life and property.
The board avails itself of this occasion to acknowledge valuable "assistance
received from the. War and Navy Departments and the Coast Survey.
I am, very respectfully,
W. B. SHUBRICK,
Rear-Admiral, Chairman Light-house Board,
Hon.
S. P . CHASE,
Secretary of the Treasury
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Treasury Department, October 25, 1863..
The committee to which was assigned the duty of visiting certain places on
•the northern and western lakes, and in New England, for the purpose of determining the necessity for certain lights and buildings in those places, has the
honor to submit the following report.
The committee turned its first attention to the lights on the lakes, regarding
them as the least accessible, particularly on account of the lateness of the sc.isoii;
and it will confine itself, at present, to communicating to the board the information concerning these lights, specially required by the letter of instructions of
the chairman, of August 20, taking them up in the order in which they are mentioned in that letter.
I. Mission point, or the north point of the peninsula dividing the two arms
of Grand Traverse bay.
The committee recommends the adoption of this light. It appears from the
notes of Colonel Graham, furnished to this committee, that there is an extensive
trade in the two arms of this bay, the coasts and back country of which are
quite thickly settled. At the heads of both these arms there are excellent
harbors and good anchorage, and vessels should be aided in reaching them.
At their very heads at least three fathoms of water are found, and below from
four to twenty fathoms.
The trade in both now consists of lumber, amounting to about eighteen millions- of feet, of 10,000 cords of wood, of §100,000 worth of furs, and S50,000
worth of agricultural products, per annum, altogether about $378,000 per annum.
Traverse City, situated at the head of the west arm, is the terminus of an extensive railroad, which will :probably be completed within two years. The land is
private, and it is understood that it can be obtained on reasonable terms.
I I . A light-house on Bertraw bay.
This site was examined to settle this question, in August, 1861, by Captain,
now General Meade, the superintendent of the lake surveys.
From this examination it appears that Bertraw bay is merely an indentation
in the land on the west shore of Green bay, about four and a half miles from
Menomonee river.
Light-houses are required either for local or for general purposes.
There is no object of a local character in the proposed light-house, since the
position is without trade, manufacturers or .inhabitants, and for general purposes
.the question has already been^ settled by the erection of a light on Green island,
opposite to Bertraw bay. This light is-nearly if not quite completed; and if
not lit now, will be very soon.
I I I . One or two -beacon-lights at the entrance of Grand Traverse bay and
harbor.
There is, at present, a light on the northern extremity of Grand island, which
is simply a coast light, and suited to serve the general purpose of navigating the
southerii shore of the lake.
The question before us now is, whether lights shall be established for local
purposes, and especially for the purpose of bringing the harbor of refuge at the
bottom of the bay into convenient use. It will be very easy to satisfy the board
-that not only one but three lights should be erected in this vicinity.
There are two harbors at the bottom of the bay, well sheltered and affording:
.good anchorage for vessels of all size. One of them is on-.the south side of
-Grand island, and the other is opposite, on the main land.
There are fine entrances both oh the east and west side, but both of these.
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entrances must be lighted to make them secure; and the lights on the west entrance should be so placed as to afford a range both by day and iiight.
"From the southwest end of Grand island a plateau of shoal ground makes
out, which is dangerous to vessels turning into the bay; and on the east enti'ance
there is a similar shoal making out from the niaiii land just to the southward of
the Pictured Rocks. To avoid these dangers, two range-lights on the west side
may be advantageously placed on Williams's island, where they will serve the
double purpose of guarding the seamen on entering the bay, and afterwards inclearing the shoal ground above mentioned.
' At the east entrance a light might be placed, either on the extremity of Sand
Point shoal, (in which case it would be a screw pile,) or on a rocky point of the
island opposite. In both of these situation it would not only afford sufficient
direction for entering the bay and clearing Sand Point shoal, but it would also
show at the lower part of the west entrance, and keep the seamen clear of the
shoal ground south of Grand island.
The statement by which the committee expects to satisfy the board of the
expediency of these lights is this: that there is no other harbor of refuge on
this bare, rocky, and inhospitable coast from White Fish point to Copper harbor,
a distance of about one hundred and fifty miles direct, and one hundred and
eighty miles by the coast, with the exception of Marquette, which harbor enjoys
a natural protection from northwest and north storms only, and is open to norths
east storms. To this is to be added, that this reach of coast between White Fish
point and Copper harbor is a lee shore to the worst storms of this tempestuous
clirnate, througout the greater part of its extent.
This statenient contains the urgent reasons for making both the entrances to
Grand Island bay safe and easy of access by range and other lights. It is, also,
a reason for putting a fog whistle, bell, or trumpet on White Fish point, of which
we may speak in another report.
It will be observed, by looking on the map, that the harbor at the bottom of
Keneewaw bay is good for all winds, but it is out of the way. It is proper,
however, to notice its connexion with the statement we have just made, and to
say that if a small light were placed at the entrance of the harbor of 1'Arise it
would convert it into a safe harbor of refuge in all Aveathers, at night as well as
by day. The light should be placed on the northwest point of the entrarice;
this is the turning point into the bay, and has, riioreover, a sand spit running
off' from it.
Williams's island, on the west side of Grand Island bay, on which the rangelights are to stand, is, as the committee learned at the land office at Marquette,
not sold; and the committee recommend that application be made for its reservation for light-house purposes.
The land on which the light is to stand, on the east side of the bay, would,
according to the representation of Mr. Barney, of the lake survey, be readily
given up b};^ its owner.
IV. Range-lights for Copper harbor.
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This is the finest harbor on this part of the coast. It possesses good water,
affords a perfect protection, and has , sufficient depth on the bar for all vessels
navigating the lakes, fifteen feet.
The entrance, which is on one end near the light, is narrow and, though
straight, very difficult, because bounded by dangerous reefs. In fact, it would
be impossible to enter the harbor in the clearest night without range-lights, and,
accordingly, they are maintained at private expense. There is a dry range
also. At this point is Fort Wilkins, now entirely deserted. The property,
.which is of much value, is rapidly going to ruin.
. The committee suggests the propriety of directing the attention of the War
Department to this subject.
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The accompanying sketch exhibits the several peculiarities of the harbor,
and the position of the public buildings at Fort Wilkins.
The importance of improving this, and'other harbors is evinced by the fact
that, just before the committee entered the lake, a vessel was compelled to run,
during a storm, one hundred and sixty miles before she could find protection.
The range-lights proposed by the committee, which will take the place of the
. private lights, will stand on the reservation which embraces Fort Wilkins and
its grounds and buildings.
The value of Copper harbor cannot possibly be over-estimated. It is not only
the finest in this part of the lake, but it is in itself a grand basin, destined to
become the seat of a rich trade.
The valuable mines in its vicinity haye already attracted a considerable population, and built up a town which is respectable in size and appearance, and its
future increase is as certain as the natural growth from infancy to maturity.
Indeed, it was one of the general, views, repeatedly forced upon the attention
of your committee, that it was necessary to make an effort of the mind to comprehend the remarkable progress of this region up to this time, and its certain
rate of growth hereafter.
Out of this view arose the conviction that the best service which the committee could render the board would be to show the necessity for a great exertion
to keep pace with the wants of this new community.
(V. Round Island light, river Ste. Marie, above the Sault.)
One of the inquiries confided to the committee related to the renewal of this
ligiit. Your committee does not know what reason was assigned for the discontinuance bf this light, and finds it difficult to believe that this recommendation could have proceeded from any one acquainted with the ground and vesred
in the art of piloting.
The direct channel running north, from Round island to Point Iroquois, lies
between a long and broad sand spit to ^the eastward, and shoals and rocks to
the westward; it is, moreover, very narrow.
This light, taken, in combination with Point Iroquois light, insures the safe
navigation of the channel. If this channel be not used, it is necessary to
take a circuitous route around the bay.
It frequently happens, however, that for want of this light, vessels actually
wait until daylight, when they can have the light-house building for a guide
through this dangerous reach.
Such a detention, occurring in the track of a regular navigation, and falling
upon vessels carrying rich freights of copper, and exposed to the long nights
and inclemencies of a high latitude, is a serious distress, which, happily, the
board has it in its power to remove by its own action. The committee recommend that Round Island light be relighted.
(VL Port Clinton, Ohio.)
The removal of this light, which has also been discontinued; was one of the
^questions which the committee was requested to investigate. The committee
requested Colonel Graham to send one of his assistants to examine into this
question, and to report the result to the chairman. He has not yet been heard
from.
Port Clinton is an obscure town, off from the fixed line of travel. To have
gone to it would have occupied more of the committee^s time than it was thought
to be worth.
This is the last of the special cases consigned to the committee, but, having
•pursued the usual route of navigation from Detroit to Ontonagon, in the extreme northwest county of Michigan, on Lake Superior, the committee becam'e
acquainted with its wants, and were enabled to make some observations which
will be of interest to the board.
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a, A fog-bell, or trumpet, on White Fish Point has already been mentioned.
This is the turning point on entering the river Ste. Marie, and it affords a snug"
anchorage in bad weather-.
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b. A light of the lowest order on Granite island, a large rock, • or smallisland with trees on it, off Marquette, would be acceptable. This rock is. not
easily seen in bad weather, and it is right in the way.
c: K light of good size on one of the Huron islands would render valuable
service as a coast light.
There is no light visible after losing Marquette until Portage river light
heaves in sight. This light, however, is. shut off by Huron islands, and the
trend of the coast to one approaching it in this direction. The light is required
as a general guide in both directions ; for it is near this spot that the course
changes, whether going west to Portage lake, or east to Marquette.
d. A small light is wanted at the entrance to Portage river, on the end of
the pier.
The channel is not much wider than the largest steamers, and in order to
enter it in the night time it is necessary to lower a boat and send Out a lantern
to mark the entrance—a very inconvenient detention in bad weather.
This small light can be tended by the keeper of the main light,, the distance
between the two being a walk of fifteen minutes, It is only needed from the
opening of navigation to the first of December, at .the furthest. An increase of
salary of two hundred dollars would sufficiently* compensate the present keeper
for this additional duty.
e. There exists a similar necessity for range-lights in Eagle harbor as in
Copper harbor, similar in kind, but not in degree.
There is less water over the bar at Eagle harbor, where the depth is below
ten feet, and the bottom is rocky. But here, as at Copper harbor, a day range
was necessarily established by private individuals, and if two very small lights
were put up, of the character of bug lights, small vessels would profit by them.
The land belongs to the Eagle Harbor Company, which will gladly transfer the
small quantity necessary for this purpose, on account of the advantage which
the company would expect to derive from its use'in this way.
f Manitou light is admirably situated for the general navigation of the lake.
But the commerce and navigation of Lake Superior are very much influenced
by the configuration and Contents of the southern coast. From this there- extends into the lake a remarkable projection, called Keweenaw Point, which immediately attracts the attention on a glance at the map. It is in the form of an
immense horn, slightly curving to the "east, about eighty miles long, and abOiit
forty-five miles wide where it joins the main land. Along the whole length of
this projection there extends a belt of trap rock, in which is found the peculiar
riches of this district. This is in the masses of pure copper, of such magnitude that their bulk becomes the principal obstacle to their easy mining.
The points of entrance to the copper mines on the projection, which is the
location in which the metal is known to occur, are on the east and west sides,
and consequently there is a much greater amount of commerce from point td
point along the shore of the lake than formerly, and this change requires .additional lights, while those which now exist still retain their original importance.
The light which was intended to direct the mariner in his course from the head
of the lake, in rounding this great projection, is placed on the outer side of a
large island lying beyond the extremity of the point; and although this is still
of the same importance to the object for whicli it was originally thus placed, it
is of no value to the vessels which pass from points of interest on the west side
of the projection to those on the east, since the course of these vessels is between the island mentioned and the extreme point of the projection. An additional light is therefore called for on Keweenaw Point.
This report has reached so great a length that it will be better, perhaps,, to
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stop here, though there remain a great many more lights to be spoken of, mentioned ill our own notes, or those of Colonel Graham.
The new lights which we have here.recommended are in Lake Superior, anda few remarks upon the business of this lake will be appropriate.
This business consists of copper and iron mining, of trade in furs, fish and
lumber, the transportation of passengers in steam packets, and the trafficking
with a population which depends exclusively upon foreign supplies for everything which it consumes or uses, except wood, water and fish.
We have already spoken of the rich copper mines of the Keweenaw region.
At the opening of navigation in the spring of this year the value of the
copper which had accumulated during the winter at Portage lake amounted to
seven hundred tliousa.iid dollars.
The whole yield of all the American copper niines in the region bordering on
Lake Superior, during the preceding year, was estimated at ten thousand tons,
which, at five hundred dollars per ton, would be equal to five millions of dollars.
The comriiittee were informed that the yield this year would amount to seven
millions of dollars in value. ^
The exportation of iron will amount to.two hundred and fifty thousand tons,
whicli, at four dollars a ton, would be equal in value to one million of dollars.
Some of this iron is smelted on the spot, but a great deal of it is carried in
the ore to Detroit, and to all the cities along the southern shores of Lake Erie,
and even penetrates as far as> Pittsburg, where it is mixed in the furna*ce with
the native ores.
The v;.ilue of the fur trade of Lake Superior, for the present year, is believed
to-be fifty thousand dollars; that of the trade in lish, ten thousand dollars;
that of the lumber trade, one hundred thousand' dollars.
The packet steamers, running from the other lakes to Lake Superior, are
eleven in number; they carry, on an average, one hundred and twenty-five
passengers on a trip, and make fifteen trips a year, thus numbering about twenty
thousand pass,engers during the year. In addition to this, they always carry
valuable freights, particularly of provisions, furniture, and such articles as come
under the head of family supplies.
The whole number of vessels of all descriptions trading on Lake Superior,
and engaged in the transportation of copper and iron as well as ordinary traffic,
amounts to sixty.
The precise significance of these figures will not, however, be perfectly understood, unless a single glance is taken at the population of these mineral
regions. The most populous portion is that bordering on Portage lake and river, •
where stand the two towns of Houghton and Hancock; the former of which is
a handsome as well as a flourishing village,-and has a hotel that would do no
discredit to any country town in the Atlantic States.
There is now in the two toAvns and in the adjacent mines a population of
seven thousand people, and yet the first tree was cut in Houghton five, and in
Hancock three years ago.
The whole population of the country which the committe'e visited is about .
thirty thousand; and yet the canal around the Sault was opened, and the first
vessel from below passed into the lakes but eight years ago. But it must be
remembered that this is the part of the shore of the lake which has.been first
settled, and these are the mines which have been first worked.
The mines of Minnesota and the resources of Wisconsin are still undeveloped.
And, finally, no railroads have connected the northern and southern shores of
the great peninsula of Michigan, or united the borders of Lake Superior with
the valley of the Mississippi.
What your committee has here said upon the present condition and future
prosperity of Lake Superior must be regarded as the merest sketch.
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It intends to submit a second report, in which will be found valuable information obtained from Colonel Graham, showing the immediate'want of twelve or
more additional light-houses in the northern lal^es, and also the remainder of its
own notes, which relate chiefly to additional facilities for navigation in the river
Ste. Marie, and Lakes George and St. Clair.
This second report vslll also contain some general views with regard to the
commerce of the lakes taken together.
In conclusion, the committee moves-—
1. That measures be taken,^in conipliance with the rules of the board, to construct and fit up those light-houses mentioned in this report, for which appropriations already exist; and,
2. That appropriations be asked for those lightliouses not already provided
for by law.
All of which is respectfully submitted.
C.H.DAVIS,
Bear-Admiral TJ. S. N.
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J O S E P H HENRY,
Secretary Sviitlisonian Institute, -
U N I T E D STATES COAST. SURVEY STATION,
Near Bridgeport, Connecticut, October 31, 1863.
SIR J In accordance with the law and regulations for the Coast Survey, I have
the honor to submit my estimates for the fiscal year lS64-'65, and to request thai,
if approved, they may be inserted in your estimates of appropriations. The
estimates are accompanied by a brief statement of progress during the year, and
are adapted, as those of last year, to the plan of working approved by you, by
which all the aid possible is rendered by our organization to the operations of
the army and navy; the regular surveying work being also carried forward
wherever protection can be had for it, or Avhere no such protection is needed.'
The estimates for the present fiscal year, to which the apju'opriations corresponded, were much diminished from those of 1860-'61 and 1861-'62, being
$306,000 for all the branches of the service on the Atlantic, Gulf, and Pacific
coasts. The estimates now submitted agree with the sums appropriated last
year, and Avill enable us tO contmue the field and office work on the same reduced scale; to keep up the organization of our trained officers in field and office
operations ; to put into practical form, for the use of the departnients and officers
of the government, the information already collected ; to continue the office compilations, for use by the fleets, armies, and expeditions, and the publication of
such maps as general public interests may render desirable or expedient. The
opinions of distinguished officers, as to the'direct bearing and usefulness of the
work in the public service, will be given in full in my report for this year.
The services at Port Royal and at the mouths of the Mississippi, referred to in
my last report, have been followed up this year in the military department of
North Carolina; on the coast of South Carolina and Georgia, particularly near
Charleston, and at Tybee and Wassaw; in Louisiana, west of the Mississippi;
and in the Mississippi and Yazoo rivers, during the sieges of Vicksburg and
Port Hudson. In the first-named department, besides the triangulation of the
Neuse river by Assistant Fairfield, reconnaissance maps were made by Assistarit West and Sub-Assistant Rockwell, while the enemy threatened Newbern
and Little Washington. Charleston bar was surveyed by night and lighted and
buoyed by Assistant Boutelle with the steamer Bibb, just previous to the naval
attack of April last. Port Royal bar was resurvey ed by his party, and the
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buoys needed there and at other entrances on the coast of South Carolina and
Georgia were set, and have been properly marked on the charts wliich are supplied from the office for the blockading squadron.. A hydrographic reconnaissance was made by the Bibb, in December, of the channel into Winyali bay,
under the orders of Admiral.'DuPont. In returning from duty at the same
station in February, the Bibb took in toAv one of the steam transports of General
Foster which had burst her boilers Avitliin twenty miles of the hostile shore, and
delivered the vessel at Hilton Head. Mr. Boutelle also accompanied the engineer of the Light-house Board for determining the aids to navigation needed for
the naval service between Port Royal and St. John's river, Florida.
Assistant Edwards, in this section, sounded out two important branches of the
island passage between St. Helena and Port Royal sounds; examined the channels into Tybee roads; and pushed the hydrography of Wassaw sound, for which
shoreline was furnished by a party under Sub-Assistant Dennis. Mr. Talcott,
of the topographical party, narrowly escaped capture while working on Little
Tybee island.
Six parties were actively and constantly engaged during an average period
of about six months of the present surveying year'on the coast of North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia, and their labors are warmly commended in
communications to me from Major General Foster and Admiral DuPont.
At the request of the tax commissioners of Florida, one of the most active of
the Coast Survey topographers was assigned to serve under their orders at Fernandina and St. Augustine. His services during the ensuing winter were prospectively called for by the commissioner, but, under a pressing call received from
Chattanooga within a few days, he has been assigned to topographical duty for
the army of Major General Roseerans. Three others. Assistant West, SubAssistant Rockwell, and Mr. Donn, arb under orders for duty there, in compliance with the application.
Sub-Assistant Dorr, while in service with the tax commissioners, supervised
the erection of additional earthworks at Jacksonville, Florida, when that place
was reoccupied by the government forces in March last.
Under the protection afforded in the vicinity of Admiral Bailey's blockading
vessels, the hydrography outside of the Florida keys has been completed within,
the year by a party under Acting Assistant Cordell, with the steamer Vixen.
The same party sounded the main entrance and approach of Charlotte harbor.
Both these surveys are in continuation of previous work and fall into place with
the regular progress of the Coast Survey.
In connexion with the military and naval operations on the Mississippi river
and in Louisiana, three topographers have served with the army of Major
General Banks, (Assistant Oltmanns,. Sub-Assistant Hosmer, and Mr. Lyman,)
and two, Sub-Assistant Fendall and Mr. Stiausz, under the direction of Assistant Gerdes, with the fleet of Admiral Porter, and subsequently with the army >
of Major General Grant. A minute topographical survey of the west bank of
the Mississippi opposite to New Orleans for defensive purposes; reconnaissance
maps of the middle districts of Louisiana and of the Red river as far up as Alexandria; the topography of the approaches to Vicksburg while the siege was
in progress, and the survey of those of Port Hudson after the surrender of that
port, are part of the results of their labors.
The high terms of approval used by Admiral Porter in reviewing the arduous
duties and progress of the parties assigned to service with his fleet have induced
me to renew the surveying force on the Mississippi during the coming season.
Both of the topographers before assigned kept the field until entirely disabled
by sickness in the latter part of July, after the surrender of Vicksburg. Their
work had been repeatedly pushed forward m the presence of the enemy, as was
also that of the parties with the army of General Banks. Assistant Oltmanns,
ton reconnoissance duty before Port Hudson, had his horse killed by a rebel
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shot, and. previously, himself and Mr. Lyman, being on board of the gunboat
Kinsman, were in imminent peril when that vessel snagged and went down in
the Atchafalaya with a number of the soldiers on board. Mr. Oltmanns has continued in service in the milita.ry department of the Gulf during the entire year.
Mr. Hosmer, having closed surve3n'ng duty assigned at the north, has been reassigned to service with the army of General Banks. These and similar arrangements will be detailed in my report in December, as they are now^ making, together with the changes in disposition that may occur as the seasoii advances,
in the transfer of officers of the survey from the east and. north to the south-.
The operations just mentioned, and others that will be referred to, have been
executed by the civilians of the Coast Survey—all of the naval officers but one,
and all the army officers, having been detached from service with us.
As. during last year, the means' of usefulness, and not the opportunities, have
limited the range of our parties.
No losses of vessels or other property, excepting by ordinary wear, have been
encountered during the year. The two vessels seized at Charleston in the
winter of 1860-'61 have, how^ever, been destroyed—the schooner Petrel by a
broadside from the United States frigate St. Lawrence, and the tender Fire F l y
by fire at Savannah.
In the northern sections of the Atlantic cpast the regular work of triangulation has been carried on, reaching from Machias into Passamaquoddy bay, on •
the coast of Maine, under Sub-Assistant Webber; from Blue Hill bay towards
Mt. Desert, by Assistant Fairfield; and above the mouth of Penobscot river, by
Assistant McCorkle. For the connexion of primary bases, it has been continued by my own party on the coast of Connecticut; additional work to connect
with it has been done by Ass.istant Blunt, east of the Hudson; and the verification work, on the coast of New Jersey,-has been extended to, the vicinity of
Manasquam inlet, by'Assistant Farley.
- The detailed topography of Eastport harbor has been prosecuted by Sub-Assistant Dennis; that of the coast of Mai4e, from Winter harbor eastward, by
Sub-Assistant Rockwell, but discontinued to meet the call for service near Chattanooga, Tennessee. The. topography of the western side of the entrance and
that of the western shore of Penobscot bay, near Camden, by Sub-Assistants
Ferguson and Dorr; that of the passages between the Sheepscot and Kennebeck
rivers has been completed by Sub-Assistant lajrdclla, and the detailed survey of
the vicinity of Harpswell Neiik, Maine, continued by A.ssistant Longfellow.
Assistant Harrison has extended the triangulatipn. required and continued the
plane-table survey of Narragansett bay. The shore-line survey of the Hudson
river has been completed by work between Coxsackie and New Baltimore,'by
the party of Messrs. Harding and Strausz, and repeated.examinations have been
made of Sandy Hook and its vicinity for physical changes, by Assistants Whiting and Mitchell.
The hydrography of the year in the northern sections has embraced additipnal
lines of deep-sea soundings, and the development of rocks and ledges near Portland entrance and off the coast of Maine, by Lieut. Commander Phelps, with
the steamer Corwin; that of Rockland harbor, by Assistant Echvards, (now in
similar service at Charleston bar, S. C.;) the in-shore hydrography, which includes the approaches to Muscongus bay and Penobscot bay, (western approach,)
by Acting Assistant Cordell, with the steamer Vixen; that of the northern part
of Casco bay, by Assistant Gerdes; that of the Hudson river, completed by the
party of Messrs. Harding and Strausz; a development of ledges off the eastern
end of Long Island, and re-examination of part of New York harbor for the
pilot commissioners, by Lieut. Commander Phelps; one near the Delaware
breakwater, for the engineer department, by Capt. Patterson, hydrographic inspector of the Coast Survey; and soundings off the coast of Maryland, and completion of the hydrography of t4ie Potomac river, by Lieut. Comma.nder Phelps
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Under directions of the Boston harbor commissioners,; A.ssistant Mitchell has
continued the observations of tides and currents in South bay and Fore Point
channel, and in the outlets of the Charles and Mystic rivers.
As during the year previous, more than the customary number of parties has
worked this season on the coast of New England and that of the middle States,
all of them having . been on duty in the earlier part of the year, with but two
exceptions, either in the sections of the coast now under blockade, or in surveys
for the use of the armies of the Union. One of the parties not so engaged was
employed in the survey of Sandy Hook. The other had assisted in the survey
of the Potomac, within the present fiscal year, for the Navy Department.
The several examinations made during.the year at Sandy Hook are to keep
in view the important changes going on therCj. and which may develop, into
dangerous circumstances. These surveys have been furnished to the Engineer
department, the o.perations of which keep steadily in contact with the changes
from time to. time going on. Services having a bearing on defensive purposes,
rendered to that d..e.partment by three of the assistants of the Coast Survey
while working this season on the coast of Maine, have been acknowledged in
communications addressed to me by the chief engineer.
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The regular woit has gone forward on the Pacific coast of the United States,
though on a scale somewhat reduced by the peculiar circumstances of the cur^
rency there.'
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On the Atlantic and Gulf coast, of nineteen assistants, fourteen sub-assistants,
and twenty-tvv'o aids engaged in field-work or in hyd-rography, twelve assistants.,
seven sub-assistants, and ten aids have rendered service in connexion with military and naval operations, and most of those who have so co-operated have also
been- employed in duty on parts of the coast where the regular operations of the
survey have been advanced during the latter part of the sea.son.
• Of the surveys which were steadily carried on in the vicinity of Was..hingto.n
city until the end of JUne, that of the banks- of the Potoniac near Alexandria,
though specially ordered for purposes of defence and executed by Assistant;,
Harrison, combines with the regular work of the survey, as does also the triangulation of the river between Alexandria and Georgetown by Sub-Assistant
Boyd. The topography of the eastern approaches to the District of Columbia
has been extended by Assistant Adams, Sub-Assistant Ferguson, and Mr. Donn,
and the survey near Fort ^^yon by Assistant 0.. M. Bache. Sub-Assistant
Boyd made a triangulation, and Mr. Donn took up the topography of the approaches to Baltimore, in the latter part of June, at the special call of the
authorities charged with the defences of that city. This, work has been sus-.
pended within a few days by the emergency which; requires topographical
service near Chattanooga, but will be completed as soon as practicable, as will
also the plane-table surveys in the neighborhood of Washington. The heighis
of all the field-works near the Capitol have been determined and furnished to
the chief engineer of defences.
' The minute survey of the approaches to the defensive works near-St. Louis,
and pf the ground which they occupy, has been completed, and the sheet turned!;
iri, by Assistant R. M. Bache.
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In addition to the duties of superintendence my services have been given, by
your authority, to the permanent commission, pf the Navy Department, to which
are referred matters involving subjects of practical and scientific inquiry or investigation. , This commission has recently been opened to military matters by >
associating with it a distinguished engineer officer.
..•During the invasion of the State of Pennsylvania last summer, and in view
of the possible danger of the city of lliiladelphia, 1 volunteered my servict-.s to
the governor of Ipennsylvania, and, by his request, was associated with the
military "and civil authorities in cluarge of the defences, as chief engineer. The
exigency was pressing, as was proved by the efforts to procure regular engii.eers
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for this work, and by the failure even to obtain officers for consultation. The
character of my association, first with Major General Dana, and, since August,
with Major General Cadwalade.i;,in command of the post of Philadelphia, was
such as to add a relish to the labor. The circumstances of alarm, tOo, occasioned by the progress of the enemy, though soon passed,' were attested most
substantially by the number of volunteers for active service, from the citizens,
even the reverend clergy taking part, enthusiastically, for their home deferice ;
retired officers of the regular army and of the volunteers came forw^ard with
officers of the Coast Survey, those of the railroads centring at Philadelphia,
officers and members of the municipal bodies of the city, and graduates of the
institutions of learning.
The surveys made" under riiy immediate direction for the defences of'Philadelphia have occupied Assistants I i . L. Whiting, George Davidson, R. M.
Bache, and C. M. Bache, and at the outset of the work, Assistants C. 0 . Boutelle and P . C. F . West, the last named having been just previously in military
service with the division of General W. F . Smith, at Carlisle, Pennsylvania.
Sub-Assistants R. E. Halter, Cleveland Rockwell, and J . S. Bradford, also assisted iri the work.
Having occasion to discuss the river maps extending to, tide-water with one
of the generals-in-chief of our armies, .1 received the gratifying assurance that
he could not have arranged the plans for the operations of the army without the
use of those maps. This strong expression was coincided in by an admiral oi
high distinction then engaged in the interior of several adjacent States. I would'
propose to make this network of the rivers more complete bypassing abovetide-water, and by the help of observations of latitude and of telegraphic longitudes, effected partly in past years, to lay the. basis for a connected map.
During: the progress of the year neAV and highly gratifying testimonials have
been spontaneously rendered ,by officers in the military and naval service to the
value of the. maps, charts and memoirs prepared by the Coast Survey, in facilitating the important operations with which they have been charged. Naval
commanders have pronounced these aids to be invaluable in promoting the efficiency of the blockade and in securing the safety of the blockading vessels; and
the commanders of military departments and generals in the field have, directly
and through their engineer officers, repeatedly expressed to the superintendent
their high sense of the usefulness to their commands of the maps of their several
fields of operations, which have been prepared at the office of the survey. Bosides the regular publications of the survey, maps of the localities of the different
expeditions, sieges, &c., have been prepared for popular use.
The interest evinced by the general public, also, in these maps has led to a
large demand for the most important of them, and hence has arisen a sale sufficiently extensive to reimburse the cost of their publication.
The number of hydrographic maps and charts issued from the office of the
'^survey during the year ending October 31, 1863, amounts to 29,300, of which
14,000 have been delivered to the naval service, and.3,000 to mariners employed
in transportation for the government. The remainder have been either furnished
to the military authorities, or distributed by Coast Survey ofiicers in the squadron to which they were attached, or disposed of to the merchant marine. The
number of maps of the war localities published, distributed, or sold, has been
16,700.
The activity of the Engineer department has been evidenced to us by the calls
for maps that would avail fbr the purposes of that branch of the j^ublic service.
Tracings on the full scale of certain surveys have been made and furnished to
the chief engineer at his request.
The estimates here submitted are designed to carry forward the work required on the Atlantic coast, from Passamaquoddy entrance to Chesapeake bay,
and to provide for the progress which may be feasible, thence onward to the Rio
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Grande; to continue the. work on the Pacific coast, and to provide for the assignment of special parties,-as heretofore with your concurrence, when such
parties can be useful, as the experience of the past two years shows they have
been, in service with the fleets and armies.
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The estimates for progress on the Atlantic, Gulf coast, Florida reefs, and
western coast of the United States, are given as usual, in separate items, and
are exclusive of the' aid formerly, but not now, extended for the work, by the
detail of officers of the army and navy.
Estimates f o r the fiscal year 1864-'65, and appropriations f o r the fiscal year
1863-'64.
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For survey of the Atlantic and Gulf coasts of the United States,
including compensation of civilians engaged in the work, per
$178,000
actof March 3, 1 8 4 3 . . . - .
For continuing the survey of. the western coast of the United
States, including compensation of civilians engaged in the
100,000
work, per act of September 30, 1850
-.For continuing the survey of the. Florida reefs and keys, including
compensiition of civilians engaged in the work, per act bf March
11,000.
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For publishing the observations made in the progress of the
survey of the coast of the United States, including compensation
4,000
of civilians engaged in the work, per act of March 3, 1843
For repairs of steamers and sailing schooners used in the survey,
4,000
^per act of March 2, 1853.
For pay and rations of engineers for four steamers used in the
hydrography of the Coast Survey, no longer supplied .by the
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Very respectfully, yours,
A. D. BACHE,
Superintendent United States Coast Survey,
Hon. S. P! CHASE, Secreiaryof the Treasury.
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, Annual report qf the board of supervising iiispectors of steamboats.
WASHINGTON, November 2, 1863.
SIR : The board of supervising inspectors of 'steam vessels, met in annual
session at the city of Boston, in pursuance of-acljournment, October 21, 186B,
have the honor to submit their 11th annual report.
The importance of the laws-of Gongress in relation to the inspection of steam
vessels is not exceeded by that of any other in the wisdom of their provisions,
aild the benefit which they ^confer up;on'the-people. -In no age h'as-the spirit of
enterprise been so greatly encouraged by t|he fosteriixg care of governnient, and
in none have the people more required the discretion of humane and intelligent
rulers to guide their active agencies aright, and secure life and property from the
consequences of overwrought instrumentalities. To the people the power of
steam is yet a strange and terrible element, so recently has its power become
known, and so few yet instructed in its use and direction. Its application as a
power to the intei;ests of manuficturcs and locomotion sepms illimitable; its developments seem to the vast crowd which constantly coumiits itself to its control as a 'mystery, and yet the whole people with all their interests is ventured
upon its safe con d\ict.
The law of 1852 has done much to render the power of steam a safe and reliable element of navigation. The experience of the few years that have transpired since its passage has shown, however, that though much bas been done,
much yet remains to be done.
The result of errors in judgment teaches the importance of more wisdom to
inspectors as well as to legislators in the management of this great modern
agency.
The statistical information contained in the tabular statement herewith transmitted shows an aggregate tonnage of inspected vessels of four 'hundred and
^YQ thousand (405,000) tons. The number of passengers reported to have
been transported amounts to six millions four hundred and twenty thousand
(6,420,000 ;) and could the law be extended over the vast field which invites its
protection, and lay hold of the facts which would then be aggregated and recorded from all these sources, it would show not only the number of persons
and amount of property transported, but .gather into one volume a cliapter'of
practical results and useful deductions vastly greater than isnow reahzed. The
board of supervising inspectors have passenger steamers of one'class only under
their purview, yet the interests which are thus committed to its official management and control seem to be of great importance to those who observe their
value; but could the other class of^steam vessels in the" Untte'd'Stales "be 'iiroperly -included in the statis'tical records of this department, a most important
addition would accrue to the government to guide its legislation, and give light
and gratification to an inquiring and interested people.
, One of the great instrumentalities by which the use of steam is .made secure
in navigation is the intellectual training'^Avhich is given'to its inimediate managers in the use of a new vocabulary.
A language has been introduced, which, as it becomes familiar, will become
of incalculable benefit in preventing collisions of steamers. The steam-whistle
speaks a known tongue to tho-se pilots who are instructed in its alphabet; one
shoict sound of its trumpet voice indicates the arrival of ail approaching steamer
to the right; two short sounds in quick succession indicates the same to pass to
the left; a response of the same signal signifies the intention of compliance
with the request thus made, and that, too, long before adverse intentions, which,
•but for the use of tliis little instrument, might have been formed.
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Simple as this operation may seem, it is nevertheless far from that extensive
benefit which would accrue if the application of the rules of this board could
be made co-extensive with even the mercantile uses of steam in navigation.
The steamboat vocabulary should be at least national; it should be understood, and the abuse of its power and truthfulness rebuked, so as to secure its
benefits in the saving of life and property to all within its reach."
A uniform system of light, as signals to be used at night, Avould also greatly
increase the security of life.
Of what use is a language when but one party can understand it; yet even
among passenger steamers a part only use the same signals, and when-it is considered that even sailing vessels might be put under a systeni of night signals,
which would be understood by all, it seems a strange omission that no law of
Congress has yet secured its benefits to the people. The cpportunity afforded
by the provision of the law of 1852, in relation to steamboats, has been profita- .
bly improved by the board in its annual conference. The members of the
board are stimulated to more active duty and a mutual edification in regard to
the ^provisions of the law, and the necessity of strict accountability in its administration, and a more uniform understanding of the duties pertaining to the
office of inspector, is the result which seems to justify the wisdom of the law in
this particular.
Much has been said in former reports of the great benefits which have been
secured by the hydrostatic test, which the law requires; nothing has occurred
to change the opinion of the members of the board as to its essential and continued application.
The total number of lives lost froin such steamers is fifty-nine, (-59;) of this
nuniber, four (4) were by explosions, one (1) by snagging of the steamer, and
the remainder, fifty-four, (54,) were by foundering of the vessel in tempestuous
weather.
The total number of steamers inspected is nine hundred and thirty-three,
(933.)
The number of engineers licensed is two thousand seven hundred and ten,
(2,710.)
The nuniber of pilots licensed amounts to the total of two thousand two hundred and forty-two, (2,242.)
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The number of boilers found defective is fifty-five, (55.)
The total number of boilers which gave way under the hydrostatic test, sixteen, (16.)
The nuniber of violations of law investigated, forty-three, (43.)
The loss of property on inspected steamers is as follows: by explosion,
$5,000; loss by fire, $65,000 ; loss by wreck or foundering, $202,000.
The value of" steamers estimated at $10,135,057.
The small number of lives lost, as compared with the vast, number carried, is
the best evidence of the importance of the inspection laws;
The districts have been very faithfully represented by the several boards of
local inspectors, and they seem anxious to discharge the duties which the la\v
devolves upon them.
Errors may have been committed, and the provisions of the law may not have
in all cases been fully understood, but it is believed a sincere desire exists to do
what they can to promote the public interests. All owners seem ready in their
compliance with the provisions of the law, but the great disturbing element
which results from the war, in the use of steamers as transports by the government to carry troops, has been the cause of some controversy, but the acti'on of
the department, by insisting tiponthe inspection of all'transports employed by
the government, has doubtless resulted in much gobd.
The letters of the department in relation to a stricter attention to the requirement of the law will be cheerfully complied with by all inspectors ; for this purpose the board has revised its rules and regulations during its present sessiola.
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aud hope much good will result from this action, in harmonizing the views of its
members and in" prompting to the performance of dutj^ The reports from
supervising districts herewith annexed, together with the tabular statement furnished, will show in detail what statistics are upon the records of'the several
districts.
All of which is respectfully submitted.
J O H N SHALLCROSS, President.
J A M E S N. MULLER, Secretary.
Hon.
SALMON P. CHASE,
Secretary of the Treasury,
FIRST SUPERVISING DISTRICT.
In this district no accident involving loss of life has occurred to any inspected steamer during the year ending September 1, 1863. In the collection
district of San I'rancisco certificates have been granted to forty-two (42) steamers
and ninety-three (93) engineers, and forty-three (43) pilots have been licensed.
December 12, 1862, the steamship Moses Taylor, while in a' heavy sea, broke
her centre shaft, which resulted in the further breakage of the pillow-block, connecting-rod, and cylinder-head of the port engine. The broken engine was
disconnected, and she was worked back into port. The Moses Taylor, at the
time of this accident, was bound from the port of San Francisco,- and had only
been at sea about thirty-four (34) hours when it occurred, and was absent from
port in all five (5) days. No one was injured. .
In the Oregon district several steamers, engaged in the navigation of Snake
river and the Upper Columbia, have been sunk or damaged by contact with
rocks, growing out of the extreme difficulties of the navigation during low stages
of water. These rivers having a rocky bottom and an unusually swift current
when the water becomes low and the channels narrow, these accidents cannot
always be avoided, but are becoming less frequent as pilots become more familiar
with the management of steamers in this new navigation. These accidents are
very rarely attended with loss of life, and generally with little damage to
freight; and to render both as secure as possible, a system of building has been
latterly adopted on these waters, which so far has proved admirably adapted to
the end proposed. The hull of the steamer is divided into many compartments,
both by fore and aft and athwart ship's bulkheads, no freight being carried in
the hold of the vessel. Each compartment is supplied with a good hand-pump,
and generally the steamer is also supplied with a steam-pump, having pipes
leading into the principal compartments. If the vessel is injured locally, so
that one or more of the numerous compartments are filled with water, so little
of the buoyancy is lost thereby she is still, enabled, with, tolerable certainty, to
pursue her voyage to a successful termination. The boilers, exclusively of the
tubular kind, such as are employed in locomotives, together with the engines,
are placed upon the deck, and all freight is also carried upon the deck.
The steamers on these upper rivers are all stern-wheel boats, and are very fine
vessels of their class. ' There are engaged on the rivers of Oregon twenty-four
(24) passenger steamers licensed, and there have been licensed on the Columbia
and tributaries, during the year ending September 1, fifty (50) pilots and thirtyeight (38) engineers. Five boilers have been found defective upon inspection,
and two have been condemned from further use.
The explosion of the boiler of the uninspected steamer Milton Willis,
(known to the public as the Ada Hancock,) on the 27th day of April,
1863, while unlawfully engaged in carrying passengers from San Pedro
to the steamer Senator, then lying at the San Pedro anchorage, may be cited
here as a startling evidence of tlie great value to the public of the present
laws for the better preservation of the lives of passengers on steam vessels, in
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requiring and enforcing, in all matters deemed essenti^il to safety, the adoption
of modes of construction and management which aggregated experience has
shown to be most conducive to the end desired to be obtained.
The Milton Willis was employed in the character of a tug-boat, plying between New San Pedro and the anchorage in the harbor, distant about three and
a half miles. She was employed also in taking San Pedro passengers to, and
from the steamer Senator on her up and down trips from San Francisco.
From the great distance of San Pedro from San Francisco, (over four hundred
miles,) the steamboat inspectors at San Fra,iicisco were not aware that tile Milton
Willis was used as'other'than a tug, in which character-alone she was said to be
owned and employed at San Pedro, as is the cas6 with small steamers at several
other ports along the coast.
I t being made the duty as well of officers of the customs as inspectors of
steam vessels to.see that the requirements of the steamboat laws are strictly enforced within • their respective districts, in such isolated cases as the one in
question, the inspectors of steamboats at'San Francisco have, in the absence of
application for inspection by the owner, very properly relied upon officers of the
customs stationed at these distant ports to give information, pr cause the
prosecution of any parties violating the laws within the districts of which these
officers have respectively the supervision. No such application was ever made,
and no information of her being there unlawfully engaged was furnished the
inspectors until after the explosion. , The Milton Willis never had.been inspected,
as far as can be ascertained—certainly not as a passenger steamer. She was,
nevertheless, navigated under enrolment issued November 29,1862, through the
office of customs at San Pedro, having arrived at that port November 2,'1861,
from San Francisco, under register issued from the San Francisco custom-house.
A t t h e time of the explosion fifty-two (52) persons were on board, of whom
twenty-six fjvere killed; twenty-three (23) of these were passengers. The vessel
was of very small dimensions, and had a boiler unusually large for the size of
the steamer, to which, probably, may be attributed the fact of the total destruction of the vessel and the large number of persons killed. The boiler had not
been in use more than six months. . From all that can be now learned, it appears
probable that the explosion was caused by the water being "allowed to fall too
low in the boiler. It was stated by witnesses that, from the unusually large
number of persons on board the steamer on this trip, she was careened very
much all the. way down, from the wharf to the place where the explosion occurred ; and while the steamer was being righted, by order of the person in
command, the boiler exploded. The person employed as engineer had never
been.licensed by the inspectors; and, as his experience is known to them, could
not have received, upon application, a license which would have enabled him to
take charge of*aiiy steamer. •
When accounts of this disaster were published in the papers of San Francisco, it was in one case suggested that such disasters might possibly be attributable to the application of the hydrostatic test. It will be perceived, however,
that the suggestion is most injudicious, as far as this particular case is concerned,
as the boiler in question had never been subjected to this test; and while
ninety-five (95) per cent, of all the boilers in use on steamers on the Pacific
coast have been subjected to the hydrostatic test, and many defects discovered
thereby and remedied, not one of these has given away under steam during the year,
while this boiler, included in the remaining'five per cent, not tested, whatever the
cause may in fact have been, fearfully exploded, carrying destruction and death
to a large number of innocent and unsuspecting persons, almost forcing the conviction that, but for the neglect of the owners to have this vessel inspected and
the macliinery put under proper and lawful management, this casualty niight, in
all probability, have been avoided.
WILLIAM B U R N E T T ,
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SECONU SUPERVISING DISTRICT.
In the district of Philadelphia several casualties have occurred, but no life-has
been lost.
The Patroon, a transport steamer with troops on board, was run ashore on
Cape Henlopen on the 4tli of April last, and by the direction of the supervising
inspector an examination was made by the local inspector, upon which it was
found that she W:as in the hands of the government, and not in charge of licensed
pilots. She was afterwards repaired and made to comply with the requirements
of the law.
The Charles Osgood, another transport steamer, bound to New Orleans with
troops, put into the Delaware in distress and leaky. It was found she had not
been inspected, and was deficient in many requirements of the laws and rules of
the board. She was provided with proper means of escape from one deck to
another, calked and otherwise repaired, and was licensed to run on the route
between Philadelphia and Fortress Monroe.
The transport steamer Niagara was brought into the Delaware in distress on
the 17th of December, 1862, and upon examination was condemned by the inspectors as rotten. Her passengers were taken out, and shipped in a sail-vessel.
The number of steamers inspected the last year was considerably greater in
this district than in the year before, but the number of passengers was coniparatively smaller, owing to the large number of boats being employed by the government, of which there is no account given, and perhaps for wise reasons.
In the district of New York the inspector reports a collision which occurred
at sea between the steamers Ela Warley and North Star in the month of February last, by which the former was sunk, and it is believed that two firemen
and two assistant engineers were drowned. The collision occurred at night/but
the passengers and the rest of the crew were saved by the boats, and put aboard
the North Star. Neither vessel wa sin charge of a licensed pilot, as the pilot had
left the Ela Warley to go on board the North Star to bring her into port, but
had not reached her. The ships were, therefore, in charge of their usual sea officers.The case was investigated by the local inspectors of New York, who found that
the engineers had done their duty, and the question of damages was left for the
further investigation of the courts.
The Donaldson, formerly the Augusta, an old side-wheel steamer, for some
nionths had ^ been plying between New York and Sag Harbor, when, in the
month of September last, she went on shore in a fog on Hogsback in Hell Gate,
and broke in two.
An accident to the boiler, of no fital consequence, occurred to the Golden
City. While the engineers were adjusting the pillow-block of the main shaft,
the water being low, the fires were promptly hauled, but the fire box of one of
the furnaces gave out. No one was hurt. The inspector, upon investigation,
concluded that the engineers were not to blame. The circular issued from the
honorable Secretary of the Treasury in relation to transports was the occasion
of some controversy; but a very general acquiescence in the rule was.yielded,
so far as it was. practicable, and a better.state of things exists in regard to the
condition, of that class of vessels ; a great excess of passengers has, however, been '
carried. The inspectors insist upon a compliance with the law and the rules of
the board with great earnestness, and generally quartermasters yield compliance, though some reluctantly.
One accident occurred in the Boston district by the collision of the steamer
New England and the schooner Mary Elizabeth, laden with lumber, near Martinicus island, on the eastern coast. The schooner was struck amidships, and cut
to the water's edge, and filled; the steamer received no damage. As most of the
sailing vessels carry no light, such accidents under such circumstances must be
..unavoidable.
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The owners in this district all comply with great pleasure in the requirements
of the law, and manifest their confidence 4n the humanity and wisdom of its provisions. No accident has occurred in any other district, and. nothing worthy of
note has transpired.
The statistical record will be found in the table herewith submitted, by which
an estimate may be made of the work required in the several districts; and by
a comparison of data furnished by them the relative change of this department
of business, from one part of the country to another, can be determined as well
also as the probable necessity of a subdivision of some of the local districts and
the consolidation of others.
Tonnage of steamers inspected at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, three thousand
one hundred and sixty-four, (3,164.)
At New London, Connecticut, ten thousand one hundred and fifteen, (10,115.)
At Portland,-Maine, three thousand six hundred and seventy, (3,670.)
At Boston,, Massachusetts, sixteen thousand one hundred and seventy, (16,170.)
At New York, one hundred and fifteen thousand four hundred and thirtyseven, (115,437.)
Total of tonnage, one hundred and seventy-seven thousand and thirty-three,
(177,033.)
Number of steamers inspected throughout the district, two hundred and ninety,
(290.)
Nuniber of engineers licensed, eight hundred and sixty-eight, (868.)
Number of pilots licensed, three hundred and thirty-eight, (338.)
THOSe B. STILLMAN.
THIRD SUPERVISING DISTRICT.
On account of the existing state of war, a very large number of steamers has
been necessarily brought into the waters of this district during the year, but notwithstanding this fact, it is gratifying that, comparatively, there have been very
few casualties by which lif^ or property has been destroyed.
On the 23d of November, 1862, at her wharf at Alexandria, Virginia, the
boiler of the steamer James Guy exploded, rendering the boat a complete wreck;
by this explosion, terrible in its effects upon the vessel, only one Ike was lost,
viz., that of the fireman, and several others slightly scalded.
The investigation in this case, after examining the boiler, proved that the
engineer was at fault in leaving his post; and for other delinquencies, the local
board have revoked his license.
The steamer Louisiana ran upon Fort Carroll, about eight miles below this
city, during the night of the 6th of March, 1863, by which she was considerably
damaged.
The steamer Express came into collision, with the tow-boat Atlas, (having in
tow a scow loaded with coal,) by which the scow and tow-boat were damaged.
At the time the harbor in that vicinity was crowded with vessels, and no blame
was attached to the pilot having charge of the steamer.
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The steamer Louisiana came into collision with the United States revenue
steamer Hercules on the 7fh of April, 1863, and did considerable damage to the
Hercules, the particulars of which have not all been obtained as yet.
The collision of the steamers Elm City and Belvidere was mentioned in last year's
report. After obtaining all the testimony in this case, the local board have rendered their verdict that the pilot on board the Belvidere was greatly in fault,
and should not be allowed to take charge of a steamer hereafter; his name is not
, known.
On the night of the 22d of June, 1863, the steamer New York, in a damaged
condition, while being towed from Old Point, Virginia, up to Baltimore, by
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•steamer William Whildon, for repairs, was run into by the schooner Henry Wolcott, of Philadelphia, by which occurrence the schooner was greatly damaged;
she was sunk to the water's edge, and the crew abandoned her, and came on
board the steamer. Upon examination, it was shown plainly that those in charge
of the schooner were entirely at fault for attempting to cross the steamer's bow.
Happily no lives were lost.
The supervisor proceeded in February last to Port Royal, South Carolina,
and various other points connected therewith along the coast and rivers, to examine and inspect all the steamers- found in those waters. Attending to this
special duty, he examined and inspected sixty (60) steamers.
In the month of June the supervisor proceeded to Newbern, North Carolina,
to make similar examinations and inspections to those made at Port Royal. He
there examined twelve (12) steamers, and licensed nine (9) pilots-and four (4)
engineers.
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At Old Point and Norfolk there have been eighteen (IS) engineers and six
(6) pilots licensed, and thirty-five (35) steamers examined and inspected.
The local board at Baltimore have examined and inspected in all forty-twQ'
(42) steamers; also examined and licensed two hundred and twenty-nine (229.}'
engineers and pilots. They have been also called upon to exainine and inspect
during the year steam transports, and report their condition to the War Depart?'
ment.
Total of steamers inspected throughout the district, one hundred and fiftyseven, (157 ;) total number of pilots licensed, one hundred and fifty-five, (155 ; ) .
total of engineers, one hundred and sixty-two, (162.) _
Such has been the benefit of the United States- steamboat law that notwithstanding the large numbers of steamboats employed in this district, and carrying
many thousands of passengers, but a single life has been lost, and comparatively but very little property.
In consequence of the war, there have been no^ local boards in this district
south bf Baltimore; hence the supervisor has had to attend to, and see that the
provisions of the law were carried out without any other aid.
As far as can be ascertained there have been upward of one hundred thousand
(100,000) passengers conveyed by steamers in this district.
J A M E S N. MULLER.
FOURTH SUPERVISING DISTRICT.
During the year ending September 31, 1863, the loss of life and property has
been unusually large in this district; most of it is attributable to the state of
war that exists nearly all over the district. The casualties are as follows :
On the 27th of October, 1862, the steamers H. D; Bacon, T. L. McGill, Wm.
H. Russell, A. McDowell, and Estella, were destroyed.by fire while lying at the
wharf at St. Louis. The fire originated in the hull of the Bacon, then partially
laden with .hay ; the fire was attributed to accident.
On the 5th of November, 1862, steamer J . H. Dickey ran into the Illinois
shore of the Mississippi, about forty (40) miles below St. Louis, raising her bow
about ten (10) feet out of water. While in that position one of the boilers exploded ; fourteen (14) lives were lost by the escape of steam; the boat suffered
no further damage, lliis accident was caused by improper conduct of the pilot,
Larue, and the recklessness of the second engineer, White. The local board of
St. Louis revoked both licenses.
May 7, 1863, steamer Majestic burned at Island No. 8, below Cairo; one life
lost; boat and cargo total loss ; the fire was caused by the lamp of the engineer
coming in contact with some inflammable material.
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May 13, 1863, steamer Rowena snagged and sunk between Cairo and Memphis ; the Rowena had previously been seized by the United States government,
and was loaded with government stores.
August 4, 1863, steamer Ruth burned about six miles below Cairo; the number of lives lost could not be ascertained, but is supposed to be about thirty, (30;)
this boat was new, and one of the best outfit on the Mississippi river; boat and
cargo complete loss, the cargo consisting of goVernment stores, besides $2,600,000
in United States notes, which had never passed out of the government's hands.
This case is still under investigation by the St. Louis local board and by coihniissioners appointed from Washington; up to this time the presumption is that
the boat had been set on fire.
September 13, 1863, steamers Imperial, Post Boy, and Jesse K. Bell, burnt
at the wharf at St. Louis; the fire originated on the Imperial, which had been
lying at the wharf for ten days without fire, and as. the conflagration took place
in broad daylight, it is supposed to be the work of an incendiary.
September 17,1863, steamer Champion burned at the wharf at Memphis ; the
fire originated in the hull; this boat at the time was in government service; the
accident is supposed to be the work of an incendiary.
In the month" of September, steamer Hannibal sunk eighty (80) miles above
New Orleans.
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September 13, 1863, steamer Diurnal sunk in White river, Arkansas, about
sixty-five {65) miles from the mouth ;\ accident caused by snags.
In September, steamer City of Madison was blown up by the explosion of
shells, while loading for the United States government at Vicksburg.
Steamer Alhambra burned at IslandNo. 37, above Memphis.
Steamer John Bell sunk in Missouri river, about twelve (12) miles above St.
Charles.
September 28, steamer Robert Campbell burned between Memphis and Vicksburg.
September 28, steamer Magenta snagged and sunk in Missouri river. •
Steamer Courier collided with and was sunk by the Des Arc; case still under
investigation.
Steamer Sam Gaty sunk; case still under investigation.
The value of steamers destroyed has been estimated at about one million two
hundred thousand (1,200,000) dollars; the.value of cargoes could not be ascertained, as in most cases the goods were commissary and quartermaster's stores.
Except in the Dickey case,the number of lives lost could notbe ascertained,
as the boats, when chartered by the government, keep no register.
The Missouri river being lower than has ever been seen, will account for the
sinking of some of the boats. In ordinary times no boat would venture to
navigate that river when there is but twenty-eight (28) inches of water in the
channel; but the necessity of supplying the army has created the necessity of
running steamers at so low a stage of water on a river that is very dangerous
at even high water.
The burning can be accounted for very easily also*. Before every conflagration the supervising inspector, and sometimes other parties, received anonymous advice that a steamboat conflagration would happen.
It has been an impossibility for the inspectors to ascertain the exact number
of passengers carried in this district, but it is estimated at two million five
hundred thousand, (2,500,000.) : This will include soldiers and prisoners, as
well as all other passengers.
J. J. WITZIG.
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F I F T H StJPERVISING DISTRICT,
In this district but two accidents have occurred during the year ending October 1, 1863, neither of which has involved the loss of life, or injury to the
persons of either passengers or crew.
In October, 1862, the steamer Denmark, of the northern line, on her down
trip from Saint Paul to Saint Louis, when near the head of Atlas island, ran
upon a snag, which tore her hull badly, and caused her to sink in ^ve minutes,
in eight feet of water. The cargo was damaged, but no lives lost. The machinery, furnitaure, and upper works of the boat were saved. The loss was
eight thousand dollars, ($8,000.)
i n July, 1863, the steamer Flora, of. the Dunleith line, on her down trip
from Saint Paul to Dunleith, struck a snag or rock, and sunk within five
minutes in 'six feet of water. No lives were lost. The boaf was raised, repaired, and is now running. Loss fifteen hundred dollars, ($1,500.)
On testing the boilers of the little steamer Idaho, the larboard boiler gave
way under the hydrostatic pressure. Upon examination several of the staybraces were found broken, and some bolts' heads drawn through. The owners
disposed of both boJiers, and placed in their stead an old-fashioned doublefined boi^.er, which stood the test.
There have been inspected in this district, during the past year, thirty (30) '
st/eamboats, with an aggregate tonnage of five thousand (5,000) tons.
There have been transported by these steamers two hundred and twentyeight thousand four hundred passengers, without the loss of a single life, or injury to any passenger.. , . •
There have been licensed in this district-fifty-nine'..({59) engineers and sixtyfive {65) pilots, aU of whom, so far as known,'liave'discharged thiei' duties without complaint from any source. .
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Many of our engineers and pilots have found more lucrative employment in'
the service of the IJnited States gunboats on the Mississippi river, and on boats
running in the lower Mississippi trade. Hence the reason why a less number"
are licensed this year than usual.
An accident of a serious character occurred on the Mississippi river, near
Muscatine, Iowa. A small steamboat, built for the purpose of pleasure excursions, and the home trade, started on a trial trip to New Boston, with quite a
number of passengers on boards When about three miles above Muscatine,
they landed for the purpose of taking on a passenger and fixing a pump, which
did not work well, when the explosion took place with terrible effect, mangling
and scalding eleven (11) human beings in a horrible manner, one of whom
was instantly killed. A boy has since died, and at least five (5) of the remainder are in a critical condition.
This is one of a large number of unlicensed ahd uninspected boats, which
the. low water of the present and last years is producing. They are very
small boats, without capacity to carry freight, without any of the appliances to
save life, or accommodations suitable for carrying passengers; yet they carry a
large nuniber on short routes, and up small rivers, and seem to be a great convenience to the travelling public. They are too small to carry a life-boat, firepump hose, life-preservers, or floats of any kind; yet they are running, and
seem to be outside of the law, and beyond the reach of the inspector.
C H A R L E S L. S T E P H E N S O N .
SIXTH SUPERVISING DISTRICT.
In the district of Louisville Kentucky, there have been fifty-nine (59) steamers inspected, making in the aggregate twelve thousand ^ve hundred andfifteen=
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(12,5^15) tons. There have also been fifty-six {56) jiilots that have received
original licenses, and two hundred and thirteen (213) whose licenses have been
renewed; forty-one (41) engineers that have received original, licenses, and two
hundred, and nine (209) whose licenses have been renewed; making, the whole
number to be. ^ve hundred and nineteen, (519.) There have been four (4)
pilots that have been refused a license, and one engineer whose license has been
revoked.
There has been only one serious disaster in this supervising district by which
life has been lost-by steamers, under the law of 1852.
On the 24th of February, 1863, the steamer Ellie Sullivan, a small sternwheel boat, employed in the transport service of the United States, collapsed a
flue while under way on Green river, Kentucky, by which disaster three of the.
crew were killed^ Upon investigating the circumstances, attending, the collapse,,
and a careful, examination of the boiler, the inspectors were satisfied that this
disaster was the result of negligence or inattention to his. duties by the engineer.
in charge at the time, for which his license was revoked.
The grand jury of the district court have the case before them, and will probably find a bifll of indiptment against the engineer for manslaughter.
It will be seen that, in the past year, a less number of steamers have been
inspected in this district when compared with former years-. This is caused by
the derangement of our navigation, growing out of the rebellion, and from this
cause, also, no reports have been obtained from other parts of the supervising district ; but it is confidently hoped that, before the next meeting of the board, the
navigation in this supervising district will be fully resumed, and full reports in
all respects be obtained. [r^=^=^^^^^^=^^^'=^^'^^^^^=^
TOI^-LSUaryE-RMYl
JOHN'SHALLCROSS.
SEVENTH SUPERVISING DISTRICT.
. The operation of the law of 1852 in the seventh district for the last yea" is
exceedingly flattering. The reports of the various local boards attest its significance of application to passenger steamers, and reflects credit on these boards,
under whom the law has been so faithfully observed. Pilots a,nd engineers under
the law have obtained a standard of excellence professionally, and as men, that
insures all the requirements of the license (under which they are) to be strictly
observed. One hundred and seventy-seven (177) boats have been inspected,
amounting to thirty-eight thousand seven hundred and ninety-seven (38.797)
tonS:;. of this, number, ninety-two (92) are new boats, built within the year.
Nine hundred and sixty-nine (969) officers have been granted certificates ot
license. Of these, four hundred and eighty-seven (487) are pilots ; four hundred
and eighty-two (482) are engineers. Of the pilots, sixty-eight (68) are original
or first licenses, and seventy (70) are engineers, of the same class.
A large number of boats owned and formerly running to and from ports in
this district have been used for government service, and. from this cause no
accurate account of the number of passengers carried could be obtained, or even
.an approximation to. the number. The regular packets, principally from the
port of Cincinnati, which'have been permitted by government to remain in their,
established trades, have reported, from itheir registers, two hundred and eight
thousand ^ve hundred and twenty-seven (208,527) passengers.
When boats return to their regular trades, there will be no difficulty in the
way of obtaining a correct accountof the passengers transported by them in this
district. There have been chartered by the United States quartermasters'
department at the port of Cincinnati, for the year ending September 30, 1863,.
eighty-seyen (87) steamers, which have been employed in the transportation of
troops and stores.
' Two well-known packets, the Prioress and Boston, engaged in local trade
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with Cincinnati and contiguous ports, have been destroyed. They were well
officered, and had all the appliances and equipments of first-class steamers.' On
the Prioress the,fire originated near the boilers, cutting off escape from the
cabin by the forward stairway, the passengers escaping by the after steps to the
lower deck and reaching the shore from the stern of the boat. These steps by
whicli the passengers escaped, are provided for by law, for the escape of those
who may be on the lower deck aft to the upper deck, in cases of fire, snagging,
or other accident endangering life. On the Boston the fire originated- in the
hold. Both fires occurred in the day time, and under way. Loss, sixty thousand (60,000) dollars.
Fire exhibits the most dangerous element against which the law has failed
to find a sure remedy. The combustible material which ente^^s into the construction of all passenger steamers above the main deck presents impediments that
legislation cannot be expected to overcome, and can only be prevented by the
vigilance of the officers on duty.
An untiring vigilance has been required of the various local departments of
this district, owing to the existing rebellion; it is, nevertheless, gratifying to
rejport the faithfulness and unswerving fidelity to tlie Union, of the'-pilots and
engineers licensed in this district.
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E. M. S H I E L D .
EIGHTH' SUPERVISING DISTRICT..
Sixty (60) passenger steamers liave.been inspected in this district within.the
past year, having an aggregate tonnage of twenty-two thousand seven hundred
and ten (22,710) tons.
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Tliese steamers have transported during.the year three hundred and fiftyfour thousand six hundred and forty (354,640) passengers.
There have been licensed one hundred and sixty-five (165) pilots, and one
hundred-and ninety-two (192) engineers.
- There have been no collisions of any magnitude or. worthy of record between
steamers-or sail vessels during the past year. This is a source of much gratification, and a good improvement over other years; still, there is a constant apprehension of danger from this cause, especially between steamers and sail vesselsThe latter not being under any law to regulate their movements in passing other
vessels, more care is requisite to keep clear of them at all times.
There have been a few accidents, such as probably will- ever occur, such as
getting ashore, springing a leak during heavy storms, and in the disarrangement
of machinery; but there hasbeen nothing requiring a more extended notice,
with the single exception of the foundering of the steamer Sunbeam, on Lake
Superior, on the 28th of August, during a gale of almost unprecedented violence,
involving the loss of twenty-six (26) passengers, and twenty-one (21) officers and
crew, a wheelsman only being saved. Painful as this case is, it can hardly be
classed as an accident which human prudence could have prevented. The
vessel was quite new, and supposed to be very strongly and substantially built,.
with a powerful, good engine, which continued to- work until almost the last
moment.
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The captain, William Dqugall, was am old and experienced officer, with a high
reputation for sobriety, prudence, and foresight; the other officers, together with
lhe engineers (Messrs. Healey and Murray,) were considered equally qualified
""for their respective positions; but such was the fury of-the storm, that no skill,
it seems, could save the vessel, and all but one perished.
It is hardly possible that this disaster.can convey an instructive lesson b y ;
which others maybe guided hereafter, but it is one of those cases that seem now
and then to arise hardly to be provided against.
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NINTH SUPERVISING DISTRICT.
Ninety-eight steamers, carrying passengers and belonging in this district,
have been inspected by the various local boards since the date of the last annual
report, the aggregate tonnage of which amounts to fifty-four thousand eight hun-^
dred and forty-nine (54,849) tons, showing an addition of sixteen (16) steamers
and an increase of eaght thousand seven hundred and seven (8,707) tons to the
list of last year.
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In the above inspections, there has been one case of appeal to the supervising
inspector from the decision of the local board at Buffalo, New York, brought
by the OAvner of the steamer, upon the refusal of the board to grant the amount
of working power of steam asked for. The boiler of the steamer in question
. was made of variable thicknesses of iron plates, and the inspectors by their construction of the law, and. by reason of the action of the supervising board in
1859, deemed it their duty, to regulate the working power upon the basis of the
thinner iron plates used in the construction of the boiler.
The local inspectors issued their certificate accordingly; the same was accepted by the owner, reserving his right of appeal to the supervising inspector,
who, after a thorough examination of the case, sustained the decision of the local
board, and the steamer is performing her accustomed voyages with safety to
life, under the inspection above referred to.
Seventy-three (73) original licenses and two hundred and thirty-eight (238)
renewals of licenses to pilots, also fifty-one (51) original licenses and one huur
dred and ninety (190) renewals of licenses to engineers, have been issued by
the various local boards in this district since the date of the last annual report.
Three (3) pilots and two (2) engineers have been refused licenses by the local
boards; two engineers have appealed from such refusal to renew their license,
one'of whom, after" an exaniination of his case, was licensed by the supervising
inspector.
There has. been a total loss o£ one steamer, belonging, to this :district, since
the date of last report—the propeller Bay State, of Cleveland, Ohio—which
foTundered on Lake Ontario- on the night of November 1, 1862. This steamer
left Oswego, New York, at midnight of the above date, bound westward with a
general- cargo, and having on board eleven (11) passengers, and a crew of sixteen, (16,) all of whom perished. A severe gale of wind set in to blow soon
aiter the I3ay State left port, and from such information as the. local inspectors
at Oswego have been enabled to obtain, their supposition is that the vessel
foundered:
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The estimated value of property lost by this disaster, vessel and cargo,, s
$62,000.
There has been one explosion of boiler in this district since the date of the last
annual report—the propeller Tioga, of Dunkirk, New York, built at Cleveland,
Ohio, in 1862, and inspected at that port in May of that, year as a. pass-dinger
steamer. While entering the port of Cleveland the crown-sheet of her boiler
gave way, causing the death of the second engineer, one fireman, and two deck
hands, and doing serious damage to the vessel, and her boiler and machinery.
There were no passengers on board.
From the investigation as to the cause of the disaster, it was ascertained that
the boiler had on a low hea^d of steam at the time it occurred, but the death of
those having the immediate charge of the engine and boilers" precluded the in
specters from obtaining a satisfactory account as to the actual cause of disaster.
One steamer belonging to this district has gone out of service since the date
of last report—the propeller Jefferson, of Cleveland, Ohio—having been dismantled and her hull condemned for further use.
The aggregate number of passengers carried by the steamers belonging to this
^ district during the year ending September 30, 1863, is one hundred and fifty-six-
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thousand and seventy-one, (156,071.) One engineer has been prosecuted for
weighting the safety valve left in his sole charge, and withdrawn from the interference of all otlier persons; he plead guilty to the charge in the indictment,
and the court- suspended sentence in his case, for the reason that the engineer
made the departure from the certificate through the direction of a local inspector
at Chicago, where the steamer, did not belong, who assumed to exercise this
authority over him.
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A S A P H S. BEMIS,
Supervising Inspector.
BALTIMORE, November 7, 18631
StR: In addition to the annual report from the board- of supervisors, enclosed you will find a statenient of the number of boiler explosions during the
last five years, from 1859 to 1863, with the number of lives lost thereby, •which
shows very favorably for the law when contrasted with the explosions and loss
of life during the five years previous to the origin of the passenger law of 1852.
Statement of boiler explosions on board steam vessels during five years past, and
number of lives lost thereby, as follows :
In
In
In
In
In
1859—Explosions
1860—-Explosions
1861—Explosions
1862—Explosions
1863—Explosions
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4\^. Lives
8 Lives
4 Lives
4 Lives
2 Lives
lost
lost
lost
lost
lost..,...'
124
50
, 14
9
4
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Total
201
Before the law was made—from 1848 to 1852—as follows:
In
InIn
In
In
1848—Explosions
1849—Explosions
1850—Explosions
1851—Explosions
1852—Explosions
Total
6 Lives lost
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8 Lives lost
13 Lives lost
5 Lives l o s t . . . . .
. 18 Lives lost
50
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Total
141
183284
152
395
1, 155;
Showing thereby a saving of life of nearly five-sixths. Besides, the increased'
number of passengers and soldiers now carried, compared-with those last dates,
SY s^^fivetoone.
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Yours-, very respectfully,
J A M E S N. MULLER,
Secretary for the Board.
Hon.
S. P : CHASE,
Secretary of the Treasury.
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M I N T OF THE U N I T E D STATES,.
Philadelphia, October 21, 1863.
SIR : I have the honor to submit the following report of the operations of the
mint and its branches for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1863 :
The coinage for this period has been much less than during the preceding year.
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although for that year it was much below former years. The same causes that
contributed to reduce the coinage of 1862 are still in operatioft; arid we cannot
hope for any material increase until the rebellion is crushed, peace restored, and
consequent and increasing prosperity gladdens our country.
The depofiits of foreign coin and bullion were small, the importation of specie
having greatly decreased, if not entirely ceased.
zThe amount of bullion in value received at the mint and branches during the
fiscal year was as follows : gold, $23,149,495 4 1 ; silver, $1,674,605 90; total
deposits, $24,824,101 31. From this amount must be deducted the bullion redeposited, or bars made at one branch of the mint and deposited at another for:
coinage. This deduction being made, the amount will be $23,701,8^7 31.
The coinage for the same period was as follows : gold coin, $20,695,852; fine
gold bars, $1,949,877 90; silver coins, $1,174,092 80; silver bars, $390,204 42;:
cent coins, $478,450; total coinage, $24,688,477 12; number of pieces of all
denominations, 51,980,575.
The distribution of the bullion received and coined at the mint and branches
was as follows: at Philadelphia, gold deposits, $3,401,374 5 5 ; gold coined,
$3,184,892; fine gold bars, $156,039 74. Silver deposits and purchases,
$386,189 73; silver coined, $358,217 80; silverbars, $6,897 83 ;• cents coined,
$478,450. Total deposits of gold and silver, $3,787,564 2 8 ; total coinage,
$4,184,497 37; number of pieces, 49,108,402.
At the branch mint, San Francisco, the gold deposits were $17,936,014 26;
gold coined, $17,510, 960; silver deposits and purchases, $962,879 9 5 ; silver
coined, $815,875 ; silver bars, $224,763 68. Total coinage of gold and silver,
$18,551,598 6 8 ; number of pieces, 2,872,173.
The assay office in New York received during; the year $1,812,106 60 ; in
gold bullion and in silver, $325,536 2 2 ; fine gold bars stamped at that office,
1,488—value, $1,793,838 16; silver bars 1,916—value $158,542 9 1 ; total value
of gold and silver bullion, $2,137,642 82.
The branch piints in the States now in rebellion are not in operation, and noreports therefrom have been expected or received.
Pursuant to your instructions, measures were taken early in the month of
April last to organize and put into operation the branch mint authorized by
law to be established at Denver, Colorado Territory. The time required to prepare the building purchased for mint purposes, and to have the necessary machinery, apparatus, &c., constructed in the east and transported to so. distant a
point, prevented the opening of the branch mint for business until the latter part
of September, ultimo, when operations Vere commenced and are now being successfully carried on. The institution is confined for the present to the smelting,
refining, assaying, and stamping of bullion, thesame beingreturned to the depositor
in. the form of unparted bars, bearing the government stamp of weight and fineness. The institution will, no doubt, prove of great .advantage to the mining
and other interests of that region of our country.
NEW^ MINING R E G I O N S .
Custom sanctions, and it is eminently proper in a report of the operations of
the mint, to introduce a reference at least to new discoveries and new openings
of the precious metals. The progress of our country in- every department of
productive industry, notwithstanding the disturbing causes of the past two
years, has been most gratifying. Among the surprising developments of the
interior of our national territory,\especially those parts of it which seem to require such encouragement to emigration, and a stimulus to.inhabitation, the-rich
mines of gold and silver may well claim the first place. Cahfornia, Colorado>
and Nevada have already had their fame extended far and wide; and- are= now
historical. Idaho at this time especially claims our attention; I t isemphatically the land of promise and of gold. This region waS' set off
a;s a separate Territory at the last session of Congress. It liefe north
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of Colorado and Utah, and takes in. the northern ranges of the Rocky moun
tains, with the. headwaters of the Missouri, Columbia, Yellowstone, and North
Platte rivers. The. localities Avhere workings have been commenced are numerous, but many of them have not been reported or described. They must be
various and widely separated, judging from the characteristic varieties in quality of their productions. Among the deposits received.we have had grades of
fineness from 795 to 949 thousandths; the latter in considerable quantity from
Salmon river, a. tributary to the Columbia. The quality df the gold produced
from the mines of Idaho is equa.Tto that in the older gold regions of our country, and the quantity appears to be inexhaustible.
Not jess promising are the mines opening in Oregon and Washington Territory. The workings are numerous and'constantly increasing in number. The
characteristic energy of our people will, no doubt, soon develop the mineral
wealth of those far distant regions, and thus invite and stimulate emigration to
our North Pacific territories.
In Oregon the fineness of gold seems to be tolerably regular and steady, and
nearly equal to the average of California. In the gold.from Washington Territory the. variation is great, ranging from 650 to 938 thousandths.
The returns from Oregon and Idaho and Washington Territories are as yet
imperfect; but enough is known to warrant.the statement that in quantity and
quality the gold of those regions Avill rival, if not surpass, the productions of the
California mines.
In a. former report I referred to the Territory of Arizona and its mineral
wealth. T h a t Territory, is now yielding both gold and silver. The amount, as.yet, is small, but every new opening strengthens the assurance that the quantity
of those metals is almost unlimited. When the troubles of the country are
ended, and our citizens can safely extend their researches and operations, the
developments of this.Territory will be rapid and extensive.
From British America we received several deposits of Canada gold, which, in
some instances, yielded as high as 947 thousandths fine. The mines of Nova
Scotia do not yield as at first anticipated. A small portion only of the product
of those mines reach our institution, the greater part being sent to the British
mjnt:
The reports from the gold and silver regions of our country are very satisfactory, and indicate an abundant and increasing production. The places
whence the deposits, of gold and silver were obtained, ard the amount from each
locality, are set forth in the tabular statements attached to" this report.
COI^PER'COINAGE.
The. coinage and issue of the nickel-cent has been very large, and almost
unprecedented. T h e demand still continues, and every effort has been made to
supply it. This, coin has been distributed to every part of the country, and
orders for large amounts are daily received. The profits pay all expenses of;
the coinage and distribution of the cent.
A great benefit to the country was effected by the act of 1857, reducing the
size of the cent. It is to be regretted the idea still prevailed that it was necessary to put into thjecoin, if not an equivalent, at least a large proportion of real
value. To this end, and for other reasons, an alloying metal was sought which
should command a comparatively high price in the market, without being properly a precious metal. Nickel,' possessing the requisite value and suitable
qualities, was selected. It was"then worth about two dollars per pound; though'
it has.since been much lower in price. Our cent was, by decreasing the size, ^
reduced iii weight from 168 to 72 grains ; the former simply'copper, the latter"
an alloy of 88 per cent, copper with 12 per cent, nickel, making a coinof con-'
venient size and neat appearance, and containing a half cent's worth of metal,"
more or less, according to market fluctuations. The change Avas well intended,'
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but the experience of other countries, and, indeed, of our own, has taught us
that it was an unnecessary liberality, and that all the nickel we have thus used
has been so much money wasted. In France they had formerly a copper sous,
or five-centimes, about the same as our cent in legal value, weighing' 154 grains
troy; but the five-centimes of the present day weighs only half as much. This .
latter is a mixture called bronze, and is composed of 95 per cent, copper, the
remainder being tin and zinc, which, adds nothing to the cost, but gives character
and prestige to the coin. The mixture is less oxidable and more cleanly than
copper. Now, this coin of half weight passes as readily, and is, in fact, more
acceptable to the public than the old heavy one. This is not surprising or unusual. Whilst people expect a full value in their gold and silver coins, they
merely want the inferior nioney for convenience in making exact payments, and
not at all for.the value of the copper, tin, or nickel which may be present. If
the law makes it a cent of legal tender to a proper and sufficieut extent, then
it is a cent to every one using it, even if its intrinsic^ should be only the onetenth- of its- nominal and legal value. If any further proof of this fact should
be demanded, we have only to refer to our own recent experience, when illegal
cent tokens of the size of the legal cent were made and freely passed, although
they contained no nickel, weighed on the average about 51 grains, and worth not
more than one-fifth of a cent. Not less than three hundred varieties of these
false and illegal tokens or cents have been made and issued, and, until suppressed, were freely used as coin by the public.
They were in direct violation of the laws of the United States; and the
prosecution of certain parties issuing them has deterred others, and will soon
drive them altogether from circulation.
We have therefore used a great deal of nickel to little purpose; and much
of it from foreign countries, for which we have had to pay in .gold or its
equivalent. We have given it away under the mistaken notion that value was
essential to secure the circulation of our inferior coinage, and • to prevent its
being counterfeited. The law regulating the cent coinage required it. Experience proves that an alloy more valuable than the principal metal may be
safely omitted.
Nickel derives its name from a certain unpleasant allusion, indicating its
character, and which, in a metallurgic sense, it honestly deserves. It is very
obstinate in the melting pot, requiring the fiercest fire, even when in alloy with
:Copper. It commonly makes a hard mixture, very destructive to dies, and all
the contiguous parts of the coining machinery.
Perhaps,as great an objection as any to the further use of this alloy is its
limited use in the arts. With the addition of zinc it would make .good German
silver, and. could be.worked up into plated ware. Beyond this, and a few other
applications, copper with 12 per cent, of nickel is of no more value to the
artisan than copper alone; it is even a deterioration, and more difficult to melt.
On the Avhole, it may now be.advised, and even urged, that the law of coinage be modified, so as to provide that the cent, retaining its present size and
devices, shall be composed of 95 per cent, of copper; the remainder tin and
zinc in suitable proportions.
An effort is now making to TC-establish in our country the manufacture of
nickel from native ores. If. successful, as present appearance's indicate it will be,
the mint may be supplied from this source, to the entire exclusion of the foreign article.
It is not easy to offer a conjecture as to the amount of cents that will be required
to meet the public demand. Before the suspension of specie payments, they
were already considered redundant in quantity, and it was part of the hourly
finesse of buyers and sellers to get rid of them. For. the past two years, how- •
ever, they- have commanded a premium, and are now scarcely to be had. Up
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to the close of this fiscal year we have issued, of the nickel cents, 163,911,000
pieces.
•This seems enormous, especially as they are little used in the western and
southern States. Other nations are largely in advance of us in this coinage."
The new copper or bronze coinage of England amounts to nearly three times
as much.
ALUMINUM.
The postal currency has given us a renewed assurance, if any was needed,
that a small piece of paper, if made a legal tender and certain, to be redeemed,
is as readily current as a piece of silver. There is an important intimation and
significance in this fact; all the silver that hascgone into three-cent, five-cent,
and perhaps ten-cent pieces, might have been reserved for larger coin, and
these lesser coins be made of a cheap metal or mixture. Metallic money for
small change is more acceptable than paper or any similar material. But what
metal could be used for the proposed substitution? Copper has its place; it
cannot ascend higher than the cent. Tin, although a beautiful metal, is too
soft. Other objections will occur to brass, zinc, lead, or.iron.
The lately-discovered metal, "aluminum," which m a y b e extracted from
any b,ed of clay, although it is at present most conveniently obtained from a
.mineral in Greenland, certainly possesses properties which are admirably suited
to the '' small change" department. . Firm, ductile, bright, cleanly, agreeable to
the touch, resisting ordinary corrosions, having a medium grade of fusibility,
and, above all, with a lightness of weight or low specific gravity which makes
it a curiosity among metals, and which gives it a character not to be imitated.
These are the leading traits and characteristics that commend it to attention.
The principal difficulty to its use for "small change," or as a substitute for
postal currency, lies in the price, which must be much reduced, and reach a
probable "minimum," before this metal can serve the purpose. This may be
expected. A few years ago the article was equal to gold in value—a price merely
•fanciful. It can now be had for ten dollars a pound, which is seven grains for
one cent. There ought to be at least that much worth in the three-cent token,
and a proportionate value for the half dime, but it must have sufficient bulk to
• be recognized by its lightness when poised upon the finger, or by other simple
process. If we assume that the three-cent token should.be,as large as the
nickel cent, then, in the proportion of specific gravities, it would weigh 21 grains.
Whenever, therefore, by another step in the process of metallizing "alumina,"
• the cost per pound shall be reduced to one third of its present price—and this
'•
• may confidently be anticipated—this subject will deserve, and should receive,
the earnest and favorable consideratioii of the law-making power. Its initial
•discussion at this time may be gratifying to many, and especially interesting to
• men of science. These remarks are intended only as suggestive, not a full discussion of the merits of this new metal, or the purposes to which it may be applied.
.,
I would respectfully and earnestly ask the attention of the department to the
proposition, in my former report, to introduce a motto upon our coins expressive
of a national reliance on divine protection, and a distinct and unequivocal national recognition of the divine sovereignty. We claim to be a Christian nation.
W h y should we not vindicate our character, by honoring the God of nations,,in
the exercise of our political sovereignty as a nation? Our national coinage^
should do this. Its legends and devices should declare our trust in God; in him
who is the " King of kings and Lord of lords." The motto suggested, " God,
our trust," is taken from our nationalliymil, the "Star Spangled Banner;" the
sentiment is familiar to every citizen of our country; it has thrilled the hearts
and fallen in song from the lips of millions of American freemen. The time for the
introduction of this or a similar motto is propitious and appropriate. 'Tis an hour
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of national peril and danger,: an hoiir when man's^strength is-weakness, when
our strength and our nation's strength and salvation must be in the God .of bat.tles aind ofnations. Let us reverently acknowledge his sovereignty, and let
our coinage declare our trust in God.
Permit me .again, to refer to the anomalous character of the silver dollar of the
United States, and to the remarks on this subject .in my report for the fiscal
year ending June 30, 1861.
,
*•
The dollar is our unit of value, but the value of the^gold and silver: dollar,
under existing laws, is not the same, and therefore we have ho certain or*deterniined standard of value. Gold being more fixed and certain ,in its valuation,
is not only better than silver, as a standard of value in our monetary system, but
better expresses the equivalent value of foreign coins in our currency, and therefore the gold dollar sliould be, by law, adopted as the uni!; value of our: money.
For silver there is no fixed legal valuation, the law providing for the shifting of
price according to the condition of supply and demand. The • present-mint
•price of standard silver is $1 22J cents per ounce troy, payable in silver coins
of less denomination than the dollar; an advance of one and a half cents per
ounce since January, 1862.
,
'
STATEMENT OF FOREIGN
COINS.
The statement of foreign coins, as required by law, will be found appended to
this report. No alteration is required in the statement of last year. But it may
here be stated that several- specimens of Mormon coinage,' of gold five-dollar
pieces, dated 1860, have lately appeared here. They are entirely different in
devices from the coinage executed at Salt Lake City in 1849. On one side the
legend is ^'Deseret Assay Office," and on the other sundry cabalistic characters.
1'hey have undergone no improvement as to intrinsic value. ^The average
weight is about 116 grains, and the fineness 874 thousandths, in some cases
probably a iittle higher; the value, reckoning the silver alloy and allowing for
charge of parting, about $4 40.
We have had a recent opportunity of examining and testing the new silver
florin of Austria, which enables us to settle a question of some importance in
custom-house reckonings, and in the adjustment of diplomatic and consular accounts. The weight, fineness, and value, as given in 'the last statement, are
corroborated; the particulars will be found in the silver table.
I t will not be amiss to give some public information in regard to certain small
octagonal gold coins stamped " J dollar 1859" and ":J dollar 1859," without
any name, but believed to be coined in California, and sold as pocket-pieces, or
to gratify the eagerness of coin-collectors. Their fineness varies from 425 to
445 thousandths, and the intrinsic value of the " J dollar" is eleven cents, while
that of the " : | dollar" is six and a half cents. They present a good appearance.
The medal department of the mint is in successful operation, and increases in
interest and importance. The national and other medals of historic and private
interest prepared in this institution are models of artistic skill, and are duly
appreciated by the numismatist and the public generally. Valuable medals and
rare coins have been added to the cabinet during the past year, some by gift,
others by purchase. The daily crowd of visitors to the cabinet attests the interest taken by an intelligent public in that department of our institution.
LIST OF TABLES IN APPENDIX.
A. Statement of bullion deposited at the mint of the United States and
branches during thefi^scalyear ending June 30, 1863.
B. Statement of the coinage at the mint of the United States and branches
during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1863.
C. Statement of gold and silver of domestic production, deposited at the
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REPORT ON THE FINANCES.
mint of the United States and branches during the fiscal year ending June 30,
1863.
. .
D. Coinage of the mint and branches from their organization to the close of
the fiscal year ending June 30, 1863, (eleven tables.)
E. Gold of domestic production deposited at the mint of the United States
and branches to June 30, 1862, (seven tables.)
F . Statement of the amount of silver of domestic production deposited at the
mint and branches from January, 1841, to June 30, 1863.
.
G. Statement of the amount of si].ver coined at the mint of the UnitedStates
and branches at San Francisco and New Orleans, under the act of February
21, 1863.
'
H. Cents of former issue deposited at the United States mint for exchange
for the nickel cent to June 30, 1853.
I. Statement of the weight, fineness, and value of foreign gold coins.
J . Statement of the weight, fineness, and value of foreign silver coins.
Very respectfully, your obedient servant,
J A M E S POLLOCK, Director.
Hon.
S. P . CHASE, "
Secretary of the Treasury, Washington.
...
SCHEDULE
A.
Statement o f deposits a t the mint o f the United States, the branch mint a t S a n F r a n c i s c o , a n d a s s a y offce, N . Y., d u r i n g the f i s c a l
y e a r ending J u n e 30, 1863.
Mint of the United
States, Philadelphia.
Description of bullion.
$996,647
2,046,060
55,480
151,668
114,312
37,215
Fine bars
U. S. bullion.-..
XJ. S. coin
Jewellers' bars.,
Foreign coin
Foreign bullion .
42
n
55
23
50
74
TotaL
Branch mint, San
Francisco.
Assay .office, N e w
York.
$17,244,436 26
103,680 00
587,898 00
$1,332,319 60
4,910 00
177,443 CO
369,912 00
127,522 00
$996,647 42
20,622,805 97
60,390 55
329,111 23
387,904 50
752,635 74
17,936,014 26
1,812,106 60
23,149,495 4]
76,684 00
47,129 00
9,145 00
165,706 22
26,872 00
126,013 14
130,525 08
1,057,549 53
115,638 80
217,861 15
27,018 20
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O
Total "gold.
3, 401, 374 55
Fine bars
Jewellers' bars .
U. S. bullion..U. S. coin..
Foreign coin...
.Foreign bullion
Total silver
126,013
53,841
47,540
106,493
52,154
146
Less re-deposits at the different institutions..'. - Total deposits
gold.
962,879 95
325,536 22
1,674,605 90
3,787,564 28
Total gold and silver
962,879 95
386,189 73
,..
14
08
58
80
93
20
18,898,894 21
2,1.37,642 82
24,824,101 31
,250 86; silver....$126, 013 14.
1,122,264 00
23,701,837 31
O
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SCHEDULE B .
CD
Statement of the coinage at the mint of the TJnited States, the branch mint San Francisco, and assay office. New York, during the
fiscal year ending June 36, 1S63.
- .Mint of the United States,
Philadelphia.
Denomination.
Branch min i, San Fmncisco.
Total.
Assay office,
New York.
GOLD.
Double eagles
Eagles . . . ,•
Half cables
.'
Three dollars
Quarter eaffles
Dollars
Fine bars
Total gold
Pieces.
152,963
3,658
6, 902
39
20,990
1,950
.
.
.
.
Value.
$17,328,460 00
90,000 00
82,500 00
4, 000
895,923
31,400
425,260
412,860
' " 49,460
64,460
93,460
31, 400 00
212, 630 ^00
103,215 00
4,946 00
3,223 00
2, 803. 80
6,897 83
1,542,000
43, O O
C
291,250
loO,000
365,115 63
1,976,250
Value.
$20, 387,-720 00
126,58 00
117,010 C
O
• 117 00
62,475 00
1,950 00
1,949,877 90
1,082,425
22,645,729 90
31,400
1,967,260
455,860
340,710
164,460
^-93,-460
3l',4C0 00
983,630 C
O
113,965 00
34,071 00
8,223 00
2 803 80
390,204 42
158,542 91 - 3,053,150
1,564,297 22
478,450 00
10,000 00
3,340,931 74
Pieces.
1, 019, 385
12,658
23,402
;39
24,990
1,950
47,845,000
Pieces.
866,423
- 9,000
16,500
186,502
...
Value. $3,-059,260 00
36,580 00
34,510 00
117 C
O
52,^75 00
1,950 00
156,039 74
Value.
$1,793,838 16
17,510,960 00
1,793,838 16
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SILVER.
Dollars
Half dollars
Quarter dollars
Dimes
. . . . .
Half dimes
Three-cent "oieces
Bars
..
•
Total silver
Cents
.
1, 076, 900
47,845,000
Total coinage
49,108,402.
478,450 CO"
4,184,497 37
771,000
10,750
29,125
5,000
00
C
O
00
C
O
224,763 68
.1,040,638 68 '
158,542 91
•..-.1..
.
1
2, 872,173
18,551,598 68 . ,1,952,381 07
51,980,575.
24,688,477 12
QQ
SCHEDULE C .
Statement of gold and silver of domestic'production deposited at the mint of the United States, the branch mint, San Francisco, and
assay office. New York, during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1863.
Mint United States,
Philadelphia.
States.
California
•
Colorado...
Oregon
Nevada Territorv
Dakota Territorv
Idaho Territory AVashing'ton Territory .
Arizona .
Vermont
'
North Carolina
.
Georgia
New Mexico
Virginia
Parted from United States silver
..
$109,778
1,896,329
7,910
103
2,198
1,816
18,563
3,869
.
. . .
„
Total gold
391 00
• 298 00
130 C
O
1,108,466 57
17,244,436 26
. :
. 5 , 5 8 0 00
.34,328 00
1,332,319 6^-
;
87
87
78
68
88
97
88
75
00
84
66
53
00
26
20,622,805 97
2,781 00
14,595 00
13,111 32
856,043 27
37,210 26
121,431 68
29,753 00
47,540 58
.
932,879 95
47,129 C
O
.-...
H
o
H
O
02
1,057,549 53
1,379,448 60
o
188, 394 94
21,680,355 50
10,330 32
Total gold and silver of domestic production
$13,501,734
2,893, 336
3, 016,827
11,353
7,958
1,816
31,235
4,260
298
1,308
246
6,094
69
1,146,263
$346,244 60
937,535 00
7,813 00
12,672.00
84
66
53
00
69
•
841,448 27
Lake Superior
Nevada
'.
California
Arizona
Parted from domestic gold
Total silver..
Total.
Assay office, New
York.
$13,045,711 69
59,472 C
O
3,001,104 00
11,250 C
O
5,760 00
" 2,046,050 11
..
1,178
246
514
69
3, 468
58
87
78.
68
88
97
88
75
Branch mint," San
Francisco.
2,093,590 69
18,207, 316 21
OX
SCHEDULE
D.
, D.— Coinage of the mint and branches from their organization to the close of tlie fiscal year ending June 30, 1863.
1. M I N T O F T H E U N I T E D S T A T E S . P H I L A D E L P H I A .
SILVER COINAGE.
GOLD COINAGE.
J?eriod.
iDouble eagles.
Half dolls.
Eagles, i Half eagles. 1 T h r e e doUs. Quarter eagles.
Quai-ter dolls.
Dimes.
i
1793 to 1817..
1818 to 1837-.
3838 to 1847..
1848 to 1857-.
1858
1859
1860
1861
1862...\
1863
11,227,
8,122, 526 1, 970,
468, 504
13,
98,196
188, 615
2,341,921
1, 052, 375
1.52, 963
Total.
Pieces.
845, 909
3, 067^ 925
3, 269 921
2. 260. 390 i
32, 633
20. 71.8
19 724
.56. .526
639, 432
6, 902
12, 425,100 13, 496, 213 j 10, 240. 080 i
Pieces.
22.3. OJ 5
13,059
11, .^24
13, 402
6, 072 !
5. 785 j
272, 896 j
345,
i, 544.
113.
76.
.13,
121,
. 253,
20,
156,039 74
Pieces.
Pieces.
1, 439, 517 13,104. 433
1, 000 74, 793, 56-0
879, 873 ! 20, 203. 333
. 350, 250 ! 10, 691, 088
4,028,000
73, 500
2, 636, COO
349. 800
315, 530
741, .300
164, 900
2, 391,.350
1, 7;-50
425. 260
31,400
Pieces.
Pieces.
1, 007,151
, 650,280
11, 854, 949
5, 041, 749
4, 952, 073 11, 387, 995
35,172,010
41, 073. 080
690, 000
10, 600, 000
] , 760, 000
4, 996, m o
576, 000
9C9, 800
3,034,200 ' 1. 573, 000
i ; 364, .550
2,803,750
49, 460
412, 860
34,124,686 60
3, 257, 720 |129, 364.124
74, 472, 992
Value.
Pieces.
15. .348 608 $.33,612,140 46
208, 724
231.873
78, 743
13, 955
1, 799, 259'
1,950
8, 391, 521 j 17, 683,112
21.088 10
49.286.59
170. 275 34
66,434 76
49.421 61
O
o
65, 435,115
hj
TOTAL COINAGE.
C O P P E R COINAGE.
SILVER COINAGE
Period.
Half dimes. {3 cent pieces.;
1793 to 1817
1818 to 1837
1838 to lt<47
1848 to 1857
1858
1859
1860
1861
1862-.,.....
1^63
Pieces.
265, .543
14, 463, 700
11, 093, 235
34, 368, 520
. 4, 000, 000
2, 840, 000
870, 000
2, 787, 000
2, 352, 550
64, 460
37, 778, 900
1, 266, 000
1, 38(1, 000
548, 000
265, 000
608, 550
93, 460
Total
73,105, 008
41, 939, 910 i
Bars,
$:.<2,.3.55-55
843 37
9,341 OS
21. 656 30
2, 624 37
1,797 79
6, 897 83
Cents.
Pieces.
29, 316, 272
46, 5.54, >'30
34, 967. 663
51, 449, 979
23, 400, 000
30. 700, 000
34; 200, 090
10,166,000
11, 600, 000
47, 845, 000
I Half cents. Number, coined.] Value of gold. | Value of sHver. j Value of copper.I
Pieces.
5, 235, 513
2, 205, 200
"'"544 ,'510'
75, 516 29 I 320,199, 744 j 7, 985, 223
Pi2i
:ces.
$5, 610,9.57
52, 019. 407
582
17. ri39,
158, 882, 816
88. 3-.'7. 378 29; 491,010
474
244, 908, .562 256, 9.50,
10, 221,876
44, 833, 766
2, 660,646
44, H:!:^ Ill
4, 354,.576
38, 099, 348
21, 315, 255
47, 963,145
. 25, 951, 899
30, 036,808
4V', 108,402
3, 340,931
50
.50
00
46
60
59
84
76
11
74
$8, 268,295
40, 506,897
13, 913,019
22, 365,413
4,971, 823
3, 009,2-11
857, 076
1, 601,3242,172, 499
115
• 365,
75
15
00
55
37
08
30
37
29
63
768, 279, 944 408, 269, 810 10 | 98, 090, 705 49 |
$319, 340
476, 574
349: 676
517,222
234,000
307, 000
342, 000
101,660
116, 000
478, 450
Total
$14,198, 593 53
58, 6ri2, 853 95
43, 753,7'>5 63
279, 833,110 35
15, 427, 699 97
5, 976, 887 67
5, 353, 653 14
49, 666,1.30 13
.32, 325, 307 40
4,184, 4i)7 37
3, 241, 923 55 | 509, 602,439 14
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D.— Coinage of the mint and branches, 8fc.—Continued.
2. B R A N C H M I N T , S A N F R A N C I S C O .
GOLD COINAGE.
Peroid.
Double eagles.
1854
:
1855.
1856.....:
1857
...
3858
1859
.1860...
1861
D862
1863
Eagles. .
H alf eagles.
Pieces.
141,468
•859,175
1,181, 750
604, 500
885, 940
689,140
579, 975
'614,300
760, 000
866, 423
P ieces.
123, 826
9,000
73, 500
10, 000
27, 800
2,000
10, 000
6, 000
18, 000
9 000
Pieces.
268
61, 000
94,100
47, 000
58, 600
9,720
16, 700
8,000
18, 000
16, 500
7,182,671
289,126
329,888
..
.
.
. • .
.
.
.
.
I
Total
Tliree dollars. Quarter eagles.
Pieces.
Pieces.
14, 632
Pieces'.
6, 600
34,500
5,000
9,000
7,000
62,100
U n p a r t e d bars.
DoUars.
246
24, 600
71,120
20, 000
49, 200
• 8, 000
28, 800
14, 000
30, 000
4, 000
20, 000
15, 000
13, 000
Value.
$5, 641, 504 05
• 3, 270, 594 93
3, 047, 001 29
F i n e bars.
Value.
$5, 863 16
88, 782 50
122,136 55
816, 295 65
19,871 68
O
^^
•
O 4t:
i2i
87, 232
225, 366
12, 775, 395 92
236, 653 89
t!^
TOTAL COINAGE.
SILVER COINAGE.
Period.
Half dollars.
Quarter dollars.
Dimes.
Half dimes
Bars.
Pieces.
Pieces.
Pieces. •
Piepes.
•Pieces.
Value..
SUyer.
Gold.
No. of pieces.
DoUai-s.
Total.
a'
18.54
185'5
1856 . . -•
3857
1858
1859
1860
1861
1862
1863
•
•
15, OOP
5,000
.
Total
20, 000
121,950
211, 000
86, 000
218, 000
463, 000
693,000
..350, 000
1,179,500
1, 542, 000
412,400
286, 000
28, 000
63, 000
172,000
24, 000
52, 000
120, 000
4-1, 000
30, 000
90, 000
40, 000
100, 000
219, 500
291,250
4 864 4r5n
• 1 200 ^'^^
770 7-'(i
'
100, 000
19, 752
29, 409
211, 411
71, 485
1,278
224, 763
61
87
.52
61
65
68
282,712
1, 471, 272
1, 977, 559
800, 500
1, 362, 028
1, 463, 893
1,417,475
1,144,300
2, 345, 000
2, 872,173
100,000
581, 771 39
15,136, 912
m , 609 45
Value.
Vahce.
$9, 731, 574 21 •
.20, 957, 677 43
$164, 075 00
"200, 609 45
28, 315, 537 84
"50,000 00
112, 490, 000 00
147, 502 61
19, 276, 095 65
327, 969 87
13, 906, 271 "78
.772, 911 52
11, 889, 000 00
269, 485 61
12, 421, 000 00
642, 978 65
15, 545, 000 00
17, 510, 960 00 1,040,638 68
l i 2 043 n o RI
'
'
1
3, 416,171 39
Vahie.
$9. 731, 574
21 121 752
28, 516,147
12, 540, 000
19,423, 598
14, 234, 241
12, 461, 911
12, 690, 485
16,187, 978
18, 551, 598
21
43
'29
00
26
55
52
61
65
68
]65 459 288 20
C0
D.—Coinage of the mint and hranches, §ic.—ContiiiTied.
00
^
3. B R A N C H M I N T , N E W O R L E A N S .
GOLD COINAGE.
S I L V E R COINAGE.
Period.
Double eagles.
Eagles.
730, 500
47, 500
24, .500
4, 350
9,600
Pieces.
• 1,026,342
534, 250
21, 500
4,000
8,200
5,200
816,450
1,599,492
Pieces.
1838 to 1847
1848 to 1857
1858
1859
1860
'
1861 Cto .Tanuarv 31')
Total
-.
Half eagles.
Tliree dollars. Quarter eagles.
Dollars.
Dollars.
Pieces.
Pieces.
,59, 000
40, 000
Half dollars./ Quarter dollars.
200, 000
280, 000
395, OCO:
Pieces.
709, 925
108,100
13, 000
831, 025 1
- Pieces.
Pieces.
. 550, ."528
546,100
34,COO
24, 000
24. 000 i
1.130. 628
'
'
1, 004, 000
1, 004, 000
Pieces.
13, 509, 000
21, 406, COO
4,614,000
4,912,000
2, 212, 000
828, 000
Pieces.
3, 273, 600
4, 556,000
1,416,000
544, 000
388, 000
O
974, 000
47, 481, 000
10,177, 600
%
c
§
.
T O T A L COINAGE.
SILVER COINAGE.
Period.
Dimes.
1830 to 1847
1848 to 1857
1858
1859
1860 . . . . .
1861, (to J a n u a r y 31)
Total
,
Pieces.
6, 473, 500
5, 690, 000
1, .540, OCO
440, 000
370, 000
14,513,500
Half dimes. T h r e e cents
Pieces.
2, 789, 000
8,170, 000
2, 540, 000
1, 060, 000
1, 060, 000
15, 619, 000
Bars.
Value of gold.
Pieces.
28, 390, 895
43, .528, 950
10, 226, 000
7,184, 500
4,322,550
1, 237, 800
$15,189, 365
22, 934, 250
1, 315, 000
530, O O
Q
169, 000
244, 000
377,237 13
94,890, 695
40, 381, 615
. 720, 000
720, 000
Value of silver. Total value c'nd.
3
m
$334,996 47
25, 422 33
16, 818 33
Pieces.
VaUce,
No, of pieces.
$8, 418, 700
12, 881,100
2, 942, 000
3, 223, 996
1, 598, 422
825, 818
00
00
00
47
33
33
29,890, 037 13
$23,608, 065
35, 815, 350
4, 257, 000
3, 753, 996
1,767,422
1, 069, 818
00
00
00
47
33
33
70, 271, 652 13
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D.— Coinage of the mint and branches, <^c.—Continued.
4. B R A N C H M I N T , D A H L O N E G A .
5. B R A N C H M I N T , C H A R L O T T E .
GOLD COINAGE.
GOLD COINAGE.
Period.
Half eagles. Quarter eagles. Three dollars. Dollars Total pieces. Total value.
18.38 to 1847
1848 to 1857
1858
1859
1860
1861,(toFeb.28).
Total
Pieces.
576, 553
478, 392
19, 256
11,404
12, 800
11, 876
Pieces.
Pieces.
134.101
60, 605
900
642
1, 602-
1,110, 281
Pieces.
60. 897
1,637
6,957
1,472
1,566
197, 850
1,120. 72, 529
710, 654 $3,218,017 50 1838 to 1 8 4 7 . . . .
601, 0.14 2, 607, 729 50 1848 to 1857
100,167 CO 1858.
21, 793
65, 582 00 1.859
19, 003
69, 477 00 1860
15, 874
60, 946 CO 1861, (to Mar. 31)
13,442
1, 381, 780 6,121, 919 00
IMints.
Period.
1854...
1855...
1856...
1857...
1858...
1859...
1860...
1861...
1862...
1863..'.
Value.
$2, 888, 059 18
20,441,813 63
19, 396, 046 89
9, 335, 414 00
21,798,691 04
13, 044, 718 43
6, 831, 532 01
19, 948, 728 88
16, 094, 768 44
1, 793, 838 16
Total
Fine silver bars.
131, 573, 610 66
$6, 792 63
123,317 00
171, 961 79
272, 424 05
222,226 11
187, 078 63
415,603 57
158, 542 91
1, 557, 946 69 133,131, 557 35
Total
Pieces:
123, 576
79,736
9,056
877, 983
Pieces.
103, 899
' "5,'.235
7,469
109,134
393,000
684. 507
40,122
44, 7.35
30, 474
14,116
$1, 656, 060 00
2, 807, 599 00
177, 970, 00
202, 735 00
133, 697 50
70, 580 CO
1, 206, 954
5, 048,641 50
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c P a
2 go
T o t a l value.
$2, 888,059 18
20, 441,813 63
19, 402,839 52
731 00
9. 458,
21, 970,652 83
13, 317,142 48
7, 053,758 12
20,135, 807 51
16, 510,372 01
1, 952,381 07
Pieces. '
269, 424
500, 872
31, 066
39, 500
23, 005
14,116
7, SUMMARY EXHIBIT OF THE COINAGE OF THE BUNT AND BRANCHES TO
THE CLOSE OF THE YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 1863,
6. ASSAY O F F I C E , N E W YORK.
F i n e gold bars.
Half eagles.. Quarter eagles. Dollars. Total pieces. Total value.
Philadelphia
San Francisco
New Orleans, (to J a n . 31,1861)
Charlotte, (to March 31,1861) .
Dahlonega, (to F e b 28,1861)..
Assay ofiice, N e w York
Total.
Gold coinage. . Silver coinage.
Value.
1793.. $408, 269, 810 10
1854.. 162, 043,116 81
1838..
40,381,615 00
1838..
5, 048, 641 50
1838..
6,121, 919 00
1854.. 131, 573, 610 66
Value.
$98, 090, 705 49
3, 416,171 39
29, 890, 037 13
753, 438, 713 07
132, 954,860 70
Copper coinage.
Value.
1, 241, 923 55
1, 557, 946 69
3,241, 923 55
Entire coinage.
Pieces.
•Valioe.
768, 279, 944 $509', 602.439 14
15,136, 912 165.459.288 20
94, 890, 695 70.271.652 13
1, 206, 954
5.048.641.50
1, 381, 750
6,121.919 00
13,3,131,557 35
889,635,497 32
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02
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SCHEDULE
to
E.
Statement of gold of domestic production deposited at the m,int of the United States and hranches to the close of the fiscal year ending
June 30, 1863.
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1. MINT OF THE UNITED STATES, PHILADELPHIA.
•
Period.
1804 to 1827
1828 lo 18-37
38.38 lo 1847
1848 Lo 18.57.
J 858
J859
18G0
1861,1862
1863
P a r t e d fi-om silver.
North Carolina. South Carolina-
Virginiii,
$68, 864 66
3, 468 69
69 00
$110,000 CO
2, 519. -500 00
1, 303, 636 00
467, 237 00
1,5.175 CO
9; 3C5 00
8, 4-50 l l
7, .523 80
81 38
1,178 81
72, 333 .35
1, 538, 554 41
4, 442, 087 13
$427, 000 CO
518, 294 CO
.534. 491 .50
18,377 CO
15, 720 CO
17, 402 62
7, 200 29
•
.
Total
Period.
.Oregon.
Colorado.
Arizona.
$327, 500
152. 366
55, 626
300
4, 675
540, 467
00
00
00
00
00
•
,
00
$1, 763. 900
506, 3*6
44, .577
18, 365
20,190
7,-556
1-5, 049
1,35
246
Alabama.
Tennessee.
Georgia.
00
00
50
CO
00
41
51
40
66
2 436 .336 38 j
Washington Ter. Idaho Territory.
New Mexico,
California.
$12,400 66
16, 499 00
G, 669 00
$45, 493 00
"9, 451 CO
240 00
.595 88
92 76
'"-•
1
' 36. 403 88
D a c o t a Ter,
I
55, 036 76
N e v a d a Ter,
$48, 397 CO $226, 839, .521
1, 372 506
275 CO
959.191
663 389
'426,807
244 259
• 514 53
109,778
49,186 53
Other sources.
62
07
79
02
81
81
.58
o
•w
H
O
•H
230, 615,454 70
Total.
i2i
>
1804
1828
1838
1848
18.58
1859
1860
1861
1862
1863
to
to
to
to
1827
1837
1347
1857
$1,3, 266 m
$54, 285 CO
3,600 CO
2, 960 CO
2, 780 16
.-.
7, 910 78
Total......
..
71, 535 94
21, 037 00
7, 218 00
$145
346, 604
607, 592
1,122,333
1,896, 329
00
05
08
50
87
• 3; 973, 004 50
"
1, 402 01
1, 507 96
$3, 048 37
3, 869 75
$215 70
18, 563 83
6, 918 12
18, 779 58
-
$1, 816 97
$2,198 88
1,816 97
2,198 88
•
$103 68
103 68
44,364 97
$110,000
5, 003, 500
2, 623, 641
228,067.473
1 428,3.23
1,012,701
1 048 180
1. 068, 822
1 435 890
2, 046, 050
00
00
00
62
07
79
20
48
45
11
243, 904, 582 78
o
GQ
E.—Statement of gold of dornestic production, ^c.—Gontinued.
2. BEANCH MINT, SAN FRANCISCO.
Period.
1854
. •
18.55
1856".'.ll
1857
1858..-..
1859
I860
1861
1862
1863.:.....,.....,......
Total
California.
Parted from silver.
Colorado.
Nevada.
$82.2,823 01
1,108,466 57
$10,842,281 23
20,860, 437 20
29,209,218 24
12,526,826 93
19,104,369 99
14,098,564 14
11,319,913 83
12,206,382 64
14,029,759 95
13,045,71169
$880 00
59,472 00
$13,000 00
11,250 00
1,931,289 58
157,243,465 84 • 60,152 00
24,250 00
Oregon.
Dakota.
Wasliington.
....1....
•
$888 00 '
$5,760 00
3,001,104 00
$12, 672 00
5,760 00
12,672 00
3,889,104 00
Total.
$10,842,281
20,860,437
29,209,218
12,526,826
19,104,369
14,098,564
11,319,913
12,206,382
15 754,262
17,244,436
23
20
24
93
99
14
83
04
96
26
o
163,160,693 42
M
t25
3 . BRANCH MINT OF NEW ORLEANS.
.
Period.
North
Carolina.
Sojith
Carolina.
1838 to 1847
1848 to 1857
. .
1858
1859
1860
1861 (January 31)
$741 00
$14,306 00
1,911 00
Total
741 00
Georgia..
T.ennessee.
Alabama.
$37, .364 00 $1,772 00 $61,903 00
2,317 00 • 947 00 15,379 00
1,560 00
164 12
661 53
16,217 00
41,241 00
2,883 12
77,943 53
California.
O
Colorada.
$1,770 39
1,666 81
22,265,240 89
3,437 20
$119,699
21,630,692
450,163
93,272
99,566
21,598
Q
Total.
$3,613 00
3,677 00
$.21,606,461 54
448,439 84
93,272 4l
97,135 00
19,932 10
Other
sources.
7,290 00
00
54
96
41
93
91
$22,414,993 74
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to
4. BRANCH MINT, CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA.
Period.
1838 to 1847
1848 to 1857.'
1858
1859
1860
1.861 (to March 31)
North. Carolina.
..
.
.
$1,.529,777
2,503,412
170,560
182,489
134,491
.
...
Total
00
68
33
61
17
4,520,730 79
South Carolina.
$143,941
222,754
5,507
22,762
00
17
16
71
California.
-$87,32101.
65,558 30
460,523^34
87,321 01-
Total.
$1,673,718
2,813,487
176,067
205,252
134,491
65,558
00
86
49
32
17
30
o
'
5,068,575 14
o
5. BRANCH MINT, DAHLONEGA.
Period.
Utah.
1838 to 1847
1848 to 1857
1858
:..
1859
1860
1861 (to Feb. 28) $145 14
Total
145 14
North
Carolina.
$64,351 00
28,278 82
2,656 88
3,485 70
812 79
99,585 19
South
Carolina.
$95,427
174,811
32,322
4,610
2,004
2,066
Georgia.
00 $2,978, 353
91 1,159,420
28
57,891
35
57,023
36
35,588
22,182
91
311,242 81
Tennessee.
00
98
45
12
92
14
$32,175 00
9,837 42
107 33
4,310,459 61
42,119 75
Alabama.
California.
sources.
$47,711 00
11,918 92 $1,224,71.2
5,293
699
lj097
4,213
59,629 92
Total.'
Colorado.
82
52
19
37
79.
1,236,016 69
$951 00
$82 70
24,908 83
32,772 28
57,763 84
951 00
52;
$3,218,017
2,609,931
95,614
65,072
67,085
62,193
00
87
58
24
21
05
6,117, 913 95
Cl
E.—Statement of gold of domestic production, &^c.—Continued.
6. ASSAY OFFICE, NEW YORK.
Parted from
silver.
Period.
1854
1855
1356
] 857
18.58
1859
1860 ^
1861
3862
1863
N. Carolina.
Virginia.
$167
3,370
6,928
1,531
501
436
4,202
3,869
316
$241,029 00
• 34,328 00
00
00
00
00
00
00
00
00
00
275,357 00
Period.
20,320 00
Colorado.
Total
Utah.
$3,916
3,750
805
1,689
7,007
20,122
' 9,755
2,753
2,232
130
00
00
07
00
00
00
00
00
00
00
52,159 07
S. Carolina.
Georgia.
$395
7,620
4,052
2, 6'63
6,354
700
$1,242
13.100
41.101
10,451
12,951
14,7n6
19,368
6,900
1,469
00
00
29
00
00
00
670 00
2,065 00
. ..^
..
Alabama.
00
00
28
00
00
00
00
00
00
121,338 28
Oregon.
Arizona.
24,519 29
Nevada.
New Mexico.
$350
233
1,545
2,181
593
00
62
00
00
00
818 00
$6,714 00
1,543 00
5,580.00.
5,720 62
13,837 00
Vermont..
Other sources.
California.
$9,221,457
25,025,896
16,529,008
9,899,957
19,660, .5^1
11,694,872
6,023,628
19,227,658
12,o80,H47
346,244
00
11
90
00
46
25
36
14
83
60
m
o
o
^9
130,209,901 65
Total.
o
1854
1855
1856
- 857
J
1858
1859
1860
1861
1862
1863
^
$1,600 00
. . . . .
$5,.58i 66
....•
Total
• $3,944
248,981
1,449,166
912,403
937,535
. 2,868 00
00
00
00
00
00
$4,680 00
73,734 00
3,552,029 00
78,c*414 00
$1,190
16,871
391
391
00
00
G
O
00
18,843 00
. -.
3,1.-1 00
205 00
7,813 00
-$40,846 00.
19,646 00
40,846 00
.
•
27,523 66
405- 00
$298'66'
298 00
3,293 00..
32,821 00
$9,227,177
25,054,686
16,582,129
9,917,836
19,722,629
-11,738,694
6,311,804
20,792,334
13,786,439
i,332,319
00
11
16
00
46
25
36
14
83
60
434,466,049 91
GO
IND
o
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E . — S t a t e m e n t ( f g o l d o f dom-estic^production, &:c.—Continued.
IN3
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7. SUMMARY EXHIBIT OF T E E ENTIRE DEPOSITS OF DOMESTIC GOLD AT T H E U. S, MINT AND BRANCHES TO J L ^ E 30, 1863.
Mint.
Parted from
silver.
Virginia.
N. Carolina.
S. Carolina.
Georgia.
f2,436,336
Philadelphia
$72,333 35 $1,538,554 41 $4,442,087 13 $540,467
San Francisco \ . 1,931,289 58
16,2.17 00
-741 00
New Orleans"-'..
41,241
4,520,730 79 460,523 34
Charlotte I'Ml'..
99,585 19 311,242 81 4, 310, 459
Dahlonega
1.21,338
24,519 29
52,159 07
20,320 00
Assay office
275,357 00
Total.
Mint.
Philadelj)hia...
San Francisco.
New Orlean.s . .
Charlotte . . . . . .
Dahlonega -'..Assay office . . .
Total.
Alabama. Tennessee.
California.
Colorado.
Utah.
38 ,|55,036 76 \m, 403 88 ^230,615,454 70 $3,973,004 50
157,243,465 84
i50,152 00
3,437 20
06 77,943 53 2,853 12 22,255,240 89
87, &21 01
61 59,629 92 42,'ii9*75
1,236,016.69
57,763 84 1145 14
28 5.720 62
130,209,901 65 3,552,029 00 78,414 00
2,278,979 93 1,558,874 41 9,115,303 18 1,352,969 44 6,909,375 27 198,330 83 81,406 75 541,647,400 78 7,646,386 54 78,559 14
Arizona. N. Mexico.
$6,918 12 $49,186 53
18,843 00 13,837 00
Oregon.
NevadaT. Dakota Ter. Idaho Ter. Wash'n Ter. Vermont.
$103 68
$71,535 94
3,889,104 00 ^24,250 00
,816 9:
$18,779 58.
12,672 00
$298 00
19,646 00 40,846 00
25,761 12- 63, 023 53 3,980,285 94 65,1.99 68
|2,193 88
5,760 00
7,958 88
1,816 9:
31,451 58'
298 00
Other sources.
O
H
O
Total.
$44,364 97 $243,904,582
163,166,693
7,290 00
22,404,9.93
5,068,575
951 00
6,117,913
32,821 0 0 134,466,049
.
78
42
74
14
95
91
• 85, 426" 97 575,128,808 94
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SCHEDULE
F.
Statement of the amount ofsilver of domestic production deposited at the mint of the United States and branches from January, 1841, of June, 30, 1863.
Parted from gold.
Year.
1841 to 1851
1852
1853
1854
1855
1856
1857
1858
1859
.
I860
1861
1862
1863
.
$768, 509 00
404, 494 CO
417.279 00
328,199 0 0 ^
333,053 00
321, 938 38
127, 256 12
300, 849 36
219, 647 34
138,561 70
364,724 73
245,122 47
188, 394 94
.
4,1.58, 029 05
Total
Nevada.
$102,
213,
757,
856,
540
420
446
043
Arizona.
Sonora.
77
84
60
27
$13, 357 00
12, 260 00
105 CO
1, 929, 451 48
25, 722 00
$1, 200 CO
North Carolina.
L a k e Superior.
$23, 398 00
12, 257 CO
6, 233 CO
^
SCHEDULE
1,200 00
41, 888 00
$15, 623 00
30,122 13
25, 880 5§
13, 372 72
21, 366 38
13,11132
California.
$8, 224 00
119, 476 13
8,224 CO
Total.
$768. 509
404, 494
417 279
328,199
333, 053
321,938
127 256
316, 472
273 167
293,797
610 Oil
1, 032, 2§4
] 057, 549
00
00
00
00
CO
38
12
36
47
05
29
45
53
o
SI
H
o
6, 283, 990 65
G.
Statement of the amount of silver coined at the mint of the United States and branches at San Francisco and Neio Orleans, under the act of February 21, 1853.
United States mint, Phil- B r a n c h mint, San F r a n - Branch iniiit, New Orcisco.
leans, to J a n . 31,1861.
adelphia.
Year.
1853
1854
1855
1856
1857
1858
1859
1860
1861
1862
1863
....
...
.
Total
.
$7, 806, 461 CO
5, 340, 130 00
1, 393,170 00
3,150, 740 00 •
1, 333, 000 00
4, 970, 980 00
2, 926, 400 00
519, 890 00
1, 433, 800 00
2,168,941 .50
326, 817 80
31, 370, 330 30
$164, 075 00
177, 000 CO
50, 000 CO
127, 750 00
283, 500 00
356, 500 CO
198, 000 00
641,700 00
815, 875 00
•2,8.14,400 00
$1, 225, 000
3,246,000
1, 918, 000
1, 744, 000
00
00
00
00
2, 942, 000
2, 689, 000
1,293,000
414,000
00
00
00
00
15, 471, 000 00
.
-
o
Total.
OQ
$'9,031,461
8,586,130
3 475 245
5 071 740
1 3S:], 000
8, 040, 730
' 5, 898, 900
2, 169, 390
2, 045, 800
2, 810, 641
1,142, 692
00
00
00
00
00
00
00
00
00
50
80
49, 655,730 30
to.
o
C71
206
KEPORT ON THE FINANCES
SCHEDULE H .
Statement of cents of former issue deposited at the TJnited States mint, foi
exchange f o r cents of the new issue^ to June 30, 1862.
,,
Value by sale.
Year.
1857 .
....
1858 '.• . . .
1859
1860
1861. . . .
1862
1863
•'. . .
.
..
•
-
----
Total.....
S16, 602/00
39, 404 00
47, 235 00
37 500 00
95, 245 00
53, 365^00
6, 185 00
^ $287,536^00
A statement offoreign gold and silver coins, prepared by the Director of the
Mint, to acf^ompanv his annual report, in pursuance of the act of February
21,1857.
"
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EXPLANATORY REMARKS. "
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The first column embraces the names of the countries where the coins .are
issued; the second contains the names of coin, only the principal denominations
being given. The othei sizes are proportional; and when this; is not the case
the deviation is stated.
The third column expresses the weight of a single piece in fractions of .the
troy ounce, carried to the thousandth, and in a few cases to the ten thousandth
of an ounce. The method is preferable to expressing the Aveight in grains for
commercial purposes, and corresponds better with the terms of the mint. I t
may be readily transferred to weight in grains by the following rule: Hemove
the decimal point; from one-half deduct four per'cent, of that half, and the
remainder will be grains.
The fourth column expresses the fineness in thousandths, i. e. the number -of
parts of pure gold or silver in 1,000 parts of the coin.
The fifth and sixth columns of the first table expresses the valuation of gold.
In the fifth is shoAvn the value as compared with the legal content or amount of
fine gold in our coin. In the sixth is shown the value as paid, at the mint after
the uniform deduction of one-half of one per cent. The former is the value for
any other purposes than recoinage, and especially for the purpose of comparison the latter is the value in exchange for our coins at the mint.
For the silver there, is no fixed legal valuation, the law providing for shifting
the price according to the condition of demand and supply. The present price
of standard silver is 122^ cents per ounce, at which rate the values in the fifth
column of the second table ,are calculated. In a few cases where the coins
could not be procured the data are assumed from the legal rates, and so stated.
207
REPORT ON THE FINANCES.
SCHEDULE I.
Gold coins.
Country.
Denomination.
Weight. Fineness.
Oz. dec.
'A istralia
Austria....
Belgium
Bolivia:
l^razil
; Central America
; Chili
•-.Denmark
. Ecuador
England
France
• Germany, north
Germany, south
Greece
Hindostan
Italy
...
Japan
Mexico
Naples
Netherlands....
New Granada . .
Peru . - . .
Portugal
Prussia.
Rome . . .
Russia ..
Spain . . .
Sweden.
Tunis . .
Turkey.
Tuscany
Pound of 1 8 5 2 . . . . . .
Sovereign, 1855-'60.
Ducat
Souverain New Union Crown, (assumed)
Twenty-five francs
Doubloon
20 milreis
Two escudos
...
Old, doubloon
Ten pesos
Ten thaler
Four escudos
i
Pound or sovereign, new
Pound or sovereign, average .
Twentyfe*ancs,new
Twenty francs, average
Ten thaler. Ten thaler, Prussian
Krone, (crown)
Ducat
Twenty drachms
Mohur
20.1ire
Old cobang
New cobang
Doubloon, average
Doubloon, new
Six ducati, new
Ten guilders
Old doubloon, Bogota
Old doubloon, Popayan
Ten pesos, new
Old doubloon
Gold crown
New Union Crown, (assumed)
2-^ scudi, new
Five roubles
100 reals
.'....
80 reals
•
'.
Ducat
'.
25 piastres
100 piastres
Sequin
0.281
0.256. 5
0. JJ2 0.363
0. 357
"0. 254
0. 867
0. 575
0.209
0.867
0. 492
0. 427
0. 433
0. 256.7
0.256
0.207. 5
0. 207
0.427
0.427
0. 357
Value.
Value after
deduction.
Thous.
916.5
9J6
• -988 .
900
900
" 899
870
'917:5
853.5
870
900
895
844
9.16. 5
915.5
899.5
899
• 895
903
900
0.112
986
0.185
900
0.374
916
0.207
• 898
0.362
568
0.289.
572 •
0. 867.5
866
0. 867. 5
870.5
0. 245
996
0.215
899
0.868
870
0.867
858
0. .525
891.5
0.867
868
0.308
912
0.357
900
0.140
900
0. 210
916
0. 268 "
896
0. 215
869.5
0.111
875
0.161
900
0.231
915
0.112
999'
$5: 32. 37 $5.29.71 .
4. 85.58
4. 83.16
2.27.04
2. 28. 28
6. 75. 35 • 6.71.98
6. 64.19
6. 60.87
4.72.03
4. 69. 67
15.51.46
15.59.25
10. 90. 57 10.85.12
. 3:68.75
3.6Q. 91
15. 59. 26 15. 51. 47
9.15.35 ' 9.10.78
7. 90. 01
7. 86. 06
7. 55,46
7. 51. 69
4. 86. 34
4.83.91
4.84.48
4.82.06
3. 83.91
3. 85. 83
3. 84. 69. • 3.82.77
7.90. 01
7.86.06
7.93. 09
•7.97.07
6. 64.20.
6. 60. 88
6.28.28
2.27.14
3. 44.19
3. 42. 47
7.08.18
7. 04. 64
3.84.26
3. 82. 34
4. 44. 0
4.41.8
3. 57. 6
3. 55. 8
1.5.52.98
15.45.22
15. 61. 05 15. 53. 25
^ 5.04.43
5.01.91
3. 99.56
3. 97. 57
15.61.06
15.53.26
15. 37. 75 15.30.07
, 9.62. 68
9.67.51
15. 55. 67 15.47.90
5. 80. 66
5. 77.76
6. 64.19 . 6. 60. 87
. 2. 60. 47 ! 2. .59.17
3. 97. 64
3.95.66
4.96.39
4.93.91
3.86.44
3. 84. 51
2.23.72
2. 22. 61
2. 99. 54
2.98. 05
4. 36. 93
4. 34.75
2.30.14
2.31.29
'208
REPORT ON T H E FINANCES.
SCHEDULE
J.
Silver coins.
^ -.
• Brazil
Canada
• Centrt'J America
•Chili
•'Denmark
•England
France
^ Germany, north.
• Germany, south
Greece
Hindostan
Japan
Mexico
" Naples
Netherlands
" Norway
New Granada...
Peru
Prussia
•Rome
Russia
• Sardinia
Spain
Sweden
"Switzerland
Tunis
Turkey
o..
Tuscany
NCAV dollar
Half-dollar
Double milreis
20 cents
DoUar
Old dollar
New dollar
'
•
*
TAVO .rigsdaler
Shilling, • new
Shilling, average
Five ii'anc, aA^eiage
Thaler, before 1857
ITew thaler
Florin, before 1857
New' florin, (assumed)
Five drachms
Rupee
'
Itzebu
NCAV itzebu
......:..'...
Dollar, ne.Av . . . . ' . . . . . . , . . >. .^..
Dollar,, average !.'.tfi>.i 'i-::-iiK..]..
Scudo
-•
.-....
2i guild
Specie daler
Dollar of 1.857
•
Old dollar
Dollar of 1.858
Half dollar, 1835-'38
Thaler before 1857
NCAV thaler
Scudo
:
Rouble
Five lire
New pistareen
Rix dollar
TAVO fi'ancs
FiA^e piastres
TAventy piastres
Florin
Fineness.
Oz. dec.
Old rix dollar
.Old scudo Florin before 1858
New florin
New Union dollar
Maria Theresa dollar, 1780
Five francs
Austria .
Belgium
Bolivia
Weight.
Denomination.
' Country.
Thous.
833
902
833
900
900
0.902
0.836
'0.-451
0.397
0.596
0.895
0. 803 '
0.643
0; 432
0.820
0.150
0.866 .
0.864
• 0:801
0. 927
0.182. 5
0.178
0.800
0. 712
0. 595.
0.340
0. 340
0.719
0. 374
0.279
0.279
0. 867.5
0.866
0. 844
0.804
0:927
0.'803
0.;866
0.766
0.433
0.712
0.595
0.864
0.667
0.800
.0.1.66
1.092
0. 323
0. 511
•0.770
0.220
•838
•897
903. 5
•667
91.8.5
925
850
908
900: 5
•877
924. 5
925
900
750
900-
900
900
900
9.16
991
890
903
901
830
944
877
896
901
909
• 650
750
900
900 •
875
900
899
750
899
898.5
830
925
REPORT
ON T H E
-
209
FINANCES.
N o . 7.
Gold, silver, a n d copper coinage a t the m i n t of the United S a t e s , in the several
yea.rs f r o m its establishment, in 1792, a n d including the coinage a t the branch
mints, a n d the a s s a y office. New York, f r o m their o r g a n i z a t i o n to Juvie 30,
1863.
Years.
1793 to 1795
1796.......
1.797
1798
1799
1800
Gold.
Silver.
Copper.
Total.
$71,485 00
102,727 50
103,422 50
205,610 00
213,285 00
317,760 00
$370,683 80
79,077 50
12,591 45
330,291 00
323,515 00
224,296 00
$11,373 00
10, 324 40
9,510 34
9,797 00
9,106 68
29,279 40
$453,541 80
192,129 40
125,524 29
545,698 00
645,906 68
571,335 40
1,014,290 00
1,440,454 75
79,390 82
2, 534,135 57
1801
1802
1803
1804
1805
1806
1807
1808
1809
1810
$422,570 00
423, 310 00
258,377 50
258,642 50
• 170,367 50
324,505 00
437, 495 00
284,665 00
169,375 00
501,435 00
1811.
1812.
1813.
1814181518161817.
181818191820.
$497,905 00
290,435 00
477,140 00
77,270 00
3,175 00
$74,758 00
$13,628 37
58, .343 00
34,422 83
87,118 00
25,203 03
100, 340 50
12,844 94
149, 388 50
13,483 48
471,319 00 j
5,260 00
597, 448 75
9,652 21
684, 300 00
13,090 00
707, 376 00
8,001 53
638,773 50
15.660 00
242,940 00
258,615 00
1, 319, 030 00
3,166, 510 00
1.821
18?2
1823
1824
1825
1826
1827
1828
1829
1830
$608, 340 00
814,029 50
620,951 50
561,687 50
17,308 00
28,575 75
607,783 50
1,070,454 50
1,140, 000 00
501,680 70
5,970,810 95 | $191,158 57
$189, 325 00
88,980 00
72, 4 2 00
.5
93,200 00
156, 385 00
92,245 00
131,565 00
140,145 00
295,717 50
•643,105 00
1,903,;092 50
14 F
$2,^495 95
10,755 00
4,180 00
3,578 30
28,209 82
39, 484 00
31,670 00
26,710 00
44, 075 50
$510, 956 37
516, 075 83
370, 698 53
371, 827 94
333,239 48
801,084 00
1,044,595 96
982,055 00 .
884,752 53
1,155,868 50
$1,108,740 95
1,115,219 . 0
5
1,102,271 50
642,535 80
20,483 00
56,785 57
647,267 50
1,345,064 50
1, 425, 325 00
1,864,786 20
9, 328,479 . 2
5
762 45
805, 806 50
895, 550 00
1,752,477 00
1,564,583 00
2, 002,
090 00
2,869,200 00
1,575,600 00
1,994,578 00
2, 495,
400 00
$3,890 00
20,723 39
12, 620 00
14,926 00
16, 344 25
23,577 32
25, 636 24
16, 580 00
17,115 00
$1,018, 977 45
915, 509 89
967, 975.00
1,8.58,297 00
1,735,894 00
3,110,679 25
3, 024,
342 32
1,741,381 24
2, 306,
875 50
3,155,620 00
16,781,046 95 j
1.51,412 20
18,835, 551 65
210
REPOET ON THE FINANCES.
No. 7—Continued.
Gold.
Years.
1831
1332
1833
.1S34
]835
}83()
jB37
1838
1839...
1840
$714,270
798,435
978,550
3,954,270
2,186,175
4,135,700
1,148,305
1,809,595
1,375,760
1,690,802
.-.-
-.-
Silver.
00
00
00
00
00
00
00
00
00
00
18,791,862 00
^1841
1842
4S43
1S44
J 845
i|^846
j 347
•j 848
:1849
:1850
$1,102,107
1,833,170
8,302,797
^ -. - 5,428,230
3,756,447
4,034,177
20,221,385
3,775,512
9,007,761
•
31,981,738
----
50
50
59
00
50
50
00
50
50
50
89,443,328 00
'
.1851
.- $62,614,492 50
• 56,846,187 50
:1852.-...-.
55,213,906 94
.] 853
J 854
52,094,595 47
52,795,457 20
:I855
.59, 343,365 35
1856
.1857 (Jan. 1 to June 25,183,138 68
30, inclusive.)
52,889,800 29
.1858, fiscal 3'ear
30,409,953 70
1859, fiscal year
23,447,283 35
::1860, fiscal year
$3,175,600
• 2,579,000
2,759,000
3.415.002
3.443.003
3,606,100
2,096,010
2,315,250
2,098,636
1,712,178
Copper.
00
00
00
00
00
00
00 .
00
00
00
Tx)tal.
$33, .6.0.3 6.0.
23,620 00
28,160 00
19,151 G
O
39,489 00
23,100 00
55,583 00
63,702 00
31,286 61
24,627 00
$3,923,473
3,401,055
3,765,710
7,-388,423
5,663,667
'7,764,900
3,299,898
4,188,547
3,505,682
3,427,607
27,199,779 00
342,322 21
46,333,963 21
$1,115,875
2,325,750
3,722,250
2,235,550
1,873,200
2,558,580
2, 374, 450
2,040,050
2,114,950
1,866,100
$15,973
23,833
24,283
23,977
38,948
41,208
61,836
64,157
41,984
, 44,467
$2,233,957 17
4,182,754 40
12, 049, 330 70
7,687,757 52
5,668,595 54
6,633,965 50
22,657,671 69
5,879,720 49
11,164,695 82
33,392,306 00
00
00
00
00
00
00
00
00
00
00
22,226,755 00
$774,397
\999,410
- 9,077,571
8,6.19,270
3j501,245
5,196,670
1,601,644
00
00
00
00
00
17
46
8,233,287 77
6, 833,631 47
3,250,636 26
67
90
20
52
04
00
69
99
32
50
380,670 83$99,635
50,630
67,059
42,638
16,030
27,106
63,510
60
00
00
00
00
00
00
00
61
00
112,050,753 83
43
$63,488,524 93
94
57,896,228 44
64, 358, 537 72
78
60,756,503 82
35
79 - '56,312,732 99
7864,567,142 30
46
26,848,293 60
234,000 00
307,000 00•
342,000 00
61,357,088 G
O
37,550,585 17
27,039,919 61
470,838,180 98
1861
1862
1863
48,087,763 13
1,249,612 53
520,175,556 64
$80,708,400 64
61,676,576 55
22,645,729 90
$2,883,706 94
3,231,081 51
1,564,297 22
$101,650 00
116,000 00
478,450 00
$83,693,767 55
65, 023, 658 Oe
24,688,477 IS
165,030,707 09
7,679,085 67
696,110 00
173, 405,902 7(
211
REPORT ON THE FINANCES.
No. 7.—Continued.
RECAPITULATION OF COINAGE FROM 1793 T.O 1863, INCLUSIVE.
1793 to 1800,
1801 to 1810,
1811 to 1820,
1821 to 1830,
1831 to 1840,
1841 to 1850,
1851 to 1860,
1861 to 1863,
Silver.
Gold.
Years.
8 yrs.
10 yrs.
10 yrs.
10 yrs.
10 yrs.
10 yrs.
9.} yrs.
3 yrs.
$1,014,290
3,250,742
3,166,510
1,903,092
18,791,862
89,443,328
470,838,180
165,030,707
00
50
00
50
00
00
98
09
T o t a l . . . . 70iyrs. 753,438,713-07
$1,440,454
3,569,165
5,970,810
16,781,046
27,199,779
^2,226,755
48,087,763
7,679, 085
Totals.
Copper.
7^
25
95
95
00
00
13
67
132,954,860 70
-$79, 390
151,246
191,1C'8
151,412
312,322
. 380,670
1,249,6.12
696,1.10
82
39
57
20
21
83
53
00
3,241,923 55
$2,534,1.35
6,97.1,154
9, 328,479
18,835,551
46,333,963
112,050,753
520,175,556
173,405,902
57
14
52
65
21
83
64
76
889,635,497 32
RECAPITULATION OF AVERAGES OF COINAGE FOR EACH DECADE FROM 1793 TO 168
INCLUSIVE. •
Years.
Gold.
1793 to 1800, 8 yrs.
$126,786 25
1801 to 1810, 10 yrs,
325,074 25
1811 to 1820, 10 yrs.
316,651 G
O
1821 to 1830, 10 yrs.
190,309 25
1831 to 1840, 10. yrs.
1,879,186 20
1841 to 1850,10 yrs.
8,944,332 80
1851 to 1860, 9^ yrs. 49,561,913 79
1861 to 1863, 3 yrs. 55,010,235 69
1793 to 1863, 70;^ yrs.
10,687,073 94
Silver.
$180,056
' 356,916
&97,G81
1,678,104
2,719,977
2,222,675
5,061,869
2,559,695
Copper.
84
52
09
69
90
50
80
22
1,88.5,884 55
$9,923
15,124
19,115
15,141
34,232
38,067
131,538
232,036
Totals.
85
64
86
22
22
08
16
67
$316,766
697,115
9.32,847
1,883,555
4,633, 396
.11,205,075
54,755,321
57,801,967
94
41
95
16
32
38
75
58
45,984 73 . 12,618,943 22
t,
to
•—•
»*
to
N o . 8.
Statement showing the present liabilities of the tJnited States to Indian tribes, under stipulations of treaties, 8^c._
b^'S-iS^t
C •" -g g ^
O
f^"S o g o
Names of tribes.
Description of annuities, stipulations,
«fcc.
References to l a w s ;
Statutes at Large.
Number of instalments y e t unappropriated, exceptions, remarks, &c.
o s •-%
**-! -*^ S
9 ^^
3.2 =2
Purchase of goods, provisions, and
other useful articles, <fcc.; 9th article
treaty 17th October, 185.0.
Chippewas of L a k e Su- F o r money, goods, s u p p o r t o f schools,
perior.
provisions, two carpenters, a n d too bacco; compare 4th article treaty
October 4,1842, and8th article treaty
September 30,1854.
Do
T w e n t y instalments in coin, goods, implements, &,c., and for education; 4th
article treaty September 30,1854.
Do
T w e n t y instalments for six smiths and
assistants aud for iron and steel; 2d
and 5th articles treaty Sept. 30,1854.
Do
T w e n t y instalments for the seventh
smith, &c.
Blackfoot n a t i o n .
Do
Chippewas of the Mississippi.
Do.
F o r support of a smith, assistant, a n d
shop, and p a y of two farmers duriug
the pleasure of the President; 12th
article treaty.
Money, goods, supportof schools, provisions, and tobacco; compare 4th
article treaty Ocfeober 4, 1842, and
8th article t r e a t y September 30,1854.
T w o farmers, t w o carpenters, and
smith and assistants, iron and steel;
4th article t r e a t y October 4, 1842,
and Septembei- 30, 1854.
T w e n t y instalments in money, $20,000
each.
Do.
Vol. 11, page659.,
T e n instalments of $20,000; t w o instalments to be appropriated.
Twenty-five instalments; three y e t
to be appropriated.
58, 530 18
Vol. 10, page 11-
T w e n t y instalments of $19,000 each;
eleven yet unappropriated.
T w e n t y instalments of $6,300 e a c h ;
eleven yet unappropriated.
69, 300 00
13, 780 00
Vol. 10, page 1112.
T w e n t y instalments estimated at
$1,060 each ; thirteen y e t unappropriated.
Estimated a t $2,260 per a n n u m
Vol. 7, page 592. and
vol. 10, page 1111.
Twenty-five instalments ; three unexpended.
27, 000 00
Twenty-five instalments; three unexpended; one-third payable to these
Indians ($1,400) for three years.
4, 200 00
Third article t r e a t y F e b r u a r y 22,
1855; eleven unexpended.'
220, 000 00
o
209, 000 00
Vol. 10, pages 1109
and 1111.
g o oj ;s o p<
$40, 000 00
Vol. 7, page 592, and
vol. 10, page 1111.
<
O
i2j
H
do
,
Vol. 10, page 1 1 0 7 . . .
o
$2, 260 00
Ul-
Chippewas, Pillagers,
and L a k e Winnebagoshish.
Do
Do
Chickasaws
Chippewas, Menomonees, Winnebagoes,
a n d New York Indians.
Chippewas of Saginaw,
S w a n creek,
and
Black rivex".
Choctaws
Money, $10,666 67; goods, $8,000; and
purposes of utility, $4.000; 3d article
treaty F e b r u a r y 22, 1855.
F o r purposes of education; same article and treaty.
F o r support of smiths' shop; same article and treaty.
P e r m a n e n t a n n u i t y in goods
Education during the pleasure of Congress.
T e n instalments in coin of $10,000
each; and for the support of smiths'
shops ten years, $1,240 per year;
same article, «fcc.
P e r m a n e n t annuities
Vol. 10, page 1168..
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Vol. 1, page 619
V o l 7, page 304
Vol. 7, pages 99, 213,
and 236.
2d article t r e a t y Nov. 16,1805, $3,000;
13tharticle treaty Oct. 18,1820, $600;
2darticle t r e a t y J a n . 20,1825, $6,000.
6t.h article treaty October 18, 1820,
and 9th article' treaty J a n u a r y 20,
1825—say $920.
F i v e per cent, for educational purposes.
4th articletreaty August. 17S0, $1,500;
2d article- treaty J u n e 16, 1802,
$3,000; 4th article treaty J a n u a r y
24, 1826, $20,000.
8th article treaty J a n u a r y 24,1826—
say $1,110.
8th article treaty J a n u a r y 24, 1826,
$600.
5th article treaty F e b r u a r y 14, 1833,
a n d 8th article treaty J a n u a r y 24,
1826.
F i v e per cent, for education
Interest on $500,000; articles 10 and 13
treaty J u n e 22,1855.
.Permanent annuities
Vol. 11, pages 613
and 614.
Vol. 7, pages 36, 69,
and 289.
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Smiths, shops, &c
Vol. 7, page 287
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Wheelwright, p e r m a n e n t
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Allowance during the pleasure of the
President.
Vol. 7, pages 287 and
419.
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Interest on $200,000 held in t r u s t ; 6th
article treaty August 7, 1856.
Life annuities, &c., two chiefs
Vol. 11, pages 701 and
702.
Vol. 7, page 399
Interest on $46,080, at 5 per centum.
V o l 7, page 327
T e n instalments for support of schools
8th article treaty August 7, 1856.
T e n instalments lor agricultural jDurposes; same article and treaty.
T e n instalments for support of smiths
and shops; same article and treaty.
Interest on $500,000, per 8th ai'ticle
treaty August 7, 1856.
Interest on $57,000, being the balance
of $157,000.
Interest on $200,000
Vol. 11, page 702
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Delawares
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Seminoles, (Florida Indians.)
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loways
Kansas
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33, 000 00
12, 720 00
$3,000 00
$60, 000 00
9, 600 00
192, 000 00
$1, 500 00
T w o instalments yet to be appropriated, and two subsequent instalments of $18,000.
V o l 7 page 212
Creeks
T w e n t y instalments of $3,000 each;
eleven unexpended.
Fifteen, instalments, estimated at
$2,120 each; six unappropriated.
Act F e b . 28, 1790, $3,000 per y e a r . .
5th article t r e a t y August 11, 1 8 2 7 . . .
Vol. 7, page 634
Provisions for smith, &c..
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Thirty instalments; twenty-one unappropriated.
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25, 000 00
500, 000 00
24,500 CO
490, 000 00
1,110 00
22, 200 00
600 00
12, 000 00
10, 000 00
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200, 000 00
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4,710 00
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200 00
2, 304 00
46, 080 00
25, 000 00
500, 000 00
12, 000 00
8,000 00
F o u r p a y m e n t s of $2,000 each.
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Treaties of 1818,1829, and 1832
Resolution of the Senate J a n u a r y 19,
1832.
F o u r p a y m e n t s of $3,000 each
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920 00
8,800 00
F o u r payments of $2,200 each.
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$25,000 annuities
,
Vol.-7, page 568, and
vol. 10, page 1071.
Vol. 9, p a g e 842
2d article treaty October 19,1838, and
9th article t r e a t y May 17, 1854.
2d article treaty J a n u a r y 14, 1846
.2,875,00
,57, 000 00
10, 000 00
200, 000 00
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Names- of tribeSi
Description, of. annuities, stipulations,
&.C.
References to l a w s ;
Statutes at Large.
Number of instalments y e t unappropriated, exceptions, remarks, &,c.
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Interest on. $100,000
Gradual p a y m e n t on $200,000..
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Menomonees-
P a y of miller for fifteen years
Support of smith's shop, twelve years
Vol. 9, page 953, and
vol. 10, page 1065.
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T e n instalments of $20,000 each
Vol. 9, page 953
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Fifteen equal instalments to p a y
$242,686, to^comnience.in 1867.
Permanent'provision for smiths, shop,
&c., and miller.
Vol. 10, page 1 0 6 5 - . .
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Miamies
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I T w e n t y instalments upon $200,000.
Interest on $50,000, at 5 p.er centum -
Do.-Eel River M i a m i e s .
Interest on $221,257^ 86 in trust..
P e r m a n e n t annuities.,
Navajo Indians - . . . . ' . . Presents-to Indiang,
Nisqually, P u y a l l u p , For- payment of $32,000 in gi:aduated
and' other tribes aiid
payments.
bands of Indians.
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P a y of instructor, smith, physician,
carpenter, &,c., t w e n t y years.
Vol. 7, pages 191 and
464, and vol. 10,
page 1095.
V o l 10, page 1 0 9 4 . . .
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Vol. 10, p a g e 1 0 9 9 . . .
Vol. 7, pages 51, 91,
114.
2d article treaty May 18. 1854
2d article treaty May 18,1854; $138,000
heretofore appropriated; due.
3d article treaty May 12,1854, $9,000;
$4,800heretofore-appropriated; due.
F o u r instalments-of $916 66 unappropriated.
4th article treaty 1848; two unappropriated.
4th article treaty May 12, 1854, and
Senate's amendmen.t thereto. •
5th article treaty Octoi>er 6,' 1818; Sth
article treaty October 23,18.34; and
4th article treaty J u n e 5,1854—say.
$940 for shop and $600 for-miller.
$150,000 of said sum payable in t w e n t y
instalments, of $7,500 each; sixteen
unappropriated.
3d article treaty J u n e 5,1854, Senate's
amendment.
4th article treaty pf 1854
4th article treaty 1795; 3d article
treaty 1805; and 3d article t r e a t y
September, 1809, aggregate.
Vol. 9, page 975
Vol. io, page"1133-..
10th article treaty September 9,1849.
4th articletreaty December 26,1854 ;
stiU unappropriated.
Vol; 10, page 1134..*.
10th article t r e a t y December 26,
1854, estimated at $6,700 per y e a r ;
eleven instalments yet to Ije appropriated.
$5, OOP 00.
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$62,000 00
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4, 200 00
3, 666 64
40,000 00
242, 686 00
1, 540 00
30, 800 00
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12, 000 00
2, 500 00
11,250 00
73, 700 00
50, 000 00
11, 062 89
1,100 00
221, 257 86
'22, 000 00'
F o r t y instabn'ts, graduated, ($840 000,)
extending for forty y e a r s .
Vol. 10, pat'e 1 0 4 4 : . .
S u p p o r t of smiths' shops, miller, and
farmer, ten years. -
Vol. 10, page 1045'...
Ottoes and Missourias. F o r t y instalm'ts, graduated, ($385, OCO,)
extending through forty years.
Vol. 10, page 1039-.-
" S u p p o r t of smiths' shops, miller, and
farmer, ten years.
Vol. 10, page 1 0 4 0 . . .
, Interest on $69,120, at 5 per cent
Omahas
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Osages
Ottavf as of K a n s a s . .
P e r m a n e n t annuities, their proportion
of.
P a m p h l e t copy L a w s
1st session 36th
Congress, page 51.
Vol. 7, pages 54, 106.
176, v:20.
O t t a w a s and Chippew a s of Michigan.
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Interest on $240,000, at 5 per cent
V o l . 7 , page 497-
Education, $5,000; missions, $3,000;
medicines, $300, during the pleasure
of Congress.
Three blacksmiths, &c. ; one gunsmith, <fec. ; t w o farmers and assistants, during the pleasure of the President.
T e n equal instalments for education,
$.8,000 each.
S u p p o r t of four smiths' shops for ten
years.
Vol. 7, page 4 9 2 . . .
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I n p a r t p a y m e n t of $306,000,
V o l . 7 , page 4 9 3 . . .
Vol. 11, page 623-do
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$206,000 to b e paid after ten years . - . Vol. 11, page 624 .
Interest on $236,000 two years, being
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the principal sum remaining of the
$306,000.
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T e n instalments of $3,500 each to bo
paid to the G r a n d River Ottawas. '
Agricultural implements during tho
pleasure of the President.
F i v e instalments in goods aud ST?tch
articles as m a y be necessary for
them.
Pawnees .
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I F o r the support of two m a n u a l labor
schools.
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Vol. 7, page 488-.
V o l 11, page 729.
Nine instalments paid, (see 4th article t r e a t y March 16, 1854,) to be
appropriated.8t.h articletreaty, estimated at $2,140
per y e a r ; one year to be provided
for.
4th article treaty March 15, 1854,
nine instalments paid, to be appropriated hereafter.
7th-article treaty March 15, 1854, es-'
timated at $3,940 per year,, nine
appropriated.
F o r educational purposes, (Senate's
resolution J a n u a r y 19, 1833.)
540,000 00
2,140 CO
247, 000 00
3,940 00
3, 456 00
2, 600 00
4th article t r e a t y August 13, 1795;
4th and 5th articles of treaty September 17, 1818 ; 4th article treaty
August 29, 1821; and 2d article
treaty November 17, 1807.
Resolution of Senate May 19, 1836,
per 3-ear.
See 4th article treaty March 28,1836.
See 7th article treaty March 28,1836,
annxally allowed since the expiration of the n u m b e r of years n a m e d
in treaty. Aggregate, $6,440.
2d article treaty J u l y 31, 1855 ; t w o
instalments yet unappropriated.
2d article treaty J u l y 31, 185.5, two
instalments y e t unappropriated of
$4,250 each.
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Same article and treaty, $10,000 for
ten y e a r s ; two appropriations y e t
to be made.
T r e a t y July. 31, 1855
Interest on unpaid consideration to
be paid a:^ annuity, per 2d article
treaty J u l y 31, 1855.
T o be paid as per capita; two instalments yet to be appropriated.
See 4th article t r e a t y October 9, 1853.
See 2d article treaty September 24,
1857; first p a y m e n t of annuities
of a p e r m a n e n t character, (being
the second series.)
3d article t r e a t y ; annually, during
tho pleasure of the Pi-esident.
69,120 00
52,000 00
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240, 000 00
6, 440 00
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16, 000 00
8, 500 00
20, 000 00
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206. 000 00
23,600 00
1,000 00
10,000 00
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to
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References to l a w s ;
Statutes at Large.
Vol. 11, page 729 . . . . Same article and t r e a t y ; annual appropriation required.
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4th article t r e a t y ; annual appropriation.
F o r p a y of farmer
T e n instalments for p a y of miller
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T e n instalments for p a y of an engineer.
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F o r compen.sation to apprentices to assist in working the mill.
P e r m a n e n t annuity in money . .
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Life annuities to surviving chiefs
Education during the pleasure of Congress.
4t-h article t r e a t y ; aTinual appropriation required.
4th article treaty • four a^ppropi'iations remaining u n p a i d at the pleasure of the President.
4th article t r e a t y ; annual appropriation required.
4th article t r e a t y ; four appropriations j'emainining at the discretion
of tho President.
F o u r appropriations yet required a t
the discretion of the President.
4th article t r e a t y ; annual appropriation required.
4th art. treaty 1795, $1,000; 3d art.
t r e a t y 1809,$500; 3dart. treaty 1818,
$2:500; 2d art. treaty 1828. $2,000; 2d
art. treaty July, 1829, .$1,600; aOth
a r t t r e a t y J u n e , 1846, $300.
3d art. treaty Oct. 16, 18.32, $200; 3d
art. treaty Sept. 26. 1833, $700 . - . .
3d article treaty October 16, 1826; 2d
article treaty September 20, 1826;
and 4th article treaty October 27,
1832, $5,000.
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4th article t r e a t y ; annual appropriation required.
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F o r purchase of iron and steel and
other necessaries for same during
the pleasure of the President.
F o r p a y of two blacksmiths, one of
w h o m to be a gunsmith a n d tinsmith.
F o r compensation of two strikers and
apprentices.
T e n instalments for farming utensils
and stock.
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$1, 200 00
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F o r p a y of two teachers
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Pottawatomies
N u m b e r of instalments j^et unappropriated, exceptions, remarks, &c.
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Am't held in trust by the U. S.
on whichfiveper cent, is
annually paid; nnd amounts
which, 'invested at five per
cent., would . produce the
permanent annuities.
Description of annuities, stipulations,
&c.
Aggregate of future appropriations that w i l l bo required
during a limited number of
years to pay limited annuities tillthe}'^expire; amounts
incidentally necessary to
eftect the payment.
Names of tribes.
Annual amount necessary to
meet stipulations, indefinite
as to tirae, now allowed, but
liable to be discontinued.
No. %.-^Statement showing the present liabilities of the TJnited States to Indian tribes, 8fc.—Continued.
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Vol. 7, pages 51, 114,
185, 317, and 320;
a n d vol, 9, page 855.
Vol. 7, pages 379 and
433.
V o l 7 , pages 296, 318,
and 401.
500 00
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480 00
$4, 800 00
600 00
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2, 880 00
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4,800 00
500 00
$22, 300 00
900 00
5 000 00
$446, 000 00
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P e r m a n e n t provision for furnishing salt. Vol. 7, pages 75, 296,
a n d 320,
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2d article t r e a t y September 20,1828
3d article t r e a t y October 16, 1826
2d article t r e a t y J u l y 2-9, 1829
three shops, a t $940 each per year,
$2,820.
3d article t r e a t y 1803; 3d article
treaty October 1826, and 2d article
t r e a t y J u l y 29, 1829; estimated
$500.
7th article t r e a t y J u n e 1846; a n n u a l
interest, $32,150.
2d article t r e a t y November 17, 1807,
$400.
3d article treaty May 13,1833; $1,000
per y e a r for education, and $1,660
for smith, farmer, &c.; $2,660.
3d article t r e a t y September 10,1853,
six instalments unappropriated.
3d article t r e a t y November 18, 1854,
six instalments yet to be appropriated.
S a m e treaty, 5th article, estimated for
schools, $1,200; farmers, $1,000;
si*x appropriations due.
One instalment y e t due of $1,500 each
P e r m a n e n t provision for three smiths . Vol. 7, pages 318, 296,
and 321.
Interest on $643,000, at five per c e n t . . Vol. 9, page 854
Pottawatomies of Huron.
Quapaws
Rogue River
Chasta, Scotin, and
U m p q u a Indians.
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Sacs and F o x e s of Missouri,
Sacs and F o x e s of Mississippi.
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Senecas
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Senecas of N e w Y o r k
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Senecas a n d S h a w n e e s
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Shawnees
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P e r m a n e n t annuities
V o l 7, page 106
Provisions for education, $1,000 per
year, and farmer and smith shop during the pleasure of the President.
Sixteen instalments of $2,500 each
Vol. 7, page 425
$2,000 annually for fifteen y e a r s
Vol. 10, page 1122-..
S u p p o r t of schools a n d fanner fifteen
years.
Vol. 10, page 1123---
Vol. 10, page 1019-..
S u p p o r t of physician, medicines, &c.,
ten instalments.
Interest on $157,400
-
Vol. 10, page 544
P e r m a n e n t annuity
V o l 7,
V o l 7,
Vol. 7,
179.
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Provision for smiths and smiths' shops Vol. 7, page 349
and miller dui'ing t h e pleasure of
t h e President.
Permanent annuity
Vol. 4, page 442
Interest on $75,000
Vol. 9, page 35
Interest on $43,050, transferred from . . . . . . d o
the Ontario B a n k to t h e t r e a s u r y of
the United States.
P e r m a n e n t annuity
Provisions for support of smiths and
smiths' shops during the pleasure of
the President.
P e r m a n e n t annuities for education
Interest on $40,000.,
2d article t r e a t y October, 1837
2d article t r e a t y October 11, 1842
4th article treaty September 29,1817,
$500; 4th ai'ticle t r e a t y September
17, 1817, $500.
4th article t r e a t y F e b r u a r y 28,1831—
say $1,660.
Act F e b r u a r y 19, 1 8 3 1 . .
Act J u n e 27, 1846
Act J u n e 27, 1846
10, 000 00
32,150 00
643,000 00
400 00
8, 000 00
2, 660 00
15, 000 00
12, 000 00
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13, 200 00
H
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1,500 00
2d article t r e a t y October 21, 1 8 3 7 . . .
page 541
page 596
pages 161 a n d
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56, 400 00
500.00
Vol. 7, page 8 5 . . . . . . . 3d article t r e a t y November, 1804.
Interest on $200,000, at 5 per cent
Interest on $800,000, at 5 per cent
P e r m a n e n t annuities
2, 820 00
7, 870 00
20, 000 00
10, 000 00
40, 000 00
1, 000 00
tei
200, 000 00
800, 000 00
20, 000 00
o
1, 660 00
Ul
$6,000 00
3,750 00
2,152 50
11, 902 50
238,050 00
20, 000 00
4th article t r e a t y September 17,1818
4th article t r e a t y J u l y 20, 1831
1,000 00
,
Vol. 7, pages 51 and
161, a n d vol. 10,
page 1065.
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4th article treaiy August 3, 1795; 4th
article treaty September 29, 1817;
a n d 3d article t r e a t y Blay 10,1854.
3d article t r e a t y May 10, 1854
5. 000 00
Vol. 7, p a g e 179
Vol. 7, page 352
157, 400 00
1,000 .00
2, Q O 00
O
100,00
00
40 000 00
to
Six Nations- of New-'
York.
Pennanent, annuity in clothing, &c - -. V o l . 7 , page 46
Interest on ^3.00;000. -
sippi.
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References to l a w s ;
Statutes at. Large...
V o l 7, page 539
Nunaber of instalments y e t unappropriated, exceptions, remarks, &'c.
6th article treaty November 11, 1794,
$4,500. •
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• 2d art-iclo t r e a t y September 29 1837
Vol. 10, page 9 5 1 - . - . . . Senate's amendment to 3d. article;
thirty-seven instalments to be provided for, of $5,600 each.
V o l 10, page 950
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4th article t r e a t y July23,1851, $68,000
p e r a n n u m ; thii'ty-aeven instal:
ments to b e provided for.
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Fifty in-stalments of interest on V o l 10, page 955
4th article t r e a t y August 5, 1851,
$1,100,000.
$58,000 per a n n u m ; thirty-seven
instalments y e t to be appropriated.
Fifty instalments of interest on $59,000, .do
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T r e a t y August 5,1851; thirty-seven
being, ten cents, per. acre for res.erva^
instalments of $3,450 to be provided
tion.
for.
T r e a t y of F q r t L a r a m i e F i v e instalnaents, a t t h e dis.cretion-of Senate am.endment to F i v e instalments of $70,000 each, for
treaty Sept. 17,1851;
the President.
jjrovisious a n d merchandise, for
vol. i l , page 749.
p a y m e n t of annuities, and transportation of the same, &c-; t>yo instalments y e t to be appropriated.
U m p q u a s , Cow Creek Twenty, instalme.nts.of $550 each.
Vol. 10, page 1 0 2 8 . . - . 3d article t r e a t y September 19,1853;
band.
ten instalments y e t due.
U m p q u a s , Calapooias, T w e n t y instalments, p a y m e n t s gradur Vol. 10, page. 1126.. - . 3d article t r e a t y November 29,1854.;
ated.'
- . . , . .
&c.; Oregon.
eleven instalinents to be appropriated under, direction of the Presi• dent, $2,300; second series.
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Support of te.a.chers, &c., t w e n t y ye.a;r,s.. V o l 10, page 1 1 2 7 . . . . 6.th article treaty, estimated nt.$1,450
p.er y e a r ; eleven instalments yet
to be appropriated.
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Support of physician fifteen years . - - .
6th article treaty, estimated at $2,0.00
per year ; six instalments y e t t.o b.e
for FRASER
appropriated.
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• $4,500.00
$207, 200 00
$90, 000. 00
15,000 00
Fifty .instalments of interest on.
$112,000, being ten cents per acre
for reservation.
Fifty instalments of interest on
$1,360,000, at 5 per centum.
Digitized
If
Am't held in trust by the U. S.
on whichfiveper cent, is
annually paid; and amounts
which, invested at five per
cent., would produce the
permanent annuities.
Descriptions of- annuities, stipulations,
.......
^c.
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to
CO.
Aggregate of future appropriations that will be required
during a limited number of
j'-ears to pay limited annuities till they expire; amounts
incidentally necessary to
effect the payment.
Names of tribes.
Annual aniount necessary to
meet stipulations, indefinite
as to time, now allowed, but
liable to be discontinued.
No. %-r^Statemmt showing the present liabilities of the. IJnited, Sta.tes. to. Indian tribes, c^..--rT.Continued.
300, COO 00
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2, 516, 000 00
2,146, 000 00
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127, 650 00
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140,000 00
5, 500 00
15, 800 00
15„ 950:00
12, 000 00
1 Support of smith and shop and farmer
;
ten years.
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Willamette
bands.
Valley
T w e n t y instalments, graduated payments.
do
Vol. 10, page 1144-
Winnebagoes
Do
Interest on $1,100,000
V o l 7, page 5 4 6 . . .
Thu'ty instalments of interest on $85,0,00| V o l 9, page 879--.
Poncas
F i v e instalments of $12,000 each for
beneficial objects.
T e n instalraents, fpr m a n u a l labor
school.
Do
Dp-.
D'Wami.sh and other
allied tribesinWashiugton Territory.
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T e n instalments, during t h e pleasin-e
pf the President, for aid in agricult u r a l and mechanical pursuits.
F o r $150,000, in graduated paj^ments,
u n d e r the direction of the President,
in t w e n t y instalments.
T w e n t y instalments for agricultural
s'chool and teachers.
V o l 12, page 997..
Vol. 12, page 998..
do.
Vol. 12, page 928-.
V o l 12, page 929-.
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T w e n t y instalments, for snait-h and
carpenter shop', and tools.
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Twenty-instalments, blacksmith, carpenter, farmer, a n d physician.
.....do
Makah tribes
F o r beneficial objects $30,000, under
t h e dhection of the President.
Vol. 12, page 940
Do
T w e n t y instalments for an agricult u r a l and industrial school and
teachers.
T w e n t y instalments for smith, carpenter, shop, and tools.
Vol. 12, page 941
Do
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Walla-Walla, Cayuse,
and UmatiUa tribes.
Do.
T w e n t y instalments for blacksmith,
carpenter, farmer, and physician.
F o r beneficial objects $100,000, to be
expended under the direction of the
President.
F o r two millers, one farmer, one superintendent of farming operations, two
school teachers, one blacksmith, one
wagon and plough maker, and one
carpenter and joiner.
do
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Vol. 12, page 946
Vol. 12, page 947
'6t-h article treaty, estimated at $1,500
per year-; one instalment yet un-.
appropriated. .
2d article treaty J a n u a r y ' 22, 1855;
eleven instalrnen'ts y e t to be appro-,
priated under the direction of the
President.
4th article treaty November, 1837
4th article t r e a t y October 13, 1836,
$4,250 per y e a r ; thirteen instalments to be provided for.
2d article treaty. March 12, 1858 ; one
instalment yet to b e appropriated.
4th article t r e a t y March 12, 1858; six
instalments of $5,000 each to he
provided.
5th article treaty Mai'ch 12,1858; six
instalments of $7,500 each to he
provided.
6t.h article t r e a t y Januar.y 22, 1855.;
sixteen, instalments y e t to be provided for^
14th article t r e a t y J a n u a r y 22, 1855;
sixteen instalments y e t to be providedfor, estimated at $3,000 a year.
14th article t r e a t y J a n u a r y 22, 1855;
sixteeninstalments unappropriated,
estimated at $500 per year.
14t.h article treaty J a n u a r y 22, 1855;
sixteen instalra en ts unappropriated,
estimated at $4,600 each year.
5th article treaty J a n u a r y 31, 1855;
sixteen instalments unappropriated
in graduated payments.
llt-h article t r e a t y J a n u a r y 31, 1855;
sixteen instalments unexpended,
estimated at $2,500 per year.
11th article treaty .January 31,1855;
sixteen instalments unappropriated, estimated at $500 each year.
11th article t r e a t y J a n u a r y 31, 1855;
sixteen instalments Unappropriated, estimated a m o u n t necessary
each year $4,600.
2d article treaty J u n e 9, 1855; sixteen instalments, in graduated payments, unappropriated.
4th article t r e a t y J u n e 9, 1855; sixteen instalments to be providedfor,
estimated at $11,200 each year.
1,500 00
68, 000 00
25, 000 00 • 1,100, 000 00
55, 250 00.
12, 000 00
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30, 000 00.
45,000 00
101, 000 00
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48, 000 00
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8; 000 00
73, 600 00
20, 000 00
40, 000 00
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8, 000 00
73, 600 00
68; 000 CO
174, 200 00
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No. 8.—Statement showing the present liabilities of the United States to Indian tribes, S^c.—Continued.
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Names of tribes.
.Descriptions of annuities, stipulations,
&c.
References to l a w s ;
Statutes a t Large.
Number of instalments y e t unappropriated, explanations, remarks, &c.
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Walla-Walla, Cayuse,
and Umatilla tribes.
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Y a k a m a nation
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T w e n t y instalments for mill fixtures,
tools, medicines, books, stationery,
furniture, &c.
T w e n t y instalments of $500, for each
of the head chiefs of these bands.
T w e n t y instalments for salary of son
of Pio-pio-mox-mox.
Vol, 12, page 947
F o r beneficial objects $200,000, under
direction of the President, in twentyone instalments, in g r a d u a t e d payments.
Support of t w o schools, one of which
to be an agricultural a n d industrial
school, keeping them in repair, and
providing furniture, books, and stationery.
F o r one superintendent of teaching
and two teachers t w e n t y years.
V o l 12, page 953
F o r one superintendent of farming and
t w o farmers, two millers, t w o blacksmiths, one tinner, one gunsmith,
one carpenter, and one wagon,»and
plough maker, for t w e n t y years.
T w e n t y instalments for keeping in repair grist and saw mill, and furnishing the necessary tools therefor.
T w e n t y instalments for keeping in repair hospital and furnishing medicines, &c. /
T w e n t y instalments for p a y of physician.
4th ai'ticle t r e a t y J u n e 9, 1855; sixteen instalments of $3,000 each,
unappropriated.
5th article treaty J u n e 9, 1855; sbcj teen instalments y e t due.
5th article treaty J u n e 9, 1855; sixj teen instalments of $100 each y e t
j due.
4th article treaty J u n e 9, 1855; sixteen instalments to be providedfor.
do
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Sth article treaty J u n e 9, 1855;
t w e n t y instalments, sixteen of
which are j^et.to be provided for,
at an estimate of $500 per year.
.do
' 5th article t r e a t y J u n e 9, 1855; sixteen instalments yet to be appropriated, estimated at $3,200.
' 5th article t r e a t y J u n e 9, 1855; sixteen instalments yet to be provided
for, estimated at $9,400.
-do
Sth article treaty J u n e 9, 1855; sixteen instalments y e t to be appropriated, estimated at $500 each.
' 5th ar* f^le t r e a t y J u n e 9, 1855; sixI teen instalments y e t unappropri. ated, estimated at $300.
Sth article treaty J u n e 9, 1855; sixteen instalments y e t to be approI priated, estimated at $1,400.
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1,600 00
100, 000 00
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22, 400 00
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T w e n t y instalments for keeping in repair buildings for employ63.
F o r salary of head chief for t w e n t y
years.
F o r beneficial objects $200,000, under
direction of President, in g r a d u a t e d
payments, extending for 21 years.
F o r support of two schools, one of
which to be an agricultural and industrial school, keeping them in repair, and providing furniture, books,
and stationery.
T w e n t y instalments for one superintendent of teaching and two teachers.
T w e n t y instalments for pne superintendent of farming and two farmers,
two millers, two blacksmiths, oue
tinner, one gunsmith, one carpenter,
and one wagon a n d plough m a k e r .
T w e n t y instalments for keeping in repair grist and saw mill, and furnishing the necessary tools therefor.
T w e n t y instalments for keeping in repair hospital and furnishing necessary medicines, &,c.
T w e n t y instalments for p a y of physician.
do
do
Vol. 12, page 958
Vol, 12, page 959
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T w e n t y instalments for keeping in repair buildings for employes.
-do..
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T w e n t y instalments for salary of head
chief.
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F l a t h e a d and other
"confederated tribes.
T w e n t y instalments for beneficial objects, under the direction of the
President, $120,000.
F o r the support of an agricultural and
industrial school, providing necessary furniture, books, stationery, &c.
F o r employment of suitable instructors therefor.
F o r keeping in repair blacksmith shop,
one carpenter's shop, one wagon and
plough maker's shop, and furnishing
tools therefor.
F o r two farmers, two millers, one
blacksmith, one gunsmith, one tinner, one carpenter and joiner, and
one wagon aud plough maker.
V o l 12, page 976Vol. 12, page 977.
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Sth art. treaty J u n e 9, 1855; sixteen |
instalments yet due of $300 each. '
5th art. treaty J u n e 9,1855; 16 instalments unappropriated of $.500 each.
4th article treaty J u n e 11, 1855; sixteen instalments yet to be provided,
4,800 00
8, 000 00
100, 000 00
5th article treaty J u n e 11,1855; sixteen instalments of $500 each yet
to be appropriated.
8, 000 00
Sth article treat}'- J u n e 11,1855; six-teen instalments of $3,200 each y e t
unappropriated.
Sth article treaty J u n e 11,1855; sixteen instalments of $9,400 each to
be appropriated.
51,200 00
Sth article t r e a t y J u n e 11, 1855; sixteen instalments of $500 each unappropriated, per estimate.
Sth article treaty J u n e 11,1855; sixteen instalments, estimated at $300,
unappropriated.
Sth article t r e a t y J u n e 11,1855; sixteen instalments, estimated at
$1,400 each, y e t due.
Sth article treaty J u n e 11,1855; sixteen instalments, estimated at $300
each,'yet due.
Sth article t r e a t y J u n e 11,1855; sixteen instalments y e t to be appropriated of $500.
4th article treaty J u l y 16, 1855; fifteen instalments y e t to be appropriated in graduated p a y m e n t s .
Sth article treaty J u l y 16,1855; sixteen instalments, estimated at $300,
yet unappropriated,
Sth article t r e a t y J u l y 16,1855; sixteen instalments yet to be appropriated, at $1,400.
Sth article treaty J u l y 16,1855 ; sixteen instalments yet to be appropriated, $500.
Sth article treaty J u l y 16,1855; sixI teen instalments of $7,400 each yet
to be appropriated.
150, 400 00
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8, 000 00
4, 800 00
22, 400 00
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4,800 00
8,000 00
O
60, 000 00
4, 800 00
22, 400 00
8, 000 00
118, 400 00
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No. 8.—Statement showing the present liahilities of the TJnited Stages to Indian tribes, 8fC.—Continued.
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Names of tribes.
Descriptions of annuities, stipulations,
SoC.
References to l a w s ;
Statutes at L a r g e .
Number of instalments yet unappropriated, exceptions, remarks, &.c.
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F o r keeping in repair flouring and saw Vol. 12, page 977.
mill, and supplying the necessary
fixtures.
F o r keeping in repair hospital, and
furnishing the necessary medicines,
Ssc.
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F o r p a y of physician twenty years . . .
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F o r keeping in repair the buildings of
employ6s, &,c., for t-^yenty years..
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bo
F o r $500 per a n n u m for t w e n t y years
for each of the head chiefs.
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Flatheads and other
confederated tribes.
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Confederated
tribes
and bands of Indians
in Middle Oregon.
Do
F o r beneficial objects, under the direction of. the President, $100,000 in
graduated payments.
F o r farmer, blacksmith, and wagon
and plough m a k e r for the term of
fifteen years. *
Do
F o r physician, sawj^er, miller, superintendent of farming, and school
teacher, fifteen j^ears.
Do
Vol, 12, page 964.
Vol. 12, page 965.
Salary of the head chief of the confederated band t w e n t y years.
Molel Indians
, F o r keeping in repair saw and flouring
mills and furnishing suitable persons
to attend the same, for a period of
ten ye'ars.
do
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Vol. 12, page 981.
Sth article treaty J u l y . 16,1^55; sixteen'instalments .yet to be made,
estimated at $c^0 each year.
5t-h article treaty J u l y 16,1833; sixteen instalments yet to be appropriated, estrmated at $300 per year.
Sth art'icle treaty J u l y 16, 1855; sixteen instalments, estimated at
$1,400, 5'et due.
Sth article treaty J u l y 16, 1855 ; sixteen instalments, estimated at $300
each, yet to be made.
Sth ai-Acle treaty J u l y 16, 1855 ; six
teen instalments imappropriated,
estimated at $1,500 each year,
2d article treaty J u n e SO, 1855 ; six
teen instalments to be appro
priated.
4th aruccle treaty J u n e 25, 1855:
eleven iastalments yet unappropriated, estimated at $3,500 each
year.
4th article treaty J u n e 25, 1855;
eleven iustalraents, estimated at
$5,600 each year, y e t to be provided
for.
4th article treat}'- J u n e 25,1855; sixteen instalmenS-3 j'-et to be ap.propriated, estimated at $500 each year.
2d article treaty December 21, 1855;
six instalments unappropriated,
estimated at $1,500 each.
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4, 800 00
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22, '400 00
4, 800 CO
24, 000 00
68, 000 00
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38, 500 00
61, 600 CO
8, 000 00
9, 000 CO
DoDo.
F o r p a y of additional farmer five y e a r s .
Qui-nai-elt arid Quilleh-ute Indians.
bo.-:..
2d article t r e a t y December. 21, 1855;
one instalment y e t to be appropriated, estimated at $1,800 each year.
FPr iron and steel and other materials . . . . - d o
for the smith shop, and the t-Jiop provided for in treaty of November 29,
1854, and for the p a y of the services of
the necessary mechanics for five years.
F o r pay of teachev to m a n u a l labor
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school and for subsistence of pupils
and necessary Bupplies.
F o r carpenter and joiner, to aidin erect- Vol. 12, page 982-ing buildings, m a k i n g furniture, &c.
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S'Klall'ams .
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Arapahoes and Cheyenne Indians of the
. Up. Arkansas river.
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•Ottawa
Indians of
Blanchard's
Fork
aiid Roche de Boeuf.
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F o r $25,000, to be expended for beneficial objects, u n d e r direction of the
President.
F o r s u p p o r t o f agricultural and industrial school, and the employment of
suitable instruction for term of 20 yrs.
F o r t w e n t y instalmenty for the support
of a smith and carpenter shop and
tools.
F o r the employment of blacksmith,
carpenter, farmer, and physician,
for t w e n t y years.
T w e n t - / i n s t a l m e n t s in graduated payments, under the direction of the
President, for $60,000.
T w e n t y instalments for support of an
agricultural and industrial school
and for teachers.
T w e n t y years' employment of blacksmith, carpenter, farmer, and physician.
F o r $450.000, in fifteen equal annual instalments, under the direction of the
S ecretary of Interior, of $^^0,000 each.
F o r five instalments, providing for sawing tivpjher a n d ' g r i n d i n g grain, mechanics' shops and tools and building
purposes, for interpreter, engineer,
miller, farmer, &c.
F o r transportation and necessary ex. penses of t h e ' delivery of annuity
goods and provisions.
F o u r equal instalments in money
$2, ,550, being the accruing iaterest on
the unijaid balance.
2d article t r e a t y December 21, 1855;
amount necessary during the pleasu r e of the President.
2d article t r e a t y December 21, 1855;
six instalments y e t to be provided
for, estimated at $2,000 each j'ear.
2d article treat}'^ Dec. 21,1855; one instalment of $800 unappropriated.
4th article t r e a t y J u l y 1, 1855; sixteen instalments, in graduated payments, j'-et to be provided for.
lOth article t r e a t y J u l y 1, 1855; sixteen instalments unappropriated,
estimated at $2,500 each year.
10th article t r e a t y J u l y 1, 1855; sixteen instalments unappropriated,
- estimated at $500 each year. ICth article treaty J u l y 1, 1855; sixteen instalments, estimated at,$4,600
each j'-ear, yet to be provided for.
Sth article t r e a t y J a n u a r y 26, 1855;
. sixteen instalments yet to be provided for.
11th article t r e a t y J a n u a r y 26, 1855;
sixteen instalments to be provided
for, estimated at $2,500 each.
11th article t r e a t y J a n u a r y 26, 1855;
sixteen instalments unprovided for,
es^cimated at $4,600 each.
4th article t r e a t y F e b r u a r y 18, 1861;
twelve instalments unappropriated, $30,000.
Sth article t r e a t y F e b r u a r y 18, 1861;
four instalments to be providedfor,
estimated at $5,000.
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Vol. 12, page 934-.
Vol. 12, page 935.;
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Vol. 12, p a g e 1165,
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V o l 12, p a g e ] 2 3 8 . . .
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Sth article t r e a t y F e b r u a r y IS, 1861;
twelve instalments unappropriated, estimated at $5,000 each..
4th article treaty J u n e 2 4 , 1 8 6 2 ; foiir
p a y m e n t s yet to be appropriated,
of $8.500 each.
4th article t r e a t y J u n e 24, 1862.. - . . ,
1, 800 00
12, 000 00
800 00
16, 900 00
40, 000 00
H
73, 600 CO
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40,000 00
40, 000 G
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73, 600 CO
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360, 000 CO
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20, 000 00
60, 000 00
34, 000 CO
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10,976,672 89 j
'OFFICE INDIAN AFFAIRS, Novcviier 6, 1863.
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8,000 00
i, 610 39
$7, 331,707 86
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EEPOET ON, THE FINANCES. .
No. 9.— Condensed'statement qf the condition of the banlcs
LIABILITIES.
*^ rt
69 Jan.1863 $7,983,000
52 . . . d o . . . . 4,678,700
40 Aug, 1862
3., 911,000
183 Oct. 1862 67,.'i44,200
88 Dec. 1862 20,890,129
75 Jan.1863 21,812,943
Five Middle States . . . .
17,413.850
1.605,121
1,387,274
65,516,155
66,731.^741
20,534,823
39,182,819 200,824,756
9. .599, -369
8,172,398
27,689,504 4;i,038.2l8
509,381
678^340
6.649,030 1.3,779,279
57,389,106
853,193
8,447,'311
7,652
1,799,287
491
N e w York
New J e r s e y . . ,
Pennsylvania
Delaware*
Maryland*
$5,076,107
1,725,866
9-.?5,627
44,737,490
5,376;414
b,8yO,2J7
308 Dec. 1862 108,668,297
52 Jan.1863
8,187,16'2
94 Nov. J 862 25,917,650
5 Jan.1863
385,000
32 . . . do
12,112,309
Six Eastern States
$5,488,478
4,192,034
5,621,851
28,9.^)7,630
6,413,404
13,842,758
507
Maine
N e w Hampshire
VermOHt
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Connecticut
82,372,091 267,750,903
68,496,549
126,819,972
155,270,418
$128,578
Jan.1861 16,'186,210
. . . d o . . . . 7.863,466
Sept. 1860 14;952,486
Jan. 1861 16,555,460
... d o . . .
425,000
19,817,148
,5,218,598
6,089,036
8,311,728
116,250
7,157,270
2,034.391
3,334;037
3,846,176
108,606
1,310,068
105,631
1,312,659.
1,389,011
.56,282,6-22
39, .558,760
16,480,480
4,117,369
;
Jan.1851
4,976,000
Jan.1863 17,388,166
. . . do . . . 3,561,700
. . . d o . . . . 13,798,030
. . . d o . . . . 11,247,681
5,055,222
8,876,519
4,540,906
9,035,724
4,037,277
3,43.5,685
5,810,251
1,125,633
7,676,305
3,434,262
2,250,855
35^S463
9i,i.V6
2,829,898
546,895
Five Southwestern States.
50,971,577
31,545,648
21,482,136
6,071,248
Jan.1863
894,845
. . . d o . . . 4,492,835
Feb. 1863 5,674,000
., .do .. - 416,590
July 1862
3,055,000
Dec. 1862
797,970
Jan. 1863
318,000
Jan. 1862
52,000
619,286
6,782,890
9,057,837
'131,087
1,643., 200
1,249,000
198.494
2; 770
400,213
3,017.597
11,697;818
1,420,852
3,318,007
1,287.273
92,8-6
6,330
110,739
207
15,701,240
19,684,564
21,240,966
1,306,538
507
491
147
114
207
126,819,972
155,2'0,418
56,282,622
50,971,577
15,701,240
65,51.6,1.55 66,731,741
82,372,091 267,750,903
39,55^760 16,480.480
31,545;648 21,482,136
19,684,564 21,240,966
20,534,823
68,496,549
4,117,.%9
6,071,248
1,306^538
Virginia!
North Carolinat
South Carolinat
Georgia^
Florida^
;
Five Southern S t a t e s , . .
Alabama^
Louisiana*
Tennessee*
Kentucky*....
Missouri
Illinois
Indiana....
Oiiio.
Michigan...
Wisconsin .
Iowa
Minnesota.
Kansas....
Nebraska..
Nine Northwestern States,
no,! 26
1,014,752
19,218
* " '48,603
3,100
RECAPITDLATION.
Six Eastern States
Five Middle States
Five Southern States
FiveBouihvvestern States.
Nine Northwesteru Slates.
,466
Totals January ,1862
Do
.1861
Do
.1860
Do
.1859
Do.
.1858
Do
.1857
Do
.1856
Do
.1855
Do
.1854
'Do
.1851
1,496
1,601
1,562
,476
1,422
1,410
1,398
1,307
1,298
879
• Partial returns only frora these States,
405,045,829 238,677,218 393,686,226 100,526, .527
419,761,812
429, .592,713
4-21,880,09-.
.{401,976,242
.'394; 622,799
.'370,834,686
.:343,874,272
.1332,177,288
.;30l,376,071
.,227,807,553
183,938,945
202. 005,767
207; •02,477
•93,306,818
155,208,344
214,778,8?2
195, 747,950
186,952,223
204.689,207
155,065,251
f Including W e s t Virginia,
297,
257,
253,
259,
185,
2;^0,
212,
190,
188.
128;
127,226
229,562
802,129
568;278
932,049
3,51,352
'0.5,662
400,342
188,744
957,712
61,080,853
6l.275,i^56
55.'932,918
68;215,651
51,169,875
.57,674,3.33
52,719,956
45;156,697
50,322,162
46,416,928
t No later returns from these States.
,225
EEPORT ON THE FINANCES.
of the TJnited States on or near January 1, "1863.
— G
a
a
ci
o
S3
.a
0
§13,658,172
7,513,369
7,124,697
127. .592,511
3,^:579; 988
29;873,190
Notes of other
banks.
c3
B
Due frora other
banks.
RESOURCES.
§ '
a
0
.2
'0
983,313
5,746,321
$760,529
85,909
171,761
1,696,.554
752:294
1,538,841
206,435
2,209,387
$5,1.36.606
$527,107
1,434,703
314,327
2,882,057
7,153,8-22 "*9.* 3.55,03.5'
2,081,620
1,361,3(;9
6,532,478
392,236
216,341,927
8,019,037
- 4,505,888
2,627,282
25,221,288
11,950,014
178,922,535
15,767,274
47,248,090
963,934
23,919,669
118,942,719
5,193,689
18,07.3,296
]7;]50
3,899,242
9,614,972
441,181
1,844,612
39,400
999,035
2,094,397
86.292
5,994,876
19,626
81,765
27,682,461
4,633,317
11,020,598
477,696
2,5.53,068
17,040.941 33,103,776
1,329,392
8,608,798 "si 793," 957"
2.639
85,662
2,025,970
130;656
286,821,503
146,126,096
12,939,200
8,280,957
46,357,140
29,091,963
42,031,028
51,267,527
25,865,262
14,080,746
22,230,7.59
16.680,261
'424.262
3,685,135
537,714
2,969;872
2,629,706
125,000
1,070,669
2.39,4.56
684,144
8,565,261
340,791
28,912
2,388,994
689,721
12,302
1,893,416
630,355
587,645
1,987,125
40,118
2,003.703
51.3,183
277,649
970,050
18,412
32,939
45,820
100,447,
774
3,017,359
1,0.59,715
1,028, .336
2,358,5.55
55,071
79,282,290
9,947,427
10,559,530
3,480,720
5,138,659
3,782,997
179,980
8,119,036
10,934,060
16,225,533
4,820,972
17,621,495
12 080,501
565,826
3,667,361
1,726,801
650.957
1,295;813
171,300
576,436
243,535
623,039
621,520
28,835
4,74>,,578
48,3.33
339,952
1,131,,530
1,254,241
1,928,595
6,647,613
684.601
453,992
1,123; 242
2,327,015
1,357,023
105,786
1,028,639
472,598203,698
2,71.5,120
8,806,080
55,266
6,322,510
3,666,017
01,682,561
7,906,7.58
2,235,830
5,159,698
10,961,979
5,945,873
1,810,721
21,564,9^3
221,380
5,250,245
12,298,400
1,092,906
3,924, .584
1,508,666
1.^3,951
43,450
501,947
1,589,768
3,768,820
1,83,728
1,914,117
226,350
324,212
206,231
348,860
697,450
91,429
285,765
425,460
1,501,206
396,141
117,022
21,377
7,580
109,295
1,901,3.59
3.813, .353
• ' 44,826
886.033
616;405
22,200
.'•5,793
349,584
261,1.36
203,694
112,187
1,032
9,280
110,151
2,801,282
4,440.726
451; 7.36
929,303
490,6.57
20,783
750
104,018
3,455,731
3,023,285
30,339
26.5,548
644,967
25,658
• 24,473,582
8,508,942
1,640,047
2,468,786
9,245,388
7,393,481
1,037,2^6
7,449,546
216,341,927
265,821,503
79,282:290
61,682:561
24,473,582
8,019,037
146,126,096
9,917,427
7,906,758
8,508;942
4,505,888
12,939,200
•10,559, .530
2,23.5,830
1,640,047
2,627,282
8,286-957
3,460,720
5,1,59,698
2,468,786
25,221,286
46,367,140
5,138,659
10,961,979
9,245,388
11,950.014
29,091,963
3,782,997
5,945,873
7,393,481
1,112,563
42,031,028
179,980
1,810,721
1,037,226
12.826,267
51; 267, .527
8,119,036
21,564.993
7,449;546
648,601,863
180,508,260
31,880,495
22,00.3,443
96,934,452
58,164,328
46,171,518
98,976,262
32, .339,280
647.685,103
30,748,927
696:778,421 ' 74,004,879
70,344, .343
33,782,131
691;945,580
63,502,449
'2.5,976,497
6.57,183,799
60..305,260
28,755,834
583,165,24 2
59,272.329
26,124,-522
684,456; 887
49,48.5;2I5
20,e65,867
634,183,280
52,727,082
24,0/3,601
576,144,7.58
44,3.50,330 . 22,387,472
.
5.57,;-97.779
22;38d,389
20,219,724
413,756,799
13,758,816
16,657,511
11,123,171
8,323,041
6,075,906
5,920,336
8,88-2,516
8,734,540
7, .589,8.30
8,935,972
-65,3.38,205
58,793,990
67,235,457
78,244,987
58,052,802
65,849,205
62,639,725
53,738,735
55,516,085
5C,7i8,015
25,274,554
21,903,902
20,502,-567
18,858.289
22,447;436
28,124,008
24,779,049
23,429,518
22,659,066
17,196,083
27,807,872 102,207,5.59
87,674,507
29,297,878
83,594, .537
19,331,.521
26,808; 822 104,537,818
74,412,832
1.5,380,441
58,349; 838
25,081,641
19:937,710 ' .59,314,063
21:935,738
53,944,546
25,579,253
.59,410,253
15,341,196
48,671,048
$1,289,403
15 F
$211,460
$359,029
753,534
1,112,563
50,382
• 4,4.50
$747,145
35fi ( ( 0
)1
199; 313
9,595,-530
505,270
1,423,009
12,826,267
37,803,047
1; 180,884
9,46.7,234
66,179
2,750,183
101,227,369
to
Synopsis of the returns of the banlcs in the different States at the dates annexed.
LIABILITIES.
RESOURCES.
State.
o
Maine
Dec,
Dec.,
Jan.,
Jan..
Jan ,
Jan.,
Jan.,
Jan.,
Jan.,
1854
1855
18.57
1858
1859
1860
1861
1852
1853
$7,301,252 $5,691,815
7;899,793 '5,077,248
. 8,135,7-35 4.641.646
7.614.200 2:954,32
7,408,945 3;886,539
7,506.890 4,149,718
7,656,250 4,313,005
7;970;650 4,047,780
7,983,000 6;488,4-'^
.'52,914,
2,011,
^1.994,
1,743.
2,3.32:
2,41i;
2,859,
3,307,
5,076,
Massachusetts....
Dec,
Dec,
Dec,
Jan.,
Dec,
Dec,
Dec,
1854
1855
1858
18,58
1858
1859
1860
1861
Jan., 1863
3,626.000
4;419;300
'4,831,000
5,041,000
5,041,000
-5,016,000
4,981,000
5,031,000
4,678,700
3,079, .^48
3,-589,482
3,677,689
2^289,939
3,115,643
3,271,183
3,332.010
2,994;408
4,192,034
Aug., 1854
Aug., lb'55
Au?., 1856
Aug., 1857
Aug., 1858
July, 1859
kw%.. 1860
Aug., 1861
Aug.,-1862.
^ e w Hampshire
3,275.6.56
3,60.3; 460
3,856,946
4,028,740
4,082,416
4,029.240
3,872,'642
3,916,000
3,911,000
.3,986,709
.3,704,341
3,970,720
4,275,517
3.024;141
3,882.983
.3,784,673
2:522.687
5;62I,851
745,170
801,039
797,535
746,557
615,874
787,834
814,623
715,207
925,627
54,4 92° 660 24; 803,75.8
58,632, .350 23,116; 024
58,593.800 26^544,315
60,319; 720 18,104,827
18,'783,281
21,478,717
23,437,256
17,6315190
Aug., 1854
Aug., 1855..
Oct.,- 1856http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/ Oct., 1857
Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
|172,
118.
145.
139:
89/
102,
15i:
83;
128,
7.75,
958,
1,058.
875.
l.X)59,
i;i87;
1,2.34,
1:376,
397,111
15,
4,
7,
1
5,
19,
15,
$8,850
^112.694
J13:879
138,2:
135.253
145,565
181,199
2.V5,.5-'il
2.55,060
260,529
M , 781,065
1,396,430
1,158.278
876.022
1,47S:896
1,019;902
995.650
2,084:263
5,136,606
6,891.621
8,0.37; 4-27
8,846,421
7, ,389,813
• 8,2^0,7.54
8,591.688
8,794;948
8,3n8,94l
7,513,369 1,289,403
53,343
56,519
75,893
82.OOC
66;086
72,912
75,646
78,2:13
85.909
602,447
769,963
.741,475
829,169
889,330
772.173
756,200
907,440
1,434,703
979
7,647
317.
'"i,*443
3,780
"6f,'i77
,117,383
.$.1.02.5,208
'753,085
705,143
615,441
.663,754
670, 979
653,334
710,392
747,145
$539.974
464.561
37.5:216
245,12!
273,303
290,22-1
308,706
219,370
527,107
124.860
241;383
138,504
158,132
170,994
181,964
157,386
203,822
314,327
$19,559 §13,181.908
104; 173 13,086,956
121,743 13.277.620
75;069 11:210,245
90.Oc2 11,815.127
87,165 12,654,794
13,406,294
608,951
12;679,244
638,916
653.397 13,658,172
6,572,951
6,710:928
7,302,951
7,905,711
6,392,992
6,946.523
6.748: .500
e; 013,7.30
7,124,697
553.313 93,341,9.53
6,9.30.098
494:545 99,506,711
5,947,8.3c
4,807.60.;
931.868 101,132,7.92
4,1065694 1,343.948 92,4.58,572
140,866
.151,875
114,589
39.991
106;500
176,400
190,37i'
82,741
81,131
136,115
12.3,23135.268
136;.582
222, .560
190,565
174,7.36
167,330
171,761
1.079,(
1,1.50,362
1,142,104
926,326
701,545
73.
1,167,602
176,
1,299, .535
168;
753,250
211,460 2,.882,057
1,186,509
1,'281,601
1,426,;392
1,608,613
8,225,682
7,010.323
7,-574,-791
5,522,088
49,
52,
12.5,
54,
43,
122.
41,
69.
58,
5,325,594
4,547,71.0
•5v248r379
4,385,650
176,434
236,411.
238,013
275,933
294,423
255:278
243,11^
318,106
356,000
$34,071
32,845
.39.440
35;351
232,625
69.66'
103,537
138,550
359,029
196,680
201,548
208,858
188.588
178; .556
198,409
185,070
i73,3;i2
199,313
3,828.402.
4,409;402.
4,555j571^.
3,611,097
Oct.,
Oct.j
Oct.,
Oct.,
Oct.,
1858
1859
1860
1861
1862
61,819,825 20,839;438 ^30,S38,1S3 .7,6.54.2:>y 1,537,858 101,602,947
64,519,200 22,086,920 27,804,699 6,937,042 1,444,338 107,417.323
04,519,200 22,086,9-20 27,804,699 6,937,042 1,444,388 107,417,323
67,344,200 19,517,306 33,956,711' 8,000, .526 5,'J02,59R 111,038,828
67,544,200 28,957,630 44,737,490 17,413,8.50 5,796,224 127,592,511
Rhode Island.
Sept., 1854
Sept., 18.55
D e c , 1856
D e c , 1857
May, 1858
J a n . , 1859
J a n . , 1860
Nov., 1860
Nov., 1801
D e c , 1862
17,511,162
18,682,802
20,275,899
20,334,777
20,070,741
20,321,069
20,865,569
21,151,879
21,234,529
20,890,129
Connecticut
April, 1854
April, 1855
April, 1856
April, 1857
-April, 1858
May, 1859
April, I860
J a n , 1862
J a n . , 1863
15,597,
17,147.
18,9i:».
19,923;
20,917,
21,512,
21,606,
21,794.
21,812,
New Y o r k . . .
Sept., 1854
Sept., 18.55
Sept., 1856
D e c , 1857
Mar-, 18.58
J u n e , 1858
Sept., 1858
- Dec,-18-8'
Dec , 1859
D e c , 1860
D e c , 1851
D e c , 1862
New Jersey
Jan-.,
J.n.n.,
Jan ,
Jan.,
Jan.;
Jan.,
Jan.,
Jan ,
Jan.,
Pennsylyaniq
Nov., 18-54 64
Nov.,18.55 71
N9y-.,1856 71
1855
1856
1857
I'^SS
1859 { 4 6
1860
1881
1862
1863
329,425
2,772,367 1,046.658
.5,035,073
357,539
2,914,596 1, 192;449
5,404,104
659,703
3,141,6.57 1,475,221
5,52K909
381,402
2,510,108 l,661,204j
3,192,661
296.889
2,624,226 1,150.667
2,644,195
3,130,475
3,318,631
936,081' 296;.889
3,553,104 1,022,277
3,558,295
3,772,242 • 3,717,234 1,396,184 1,265,328
3,742,171
3,306,530
965,208 1,244,883
5,376,414 1,605,121 1,127,893
6,413,404
11,219,566
6,871,102
9,197,762
10,590,421
5,380,247
7, .561,519
7,702,436
6,918,01
13,842,7581
83.773,288 '31,507,780
8,5,589,590 31.340,003
96,381,301 34,019,633
107,449,143 23,899,964
109,5b7,702 22,710,158
109;340,541 '24,079,193
109,998,550 26,605,407
-1-10,258,480 28.S07-,-990
111,4-41,.320 129:959,506
111.821,957 128:239,950
109; 403,3791 30,.553,020
108,668,297' 39,182.819
3,910,160
3,-433.08I
4.090;835
4,688.843
4,140.088
5,574.900
5.506;507
6,142,754
8,890,237
1,008,655
945,844
875,287
1,020,711
684,997
926,308
1,166,778
964,7.52
1,387,274
111,988
131,072
128,539
145,129
161,309
161,309
214:102
276,4.35
495,638
983,31"
1,022,940 28.292,321 1,298,677
482,975 23,704,458 1,391,218
911,458 '28,511,149 1,216,630
946,749
1,503,135 33,108,527
938,755
893,155 26.799,430
•5,808 27;856,785 1,267 406
153,916 30,518;690 1,104,343
2,296,834 27,086,326 2,828,612
2,363,781 29,873,190 5; 746,321
84.970,840 121,081,456 4,731,884 163,216,392 20,820,653
88:852,395 26,045^439 3,61.5,502 192,101,111 20,590,150
96.907.970 29,014,125 6,767,333 205,892,499 24,027,ii33
83; 043, .353 12.1,268,562 2.829.656 162,807,376 22.623.7.55
93,7.38.878 '28,710.077 2;292;940 170,436,240 22.894;677
100,762,909 34,290,766 2,442,812 187,468,510 23;097,661
103,481.74:- 33,610,-148 2.539,629 194,734,995 25,031,416!
-110r465v798 35;134,049 2-, 824-, 618 200,577,198 25V268.-884
104,070.273 28,807,429 3.059.277 200,351,3.32 i2S:b97,874
114,845;372 29,492,678 9,572:786 209,721,800 29,605,318
146,215,488 34,431.61.^ 14,152;658 198;053,965 .56.278,059
200,824,756 57,389,106 19,047,084 178,922,536 118,942,719
3, .552,58.^
4,28.5:079|
4,759:85:
3, .395; 939
4,*0.54,7:0
4,811,832
4,104,799
3,927;.535
8,172,398
290,462]
48.3,875
994,541
616,321
891,970 1,438,658
696,605 •507,077
239,235
770,935
741,465 1.141,664
117,817 '5c9.579
687,923 , .4.50,572 1,5.52,760
599,259
853.193 1,503,792
19,i:64, 825 16,739,069
22,026 596 16,88.3,1£D
23,609. 344117.308,090
21,076,4641 3,930,665 2,716,872
25,340,814 4,955,485
96,792
27,593,5341 4,215,515
127,059
5,314,
5,682:
6.582;
7; 494,
7,3.59.
7,844,
8,246, .144!
8,238, 9121
8,187,' I62|
25.238,304
26,385,458
28.679,343
25; 823,1.52
24,065,894
25,131,150
26,719,877
27,980,855
26,550,718
30,579,988
1,584,884
1,601,072
1,601,072
1,626,404
1,696,554'
562,164
323,092
478,652
527,787
536,403
536 ,-403
604,015
613,747
683,188
752,294
386,
37.5;
453,
820,
1,085,
1,91.5,
922,
1,351
1,538;
5,178,831
5,857,537
6,868,945
7,423,614
7,681,904
7,899.958
8,182,928
8;264,-425
8,725,526
8,827,331
9,219,278
9,614,972
4,993,421
.5,183,4591
5,138,549'
4,050,939
9,355,035
11,112,715
7,532,647.
7,532,647
8,777,193
9,595,530
880,724
932,619
1,242,352 1,1.57,251
1,255,322 1,281,7.54
1,410,675
860,778
1,700,185
7.55,049
1,491,522
802,660
1,143.591
974,620
965,080
846,333
887,274
1,041,048
2,081,620 1,361,.309|
312;6G6
,385,767
548,348
570,850
732,622
608,833
450,929
471,581
605,977
505,270
9,187,245
7,212,560
7,212, ,53!
9,127,986
7,153,822
2,205,068
2,272.606
3,432,975
2,651,143
2,584,819
2,994,958
2,904,963
4,359,577
6,532,478
767,642j 2,47.5,292
2,665,52,179,169
1,726,973
2,803,512
3,569,231
2,860,865
•5.169,-559
2; 524,249
3,962,096
i, 798,709
,682,461
4.59,502
.341,754
367,319
44.3,900
273,381
3-26; 617
373,853
404,*923
392,236
1,207,381
810,101
1,006,493
1,129,708
.915,844
989,920
950,753
1,529,855
1,423,009
3,665.954 16,4.53,329 13,661,.565
2,958:038 18,096,545 10,910,330
2; 93-5; 205 [22,678,628 2,898,771
1,857,658 '14,130,673 29,313,421
1,705;037 16,152,746 35,071,074
l,914,03l| 15,0i9,24J 33,597,211
2,106,6531 13,740,731 29,905,295
2,044,76o| 18,4367967 287335,984
2,251,723!117,376; 750!20,921,545
2,287,843 16,044,322 26,427,334
2,l-:'l,735i 18,995.773 29,102,715
17,040,941'|33,103,776 37,803,047
418,342
158,396 1,810,707
9,177,334
240,921
821,964
502,949
71,587 1,639,219
10,999,919
265,228
700:697
710,072
581,773
1.3,380,085
224,711 • 288,296-2,2.37,204
721,098
494,197
288,802 1,609.817
11,364,319
344.045
785,523
57^,006
12,449,460
391,194 2,223;935
42 L; 793
J?62,9ll . 446,202
14,909,174
590,884 2,395,028 - .662,196
899,8.31
13,864,045
533,099
469,724 2,3.53,059j 1.8.53,151
12,-796,026 1,502,518 -.468.057
549,722
98,524] 2,7.52,954
15,767; 274 5,193,689
441,181
98,292 4,633,3171 1,-329,392
48,641,393 2,133,492 1,159,740
52,549,199 2,714,232 1,128,674,
55,267,234 2,301,620 1,206,569!
206,921
281,220
246,248
270,722
262,595
255,844
262,065
433,222
753,534
826,4.52
782,659
849,926
1.308,851
'953.231
940;700
1,049,090
1,493,103
1,180,884
599,652 4.840,118 3,769,420 3,927,949 3,944,600
1.55,376 0,738,652
678,018 5; 647,642 5,460,673
303,730 5,143,330 5,7.9,234 1,593,096 5,973,138
No. 10.—Synopsis oJ the returns of the banks, ^x.—Coutinued.
00
RESOBROES.
LIABILITIES
state.
Date.
Q .
Penn'a—cont'd....
^Jov.,1857
Nov., 1858
Nov., 18.59
Nov., 1^60
Nov., 1861
Nov., 1862
Delaware
J a n . , 1855
Jan., 1856
Jan , 1857
Jan., 1858
J a n . , 1859
J a n . , 1850
Jan.,'60-'61
J a n . , 1852
J a n . , 1863
$25,691,439 $11,610,4.58 $18,9-24,113 85.847,970
24,56.5,805 11,980,480 26.054, .568 4,559,625
25, .565,582 13,132,892 26,167.843 3,837..554
27,032:104 4,118;925
25,803,553 1.5,830,033
26,135,630 16,384:643 28,986;.370 3.979.8-24
43,038,218 8,447,311
25,917,650 27,689;504
1,393,175 1,380,S91
1,49.3,185 1.192,204
1,428,185 i; 394.094
i; 3 5 5 OIO 1,240;370
..,
1,638,185
950,846
1,640,775 1,135,772
1,640,785 1,080,822
409,855
445,619
385;000
678,340
Maryland.
Jan., 1855
J a n . , 18.56
Jan., 1857
J a o . , 1858
J a n . , 1859
Jan., 1860
Jan. 1,1861
J a n . , 1862
J a n . , 1863
10,411,874
11,202,6(!6
12,297,276
12,451,545
12,550,635
12,568,962
12,567,121
12,155,979
12,112,309
4,118,197
5,297,983
5,1.55,096
4,041,021
3,977,971
4,106.869
3.558,247
3;794.295
6,649,030
•Virginia..
J a n . , 18.55
J a n . , 18.56
J.an., 1857
J a n . 1,18.58
J a n . , 1859
J a n . , 1860
J a n . 1,1861
14,033,838
13,600,188
13,863,000
14,651,600
14,68.5,370
10,00.5,1.56
16,485,210
10,834,953
13,014,926
12,685,627
10,347,874
10,340,342
9,819.197
19,817,: 148
5,205,073
6,667,762
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North Carolina .
Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
26.
859.
852;
863,
609,832.
976,:
818,'
40.5.:
509;,
7.268,888
8,370,345
9,611,324
7,541,186
9,0.28,664
8,874,180
9,086, 162
7.637,602
13;779,279
127,510
125,303
147,250
72,297
83,180
102,166
105,948
53,009
7,652
.8,000
147,582
93,105
891,230
1,511.970
938,108
1.924;756
079,70
1,895,284
549,933
4,194,677
417,067
1.725,807
357,195
1,324;740
426,434
2,108,920
l,lh7.555 1,631,140
1,799,287 •1,485,750
81.5,830
663,995
729, .507
899,796
982,354
7,729,6521 1,138,327
7; 157,2701 1,310,068
.5,615,666
6,204,340
7,397,474
6.971,32.5
7;401,701
1,130,3291
$-80,706 $49,149.323.02,569,119^1,353,285 $244,120 §3,773,227;|4,814,978
$75,829 $4, .580,528
429,167 46.825,266 2.954.443 1,423.2.53
2-53,521 4,418,436
834,124 3,349,624 11,345.536
975,192 50.327,15' 2,513,674 1,719;135
685,561 3,073.210 4,277,339
8, .378; 474
1,073,159 .55,327.47; 2.377.774 1,765.255 1.04-3,641 4,548;839
4,912,285 7.818,709
6.707,008 46,749.190 10:231;700 1.858,300 2;102,188 4,700,260 3,665,130
4-16,186 11,464,600
5.899,983 47,248,090 18,073,296 1;844,012 .5,994,876 11,020,59;' 8,608,798 8,79.3,957 9,467,234
234,832
51,.546
35,602
98,235
87,2! 0
58,780
34.600
317;905
16,907
3.048,141
37.466
2,906.253
44.0.-6
3,021; 378 • 33.076
2.544,212
18,610
3.009.285
22.610
3,1.50; 215 . . 4;750
3,014,6.53
3,250
1,004,088
4,.550
• 953,934
17,150
618.295
17,588,718
644,600
20,616,005
7.58,278
22,293,554
644,318
21,804,111
892.965
21.8.54,934
848:283
20,898,762
6.35,685
22,299,233
8.56,425
17,440,111
23,919,669 3,899,242
23,331,939
25,319.948
24.899,575
23:338,411
22; 419,512
24,975,792
25.866,262
124,356
137, .524
130,000
57,655
81,499
85,182
83.963
4-2; 269
39,400
29,140
3,«l
1,065
234
3.604
• 19;626
3.33,930
318.896
402.217
417;925
484,825
50.5,179
539,329
.540,089
999,035
75,309
114,4.33
484; 682
381,987
41.3,675
433,423
340,791
39,051
267,215
39,830
l;-6,055
40,680
195,601
58,639
108:516
61,^446 . 114,812
122,125
10.3; 882
130,423
104,005
27,136
17,238
86,862
•2,039
295,223
698.890
23;528
14,741
67,574
41,500
3,127,300
786., 952
2,647,066
807,981
3,184,"""
872,368
3,591,564
910,394
3, .=69,437
954,629f
3,584,078 1,019.032
3,685,135 1,070;669
402,179
383,079
506,514
507,2,55
308,222
411,982
336,767
1.52, 12b
477,696
11,458,527! -123,275
145,033!
1,490.609 1,.566,
1,649;166 1,482,
1,894,791 1,666,
3,226,112 1,473,
1,017,641
69,:
1,657,016 1,897,
1,874,439 1,524.'
8,420 1,837,068 1,469;
81,766 2,553,068 2,025,
12,769
1,596,434 1,22.5,106
2,188,725
999,764
2,405,21 ^1,509,089
2,085,424 1.674,733
2,5-57.182
'814,060
2,756,047 1.294.093
1,893,416 2,003,703
; ^672;991
409,764
90,149
180,051
146.367
203;228
2I7,34>2
208,924
187,253
196,725
66,179
96-,.518
82,961
9,168
3,1.64
1,521,663
2,987,225
.3, .398,101
3.522. .501
2.614,728
3,120,011
,2,779,118
2,237,158
120,476 3,682,471
130,056 2,750,183
247,909
2.5,999
13,402
6,287
496,663
29:838
32,939
39,238
2,728,482
3,151,109
3,092,741
2,710.777
."^.077; 687
2.943,652 .
3,017,359
1,291^364
28'
6,031,9451 5,750.0921
1,101,113;
I
28
6,425,250 6,301,252
1,170,020
785,8.52i - 378,690
171,0371
4,b67
192,475
224,821
8.2,3471
7,913 , 846,'416 ' 366,076
Nov. and
D e c , 1855.
Nov. D e c ,
1855 Jan.,
1857.
Df^c, 1857
J a n . , 1858.
J a n . , 18.59
J a n . , 1860
J a n . 1,1861
28
6,525,100 .5,699,427
28
30
31
6,.525,200'-6.202,625
6.626,4781 S:.594,057
7; 863,466! 5,218,598
216,347
188.568
. 239,456
South Carolina.
Sept. 18:54
Sept. ,18.55
J a n . , 1857
D e c , lt:57
D e c , ,1858
D e c , 1859
Sept- ,1850
19
20
20
20
20
20
20 j
16,603,2.53 6,739.623
17,516.6001 6,504.679
14,8.37:642 10.654:652
i4;885;.6'n! 6:18.5:825
14,888,4511 9;i70:33;-l
14^962,062!l 1,475,634
14,952,486: 6,089,036
510,565
600,860
63l,27.3|
698:688!
677,641
68l,245|
684,144
G e o r g i a . . . . ..
Mar.,
&c
Jan.,
&o
Oct.,
April
to Jai
Oct.,
O'.t.,
Jan.,
1,360,995 '
1,378 1,155,993
383,0181
1,035,869
4:3.696 1,291,343
68;009 1,081,463
6 JO, 355|
28,912
317,362
601,115
513,183
51,642 1,248, .525
54,254 1.617,687
45,820 1,059,715
571,049
9.M,832l
698,652
1,065,448
2,954.540
1,4.5.5.488
2,388,994
1.198,421
1:0.57,4761
1;180,938
I,,331,109
2-200,4.50
1; 592,644
- 5a7;645
441,864
424,135
5:-!9:497
889:7-22
600:200!
443;478i
277,649
1,283,284
1,228,2-21
1,197,774
1.104,128
2; 601,414
2,324,121
1,628,335
1,285,624
8.46,675
14,275
709,830
1856,
24
•11,508,717 10,092,809|
2,525,256 1,334,098
623,918:
4,853,50 Jl
135,298
1857,
23
15,428,690 9,147,011
3,126,530: 1,663,429
872,644
8,388,280
534,619 1,368,971 1,480,570
31,9281 1,702,108
18:57
1858,
.,1859.
1859
1859,
1861.
30
28
16,015,2-55 5,518,4251
12,479,111 11,687,582
2,21.5.8.53- -533,819:
•5,317,923 1,727,995
882,662:
552,254
8,470,709
4,791,022
549,639, 1,194,4651
678,274' 4,073,665
454,155
720,092
259,576 1,417,.545
402,451 3,751,988
29
28
16,689.560! 8.798,100
16,555,460; 8 ; 3 i l , 7 2 3
2,583,158 8,424,463 1,110.377 2,005,768 1,083,710
970;050
689,721 1,987,1251
2,629,706 8,555,261
101,9391 3,211.974
100,447 2,353,555
Florida
Jan., 1860
J a n . , 1861
2
2
Alabama
Jan.,
Jan.,
Jan.,
Jan.,
Jan.,
Jan.,
Jan.,
1855
1856
18.57
18:-.8
1^.5S
1800
1861
4
4
4
6
6
8.
8
Louisiana .
Jan.,
Dec.
iU'C
Dec
hec
Dec,
Jan.,
Jan.,
1855 19
18.55 - 19
1855 19
18:57 15
1858 12
18.59 13
1881 13
1803
6
Mississippi.
J a n . , 1855
Jan., 1853
1
1
300.000
425,000
183,640
116,2.50'
2,296,4001
2:297.800'
2,297.800;
3.235,650'
3,66:3,490,
4,901,000
4,976,000
2.382,176!
3;467,242'
3,177,234
2,581,791
6.651,117
7,477,976]
5,055,22-3
20,179,107 6,586,601
19,027,728 7,222,6:41
21.7.30,40(1 9;194,139
22.800,830 4,336,624
24:2:5,6891 9,094.009
24,498.866i 11,579.313
24.634,844 6.181.374
17,388,165 8:876;5i9
240,16n|
240,165|
221,760
324,080
i
4,7.38,289
3,846,176
1,287.258
1,389,011'
787.733.
657,800!
464,630|
424,282
129. 518
108, 606
1.022
181.553
1,278.
015,000
48i:.289
•;556
2,837:
10:000
!
2. -12.3,. 269i 703.443
5,000
571; 556:.
1.40S.,.837|
V0U7 1 ,,006,832 " ' 2 J . 3 i
3:8.30:
4.851,,153;
196.0491
874.800
3,435,685| 2,2.50,855|
160;982
— ---,
11,688,296'
14,747.4701
13,478;. 729
11,638,120
21; 822; 538;
19,777,812
17,056,880
5,810,251
. 42,738|
35,606!
16,776.282
16,680,261
1,154,538,
1,687,.531
965,5.55!
1,340.619|
2,198; 9.52;
' "'•' "~
1,165,(575!
'7.53,3.59'
•3,52,453!
27,142,907
27..500,348!
31:200,295!
2.3; 229,098
i;78i,'65H 29,4-24,278
35.401,609
2,201,1
i ; 0 l 2 , l ! 5 ] 25; 364,5131
125,519 16,225,533
2,23^2,973
2,301,747
2,207,583|
352,739
488,411
24,580
18,4121
32,876
55,071
271,801
1,421,445
65.5.302I
1,162,92; 192,019
1.208,506
1; 131,530!
57,061
561,482
504,287
151,7281
872,748
643,6.57
684;601
45,647 1,12.5,490
1,274,944
1; 1.39:312
1,302;312
3,371,9.56
20,800| 2,747,174
105,780 2,715,119
3,154.4371
6,099,850
6:416,728
3,951,205
9,268,254
7,305,115
6,570,508
8;191.625
6,811,102
10,370,701
16,218,027
12,115,4.31
6,073.419 13,658,058
453,992 1,028,639 8,806,080
25,853
40,118
100.02.5
125:000
768.650
4,397,298
• 713,028
5; 117.4
142,201
6,545!209
146,5391
5,585,424
160.219
9,058, 79
13,570.0:27'! 524,513
565,826
10,934,050
513,697 1,955,966'
53, .588
'80,048
78,148|
150,141
160,410
171,.300|
17i;300
4,187,180
2.591,400
4;794,8351
5,318,418'
5,554,590
5,842,096
5,783,687|
3,667,38
3,317,422
2:341,33.5
2,470,68;
2,493,494
2,395;500
2,141,881
2,128,4131
.578,436
1.985,373
2;2:-f;<,412
1,493,905
1,147,287
'873;471
1.082,041
1,293,840
4,742,578
.5,914
4,894I
11,9041
12,613|
50,000
i,25"4,2-h
60,710
81,152
.5,450
7,740
8,053
7,744
1^0. 10.^'Synopsis qf the returns of the banlcs, (^-r.—rContinued..
CO.
.O
LIABILITIES.
RESOURCES.
State.
$83,435
49,781
$6.57,020
393,216
Mi:3sissi ppi—Continued.
J a n . , 1857
J a n . , 1858
$335, .300 $556,345
.169,400
1,110,600
Tennessee
Jan..
Jan ;
Jan
Jan.,
Jan.,
1855
1856
1857
1857
18.-)9
Jan.,
Jan.,
Jan.,
1860
1861
1863
6.717,848
8; 593,693
8,4.54,4-23
9,083,009
8,351,3.57
8,067,037
8,465,.543
3,551,700
Jan.,
Jan.,
Jan.,
Jan.,
Jan.,
Jan.,
Jan.,
Jan ,
Jan.,
1855
1856
1857
1858
1859
1850
1861
1862
1853
10,359, 717 8,628,946
10,451, 572 12,634,533
10,595, 305{13,682,215
10,782, 588 8,884,225
12,216, 725'14,34.5,696
12,835, "70! 13,520,207
13,7^29,725 10,87.3,630
13,453. 306 7,40.5,015
13,798. 030 9,035,724
3,011,719
3,608,757
4,473,378
3,232,132
5,144,879
5,662,892
3,72.5,828
4,369.218
7,676; 305
295,605
2.577.824
2; 5.55; 953 5^2,006
2,983,373
50,000
3, l9o, 3.52
1.915
4,338.364
3; 259:71'
3,073,919
1,35-2,737 2,09.5,774
2,829,898 1,958,828
17,307,567
743,033
21,132,519
678,389
23.404;551
739,126
17; 611,283
738,705
24,404,942
793,611
25,284,839
851,562
22,455,175
457,357
15,39^,686 2,343,350
17,621;495
650,957
1854
Dec^ 1855
Dec, 1855
Jan., 1858
Jan., 18.59
Jan., 1860
Jan.. 1861
July, 1861
Jan.,. 1882
Jan., 1863
1,215-, 398 1,460,6.50
1,215,405 2,805,680
2,215,405 2,780,380
2,620.615 •1,718,750
5,795;781 6,069,120
9,082,951 7,884,888
11,133,899 8,204,845
11,204,920 8,111,730
11,249,990 6,511,851
11,247,681 4,037,277
1,247,651
1,331,126
1,188;982
1,482,442
3,123,622
3,357,176
3,360, .384
2,994,880
2,058,473
3,434,252
234,775
172,425
111,984
242,117
579,830
1,200,010
1,247.335
I,48S:i84 6,502,46
1,450; 723 3,025,278
546,896 2,638,240
3,441,643
4,-393,029
4,112,791
4,020,534
72,000
9,830,426
417,335
15,451,192
725,670
17,373,-469
970,550
13,704,000 1,277,600
11,243,288 1,28.5,965
12,080,501 1,295,813
2,283,.525
3,4-29,98-^
5,534,945
5,238,930
1,280,102
. 1,287,234
1,002,399
658,521
294,034
241,903
157,981
131,761
Kentucky:...
Missouri.
Nov.,
April, 1854
, 1856
J a n ,: 1856
Oct
Jan., .1858
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Illinois...... .,
Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
2,513,790
3,840,946
5,872,144
4,679j,3.25
5,850,552
8,518,545
8,401,948
0,035,982
6,472.822
5,538,378
4,285,174
4,540,906
$31,792
2,413,418
211,681 ^85,501
661,910
3,710,101
487.070
951,262
4,875,348
9-i4.9l7
4..'^45.104 1,617:610 2,763,141
441,165
4.659,809 1,073,269
452,4-20
4,324,799
254,627
2,998,063
335,923 1,501,922
711,412
1,125,633
91,135
210,483
19.662
11.755.729
14,880,609
16;893,390
1.3,124,"-""^
13;252.766
11,751.019
11,942.288
4,820,972
316,841
337,675
1,740,671
1,146,770
§519
1,007
871,076
1,468,455
2,450,308
3,347,060
1.577.578
1; 233,432
404,372
1,726,601
2,671,903
3,777,676
.6,129,613
6,164,017
$11,413
780,767
$30,209
$257,505
219,085
$26,503
975
$7,912
C91
$47,254
68,209 1,473,040
491,800
166.395 1,057,140
486,455
16.037 2.231,418
8.59.956
143,690 2,617.683
541,711
62;767 2,094.632
24,169 2;380,700 1,069,408
590,715
2.67(t,751
118,323 3,327'335
998,917
583,406
8,258 2,575,465
581.723 1,287.077 2,863.018 :
486,ti22
932:092 2,287.710
84.3.:
2,61.3,910
495,362
595,759
1,021,420 1,341;289
855,676
422, i
577.814 1,162,498
55,265
48,333 1,923,595 1,123,242
472,598
243,535
686,370
216,505 3,319,718
416,920
965.878
.
488, .504 - 535.730 .3.731,463
840,959
. 465,907 363;924 4; 11.5,430
72.5,460
. 2,611 4,431,131
500:202
144,075 6,5,35,215 1,017,560
508:503
779,.565
188,391 5,099,678
477:971
763,683
308,147 4,354,229
523:382
700.553
3,659,482
589,974
623,039 "359,952 6,647,613 2,327;015
111.
104,
98:
29;
169.
225,
321,
391,
528.
49,960
28,331
7.5,991
116,084
98,6-26
597,679
1,090,506
•1,281,748
1,747,455
,347,
2,047,551
,562,
621'
878.612
31,158 1,358,-203
79,940 1,108,148 2,3.54; 571
3,953,450
52,832
59,567 **^*4,'757 2,81.3,578
33,
198.
324,
1,007,
1,046,
1,531,
2,838,
3,160,
1,357,
385,3;;9
517,088
433,717
265i034
1:39
199
20,900
149,16~
'203,'698
4,1.52,988 .
4,611,706'
4.408,106
4,027.825
4,984,141
4,502,250
4,456,996
5.991,015
6,322,510
975,491
4,355,050
1,24.5,184
1,424;004
348,658 3,921,789
4,160,912
*97,559 3,620,530
4,181,931
2,967,108
3,666,017,
. 63,892
' "37,165 •
19,297
6,433j
565,152
759-474,
635,810
333,239
O
O
a
Ul.
Oct., 1858
Jan.,'I860
Oct., 1860
Jan-, 1862
Jan., 1863
Indiana.
-..4,000,334 5,707,045!
5,251i225l 8^931,723
6,750,743 11,010,837
1,4.! 5.0761
619;2S&
""894,'845
D e c , 1853
Oct., 1854,
&c.
Oct , J a n . ,
1855, &c..
Oct., 1856,
&c
Jan., 1858,
&c.
Jan , 1859,
&c
Jan., 1830
Jan.1,1861
J a n . , 1862
J u n e , 186-2,
and Jan-,
1863.
5,554,552 7,116,8LT
7,281,934 8,165,856
Nov., 1854
Feb., 1856
Nov.,- 1855
Feb., 18.58
Aug., 1858
Nov., 1858
Feb., 1850
Feb., 1861
Feb., 1862
Feb., 1863
Michigan . .
Wisconsin.,
Jan.,
Dec,
Dec,
Jan.,
Dec,
Dec,
Dec,
•Jec,
Jan.,
1855
1855
1856
1858
18.58
18.59
1860
1801
1863
Jan.,
Jan.,
Jan.,
Jan.,
Jan.,
Jan.,
.Jan.,
1855
1855
1857
1858. J
1859
1850
1861
15,621
26,533]
64,
525,3441
552.338
422,220
400,213
110,739
• 4-2,112
501,947]
206,231
1,764,747
2,289,605
445,359
803,849]
100,622
7,247,365 .3,257,064 i
9,305,651 6,148,837
289,673]
249,"""
,6.40,0,581
697,0371
807,763]
1,296,616] 6,486,652)
" 387,229 9,8-36,691
546,876 12,264,5r"
221,380
1,83' 2,627,6901 271,520]
-87,769j
•'92,429 1,679; 277] 3„201,416 ' 343.V26.9
116,551 2,0.35,736 3,793,753 ,-287,411
•9,272]
39,-397
37.920
269,585
223,812
302,905
425,460 . 110,151
109,295
• 55,793
104,018
127,238 1,985,114,
3,087,827
715,305
911,090
128,850| 1,820,760
173,573] 1,894,357
369,600 1,599,014
4,045,3251 4,516,4L2
1,957,097
379,804
161,975
6,986,992| 1,705,070
231,9291
132,946] 1,274,992
598,262
4,123,089! 4,731,705
1,852,7421
272,815!
.177,3091
7,039,691 1,694,357
227,599
380,911 1,333,4181
557,238
68,508} 1,420,076
.3,585,9-22j 3,303,9-61
1,417,9061
380,559
60,954
4,861,4451 1,416,737|
104,224|
395,5351
236,661 1,261,720
68,2151
505,685]
35,623) 1,859,000
3,617,629 5,379,935
1,72.3,840
176,365
6,468,308 1,252,981
195,711
4,343,210
4,744,570'
4, .579,9851
4,492,835
5,390.2461
5,75.5,201
6,844,700]
6,782,690
1.700.4791
i;84i;051
2,076,5481
3,017,597
80.530
140,895 • 7,675,851 1,.349,465]
117;838
8,158,038j 1,297,828
15-2,6.50
6,249,043 1,358,002
162,890 1,400,3-55
5,250,245 1,589,768
110,126j 1,303,776
258,309]
316,024
354,799
348,850|
7,165,581
6,491,421
6,742,421
6,560,7701
6,675,425
6,707,151
6.890,839
7;i5i,o;^9
5,695,950
5,674,000
8,074,132
5,4.50, .506:
9,080,5891 7,101,3-25
9,153,6-29
6,543,420
6,201,286
3,915,""
.7,588,291
3,780,2l4|
8,040,304
4,389,83
7,983,8691 4,039,614
8,143,611
4,043,811!
9,217,-5201 5,762,3,551
9,057,837 11,697,818
500,942
573,840
670,549
364,676
331,978
222,197
47,510
120,124'
131,08"
1,170,974
1,386,958|
1,347,956
310,479
555,693
375;397
436,837
749,8-28
1,420,852
1,400,000 • 740,764]
1,870,000' 1,060,165
2,95.5,000 1,702,570
.5,515.,Ou0| 2,913,071
7,995,000 4,695,170
7,020,000 4,429,855
6,782,000.1 4,310,1751
1,482,0531
2,805,341
3,335,552|
2,077,852
3,022,384
3,085,813
4,083,131
989,416
730,4.38
841,489
851,804
71-5,304,
. 755,465
230.000
413;030
416,590
•
949,727
411,6.52
1,712,040| 295,203
392,7.58
l,!:02,96l^
232,071
280,7 86
19.5,454
303,793[
206,235|
488,878
144,781
790,568
101,696]
3,206,580
450,0.35 2,418,043
1,014,752 1,978,340
95,597
53,4251
118,952
78,975
35,165
13,969
4,777
125,623
19,218
13,-578,339
14,921,998
15,223.2411
9,558,927]
10,549,-.5741
11,171,3431
11,100,462
10,91.3,007
10.475.062
12;298,400
1,900,942
187,522
1,988,0371
128,216
52,6461 • l,903,6C3l
1,111,786
124,198|
1,153,547
126,011
892,949
76,2061
578,043
139,878
788,028
117,800
110,934
1,092,906
456,7391
1,073,874
1,290,4661
1,278,872
l,573,694f
1,493,529
1,632,201
1,861.0431
3,906,079
5,280,6.34
6,230,861
9,252.457
7,.592;36i
7,723,387
10,891
920,141
111,089] 1,177,4891
418,991
950,836
-221,457
77,293 1,198,9011 355,025]
2,012,986
445,144
2,801,282 1,901,359
80,799
105,875]
67,275
349,584
1,583,540
2,295,648
4,577,259
3,455,731
298,222
350,703
310,145]
5-2-2,041
604,000]
585,670
718,913
671,.590
702:657
697;450
1,006,525
1,195,047]
687,337
910,438]
. 749,681
711,157
951,7-20]
842,325
905,555
1,632,989
1,199,86.3
763,243
796,998
1,152,433
898,3371
'•841,682
1,426,056
3,813,363
15S,-310
106,559
39,007
121.354]
195,517
150,74
157,378]
110,987
144,845
251; 135
1,690,105
2,095.809
2,016;814
1,734,995
1,935,025
1,845,441
1,823,640
2,377,466
3,655,944
3,023,285
5.55,431
145,035
517,945]
124,486
588,3F9
60,110
322,465
115,661
258,776
124,357|
192,831
130,861
: 79,973 • 3 9 , 2 0 0 ]
233.613
95,440
183; 728]
91,429!
15,345
21,347
11,145]
15,72
-14,440]
35,119
118,784
392,550
402,520 ' • 97,265|
159,489
245,061'
31,411
77,0341
54,963
137,059
44,644
120,372
52,372
133,796
65,500
268,672
44,828
451,736
0,162
6,433
9,141
10,043
22,579]
23,871
1.879]
17,903]
203,694
143,123
15-2,080
92,762
23,776
4-2,018
24,175
28,389
37,995
30,339
2,466,247
2,476.751
2,749,685
2,088,778
1,016,597
2,069,789
1,153,552
2,069,819
2,077,253
3,768,820|
1,044,021
1,200,083]
2,025,160
3,626,458
5,114,415
5,031,504^
4; 949,6861
2,751,312
3,117,1.78
2,749,558
2,139,354
2,347,041
2,613,615
2,667,763
2,206,.580
2,828,3:7
i'soi'oob 4,440,725
19,249
24,.320]
8,79l|
94,261
1,501
150,3151 .. 1,892)
2-29,236
45,266
314,142
3-25,451 i,'^29,* 668
15722,7791
103,184!
341,174)
306,982
57,216]
603,848]
353,161
7 !,222
701,101
453,771
67,439
467,411
498,794]
892,-7751 - 852,283 - 83,-893
04,430
925,110
890,454]
745,063; 1,162,938!
334,383
531,713
542.938
576.543'
706,009
419,947
372,5la
No. TO.-^Synopsis of the returns of the banks, c^^.—Contin ued.
2
LI.\;BII.,ITIE3.
.
RESOURCES.
•
0
2
o5
1
"S,
2
Wisconsin—Cont'd. J a n . , 1862
July, 1862
Jan.,
Jan.,
Dec,
Jan.,
^'
Tf .TncnQ
*
1859
1861
1861
1883
.
60
64
2
3
4
7
ci
0
0
1
$3,807,000 $1,419,423
3,055,000 1,64.3,200
43,643
8,702
8U215
198,494
1.3,13!
54,065
52^,378
1,154,925
1,002,306
809,387
1,287,273
92,876
1859
1861
1881
1852
1862
12
13
14
14
14
400.4.50
539:130
64-2,785
720,390
797,970
.553,805
689,600
938,073
1.281,453
1;249,000
J a n . , 1859
J a n . , 1861
J a n . , 1862
1
2
1
52,000
93,130
52,000
8.895
5; 443
2,770
2,695
14,783
6,330
J a n . , 1857
J a n . , 18-58
Nov.,-18.58
Nov., 1860
4
6
2
1
205,000
15,000
58,000
60,000
353,795
41,641
. 23,346
16,007
125,291
3,073
23,748
10,717
Dec,
Jan.,
July,
Jan.,
Dec,
ra ^
1
. G
0
-$•2,341,112
3,318,007
.50.000
158.000
1.55,000
318,000
-
• .-
•0
Date.
State.
CO
$1,257,718
1,026,019
$10
16,202
11,660
3,100
18,689
50,504
37,522
47.876 "
48;603
25,0.50
92,898
125,216
108,422
:: 3 ^
2-4 ' " " " - 4 2 2
4,414
1,749
2,576
4,418
5,530
05 Q
.
3
1
1
1
$1,57?, 512 $1,8.50,515
3,924,534. 1,014,117
5,185!
123,103'
133,951
1
li
1 Ji
6
o
6
.a
C ro
^
03
c -:
c3
1
Q
m
50,000
71.967
,-,.
324,212
1,032
724,228
101,849
1,169,876
1,117,146 ..154. a49
i ; 0 9 4 , 9 l 2 \ 219:723
^ ,1,508,-666 •'.22'q53aO
S5.50,106
396,141
$454,054
929,30..
$593,243
8^6,033
$51,448
•112,137
$304,478
255,548
1,2.^0
1,894
$317,880
285,705
30,806
18,285
4.223
9,802
512
14,071
15,272
2,2-28
20,78::-
22,200
50,382
21,337
49. .308
222,453
217,552
321,715
117,022
48,256..-.-. . . . . .
48,0l4i
40.000
43,450
4,06?
6,696
750
2,295
6,533
9,280
418,097
-15:679;.:
97,087
73,406
3.075
3:850;
1,155
7,885!
•
248,817
21.3,651
284,008
522,693
388,710
324,082
334,186 . 271,550
490,657
616,405
.2.1.54
:...
1,341
404
4*414
129,804
35,601
3,172
4,443
15,069
1,000
1,399
2,2Q9
O
25,653
2.55, .545
378,030
.547,363
725,443
544,967
W
8,288
4 350
4,450
^ 210
26
>
136,325
5,683
6 6^9
5.627
o
Ul
No. 11.—General view of the condition of the banks in the TJnited States on or about January 1, 1851, to 1863, inclusive.
1854.
1851.
Number of banks . . . .
Number or branches .
73
148]
1,059
149
1855.
1858.
1,163
144
1,255
143]
1,307|
Nuniber of banks and branches.
1,283
133
16G0.
1,2841
13H|
1,416]
1,329
147'
1861.
.1882.
1863.
1,392
170
1,492
1,476
1,4G6
LIABILITIES.
Capital paid in
,
Ciroubition
,
Deposits
Due to other banks . . . .
Otlur-r liabilities
•,..
Profits, &c
Total.
$227,807,5.53|'$301,376,071 '§332,177,288|$343,874,272'•p70,834,686 $394,622,799: $401,976,242] $421,880,095 $429,592,713
20-2,005,767
155,165,25 • 204,689,207 ' 186,952,223 195,747,950] 214,778,822] 155,208,344] 193;308,818 ' 207,102,47257.229,562]
128,957,712) 188,188,744] 190,400.342 212,705,662 230,351,352 185,932,049 259,568,278] 2.5.3,802,129
"•
61; 27.5,2.56
46,416,928 50,:^2,16'J 45,156,697 52,719,956 57:674,33.3 51,169,875 63.215,65
5.5,932,918
23,258,004
6,433,3-27 1.3,439.276 15,599,623 12,227.867 19,):^16,859 14,166,71.3 15; 048,4271 14,661,-'I.'-)
42,498.71J
32,441,455 36,854,608 46,442; 545] 62; 811,718 59,7-22,723 47,495,973 45,320,286 • 46,479,873
$418,139,741 $405,045,829
183,792,0791
238,677,218
296.322,408)
393,686,228
61,144,052
100, .523,-527
21,633; 093
53;814,145
31,116,420
597,227,226
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RESOURCES.
L o a n s and discounts . . . . . .
Stocks
llealestate
Other investment:?
•.
Due from other banks
Notes of Other banks
<..'ash items ".
Specie
Total.
413,756,799 5.57,397,779
22,388, .389 44,350,330]
20,219,724 22,367,47-3
8:935:972
7,589.830
.5u;7:8,015 .5.5.516; 085
17.195,083 22,659,066
15; 341,196' 25.579,253
46,671,048! 59; 410,253)
576,144,758 6.34,183,280
49.485,215
52; 72" '•"
24,07.3,801 20;865,867
8.822,-516
8,734,540]
.55,736,73,5 62:639,725
• 23,429,518 24:779,049
21;935,738 19;937;710
53,944,546 59,314,063
^7^32m—Kiu77kn-.
124,522 28,755,834 25,976,'497
8,323.041
6:075,906]
920,336
849;205 58,052,802 78.244;987
124,008] 2-2,447,4.36 18,8.58,289]
15;380,441' 28,808,822
031,64
349,838] 74,412,832) 104,537,818
945,580
344,343
782.13l!
123,17
235,457
: 50-2, .567]
'w:-ti,521
594,537]
597,227,226 794,870,068] 816,728,718 880,087,42: 953,178,766 843,59.5,753 983,435,702 999,859,307] 1,015,850,015
Aggregate o^ immediate liabilities, i. e., of circulation, deposits, and dues to other banks,
443,200,113! 422,509,262 461,173,568] 502,804,507 392,310;268| 521,090,747 516,837,524
Aggregate of immediate means,
i. e,, of specie, cash items,
notes of other hanks, and dues
from other hanks
131,926,342 163,164,657 158,048,537) 166,670,547 177,404,6921 170,293,511 228,449,916 195,664,082
Gold and silver in 1 'nited States
6,695,225
treasnry depositories
3,033,600
11,164,727 25,136,252 27,188,889 22,705,431 20,066,114 10,209,229
Total of. specie iu banks and
treasury depositories
59,835,775 84,546,505 81,133,435] 82,020,494) 78,415,952) 84,642,0511 107,571,418 90,289,762
696.778.421
74;004,879]
30,748,927'
lrt.657.5n
53; 793,900]
21.903-902
29,297,878
87,674,507
•^February 8,1862.
f Including stocks.
646,677,730
99.010,987
32,326,649
13,648,006
65,2,56,596
25.253,589]
27:827,97
102:146,215]
648,601.863
180,-508,-26031:880,495
22,003.413
96.934; 4.52
58,164,.328
45,171,518
101,227,369
1,012,147,793 1,16.5,491,728
520,510,585
541,258,539
732,889,971
197,670,277)
220,484,3711
1483,005,927
3,600,000]
*3,400,ooo!
91,274,507]
105,546,215
5,00l>,000
106,227,369
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No. 12.— Comparative view of the condition of the banks in dffcrent sections of the TJnion from 1854 ^o 1863, inclusive.
BANKS AND BRANCHES.
Sections.
'
l854-'55.
Eastern States
Middle States
.....
%.....o
1855-'50.
1856-'57.
1857-'58.
185^8-'59.
1859-'60.
1860-:61.
440
464
12496
183
492
4t6
129
108
183-
507
470
128
105
206
498
459
140
115
210
501
477
139
116
243
505
485
148
138.
288
506
488
147
l4l
319
.1,416
1,422
1,476
....
•
Soutliwestern States
Western States
. . ...
'.
..°.
1,307
Total United States
.
1,398
1,552
1,601
1861-'62.
511
498
147
142.
194
•
1,492
1862-'63'
- 507
491
147
114
207
1,466
O,
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LIABILITIES.
CAPITAL PAID I N .
1854^:'55.V
Eastern States
Middle States
Southern States
Southwestern States
W e s t e r n States
.,
1855-'56.
1857-'58.
1856-'57.
1858-'59. -
CIRCULATION.
1859-'60.
,1800-'61.
1851-'62.
1862-'63.
l8.54-'55.
1855-'56.
1856-'57. ,
$101,804,621 $110,415,090 $114,611,752 $117,261,990 $119,-590,423 $!23;449,U75 $123,706,708 $127,291,316 ,$126,819,972 §53,816,-469 $47.762.301 :*53, .554,041
120,758,047 125,994,239 140,296,870 154,442,049 1.56,382,227 1.59,091,05! 160.085,360 156,353,765 155,Q70;4I8 5^,298,622 i;3,993,468 . 62,695,7M
49,255,264 48,6.57,450 50,554,582 : 52,077,.587 48,578,132 54-583,255 55,282,622 56,282,622 56,282,622 .30,94i;2l7 35,362,506 33,788,552
41,016,635 • 41,829,353 44,630,333 49.633.352 54,254,042 59,383,524 62.941,011 62,777,683 50.971,577 2.5,130,695 34,97-2,674 37,792,261
23,171,418 25,373,189 26,577,012 • 15,424,355 15,701,240 19,765,220 18,652,001 ^2,147,194
19, .342,721 16,978,130 20,739,143 2i;207;82i
Total United S t a t e s . . . . . . . 332,177,288 343,874,272 370,834,686 394,622,799 401,976,242 421,880,095 429,592,713 418,139,741 405,045,829 186,952,223 195,747,950 214,778,822
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CIRCULATION.
1857-'58.
1858-'59.
.1859-'60.
1860-'61.
DEPOSITS.
:
1861-'62.
186-2-'63.
1854-'55.
1855-'c6.
1856-'57.
1857-'58.
1858-'59.
1859-'60.
1
$41,417,692 ^39,564,689 ^44,510,618 .'*44.991.285 $39,306,729 $65,516,155 $29; 900,989 $31,596,935 $34,520,858 $28,196,426 $41,877,420 $41,319,550
Eastern States
44,1.37; 749 49,48-2,0.57 53,146,871 52,873,851 55,105,112 82.372.09! 117,485,664 127,410,259 1.39,873; 112 11,3,814,435 150,620,922 145.829; 987
Middle 5:tates
27,751,551 37,400,883 35,863,618 39,5.52,760 39,558,760f 39,558; 760 11,651,545 12,898,897 15^196,763 13,180,489 18,119,776 18,250,347
Southern .States
23,727.^72 42,632,764 46,000,759 34.600,785 29,439,1761 31,545,643 19,702,-844 •26,300.616 26,523,139 22,3.56,416 38,581,455 37,973,832
Southwestern States
18,123,580 . 24,226^425 27,580,611 29,987,086 20,382,302 19,684,564 11,679,300 - 14,.4g8,955 14,237,370 - 8,384,282 10,388,705 10,428,413
Western States . . . . . . . . . —
'"" Total Uiiited'States". :.V. "155,208,344
193,306,818 '207,102,477 202,- 005,767 183,792,079j 238,677,218 -190,400,342 212,705,662 230,351,-352 185,932,049 - 259,568,278 ,.253,802,129
No. 12.—-Comparative inew of the condition of the banks in different sections of the TJnion, bp.—Continued.
• DEPOSITS*.
$40,822,523
156,899,656
16,480,480
30,576,820
12,450,033
.
DUE TO OTHER BANKS.
i
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1800-'61.
Eastern States
Middle States
Southern States
S o u t h w e s t e r n States
Western S t a t e s .
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Sections.
18Gl-'62.
1862-'63.'
$49,241,324 $56,731,741
168,932,745 267,7.50,903
•16.480,480 16,480,480
•29;922,299 21,482,1.36
. 11,745,560 21,240,966
Total United S t a t e s . . . . . . 257,229,562 296,322,408 393,686,226
1854-'55.
1855-'56.
lE57-'58.
1856-'57.
$9,173,754 $3,209,891 . ,$7,310. .540 $6,929,552
27.135,470 . 33,667,304 36,710:832 31-690,583
4.590,702
6,136,719
2,587,917 . 3,333,224
5,709,272
6,999,046
5,334.268
4,410,377
1,606,970
759,992
2,145;269
1,849,173
45,156,697
•52,719,956
57,674,333
51,169,875
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1850-'61.
1661-'62.
1862-'53.
1858-'59.
1859-'60.
$9, .370.024
42.286,596
6:641,306
9; 197,277
• 7.20,448
$8,987,15! .$9,666,483 $10,014,087 $-20,534,823
35,-213. .553 38,380,050 40.082,575 68,496,549
4,117,359
4.117,369
4,U7.369
4,030,096
6^071,248
7,F,6l,39l
•6,143,597
6,764,829
1,306,538
7£6,42-l
3,443;963
937,289
68,215 651
55,932,918
61,275,256 • 61,144,052 ,100,526,527
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OTHER
LIABILITIE 3 .
Sections.
1855-'56.
1856-'57.
$1,440,876
4,658,402
717:762
3,503.657
1,902;170
$2,625,089
7,.574; 091
4,332,643
2,213,845
2,071,080
12,227,867
19,816,850
185-l-'55.
$1,957.9 3 .
8,339:985
1,321,698
2,630,079
1,349,947
Ea'^torn St.ates
Middle States
Southern Siates . . . .
Sonthwe.-tern States
Western States
Total United States . . . . . ; .
15,599,623
.
.
:
1861-'62.
.
1852-'63.
l858-'59.
1857-'58.
$3,304,554
3,541,053
2,670,550
2,770,1 8
1,880;435
14,166,713
.
1859-'60.
1800-'61.
$2,819,422
3,731,452
3,8.33,720
2,224,354
2,499,499
$1,541,091
4,391,664
3,435,648
2,859.607
2,432,805
$2,811,728
11,072.379
4,I35.2~l
2,674;929
2,563,697'
$10,144,408
24,191,148
4:135,2-1
7;795,981
5,306,782
$11,4.55.789
28; 0-39,714
4,135,271
5, .594.891
4,598,480
15,048,427
14,661,815
23,258,004
51,573,590
53,814,145
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R.EBOURCES.
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LOANS AND DISCOUNTS.
1856-'57.
Eastern States
Middle Staies
S o u l i e r n States
Southwestern S t a t e s . . . .
Western States
-Total United Sta:jes-.
1857-'58.
1858-'59.
l859-'60.
1860-'61.
1851-'62.
1862-'63.
1854-'55.
1855-'56..
5173,5l3,958;.$177.4n.938 $187,750,276 $177,896,0201 $179,992,400 fl90,188,<:90 f 194,866,619 $191,747,787 J216,341,927l $1,560,379 $1,674,165
241.671,9781 219,232-487 299,874,750 247.669,341' 284,716,143) 289.636,640 304,227.203 276,048,381 -265,821,503 •24,451,870) 24:753,765
7,252,541
7,925,598
. 69,598,123 75,875 681 82,412,657
70.040, .5681 77,039,922} 82,23.1,. 888 79,282,290 79,781,790] 79,282,290
6,57*5,853]
5,4.54,164
64.397,883
73,512,343 - 82.8.-3,2.57 64,633,845 85.980,791! 101,468,716 . 89,069.505] 75,875,815 61,682,58
23,224,00" 24,473,582] 12,886,439
9.677,525
25,96-2,816] 28, ISO, 831] 3i:6J)5,937 22,925,488 29;454,543 28,421,346 29,332,804
144,758; 634,183,2801. 684,456,887
583,165,242! 657,183,799 691,945,580 696,778,421 646,677,788 648,601,863
52,727,082
49,485,21.5
1856-'57,
$1,459,758
27,702,286
8,798,041
7.127,039
13,187,205
59,272,329
INS
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!N"o. 12.— Comparative view qf the condition of the banks in different sections of the TJnion, Sfc.—Gontinued.
REAL E S T A T E .
STOCKS.
Sections.
1857-'58.
Eastern States
Middle States
Southern States
Southwestern States.
Western States
Xotal United States
1858-'59.
$1,131,859 $1,200,564
25,576-900 29,924,425
9, .354; 305
8.62.5,484
9,623-729
8,'513,363
13,618,466 1.5,232,613
60,305,269
63,502,449
1859-'60.
1850-'61.
1861-'62.
1862-'63.
l854-'55.
1855-'56.
1856-'57.
1857-'58.
1858-'59.
1859-'60.
.$1,657,908 $1,489,949
31,227,492 3.3,521,853
9^947,427
9;625,777
9,177,273- 8,251-792
18,655,893 20,793,853
$3,407,991 $8,019,037
63,373,252 146,126.096
9,947,427
9,947,427
10,443,210
7,906,758
6,339,107
8,508,942
.$2,135,037 $2,273,850 $ 2 , 7 0 7 > 8 8
8,832,442
7,037,778
7,707,859
9,751,479
6,433,401 10,064,396
4,399,4 • 4 3,569,4.33
3;715,120
749,033
881,324
804,976
$3,310,485
9,596,524
10,276,462
4,537,783
1,034,579
$-3,640,675'
10,675,795
6,639,639
3,720,584
1,299,804
$3,844,810
11,481,225
10,313,308
3,613. .520
1,529.258
74,004,879
99,010,987 180,508,260
24,073,801
26,124,522
28,755,834
25,976,497
30,782,131
70,344,343
20,865,867
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OTHER INVESTMENTS.
ElEAL ESTATE
^
Sections.
1860-'61.
Eastgrn States
Middle States
Southern States
Southwestern States
Western States
Total United States
1861-'62.
1862-'63.
$3,6-23, .549
11,685,602
10,559,6.30
3,722,463
1,157,783
$4,161,804
12,127,993
10,.559,530
3,996,266
1,481,956
$4, .505,888
12,939,200
10, .559,539
2,23.5,330
1,640,047
30,748,927
32,325,649
31,880,495
1856-'57.
1857-'58.
$792,750
$685,083
1,452,309
2,150,063
1,205,630
1,082,2.57
2.418,273 • 2,912,838
2,458,989
2,398,864
$611,152
616,619
1,7-25,876
1,883,250
1,083,439
$682,708
1,015,752
1,951,349
1,439,020
937,077
8,734,540
5,920,336
6,075,906
1854-'55.
1855-'56.
8,822,516
1860-'61.
1861-'62.
1862-'63.
$1,044, .319 $1,075,879
1,319,363
1,309,019
3,067,297
4,102,185
1,333;083
1,025,804
4,277,549
841,114
$1,141,433
3,829,149
•3.460,720
3,323,320
4,902,884
$318,361
4,392,647
3,460,780
4,577,563
838,650
16,657,511
1.3,648,005
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$2,627,232
8,286,9.57
3,460,7-20
5,1.59,698
2,468,785
11,123,171
•
22,003,443
1858-'59.
8,323,041
1859-'60.
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NOTES OF OTHER BANKS.
DUE BY OTHER BANKS.
Sections.
1854-'55.
Eastern States
Middle States.
Southern Slates
Sou ihwestern States
Western States.
Total United States
1855-'56.
1856-'57.
1857-'58.
$14,826,567 $13,842,046 $1.5, .304,943 $12,215,4-23
21,018,905 21,989,653 21,961,008 20,843,384
5,3I5,'677
4,562,214
5,301,535
5,-320,823
7,913,766 1.3,979,927 13,911,656 13,188,355.
7,512,422
7,417,283
8,870,062
6,484,812
55,738,735
62,639,725
-65,849,205
58,052,802
J858-'59.
1859-'09.
1880-'61.
1881-'62.
1862-'63.
. 1854-'55.
$16,333,357 $14,310,7.53 $14,015,271 .|18,273,554 .$25,221,286 $7,4.56,556
23,137, 793 20,061,485 -22,6-25,292 28,241.119 46,367,140
9,459,951
2,610,478
5,138,6.59
10,122,640
5,1.38; 6.59
5,133;659
7,461.775
1,240.681
21,.16S,632 17,317,715
7,623,183
7,694,239 10.961,979
2,661,852
9;245,383
7,482,565
9,391,585
5,909;065
8,083,7-26
78,244,987
57,235,457
58,793,990. . 65,256,596
.96,934,452
l855-';:6.
1856-'57.
$7,452,318
$6,807,215
11,071.854
9,444,234
2,649,284
3,895:232
2,423,926 - 2.038,067
3,449,410
3,066,537
23,429,518 .24,779,049
.28,124,0.Q8
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No. 12.— Comparative vicio of the condition of the banks in different sections of the Union, cfc—Continued.
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CASH I T E M S .
NOTES OF OTHER BANKS.
Sections.
1657-'58.
Eastern States
Middle States
fcjouthern Stales
Southwestern States.^
Western Slates
,
T o t a l United States
1859-'60.
1860-'6i.
$5,216,504
8,698,885
3,401,629
2-201,7c-'3
1,9-23,6.35
$5,495,545
3. .588,204
2,45:^,404
3,479,6-24
2,84-2,512
.$7,026,319
9.220,661
3,448:976
2,964:599
2,844,012
,S7,003.127
4,470,163
3,782,997
3,403.089
3,238;546
$5,766,319 $11,950,014
7,83-4,522 29,091,963
.3,785,997
3,782,997
4,968,245
.5,945,873
2,901,505
7,393,481
$240,992
20,745,011
330,758
113,8,56
.505,121
22,447,436
.^
1858-'59.
18,8£.8,289
25,502,567
21,903,902
25,253,569
21,935,738
19,933,710
l861-"62.^
1662-'63.
1854-'55.
58,164,328
1859-'60.
1857-'58.
1858-'59.
$285,688
$314,055
18,490,937 24,477,.U93
46-708
535,695
62,767
16,0:i7
209,385
570,975.
$307,073
14,318, 82
26.;., 863
47,393
441,930
$4-95,220
23.423,266
'9.50,758
1,6.35,943
303,646
$325,511
17,480,612
186,031
973,792
355,575
25,081,641
15,380,441
25,808,822
19,331,521
1855-'56.
1856-'57.
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CASH I T E M S .
SPECIE.
Sections.
1858-'01.
1862-'63.
1861-'62.
1854-'55.
1855-'56.
1856-'57.
1857-'58.
1858-*59.
1859-'60.
1660-'61.
1881-'52.
1862-'63.
O
H
Eastern States
Middle States
Souihern S'.ates
Souihwestern rotates
Western States
$365,602
21,050,013
179,980
7,4-20,351
271,3.32
Total United S t a t e s . . . . . 29,297,878
$571,772- $1,112,563
19,579,673 42,031,028
179,980 .
179,930
7,200,625
1,810,721
295,9^1
1,037,226
$6,746,711
21,509,993
6,755,032
14,305,640
4,627,120
$6,796,314 $7-259,426
22,009,791 23,390,-03
7,698,291
7,149,616
17, 672, .577 15,704;.308
5,139,090
4,844,725
27,827,971
53,944,546
59,314,063
45,171,518
58,349,^33
.5-5,391,617 $13,774, 25 .§10.098,162 $10,037,304 $12,11.5,855
33,020,755 43,971,104 33;229,061 37,749,614 45,939,014
8,119,035
8,119,035
6,208,319 10,679,814 10,130,310
19,795,184 31,.359,021 25,79.3,477 25,999.992 20,670,590
9,301,120
5,768;161
4,7.53,954
4,343,527
3,935,956
$12,836,207
51,267,627
8,119,035
21,554,993
7,449,546
87,674,507 102,146,215
101,227,369
74,412,832 104,537,818
83,594,537
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Eastern States.
M aine.
JN'ew Hampshire.
Vermont.
Massachusetts.
Khodelsland.
Conneciicut.
Middle States.
Southern States.
New York.
New Jersey.
Pennsylvania.
Delaware.
Maryland.
Virginia.
North Carolina.
South Carolina.
Georgia.
Florida.
Southwestern States.
Alabama.
.Louisiana.
Mississippi.
Tennessee.
K^•nluGl<y.
Missouri.
Western States. •
Illinois.
Indiana.
'
Oliio.
' Michigan.
Wisconsin.
.Minnesota.
Kansas.
Nebraska Territory.
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BEPORf ON THE FINANCEk
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Statement of the public debt on the 1st day qf J a n u a r y in each of the year
from 1791 to ISi2, inclusive, and at various dates in subsequeM years, to
\ J u l y l , 1863.
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Oii t h e 1st d a j of J a n u a i y . . . . . 1 7 9 1 . . . . . ' . . . . . . . . . . . :; $ 7 5 , 463, 476 52
:.•.-.
: • " 1792.-..'..:.
'....:.
: " • 7 7 , 2 2 7 , 9 2 4 66
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8 0 , 3 5 2 , 6 3 4 04
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-..:.....-,. . , 8 0 , 7 4 7 , 5 8 7 . 3 8
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T7y7..-.
8 2 , 0 6 4 , 4 7 9 33
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. _ . 1 7 9 9 . . . . : : - . - . . . . . - . . . . - : i : . ' 78, 408, M9^"^
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1.80.0....
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4 8 , 0 0 5 , 5 8 7 76
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- - . . , . - - ... , ,45.,.,209,737 90
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. . : ^ . l . : . . : : : ; 5 5 , 9 6 ^ , 8 2 7 57
••-•'-• ' • 1 8 i 4 : l - : : . 7 : ' : . ' 7 : l :.':•,''-^^^
1815-......'
' 9 9 , 8 3 3 , 6 6 0 15
1816...-.
.......
1 2 7 , 3 3 4 , 9 3 3 74
1817.
-.
.
1 2 3 , 4 9 1 , 9 6 5 16
1818....-.-..-.
^ 1 0 3 , 4 6 6 , 6 3 3 83
1819..........
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95,529,64828
1820
^- 91,015,560 15
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1 8 0 1 - - - - . . . . . . . . . . . . . :. 83^ 0 3 8 , {)36,S0
- 1802.:;.........;: ..^.
807712332,^^5
: . 1 8 0 3 . . . . . . . . . J . ' . . : . J , ' "v> 77, Q54;:68fe:'^0
• ^'- 1 8 0 4 . . , . . . . . . ' .
X . : "• '••86;427,120'i
•
:
1805...^
8 2 , 3 1 2 , 1 5 0 50
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1806.."-.:
7 5 , 7 2 3 , 2 7 0 66
: :
1807....:.
, .
6 9 , 2 1 8 , 3 9 8 64
. . . ^ .1808.:.:.:-.....
6 5 , 1 9 6 , 3 1 7 97
_ , 1809.:..:.L............
5 7 , 0 2 3 , 1 9 2 09
•:iaio...:.:......
.53,173,^1752
.
. 1821....
..i
.
89,937,427 66
1822-.-.-..
93,54(3,676 98
1823................. .
90,875,877 28
. ' 1824.
90,269,777 77
. 1825-....
, 83,788,432 71
.
•. 1826
......:
81,054, 059 99
1827..........
..
73,987,357 20
1828..'
67,475,0.43 87
1829...
. 58,421,413 67
,
1830
:
48,565,406 50
1831............:..,
1832
i..:...:
1833.......
....
1834
1835-.....:.
....
•1836
...
1837
39,123,19168
24,322,235 18
7,001,032 88
4,760,082 08
351,289 05
291,089 05
1,878,223.55
KEPORT ON THE FINANGES.
On the iBt day of January
^ •
••
'• ' • ' ' J '
On the 1st d a j of July
^^ .,•
;,
. ..•
: On the 1st day of December
18381839,
1840
.•
: '
.^;-
:...
:
$4, 857,660 46
11,983,737 53
5,125,077 63
62,^560, 395
65, 131, 692
67,340,628
47,242,206
39, 969, 731
30, 963, 909
29,060,386
44,910,777
58,754,699
64,769,703
-
. 1861 1862..:
1863..
.4
.
1841
...-...•
6,737,398 00
1842
15,028,48637'
-1843
'
27, 203, 450 69
1844..':..
• 24, 7,48., 188 23
1845
--'..:17,093,794 80
1846..-.
16,750,926 33
1847..38,956,623 38
1848.:
• 48,526,379 37
1849
64, 704, 693 71
1850..'-64,228,238 37
.On .the 20th day pf November.. 1851
;'0n the 30th day of December... 1852.. - On:.the 1st day of July
.-1853..:1854.-...
On the 17th day of November.. 1855
•''On.the 15th day of November. .1856
•^Onthe 1st day of July...
1857...
1858
:;;•
1859....
:;, .
1860...
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..
239
.
26
13
78
05
05
64
90
66
33
08
90,867,828 68
514,211,37192
1,098,793,18137
L. E . C H I T T E N D E N , Register.
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TREASURY
DEPARTMENT,
.
Register's Office, November 19, 1863.
240
REPORT
ON THE
FINANCES.
No. 14.—Statement of the revenue collected from the beginning of the government to tlie SOth
piihlic Icmds, and miscellaneous soicrccs, with the receipts
F r o m internal
F r o m customs,
duties, iraports,
revenue.
aud tonnage.
F r o m Marr.h 4. 17R9. to B e e . 31.. .1791
1792
Y e a r (ending D e c e m b e r 31
.-...1793
For thc year
1794
•
1795
1796
1797
1798
1799
.
• 1800
- .
•
1801
1802
1803
1804
1805
1806
1807
1808
1809
1810
1811.
1812
. 1813
1814
,
•
•
Half v e a r
ending June.30.
i year ending J u n e 3 0
•
•
..
1817
1818
1819
1820
1821
1822
1823
1824
1825
• 1826
1827
1828
1829
1830
1831
1832
1833
1834
1835
1836
1837
1838
1839
1840
1841
1842
1843
1844
• • 1845
1846
1847
1848
1849
1850
•
1851
•
1852
1853
1854
. 1855
1856
1857
1858
1859
• 1860
1861
1862
1863
$4, 399, 473 09
• 3, 443,070 85
$208, 924 81
337, 705 70
4 255, 306 56
274, 089 62
4, 801, 065 28
337, 755 36
5,588,401 26
6, 567, 987 94
475,289 60
575 491 45
7, 549, C49 65
644, 357 95
7,106, 061 93
779 136 44
6, 610, 449 31
• 809:39G 55
9, 080, 932 73
1, 048, 033 43
10, 750, 778 93
12, 438, 235 74
621, 898 89
10, 479, 417 61
215,179 69
-50, 941 29
11,008,565 33
21, 747 15
12, 936, 487 04
14, 667, 698 17
20,101 45
I^, 845, 521 61
13, 051 40
16. 363 550 .58
8, 210 73
7, 296, 020 58
4,044 39
8, 583, 309 31
7, 430 63
13, 313, 222 73
2, 295 95
8, 958, 777 53
4, 903 06
13, 224, 623 25
4, 755 04
5, 998, 772 08
1, 662, 984 82
7, 282, 942 22
4,678,059 07
36,306,874 88
5,124, 708 31
2, G78,100 77
26, 283, 348 49
17,176,385 00
955, 279 20
229.593 63
20, 283, COS 76
106, 260 53
15,005, 612 15
13, 004, 447 15
69, 027 63
67, 665 71
17,589,-761 94
34, 242 17
19,GS8, 433 44
34, 663 37
17„878, 325 71
25, 771 35
20, 098, 713 45
23, 341, 331 77
21,589 93
19, 712, 283 29
19, 885 6S
17, 451 54
. 23, 205, 523 64
14,502 74
22, 681, 965 91
12,160 62
21, 922,391 39
24, 224, 441 77
6, 933 51
28, 465, 237 24
11, 630 65
29, 032, 508 91
2, 759 00
16, 214, 957 15
4,196 09
19, 391, 310 59
10, 459 48
370 GO
23, 409, 940 53
11,1G9, 290 39
5, 493 84
2 467 27
16,1.58, 800 36
23,137, 924 81
2,553 32
13, 499, 502 17
1, 682 25
14 '487 216 74
3 261 36
495 00
18,187,908 76
. 7, 046. 843 91
103 25
26 183 570 94
1, 777 34
27, 523,112 70
3, 517 12
26, 712, ^67 87
2, 897 26
23, 747, 864 6Q
375 00
31, 757, 070 96
375 00
28, 346,738 82
375 00
39, 668, 686 42
• 49,017,567 92
47, 339, 326 62
58, 931. 865 52 1
64, 224,190 .27
53, 025. 7f)4 21
64,022:863 50
63,875. 905 05
41,789,620 9 6
• 49 565,824 38
53,187. 511 87
39, 582,125 64
49,056,397 62
69, 050, 642 40 1 37, 640, 787 95
F r o m direct
tax.
F r o m iDostage.
• •" * — s
$734, 223 97
.534, 343 38
206, 565 44
71, 879 20
, 50,198 44
21,883 91
55, 763 86
34, 732 56
19,1.59 21
7,5.17 31
12, 448 68
7, 666 6 6
859 22
3, 805 52
2, 219, 497 36
2,162, 073 41
4, 253, 635 09
1, 834,187 04
264, 333 36
83, 650 78
31, 586 82
29, 349 05
20, 961 56
10, 337 71
6, 201 9S
2, 330 85
6, 638 76
2, 626 90
2, 218 81
11,335 05
16, 980 59
10, 506 01
6, 791 13
394 12
19 80
4, 263 33
728 79
1,687 70
. $11, 020 51
'
29, 478 49
22, 400 00
72 909 84
64,500 00
39, 500 GO
41,GOO 00
• 78, 000 00
•79, 500 00
35, GOO 00
16,-427 26
• 26, 500 00
21, 342 .50
41,117 67
• 3, 614 73
37 70
• 85, G39 70
35, 000 00'
45, OGO'00
135,000 10
149, 787 74
29, 371 91
20, 070 00
71 32
6, 465 95
516 -91
602 04
- 110 69
469 56
3G0 14
101.00
20 15
86 60
55 13'
501 02
. 244.95
100 00
893 00
10 91.
755 22
. .
1.
1
.
.
1,795, 331 73
1, 485,103 61
*20,192, 456 00
! .
TRliASURY DEPARTJJIENT, Register's OJfice, December 1, 1863.
* First issue of postage currency.
241
E E P O R T ON- T H E FINAN+CES.
of- .June, 1883, under the several heads of customs, internal revenue, direct tax, postage,
from loans and treasury notes, and tJie toial receipts.
F r o m publiclands.
836 13
.540 GO
963 11
443 75
726 06
628 02
()75 69
.526 79
193 80
245 73
163 27
939 06
252 33
548 82
237 53
427 78
655 14
971 09
959 28
985 03
226 06
564 77
422 78
871 61
966 46
5^. 54
523 10
418 15
090 56
785 09
845 26
308 75
175 13
.356 14
815 48
381 03
682-55
600 69
600 75
179 86
236 52
939 47
447 35
683 29
627 42
797
818
939
022
452
355
642
959
894
305
239
084
52
11
80
30
48
20
56
55
25
30
58
99
798
049
644
486
715
687
557
658
203
617
From bank
Miscellaneons.
stoclc, dividends,
and bonus.
$8, 028 GO
38, 500 GO
303, 472 00
160, OGO 00
1, 240, GOO GO
385, 220 GO
79, 920 GO
71, 040 00
• 71, 040 00
88, 800 00
1, 327, 560 00
202; 426
525, OGO
675, OGO
1, GOO, GOO
105, GOO
297, 500
350, GOG
350, GOG
367, 500
402, 500
420, GOO
455, GOO
490, 000
490, 000
490, OGO
659, OGO
610, 285
586, 649
569, 280
328, 674
1, 375, 965
4, 542, 102
GO
00
00
GO
GG
GG
00
OG
GO
00
00
00
00
GO
GG
OG
00
50
82
67
44
22
1, 774, 513 80
G72, 769 38
39
07
93
64
87
30
7.1.
54
77
17.
266, 072 09
1, 012 34
$19, 440 10
9, 918 65
10, 390 37
23, 799 48
917 97
16, 506 14
30, 379 29
18, 692-81
45, 187 56
74. 712 .10
266: 149 15
177, 905 86
115, .518 18
112, 575 .53
19, 039 80
10, 004 19
34, 935 69
21, 802 35
23, 638 51
84, 476 84
60, 068 52
41, 125 47
236, ,571 GO
119. 399 81
150, ,282 74
123, ,994 61
80,,389 17
37, 547 71
57, 027 10
54,,872 49
,072 52
• 152:
452: ,355 15
141, ,019 15
127, , 603 60
),
129, 982 25
94, 288 52
1, 315, 621 83
65, 106 34
112, 561 95
73, 172 64
.583, 563 03
101, 165 66
334, 796 67
128 •412 32
696^ 279 13
*2, 209, 891 32
479 15
5,-625;
252 42
2, 517,
068 91
1, 265,
733 82
911,
285 37
331,
807 97
440,
235 99
296,
419 70
1,075,
, 201 78
333,
, 1.39 44
274,
,444 36
284,
,021 13
627,
,233 70
338,
0.59 12
706,
933 24
921,
580 75
437,
,104 07
1,188,
352 74
1,10.5,
731 40
827,
190 81
1,116,
9-20 68
1, 259,
029 13
1, .352,
953 96
2,163,
530 25
1,088, 515 31
1, 023, 787 64
931, 139 82
H , 344,
Total, exclusive
of loans and
treasury notes..
• $4,418,913
3, 669, 960
-4,652, 923
. 5,431,904
19
-31
14
87
6,114,534 59
8, .377,529 65
8, 688,780 99
7, 900,495 80
7, 546,813 31
10. 848. 749 10
12, 935, 330 95
14, 995, 793 95
11, 064, 097 63
11, 826, 307 38
13, 560, 694 20
15, 559, 931 07
16, 398, 019 26
17, 060, 661 93
7, 773, 473 12
9. 384,214 28
14: 42.3, 529 09
9, 801, 132 76
14, 340, 409 95
11,181, 625 16
15, 696, 916 82
. 47.676,985 66
33: 099, 049 74
21, 585,180 04
24, 603. :r/4 37
17, 840,669 55
14, 573, 379 72
20 232 427 94
20: 540,' 666 26
19,381, 212 79
21, 840, 858 02
25, 260, 434 21
22,966, 363 96
24. 763,629 23
24, 827, 627 38
24, 844, 116 51
28, .526,820 82
31. 867,450 66
33: 948,426 25
21, 791,935 55
.35, 430,087 10
5(1, 826, 796 08
24, 954, 153 04
26, 302,561 74
31, 462, 749 61
19, 480,115 33
Ki, 860,160 27
14, 808, 735 64
8, 241, 001 26
29, 320, '07 78
29, 608,652 12
29, 084,157 05
26,531, 039 22
35, 713, 109 05
30, .374,307 07
42, 234, 639 79
.52, 557,878 55
49, 822, 158 29
()1, 787,054 .58
7:<, 800,341 40
60, 350, 574 68
74, 056, 699 24
68, 965, .312 57
46, 600, 365 96
5.3, 486, 465 64
56, 054, .599 83
41, 476, 299 49
51, 9:-l5,720 76
132, 889, 746, 95
F r o m loans and
treasnry notes.
$5, 791,112 56
8, 070, 806 46
1, 067, 701 14
4, 609,196 78
3, 305, 268 20
362, 800 OG
70,135 41
308, 574- 27
5, 074, 646
1, 602, 435
10,125
5, ,597
53
04
03
36
9 532 64
,
128, 814 94
48, 897 71
*
1, 822 16
2,759, 992 25
8, 309 05
12. 837,900 00
26,184, 435,00
23, 377,911 79
35, 264,320 78
9, 494;436 16
734; 542 59
765 62
291 00
3, 040,824 13
5, OGO,324 00
5. 000, 000 00
5, GOO, GOO OG
2, 992, 989 15
12, 716, 820 86
3, 857, 276 21
5, 589, 547 51
13.i:.39,3l7 38
19, 905. Gt}9 25
12. 541, 409. 19
1, 877, 847 95
28, 870, 765 36
21,293, 780 00
29 422 585 9.1
"5,' 4.3.5,' 126 90
203, 400 GO
4fi, .300 GO
16, .350 GO
1, .950 GO
800 GG
200 00
3, 900 00
23, 717, 300 00
28, 287, 06O GO
20, 786,808 00
41,89,5, 340 04
529, 692, 460 .50
756.489, 905, 57
Total receipts.
$10, 210, 025-75
8, 740, 766 77
5, 720, 624 28
10, 041, 101 65
9, 419, 802 7U
8. 740, 329 05 ,
8: 758, 916 40
8, 209, 070 07
12, 621, 459 84
12, 451, lb4 14
12, 945,455 95
15, 001,391 31
11, 064, 097 63
11, 8.35,840 02
13, G89, 509 14
15, 608, 828 78
16, 398, 019 26
17, 062,484 09
7, 773,473 12
12,144, 206 53
14, 431, 838 14 '
22, 639,032 76;
40, 524. 844 95>
34, .559,.536 9550, 961, 237 60
57,171, 421 82
33, 833, 592 03
2 1 , 5.93, 945 66
24, 605, 665 37
20, 881, 493 m
19, 573, 703 72
20, 232, 427 94
20, 540, 666 26
24, .381,212 79'
26, 840, 858 02:
25, 260, 434 21
22, 966, 363 9()>
24, 763,629 2,3;
24, 827, 6-27 ;.^24, 844, 110 51
28, 526, 820 82:
31, 867, 450 66.
.-33, 948, 426 25.
21, 791, 935 .55.
35, 430, 087 10'
' 50,826,796 08;
27, 947, 142 1939, 019,382 60'
35, 340, 025 8225, 069,662 84
30, 519,.317 .3834, 773, 744
20, 782, 410
31,198, 555
29, 941, 8.53
29, (]84, 157
.55, 401,804
89
45.
73
.
90 •
05.
;58.^
.57, 006, 889 mx
5i), 796.892 9847, (i69, 76() 75»
52,7(i!., 278 b'y^
49, 8C8, A6^ 29'
.^(il,-803, 404 5<7.3, cG2,291 40•
:i74 O^05,351,
74, I'.56, 8i)9 24 i
08, 96!', 212 57"
70, :J72, 0f)5 mix
81,773, 9(-)"5 ()4,
407 8M •
76, 8-) I.,
83, 371, 040 13^
581, 62S, l^-l 2t';
88P, 379, 652 52^
"•
^ ^
' L . E . C H I T T E N D E N . Register.
• C e r t a i n trust funds held b y the United States begin in this year, and are included in the miscellaneous^
receipts.
t T h i s sum of $4,.344,139 82 includes items amounting to $1,297,524 47, heretofore entered to the.account of trust funds, and. not embraced in the general report of iniscellanedus receipts. These items are included here because the amount this year exceeds the limit of the trust, and is in part available for general expenditure. T h e general report of miscellaneons receipts, and the Secretary's report., accordingly, stale t h e m
Digitized a.s amounting to $3,046,615 35, which sum and the iteins of trust funds, $1,297,524 47, make the above a g g r o for FRASER
gate, $4,344,139 82.
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Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
242.
EEPORT
ON T H E
FINANCES.
-^Q^ 15.—Statement of expenditures from the beginning of the government to Juno 30,. IBG'l,:
pensions, Indian Department, and miscellaneous i\
[The years 1862 aud 1863 af e from the account of warrants on the treasnry
Civil list. Foreign inter- N a v y Depart- W a r Department.
ment.
course.
Pensions.
F r o m March 4,1789, to Dec. 31 .1791 $757,134 45
$570 GO $632, 804 03 $175, 813 88
$14, 733 33
1792
78, 766 67
53 02 1,100, 702 09 109, 243 15
For the year
380, 917 58
1,130, 249 08 80, 017 81
1793 • 358, 241 08
89, 500 00
17M4
Gi,"468'97 2, G39, 097 59 81, 399 24
440, 94G 58
146, 403 51
17s)5
410, 5G2 .03 2, 480, 910 13 68, G73 22
3G1, 633 3G •. 912, G85 12
1796
447,139 05
. 184,859 64
274,784 04 1. 260, 2G3 84 100, 843 71
1797
382,631 89 1, 039, 402 GG 92, 256 97
669, 788 54
483,233 70
1798
457, 428 74 1, 381, .347 76 2, GG9, .522 30 104, 845 .:
31
504,605 17
1799
592,905 76
271,374 11 2, 858, 081 84 2, 4G6, 94G 98 95, 444 03
1800 ' 748, 688 45
395,288 18 3, 448, 716 03 2 560, 878 77 G4,130 7 3
.
1801
295, G76 73 2, 111, 424 GO J, 672,944 08 73, 533 37
549, 288 31
1802
550, 925 93
915, 561 87 1,179,148 25
85, 440 39
596, 981 11
1803
526, .583 12 1,110, 834 77 1, 215, 230 53
822, 055 85 62,902 10
1804
875, 423 93 80, 092 80
624, 795 63 1,186, 655 57 1,189, 832 75
1805 • 585, 849 7 9 ' 2, 798, 028 77 1. 597, .500 00 7-12, 781 28 81,.854 59
.
1806
684,230 53 1, 7G0, 421 30 1, 649, G41 44 1, 224, 355 38 81, 875 5 3
:
577, 826 34 1, 722, C^S4 47 1, 288, 685 91 70, 500 00
f 1807 . 655, 524 65
1808
G91,167 80
304,992 83 1, 884, 067 80 2, 900. 834 40 82, 576 04
1809
712, 465 13
166, 306 04 2, 427, 758 8G 3, 347, 772 17 87, 833 .54
1810
81, 367 48 1, 654, 244 20 2, 294, 323 94 83. 744 16
703,994 03
1811
G44,467 27
264, 904 47 1, 965, 566 39 2, 032, 828 19 75, 043 88
1812
826, 271 55
347, 703 29 3, 9.59, 365 1511, 817, 798 24 91, 402 10
1813
209, 941 01 6, 446, 600 10 19, 662. 013 02 86,989 91
780, 545 45
1814
927,424 23
177,179 97 7, 311, 290 60 20, 3.50, 806 86 90,1G4 36
1815
852, 247 10
290, 892 04 8, 660, 000 25 14, 794, 294 22
G9. 656 OGl
1816 |1, 208; 125 77
3G4, 620 40 3, 908. 278 30| 16, 012, 096 80 188, 804 15
1817
994,556 17
:
281,995 97 3, 314, .598 49 8, 004, 236 53 297, 374 4 1
1818 1,109, 559 79
420, 429 90 2, 953, 695 CO 5, 622. 715 10 ''••890, 719 90
1819 1,142,180.41
284,113 94 3, 847, 640 42 6, 506, 300 37;2,415, 939 85
1820 1, 248, 310 05
253,370 04 4, 387, 990 00 2, 630, 392 31:3. 208 .376 .31
1621 1,112, 292 64
207,110 75 3, 319, 243 OG 4, 461, 291 73 ' 242. 81.7 2.5
1822 1,158,131 58
164, 879 .51 2, 224, 458 98 3, llli 981 48,1, 948,199 40
1823 1, 058, 911 65
292,118 56 2. 503, 765 83 3, 096, 924 43 1, 780, .588 .52
1824 1, 336, 266 24 t5,140, 099 83 • 2, 904, 581 5G 3, .340, 939 85,1, 498, 326 59
1825 1,330, 747 24
371, 666 25 3, 049, 083 86 3,659,9.14 18!l,308,810 .57
1826 1,2.56,745 48 .232,719 08 4, 218, 902 45 3,943; 194 371, 556, 593 8.3
1827 1, 228,141 04
659,211 87 4. 263,877 45 3, 938, 977 88 976.148 8G
1828 1, 455, 49.0 58 1, 001,193 66 3, 918, 786 44 4,145, 544 56 850, 573 57
1829 1, 327, 0G9 3(
207, 765 85 3, 308, 745 47 (). 250, 230 28 949, 594' 47
1830 1, 579, 724 64
294,067 27 3, 239, 428 63 6, 752, 688 GG 363. 297 31
1,
1831 1, 373, 755 99
298,554 00 3, 856,183 07 4, 846, 405 61
1,170, G65 14
1832 1, 800, 757 74
325,181 07 3, 956, 370 29 5, 446,131 23:1,184, 422 40
1833 1, 562, 758 28
955, 395 88 3,901,356 75 6,705,022 95 4, 589,1.52 40
1834 2, 080, 601 G(
241, 562 35 3, 956, 260 42 5, 698, 517 513, 364, 285 30
1835 1, 905,551 51
774,750 28 3, 864, 939 06 5, 827, 948 57 1, 954. 711 .3
'2
1830 2,110,175 47
533, 382 65 5, 807, 718 2311, 791, 208 02 2, 882: 797 96
1837 2, 357, 035 94 4, 603, 905 4 C G, 646,914 53 13, 731.172 31^2, 672,162 45
1838 2, 688, 708 5f 1, 215, 095 52 6,131, 580 53 13, 088,169 69 2,156, 057 f>9
1839 2,116, 982 77
987, 667 92 • 6,182, 294 25 9, 227, 045 90*3,142, 750 .50
1840 2, 73G, 769 31
G83, 278 15 6,113, 896 89 7,155, 204 99 2, G03, .562-17
428,410 57 G, 001, 076 97 9, 042, 749 92'2, 388, 434 51
1841 2, 556, 471 7J
563,191 41 8, 397, 242 95 G, 658,137 IG'I, 378, 931 ,33
1842 2. 905, 041 G5
400, 56G 04 3, 727, 711 53 3,104,638 48 839,041,12
•Six months ending June 30.. -..1843 l' 222 422 48
,
636, 079 GO G, 498,199 11 5,192, 445 05 2, 032; 008 99
iFiscal year ending J une 30... ..1844 2 ' 454i 958 15
1645 2, 369, 652 7^ • 702, G37 22 G, 297,177 89 5, 819, 888 50,2, 398,867 29
1846 2, 532, 232 92
409, 292 55 G, 455, 013 92 10, 362, 374 36,1,809, 7.39 62
1847 2, 570, 338 44
405, 079 IC 7, 900, 635 7635, 776,495 72il, 742,820 85
448, 593 GJ 9, 408, 476 02 27, 838, 374 SOll, 226, 500 92
1848 2, G47, 802 87
1849 2,865,196 91 6, 908, 996 72 9, 786, 705 92 IG, .56.3, .543 33| 193,695 87
1850 3, 027, 454 39 5, 990, 858 81 7, 904, 724 66 9,687,024 58.1, 8G6, 886 02
1851 3,481,219 51 G, 256, 427 16 8, 880, 581 38 12,161, 9G5 11'2, 293, 377 22
1852 3, 439, 923 22 4,196, .321 59 8, 918, 842 10 8, 521, 506 192, 401, 858 78
1853 4, 265,661 G8
950,871 30 11, 0G7, 789 53 9, 910, 4i)8 49:1, 7:^6, 262 45
1854 4, G21, 492 24 ;7, 7G3, 812 31 10, 790, 096 32 11, 722,282 87,1, 369, 009 47
• 1855 io, 3.50, 875 88. 997,-007 2(- 13, 327, 095 11 14, 648, 074 07,1, 542, 255 40
1856 6, 452, 25G 35 3, G42, G15 3^ 14,074,834 64 16, 963, IGO 5in., 344, 027 70
1857 ;7, Gil, 547 27
999,177 65 12, 651, 694 61 19,159,150 87 1. 42.3, 770 85
1858 |7, IIG, 339 04 1, 396, 508 7C 14, 053, 2G4 64 25,679,121 63 1, 221,163 14
1859 '5,913.281 50
981,946 87 14, 690, 927 902.3,154,720 .53| 161,11)0 66
1860 :G, 077, 008 95 1,146,143 7J 11, 514, 649 83 IG. 472. 202 721,100, 802 32
1861 G, 074,141 83 1,147, 766 91 12, 387,156 52 23. 001, 5M0 671, 0.34, 599 73
18G2 5, 939, 009 21 1, 339, 710 3542, 674, 569 69
394: 368, 407 36| 879, 583 23
1863 ,G, 350, 618 78 1,231,413 06 G3, 211,105 27599, 298, 600 83 3,140,194 44
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TREASUKY DEI'AU.TBIKNT, Registers Office, December 1, 1863.
•-'The first revolutionary pensions.
1 Purchase of Florida.
J Includes ijeven millions Mexictin indemnity. 1849 to 185.-2; also embrace largo sums paid Mexico.
EEPORT ON THE FINANCES.
242
under the several heads of civil list, foreign intercourse. Navy Dispart ment, War Deparimeni,
with the interest and p r i n c i p a l of the public debt.
issued; all pre-'aous years arc from the account of warr.ants paid.]
Indi.ans.
i
Miscellaneous. Total of ordinary
expenditures.
.
laterect on
public debt.
Principal
Total debts aud
of public debt.
loans.
Total expenditure i .
j
•
$1, 919, .589 52 $2, 349, 437 44 $2, 938, 512 06
$5, 287, 949 50 $7, 207. 539 02
. • $27,000 GO
$311, 533 83
1, 877, 903 77 3, 201, C28 23 4, 062, 037 76
7, 267, 665 90 9,14i,5G9 H7
194, 572 32
13, C48 85
1, 710, 070 2G 2, 772, 242 12 3, 047, 263 18
24, 709 46
5, 819, 505 29 7, 529, .575 ,55
27,282 83
3, 500, 546 6 5 3,490, 292 52 2, 311, 285 57
5. 801, 378 09 9, 302,124 74
--' 13,042 40
118, 248 30
G, 084, 411 Gl 10,^435, 0G9 G5
4, 350, 658 04 3,189,151 IG
2, 895, 260 45
92. 718 50
-:'2,3,475 68
2, .531, 930 40 3,195, 054 53 2, 640, 791 91
5. 835, 646 44 8, 367. 77G 84
150: 47G 14
113, .563 98
3, 300, 043 06 2, 492, 37f. 7G
2, 833, .590 96
5, 792, 421 62 8, 626: ^-^ -ix
J'S
10.3, 880 82
• • -62, 39G 38
4, 623, 223 54 3,05.3,281 28
937, 012 8G
3. 990, 294 14 8, G13, 517 G8
16,470 09
149, 004 15
G, 480, IGG 72 3,186, 287 CO 1, 410, 589 18
4, 596, 876 7 S 11, 077, 043.5^)
.
20, 302 19
175, 111 81
7, 411, 369 97 3, 374, 704 72 1, 203, 6 6 5 23 . 4, 578, 369 95 11,989,7:^9 92
193,636 59
31 22
7,291,707 04 12, 273, 376 . ^1
-.
9,000 00
2G9,803 41
4, 981, 669 90 4, 412, 912 93 2, 876, 794 11
;4
3, 737, 079 91 4,125,038 95 5, 413, 965 81
9, 539, CG4 76 13,276, ( 8 (>7
315, 022 36
• . 94,000 00
4, 002, 824 44 3, 848, 828 00 3, 407, 331 43
7, 256,159 43 11,258,fi83( 7
205, 217 87
;
•;• 60,000 CO
4, 452, 858 91 4,266,582.65
3, 905, 204 90
S, 171. 787 45 12, 624, G46 . (
379,558 23
3)
• 116, 500 00
3, 737, 079 91 4,148, 998 82 3, 220, 890 97
7, 369, 889 79 1:3, 727.124 41.
384, 720 19
. 196, 500 00
G, 080, 209 36 3, 723, 407 88 5, ' m , 476 73 ' 8, 989, 884 Gl 15, 07(J, 09.3 97
.
445, 485 18
; 234, 200 00
4, 984, .572 89 3, 369, 578 48 2. 938,141 62
G, 307, 720 l(j 11, 292, 292 99
464, 546 52
• 205, 425 GO
C, 504, 338 85 3, 428,152 87 6, 832, C 3 2 48 ll', 260, 245 .35 IG, 7G4, 584 20
!'
4-.^7.1:34 98
213,575 GO
7, 414, 672 14 2, 86G, 074 90 3, 586, 479 26
6. 452, 554 IG. 13, 8G7. 226 30
337, 032 62
.
, - 337, 503 84
8, 008, 904 46 1 ' ; :51i), C86 74
315, 7S3 47 « 5, 311, 082 28 2, 845, 427 53 5,1G3, 476 93
:.
^ 177, 625 00
5, 592, 604 86 2, 465, 733 16 5, 543 470 89
8, 009. 2G4 05 13, GOl, 8C8 91
457, 919 oG
,: 151,875 GO
,509,113 37
17, 829, 498 70 2, 451, 272 57 1, 9S8, 349 88
4, 449: G22 45 22, 279,121 15
.
277, 845 00
28, 082, 396 92 3, 599, 455 22 7, 5C5, 668 22
^ 11,108,123 44 :3i-), 190, .520 36
738, 949 15
• • 1G7, 358 28
30,127, 686 38 4, 593, 239 04 3, 307; 304 90
7, 900, 543 94 38,028,^2.30 3 2
. 1G7, .394 m 1,103, 425 50
• . ,530, 750 GO 1, 755, 731 27 26,953,571 GG 5, 754, 5C8 63 6, 874, 353 72 12, 628, 922 35 39, 582, 493 35
. 274,512 16 1, 416, 995 00 23, 373, 432 58 7, 213, 258 69 17. 657, 804. 24 24, 871, 0G2 93 48, 244, 495 51
.
25, 423, 036 12 40, 677, ( 1 6 04
-4
- 319, 463 71 2, 242, 384 62 15, 454, 609 92• 6, 389, 209 81 19, 041, 826 31
- 505, 704 27 2, 305, 849 82 13, 808, 673 78 6, GIG, 44G 74 15, 279, 754 68 21,290,201 G2 35,104, 875 4H
7, 703, 926 29 24, 004,199 73
• 463,181 39 1, 640, 917 06 IG, 300, 273 44 5.163, 538 11 2, 540, 388 18
8, 626, 494 28 21, 7G3, 024 85
• . 315, 750 01 1, 090, 341 85 13,134, 530 57 5; 126, 097 20 3, 502, 397 G8
10, 723, 479 07 5, 087, 274 01 3, 279, 821 Gl
8, 3G7, 093 G2 19, 090, 572 ( 9
5
: • • 477,G05 44 903, 718 15
9. 827, C43 51 5,172, 578 24 2, 676, 370 68
7. 84S, 949 12 17, G76, 592 (ul
644, 985 15
575, 007 41
9, 784,154 59 4, 922, 684 GO
5, 530, 016 41 15, 314,171 00
671,063 78
G07, 331 8.
.. 380, 781. 82
15, 330,144 71 4. 996, 562 08 11, 571, 831 68
IC, 568, 393 76 31,898,538 47
678, 942 74
• 429, 987 90
11, 490, 459 94 4: 366, 769 08 7, 728, 575 70 12, 095, 344 78 23, 5fco, 804 72
•724, . . 6 44 1, 046,131 40
10
.
743,447 83 . 1,110, 713 23 13, 0G2, 316 27 3, 973, 4S0 54 7, 067, GOl 65 . 11, 041, 082 1924,103, :398 40
826,123 67
12, G53, 095 6 5 3,486 071 51 6, 517, 5CG 68 10, 003; C68 30 22, 656, TrA 04
, 7G0, 624 88
5
•8
705,084 24 1, 219, 3G& 40 13,296, 041 45 3, 098, 800 . 9 9, 064, 637 •1 12,1G3, 438 07 25, 459, 479 52
12, GGG, 490 02 2, 542, 843 23 9, 841, 024 55
12, 383, 8G7 78 25, 044, 3.58 40
- 576, 344 74 1, 565, 679 GG
• 622, 2G2 47 1, 363, 624 13 13, 229, 533 33 1, 913. .533 40 9, 442, 214 8C 11, 355, 746 22 24, 5S5, 281 55
• • 926,167 98 1, 392, 336 11 13, 864, 067 90 1, .383: 582 95 14, 790, -795 27 16, :!74,.37>? 22 30, 038; 446 12
772, .561 .50 17, C67, 747 79
17, 640, 3C9 29 34, 35G, 698 06
1 , .352, 323 40 2, 451, 202 64 16,516,388 77
303,796 87 1, 239, 746 51
22, 713, 755 11
1, 543,-.543 36 24, 2.57. 298 49
1, 801, 977 08 3,198, 091 77
2, C82, 565 GG
18, 425, 417 25
202,152 98 5, 974, 412 21
G, 176, 565 19 24, 601, 982 44
1,001,625 G7
17, 514, 950 28
57, 863 08
328 20
58,191 28 17, .573,141 5tJ
• 1. 637, 652 8G 1, 549, 396 74
66, 500 17 30, 934, 6G4 21
2, 749, 721 60 30, 868,164 04
*63, 389 85
*3,140 32
•4,993,160 11
21, 822 91
21, 622 9] 37, 265, 037 3 5' 4, 299, 594 68 2, 932, 428 93 37, 243, 214 24
I4,'997'54 5, .590i 722 73
3,2.56,868 18 . 33, 849, 718 08
5, GGsi 720 27 39] 455,' 438 3.5
•.5. .313, 245 81
11,117, i;87 43 37, 614, 936 15
399, 834 24 10, 718,153 19
.2:218,867 IB 2, G21, 340 20 26, 49G, 948 72
174, 635 77 3. 911, 977 93
4, 086, G13 70 28, 22G, 533 81
2, 271, 857 10 2, .575, .351 50 24,139, 920 11
5, 6G0. 689 74 31, 7SJ7, 530 03
288, 063 45 5, 312, G26 29
-2-,-273, 697 44 3, 505, 999 09 26,196, 840 29
8, 575, 539 94 32, 936, 87G 53
778, 550 06 7, 796, 989 88
1,151,400 54 3, .307, .391 55 24, 361, 336 59
528,584 57
333, Oil 98
8G1, 5f;6 55 12,118,105 15
. 382,404 47 1. 579, 724 48 11, 256, 508 60
20 650,108 01 . 1, 674, 863 GG11,117, G39 18
12. 991, 902'84 33, G42, 010 85
1,282,271 00 2, .554,146 05
1. 4G7, 774 95 2, 839, 470 97
21, 895, 3b9 61 1, GGG, 985 04 7, 528, 054 06
S: 595, 039 10 30, 490, 408 71
843, 228 77
'i: CSO, 047 80 3, 769, 758 42 26, 418, 459 59
.370, 594 54
1, 213, 623 31 27, 632, SS2 90
53,801, 569 37 1, 117, 830 22 5, 601, 452 15
G, 719, 282 .37GO, 520, 8.51 74
1,-496,008 69 3. 910,190 81
.
1,103, 251 78 2, 554, 455 37 45, 227, 454 77 2, 391, 652 17 13, 0.3G, C36 25 15, 427, G88 42 GO, 655,143 19
39, 933, 542 Gl 3, .554, 419 40 12, 898, 460 73
504, £63 55 3, 111, 140 Gl
IG, 452, 880 13 56, 386, 422 74
1, 663, 591 47 7, 025, 450 16 37,165, 990 09 3, 884, 4GG 95 3, 554, 321 2L
7, 438, 728 17 44, 604, 718 2G
44, 049, 949 48 3. 711, 407 40
4, 42G, 154 83 48, 47G, 104 31
714,947 43
2:'829, 801 77 8,146, 577 33
40, 389, 954 56 4,002,014 13 2. 320, 640 14
G. 322, G54 27 4G, 712, 608 83
:), 043, 570 04 9, 867, 926 64
44, 078,15G 35 3, 666, 905 24 6:832,000,15
3, 90G. .537 87 12, 246, 335 03
10, 408, 905 39 54, 577, 061 74
• :!
1, 413, 995 08 1 - , 4G1, 450 13 .51,142,138 42 3, 074, 078 33 21, 25S, 902 33• 24, 330, 980 66 75, 473,119 08
2, 708,-347 71{ 16, 7.38, 442 29 56, 312. 097 72 2, 315. 996 25 7, 53G, GSl 9f
9, 6.52, 678 P4 66,1G4, 775 9G
'7
!
2, .596, 465 92 15, 260, 475 94 GG, 333, 836 45 1. 954, 752 34 10, "437, 772 78 12, 392, 505 12 72, 726, 341 , ;
65, 032, 559 76 1, 594, 845 44 4, 647.182 17
G, 242, 027 Gl 71, 274, 587 37
;
4: 241, 028 GO 18,946,189 91
:
9. 771, 0G7 04 62, 062,186 74
4, 976, 871 34 17, 847, 851 19 72, 291,119 70 1,652,774 23 8,118,292 81
i
17; 351, 237 20 63,'678, G42 •)2
4, 551, 5G6 58 16, 873, 771 68 66, .327, 405 72 2, 637. 664 39 14,713,572 81
60, GIG, 112 58 3,144, 620 94 13, 900, 392 13
2, 991,121 54 20, 70S, 183 43
17. 045, 01.3 07 77. 055,125 Go
,
62,537,171 62 4,034.157 30 18. 815. 984 1(22. 850,141 4G 65. 387, 313 08
2, 805, 481 17 16,02G, 574 79
,
2, 22:3, 402 27 14,120,771 52 461, .554, 453 7li 13,190. 324 45 96, 096, 922 0^ 109, 287, 246 54570, 841. 700 25j
1, 07G, 326 35 15,671,890 24 - G89, 980,148 97 24, 729: >?46 61181, 086, 635 07 205, 810, 481 68
895, 79G, G30 (xi
L. E. CHITTENDEN, Register.
* Actual payments on the public debt, but not carried into the totals because of repayments to the treasury.
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S t a t e m e n t o f the expendiiures and, receifts o f the m a r i n e h o s p i t a l f i n d f o r the r d i e f o f sick and, d.isaMed seavie7iin t/ie j w r i s of
the United S t a t e s f o r the fiscal y e a r e n d i n g .June 30, 1863,
MAINE.
Passamaquoddy, Washington Long... "72
Machias, W. B. Smith
. . . .
11
11 . - - . d o
Frenchman's Bay, Isaac H. Thomas..
29
29 . . . do
Penobscot. S. K. Devereux.
2
2 ---.do
Waldoborongh, Davis Tillson.
—
35
35 - . - . d o
Waldoborough. S. S. Marble
Wiscasset, (no returns)
!
1
Bath, Roland Fisher
28
30 Hospital
Portland & Falmouth, J edediah Jewett 76
76
do- . .
Saco ,(no returns).'.
Kennebunk. N. K. Sargent
5
5 Hospital
York, J. S. Putnam
' 6
6 --..do
Belfast, -T. Harmon
88
.87 - - - . d o
56 . . . . d o
63
Bangor, W. P. Wingate
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415
NEW
"39
00
25
50
30
50
2 50
$744
203
.242
28
653
75
2S
.50
20
73
1393
05
123
12
189
757 17
3, 913 61
00
25
00
30
90
$213
71
40
7
64
35 00
2-6 25
501 50
27G 50
3,150 38
771 00
2 50 to $3' 1,128 61
145 25
140 35
143
87
958
891
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1, 3C8 83
5,132 57
S637 31
145 .'38
558 G4
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9G9 17
79 7G
116 44
338 92
1, 889 97
180 28
130 79
1, 531 38
17347 O
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11 12, 733 75
G, 273 24
1,-428 35
• 1-74 80
3 12
15 75
39 00
165 90
8, 624 34
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50
75
35
$5 GO j
152 16
. 3 50
2 50 to $3
2 50
2 50 to $3
Si. 364 07
2 r '35fi G4
409 (iS
54 00
917 57
14 14
70
58
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96
85
520 70
999 98
409
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$3
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314 60
$13 52
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4 06
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12 96
50 82
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1 78
• 1 2915 13
• 13 31
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126 03
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HAMPSHIRE.
Portsmo-uth, J . B . U p h a m
HosDital
VERMONT.
Burlington, WUliain Clapp
14
15 - - - . d o .
2 50
174 93
.
87 75
48 80
151 28
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MASSACHUSETTS.
Newburypjort, E n o c h U . C u r r i e r . . . . . .
Gloucester. 6ao
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No t r a n s a c t i o n s . . . . , - . .
'176. 46
377' 18
Salem and Beverly, Willard P.. Phillips]
3
Marblehead, (no returns)
626
Boston and Charlestown, J. Z. Goodrich
P l y m o u t h ; (no returns) - -:
F a l l River, Charles Almy
. Barnstable, Charles F . Swift
266
-New Bedford, L a u r e n c e Grinnell -.
23
E d g a r t o w n , J o h n V.ins.ou
,
48
Nantucket, (no returns)
3
589
Hospital.
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23
43
Hospital.
-do.
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3 5Q 1
21 50
13,136 85
3
4, 207
426
• 641
45
10 75
1, .500 00
391 16
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50
42
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1, 306 80 1, 264 85
117 75
104 30
. 18, 436 94
6 CO
2, 935 30 1, 766 91
03
68 45
6 48
6 58
45' 30
475 75
17 22
*7,861 78
52 79
3 03
7G4 10
6.913 60
1, 349 56
• 654 95
252 85
666 25
303 14
65 90
15,178 29
156'28
66 00
'is'oo
90 00
11, 696 73
R H O D E ISLAND.
35 I Hospital.
..-.do.....-.do-...
Providence, Charles Anthony
Bristol and Yv'arren, W . R . Taylor .
Newport, Sclh W . Macy
3 75
3 50
3 50
38-
1, 412 66
209 50
257 G
O
- 1,879 16
I
395 40
22 50
76 60
6 00
12 GO
2, 091 51
284 30
402 28
494 70
256 75
37 50
62 50
18 GO
787 83
202 78
439 76
2, 778 09
CONNECTICUT.
Hoapital.
...do---.do-do.
Middletown, Origen Utley
N e w London, E d w a r d P r e n t i s . . N e w Haven, J a m e s F . Babcock .
Fairfield, S. C Booth
Stonington, (ho returns)
3
3
3
3
00
50
50
50
317 16
331 50
399 GO
306 00
- 1,353 66
I
NEW
134 65
118 25
4 60
6 00
18 GO
464 13
577 11
402~98
474 74
788 13
733 82
789 50
.598 82
130 56
5 71
91 55
3 98
4 69
196 92
.18 98
3, 037 23
10
.56
14 96
325 40 I
1 72
103 65.
8 66
74 70
1,305 51
• .23 84
3,4.-38 912,169 33
42.00
11.2 07
89 95
422 15
33 .33
104 40, 988 93 37,492 10
170 21
664 10
229 77
241 60
54 04
YORK.
Sackett's Harbor, C. W . InglehartGenesec, P . M. Crandall
Cswego, Charles A. Perkins
Niagar.a. (no returns)
Buffrda Creek, Christian.Metz, j r . .
Oswegatchie. David M. Cihapin
Sag riav])<(r, .John Sherry
New York cit}'-, Hiram B a r n e y
Champlain, George W . Goff
QapcA'incent, (no.returns)
D u n k i r k , George M. Abell
169
• 4
1
1,826
9
'. 1
,696
..9
035 1,916
Private
St. Mary's hospital Hospital
3 50
4 25
Hospital ,.
Private - .
...do
Hospitals.
-..do
2 38 ! 2, 105 84
.2 50
72 21
28 GO
3 50
4 GO 39, 0.19 39 1.
3 00 i 113 58
Private - .
1
. 1
^33
3 00
----
8 00
5G 00
1. 497 02
36 00
8 75
4 50
038 74
39 25
7 00
,'42,936 04 | 1,099 74 |
" T o Januar}' 31, 1863.
21 49
89
33
405 80
1 68
8 10
50
54
35 55 \
..:'•'.
| 446 35
10 35
56 56
1,511 98
567 GG jlll p , 084 G8 | 44,213 41
to
No.. }6.—Siatsmcnt of the expend: turcs and. rerp.ti}is cf th.t marine ho:.pitcdfivnd,, 4^.—^Oontiimed.
th
o
1
1
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o
2
Districts and agents.
>
Mode of accommodation.
t
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6
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0
NEW JERSEY.
a
'a
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0
g
6
• S
.0
"
Bridgetown, .Joseph H. Elmer
Burlington, (no returns) :
Perth Amboy. J o h n L Boggs
Great E g g Harbor, Israel S. A d a m s . . .
Little .Egg Harbor. J a r v i s H. B a r t l e t t .
NoAvark, ('no returns)
Camden, S. Birdsell
29
Hospital
29
i
10 j
$131 70
$424 50
$5 CO
352 G8
$1, .397 G
O
ICS- 80
906 10
£32 5G
4f)0 G2
3G7 57
4{)1 70
G 00 1 1 ! 1, IGl 7U
4,G44 95
7, 095 62
17:3 24
4 ri'.n r^7
7, 0G3 46
268 92
$6 00
Y>6 G
O
13 71
^"'^ "-^
^"
G 25
3 50
242 25
nn ."sn
^17 d'-S
2.54--20 j
83 G
O
$5G7 80
1
.. . i - .. .. .
2 14
22
$33 65
2 50
3G
O
218 54
32 68
•
10
49 1
$3 GO
i
No ti'ansactions'...
Hospital
do
8
10
• .'
47
606 46 1
3 A
Q
...\....i
11 44 j
PENNSYLVANIA.
Philadelphia, William B. T h o m a s
Pre:<f|uo l.slc. Thomas Wilkins
Pittsburg, c : W . Batchelor
268
8
64
298 Hosp-ltals
10 . - - . d o
58 . - - . d o
3 50
2 50
34G 1 366
G, 863 50
$14 50
113 39 ' " " 3 7 " 2 5 ' ""'20'96'
3,122 43 1, G O 00
G
181 G7
.0 099 .32 1 1 037 25 I
$27 38
20
70 24 j 12G 00
1 70 :'
43 47 j 44 G
O
1 201 f-;:?
202 57 1 14 50 j • 27 38 j 115 41 j 1G4 G 1 25 1 1 , G O 43 |
O
G
8, G44 01
DELAWARE.
Wilmington, Thomas M. Rodney
1
1
• 262
243
47 CQ-
7 00
14 10
68 78
68
1,068 03
*
. MARYLAND.
Baltimore, H.' W : Hoffman.. Annapolis, (no returns) -•
Oxford, (no returns)
Vienna, (no/retnvns) ..'.
H a v r e de Grace, (no returns)
Toyvu Creek, (uo returns)
•
.
••
Hospital
- - -.
3 00
4, G72 21
47 66
4. 819 87
20
100 00
1
......
..........
........
.--t:---..i-^-.-
.
.
-
-
.
-
-
•
,
-
.
.
-
.
-
•
-
.
.
5, 755
296
450
1 G83
142
• 106
47
30
50
09
89
51
.
262 1 243
4, G72 21
!
..'
|........|
47 G 1 IGG G ! 20 [ 4, 819 87
G
O
.
—
8, 434 ,76
D I S T R I C T OF
1 *
COLUMBIA.
1
Georgetown, J u d s o n Mitchell
19
1 19
Hospital
26
5
26
5
Hospital
do---.
3 00 j
1
452 66
4 71 |. 18 00 . -3 1 475 37
742 C )
K
. .- \ T : R G I N I A .
Aicxandria. Andrew. Jamison
Wheeling, Thomas Hornbrook . . .
Cherrystone, E d w a r d L. Bayley and
AYest.
No other returns
. 431 17
67 GO
24 40 1
4 37
1 19
i5 60
6 00
12 CO
441-54
120 19
1
2
1,136 96
641 06
216 15
31
4
6
498 17
24 40 i
15 60
5 56
18 00
3 -
561 73
1 994 17
138 2 0 .
58 80
30 90
2 38
10 G
O
1•
9 4 0 Ofi
66 26
CAROLINA.
Beanfort, J o h n A. Hedrick
SOUTH
3 CO
3 50
1
31
NORTH
1
Hospital
4 00
<.-^
CAROLINA.
.
Beaufort, P . C. Severance.
732 54
FLORIDA.
Key West, Charles Howe, (no returns)
'
527 37
1
OHIO.
Miami. Andrew Stephan
Sanduskv, J o h n Youngs
Cuyahog.% Charles J. Ballard
Cincinnati, Enoch T. Carson
..
27
94
105
24 Hospital--1
121 H o s p i t a l . .
115 ---.do
230
261
237
-.•5
223
5
242
228
432
400
Hospital
5
5
Hospital
437
405
-
4 .50
3 00
•7 00
1,024 15
4 20
018 ^97
8 23
23
61 55
36 13
8,686 50
5 00
42
00
52
56
1,0.31 15
• 623 17
106 14
813
12
4,470
3,590
286
564
1 880
2, 963
09
40
50
00
12 G
O
3
43 65
24 00
6
A
78 00
13 10, 724 96
5, 693 99
6, 247 45
105 24
2 913 89
186 58
833
23
6, 217
3,650
65
43
19
69
MICHIGAN..
Detroit, Nelson G. Isbell
Michilimackinac, J. W . McMath.
...
Hospital
Private...
204 G
O
6G
O
6 . 87
1 04
42 00
7
1, 520 53
366 81
210 00
62.91
42 00
7 1 6, 352 69
6, 891 75 1
3 CO
.343 14
23 67
91.6 67
G17 39
84 95
72 C 116
O
1,5€2 21
j
4,093 44 1, 5Q3 00
57 0017 53
4.150 44
•
800 GO ;
3,100 47
ILLINOIS.
Chicago, L u t h e r H a v e n
Alton, J . H. Y a g e r .
Galena, Daniel W a n n
No other returns
i
•••-•
1
' '1
1
8, 453 96- 1,716 67
"••
-
1
. . . . . . j 108 57
617.39 1
"i
3,432 10
182 G5
581 11
8, 582 76
'2,'385'83'!
""23'62l
1
I
—
1
72 00
1
.... j
4 195 86
16 |l0.968 .59
1
1
•
>'(>. iH.— St'itemcnt of the expenditures and receipts of the maiine hcspitalfund, S^::.— Contiuiied.
1
fcb
•s
Districts and agents.
1
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CC
<o
Mode of acGommod.ation
fl
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INDIANA.
52
69
$5 74 .«^1 0 7 5 44
Hospital
$52 60
$11 39
1
$12 GO
2 $1,151 43
$394, 50
o
IOWA.
Keokuk. J o h n Stennus
Burlington, Clark D u n h a m
6
6
88
88
1, 043 14
Hospital
1, 250 00
j
$42 77
44 00
23 40
6 GG
1
2, 365 31
12 GO
. 2
2, 609 39
423 15
o
1 145 22
49 03
H
'
WISCONSIN.
Hospital and private
3 50
1 7fi1 rtO
Boarding-house . .••
4 00
32 no
'
703 50
106 75
2.5 84
14 G
O
2 55
48
MINNESOTA.
St. Paul, Joseph L e m a y
2
• 1
1
...... 1
MISSOURI.
St. Louis, R. J
Howard
501
456
2 50
Hosnital
4 501 04
'
CC
1 3 2 CO
22
4, 739 96
3, 937 60
8 OG
1
3, 769 29
207 20
141 95
37 31
8 GO
1
7, 7G9 29
439 15
278 42
3 0 GO
5 28,120 53
1, 3.37 55
46 92
::: "::.: :.:
•
KENTUCKY.
Hospital
Louisville, Charles B. Colton
Paducah, W a r r e n T h o r n b e r r y
2, 59S 98
J,125 00-
1
1
•
WASHINGTON. TERRITORY. ., . .
Pugct!s Sound, y i c t b r Smith,,'. .;•-...- -..
37 31
1, 125 00
'
2, 5S8 98
1
Hospital
27,812 11
>
Q
OREGON.
.
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.-.-_-.-.| -.-.-
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CALIFORNIA.
•
638
641
21,379 24
641
21,379 24
2 453 87 1 3 040 21
.
257.67
272 G
O
2,453 87 1 3,049 21
638
San Francisco I r a P R a n k i n . - . .
209 26
16 19
32 22
•
j
t
P o r t Orford, W m . Tichenor..
248 G
O
29 27, 402 32
*5, 608 50
34 56
51
272 00
248 G
O
29 27, 402 32
i
5, 643 57
S a n P e d r o Oscar Macy
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* May to October, 1862
L. E. CHITTENDEN, Register.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT Register's Office, November^, 1863.
H
O
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O
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CO
250
REPORT ON T H E FINANCES.
No. 17.
Statement showing the ainount o f moneys expended a t each custom-house i n the
JJrtitcd S t a t e s dui'ing the fiscal y e a r ending J u n e 30, 1863, p e r act o f M a r c h
3, 1849.
'
Districts.
Present collectors.
Washington Long . . . . .
Passamaqu.oclcly, Maine.... ^
William B. Smith
Macbias, Maine
.Frenchman's Bay, Maine
Isaac H. Thomas
Seth K. Deveretix
Penobscot, Maine -.
Sebastian S. Marble
Waldoborouo'h, Maine
,•
Erastus Foote
,
Wiscasset, Maine
.Roland Fisher
,
Bath, Maine, {a,):..'.
Jedediah JcAvett
Portland arid Falmouth, Maine
Saco, Maine, {b)
.'.
OAVCUB. Chadbourne...
Nathaniel K. Sargent...
Kennebunk, Maine
Jeremiah S. Putnam . . .
York, Maine
Truman Plarmon......
Belfast, Maine
.'
Bangor, Maine
•
Wijtiam P. Wingate....
Portsmouth, New Hampshire
Joseph B. Upham
Vermont, Vermont
William Clapp
NCAV: bury port, Massachusetts
Enoch G. Currier
Gloucester, Massachusetts
John S. Webber
Salern and Beverly, Massachusetts, (c)
Willard P. Phillips
Maiblehead, Massaphusetts
WiUiam Standley
Boston and Charlestown, Massachusetts, (c). John Y. Goodrich
..
PJymoutb, Massachusetts
Thomas Loring
Fall River, Massachusetts
Charles Almy
'....
Barnstable, Massachusetts
Charles F . Swift
,
New Bedford, Massachusetts
Lawrence Grinnell
Edgartown, Massachusetts
-John Vinson
Nantucket, Massachusetts
Alfred Macy
Providence, Rhode Island
Charles Anthony
Bristol and Warren, Rhode Island
William R. Taylor
New-'port, Rhode Island
Seth W. Macy
Middletown, Connecticut
Origen Utley
N'ew .London, Connecticut
EdAvard Prentis
NCAV Haven, Connecticut, (r.)
, James F . Babcock
•Fairfield, Connecticut
Silas C. Booth
Stonington, Connecticut
Franklin A. Palmer
Sackett's Harbor, New York, {d)
Cornelius W. Inglehart
Genesee, New York
-.. Philander M. Crandall.
Oswego, NeAV Yorlv
Charles A. Perkins
Niagara, NCAV York
Franklin Spalding
Builalo Greek, NCAV York
Christian Metz, jr
,
OsAvegatchie, NCAV York
•.
David M. Chapin
,
Sag Harbor, NCAV York
, John Sherry.".
NCAV York, NCAV York, (d)
Hiram Barney
Champlain, NCAV York.'.
'
George W. Goff
Cape Vincent, NCAV Yorlc
John W. Ingalls
Dunkirk, NCAV York
, George M. Abell
BridgetoxA'n, NCAV Jersey
Joseph H. Elmer
Burlington, NCAV Jersey
AVilliam L. Ashmore...
Perth Amboy, NCAV Jersey
John L. Boggs
Great Egg Harbor, NCAV Jersey
Israel S. Adams
Little Egg Harbor, NCAV Jersey
Jarvis H. Bartlett
..
NCAV ark, New Jersey
Peter W. Martin
,
Camden, NCAV J ersey
S3dvester Birdsell
Philadelphia, Pennsyh'ania
William B. Thomas
.Prescpie Isle, Pennsylvania
Thomas Wilkins
Pitt.sbiirg, Pennsylvania
Charles W. Batchelor ..
DehiAvare, Delaware
Thomas M. Rodney....
Baltimore, Maryland
Henry W. Hoffman
Annapolis, Maryland
J o h n E . Stalker
,,
Amount;
$23,568.^)2
2,044 99
5,125v 19
11,171 26
6,526:29
5,588 67
2,443 33
54,573 81
708 00
641 83
6,709 25
7,034. 02
6,09.0 19
14,255 58
4,900 46
• 5,401 98
12,597 37
], 957'84
161,490 24
.. 2,072 50
.
3, 578 .58
5,890 50
13,754 33
1,850.77
2,530 01
9,387 39
. 3,180 66
10,630 56
2,607.06
7,.987 32
9,281 53
2,255 63
L476 66
.1,982 27
5, 730 .99"
11,327; 84
30,746 33
34,932 06
• 7,317 97
704 91
, 077, 942 -58
9,362 29
6,506 98
974 96
336 09
154 33
3,838 26
3,026 09
2,034 43
1,957 74
285 05'
233,370 31 .
..
1,139 74
8,833 40
10,950 17
164,311 31
1,099 82
REPORT
ON T H E FINANCES.
251
N o . 17.—Statement showing the amount of mon'^Ajs expended, ^ c . — C o n t i n u e d .
Present collectors.
]3istricts.
Oxford, Maryland
Vienna, Maryland
'
ToAvn Creek, Maryland
•
Plavie de Grace, Maryland .•
GeorgctoAvn, District of Columbia
Cherrystone, Virginia
..
• Alexandria, Virginia
. Wheeling, Virginia
...
-: Beaufort, North Carolina, {d)
'Beaufort, South Carolina (c)
' Key West, Florida
' • Pa.so del Norte, NCAV Mexico, (c)
,Na.shvi!le, Tennessee, (6)
Memphis, Xeimessec, (c)
"^J'Jouisville, Kentucky, (c)
-..
.'•Hickman, Kentucky, (y )
;• P'aducab, Kentucky, {(V)
.- Miami. Ohio
' i Sandusky, Ohio . .
• Cuyahoga, Ohio
; Cincinnati, Ohio
Lletroit, Michigan
. Michilimackinac, Michigan .'
Evansville, Indiana
^ Madison, Indiana
^
. NCAV Albany, Indiana
• Chicago, Illinois
: Alton, Illinois \
—
"' Galena, IIlinois
'.
> Quincy, Illinois, (c)
:,= Oairo,' Illinois
—
\ Peoria, Illinois, (c)
, ";Saint,Lo^'^iS) Missouri
.Hannibal, Missouri, (a)
i Burlington, loAva
.
.'•Keokuk, Iowa, i d ) . .
Dubuque, Iowa
MiUvaukic, Wisconsin
: Minnesota, Minnesota
.'Puget's Sound, Washington TeiTitGry,(a.)'-.Oregon, Oregon, (c/)
' Cape 3?erpetua, Oregon, (ri)
•Port Orford, Oregon, {d)
: San I^'rancisco, California, (c)
. 'Sonoma, California, {g)
Wm. H. Valliant
Daniel J. W a d d e l l . . . . .
James Jones . . . . . . . . . ' .
V/m. E. Vv^oodhouse . . .
Judson Mitchell
Charles J. D. W e s t . . . . .
AndrcAv Jamieson...'...
Thomas 1-Iornbrook
John A. Hedrick
T. C. Severance, acting.
Charles Howe . . - --.
William W. Mills
'.
Jos. R. Dillen, acting . .
James E-. Merriman....
Charles B. Cotton . . . . - .
C. Hubbard
Warren Thornberry
AndrcAv S t e p h a n - . . . . . .
John Youngs
Charles J. Ballard
Enoch T. Carson
Nelson G. Isbell
JohnAV. McMath
AndrcAv L. Robinson...
John M. Freeman
Jacob Anthony
Luther H a v e n . . . . . ^ . . .
John Yager
Daniel AVann James J. Langdon
I'laniel Arter
Lysander R. AA^ebb
Richard J. 3:IoAvard
N. 0. Archer
Clark Dunham
John Stannus
John B. Henion
Ij^dAvin Palmer
......
Joseph Lemay
^....
.Lewis C. Gunn
AA^illiam L. Adams.
E. R. D r e w . . . . . . . . . . .
AVilliam T i c h n e r . . . . . . .
Charles James.
Seth M. Swain
Total .
Amount.
;266
899
353
367
3, 205
412
105727261
770
905
737
21
85
29
68
61
75
38
05
90
54
97
76
280' 61
3, 44.0- 18
151 89
i,727 50
228 24
4,
344 03
•4,
6, 255- 69
12, 602 57
21, 173 35
4, 227 52
3, 733 57
430 00
3, 842 00
740 96
12,
473 50
359 20
794 93
357 18
175 00
20, 122 96
325 00
692 50
I,
053 '33
. 2,687 00
6, 062 39
218
2, 670
33, 312 51
• 'f>,
781- 76
2,
760 29
• 2,
993 97
117,
69 40
49
m
2,272,838 14
L. E. CHITTENDEN, Register.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
Register's Office, November 20, 1863.
( ^)
(a)
( c)
(d)
( e)
(/)
Ig)
No returns.
To September 30, 3862.
To December 30, 3862.
To March 31, 3883.
From January 20 to February 28, 3853.
From June 13 to September 18, J862.
From July 1 to July 8, 1862.
252
REPORT ON THE FINANCES.
• N o . 18.
Statement o f the numher o f persons employed in each district o f the United
States, f o r : the collection q f customs, d u r i n g thh fiscal y e a r ending J u n e 30,
1863, with their occupation a n d compensation, p e r act b f M a r c h 3, 1849.
Districts.
^r2
Occupation.
Compensation
• to each per-
o ^
Passamaquoddy, Me
Machias, Me.
Frenchman's Bay, Me.
Penobscot, Me- AValdoborough,'Me...
Wiscasset, Me
Bathi M'e.
Portland and. Fair
mouth. Me.
Saco, M e - . .
Kennebunk, Me.
York,Me
'..
Bangor, Me.
Collector
-.
-.
Surveyor
Deputy collectors and inspectors
-^..
Inspectors
T...
Deputy collector
Aids to revenue
do..
do
:
......
-.:..do
AVeigher, gauger, and measurer
Boatman
Collector,
Inspectors
-.-do
-.
- -do
Collector
,
Deputy collector and inspector
do
do
.-..:..
d o . . . . . . . . . . . . do
Inspector
:
.•
.,
Boatman
--..do
:
-......:
Aid to revenue •.
No returns
Collector
'Deputy collectors, weigher, gauger, and measurer
J ... 1
Deput}^ collectors, weigher, gauger, and measurer..
Inspector
-.-.do
.-.do-.No returns
No ]"eturns
—
Collector
1
Deputy collectors
3
Surveyor
:
1
AVeighers, gaugers, and measurers
3
AVarehouse clerk
.'
1
Storekeeper
1
Inspectors
11
.......::
2. Clerks
Night watchmen
2
Aid to revenue for railroad trains
1
do—-.,do
2
Boatmen '-.
2
1 - -do
No returns
No returns
Collector
.'
•
Inspector
:
...do
Collector
Deputy collectors and inspectors... -
$2,682
1,173
1,095
730
730
730
547
. -70
150
313
360
2,009
500
365
250
1,953
1,095
75
52
00
00
00
00
50
00
00
61
00
46
00
00
00
74
00
1,000 00
300 00
7^0 C
O
380 00
240 00
730 00
1,739 61
.1,095-00:
93-8 00
730 00
300 66
eoo 00
3, 000 00
1,.500 C
O
2,000 00
1,500 C
O
3,COO 00
1,093 00
lr-095'00800 O
'O
730 00
3,095 CO.
626 00
365 00
343 75
263
200
120
2,974
1,095
60
00
00
00
00
3kEP0RT ON THE FINANCES.
253
N o . 18.—Statement, ^c.—Continued.
Bangor^ Maine—Con. tinned.
Belfast, Me-
Portsmouth, N. H
Vermont, Vt.
Newburyport, Mass.
Gloucester, Mass.
Salem and Beverly,.
Mass.
'Compensation
to each person.
Occupation.
Districts.
1
1
3
1
1
1
1
1
1
3
1
1
3.
1
1
1
1
1
2
1
1
11
3
1
5
7.
1
1
1
3
1
1
1.
1
1.
1
1
1
1
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
Deputy collector and wcigner. . .
. . . do
do
AA'eigher, gauger, and measurer
Aid to the revenue
Colletitors
Deputy collector......
'.
Deputy collector and aid to revenue . . .
Inspector, weigher, and measurer
Deputy Vvcigher and nreasurer
.. rdo
do
Aid to reveriue
Seaman in revenue boa.t.:....
Collector
"
Naval officer —
Surveyor from March 27, 1863
Deputy collector and inspector
do
do
Inspector, weigher, gauger, and measurer..
Inspectors . . . . do - :
-.
Collector
Deputy collector and inspector
Deputy collector up to Feb. 15
Deputy collectors at | 2 50 per day, to Feb. 15.
do
do
do.:
do
do
do..
do do ..
do
do
1. do
do . .
. L -. do
do
do
do . .
Inspector
..
-..do
ReA'cnue boatmen
Collector
.'.
Surveyor of Newburyport - '.
Surveyor of IpsAvich.
Naval officer
:..
Deputy collector and inspector
AVeigher, gauger, measurer, &c
Inspector
Collector
•
Surveyor
Inspectors
•
...do
Deputy collector
Boatman
Custom-house keeper
Collector
:...
Naval officer
•.-.
Surveyor
Surveyor at Beverly
. . . . . . ..
Inspector and deputy collector
Clerk
AVeigher and gauger
do...
do
Measurer
Storekeeper
Inspector
...do
...do
...do........
....
^
'1800 00
3,500 00
545 00
200 00
1,348 23
l-,095 00
1,095 CO
831 42
1,095 00
900 00
200 00
300 00
569 51
367 98
92 21
1,000.00
200 00
1,095 00
1.095 00
'500 00
1,090 84
1,000 CO
625 CO
912 50
600 00
500 00
360 CO
750 00
360 00
240 CO
240 CO
1,157 39
422 15
250 CO
380 71
1,095 00
3,095 00
1,095 00
2,549 64
>588 II'
1,095 00
300 00
3,000 00
150 00
150 00
1,3.91 20
705 19
455 40
364 39
1,095 00
1,000 00
910 46
953 03
400 00
1;995 CO
702 00
669 00
270 00
423 00
254
REPORT ON T H E FINANCES.
N o . 18.—Statement, Sfc.—Continued.
Occupation.
Districts.
Compensation
lo.each person.
?^
Sal em 'and 33everly,
Mass. —Con tinued.
Mai-blehead. Mass.
Boston and CharleslOAvn. Mass.
Inspector.......;.
..-do . - - . - . - :
---do
Inspector at Danvers -..,
Inspector at Beverly .•
Aid to rcA'enue
Boatman
'
I'orter aud messenger
AA^'atcbman
Co'-iCctor
•
33eputy collector and inspector .
Inspector, ^veigher, and gauger.
Inspector
do
---do --.
.Survej'^or
-.
Boatman
.--.dp--..'
Collector
1
Deputy collector
1
Cashier
.'
1
Assistant cashier
3
Clerk-....
1
2
iolerks
1 ...xlo
4 .-•--do
32 ...-do .9 ..--do
1 .---do --.
I .---do
Messenger
•.
1
Assistant, messenger
1
Superintendent of Avarehouses..
1
Storekeepers
3
2 .:..do
1 ..-.do
15 ..-.do
Assistant storekeepers
4
Clerks - -.
2.
1 ..-.do
1 . . - - d o --•
.--.do - . . .
:-:
3 ----do
Inspectors
56
3 ..-.do
•
2 ....do
AVeighers and gaugers
14
Measurers
3
Night inspectors.
21
AVatchmeu
14
Boatmen
-'.'
6
General appraiser
...
3
2 . AppraisersAssisfant appraisers..
2
Clerks...
.
..
3
-3 ...-do----.
5 -.--do .---.
Examiner of drugs .
1
1 ' Naval officer
Deputy naval officer
1
/
3
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
3
1
1
1
1
^489 eo
635 CM600 CO
392 CO
573 CO
730 CO.
300 CO
300 CO
. ,66 CO
337 }8
547 50
365 CO
547 50
• 187 50 •
356 25
350 00
100 CO
6,400 00
2,500 CO
2,500 CO
1,600 CO
2,000 CO
3,500 CO
1,400 00
3,300 00
3,200 00
1,100 00
1,000 00
900 CO
3,000 CO
750 CO
3,500 CO
3,300'CO
1,200 CO
1,100 CO
1,095 CO
600 (.0
3,300 CO
3,200 CO
3,.100 CO
800 CO
782 50
3,095 CO
800 CO
700 CO
3,4S5 CO
1,48.5., 00'
600 00
600 CfO
. -600 CO-:
2,500 CO
2, 500 Oil
2,000 00
1,600 CO
1,200 00
1,000 00
1,000 00
5, 000 00
2,00 OCO
REPORT ON T H E FINANCISS.
2.515
N o . IQ.—State?ncnt, ^T.—Continued.'
Districts.
Occupation,
Boston and Charlestown, Mass.—Continued.
As.sistant naval officer...
-.
Clerk
-do
---do,
Surveyor
:
13eputy surveyor
Clerk
:.....
^...Messenger
Collector
Inspector
-do-:
.-.-do
:
.-.-do
Collector .'
Inspector, gauger, weigher, and niea^surer.
do
do--.
do
do
do
- do - . . . .
Revenue aud boatman
Collector
Deputy collector at Barnstable:
Deputy collector at Provincetown
-.
Deputy collector at South Deniiis, & c - . . - .
Deputy collector at Falmouth
. . 1. .
Deputy collector at Hyannis
..
,. .
Inspector at Barnstable
Aid to the revenue at Hanvich
- ..,. .
Boatman at Barnstable
Boatman at Provinc-eto^vn
Keeper of custom-house'. - .
Collector and inspector of lights
'.....
Inspectors
"
'...
Inspector, weigher, measurer, &c
Inspector
-.
-...do.......
.-.
..-do
...do
Inspectors
Clerk
•
Boatman
'...
Collector
Deputy collector and inspector
do
do
.
Occasional inspector
.'..:..
do
.' - do
:..
Aid to revenue
.
Boatman
—
...:..
Collector
".
Deputy collector and in.spector''
Inspector
C'ollector
Deputy collector
Clerk
-...:
-Naval o f f i c e r . . . . . . . . . . . . : . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Surveyor, Providence. . . . . • . . . . . . . : . . . • . . .
Surveyor, East GreeuAvich............ i . .
Surveyor, Pawtuxet
.'
Coastwise inspectors... — . . - . . ' . . . . . . i. .
Foreign inspectors, at $3 per day -. . v . . ' . . .
Inspector, PaAvtuxet..... ^ . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Plymouth, Mass.
Fall River, Mass.
* Bai'nstable, Mass-
New Bedford, Mass .
Edgartown, Mass.
Nantucket, Mass.
Providence, R. I .
Compensation
to each person.
|1,500 00
•'.3,250 C
O
3,200 CU
*3,050 C
O
4, 900' 00
2, 000 C
O
1,500 00•
750 00
384 8-:^
1,09500 .
400 00
300 00
200 00
3,646 17
891 84
781 83
728 00
'300 00
,948*22
1,
900 00
750 00
500 00
200 C
O
400 00
400 C
O
3C0 C
O
50 C
O
350 C
O
350 00
2,723 30
3,993 00
3,290 39
300 00
125 00
- 320 C
O
500 00
80 00
800 00
420 00
991 44
3,095 C
O
600 00
300 00
9 00 .
346 53
240 00
320 36
3,000 C
O
600 C
O
3,202 36
1,000 00
900 00
409 45
659 24
250 00
200 00
547 50
385 50
450 C
O
256
REPORT ON T H E FINANCES.
\No.
18.—Statement, ^c.—Continued.
Providence, R. I.—
, Continued.
Bristol and Warren,
R. I.
Newport, R. I -
MiddletoAvn, Conn . . .
NeAV London, Conn..
NCAV Haven, Conn. ..
Inspector, East Greenwich
AVeigher
Measurer
Boatman, PaAvtuxet ...,
.
Messenger, Providence
Collector
Inspectors, average salary
do
do
Weigher
Gaugers, average salary
Boatman
Surveyors, average salary
—
Collector -.
Superintendent of lights
Agent, marine hospital
Naval oflicer
Surveyor of NcAA^port
.....!
Surveyor of North Kingston
Surveyor of Tiverton
Deputy collector and inspector
Inspector at KcAvport
Inspector at North Kingston
Inspector at NCAV Shoreham
Occasional inspectors, | 3 per day
Gauger
AVeigher
Measurer
Boatman
Collector
Surveyors, at an average
Deputy collectors and inspectors, (average) -...
Collector and superintendent of lights
Surveyor
Deputy collector, inspector, &c., NCAV London.
Inspector at New London.....-.'
.
.In.spector, Aveigher, &c., at Norwich
Collector
Deputy collector
Surveyor
:AVeighers, measurers, and gaugers
Inspectors
. -.- do
-do
•---clo^
Fairfield, Conn .
Stonington, Conn...
Sackett's Harbor, N.Y.
Compensation
to each per-
Occupation.
Dist icts.
-
Aid to revenue
do
AVatchman and porter
Messenger and porter
Boatmen and aids to the revenue
Collector
3^eputy collector
:
In.spector
...do
..-.do
Concc'tor
Inspectors
Surveyor
Boatkeeper
Collector only 9 months
....-
-. - .
.-
$300
1,186
1,064
420
400
419
547
347
146
343
00
86
93
00
00
04
50
00
27
88
236 66
305 27
1,375 99
133 35
3 ^^
441 51
425 71
250 00
200 00
1,000-00
547 50.
217 24
200 00
1,002 00
607 08
45 66
130 57
450 00
992 33
272 36
433 33
2,636 34
356 10
765 24
450 00
969 52
3,000 00
1,500 00
695 38
3,500 00
1,095 00
730 00
60 00
72 00
981 18
48 00
460 00
500 00
400 00
843 90
300 00
3,246 00
200 00
125 00
600 00
450 00
150 00
344 00
538 35
. EEPORT
ON T H E ^FINAN€iES.-
257-
N o . \%.—Statertiejit, / ^ . — C o n t i n u e d . -
PI
.
Occupation.
DiVtricts.
Coinpensation
V ytoieach person.
o ©
Sackett's Harbor,^ N ;
,^Y.r—Continned.
Genes.ee', N . Y . - . .
Deputy-cplfector; and inspector, 9 m o n t h s . - . J .
•.ydp...- . . - ^ , . . . . . . . do .v^'
::do....
do.L..
do-...
do.L..
Collector •->.-.-...-..-.'.^.-....«.....Deputy-eplleetdr.>--1. .^^^ . ^ . i . .
h) : ,
0,swego, N . Y . - .
Aid= to revenue- - - - ^ ^. .--•- > . . * . . .
^
Aid to revenue and inspeclor> —
I-nspectpr-and c l e r k - , . . . - . . . . . . . .
Collectoi' . i . - . . ; . i --. -- .. . -.'.-i. . - -: ...
•Deputy collector .• .•. *.-.- -.. .^i. ^ . . .
-Clerks'..-.-.-.-.-.......^...>.-....-.
Inspectors . > . . . - : . . . . . . • . . . i . . . .
Revenue- aid ..-. • . . . . - . - .-..•..•.. .
N-ight'Watchman . .'.^.-...:.•.........
'Night watchmen-. - -> i i.^iv..'.. . .
^
•Porter-and-boat-man.>•..?. . . . : - > . . .
Dep-uty- eollectOF.v.-. .•.- . . . ' . . ' . . . . : .
: J.::^do^ ^^^do . .-^Y- - - - - ^ - ' ••' - ' - '
.; ^ J. do. ^ . . do . ' . . - . . . . . . ; . . . — . . .
!^iag:ara, N . Y .
Us i - x
Hi cT*
.:
:g'uffalo Creek, N . Y . .
Qswgg'at'chie, N; Y .
S a g Harbor, N . Y .
17 F
Collectbrl.... . • . - . : . . . . . . . . . .V....
Deputy collectors...- . v - - . - - - - .
Deputy collectors and a i d . . . . . . .
Deputy collector and inspector..
.....:.do:-i..i ......do .
...
Inspectors.........
. . . . . w...
Aids to r e v e n u e . . • . . • - . . . . . - . . . . .
Clerk ' . . : . . . . . . . - . . - . V . . . . . w . . . .
Watchmen-..;...........,..•..•..
Collector . . . . . . . -............
Deputy collector. - - . . . - . . - . . . . .
....do..-....... . . . . ; . . . . . . . . .
....do..-. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - Inspector..... - . - - .
. . . .— . . . . . . .
^-..do..--j. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
..-.do...
....-.-..:.....
. , . . d o . . : . $3 per- d a y
'..,.
..
C l e r k s , - | 2 50 p e r d a y - . . . . — . . . . • . . . . . . . . . .
Night watchmen,^ $2. per d a y
,. . 1 . . . . .
Collector.-.-'.-.-.-..'.-.. .^..-.
"..... . . . . . .
Deputy c o l l e c t o r . - . . . . . . .
.-. -::...:..
Aid"to r e v e n u e . . - . . . 1.
Inspectors .... . -.
.',..
..
Night watch.......-.'.
'.......
..
D e p u t y inspector a n d c o l l e c t o r . . . . . . , . . .
..--..do.
..dol...- . . . . . . ; . . . . . .
. . . . . . d o . . - . .•.. ---. - - - do - . . . . . - . . . . . - . - . .
•
do....
-do^.^->.:........-.
Collector....
........:
......
Inspector.
..'........,
ml.
c-.:i.274^ 00
225 00
' 187 51
184 00
• ^ 784
.
•24
900
800 ;oo
730 00
730 00730 00
730 00
• 96L00
1,000 84
730 00
00
500
00
730
00^
912
50
488
00
366
00
365 00
365 00
300 00
500 00
366 00
410 62
1,359 14
900 00
^- ^ 730 00^
•
93 00
730 00
•'i.-.^-322 33
669 .00 ,
366 75
730 00
547 50
-:1^^54 •23:.
1,125 00
900 00
730 00
1,000 00
900 00
600 00
412 50
456 00
730 00
1;460 10
900 00
900 ^00
730 OO240 OO
500 00
450 00
463 75
•300 ;oo-^.
, 620 04
72 00
60 00
00
258
REPORT ON T H E
FINANCES.
N o . 18.-—Statement, 8fc.—Continued."
r
Districts.
Occupatiori.
°§"
New York city,. N Y
Collector
-.
Assistant collector.
Assistant collector at Jersey City.
Auditor
Assistant auditor
.'
Cashier
I
Assistant cashier
Deputy collectors
i......
1 . . . . . do.
Clerk....
...do...
.--.do-.-. ...
........
-..-do........
:..... .....
2 ....do-..-.-..
do......
30 .
11 . . . d o . . . . :
....
7 ....do....
42 . . . . d o . . . . . . . . . .
...........:
42 ....do,..
-..-.
38 .--.do
15 . . . . d o - .
1 .-.-do
3 ...do
2 ...do..
...-1 ...-do
Keeper of. custom-house
1
Assistant keeper of custom-house1
Messengers
3
do
1
6 .-..do......
15 .--.do
1 .--.do
- 1 ...:do....
Fireman
1
..:
2 ...-do
Porters
3
3 ....do.-....^...-..-.
Watchmen
.-.
6
....:
2 .-.-do....Engineer - . . .
1
AA^arehouse superintendent...
Ic
Storekeeper
1
do
4
69 . . . . d o
1 ...-do
.'......
2' Assistant storekeeper
AVeighers
19
Gaugers....
8
19 . AVeighers, foremen.
Measurers
12
Inspectors
193
Coast inspectors
4
2
Inspectors at Albany
50
Special aids
-.
4 ......do
Night inspectors....75
Night watchmen
50
Measurers of passenger vessels...
5
Measm^er of marble.
1
REPORT ON T H E FINANCES: <
^
259
No. 18.—Statement, ^c.—Continued.
Occupation.
Districts.
NeAv York city, N. Y.
—Continuecl.
15
1
3
1
3
1
18
1
1
Debenture clerks
Captain of night Avatch
'.
Lieutenants of night watch
Superintendent of marine hospital.
Examiner of drugs
Assistant examiner of drugs
Bargemen
Surveyor at 'Troy
Sm^veyor at Albany
Compensation
to each per-
$1,000
8oO
655
1,000
2,000
1,000
600
250
150
00
00
83
00
00
00
00
00
00
Appraiser's department.
1
3,
5
1
9
7
2
12
1
4
2
19
1
1
1
5
3
5
6
2
General appraiser
Appraisers
'. - - Assistant appraisers .t
Examiner of damages
Appraiser's clerks
do
do
do
do:
do
do
do
Messenger
Storekeeper, appraiser of stores.
Clerk, appraiser of stores
:do.
.do.
.do.
....do
.do.
....do
.do.
...-do
Messengers.
500 00
500 00
000 00
000 00
500 00
400 00
300 00
200 00
150 00
OtiO 00
800 00
650 ( )
M
6U0 00
500 00
200 00
100 00
000 00
800 00
600 00
600 00
Naval office.
1
3
2
8
6
30
3
1
6
Naval officer
Deputy naval oncers.
Clerks
clo
...do
....do
....do
-.--do
Clerks, messengers, and porter.
4,950
2,000
1,500
1,400
1,200
1,000
900
600
500
00
00
00
00
00
00
00
00
00
Surveyor's office.'
1
3
1
4
2
1
5
1
3
4
1
Champlain, N. Y.
Surveyor and inspector
Deputy surveyors
Clerk
....do
..-.do
....do
....do
...-do
Messengers
do....
.'
Porter
No retui'as
J
4,708 01
2,000 00
1,200 00
1,100 00
463 96
1,095 00
1,000 00
700.00
650 00
200 00
480 00
260
REPORT ON THE FINANCES;
No. 18.—Statement, t^c.—Continued.:
Occupation.
Districts.
Compensation
to each per-
^
Oape Vincent, N. Y-
Dunkirk, N . Y
BridgetOAvn, N. J
Burlington, N. J
Perth Amboy, N. J . -
Great Egg Harb'r,N. J
Little Egg Harb'r,N. J.
Newark, N. J . . . ,
Camden, N. J ..
Philadelphia, Pa
Collector
..,'..
Deputy collectors and inspectors, three months
Deputy collector
,
Deputy collectors, three months
Deputy collectors
Deputy collector,, three months
do
do
Deputy collector,
Night watcb, three months.
Boatman
No returns.
Collector
-,
Collector
Collector
'.
-...
Deputy collector.
Survej'or
,
Inspectors
,
...-do
-do
Boatmen, %i per day
No j^eturns..... .V. -.
Collector ..'. -•. V>..- - - - --Inspectors, $3 •^ix'^ii^
Boatman, | 3 per day."!'.'- J
,
Collector
'->. . 1
Deputy collector
Temporary inspector
Messenger
,
Surveyor
Collector
Deputy collectors ".
Cashier:
Clerk
...do
...do...
...do
...do
....do
,
Clerk, nine months
Clerk, six months
Keeper of the custom-house.
Messenger
AVatchmcn and porter
Naval officer
°.
,
Deputy naval officer
Clerks
l:
,
...do
Messenger
:
,
Surveyor
Deputy surveyor
•
Clerk
,
...do
Messenger
'.
.
General appraiser
Messenger to the same.
-Principal appraiser
Assistant appraisers
Examiners
Packers
1,014
730
547
365
245
75
62
160
91
200
00
00
50
00
CO
00
49
00
00
00
627
248
,905
600
150
600
500
400
365
19
76
31
00
00
00
00
00
00
250 00
251 20
555 00
433 79
730 00
618 00
350 00
390 75
6,298 43
2,500 00
1,500 00
1,400 00
1,200 00
1,116 48
1,100 00
,050 00
,000 00
800 00
• 500 00
800 00
600 00
547 50
5,000 00
2,000 00
1,200 00
1,000 00
600 00
4,592 80
2,000 00
1,200 00
1,100 00
600 00
2,500 00
547 50
2,500 00
2,000 00
1,095 00
730 00
REPORT ON THE FINANCES.
261
No. IB.—Statement, ^c.—Contiimed..
Occupation.
Districts.
Philadelphia, ' Pa.C ontinued.
Piesque Isle, Pa.
Pittsburg, Pa
Delaware, Del.
Baltimore, Md.
1
1
2
1
2
1
1
1
1
2
1
1
4
1
5
1
4
2
45
9
1
1
1
1
3
1
1
37
1
1
4
1
1
1
3
5
12
1
1
1
2
2.
1
1
5
4
1
1
1
2
1
1
1
3
2
1
5
3
Clerks..---.-..-.
Messenger.
Clerk for-appraiser's store...
Foremen of appraiser's store
Marker of appraiser's store...
Watchmen
Storekeeper of port
Superintendent of warehouse
Assistant-storekeeper
,
— do
do. Markers. - . .
\.
...do.--.
Weigher
Assistant weighers
Foreman to same
Beamsmen
Beamsman, eight months
Two gaugers and tw
'^
Measurers
^
Inspectors
Reven^^gei
S p ^ ^ i Q A ^ 0 ^ - ^ o i ^ ' ^ ^ d twenty-three days.
Sp^CK^^aM; 6;j^2i^ths-and twenty-nine days..
Speawai^^Cinonths and twenty-three days..
Revel^'^agent
do
Captain of night inspectors
Lieutenant of night inspectors
Night inspectors, watchmen, and a i d s . . . .
Night inspector, five months
Messenger to inspector's office
'.
Revenue boatmen
Collector
-.
Deputy collector
Surveyor
Clerks, average salary
Aids to the revenue, average salary
Temporary aids to the revenue, average salary .
Watchman
Night watchman
-.
Collector
Deputy collectors
Inspectors, one at $8 and one at $5
Aid to inspector
Aid to inspector since February 1, 3863
Aids to inspector, at average of $1 32-i- per day.
Messengers, at average of $1 per day
Collector
'
Deputy collector
Auditor
Cashiers
Naval officer
Deputy naval officer
Surveyor
Appraisers
Clerks
...do
....do
...do
.
•
Compensation
to each per-
$1,000 00
600 00
1, 000 00
638 75
540 00
547 00
1,500 00
1,200 00
900 00
. 600 00
540 00
480 00
1,485 00
1,200 00
730 00
540 00
360 00
3,485 00
1,200 00
1,095 00
912 50
683 00
525 00
510 00
730 00
547 00
800 00
650 eo
547 50
228 00
547 50
600 00
380 10
730 00
3, 000 00
495 24
612 10
• 170 46
456 25
, 586 00
2,940 43
1,095 00
600 00
500 00 •
366 65
482 52
185 00
6,000 00
2,500 00
1,500 00
1,500 00
5,000 CO
2,000 00
4,500 00
2,500 00
1,500 CO
1,400 00
1,200 00
1,100 00
262
. R E P O R T OF T H E .FINANCES.
. No. IS.-^Statement, ,^c.-—Continued.
Occupation.
Districts.
Compensation
to each per-
o <p
{2i
Clerk
....do
...-do
....do
.---do
Weigher
Measurer
Gauger
AVeigher.
do
Measurer
• Superintendent of Avarehouses...
do
building
Storekeeper
do
Baltimore, Md.—Continued.
. . . . d o ..•
27
1
4
5
4
24
6
4
Annapolis, Md.
Oxford, M d . . .
Vienna, M d . . .
Town Creek, Md.--.
Havre de Grace, Md.
GeorgetoAvn, D. C . . .
Alexandria, Va.
AVheeling, West Va.
1
1
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
,1
2
1
1
1
1
42
Yeocomico, Va.
Beaufort, N. C
. Key West, Fla .
Louisville, Ky.
Paducah, K y . .
, Cincinnati, Ohio,
.---do
Inspectors -.
Examiner of drugs
Watchmen-.-'
Messengers
.Boatmen
AVatchmen
Porters
^ Laborers
No returns
Collector
-...do-l
^
Deputy collectors
Surveyor
Collector
----do
Deputy collector
i
do
do
Temporary inspector
Aid to the revenue
Collector
Deputy collector
In.spectors
Surveyor
Clerk
Boatman
• "
Collector
Aids to the revenue (various rates).
Collector
Inspector of the port
Boatman
Collector
—
Inspector
Inspectos.'at Cape Florida
Clerk, at $3 00 per d a y . . . . 1..
Temporary Avatch
...««,«oe
No returns
Surveyor
Aid to revenue
d o - - - d o . . . o n steamers...
do. - - do . . . on Avharf boat.
Collector
^1,095 00
1,000 00
900 00
850 00
620 00
1,500 00
1,500 00
1,500 00
1,000 00
730 00
900 00
1,500 00
700 00
• 1,100 00
1,095 00
1,000 00
900 00
1,095 00
1,000 00
730 00
600 00
600 00
547 00
547 00
547 00
406
800
546
150
23
00
00
00
3,292
800
1,000
200
730
1,389
3,095
3,095
958
100
360
3,7.56
184
78
00
00
00
00
24
00
00
28
00
00
26
28
565
613
131
1,599
1,095
500
831
36
00
00
00
56
00
00
00
00
1,889
365
547
730
3,000
00
00
50
00
00
REPORT ON T H E FINANCES.
263
No. 18.—Statement, ^.—Continued.
Compensation
to each person.
Occupation.
Districts.
^
Cincinnati, 0.---Continued.
64
Miami, Ohio.
Sandusky, Ohio .
Cuyahoga, Ohio.
Detroit, Mich.
Clerk
...-do
,
Warehouse clerk
I
Aids to revenue at different ports.
Collector
Deputy collector
.
Inspector
Messenger
Depnty at Perrysburg
-.
Night deputy, at $2 per day
Collector
Deputy collector
do
do
do
do
Clerk
Porter and watch
Collector
Deputy collector
'.
do
do - - - and inspector
Inspector
Clerk
Deputy collectors and inspectors - Collector
Deputy collector and inspector...
Deputy collector
do
Michilimackinac,
Mich,
EvansviUe, Ind.
New Albany, Ind.
Chicago, 111
f
Madison, Ind.
Alton, 111....
Gralena, 111...
Quincy, 111..-
2
2
6
1
5
6
2
2
3
1
1
4
4
1
1
1
1
21
do
do
do
do
do
do
do
. . . . d o . . . . do
do
do
Inspectors .'
....do
...do
...-do
Collector
-•-
1
Deputy collector
'
do
do
do
do
do
do
Aid to revenue
Boatman
Surveyor
Aids to revenue, in all $3,306 20.
No returns.:
Collector
Deputy collector
do
do
d o . . . . do
Clerk
....do
Inspectors
do
...-do
Collector
Surveyor
.-..do
...-do
•
Aids to revenue, at an averago..
$1,225
1,041
702
142
1,618
1,000
800
300
400
00
76
50
21
40
00
00
00
00
-1,680
800
200
300
365
240
1,618
1,000
600
800
600
240
1,618
1,480
1,095
1,000
912
730
240
180
120
530
390
240
120
840
33
00
00
00
00
00 .
42
00
00
00
00
00
42
00
00
00
50
00
00
00
00
00
00
00
00
85
500
400
200
150
. 350
. 36
3,000
157
00
00
00
00
00
25
00
44
1,406
1,000
950
300
800
,57
730
680
320
18
00
00
00
00
77
00
00
00
350
453
3,000
226
00
94
00
50
264
REPORT ON- T H E
FINANCm
N o . 18.—Statement, ^.c^^—Gontinu.ed.
03
Districts.
Occupation.
PUO
Compensation
to each person.
o a>
Cairo, 111
Peoria, 111
St. Lp,iiis, Mo
No returns...
Surveyor ..'.
-do
Clerk
-
, . . . d o .'..•-.•.'...:
Hannibal, Mo
MUwaukie, Wis. .
Burlington, Iowa,
Keokulc, l o w a . . - -
Dubuque, I o w a . . .
Minnesota, M i n n . .
Puget's Sound, W . T .
Cawpe Perpetua, W . T Port Orford, W. T---'
San Francisco C a l . . .
. -... .........
•-.
....do
....,.:
Inspector
Janitor
Aids to revenue
. 1.. do
do . . . - . . - . . - •
No returns \
,
Collector ."....- . . ,
Deputy collector
-.'-.
....
. 1.1 do. - 1 . d p ° . . . . . . - . - . . . . . - . . . . Inspectors'..........'..'.
AVatchman.
Surveyor
Aids to revenue, at an ^.verage...
Collector
.........
.
Aids to revenue. ---......'. do. - -.do.l Clerk..-.'.. , . . . . . - . :
No returns.
.--.--.
Collector ..".. -. ..'..*...
Deputy collector at St. Paul
. . . . d o . . . . \.. do .'... St. Joseph's .
No retui'ns. ^ . . . / . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
1
Collector
."...'
'.
1
Boatman
'.
1
Collector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
1
Deputy collector
.--,---•
1
Collector
,
2
Deputy collectors,
2
Clerks.:.'.'1.XII i i : : : . . . . . _ . .
5 .-l.do-...--:-...:
.;.-.
6
--.do : : , : . . , . . , , . . - . : . : . . . , . .
2
Messengers . : . . : : . . .
,
2
AVatchmen
:....
i Superintendent warehouses
Clerks:.:::.:
2
--.do...:
..-.•..::....
4
1 .::do..:...:.:...:
Messenger ,.
1
Laborers - . : . . . . . .
6
Inspectors
17
.--do
.-.-.
7
Weigher and raeasurer
1
Laborers
6
Gauger.
i Laborers
2
Boarding officer
1
Bargemen . . - . . : . . . , .
2
Appraisers
2
Assistant appraisers
2
Examiner.
' 1
Clerk
1
Messenger
1
Laborers
6
|350
3,000
1,500
1,200
i,000
1,095
600
730
365
00
00
00
00
00
00
00
00
00
1,276 00
1,000 00
300 00
900 .00
480 00
398 20
432 00
350 00
547 50
365 00 •
400 00
1,200 00
860 00
70 00
2,000
720
2,000
~1,000
5,400
3,000
2,500
2,250
1,825
1,250
1,125
2,500
2,125
2,000
1,825
1,250
1,12S
1,560
1,000
2,250
1,125
2,250
1,125
2,000
1,125
2,500
2, 000
2,000
1,700
1,200
1,100
00
00
00
00
00
00'
00
00
00
00
00
00
00
00
00
00
00
00
00
00
00
00
00
00
00
00
00
00
00
00
00
REPORT ON T H E FINANCES.
265
No. 18.—Statement, h^c.—Continued.
Occupation.
Districts.
Compensation
to each person.
o <s>
{2i
San Francisco, Cal.Continued.
Sonoma, Cal
San Joaquin, Cal
Sacramento, Cal
San Diego, Cal
Monterey, Cal
Sari Pedro, C a l . . . . . .
Paso del Norte, Tex.
Beaufbrt,^S. C.
Cherrystone, Va .
Naval officer.
Clerks
'...
....do
...-do:
Messengers and clerksSurveyor Deputy surveyor
Messenger
No returns
No returns
No returns
.:.
No. returns
No returns
.
No returns
Collector
Deputy collector......
Inspector
Guards
,
Collector
Deputy collector
Entry clerk
Clerk
•
Inspectors
Boatman
Office boy
Collector
Surveyor
4,500
2,500
2,250
2,000
1,250
4,000
3.000
i;250
00
00
00
.00
00
00
00
00
,2,000
1,000
912
300
1,500
1,500
1,^400
1,000
1,095
120
120
234
345
00
00
50
00
00
00
00
00
00
00
00
25
50
L. E. CHITTENDEN, Register.
TREASURY^ DEPARTMENT,
Register's Office, November 6, 1863.
to
No. 19.
General result of all receipts a7id disposal of merchandise within the TJnited States during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1863.
1862.
August.
July.
Amount.
$9, 657, 805 16
14,471,731 10
$11, 618,175 88-
^5, 624,749 09
2,137, 027 58
6, 056, 213 51
3,180, 386 44
4, 903, 849 50
2,220, 326 82
259, 489 07
108, 519 48
363,146 09
193, 031 80
336, 324 01
176, 895 36
12, 219,175 35
4,431,850 56
15, 051, .596 67
5,156, 900 90
10, 303, 312 76
3, 562,235 89
Duty.
812, 977,473 C8
$5, 348, 426 47
$9,224, 333 53
S4,167, 519 84
5, 426, 391 43
3. Value of merchandise received in w a r e house transported from other ports
during each month
.
4. Value of dutiable merchandise entered for
consumption from foreign ports during
each month
5. Value of free merchandise entered for consumption from foreign ports during each
month
6. Value of merchandise entered for consumption from warehouse during each
month
7. Value of merchandise entered for transportation to other ports during each
month
8. Value of merchandise entered for exportation from warehouseduring^each m o n t h .
9. Value of merchandise iu warehouse at the
close of each month
10. Value of merchandise i n transitu at the
close of each month
Duty.
Duty.
Amount.
1. Vi^lue of merchandise in warehouse on the
first of each month
2. Value of merchandise received in -wai-ehouse from foreign ports during each
October.
September.
Amount.
2; 663, 540 30
3, 983, 777 75
343,-911 80
142, 710 19
17, 261, 098 10
5, 899, 738'64
r>utj%
Amount.
o
O
4, 737, 043 93
2, 435, 352 24
3,163, 231 98
3,250, 713 82
3, 434, 933 21
1, 714, 469 12
4,044, 761 53
2, 848, 538 14
278, 366 80
1.58. 825 11
255,14G 00
117,212 42
413, 438 00
196, 908 54
745, 687 07
347,106 02
775, 492 50
343, 673 31
9, 657, 805 16
4,471, 731 10
11, 618,175 88
5, 624, 749 09
11, 782, 949 30
4, 712,547 70
574, 338 00
246, 981 83
629, 009 00
301, 862 46
526, 628 00
266, 000 13
8, 4<)4, 706 14
3, 560, 717 67
3, 019, 372 19
380, 403 74
172,127 45
376, 985 00
389, 682 79
648, 333 00
254, 312 00
9, 224, 333 53
4,167, 519 84
630, 363 00
271,1.52 99
1, 354, 744 47 •
.
o
Ul
General result of all receipts and disposal of merchandise within the United States, ^c.—Continued.
I
Amount.
January.
December.
November.
1. Value of merchandise in warehouse on the
first of each month
2. Value of merchandise received in warehouse from foreign ports during each
1863.
1862.
. Duty.
February.
Amount.
Duty.
Amount.
Duty.
Duty.
Amount.
$4, 712, 547 70
$10,990,469 20
$4,336, 484 42
$13, 919, 468 80
$6, 004,800 15
$15,134, 914 66
$6,780, 795 38
P5
2, 535, 843 79
3, Value of merchandise received in warehouse transported from other ports
during each month .
4, Value of dutiable merchandise entered for
consumption from foreign ports during
each month
5. Value of free merchandise entered for consumption from foreign ports during each
month
6. Value of merchandise entered for consumption from wai-ehouse during each
month
7. Value of merchandise entered for transportation to other ports during each
month
8. Value of merchandise entered for exportation from warehouse during each m o n t h .
9. Value of merchandise in warehouse a t the
close of each m o n t h
10. Value of merchandise i n transitu at the
close of each month
. ...
. . . . .
$11,782, 949 30
1, 200, 229 40
5,261, 834 70
2, 662, 091 75
5,438,314 74
2, 706, 979 09
4, 647, 726 18
2,148, 775 14
288, 041 00
116 455 54
280, 057 00
92, 769 25
396, 882 00
133, 731 70
291,952 00
137,456 70
O
H
O
9, 030, 539 88
2, 799, 550 99
8,236, 532 89
2, 641,726 21
10,631,820 76
3, 333, 607 48
9, 575,018 94
3,143,793 38
3, 511, 461 34
4, 381, 856 00
1,0,43,416 57
1, 632, 951 40
208,545 00
82, 883 48
1,017,696 00
566, 448 17
10,990,469 20
4, 336,484 42
491,236 00
326,605 82
2,390,123 89
1,847,27800
3, 510,308 94
1;'351,871 65
1, 650,808 00
2, 969,415 25
^ 299, 616 74
116, 749 87
401, 525 92
297,157 69
652, 459 26
392, 838 27
6,004, 800 15
15,134,914 66
6, 780, 795 38
16,151,192 41
251,619 22
742, 656 00
276,643 27
H
163, 965 08
505,711 00
662,053 13
3,704, 423 14
386, 302 26
91, 733 31
594, 639 00
333, 558 83
13, 919, 468 80
453, 723 85
816,580 00
7,158,752 22
'
O
345,499 04
CQ.
to
CO
General result of all receipts and disposal of mercliandise within the United Statest Sfc.—Continued.
00
1863.
Amount.
1. Value of merchandise in warehouse on the
$16,151,192 41
- fii'st of each month
2. Value of merchandise received in warehouse from foreign ports during each
month 7,329,038 8 2 .
3. Value of merchandise received in warehouse transported from other ports
during each m o n t h
329,77100^
4. Value of dutiable merchandise entered for '
consumption from foreign porta d u r i n g
each m o n t h .
13,739,337 53
5, Value of free merchandise entered for consumption fromforeign ports during each
month
2, 511, 405 00
6. Value of merchandise eiitered for consumption from warehouse during each
month....
4,181, 907 .69
7. Value of merchandise entered for transportation to other .ports during each
mouth
198, 807 64
8. Value of merchandise entered for exportation from warehouse during each month.641,147 00
9. Value-of merchandise i n warehouse at the '
close of each month
• 18, 788,137 90
10. Value of merchandise i n transitu a t the
484, 248 17 '
close of each month
NOVEMBER
May.
AprO.
March.
June.
Amount,
Duty.
Amount.
$8, 552, 388 38
$21, 551, 832 65
$10, 026, 094 45
$22,927,150 09
$10, 565,408 62
8,100,461 35
3, 931, 217 32
6, 981, 039 96
3, 396,126 37
6,989,516 59
3, 541,879 34
287,245 75
136, 946 88
351, 792 71
180, 907 35
244,908 00
118,009 10
11, 665, 768 86
2,930,'83i 04
10, 662,915 05
2,688,982 "67
7,853,138 70
2,240,167 70
Duty.
Amount::^
$7,158, 752 22
$18, 788,137 90
3, 413, 620 43
Duty.
Duty.
t=j
135, 737 73 "
3.919.351 41
"
1.744.352 93 •
95, 708 12
315, 660 07
8,552,388
1-3
o
2,134, 660 '55
2,264,183 8 5 ;
2,144,284 0 0 '
•
o
38
241,756 23
4, 887,'877 6 7 '
2,205,853 74
4, 926,789 23 •
2,481,660 64 '
4, 948,289 42
2,5lB, 317 30
286, 816 -00 •
121, 995 22 •
177,'295 90
8 4 , j 5 5 40
325, 345 17
743, 910 00
433, 063 69
628,801 63
235, 005 71
21, 551, 832 65
10, 026, 094 45
22, 927,150 09
10, 565, 408 62
24, 407,187 73
11,390,218 65
679, 683 00
277,946 34
705,626 00
312, 262 62
586, 743 00
266,121 82
185, 043 99
560, 890 69
73, 481 02
,
N. SARGENT, Commissioner of Customs.
,
a
CQ,
2S9
REPORT ON T H E FINANCES.
N o . 20.
'
Statement exhihiting the amount of coin a n d bullion imported a n d exported
a n n u a l l y f r o m 182 J to 1863, inclusive y a n d also the amount of importation
over exportation, a n d exportation over importation, d u r i n g the^ same y e a r s , ^
Coin and bullion.
Year e n d i n g Imported.
.1821
1822
1823
1824
1825
1826
18271828
1829
1830'
1831
1832
1833
1834
1835
1836
1837
1838
1639
1840
1841
1842
9 months, to June 30, ]843
Year ending June 30, 1844
1845
1846
1847
1848
1849
1850
1851
18.52
1853
1854
1855
1856
1857
1858
1859
I8601861
1862
1863
September 30.
$8,064,890
3, 369,846
5, 097, 896
8, 3791 835
6, :i 50,7656,880,966
8,151,130
7,489,741
7, 40H, 612
8,1.55,964
7,305,945
5, 907, 504
7,070,368
17,911,632
13,131,447
13,400,881
10,516,414
17,747,116
5, 595,176
8,882,813
4,988,633
4,087,016
22, 390,559
5, H30, 4294,07(',242
3,777,732
24,121,289
6, 360,224
6, 651,240
4,628,792
5,453,592
5,505,044
4,201,382
. 6,958,184
3, 6.59,812
4,207, 632
12,461,799
19,274,496
6,.369,703
8,550,135
46, 339,611
16,415,052
9,555,648
4J2,472,.187
Total.
Exported.
%\0, 477,969
10,810,180
6, 372,987
7,014,552
8,787,659
4,704,533
-8,014,880
8,243,476
4,924,020
2,178,773
9,014,931
5,656, 340
2,611,701
.2,076,758
6,477,775
4,324,336
5,976,249
3; 508, 046
8,776,743
8,417,014
10,034,332
4,813,539
1,520,791
5,454,214
8,606, 495
3,905; 268
1-, 907, 024
15,841,616
5, 404-, 648
7,522,994
29,472,752
42,674,135
27,486,-87541,436,456
56,247,343
45,745,485
69,136,922
52,633,147.
63,887,411
66,546,239
29,791,080
36,886,9.56
64,156,610
819,481,254
Excess of im- Excess of exportation over portation over
exportation.
importation.
$2,413,079
7,440,334
1,275,091
$1,365,283
2,176,433
136,250
2,479,592
5,977,191
2,636,894
753,735
1,708,986
""25i,"i64"
4,458,667
15,834,874
6,653,662
9, 076,545
4,540,165
14', 239,070
3,181,567
465,799
5,'045," 699
726,523
20;869,768
376,215
4,536,253
127,536
22; 214,265
9,481,392
" i , " 246," .592
2,894,202
24, 019,160
37,169, 091
23,285,493
34,478,'272
52,587,531
41, 537, 853
56,675,123
33,358,651
57,517,708
57,996,104
16,548,531
20,471,904
54,600,962
1^8,910,076
535,919,143
L. E. CHITTENDEN, Register.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
Register's Office, BeCemher 1, 1863.
270
REPORT ON THE HNANCES.
No. 21.
Statement exhihiting the gross value of exports and imports from the
of the govermnent io June 30, 1863.
Exports.
-
^
Year ending—
Imports—total.
Domestic pro- Foreign mer- i
duce.
chandise.
.1790
1791
1792
1793
1794
'
.1795
1796
1797
1798 •
1799
1800
1801
1802
1803
1804
1805
'
1806
1807
1808
1809
1810
1811
1812
1813
1814
1815
1816
1817
1818
18.'9
1820
1821
1822
1823
1824
1825
1826
1827
1828
1829
1830
1831
1832
1833
3834
1835
1836
3837
1838
'
.1839
.1840
September 30
1841
1842
9 months to June 30, 1843
Year ending June 30 1844
1845
.September 30
<5.
mng
$-19,666, 000
18,500 000
19,000 000
24, 000 000
26,500 000
- 3^1, 500 000
40, 764 097
29. 850 206
28,527 097
33,142 522
31,840 903
47,473 204
36, 708 J 89
42, 205 961
41,467 477
42, 38/ 002
41,253 727
48,699 592
9,433 546
31,405 702 •
42,366 675
45,294 043
30,032 109
25, 008 132
-6,782 272
45,974 403
64, 781 898
68,313 500
73,854 437
50,976 83851,683 640
43, 671 894
49, 8'/4 079
47,155 408
50,649 500
66, 944 745
5'>, 055 710
58,921 691
' 50,669 669
55,700 193
59,462 029
61,277 057
63,137 470
70, 317 698
81,024 162
101,189 082
106,916 680
95,564 414
96,033 821 ,
103,533 891
W^, 895 634
1C6,382 722
92,9C9 996
77,793 783
99, 715 179
99,299 776
$539,156
512,041
1,7.53,098
2,109,572
6,526,233
8, 489,472
26,300, 000
27,000, 000
33,000, 000
45,523,000
39,130,877
46, 642,721
35,774,971
13, 594, 072
36,231,.597
53,179, 019
60,283,236
59, 643,558
12,997,414
20,797,531
24,391,295
16,022,790
8,495,127
2,847,865
145,169
6,583,350
37,138,156
19,358,069
19,426,696
19,165; 683
18,008,029
21,302,488
22,286,.202
27,543,622
25,337,157
32, 590,643
24,530,612
23,403,136
21,595,017
16,658,478
34,387,479
20,033,526
24,039,473
39,822 735
23,312,811
20, 504,495
21,746,360
21,854,962
12,452,795
17, 494, 525
18,190, 312
15,469, 081
11,721,538
6,552,697
11,484,867
15,346,830
Total.
$20,205,156
$23,000,000
19 ,012,041
29,200,000
20 ,753,098
31,500,000
26 309,572
31,100,000
33 026,233
34,600, 000
47 989,472
69,756,268
67 064, 097
81,436,164
56 850,2C6
75, 379,406
6\ 527,097
68,551,700
78 665,522
79,069,148
70 971,780
91,252,768
94 115,925 • 111,363,511
72 483,160
76,333, 333
55 800,033
64,666,666
77 699,074
85,000,000
95 506, 021
120,600,000
101 536,963
129,410,000
108 343,150
338,500,000
22 430,960
56,990,000
•52 203,233
59,400^ 000
66 657,970
85,400,000
61 316,833
53,400,000
38 527,236 . 77,030,000
27 855,997
22,005,000
6 927,443
12,965,000
52 .557,753
113,041,274
81 920, 452
147,103, 000
87 671,560
99,250,000
93 281,133•
121,750,000
70 142,521
87,125,000
69 691,669
74,450,000
64 974,382
62,585,724
72 160,281
83,241,541
74 699,030
77,579,267
75 986,657
89,549,007
99 535,388
96, 340,075
77 .595,322
84,974,477
.82 324,727
79,484,068
72 264,686
88,509,824
72 358,671
74,492,527
73 849,508
70,876,920
81 ;^10,583
103,191,124
87 176,943
101,029,266
90 140,443
108,118,311
104 336,973
326,521,332
12:1 693,577
149,895,742
128 663,040
189,980,035
137 419,376
140,989,217
108 486,616
113,717,404
121 028,416
162, 092,132
132 085,936
107,141,519
121 851,803
127,946,177
104 6'-)l, 534
100,162,087
84 346,480
64,753,799
111 200,046
108,435,035
114 646,606
117,254,564
271
REPORT ON T H E FINANCES.
. ..
^
No. 21.—Statement'exhihiting the gross value of exports, &cc.—Continued.
Exports.
Year ending-
Importsr-total.
Domestic pro- Foreign merduce.
chandise.
Total.
$113,488,536
158,648, 622
154,032,131
145,755,820
3.^1,898,720
218, 388, Oil
209,658,366
2.50,976,157
278,241,064
2'5,1.^6. 846
326.964,908
362;960, 682
324,644, 421
356,789,462
400.122,296
410:8.56,8!.8
229;790,280
331,809,459
$121,691,797
146,545,6:^8
154,998,928
147,851,439
178,138,318
216,224,932
212,945, 442
167, 978,647
304-, 562, 381
261,468,520
314,639,942
360, 890,141
282,613,1.50
3.58,765,130
362,163,941
350,775,835
205,819,823
,252,187,587
7,381,318,194 3,532,694,876 8,913,713,070
9,450,760,003
Year ending June 30, 1846 $102,143,893
1847
1.^0,637, 464
1848
132,904,121
1849
1X2,666,955
1850
136,946,912
1851' ' 196,689,718
1852
192,368,984
1853
213,417,697
1854
253,390,870
1855
246,708, .553
1856
310,586, 3:-!0
1857
338,985, 065
1858
293,758,279
1859
335,894,385
1860
373,189,274
1861
389,711,391
1862
212,920,639
1863
305,850,211
• '
Totals
$11, 346,623
8,011,158
21,128,010
13,088,865
14,951,808
21.698,293
17,289,382
17, -'58, 460
24,850,194
28,448,293
16, 378,578
23,975,617
30, 886,142
20,895,.077
26,933,022
21,345,427
16,869,641
25,959,248
NOTE.—The account for the fiscal year 1860-'61 is corrected by taking the actual exports
and imports of like quarters of the previous fiscal year as a minimum estimate for the last
two quarters of the fiscal year 1860-'61, of transactions which contmued under the America.n
flag, but which were not reported to the Tieasury Department in regular quarterly returns.
The quantities thus added are $161,011,905 of domestic exports, $500,000 foreign exports,
and $16,425,382 of imports.
Prior to 1821 the treasury reports did not give a complete return of imports. To that
period their value, and also the proportion of exports designated respectively as domestic and
foreign, has been estimated from sources believed to be authentic. The total ^f exports is
official from the first. From 1821 to 1863, inclusive, all values have been taken from official
returns, with the exception above noted for omitted quarters of 1861 at certam southern ports.
L. E. CHITTENDEN, Register.
TREASURY ^DEPARTMENT,
Register's Office. December 1, 3863^
No. 22.
iND
Statement exhihiting the value of domestic produce, exclusive of specie, and of foreign mercliandise, exclusive ofspecie^ exported annually,
from 1821 ^o 1863.
*
'
VALUE OF EXPORTS, EXCLUSIVE OF SPECIE.
Year ending
Aggregate value
of exports.
Free of duty.
.1821....
1822....
1823....
1824....
1825....
1826....
1827....
1828....
1829....
1830....
1831....
1832...1833....
1834...;3835....
1836....
1837...1838-...
1839....
1840....
1841....
1842....
9 months to June 30, 1 8 4 3 . . . .
June 3 0 . .
.1844....
September 30
.
Foreign-, merchandise.
BeadstufFs and Total of domestic
produce.
provisions.
$12,341,901 _ $43,671,894
13,886,856
49,874,079
13,767,847
47. 155, 408
. 15,059,484
50; 649, 5*00
11,634,449
66, 944,745
11,303,496
53,449,855
11,685,556
57, 878,117
11,461,144
49, 970,632
, 13,131,858
55,087,307
12,075,430
58,524,87817,538,227
. 59,218,583
12,424,703
61,7>36,529
• 14,209,128
69,95iQ, 856
11,524,024
80,623,662
32,009,399
100,459,481
10,614,130
106,570,942
9,588, 359
94,280,895
9,636,650
9.&, 560,880
14,147,779
101,625,533
19, 067, 535
111,660,581
17,196,102
303,636,236
16,902,876
91,798,242
, 11, 204,123
77,'686, 354
17,970.135
99,531,774
$286,788
374,716
•3,323,762
1,100,530
3,098,181!
1,036,430
813,844
877,239
919,943
1,078,695
642,586
1,345,217
5,165,907
10,7.^7, 033
7,012,666
8,534,895
7,756,189
4,951,306
5,618,442
6,202,562
3, 953,054
3,194,299
1,682,763
2,251,550
Paying duty.
$10,537,731
1.1,101,306
19. 846,873
17,222,075
22,704,803
1-9,404,504
15,617, 986
33,167,339
11,427,401
12,067,162
12, 434,483
18,448, 857
12,411,969
3.0,879, ,^20.
7, 743-, 6.55
9,232,867
9,406,043
4, 466, 384
5,007,698
5,805, 809
4,228,181
4, 884, 454
3, 456, 572
3,962,508
Specie and bullion.
o
Total.
$30,8.24,519
11,476,022
21,1.70,635
18, 322,605
23,802,984.
20,440,934.
36,431,830
14,044,578
32,34.7,344
33,345,857
13,077, 069
19,794,074
17,577,876
21,636,553.
- 14,756,321
17,767,762
17,162,232
9,417,690
10,626,140
12, 008, 371
8,181,235
8, 078,753
5,139,335
6,214,058
$54,496,413
61,350,101
68,326, 043
68,972,105
90,747,729.
72,890,789
74,309, 947
64,021,23.0
67,434,651
71,670,735
72,295,652
81,520,603
87,528,732
102,26.0,215
115,215,802
124,338,704
133,44:3,127
104,978,570
13,2,251,673
123;668,932
113,817,471
99,876,995
82,825,689
105,74/3.832
$10,477,969
10,810,180
6,372,987
7,014,552
8,787,659
4,704,533
8,014,880
8,243,476
4,924,020
2,178,773
9,014,931
5,656,340
2,611,7.01
2,076,758
6,477,775
4,324,336
'5,976,249
3,508, 046
8,776,743
8,417,014
10, 034,332
4,813,539
1,520,791
5,454,214
o
w
%
o
CQ
1845....
1846....
1847....
1848....
1849....
1850.-..
1851....
1852....
18.53....
1854...
1855.... .
1856....
1857....
1858....
1859....
1860...
1861....
1862....
1863..-.
H*
GO
•
n
To tal
•
36,743,421
27,701,921
68,701,121 ,
37,472,751
38,155,507
26,051,373
21,948,651
25,857,027
32,985,322
65,941,323
38,895, 348
77,187,301
74,667,852
50,683,285
38,305,991
45,271,850
94,866,735
119,338,785
139,100, 382
1,360,257,137
98,455,330.
101,718,042
150,574,844
130,203,709
131,510,081
134,900,233
178,620,188
154,931,147
189,869,162
215,156,304
192,751,135
266,438,051
278,906,713
251,351,033
278,392,080
316,242,423
359,920, 311
182,024,868
249,856,649
5,648,565,196
2,413,050
2, 342,029
1,812,847
1, 410, 307
2,015,815
2,099,132
1,742,154
2,538,159
2,449,539
3,210,907
6,516,550
3,144,604
4,325,400
5,751,850
• 5,429, 921
5,350, 441
3,7^)9,329
2,879,565
5,215,169
142,335,965
5,171,731
5,522,577
4,353,907
6,576,499
6,625,276
7,376,361
8,552,967
9,514,925
11.170,571
18; 437, 397
19,641,818
11,636,768
10,591,647
14,908, 393
9,080,050
13,983,193
11,344,888
8,147,771
12,581, 031
458,683, 958
7,584,781 1
7,865,206
6,166,754
7,986,806
8,641,091
9,475, 4.93
10,295,121
12,053,084
13,620,120
21,648,304
26,158,368
34,783,372
14,917,047
20,660,241
14,509, 971
17,333, 634
35,054,217
11,027,356
17,796, 200
601,019,923
106,040,311
109,583,248 i
156,741,598
138,190,515
140,351,172
144,375,726
188,915,259
166,984,231
203,489,282
236,804,608
218,909,503
281,219,423
293,823,760
272,031,274
292,902,051
333,576, 057
374,974,528
193,052,204
267, 652,849
6,249,585,119
8,606,495
3,905,268
1,907,024
35,841,616
5,404,648
7,522,994
29,472,252
42,674,135
27,486,875
41,436,456
56,247,343
45,745,485
69,136,922
52,633,147
63,887, 411
66,546,239
29,791,080
36,847,548
64,156, 610
819,441,846
NOTE.—The account for 1860-'61 has been corrected by adding to the domestic exports $161,011,905, for ports not making returns in 1861; and $400,000
to the dutiable foreign exports, for the same omission. No addition to the total of exports of breadstufi's has been made, though probably $1,500,000, or
more, was actually exported.
L. E. CHITTENDEN, Register.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT, Register's Office, December 1,1863.
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No. 23.
Statement exhihiting the value of leading articles of manufacture exported during the fiscal years ending June 36, from 1847 to 1863.
Articles.
Ashes
Beer and ale
Books
"........
Boots and shoes
Bread and biscuit
'
Cables and cordage
'
Candles: spermaceti
tallow, adamantine, and all other
Carriages, wagons, and cars
Chocolate
'
Clothing
Combs and buttons
:
Copper and brass manufactures: chandeliers-and
gas
fixtures
. Cotton manufactures: piece goods, brown
piece goods, printed
twist, yarn, and thread
all other manufactures of
cotton...
Drugs, medicinal
Earthen and stone ware
Fire-engines and apparatus
Glassware
Gold and silver manufactures
Gunpowder
•
Plats
Hemp manufactm'es: not cordage
s House furniture.
India-rubber manufactures.
Iron: pig, bar, and nails
castings
•
all other manufactures of iron and steel.
1847.
000
68,114
44,751
93,140
556,266
27,054
191,467
4.04,500
75,369
1,653
47,101
17,026
1848.
1849.
$466,477 $515,603
78, 071
51,320
94,427
75,193
113,296
135,000
364,318
619,096
29,911
41,636
159,403
186,839
420,000
420, 000
89,963
95,923
2,207
1,941
574,834
75,945
16,461
38,136
1850.
1851.
1852.
$572,870 $649, 091 $507,673
52,521
57,975
48,052
119,475
153,912
217,809
150,000
382, 676
300,000
334,123 • 254,286
318,899
51,357
52,054
62,903
260,107
195, 916
143,098
420,000
329,732
401,334
199,421
95,722
172,445
2,260
3,255
3,267
207,632 1,211,894 •250,228
27, 334
23,987
28,833
1853.
1854.
1855.
$334,321 $322,728 $448,499
64,677
45,069
53, 503
142,604
207,218
187,335
440,000
763, 539
541,110
tS7,783
454,020
495,340
103,216
194,076 '315,267
136,463
77, 993
112,600
699,114
564,930
422, 033
290,525
184, 497 244,638
2,771
32,257
10,230
233,801
234,388
239,733
37, 684
32,049
31, 395
91,871
103,039
690,766
61,468
105,060
108,205
92,108
64,980
66,203
3, 345, 902 4,866, 559 3, 955,117 3,774,407 5,571,576 6,139,393 6,926, 485 4,130,149 2,907,276
353,534 ^ 469,777
606,631 1, 006, 561 926,404 1,086,167 1,147,786 2,-613,655
.
290,114
17,405
37,260
34,718
22,594
49, 315
108,132
170,633
92,555
338, 375
165,793
4,758
3,443
71,155
4,268
88, 397
. 59,536
5,782
225,700
327,479
210,581
8, 512
7,686
76,007
6,241
125,263
55,493
6,713
297,358
168,817
154,036
68,889 . 83,3.88
929,778 3 , 022,408
"
336,250
423,085
733,648
788,114
454,789
327,073
32,119
34,525
53, 685
14,8.29
9,652
6,597
229,476 ' 204,679
170,561
9,051
11,783 1,311,513
356,051
180,048
212,700
177,914
176,404
91,261
36,508
79,717
16,784
803,960.
763,197
714,556
1,409,107
288,437
181,998
308,127
154,210
215,652
118,624
149,358
306,439
459,775
164,425
220,420
391,388
79, 318
60,175
886,639 1,677,792 1,875,623 3,993,807 2,097,234 3,472,467 3,158,596
415,680
220,894
10,632
548
101,419
• 4,502
131,297
64,967
5,558
237,342
335,981
334,789
15,644
3,140
136,682
4,583
190,352
68,671
11,776
'278, 025
625, 808
351,585
23,096
9,488
185,436
68,639
154,257
103,768
8, 023
362,830
571,638
263,852
18,310
36,784
194,634
20,332
121,580
80,453
33,622
430,182
Lead; and manufactures of lead, and of pewter...
Leather: common
1.
m'orocco and other fine
Lime, cement, and bricks
Lumber: boards and other, not stated
masts, spars, and hewn timber
Marble and stone manufactures...'
^
Musical instruments
Oils : lard
linseed
'.
petroleum and coal
Paints and varnish
Paper and stationery
,.
Printing presses and type..,
Saddlery
92, 017
138,6751
59, 095
150,676
36,4831
29,856
24,174
17,623
1,292,781 1,483,4331
73,181
309,623
11,2201
22,4661
16,997
38,508
297,358
225,700
11,066
6,701
54,115
88,731
. 17,431
13,1021
202,298
Sphits: from grain
67,781
all other
^.
293,609
Spirits of turpentine
491,409
Staves, shocks, and heading.
850,000
Sugar: brown
25, 4831
refined
124,824
Tinware
6, 363!
Tobacco, manufactured, (cigars and snuff included).
658,950
Trunks and valises
'.
"
5,270
Umbrellas and parasols
2,]50|
Vinegar
9, 526
Wax
161,527
Wood manufactures, not stated
1,495,9241
Unenumerated articles
1,136, 651
43, 394!
38,478
9,427
8,671
810, 344|
114,469
20,282
23,713
237,342
7,797
35,479|
51,185
28,170;
43,598
76,162
128,708|
9,800
13,309
18,617
16,348 ' 22,045
13,5391
907,827 1,685,190 1,473,522
189,188
188,716
270,036
34,510
41,449
57,240
21,634
55,700
67,733
278,025
362,830
430,182
13,488
• 18,000
14,981
50,739
67,597
55,145
309,834
78, 307
86,827
355,6641
99,696
30, 4031
28,031
30,242
71,401
27,435
37,2761
30,300
20,893
250,223
207,280
244,963| 280,0001
90,957
67,129
36,084,
48,314
269,467
288, 452
268,2901 289,622|
320,338
140,259
127,410
631,128
1,050,000| 1, 000, 000 1,500,000 1,750,000
8,891
24,900
23,037
29,170'
253,9001 129,001
239,588!
285,056
12, 353
13,1431 . 13,590
27,823
613,044
568,435
648,832l 1,143,547
. 5,0991
6,126
12,207
10, 370|
800
• 2,916]
12,260
3, 395
13,920
14, 036!
1-1,182
16, 915
3 34, 577 321,720
118,055 • 122,8351
2, 042, 695 1, 697, 828 1,948,752| 2, 076, 395
1,156,780 1,427,902 3,933,613 3,941,239
85, 369
139,535
47,781
47,937
258,7201
48,7371
323,941
137,8561
1,150,000
• 24,057
149,923
23,4201
1,336,622
15,035
• 8,340
12^ 220
91,499
2,193,058
3,011,033
39,604
43,3521
233,7081 352,613
6,448 . 17,018
32,625
33, 314
923,743 3,115,178
407,777
453,376
47,628|
88,327
' 52,397 • 126,128
714,5,56! 763,197
28,6091
15,468
321,823
83,020
. 122,2121 192,239
33,012
32,250
53,313
48,229
323,6271
259, 331
141,3731 282,919
809,965
329,381
347, 4921 1,055,720
1,500, 000 1,850,000
2.20,256
33,854
375,7801 370,488
30,750
22,988
1,671,500 1,551,471
23,6731
27,148
6,183 - 11,658
16,945
20,443
113,602
87,140
2, 294,122| 2,837,2701
3, 880,964 5,166, 308
19,531
288,867
36,045
57,393
677,659
306,643
168,546
106,857
82,945
49,580
163,096
185,637
36,405
64,886
412,208
384,144
1,550,116
1,337,352
1,9.22,238.
286,408
526,463
14,-279
1,500,113
35,203
8,441
17,281
69,905
3,683,420
4,242,077
15,756,814 19,249,896| 17,116, 406^.21,541,422;27, 317,107 25,284,123 29,255,104 36,380,397 35,999,387
* Not given separately afterward.
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N o . 23.—Statement exhihiting the value of l e a d i n g articles o f manufacture, 5fc.—Continued.
c:)
Articles.
Ashes
Beer and ale.
. Books
Boots and shoes
Bread and biscuit
Cables and cordage
,....
Gaudies: spermaceti
tallow, adamantine, and all other
Carriage^f wagons, and cars
Chocolate
.^. '.
Clothing
=
.
•
Combs and buttons
Copper and brass manufactm'es: chandeliers and gas fixtures.
Cotton manufactures: piece goods, brown.
piece goods, printed
- twist, yarn, and thi'ead
'.
aU other manufactures of cotton
Drugs, medicinal
Earthen and stone ware.
Fire-engines and apparatus
Glassware
:
Gold and silver manufactures
Gunpowder
Hats
Hemp manufactures: not cordage
House furniture
•.
India-nibber manufactures
Iron: pig, bar, and nails
castings
all other manufactures of iron and steel..
Lead, and manufactures of lead, and of pewter .
Leather. common
morocco and other fine
Lime,- cement, and bricks
1
1856.
$429, 428
45,086
202,502
1,060,967
497,741
367,182
48,449
766,588
370,259
1,476
278,832
32,653
534,846
4,616,264
l,966,84t
1857.
1858.
1859.
1860.
1861.
1862.
1863.
$696,367 $554,744 $643, 861
820 ^651,547 $457, 049 $513,704
43,732
59,532
78, 226
53,57:
39,480
54, 696
127,076
277,647
209,774
319,080
278,268
250, 365
214,231
221,700
813,995
663,905
820,175
782, 525
779, 876
721,241 3,328,735
563,266
472,372 • 512,910
429.708
478,740
490,942
582,268
286,163
212,840
320,435
246,572
255,274
199,669
408,847
35,121
66, 012
46,278
51,829
143,907 . 64,481
76,946
677,398
628,599
671,750
708,699
638,048
836,849 1,1.10,918
476,394
777,921
655,600
816,973
472, 08i
519,175
764,000
•1,932
2, 304
2, 444
2,593
2 15'
4,288
1,686
333,442
210,695
470,613
525,175
462,' 554
472,924
950,332
39,799
46,349
46, 007
23,345
32,792
32,994
40,036
607,054 1,985,223 1,048,246 1,664,122
375,029 1, 098,546 1, 026, 038
3,715,339 1, 782, 025 1,518,236 1,785,595
377,627
508, 004
322, 316^
1,785,685 2,069,194 2, 320,890 3, 356, 449 2,216, 032
587,5 • '
630,558
384,200
614,153 l,8C0i285 4,477,096 5,792,752 4, 364, 379 1, 850, 960 1,950,997
1,066,294
886,909
681,278
796,008 1,115,455 1,149,433 1,490,336 1,954,446
66,696
34,256
36,783
47,261
65,086
40,524
32,108
88,153
29,088
21,524
7,220
3,213
^,948
7,940
36,230
9,706
216,439
179,900
214,608
252,336
277,948
394,731
523,906 1, 000,980
6,116
140,187
15,477
26, 386
35, 947
53,372
63,078
165,844
644,974
467,772
398,244
365,173
371,603
347,103
101,803
48,208
226,682
254,208
126, 525 216,704
211,602
156,956
132,727
279,038
26,035
89,092
27, 814
34,753
18,878
39,570
122,204
31,940
982,042
932,499 1,067,197 3,079,114
870,448
838,049
942,454 1,278,977
1,093,538
313, 379
643, 512
198, 8 2
. 7 240,841
193, 691 . 143,856
247,600
288,980
205,931
397,313
257,662
246,154
311, 321
259, 852 450,971
464, 415
288,316
289,967
328,659
282,848
76,750
54,671
56,853
3,585,712 4,197, 687 4,05.9, 528 5,117,346 5,174,040 5, 536,576 4,212,448 5,955,750
33,140
75,446
57, 357
96,527
36,775
36,166
52,920
63, 442
252,344
605,589
499,718
674,309
555,202 • 389, 007 634,397
497,714
13,099
7, 507
13,409
1.8,719
5,765
19,011
2,119
41,465
103,821
•64,297
98,973
154,045
93,292
83, 385
68,002
160,611
Lumber: boards and other, not stated
^.
masts, spars, and hewn timber.
Marble and stone manufactures
Musical instruments
Oils: lard
"
lins(!€d
petroleum and coal
Paints and varnish
Paper and stationer}^
Printing presses and type
Saddlery
Soap .
X
Spirits : from grain .
all other
Spirits of turpentine
Staves, shooks, and heading
Sugar: brown
refined
Tinware
1.
Tobacco, manufactured, (cigars and snuff included) .
Trunks and valises
Umbrellas and parasols
:.
Vinegar
Wax
Wood manufactures, not stated
Unenumerated articles
:.
803,684
234,969
162,376
133,517
161,232
57,190
217,179
203,013
67, 517
31,249
4.34, 376
500,945
424,635
839,048
864,281
404,145
360,444
13,610
829,207
32,457
5,989
26,034
74,005
501,583
751,792
638,406 1,240, 425 1,003,216
516,735
292,163
367,609
111,403
138,590
112,214
127,748
97,775
155,101
92,499
50,793
60,958
54,144
34,194
48,225
223,320
224,767
52,747
45,222
530,085
1,248,234
1,336,646
741,346
2,055,980
190,012
368,206
5,622
1,458,553
^. 37,748
6,846
30,788
91,953
3,158, 424
3, 436, 870
131,217
185,068
229,991
299,857
68,868
106,498
58,870
.55,280
466,215
305,704
273,576
476,722
949,635
1,53.7,123
1,089,282 1, 306, 035
1,975,852 2,410,334
169,935
375,062
377,944
200,724
39,289
24,186
2,410,224 3,402,491
42,153
59,441
4,837
6,339
35,156
24,336
94,850
85,926
2,234, 678 2, 339,861
2,804, .526 2, 465,653
705,119
281,668
176,239
129,653
55,783
26,799
223, 809
285,798
157,124
71,332
494,405
311,595
1,149,843
1,916,289
2,365,516
103,244
301,674
39, 064
3,383,428
50,184
4,862
41,368
131,803
2,703, 095
2, 534,959
441,979
97,875
185,267
150,974
81,783
27,982
150,000
240,923
347,91 f
106,562
61,469
455,648
867,954
1,443,731
1,192,787
1,959,392
301,329
287,881
30,229
2,760, 531
40,622
1,271
38,262
94, 49.^
2, 344, 079
2,691,296
3,178,735 3,705,853
138,521
8, 036
195,442
138,214
147, 826
148,732
983, 349
152,026
29, 861
20,893
1,539,027 ^*3,750, 000
436,833
264,114
399,79'A
593,036
169,147
206, 037
67,759
167,711
736, 524
636,049
3.28,414 1,390,538
2,293, 563 2,015,034
143,777
54, 691
2,590,649 4,489, 069
90, 022
37,592
147,397
354,919
41,558
62,286
1,076,644 3,398,181
50,771
80,780
553
3,123
34, 376
29,701
80,899
47, 383
1,755,793 2, 547, 357
3, 089,191 3, 078, 639
36, 612, 053 36,655,296 35,853,693 39,934, 373 144,237,384 40,730, 883 35,168, 315 50, 670, 033
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* A considerable portion of the export of petroleum was for this year entered among unenumerated articles not manufactured. The total export, crude
and refined, was 17,056,049 gallons; value, $5,757,618.
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TREASURY DEPARTMENT, Register's Office, December 1, 1863.
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REPORT ON THE FINANCE.
No. 24.—Statement exhibiting the value of foreign merchandise imported, exp>orted,
and consumed, annually, from 1821 to 1^63, inclusive; and also the estimated
population and rate of consumption per capita during the same period.
ca
Value of foreign merchandise.
Population.
Years e n d i n g Imported.
$62,585, 724
September 30, 1821
1822
83.241,541
3823
77,579,267
3824
80,549, 007
1825
96, 340, 075
1826
84,974, 477
1827
79,484,068
1828
88,509,824
3829
74, 492, 527
3830
70,876,920
1831
103,191,124
1832
101,029,266
3833 .108,118,311
1834
126,521,332
3835
K*9,895,742
1836
189,980,035.
3837
340,989,217
3.838
113,717,404
1839
162,092,132
1840
107,141,519
3821
127,946,177
1842
100,162,087
Nine months to June
30, 1843....
64,753,799
Year to June 3C , 1844
108,435,035
1845
117,254,564
1846
121,691,797
1847
146,545,638
1848
154,998,928
1849
147,857,439
1850
178,138, 318
1851
216,224,932
1852
212,945,442
1853
267,978,647
1854 . 304,562,381
1855
261,468,520
1856
314,639,942
1857
360,890, .141
1858
282,633,150
1859
338,768,130
1860
362, 163,941
1861
356,150,153
1862
205,839,823
1863 252,187,587
7,105, 506,083
Exported.
\
If
p i "
Consumed and
. on hand.
$41,283,236
$21,302,488
22,286,202
60,955,339
27,543,622
50,035,645
<25, 337,157
55,211,850
32,590, 643
63,749,432
24,539,612 ' 60,434,865
23,403,136
56,080,932
21,595,017
66,914,807
16,658,478
57,834,049
14,387,479
56, 489, 441
20,033,526
83,157,598
24,039,473
76,989,793
19,822,735
88,295,576
23 3-12;"8ll
103,208,521
201^501.; 405
129,393,247
2L?74i>,360
168,233,675
2llf8547 962
119,134,255
12; 45;^? 795 101,264,609
• 17,1495.525
144,597,607
18,!l9'6f312
88,951,207
15,469,081
132,477,096
Il,f2jr53*8
88,440,549
li
"p-'"E
CQ
Pi
0
.9,960,974
10,283,757
10,606,540
30,929,323
13,252,106
11,574,889
11,897,672
12,220,455
12,243,238
12,866,020
13,286,364
13,706,707
14,127,050
14,547,393
14,967,736
15,388,079
15,808,422
16,228,765
16,649,108
17,069,453
17,612,507
18,155,561
$4
5
4
.5
5
5
4
5
4
4
6
5
6
7
8
10
7
6
8
5
6
4
14
92
71
05
66
22
71
47
61
31
25
61
25
09
64
93
53
23
68
21
38
87
38,698,615
19,241,670
19,784,725
20,327,780
20,780,835
21,413,890
21,956,945
23,191,876
23,887,632
24,604,261
25, 342,388
26,102,659
26,885,738
27,692,310
28,523, 079
29, 378,771
30,260,334
31^429,891
32, 373,388
4
5
5
5
6
6
6
7
8
7
9
10
8
10
11
8
10
30
10
15
03'
15
42
60
25
13
03
34
95
8871
67
77
81
57
50
66
34
0%
6,'55&v697
11,484^867
15,54^,^30
. 11,346,6.23
8,031,158
23,328,010
13, 088,865
34,951,808
21,698,293
17,289,382
37,558,460
24,850,194
28,448,293
16, 378,578
23, 975,617
30,886,142
20,895, 077'
26,933,022
21,145,425
16,869,641
25,959,248
58,203,302
96,950,368
101,907,734
110, 345,174
138,534,480
133,870,918
134,768,574
163,186,530
194,526,639
195,656,060
250,420,187
279,712,187
233,020,227
298,261,364
336,914,524
251,727,008
317,873, 053
335,230,919
335,004,728
188,950; 182 •
226,228,339
*
*
851,215,036 6,264,521,406.
N O T E . — T h e account of imports and exports for the year ending J u n e .30, 186.1, is deficient from .southern
ports, at which transactions w e r e contiuued for a period, which gave $21,895,539 of imports in the same quarters of 1860. $20,500,000 have heretofore been added to the account of imports for t h a t year, aad $500,000"to
the account of foreign expbrts.
* T h e blockade of the rebel States, during the fiscal years 1862 and 1863, t h r e w the total consumption of for-eign imports of those years upon the loj^al States, whose population at midsummer, 1860, was 22,328,133.
T h e increase, under the rule, less estimated abatement for loss b y the casualties of w a r and other causes, would
give the population and cousumption, per capita, thus:
1862. Population of loyal States
23,500,000. Consumption, per capita
$^04
1863.
Do.
do
24,200,000.
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REPORT ON THE FINANCES.
No. 25.
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Statement exhihiting the amount q f the tonnage of the United States a n n u a l l y
f r o m 1789 to 1863, inclusive; also the registered a n d enrolled a n d licensed
tonnage employed in s t e a m n a v i g a t i o n in each year.
Year e n d i n g -
Registered Registered Enrolled and Enrolled and Total tonnage.
sail tonnage. stearn ton- licensed sail |licens'dsteam|
tonnage.
tonnage. .
nage.
Tons.
123,893
December 31, 1789..
346,254
• ' 1790..
362,110
1791..
411,438
1792..
367,734
1793..
438,863
1794..
529,471
1795..
576,733
1796..
597,777
1797..
603,376
3798..
662,397
1799..
559,921
1800:.
632,907
1801..
560,380
1802.597,157
1803..
672,530
1804..
749;341
1805..
808,265
1806..
848, 307
1807..
769,054
1808..
910,059
1809..
984,269
1810..
768.852
1811..
760,624
1812..
674.853
1813..
674,633
1814..
854,295
• 1815..
800,760
1816..
800,725
1817..
606,089
1838..
612,930
1819..
619,048
1820..
619,896
1821..
628,150
1822-.
639,921
1823..
669,973
1824..
. 700,788
1825..
737,978
1826..
747,-170
1827..
812,619
1828..
650,143
1829.:
575.056
1830..
619,575
1831..
686,809
1832..
749,482
1833..
857,098
3834..
885, 481
September 30,1835..
897,321
^
1836..
809,343
1837..
819,801
1838.-.
829,096
1839..
895,610
1840..
945.057
1841..
970,658
1842..
Tans.
1,419
877
181
545
.340
340
454
1,104
2,791
5,149
•4,155
746
4,701
Tons.
77,669
132,123
139,036
153,019
153,030
189,755
218,494
255,166
279,136
294,952
277,212
302,571
314,670
331,724
352,015
369,874
391,027
400,451
420,241
473,542
440,222
440,515
463,650
509,373
491,776
484,577
513,833
571,459
590,187
6.19,096
647,821
661,119
679,062
696,549
671,766
697,580
699,263
762,154
833,240
889,355
556,618
552,248
613,827
661,827
754,819
778,995
«16,645
839,226
932,576
.982,416
1,062,445
3,082,815
1,010,599
892,072
Tons.
24,879
21,610
23,061
34,059
40,198
39,418
54, 037
63, 053
33,568
90,633
101,305
122,474
122,474
145,102
153,661
190,632
199,789
198,184
174, 342
224,960
Tons.
201,562
274,377
502,146
564,457
520,764
628,618
747, 965
831,899
876,913
898,328
939, 409
972,492
947,577
892,104
949,172
1, 042, 404
1,140, 368
1,208,716
1,268,584
1,242,596
1,350,281
1,424,748
1,232,502
3,269,997
1,166,629
1,159,210
1, 368,128
1,372,219
1,399,912
1,225,185
1,260,753
1,280,167
1,298,958
1,324,699
1,336,566'
1,389,163
1,423,112
1,534,191
1,620,608
1,741,392
1,260,798
1,191,776^
3,267,847
3,439,450
1, 606,151
1,758,907
1,824,940
1,822,103
1,896,684
1,995,640
2, 096, 479
2,180,764
2,130,714
2,092,391
280
REPORT ON T H E FINANCES.
T o . 25.—Statement exhibiting the amount o f tonnage, 8fc.—Continued.
Year ending—
June 30,
1843....
3.844....
1845....
1846....
1847....
3848....
1849....
1850....
1851..-.
3852....
1853....
1854....
3855....
1856....
18.57....
1858....
1859....
I860....
1861....
1862....
1863....
Registered Registered Enrolled and Enrolled and Total tonsail tonnage. steam ton- licensed sail licens'd steam
nage.
nage.
tonnage.
tonnage.
Tons.
1, 003, 932
1,061,856
1,088,680
1,123,999
1,235,682
1,344,839
3,418,072
1,540,769
1,663,917
1,819,744
2, 013,154
2,238,783
2, 440, 091
2,401,687
2, 377, 094
2, 499, 742
2,414,654
2,448,941
2,540,020
2,177,253
1,892,899
Tons.
917, 804
946,060
1,002,303
1,090, .192
3,198,523
1,381,332
3,453,459
1,468,738
1,524,935
3,675,456
1,789,238
1,887,512
2,021,625
1,796,888
3,857,964
2,550,067
3,961,631
2,036,990
2,122,589
2,224,449
2,660,212
T071S.
5,373
6,909
6,492
6,287
5,631
16,068
20,870
44,429
62, 390
79,704
90,520
95,036
115,045
89,715
86,873
78,027
92,748
97,296
102,608
113,998
133,215
Tons.
Tons.
231,494
2,158,603
265,270
2,280,095
319,527
2,417,002
341,606
2,562,084
399,210
2,839,046
411,823
3,154,042
441,525
3, 334,016
481,005
3,535,454
521,217 . 3,772,439
563,536
4,138,440
514,0984,407,910
581,571
4,802,902
655,240
5,212,001
583,362
4,871,652
618,911
4,940,842
651,363
5, 049,808
' 676,005
5,145,038
770,641
5,353,868
774,596
5,539,813
596,465
5,112,165
439,755
5,126,081
L. E. CHITTENDEN, Register.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT, Register's Office, November 19, 1863.
No. 26.
Stocks held by t h e . Secretary o f the T r e a s u r y i n trust f o r the Chickasaw n a tional f u n d .
Description of stock.
Amount.
Six per cent, bonds of the State of Arkansas, due 1868
*$90,000 00
Six per cent, bonds of the State of Indiana, due 1857
tl41,000 00
Six per cent, bonds of the State of Indiana, due 1856
161,000 00
Six per cent, bonds of the State of llhnois, due 1860
117,000 00
Six per cent, stock of the State of Maryland, due 1870
X6,149 57
Six per cent, stock of the State of Maryland, due 1890
1:8, 350 17
Six percent, bonds of Nashville and Chattanooga Railroad Company, due 1881 $512,000 00
Six per cent, bonds of Richmond and Danville Railroad Company, due 1876 $100,000 00
Six per cent, stock of the State of Tennessee, due 1890
$104,000 00
United States six per cent, stock, loan of 1847, due 1867
11135,250 00
United States six per cent, stock, loan of 1848, due 1868
:.
1137,491 80
United States six per cent, stock, loan of 1842, due 1862
5[104,039 77
Total
* No interest paid by Arkansas since January 1, 1842.
t Interest only paid by 3 per cent, fund to 1851.
X Interest regularly paid.
1,316,281 31
§ Interest unpaid from January, 1861.
II Interest paid regularly. .
it Interest unpaid since July, 1862.
In addition to the above, there were lodged in Nashville bonds of the State of Tennessee,
bearing 5^ poo.' cent, interest.and due in 1861, to the amount of $66,666 66, which are now
beyond the control of the government.
REPORT ON THE FINANCES.
281
SMITHSONIAN FUND.
Statement of stocks now held by the Secretary of the Treasury which were
purchased for the Smithsonian fund, and held as security f o r moneys p a i d
to the Smithsonian Institution ; showing also the amount of interest due on
said stocks up to November 30, 1863, together with the amount in the
treasury to the credit of the fund.
Description of stocks.
State of Arkansas
State of Illinois
United States, loan of 1842.
United States, loan of 1848.
Total
Interest due up In the treasury
to November
to the credit Aggregate on all
30, 1863.
of the Smithaccounts.
sonian fund.
Amount.
$538,000
56,000
48,061
33,400
00
00
64
00
$675,461 64
• $621,637
1,400
4,085
835
$627,957 58
TREASURY DEPARTiViENT, November 28, 3863.
34
00
24
00
$287,689 68
$1,591,108 90
THE RANGE QF PRICES
OF
STAPLE ARTICLES IN THE NEW YOEKIIMETS
AT TUB
BEGINNING OF EACH MONTH IN EACH YEAR, FROM 11525 TO 1863,
The range ofprices of staple articles in the New York market at the beginning of each month, in each year, from 1825 to 1863.
to
GO
No. I.—THE YEAR 1825.
Articles.
Jan.
Feb.
March.
April.
May.
June.
July.
Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
Breadstuffs—Wbeatflour,sup ... ..bbl-. $5 12a$5 25 $5 37a|5 50 $5 37 .... $5 00a$5 25 $5 25a|5 37 $5 00aS5 25 $4 75 .--. m 75a$5 00 15 12a|5 25 $5 00a$5 25 $5 00a$5 12 $5 00a$5 12
Wheatflour,mid.....do... 4 00a 4 12 4 25
4 00a 4 12 4 00 .... 3 75a 3 87 375 .... 3 25a 3 50 3 25a 3 37 3 50a 3 75 3 75 ..-. 3 75a 3 87 3 75a 3 87
Ryeflour,fine
..do...- 2 62 .... 300 .... 3 00a 3 12 2 56a 2 62 2 62a 2 75 2 62a 2 75 2 56a 2 62 2 50 . - : . 3 00 ..-. 3 37a 3 50 3 25a 3 50 3 50a 3 75
Corn meal, northern--dO... 2 50a 2 62 2 62 .... 2 87a 3 00 2 62a 2 75 2 62a 2 75 2 75a 2 87 2 50a 2 75 2 50a 2 75 2 75a 3 00 3 25a 3 37 3 25a 3 37 3 50a 3 62
75a 87
85a 92
80a 90
80a 87
85a 92
85a 92
-bush.. 1 00a 1 03 1 00a 1 03
95a 1 00
94a 1 06
94a 1 03
Wheat, North river.
68 ....
60 ....
51 ....
55a 58
50 ....
Rye, northern
.. ..do... 50a 52.
56 ....
50 .-.50a 51
54 ....
50 ....
50a 51
31a 32
36a 37
44 ....
37a 38
40
29a 30
31 ....
Oats, northern
26a 27
..do-..- 27a 28
27a 28
27a 28
27a 28
52a 53
65a 68
72a 75
63a 65
69a 70
50 ....
50 ....
48 ....
..do... 42 ....
50 ....
50a 52
46 ....
11a 12
11a 12
11a 12
lla 12
Candles—Mould
11a 12 11a 12 11a 12
11a 12
...lb
11a 12
11a 12 11a 12
11a 12
35a 37
35a 37
35a 37
35a 37
36a 38
Sperm
36a 38
36a 38
30a 32
32a 34
33a 35
32a 34
..do...
30a 32
Coal—Virginia
.-ton.. 9 OOall 00 9 OOalO 00 9 OOalO 00 8 OOalO 00 8 OOalO 00 8 OOalO 00 8 OOalO 00 8 OOalO 00 8 OOalO 00 8 00«10 00 8 OOalO 00 8 OOalO 00
Liverpool
chaldi'on 13 00al3 50 13 00al3 50 12 00al3 00 11 OOall 50 10 50aH 00 10 50all 00 10 50a] 1 0011 OOall 50 11 75al2 00 12 00al2 25 13 50al3 75 13 75al4 00
17 ....
17 ....
17a 18
17
17
Coffee—Brazil 17 ....
17a 18
16a 17
16a 17
16a 17
19 ....
16a 17
.. lb
18 ....
19 ....
Java
19 .--.
19a 20 C.19 ....
19a 21 • 19a 21
20 ....
18a 19
19a 21
22 ....
..do...
19 .--.
Copper—Pig
22a 23
22a 23
21a 22
21a 22
21 a 22
22a 23
18a 19
17a 18
18a 19
17a 18
17a 18
..do...
17a* 18
29a 30
29a 30
30a . 31 30a 31
31a 32
32a 33
32a 33
Sheathing..
30a 31
27a 28
31a 32
..do... 30a 32
27a 28
18a 22
16a 18
13a 17
Lla 15
15a 16
20a 25
i3a 15
23a 27
17a 23
Cotton, uplands
33a 27
16a 19
15a 19
.-do...
Fish—Dry cod
.-cwt.. 2 50a 2 87 2 25a 2 75 2 25a 2 75 2 25a 2 80 2 50a 3 00 2 50a 3 00 2 25a 2 75 2 25a 2 62 2 25a 2 62 2 25a 2 62 2 00a 2 25 2 00a 2 50
Mackerel, No. 1
...bbl.. 5 62 .--. 5 50 .... 5 75 .... 5 50 .... 5 50 .... 5 50 .... 5 25 ---. 5 00a 5 25 5 00 .... 5 00a 5 12 525 .... 5 00
Fruit—Bluscatel raisins
.-box.. 3 00a 3 50 3 00a 3 50 3 00a 3 25 3 25a 3 75 3 75a 3 88 3 75a 4 00 3 62a 4 00 3 62a 3 75 3 50 .... 3 37 .... 3 37 .... 4 25a 4 37
9a 10
8a
9
8a
9
8a
9
9a 11
9a 10
7a
9
Figs, Smyrna
8a
9
7 ....
7a
8
8 ....
8 ....
....lb..
11a 13
11a 13
11a 13
11a 13
lla 13
9a 12
9a 11
12a 15
9a 10
9a 12
Prunes, Bordeaux
12a 15
..do...
Furs—Beaver, northern
..do... 4 00a 4 50 4 00a 4 25 4 00a 4 25 4 50 .... 4 75a 5 00 4 75a 5 00 4 75a 5 00 5 00a 5 25 5 00a 5 25 5 00a 5 25 5 50a 6 75 5 50a 6 75
Otter
..do... 3 50a 4 00 3 50a 4 00 3 00a 3 50 3 50a 4 50 3 00a 3 75 3 00a 3 75 3 00a 3 75 3 00a 3 75 3 00a 3 75 3 00a 3 75 2 50a 3 50 2 50a 3 50
25a 30
25a 30
25a 30
25a 30
25a 30
25a 30
28a 37
25a 30
American mink
28a 37
25a 30
..do... 28a 37
28a 37
Glass, Araerican
per 100 feet.. 6 00a 6 25 6 QOa 6 25 6 00a 6 25 6 00a 6 25 6 00a 6 25 6 00a 6 25 6 00a 6 25 6 00a 6 25 6 00a 6 25 6 00a 6 25 6 50a 6 75 6 OCa 6 50
Gunpowder—American
25 lbs.. 3 25a 5 75 3 25a 5 75 3 25a 5 75 3 25a 5 75 3 50a 5 75 3 50a 5 75 3 50a 5 75 3 50a 3 75 3 25a 5 75 3 25a 5 75 3 25a 5 75 3 25a 5 75
English
.-do... 5 50a 6 50 5 50a 6 50 5 50a 6 50 5 50a 6 50 4 50a 6 00 4 50a 6 00 4 50a 6 25 4 50a 6 25 4 50a 6 25 4 50a 6 25 4 50a 6 25 4 50a 6 25
18a 19
18a 19
18a 19
18a 19
18a 19
18a 19
17a 18
18a 19
Hides—La Plata
17 ..-16a 17
17 ....
Ib-13a 15
13a 15
13a 15
13a^ 15
13 ....
12a 14
13a 15
12a 14
13a 15
West India
12a 13
12a 13
12a 13
..do...
18a 20
20 ..
15a. 17
14 ....
Hops,firstsort
14a ....
15a 16
14 ....
13a 14
20
..do...
2 25a 2 50 2 25 .... 2 25 ---. 2 00a 2 25 2 00a 2 25
Indigo, Manilla'
-.do... 2 00a 2 12
Iron—Pig, English
ton-. 35 00a50 00 35 00a50 00 35 OOaSO 00 40 OOaSO 00 40 00a50 00 75 00 .... 75 00 .... 75 00 .... 70 00a72 50 70 00 ..--. 70 00 .... 60 bbaVo 66
Assorted English bar
..do... 65 00a90 00 85 OOaSO 00 95 00 .... $105a$110 $115afl20 $115a$120 $115a$120 $115 .... $110 .... $l05a$110 $105a|110
Sheet
-.cwt.. 6 50a 8 00 6 50a 8 00 •6 50a 8 00 7 50a 9 00 7 50a 9 00 7 50a 9 00 7 50a 9 00 7 50a 9 00 7 50a 9 00 7 50a 9 00 7 50a 9 00
7 ....
7 ....
7 ....
7
7 ....
Lead, pig
7 ....
7 ....
7 ....
6 ....
6 ....
.-..lb-. 7^a 7 f
22a 25
22a 25
22a 25
22a 25
21a 24
22a 25
22a 25
23a 25
22a .24
Leather, hemlock sole
22a 24
..do... 22a • 24 22a 24
Liquors—Cognac brandy
...gal.. 118a 1 25 1 25a 1 31 1 25a 1 31 1 25a 1 31 1 37a 1 44 137 .... 1 25a 1 37 1 25a 1 37 1 25a 1 31 1 12a 1 25
27a 28
26a 27
25 ....
27 ....
26a 27
30a 31
25 ....
26a -27
2Sa 26
Domestic whiskey ... .-do... 26 ....
40 ....
36a 38
38a 39
42a 43
33a 35
32a 33
28a 29
Molasses—New Orleans
30a 32
28 ....
..do... 30a 32
45 ..-.
42a 45
42a 43
45 .-..
45
40a 42
40 ....
, do
26a 30
30a 37
26a 36
30a 36
26a 34
25a 30
31a 32
24a 26
Havana
..do... 2 4 29
24a 28
24a 2 6
*
30a 35
"a
O
o
ux
C!>
$110a$130
Nailrods]
t o n . $110a$115 $110a$115 $110a$115 $110a$120 $110a$120 $110a$120 $110a$130 $110a$130 $110a$130 $110a$130 $110a$130
35a 37
40a 42
46a 47
45 ....
42a 44
38a 40
35a 36
34 .--.
N a v a l stores—Spirits turpentuae
gal.
42 ..-44a 45
40a 42
40a 42
Rosin, common
b b l . 1 37a 1 62 1 37a 1 62 1 37a 1 62 1 37a 1 62 1 37a 1 62 1 37a 1 62 1 37a 1 62 1 37a 1 62 1 37a 1 62 1 37a 1 62 1 37a 1 62 1 37a 1 62
25a 28
24a 26
23a 26
24a 27
27 .
27a 29
Oils—Whale
gal.
25a 27
23a 26
28a 30
24a 26
23a 26
24a 26
42a 43
60a 62
65a 68
65a 68
66a
66a 68
Sperm, summer
do..
65 ....
52 ....
65a
42a 43
43a 45
75
53a 55
65a 70
70a 75
70a 75
75 .
73a 75
Sperm, winter
do..
70a 75
70a
53a 55
53 ..... 55 ....
88a 90
90 ....
88a 90
88 ..
80a 85
90a 1 00
Olive
do..
'.VOa 1 00
90a 1 00 95a 1 00 1 00a 1 06 100 ---. 100 .
70 ....
75 ....
66 .
82 .
,
80a 81
90 ....
90a 92 100 .-,.
83a
Linseed
do..
' 8 ....
i
68 ....
70a 72
Paints, red lead
. . c w t . 9 UOa 9 25 9 00a 9 25 9 00a 9 25 9 00a 9 25 9 00a 9 25 9 50a 9 75 9 50a 9 75 9 50a 9 75 9 50a 9 75 9 75al0 00 9 75al0 00 975al0 00
1
Provisions—Pork, mess
b b l . 13 25al3 50| 3 25al3 5013 00al3 25 14 50al4 75 14 12al4 37 14 50al4 75 14 25al4 50 | 4 00al4 2514 00al4 25 14 00 .... 12 50al3 00 12 00al2 25
1
P o r k , prime
. . d o . . 10 25al0 50 10 25al0 50 10 OOalO 25 10 25al0 50 10 12al0 37 10 50alO 75 10 25al0 50 10 OOalO 25 10 OOalO 25 10 OOalO 25 9 62al0 00 9 00a 9 25
Beef, mess
d o . . 7 75a 8 00 7 75a 8 25 7 75a 8 25 8 50a 9 00 8 50a 9 00 9 25a 9 50 9 50al0 00 9 50a 9 75 9.7Sal0 00 9 00 .... 8 00a 8 50 8 00a 8 50
Beef, prime
d o . . 5 25a 5 50 5 25a 5 75 5 25a 5 50 5 50a 6 00 5 50a 6 00 6 50a 6 75 6 50a 6 75 6 25a 6 50 6 25a 6 50 5 50a 6 00 5 00a 5 50 4 75a 5 25
8a
9
10a 11
9a 10
8a id
10a 11
10a 11
Smoi:ed hams
lb.
8a 10
8a
9
7a
9
7a
8
10a 11
8a 10
8a
9
9 ....
9a 10 • 9a 10
9a 10
9 ....
Lard
do..
9 ....
8a
9
8a
9
8a
9
8a
9
7a
15a 18
15a 18
15a 20
Butter, western dairy . d o . .
8a 16
10a 22
8a 18
8a 18
15a 18
8
7a
9
7 ....
8a 10
7
Cheese, America.n
do..
5a
7
7a 10
5a
8a 10
8a 10
•5a
7
5a
7
6a
3
3a
4
2a
4
2a
3
2a
3
31a 3J
3a
4
3 ..
2a
3 . 2a
3
3 ....
3a
4
2a
Rice
do..
2 50 .... 2 50a .... 2 37a 2 50 2 37a 2 44 2 37a 2 50 2 37a 2 50 2 50a 2 62 2 50a 2 62
Salt—Liverpool
fine
sack. 3 00 .... 3 00 .... 3 00 ....
52 ....
53a 54
50a 51
56 ....
48 ....
52a 53
51 ....
50 ....
50a 52
48 ....
49 ....
58
T u r k ' s Island
bus.
9 ....
8 ....
8 ....
8 ....
8a
9
9 ....
8a
9
8 ....
8a
9
8 ....
Saltpetre—Refined
lb.
6 ....
7 ....
6 ....
6 .--.
.6 ...
6 ....
7 ....
6 ..:.
6 ....
6 ....
6 ....
6 ....
Crude
do..
10a 1110a 11
10a 11
10a 11
10a 11
10a 11
10a 11
10a 11
10a 11
10a 11
10a 11
10a 11
Soap—rNew York white
do..
6a
7
6a
7
6a
7
6a
7
6a
7
6a
7
6a
7
6a
7
6a
7
6a
7
6a
7
6a
7
Turpentine
do..
17a 18
19a 20
18a . .
19
18a 19
17a 18
18a 19
18a 19
17a 18
17a 18
19a 20
17a 18
Spices—Pepper
do..
18 ....
Nutmegs
d o . . 150 .... 1 50a 1 75 1 50a 1 75 1 80a 1 85 2 25a 2 50 2 00a 2 25 1 75a 1 87 1 50a 1 56 1 55a 1 60 1 60a 1 62 160 .... 1 60a 1 65
85a 1 03
90a 1 00
85a 1 03
85a 1 03
75a 90
85a 1 00
85a 1 00
75a 90
85a 1 00
85a 1,00
75a 90
Spirits—Jamaica-rum
gal.
75a 90
73 ....
83 ....
73a 75
80a 82
82a 83
75 ....
73a 75
81a 82
82a 83
75a 80
81a 82
Gin, Scheidam
do..
83a 85
8a 10
7a 10
9a 10
7a
9
9a 11
9a 11
6a
8
7a
9
6a . 9
7a 10
8a 9^
Sugars—New Orleans
lb.,
6a
8
9a 10
9a 10
10 ...
9a 10
10a 11
10a 11
7a
9
9a 10
7a
9
9a 10
8a 10
Muscovado
do..,
7a
9
19a 20
17a 18
19a 20
17a 18
19a 20
19a .20
16a 17
17a 18
18a 19
16a 17
Loaf
do...
16a 17 ' 16a, 17
7a
8
Tallow—Foreign
do...
6a • 8
8 ....
American
'
do...
80a 1 06
80a 1 06
95a 1 15
88a 1 06
84a 1 06
90a 1 12
95a 115
91a 1 15
90a 1 12
90a 1 09
90a 1 09
Teas—^Young H y s o n
do...
90a 1 09
50a 75
50a 75
50a 75
50a 75
50a 75
50a 75
5()a 75
50a 75
50a 75
50a 75
Souchong
:
do...
50a 75 . 50a 75
Imperial
d o . . . 1 25a 1 35 1 25a 1 35 1 25a 1 35 1 25a 1 35 1 30a 1 50 1 30a 1 50 1 30a 1 50 1 30a 1 50 1 25a 1 50 1 25a 1 40 1 25a 1 40 1 25a 1 40
6a
9
5a
7
5a
7
5a
7
6a
8
6a
8
3a
6
5a
7
5a
7
3a
6
•5a
7
Tobacco^^Kentucky
do...
3a
6
12a 20
12a 20
12a 20
12a 20
12a 20
12a 20
12a 20
12a 17
12a 20
12a 20
12a 20
Cuba
do...
12a 17
24 a 25
21a 22
22a 25
23a 24
20a 22
30 ....
30 ....
22 ....
23 ....
23 .--.
23a 25
Wlialebone, slab
do...
23a 25
2
Wiue—Port
gall.. 1 50a 2 00 1 50a 2 00 1 50a ' 00 1 50a 2 00 1 50a 2 00 1 50a 2 00 1 50a 2 00 1 50a 2 00 1 50a 2 00 1 50a 2 00 1 50a 2 00 1 50a 2 00
. Madeira
do... 2 00a 3 50' 2 00a 3 50 2 00a 3 50 2 00a 3 50 2 00a 3 50 2 00a 3 50 2 00a 3 50 2 00a 3 50 2 00a 3 50 2 00a 3 50 2 00a 3 50 2 00a 3 50
2
2
Claret
.cask.. [20 00a23 0020 00a23 00 |20 00a23 0020 00a23 00 |20 00a23 00[ 3 00a25 00|23 00a26 00i23 00a26 00[ 3 00a26 0027 00a28 00 27 00a28 00 23 00a27 00
30a 38
30a 38
30a 38
30a 38
30a 38
30a 38
30a 33
30a 38
30a 35
30a 35
30a 38
Wool—Common
lb.. 30a" 35
50a 62
50a 62
50a 62
55a 62
55a 62
50a 62
55a 62
55a 62
55a 62
50a 62
50a 62
Merino
do...
55a 62
25a 44
25a 44
20a 44
25a 44
20a 40
20a 40
25a 40
25a 40
25a 44
25a 44
25a 44
PuUed
do...
20a 40
OO
Or
The range of prices of staple articles in the New York market at the beginning of each month, in each year, from 1825 to 1863,
No. IL—THE YEAR 1826.
. Articles.
Jan.
Feb.
March.
April.
May.
July.
Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
Breadstuffs—TSIieat flour, sup
b b l . . $512a$5 25 $512a$5 25 $5 00a$5 12 $4 37c$4 62 $4 00a$4 25 ^4 37a$4 50$4 75a$5 00 M 50 ... -$4 50a$4 62 $5 00a$5 12 $5 06a$5 12 $5 12a$5 25
TSTieat flour, w . canal d o . . .
5 62a 5 75 4 62a 4 75 4 25a 4 62 4 25a 4 37 4 75a 5 00 4 25a|4 50 4 50a 4 87 4 87a 5 00 5 25a 5 37 5 19a 5 50
4 37a 4 50
Rye
flour,
fine
d o . . . 3 62a 3 75 3 62a. 3 75 3 50a 3 75 2 75a 2 87 3 12 .... 3 12a 3 25 3 75a 4 00 3 75 .... 4 00a 4 12 4 00a 4 12
Corn meal, n o r t h e r n . . d o . . . 3 75a 4 00 4 0O . - - . 4 00a 4 25 4 37a 4 50 4 00 .... 4 00 .... 4 12 . - -. 3 37 .... 3 50a 3 75 3 75a 4 00 3 50a 4 00 3 50a 4 00
85a 95
90a 96
W h e a t , Genesee
bus..
85a 95
94a 98 1 00a 1 03
85a 95
85a 95
87a 90
84a 92
98a 1 00 1 00a 1 02 100 ....
80 ....
83a 85
78a 80 •72a 75
65 . . . .
Rye, northern
:.. do...
65a 68
70
63a 65
60 ....
60 ....
78 ....
70a 72
•50a 52
44a 45
56a 58
42a 44
Oats, northern
do...
45a A6
60
44
42a 44
47a 48
48a 50
40a 41
50 ....
80a 82
62a 75
80a 82
75 . . . .
Corn, northern
do...
73a 75
82a
75a
78a
73a 75
70a 72
76
78a 80
12a 13
13a 14
12a 13
lla
12
Candles—Mould
lb. .
lla
12
12a
lla 12
lla
lla 13
12a 13
12a
12a 13
33a 38
31a 33
32a 34
35a 36
Sperm
:.. do.. .
35a 37
32a
34a
31a
32a 33
32a 33
32a
32a 33
8a
9
8 ....
Clover seed
do...
7a
8
7a
7^
7a
8
Coal—Schuylkill
. t o n . . 12 00 . . . .
11 00 .... 1100 .--. 1100 .--. 1100 --.. 1100 -... 1100 .... 12 00 ....
Liverpool
c h a l d r o n . . 12 50al3 00 10 OOalO 50 10 OOalO 25 10 OOalO 25 10 50al0 75 10 OOalO 50 10 50all 00 11 OOall 25 1150al2 00 11 50all 75 11 OOall 50 10 25al0 50
14a 15
14a 15
Coffee—Brazil
".
lb. .
14a 15
16a 17
16 ....
16 ....
14a 15
14a 15
14a 15
16 ....
16 ....
14a 15
15a 16
16a 17
Java
do...
17a 18
16 ....
18 . . . .
16a 18
16 ..-i6a 17
16 ..:.
17a ^18
17a 18
16 ....
17a 18
17a . 18
17a 18
Copper—Pig
do...
17a- 18
20a 21
20a 21
17a 18
17a 18
17a 18
20a 21
20a 21
17a 18
28a 29
29a 30
Sheathing
do...
28a 29 . 28a 29
31a 32
31a 32
28a 29
28a . 29 28a 29
29a 30
32a 33
31a 32
10a 11
10a 11
10a 11
Cotton, u p l a n d
do...
10a 12
13a 14
13a 14
10a 11
9a 11
9a 10
lla 12
12a 13
9a 11
F i s h — D r y cod
c w t . . 1 87a 2 12 1 87a 2 12 2 12a 2 50 2 50a 2 75 2 25 .... 2 00a 2 25 2 00a 2 12 2 00a 2 12 2 25a 2 50 2 50a 2 62 2 37a 2 50 2 25a 2 50
5 25
5 37a 5 50
^ Mackerel, No. 1
b b l . . 4 50a 5 00 4 75 .... 5 00. .-.. 5 00a 5 25 5 00a 5 25 5 25a 5 37 5 75 .--. 5 50 .... 5 00 ---. 5 37
3
Fruit—Muscatel raisins
- b o x - . 3 50a 3 75 3 50a 3 75 3 50a 3 75 3 50a 3 62 3 50a 3 62 3 25a 3 50 3 00a 3 25 2 87a 3 00 2 62a 2 75 2 62a 2 75 3 12a 3 25 3 00a ' 12
7a 10
7a 10
Figs, S m y r n a
lb..
10a 11
10a 11
10a 11
7a 10
9a 10
9 ....
9 ....
10a 12
10a 12
9 .-..
8a 16
15a 16
15a 16
Prunes, Bordeaux
do...
18 .--.
15a 18
lla
12
12a 14
12a 14
15a 18
15a 18
12a -14
Furs—Beaver, northern
d o . -. 5 50a 6 75 5 50a 675 5 00a 5 75 5 00a 5 75 5 00a 5 75 5 00a 5 75 5 00a 5 75 5 00 .--- 4 50 .... 4 50a 5 25 4 75a 5 25 4 75a 5 25
Otter
d o . . . 2 50a 3 50. 2 50a 3 50 2 50a 3 50 2 50a 3 25 2 50a 3 25 2 50a 3 00 2 50a 3 50 2 50a 3 50 2 50a 3 50 3 00a 4 00 3 00a 4 00 3 00a 4 50
30a 40
30a 40
American mink
do...
25a 30
30a 40
25a 30
2ca 30
30a 40
30a 40
25a 30
25a 30
30a 40
30a 40
Glass, American
per 100 f e e t . . 6 00a 6 25 6 00a 6 50 6 00a 6 50 6 00a 6 50 6 00a 6 50 6 00a 6 50 6 00a 6 50 6 00a 6 50 6 00a 6 50 6 00a 6 50 6 00a 6 50 6 00a 6 50
3 25a 5 75
Gunpowder—American
25 l b s . . 4 00a 5 50 3 25a 5 75 3 25a 5 75 3 25a 5 75 3 25a 5 75 3 25a 5 75 3 25a 5 75 3 S5a 5 75 3 25a 5 75 3 25a 5 75 3 25a 5 75
English
. d o . . . 5 50a 6 50 4 50a 6 25 4 50a 6 25 4 30a 6 25 4 50a 6 25 4 50a 6 25 4 50a 6 25 4 50a 6 25 4 50a 6 25 4 50a 6 25 4 50a 6 25 4 50a 6 25
15a 17
Hides—La Plata
lb..
15a 17
17a 18
16a 17
17a 18
17a 18
16a 18
17a 18
16a 17 . 16a 17 16a 17
16a 18
lla 12
W e s t India
do.. .
12a 15
lla 12
12a 13
12a 14
12a 15
lla 12
lla 12
12a 14
12a 14
lla 12
12a 13
16a 18
12 ....
Hops, first sort
do...
12 ....
24a 25
24 ....
12 ....
10 ....
24a 25
24a 25
12 ....
12 ....
Indigo, Manilla
.•
do...
2 00 .-.. 2 00 .... 2 00 .... 1 25a 1 75 1 25a 1 75 1 25a 1 75 1 25a 1 62 1 25a 1 62 1 25a 1 62 1 37a 1 81
I i - o n - P i g , English
: . t o n . . 60 00a70 00 60 00a70''00 60 00a70 00 60 00a70 00 60 00a70 70 60'00a70 00 60 00a70 00 50 00a65 00 50 00a65 00 50 00a65 00 50 00a60 00 50 00 ---.
Assorted English bar
d o . . . 95 00a 100 95 00a 100 95 00a 100 95)00a 100 95 00a 100 95 00a 100 90 00a 100 85 00a95 00. 85 00a95 00 85 OOaOO 00 90 00a95 00 90 00a95 00
Sheet.-..,..
c w t . 7 50a 8 75 7 50a 8 75 7 50a 8175 7 50a 8 75 7 50a 8 75 7 50a 8 75 7 50a 8 75 7 50a 8 75 7 50a 8 75 7 50a 8 75 8 75al0 00 8 75al0 00
6 ....
6 ....
6 ....
6 ....
6 ....
Lead, pig
:
'
ib..
6 ....
6 ..-.
6
7 .....
6 ....
6 .--.
6 ....
18a 22
20a 23
19a 22
21a 24
19a 22
20a 23
19a 22
19a 22
21a 24
19a 22
Leather, hemlock, sole
do...
21a 24
19a 22
Liquors—Cognac b r a n d y
gal -. 1 1 2 a 1 25 112a 1 25 1 12a 1 25 118a 1 31 118a 131 1 l§a 1 31 1 18a 1 31 118a 1 31 1 18a 1 31 1 25a 1 37 1 25a 1 37 1 25a 1 37
28a 29
33a 36
32a 33
27a 29
27a 28
28 ....
28 ....
32a 33
28a 29
29 ....
26a 27
Domestic wliiskey
-.... d o . . 26a 27
:Ma. 35
33a 35
•33 ....
33a 35
33a 35
30 ....
36 ....
33a 36
33a 34
28 ....
Molasses—New Orleans
do...
33a 34
43a 44
50 ....
50 ....
40 ....
48 ....
38 ....
50 ....
50 ....
38 ....
50 ....
48 ....
Sugar-house
d o . . . , 40 . . . .
INS
oo
Molasses—Havana
gal..
Nail rods
ton..
N a v a l stores—Spirits turpentine . . . g a l . .
Rosin, common
bbl..
Oils—Whale
gal..
Sperm, summer
do...
Sperm, winter
do...
Olive
do...
Linseed
do...
Paints, red lead
cwt..
Provisions—Pork, mess
bbl..
Pork, prime
do...
Beef, mess
do...
Beef, prime
do...
Smoked hams
lb.
Lard
do..
Butter, western d a i r y . d o . .
Cheese, American
do..
Rice
— do..
Salt—Liverpool,
fine
sack.
T u r k ' s Island
bus.
Sheetings—Russia, w h i t e
piece.
Russia, b r o w n
do..
Soap—New York white.
lb.
Turpentine
.....do..
Spices—..Pepper
do..
Nutmegs
do. .
Spirits—Jamaica r u m
gal.
Gia, scheidam
do. .
Sugars—New Orleans
lb.
Muscovado
'.
do..
Loaf
do.Tallow—Foreign
do..
American
do..
Teas—Young hyson
do..
Souchong
do..
Imperial
do..
Tobacco—Kentucky
do..
Manufactured, No. 1
do..
Whalebone, slab
do..
Wine—Port
gal.
Madeira
do...
Claret
cask.
Wool—Commo-n
lb..
Merino
do...
Pulled
°.-do--.
25a 28
25a .28
27a 29
26a 30 - 25a 28 25 ....
26a 27
30a' 32
.25a 28
26a 28 25a
IllOa $115 $110a $130 IllOa $130 $110a $130 $110a $130 $110a $130
25a 27
28a 30
34 a 35
28a 30
34a 35
29a 30
33a 34
31a 33
30a 32
27 ....
27 .--.
1 37a 1 62 1 37a 1 62 1 37a 1 50 1 37a 1 50 1 37a 1 50 l"37a 1 5 0 1 37a 1 50 1 37a 1 62 1 37a 1 62 1 37a 1 62 1 37a 1 62
25a 27
28a 3029a 31
25a 27
27a 30
29a 31
25a 28
27a 30
25a 27
25a 27
23
65a 67
66a 67
66a 67
67a 68
63a 66
62a 63
66a 68
66a 68
60 ....
65a 66
66a 68
70a 72
73a 74
73a 74
70a 73
65 ....
70 ....
70a 72
72a 75
65 ....
68 ....
78a 80
80 ....
80a 85
80a 85
80a 85
88a 90
80a 88
80a 90
85 ....
80 ....
88 ....
80 ....
76a 77
65a 70
70 ....
75 --..
77a 78
85a 88
75a 77
82
77a- 78
72a 75
78 ....
9 50al0 50 9 50al0 50 9 50al0 50 9 50alb"66 9 50al0 00' 9 50al0 00 9 50al0 00 9 50al0 00 9 50al0 00 9 50alO 00 9 5Oal0 00
11 50al2 00 11 50al2 00 11 50all 75 11 25all 50 11 OOall 37 11 OOall 12 11 25all 50 11 50al2 00 11 37all 62 11 OOall 25 11 OOall 25
8 75a 9 00 8 62a 9 00 8 25a 8 62 8 25a 8 37 7 87a 8 12 7 50a 7 75 7 75a 8 00 7 50a 8 00 7 25a 7 50 7 00a 7 25 7 OOa 7 25
8 00a 8 50 8 50a 8 75 8 75a 9 25 9 00a 9 25 9 00a 9 50 9 50al0 00 9 75al0 00 9 75al0 00 9 5Oal0 00 9 00a 9 50 8 50a 8 75
4 75a 5 00 4 75a 5 00 4 75a 5 00 4 75a 5 00 4 62a 5 00 4 75a 5 00 5 S5a 5 50 5 25a 6 00 4 87a 5 75 4 50a 5 00 4 25a 4 50
9a 10
10a 11
10a 11
10a 11
10a 11
9a 10
9a 10
8a
9
8a
9
8a
9
10a 11
7a
8
8a
9
8a
9
9 ....
7a
8
7 ....
7a
8
7 .....
7 ....
7 ....
9 ....
15a 18
15a 17
15a 17
15a 18
13a 17
13a 16
13a 16
6a . 8
6a
8
7a 12
7a
9
6a
8
6a
8
7a 12
6a
8
7a 10
7a 10
7a 10
2a
3
3a 31
2|a 3i
21a 3i
2ia 3i
3 .'...
2-}a 31
3 .--.
3 ....
3 ....
3 ....
2 50a 2 56 2 45a 2 50 2 45a 2 50 2 40a 2 60 2 40a 2 45 2 30a 2 35 2 20a 2 25 2 20a 2 25 2 20a 2 25 2 12 .... 212 ....
49a 50
50a 53
50a 52
48a 49
48a 49
50 ....
48a 49
50 ....
50 ....
53 ....
50 ....
15 00al6 00 15 00al6 00 15 00al6 00 15 00al6 00 13 00al6 00 15 00al6 00 11 50al2 00 11 00al2 00
9 25al0 00 9 50al0 25 9 OOalO 00 9 25a 9 50 9 00a 9 50
10 25al0 75 10 OOalO 25 10 OOalO 25
10a 11
10a 11
10a 11
10a 11
10a 11
10a 11
10a 11
10a 11
10a 11
10a 11
10a 11
6a
7
6a
7
7a
8
7a
8
7a
8
6a
7
7a
8
6a
7
7a
8
7a
8
7a
8
16a 17
16a 17
16a 17
17a 18
17 ....
16a 17
16a 17
17 ....
17 • .... 16a 17
17 ....
1 60 . - - - 50a 1 60 1 50 . -.. 1 3 5 .--. 135 .... 1 30a 1 35 1 30a 1 35 1 30a 1 35 1 30a 1 35 1 30a 1 35 1 30a 1 35
1
90a 1 02
90a 1 02
85a 1 00
92a 1 04
87a 1 06
92a 1 04
87a 1 06
87a-l 06 1 00a 112 1 00a 1 06
87a 1 06
77a 85
73a 85
75a 85
75a 85
73a 75
75a 85
73a 75
75a 85
75 ----•
75a 80
75a 77
8a 10
8a 10
7a
9
7a
8
8a 10
7a
8
8a
9
7a
9
6a
9
7a 10
7a 10
8a
9
8a
9
7a
8
7a ,8
9a 10
7a
8
8a 10
7a
9
8a
9
7a 10
7a 10
17a 19
17a 19
17a 18
17a IS
19a 20
17a 18
19a 20
17a 18
18a 19
17a 18 .17a 18
29a 30
1 3 7 ....
30a 33
66a 68
73a 75
80a 92
72 ....
9 50al0 00
11 OOall .25
7 OOa 7 25
8 50a 8 62
4 25a 4 50
10 ....
8a
9
15a 17
6a 10
3a 31
2 15 ....
49 ....
11 00al2 00
9 OOa 9 50
7 ....
6a
7
15a 16
135 .-.90a 1 04
80a 85
8a 10
8a
9
17a 19
9
9 .-.80a 1
80a 1 00
45a 70' 45a
1 25a 1 30 125a 1
6a
8
6a'
13a 15
13a
30a 40
35a
1 50a 2 00 150a 2
2 00a 3 50 2 00a 3
23 00a27 00 23 00a27
3'Oa 38
30a
50a 62
50a
25a 40
25a
10a 11
75a 1 07
45a 70
1 10a 1 35
4a
6
lla 12
32a 33
1 37a 2 00
2 OOa 3 50
18 0Oa25 00
20a 30
~35a 45
18a 30
9 .--.
9 .--.
9 ..-.
75a 1
80a 1 08
75a 1 00
80a 1 08
80a 1 00
85a 1 08
80a 1 08
8.5a 1 08
45a
45a 75
45a 75
45a 75
45a 70
45a 75
45a 75
45a 75
1 25a 1 30 1 20a 1 30 1 20a 1 35 1 20a 1 35 1 20a 1 35 1 20a 1 35 1 10a 1 30 110a 1
5a
8
3a
6
3a
6
3a
6
4a
7
3a
6
5a • 7
i«
13a 15
lla 12 • lla 12
lla 12
12a 13
12a 13
12a 14
lla
35 --..
23a 25
24 .... - 24a 25 25a
32a 33
30 . ---.
32a 33
1 50a -2 00 .1 50a 2 00 1 50a 2 00 1 50a 2 00 1 50a 2 00 1 50a 2 00 1 50a 2 00 137a 2
2 00a 3 50 2 00a 3 50 2 00a 3 50 2 00a 3 50 2 00a 3 50 2 00a 3 50 2 00a 3 50 2 00a 3
23 00a27 00 23 00a27 00 23 00a27 00 23 00a27 00 20 00a27 00 20 00a27 00 20 00a27 00 20 00a27
28a 30
28a 30
28a 30
30a 38
28a 30
30a 38
28a 30
28a
35a 50
45a 60
50a 62
40a -55
50a 62
45a 60
45a 60
35a
18a 35
25a 40
20a 37
22a 38
20a 37
20a 37
22a 38
18a
75a 1 07
45a 70
1 10a 1 30
4a
6
lla 12
32
1 37a "2*66
2 OOa 3 50
18 00a25 00
28a 30
35a 45
18a 33
27
CO
The range ofprices of staple articles in the New York market at the beginning of each month, in each year, from 1825 to 1853.
No. III.—THE YEAR 1827.
Articles.
B r e a d s t u f f s - W h e a t flour, sup
bbl.
W h e a t flour, w. canal. d o . .
Rye
flour,
fine
do..
Corn meal, n o r t h e r n - . d o . .
W h e a t , Genesee
bus.
Rye, northern
do..
Oats, northern
do..
Corn, northern
do..
Candies—Mould
lb.
Sperm
do..
Clover seed
do..
Coal—Schuylldll
ton.
Liverpool
chaldron.
Coffee—Brazil
.lb.
Java
do- Copper—Pig
do..
Sheathing
do..
Cotton, u p l a n d
do..
Fish—Dry cod
cwt.
Mackerel, No. 1
bbl Fruit—Muscatel raisins
box.
Figs, S m y r n a
lb.
Prunes, Bordeaux
do..
Furs—Beaver, northern
do..
Flax—Russian.'
do..
American
do..
Glass, American
per 100 feetGunpowder—American
.25 IbsEnglish
do..
.Rides—La P l a t a
lbW e s t India
do..
Hops, first sort
do..
Indigo, Manilla
do..
Ii-on—Scotch Pig
tonAssorted English b a r
do..
Sheet
cwt Lead, pig
lb.
Leather, hemlock sole
do.Liquors—Cognac b r a n d y
gal.
Domestic whiskey
do..
Molasses—New Orleans
do..
Sugar house
do..
Jan.
$5
5
4
3
37a$5 50
50a 5 75
00 . . . .
50a 3 75
March.
April.
May.
June.
July.
Aug.
Sept.
4
$5 12a$5 37 $5 12a$5 25 $4 75 .-.. $4 50a$4 62 ) 56a$4 62 $4 62a$4 69 M 75a$.4 87 $5 12a$5 25
4 75a$5 00 4 37a 4 62 4 75a 5 00 4 62a 4 87 4 87a 5 12 5 25a 5 50
5 50a 5 75
3 50 3 25 .... 3 12a 3 25 3 12a 3 25 2 62a 2 75
3 75a 3 87 3 50a 3 75 3.75a 3 87
3 12 3 OOa 3 12
287
3 50 .... 3 25a 3 37 3 00 .--- 2 87 .... 2 87 ....
106
90a 92
91a 93
85a 87
90a 94
1 OOa 1 06
98a 1 01
59a 60
58a 60
55a 57
60a 62
76a 80
54a 56
70a 72
80a * 81 75a 80
68a 70
80 .--.
36 ....
34 ....
34a 35
38a 40 ,
31
56 ....
50 ....
38 .--.
42
45a 46
36a 37
58a 60
55a 56
54a 57
56a 58
56a 60
63a 65
65a 75
54a 55
62a 64
62 ....
12a 13
12a 13
12a 13
13
12a 13
14a 15
13a 14
12a 13
12a 13
12a 14
28a 30
28a 30
30a 32
28a 30
28a 30
31a 33
31a 33
31a 32
30a 32
31a 32
30a
lla 12
8a
9
9a 10
lla 12
12 00 .... 12 0Oal2 50 12 O0al2 50 12 00 .... 1100 .... 1100 .... 11 00 .... 1100 ..-. 1100 .... 10 50all 00 10 50all 00
9.75al0 00 10 50all 00 10 50ail00 10 OOalO 25 10 OOalO S > 10 O0alOi50 10 50alO 75 10 OOalO 25 10 OOalO 25 10 OOalO 25 11 OOall 50
¥
14a 15
14 ....
14 -...
14 ....
14 ....
14a 15
14a 15
14a 15
14 ....
14a 15
14a 15
16 ....
16
16 ....
16a 17
16 ....
16a 17
15a 16
16a 17
16 ....
15 ....
16
18a 19
18a 19
18a 19
17 .... .17 ....
18a 19
19a 20
17 .
• 17 ....
17 ....
17 ....
26a 27
26a 27
25a 26
26a 27
26a 27
25a 26
26a 27
27a 28
25a 26
26a 27
26a 27
10a 12
10a 11
^d 10
10a 11
9a 11
9a 11
9a 10
9a 10
9a 10
8a 10
• 9a 10
2 25a 2 62 2 50a 2 72 2 37a 3 25 3 OOa 3 87 3 25a 3 50 3 50a 3 75 2 87a 3 25 2 50a 2 75 2 37a 2 75 2 75a 3 00 3 OOa 3 12
5 00 4 75 .--. 4 75 .--. 5 OOa 5 12 5 25
5 25a 5 37 5 50 .... 6 OOa 6 12 6 00 .-.- 5 50a 5 75 5 50 ....
2 12 .... 2 12
212 212a 2 25 2 37a 2 62
2 69a 2 87 2 62a 2 75 2 62a 2 75 2 56a 2 75 2 56a 2 75 2 37a 2 50
lOa 13
7a 10
7a 10
7a 10
7a 10
•8a 12
8a 10
8a 10
8a 10
7a 10
8a
9
8a 14
8a 14
8a 14
8a 14
8a 15
8a 14
8a 14
8a 14
8a 16
8a 14
'8a 14
4 75a 5 25 4 75a 5 25 4 75a 5 25 4 75a 5 25 4 12a 5 25 4 12a 5 25 4 12a 5 25 4 12a 5 25 4 12a 5 25 4 50a 5 50 4 50a 5 50
10a 11
10
11 ....
12 ....
11 ....
11 ....
12 •-.-11 . ' .
..
8a
9
8a
9
8a
9
8a 10
8a 10
9a 10
8a
9
9a 10
8a
9
8a
9
6 OOa 6 25 6 OOa 6 25 6 OOa. 6 25 6 OOa 6 25 6 OOa 6 25 6 OOa 6 25 6 OOa 6 25 6 OOa 6 25 6 OOa 6 25 6 00a 6 25 6 OOa 6 25
3 25a 5 75 3 25a 5 75 3 25a 5 75 3 25a 5 75 3 25a 5 75 3 25a 5 75 3 25a 5 75 3 25a 5 75 3 25a 5 75 3 25a 5 75 3 25a 5 75
4 50a 6 25 4 50a 6.25 4 50a 6 25 4 50a 6 25 4 50a 6 25 4 50a 6 25 4 50a 6 25 4 50a 6 25 4 50a 6 25 4 50a 6 25 4 50a 6 25
15a 17
15a 17
15a 17
15a- 17
15a 17
15a 17
16a 17
15a 17
15a 17
15a 17
16a 17
lOa 12
10a 12
10a 11
9a 11
9a 11
10a 12
10a 12
10a 12
10a 12
lOa 11
10a 12
8a
9
lla 12
14a 15
16a 18
15a 16
13a 15
18 ..-:
12 ....
16a 18
1 37a 1 81 1 50a 1 81 1 75a 2 00 1 75a 2 06 I 75a 2 06 1 50a 1 87 1 50a 1 87 1 50a 1 87 1 50a 2 00 1 50a 2 00 1 25a 1 87
50 00 .-.. 50 00 .... 50 O0a55 00 5OOOa55O0 50 0Oa55 00 50 00a55 00 50 00a55 00 50 0Oa55 00 50 0Oa52OO 50 00a52 00 50 O0a52 00
90 0Oa95 00 85 00a95 00 85 0Oa95 00 85 0da95 00 85 00a95 00 85 00 .-.. .... 80 0080 00a82 50 77 O0a8O 00 80 00a82 50
8 75al0 00 7 75a 9 00 7 OOa 8 00 8 OOa 9 00 8 OOa 9 00 6 50a 7 50 6 50a 7 50 6 50a 7 50 6 50a 7 50 6 50a 7 00 6 50a 7 00
6 .--.
6 ..-.
6 ....
6 ....
6 ....
6 ....
6 .--.
6 -.-6 .--.
6 .--.
6 ....
18a 24
18a 24
17a 22
17a 22
18a 22
17a 22
18a 23
18a 23
18a 22
17a 22
18a 22
1 50a 1 56
1 50 .... 150 .... 1 50 . -..
1 31a 1 37 1 50a 1 75 1 50a 1 75 1 50a 1 75 1 50a 1 75 1 50a 1 62 150
29 ....
28a 29
32a 35
25a 26
28a 29
25a 26
31a 32
30 .... ...... 27
33a 35
32a 35
38a 39
38a 39
33a 34
35a 36
38
36a 37
34 . . .
."
33a 35
33a 35
33a 35
31a 33
43a 44
43a 44
46a 47
50 ....
42
45 ....
44a 46
44a 46
46 ....
50 ....
43a 46
$6 00a$6 12 $5
6 25a 6 50 5
4 00 .... 3
3 75a 4 00 3
37
62
87
75
^5 87 .--.
6 00a$6 25
3 50
3 OOa 3 12
..... 125
70a 72
43a 45
59a 60
13
28a 31
11
11 OOall
14a
16 ..
19a
26a
8a
3 00a 3
5
2 37 2
10a
8a
4 50a 5
11 ..
8a
6 00a 6
3 25a 5
4 50a 6
16a
10a
1 25a 1 87
50 00a52 00
80 00a82 50
6 50a 7 00
6 ....
18a 24
1 50a 1 62
28a 29
37a 38
40a 42
OD
00
Molasses—^Havana
gal..
27a 281 27a 28. 27a 30 1 27a 32 I 30a 32
30a 3
29a 32
29a 33
29a 33
30a 34 I 30a 33
29a 33
Nailrods
ton..
3ia 34
31a 34
N a v a l stores—Spirits turpentine . - - g a l . .
3.5a 37
30a 33
35a 40
34a 36
4C ....
33 ....
33a 35
40a 44
43a 45
40a 45
»—'
Rosin, common
-^.bbl.. 1 37a 1 62 1 37a 1 62 1 37a 1 62 1 37a 1 62 1 37a 1 62 1 37a 1 62 1 37a 1 62 1 37a 1 62 1 37a 1 62 1 37a 1 62 1 37a 1 62 1 37a 1 62
30a 34
33a 36
O OUs—AVhale
g a l . . ''30a 34
27a 28
28a 33
30a 34
30a 34
34 ....
28a 30
33a 37
33a 37
33a 37
65a 67
p^
Sperm, summer
do...
56a 60
55a 53
66a 67
55a 58
70
65a 70
56a 53
66a 67
66a 67
64 a 65
60a 63
Sperm, winter
do...
75 ....
73a 7 D
68 .--.
75a 80
78a 80
68 -...
68 ....
68 ....
73a 75
73a
70 ....
68a 70
Olive
do...
82a 1 00
80a 92
82a 1 00
82a 85
1 12a 1 18 1 12a 1 18 112 ....
80a 92
80a 92
g2a 1 10
92a 1 10
Linseed, American
do...
70a 71
75 ....
78a 80
73a 74
71a 72
72a 74
71 .
72a 73
69a 70
76
75 ....
73a 74
Paints, red lead
CAvt.. 9 50al0 00 9 50al0 00 9 5Oal0 00 9 50a 9 75 9 50a 9 75 9 50a 9 75 9 OOa 9 50 9 OOa 9 50 9 OOa 9 50 9 OOa 9 50 9 OOa 9 50 9 OOa 9 50
Provisions—Pork, mess
b b l . . a 75al2 00 11 75ai2 00 11 75al2 00 11 50al2 00 11 50all 75 ll 25all 75 12 00al2 50 12 75al3 12 15 00al5 25 14 75al5 00 14 50al5 00 15 00al5 25
Pork, prime
d o . . . 7 75a 8 00 7 75a 8 00 7 75a 8 00 7 75a S 00 7 50a 7 75 7 25a 7 75 7 75a 8 00 7 75a 8 12 10 OOalO 25 9 75al0 00 9 25a 9 50 9 75al0 00
Beef, mess
d o . . . 8 75a 9 00 8 75a 9 00 8 50a 9 00 8 50a 9 25 9 OOo. 9 *0 9 OOa 9 50 9 OOa 9 50 9 25a 9 75 9 50a 9 75 8 50a 9 00 8 50a 8 75' 8 50a 8 75
Beef, prime
d o . . . 4 62a 5 00 5 OOa 5 50 5 25a 5 75 5 75a 6 50 5 62a 6 37 6 25a 6 75 6 50a 7 00 7 75a 8 00
800
5 75 6 25a 6 50
10a 11
10a 12
Smoked hams
lb..
10a 11
10a 12
10a 12
10a 12
10 ....
10a 11
10a 11
10a 11
10a 11
10a 11
7a
9
7a
9
Lard
:
do...
7a
9
9a 10
8a
9
8a
9
9 ....
9 ....
9
9a 10
7a
8
7a
8
Butter, western d a i r y . d o . . .
12a 15
15a 20
15a 20
12a 15
15a 18
15a 20
16a 25
18a 22
6a
7
Cheese, American
do...
6a 10
6a
7
6a 10
6a 10
6a 10
6a
7
6a 10
6a
7
6a 10
6a 10
Rice
c w t . . 3 50a 4 00 3 50a 4 00 3 50a 3 75 2 75a 3 37 2 75a 3 37 2 75a 3 25 2 75o 3 25 2 75a 3 25 2 7ba 3 25 2 50a 3 50 3 25a 3 75 3 25a 3 75
Salt—Liverpool
fine
s a c k . . 2 20a 2 25 2 20a 2 25
2 20 2 27a 2 30 2 30a 2 35
2 25 2 20a 2 30 2 20a 2 30 2 20a 2 25 2 20a 2 25 215a 2 20 2 20a 2 25
T u r k ' s Island
bus..
55a 57
50 .... " '54a 56 60a 62
56a- 58
56a 58
6 : 64
.a
50 ....
58a 60
62a
64
Sheetings—Russia, white
p i e c e . . 11 00al2 00 11 00al2 00 11 00al2 00 11 00al2 00 11 00al2 00 11 00al2 00 11 0Oal2 00 11 00al2 00 il 00al2 00 11 00al2 00 11 00al2 00 11 00al2 00
Russia, b r o w n
d o . . . 9 OOa 9 50 9 OOa 9 25 9 OOa 9 50 9 OOa 9 50 9 OOa 9 50 9 OOa 9 50 9 OOalO 00 9 OOalO 00 9 OOalO 00 9 OOalO 00 9 OOalO 00 8 75a 9 00
6a
7
6a
Soap—New Y o r k
lb..
6a
7
6a
7
7 ....
7 ....
6a
7
6a
7
7a
8
6a
7
6a
7
6a
7
10a
13
10a 13
Castile
do...
10a 13
10a 13
9a 11
10a 13
10a 13
10a 12
2a
11
10a 13
9a 10
9a 11
15a 16
Spices—Pepper
do...
18a • 20 17
16 ....
16 ....
15 ....
15a 16
15a 16
16 ....
16 ,
18
18
Nutmegs
d o . . . 135 .... 1 35 - - -. 135 .... 1 35a 1 40
140
140 1 40a 1 45 1 40a 1 45 140 .... 140 .... 1 37a 1 40 1 37a 1 40
, Spirits—Jamaica r u m
gal..
90a 1 06
96a 1 06 1 OOa 1 12 1 OOa 1 12 1 06a 1 18 1 06a 1 12 1 06a 1 12 1 06a 1 12 1 06a 1 15 1 09a 1 18 1 09a 1 ] 8
94a 1 08
94a 1 00
90a 95
Gin, Schiedam
do...
90a 95
90a 95
93a 95
78a 85
87a 95
85a 90
95a 97
1 OOa 1 12 1 OOa 1 03
6a
9
7a
9
8a
9
8a 10
8a
9
Sugars—New Orleans
lb..
7a
9
7a
8
7a
8
8a
9
7a
9
6a
9
6a
9
8a
9
8a
9
8a
9
8a
9
9a 10
Muscovado
do...
8a
9
7a
8
8a
9
9a 10
8a
9
8a
9
8a
9
17a 19
17a 19
17a 19
17a 19
17a 19
Loaf
do...
17a 19
17a 19
17a 19
17a 19
17a 19
17a 19
17a 19
9 ....
9 .--.
10 ....
10 ....
Tallow—Foreign
do...
9 ....
9 ---.
9
9 ....
9
10 ....
9a 10
American
do...
9 ....
9
9 ....
lla 12
9 ....
9
9 ....
75a 1 25
75a 1 25
70a 1 25
70a 1 25
Teas—Young Hyson.'
do...
75a 1 25
70a 1 25
75a 1 07
75a 1 08
75a 1 08
75a 1 25
75a 1 08
75a 1 25
51a 88
5 ! a 88
..
51a 88
Souchong
do.. 47a 88
5l.a 88
47a 88
50a 70
52a 75
51a 88
52a 75
51a 75
51a 88c
''
Imperial
d o . . . 1 10a 1.35 1 15a 1 35 1 15a 1 35 1 15a 1 35 1 15a 1 45 1 15a 1 45 1 1 5 1 45 1 15a 1 45 115a 1 45 1 15a 1 45 1 10a 1 45 1 10a 1 45
.a
3a
6
3a
6
3a
6
Tobacco—Kentucky
do...
3a
6
3a
0
3a
5
4a
6
4a
6
3a
6
4a
6
Aa
6
3a
6
lla 12
lla 12
lla 12
lla 12
lla 12
Manufactured, No. 1
do...
• lla 12
lla 12
lla 12
lla 12
lla 12
l l a 12
lla 12
37a 40
50 ....
55a 60
32a 34
45
W h a l e b o n e , slab
do...
60a 62
31a 32
32a 35
33a 34
34 a 35
34a 36
35
Wine—Port
g a l . . 1 37a 2 00 1 12a 2 00 1 12a 2 00 1 37a 2 00 1 37a 2 00 1 37a 2 00 1 37a 2 00 1 37a 2 00 1 37a 2 00 1 37a 2 00 1 37a 2 00 1 37a 2 00
Madeira
d o . . . 2 00a 3 50 2 OOa 3 50 2 OOa 3 50 •2 Ot)a 3 50 2 OOa 3 50 2 OOa 3 50 2 OOa 3 50 2 OOa 3 50 2 OOa 3 50 2 OOa 3 50 2 OOa 3 50 2 OOa 3 50
Claret
c a s k . . 18 00a25 00 18 00a25 00 18 00a25 00 20 00a28 00 20 00a28 00 20 00a2S 00 19 00a27 00 17 00a27 00 17 00a27 00 17 00a27 00 17 00a27 00 17 00a27 00
20a 30
20a 30
20a 30
20a 30
Wool—Common
lb..
20a 30
20a 30
20a 30
20a 30
20a 30
20a- 30
20a 30
20a 30
30a 45
30a 45
35a 45
30a 45
Merino
d o . -.
3.5a 45
30a 45
35a 45
35a 45
3.5a 45
35a 45
2^a 45
35a 45
15a 28
15a 28
15a 28
15a 28
Pulled
do...
15a 28
15a 28
16a 27
15a 28
16a 27
16a 28
16a 27
16a 28
to
OO
The range of prices of staple articles in the New York market at the beginning of each month, in each year, from 1825 to 1863.
Jan.
March.
Breadstuffs—Wheat flour, sup
bbl
^5 37a$5 50 $5 12a$5 25 $4 87a$5
W h e a t flour, w e s t e r n . do.
5 50a 6 00 5 37a 5 75 5 00a 5
Rye
flour,
tine
do.
3 OOa 3 25 2 87a 3 00 2 50a 2
Coi-u meal, n o r t h e r n , .do.
3 00 . . . . . . . . 3 00 .... 3
W h e a t , Genesee
bush.
104a 1
Rye, northei'n
do.
58
60 - - - .
50 -.
Oats, northei'n
do.
31a 37
31a 37
24 a
Corn, northern
do.
.56a 58
56a 58
48a
Candles—Mould
lb.
12 . . . .
12 . - . .
12 -.
Sperm
do
28a 31
28a 30
27a
Clover seed
do .
8 ....
8 ....
8 -Coal—Schuylkill
t o n . 11 00al2 00 11 00al2 00 11 00 -.
Liverpool
chaldron. 11 50al2 00 12 50al3 00 12 50al2
Coffee—Brazil
lb.
13a 14
14a 15
13a
Java
do..
16 ....
16 . . . .
15a
Copper—Pig
do...
19a 20
19a 20
19a
Sheathing
do..
25a 26
26a 27
24a
Cotton, upland
do..
9a 10
8a 10
9a
Fish—Dry cod
c w t . 3 OOa 3' 2 5 3 OOa 3 25 3 OOa 3
Mackerel, No. 1
- - . b b l . 5 12a 5 "25 .... 5 25 5 37 .Flax—Russia
lb..
11
11 .--11 -.
Araerican
do...
8a
9
8a
9
8a
Fruit-^Muscatel rp'sins
box
2 50a 2 87 2 50a 2 75 2 50a 2
Figs, S m y r n a
Ib..
9a 11
8a
9
6a
Prunes, Bordeaux
do...
10a 14
10a 11
30a
F u r s , beaver, n o r t h e r n .
d o . . . 4 50a 5 50 4 50a 5 50 4 50a 5
Glass, American
per 100 feet.. 6 OOa 6 2 5 6 OOa 6 25 6 00a 6
Gunpowder—American
25 l b s . . 3 25a 5 75 3 25a 5 75 3 25a 5
English
- . d o . . . 4 50a 6 25 4 50a 6 25 4 50a 6
Hides—La P l a t a
lb..
16a 17
IGa 17
16a
W e s t India
do..."
10a 11
10a 11
10a
Hops, first sort.
do...
7a
8
7a
8
7 .Indigo, Manilla
d o . ! ! 1 25a 1 87 1 25a 1 75 125a 1
Ii-ou-Scotch pig.
t o n . . •50 00«52 00 50 00fl52 00 50 00a52
Assorted English bar
d o . . . I - . . . 82 50 .... 82 50 .... 82
^ _, Sheet
c w t . . ! G 50a 7 00 6 50a 7 00 6 50a 7
Lead, pig
^
ilj^_ 1
6 ....
5a
6
5 ..
Leather, hemlock solo
*
d o . .*!
18a 24
18a 24
18a
Liquors—Cognac brandy
gj:a. ] 1 50a 1 02 1 50a 1 56 1 50a 1
26 . . . .
24a 26
24a
Domestic whiskey
do...
34a 36
31a 32
31a
Molasses—New Orleans
do.,.
38a 40
38 ....
38 ..
Sugar-house
....do.!.
April,
*May.
June.
CO
O
No. IY.—THE YEAR 1828.
Articles.
ISO
July.
Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
Nov.
$4 50a$4 75 |4 50a$4 62 $4 62c$4 75 $4 62a$4 75
$5 00 $5 75 .... $6 87a$7 00 $7 37 ....
4 75a 5 00 4 62a 4 87 4 5Da 4 67' 4 62a. 4 87 H 87a 512 5 75a$6 00 6 B7a 7 25 7 50a$7 75
3 75 3 75a 4 00
.... 2 62 2 50 .--. 2 37a 2 50 .... 3 00
2 50a 2 62 2 50
2 69 .... 2 62a 2 75 2 62a 2 75
3 12a 3 25
2 75a 2 87 2 62
'^ to .
98a 1 00
1 56 ....
95a
108 1 22a 1 25 1 5 0
96a
- 47a
48
60
60 ....
48a
50a
48a
50
49a
31
" s O a 36
26a 34
25a
26a
24a
25a
25a
49
54 a 56
54a 56
46a
48a
52a
47a
50a
49a
12
lla
12
lla
lla 12
12
lla
lla
12
12 .
27
24a 26
25a
26a
23a 25
24a
25a
26a 29
25a
6a
7a
8
1100 .... 11 00 .... 1 1 0 0 .... 11 00 .... 10 oO .... 10 00 .... 10 00 ....
11 00 - - -.
11 00al2 00 10 50all 00 10 OOalO 50 10 OOalO 50 10 SOall 00 10 50all 00 11 OOall 25 11 OOall 25
12a
13
12a 13
13 ....
12a 13
13
12a 13
13 ....
13 ....
14a
15
14a 15
15 ....
15 ....
14a 15
14a 15
15 ....
15 ....
17a
18
17a 18
17a
18
18a 19
17a 18
17a 18
18a 19
17a
18
24a
25
24a 25
24a
25
24a 25
24a 23
24a
24a 25
24a
9a
11
10a
13
9a 13
9a 10
8a 10
9a 11
.9a 12
10a
13
3 00 .... 2 87a 3 12 3 OOa 3 12 2'75a 3 00 2 75 .... 2 50 .... 2 75a 3 00 2 50a 2 75
.... 512 5 75 .... 5 87 -.:. 6 37a 6 50 .... 5 50 4 75 .... .... 5 00
5 12 .--.
10a 11
10 ....
10a
11
10a 11
10a 11
10a 11
lOa- 11
10 .--.
8 ....
8a
9
^a
9
8 --..
8a
9
8a
9
8a
9
8a
9
2 50a 2 62 2 50a 2 62 2 50a 2 G9 2 62a 2 81 2 52a 2 81 2 75a 3 00 3 OOa 3 25 2 75 ....
6a
7
5a
6
• 7
....
6a
7
7 ....
6a
7
oa
6
10* 11
10a
11
10a
11
10a
11
10a
11
10a 11
10a
11
4 50a 5 50 6 OOa 6 75 6 OOa 6 75 6 OOa 6 25 5 25a 5 75 5 23a 5 75 6 OOa 7 25 6 OOa 7 25
6 OOa 6 25 6 OOa 6 25 6 OOa 6 25 6 OOa 6 25 6 OOa 6 25 6 OOa 6 25 6 OOa 6 25 6 OOa 6 25
3 25a 5 75 3 25a 5 75 3 25a 5 75 3 25a 5 75 3 25a 5 75 3 25a 5 75 3 25a 5 75 3 25a 5 75
4 50a 6 25 4-50a 6 25 4 50a 6 25 4 50a 6 25 4 50a 6 25 3 50a 6 25 3 50a 6 25 3 50a 6 25
18a 17
16a- 17
16a 17
16a 17 . 16a 17 16a 17
16a 17
16rt 17
Ilo 13
lla 13
lla 13
lla 14
lla 13
lla 13
10a 12
lla 14
5
10 ---.
5
5 ....
5 ....
5a
6
5 ....
1 12a 1 75 1 OOa 1 62 1 OOa 1 50 1 OOa 1 50 1 OOa 1 50 1 OOa 1 50 1 OOa 1 37 1 OOa 1 37
50 00a55 00 50 00a55 00 * 00a55 00 50 00a55 00 50 00a55 CO 50 00«55 00 50 00a55 00
0
52 00a55 00
80 00a82 50 77 50a80 00 77 50a80 00 77 50a80 00 77 50a80 00 77 50aS0 00 7 SOaSO 00 .... 80 00
6 50a 7 00 6 50a 7 CO 6 oOa 7 00 C 70a 8 00 0 70a 8 00 6 75a 8 00 6 75a 8 OQ 6 /5a 8 00
5 ....
5 .--.
5 ....
5 . —
5 ....
5 ....
5
5a
6
18a 24
18a 24
18a- 24
18a 24
ISa 24
18a
24
18a 24
18a
24
1 50a 1 56 1 40a 1 50 1 20a 1 50 1 20a 1 50 1 20a 1 50 1 20u 1 50 1 23a 1 37 1 23a 1 37
24 a 25
21a 23
21a 22
21
. a 22
21a 23
20a 21
21a 23
23
33a 35
30a 33
31a 33
32a 35
32a 35
32a 33
33a 34
34a
35
3Ba -40
28 ..».
38 . . . .
3& ....
3Sa 40
3S ....
3S .»..
38 ....
Dec.
$7 75a$7 87
7 87a 8-00
3 75a 4 00
3 23 ....
162 ....
60a 62
28a 34
58a 62
lla 12
23a 25
11 00al2 00
13 00al3 50
12a 13
14 a 15
17a 18
25
24 a
11
9a
2 50a 2 62
4 87a 5 00
10a 11
8 ---.
.... 3 00
12a 12
17a 18
6 OOa 7 25
6 OOa 6 25
3 25a 5 75
3 50a 6 25
15a
16
lla 12
9a 10
87a 1 3?
50 00fl55 00
80 OOa ....
6 ?5a 8 00
5
. 18a 21
1 25a 1 37
JV2a 23
aOa 5^
as ,==,
w
Q
o
o
QQ
2§a 31
25a
^
QBd
31
Molasses—Havana
gal,
28a 30
29a 31
SHa
31
31
26a 29
29a 31
28a 31
27a 28
30a 33
li'Ja
7a
8
7a
8
7a
6
7a
8
7a
8
Nails—Cut
lb..
7a
8
7a
8
7a
8
7a
8
7a
8
7a
8
7a ' 8
10a 17
10a 17
10a 17
10a 17
10a 17
10a 17
10a 17
10a' 17
Wrought
do..
10a 17 i 10a 17
10a 17
10a 17
35a 36
40
37a 40
35a 36
37a 40 . - 36a 37
40 ....
33a 37
36a 37
N a v a l stores—Spirits t u r p e n t i n e . . . g a l .
--•
! 42a 45
36 .--.
Rooin, comnion
obi. 1 37a 1 62 1 37a 1 63 1 37a 1 62 1 37a 1 62 1 25a 1 62 i 1 25a 1 62 1 25a 1 62 1 25a 1 52 1 25a 1 62 1 25a 1 62 1 25a 1 62 1 25a 1 62
32a 35
33.a 35
33a 35
33rt 3G
3Ca 33
33a
37
33a 36
27a 30
25& 23
30a 34
33a 36
Oils—Whale
gal.
70 . . . .
45a 50
60 ....
70 ....
58a
60
60 .--.
62.1
66
5cia 60
5Sa 60
Sperm, summei*
do..
65a 70
60a 631 5ga. 60
80 . . . .
6Sa 70
70 ....
62a 65
70 ....
SO
65 I 62a
Sperm, winter
.:
do..
70a
75
62a 65
62a 65
65
75a 80
70a 80
80a 82
80 .
80a 85
80a 82
70a 80
Olive
do..
82a 85
73rt 80
75a 80
75a 85 1 75a 85
7Da
83a 84
68a 69
82a 83
68a 69
68 ....
Linseed
do..
88 ....
66a 67 • 67 ....
67a 68
68a
69
69a 70
nsa
Paints, red lead
c w t . 9 OOa 9 50 9 OOa 9 50 9 OOa 9 50 9 OOa 9 50 9 OOa 9 50 I 9 OOa 9 50
9 OOa 9 50 9 OOa 9 50 9 OOa 9 50 9 OOa 9 50 9 OOa 9 50
Provisions—Pork, mess,
b b l . 111 00al4 25 13 00 :... 12 00al2 50 12 50al3 00 12 75al3 00 ;i3 25.'JI3 75 9 OOa 9 50 13 00al4 00 13 75al4 25 14 25al5 00 14 75al5 00 12 00al3 00
Pork, prime
d o . . 9 OOa 9 25 8 75a 9 00 8 75a 9 00 8 75a 9 00 8 75a- 900 '• 9 50a 9 75 13 50al4 50 10 25<'il0 50 10 5 0 d l l 00 11 50all ts 11 5 0 a n 75 9 OOalO 00
9 SOalO 00
Beef, mess
d o . . 8 50a 8 75 8 50a 9 00 8 50a 9 50 8 50a 9 50 8 50a 9
9 OOalO 00 9 25a 9 50 8 75a 9 25
8 75a 9 50
8 75a 9 50 9 OOalO 00 9 OOalO 00 C OOa 6 75 6 1 2 a 6 50 6 50a 6 75
Beef, prime
d o . . 6 OOa 6 37 6 OOa 6 37 5 75a 0 25 6 00a'6 62 6 00a 6
6 75a 7 25
6 75a 7 23 6 25a 6 75 6 25a 6 75
9a 10
ga 11
9a 11
2a
10
Sa
9a 10
ga 10
9a 10
Smoked hams
lb.
9a 11
9a 11
8a 10
8a 10
5a
6
6a
7
6a
7
6a
7
Lard
do..
8a
9
6a
6a . 7
7a
8
6a
7
6a
7
6a
7
6a
7
13a 16
14 a 16
15a 16
14a 18
Butter, western dairy, . d o . .
14a 18
14a 18
14a 18
4a
7
5a
7
Cheese
do..
6a
7
6a . 7
6a
7
Aa
7
6a
7
6tt 10
4a
7
6a
7
4a
7
4a
7
nice
c w t . 3 OOa 3 50 3 OOa 3 50 3 OOa 3 50 3 OOa 3 35 2 50a 3 50 2 50a 3 37 2 50a 3 37 2 50a 3 25 2 50a 3 50 2 50a 4>00 2 50a 3 75 3 50a 4 00
3 25a
2 75 . - - .
Salt—Liverpool,
fine
sack.
2 25a 2 50 2 25a 2 50 2 25a 2 37 2 50a 2 60 2 50 .... .... 2 50 2 44a 2 50 2 50 .... 2 62
52a 53
47a 48
52 . . . .
4Sa 50
T u r k ' s Island
b u s h . '""*"*53"
48a 50
46a 48
50 ....
5C
48a 50
4Sa 50
Sheetings—Russia, white
piece. 11 OOal.2 00 10 75all 00 10 50al0 75 10 50al0 75 10 25al0 50 10 25^10 50 10 25al0 50 10 25al0 50 .10 25al0 50 10 25al0 50 10 25alO5O 10 25al0 50
Russia, brown
do..
75a 9 00 6 62a 9 00 8 37a 8 75 8 50a 9 25 8 75a 9 25 9 OOa 9 25 9 OOa 9 25 9 OOa D 25 9 OOa 0 25 8 75a 9 00 8 50a 9 00 8 50a 9 00
5a
6
5a
6
Soap—New York
lb.
6a
7
5a
0
5'ci, •
6
6
6
6a
7
6 ....
6
6 ....
6 ....
10a 13
.Castile
do..
10a 13
10a 13
10a 13
10a 13
10a 13
lOa 13
10a 13
10a
13
10a 13
10a 13
10a 13
1.4 . . . .
Spices—Pepper
do..
14
- 6 ....
1
14a 13
15 ....
15 ....
17a 18
16 ....
17a 18
16 ....
15 ....
17 ....
Nutmegs
d o . . 1 37a 1 40 1 37
1 3 7 .... 1 25a 1 37 1 25a 1 37 1 25a 1 37 1 25a 1 37 1 25a 1 37 1 25a 1 37 1 25a 1 37 I 25a 1 37 1 25a 1 37
Spirits—Jamaica r u m
g a l . 1 09a 1 18 1 09a 1 18 1 09a 1 18 1 12a 1 20 1 20a 1 25 1 25a 1 30 1 25a 1 30 1 25a 1 30 1 25a 1 30 1 25o 1 30 1 25a 1 30 1 25a 1 30
95a 1 00
55a 1 00
95a 97
95:i 1 00
93a 1 00
95a 1 00
95a
97
95a 97
Gin, Scheidam
do..
95a 1 00
D5a 97
95a 1 00
95a 97
7a
9
8a
9
7a
9
8a
8a
9
7a
6a
8
Oa
8
Sugars—New Orleans
lb.
7a
7a
8
7a
9
9
7a
8
9
8a
9
8a
9
8a
9
8a
9
Muscovado
do..
9a 10
7a
9a 10
2a 10
7a
9
7a
9
9a 10
7a
9
9
17a 19
17a 19
17a 19
17a 19
lla
Loaf
do -.,
17a 19
17a 19
17a 19
17a 19
17a 19
17a 19
17a 19
19
8 .-..
8 ....
Tallow—Foreign
do..
9
8a
9 • 8 ....
Ra
9
7a
8
7 -.-7a
8
7a
8
American
do...
7 ....
8a
9
9
9 ....
8
70a 1 03
70rt.1 15 70a 1 15
Teas—Young Hyson
do..
70.t 1 05
70a 1 25
70a 1 25
70a 1 15
70a 1 15
70a 1 15
7()a 1 25
70a 1 23
70a 1 15
47a 73
47a 75
47a 75
47a 88
Souchong
do...
47a 88
47a 75
47a 75
47a 75
47a 75
47a 75
47a 75
47a 88
Imperial
d o . . . 110a 1 35 1 10a 1 35 110a 1 35 1 QOa 1 30 100a 130 1 OOa 1 30 1 OOa 1 30 1 OOa 1 30 1 OOa 1 30 1 OOa 1 30 1 OOa 1 30 1 OOa 1 25
5a
6
3a
5
3a
5
3a
5
3a
5
3a
5
3a
5
Tobacco—Kentucky
, . : . . .do...
3a
5
3a
5
3a
5
3a
5
3a
5
lla 12
lla - 12
lla
12
lla 13
lla
12
lla 12
lla 12
lla 12
lla 12
lla 12
lla 12
lla 12
Manul'actured, No 1
do...
50 ....
50a 5S
32a 35
37 . . . .
37 --..
45 ....
38 . . . .
30a 31
37 • • .
--.
30a 31
Whalebone, slab
do...
55 ....
50 ....
1 12a 2 25
Wine—Port
g a l . . 1 37a 2 00 1 37a 2 00 1 37a 2 00 1 37a 2 00 1 37a 2 00 1 37a 2 25 1 37a 2 25 1 12a 2 25 1 12a 2 25 1 12a 2 25 112a 2 25
Madeira . . . \
d o . . . 2 OOa 3 50 2 OOa 3 50 2 OOa 3 50 2 OOa 3 50 2 OOa 3 50 2 OOa :J 0(J 2 OOa 3 00 2 OOa 3 00 2 OOa 3 00 2 GOa 3 00 2 OOa 3 00 2 OOtt 3 00
Claret . . :
c a s k . . 17 00a27 00 17 00a27 00 17 00a27 00 17 00a27 00 . 00a27 00 17 00a27 00 17 00a27 00 17 00a27 00 17 00a27 00 ] 7 00a27 (JO 1.7 00.^37 00 17 0()a27 00^
7
20a 30
Wool—Common . . ,
lb..
20a 29
2iJa 30
20a
30
20a 30
20a
30
20a
30
20a 30
20a 30
20a 30
20a 30
20a 30
35a ,40
Merino...,...,
do-..
35a 40
35a
40
35a
40
35a 40
30a
45
30a
35
30a 45
30a 45
30a 45
30a 45
30a 45
20a 34
20a 34
Pulled, No. 1 -.
do... 15a 28
20a
34
20a
34
20a 34
16a
29
16a
29
15a 28
16a 29
lua 29
15a 28
* T h e ta;riff of May, 1828, d r a w n up b y Senator Wright, of New York; passed the House bv a vote of 109 to 91, and the Senate b y a vote of 26 to 21, and roruaiued in force until the
y e a r 1832. T h e passage of the act in 1828 w a s followed by the protest of South Carolina in F e b r u a r y . 1829.
to
^lie range of prices of staple articles in the. New York market at the be.ginning of each month, in each year, from 1825 to 1863.
to
bO
No. V —THE YEAR 1829.
Articles.
Jan.
April.
May.
July.
Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
Breadstuffs—Wheat flour, sup
b b l . [$8 00G$8 12 • 8 44a$S 55 . 8 00 .... $7 25a$7 37 l$6 37a.$6 50 .... 16 87•? 62 .... $5 00 ...: $5 37a$5 50
1
^
i5
.. $5 50$5 31a$5 37
W h e a t flour, w. canal d o . . 8 50a 8 75 8 62a 8 87 8 OOo^'S 37 8 OOa 8 25 ' 7 OOa 7 25 % l a 7 12 5 50a$6 00 5 00a$5 25 5 50a'5 75 || 50a 5 62 5 31a 5 44
%6
;5
Rye
flour,
fine
d o . . 4 00 .... 4 OOa 4 12 4 12 .... .... 3 75 3 50a 3 75 4 00 ... 3 50a 3 75 3 37a 3 50 3 62a 3 75 4 00 .... 3 30a 3 75
Corn meal, n o r t h e r n , . d o . . 3 25
3 25 .--. 2 87a 3 00 2 87 .... 2 50 .... .... 2 50 2 37a 2 50 2 25a 2 37 2 37a 2 50 .... 2 87 3 OOa 3 25
W h e a t , Genesee. - . - .bush. .... 1 75
1 47a 1 50
1 OOa 1 06 1 04a 1 10 1 OOa 1 12 1 12a 1 16
Rye, northern
do..
6ha
70a
70 ....
66
70a
64 .
73 ....
6^oa
60 ....
58a 60
6\ja
Oats, northei'n
do..
27a
40a
31a 37
30a 36
33a 40
38a 44
30a
33a 46
30a 36
34 a 44
Corn, northern
do. .
58a
58a 60
54a
53a 55
54a 56
50a 53
5Ga 57
60a
56a 60
56a 60
58a 60
Candles—Mould
lb.
lla
10a 12
10a
10a 12
10a 11
10a 11
10a 11
10a 11
10a 11
10
10 ....
Sperm
do-.
23a
23a 25
23a
23a 25
22a . 24 22a
21a 23
21a 23
21a 23
31a 34
22a 24
Coal—Schuylkill
t o n . 11 00al2 00 ... 12 00
-. 12 00
... 11 00 10 00
10 00 .... 10 00 .... 10 00 .... 10 OOall 00 10 OOall 00
Li verpool
chaldron.. 13 0Oal3 25 10 OOall 00 11 00al2 00 11 OOall 50 10 OOalO 50 10 OOalO 25 10 OOalO 50 10 50all 00 11 OOall 50 11 50al2 00 11 75al3 00
Coffee-—Brazil
-lb..
12a 13
12a 13
12a 13
12a 13
12a 13
12 ....
12 ....
12 ....
r2a 13
12a 13
12a
Java
do...
14
...:
14 ....
14 ....
14 .... . - -.
15
14a 15
15
14a 13
14a 15
14a 15
14a
Copper—Pig
do...
17a 18
17a 18
17a I
18a 19
18a 19
ISa 19
J
18a 19
18a 19
18a 19
18a 19
18a
Sheathing
do. -.
24a 25
24a 25
24a
24 ....
23a 24
24a 25
23a 24
23a 24
22a 23
23a 24
22a 23
Cotton, u p l a n d
do...
9a 11
9a 10
8a 10
8a 10
8a 10
8a 10
8a 10
8a 10
8a 10
8a 10
8a 10
Fish—Dry cod
c w t . . 2 50a 2 75 2 50a 2 75 2 75a 3 00 2 50a 2 75 2 50a 2 75 2 62a 2 75 2 37a 2 50 212a 2 37 2 25a 2 50 2 25a 2 50 2 25a 2 50
Mackerel, No. 1
b b l . . 5 19a 5 25 5.50 .--.
5 75 .... 5 25 5 75 .... 6 00 .... 5 87 -.-. 5 87 .... 4 87a 5 00 .... 5 12 .... 5 37
Flax—Russia
lb..
10 ....
10 ....
10 ....
10 ....
10 ....
10 ....
10 ....
9 -.-.
10 ....
9 ....
9 ....
American
do...
8 .--.
8a
9
8a
9
8a
9
8a
9
8a
9
7a
8
8a
9
7a
8
7a
8
Fi-uit—Muscatel raisins
b o x . . 3 OOa 3 12 2 75a 2 87 2 75a 2 87 2 75a 2 87 3 25a 3 37 3 12a 3 25 3 00 .... 3 00 .... 3 OOa 3 25 3 OOa 3 25 2 69a 2 75
Figs, S m y r n a
lb..
10
7a
8
7 ....
7a
8
8 ....
8 ....
lla 12
Prunes, Bordeaux
do...
17a 18
17a 18
17a 18
17a 18
18a 20
20
22 ....
F u r s , beaver, northern
d o . . . 6 OOa 7 25 6 OOa 7 25 6 OOa 7 25 6 OOa 7 25 6 75a 7 75 6 75a 7 75 6 75a 7 75 6 75a 7 75
7 OOa 8 00
Glass, American
per 100 feet.. 0 OOa 6 25 6 OOa 6 25 6 OOa 6 25 6 OOa 6 25 6 OOa 6 25 6 OOa 6 25 6 OOa 6 25 6 OOa 6 25 6 75a 7 75 7 OOa 8 00 6 OOa 6 25
6 OOa 6 25 6 OOa 6 25
Gunpowder^American
25 l b s . -. 3 25a 5 75 3 25a 5 75 3 25a 5 75 3 25a 5 75 3 25a 5 75 3 25a 5 75 3 25a 5 75 3 25a 5 75 3 25a 5 75
3 25a 5 75 3 35a 5 75
English
d o . . - 3 50a 6 25 3 50a 6 25 3 50a 6 23 3 50a 6 25 3 50a 6 25 3 50a 6 25 3 50a 6 25 3 50a 6 25 3 50a 6 25 3 50a 6 25 3 50a 6 35
Hides—Buenos A y r e s
lb..
15a 16
14a 15
14a 13
15a 16
15a 16
15a 16
14a 15
15a 16
14a 15
14a 15
15a 16
W e s t India
..-do...
10a 12
10a 11
10a 12
10a 12
10a 12
10a 12
10a 12
10a 12
10a 13
10a 12
10a 12
Hops, first sort
do...
9 ....
9 ....
7 ....
7 ....
Oa
7
6a
7
4a
5
10 ....
4a 3
10a 11
4a
5
Indigo, Manilla
d o . . . 87a 137
80a 1 37
SOa 1 37
80a 1 37
89a 1 37
80a 1 37
75a 1 30
75a 1 30
75a 1 35
7.5a. 130. 75a 1 30
Iron—Scotch pig
t o n . . 50 00a55 00 50 00a55 00 50 00a55 00 50 00a55 00 50 00a55 00 50 00a55 00 50 00a55 00
'40 00a.50 00 0 00a50 00 40 00a50 00 40 00a50 00
Assorted English b a r
d o . . . 80 00 .... 180 00 .... I O 00a83 50 ! 00a82 50|80 00aS2 . 0 00a82 50 178 OOcSO 00 ' OOaSO 00i78 OOaSO 00
S
0
5 80
8
i78 OOaSO 00i78 OOaSO 00
Sheet
c w t . . 6 75a 8 00 6 75a 8 00 6 75a 8 00 6 75a 8 00 6 75a 8 00 6 75a 3 00 6 75a 8 00 6 75a 8 00 6 75a 8 00 6 75a 8 00 6 75a8 00
Lead, pig
lb..
5
4
4 ....
4
4
4 ....
3
3
3 ....
3 ....
4
Leather, hemlock sole
do...
18a 23
18a 23
18a 23
18a 23
18a 23
18a 23
18a 23
18a
ISa 22
18a 23
18a 22
Liquors—Cognac b r a n d y
g a l . . 1 25a 1 37 1 25a 1 37 1 25a 1.37 1 18a 1 31 1 18a 1 31 1 18a 1 31 1 18a 1 31 118a 1 22
31 118a 1 31 1 18a 1 25 1 18 -..,.
Domestic whiskey
do...
25a 26
25a 26
24a 23
24 ....
22a 23
20a 21
23 . . .
..
24a 25
22a 23
Molasses—New Orleans
do.. .
31a 33
31a 32
31a 32
32a 33
30a 31
28a 29
28a 29
30a 31
29a 30
29a
30a 31
Sugar-house
-:
do...
. 8 ....
3
38 ....
38 ....
38 ....
38a 40
38 .
36 ....
3Sa 40
38a
38a 40
38a 40
Havana
do.. . 25a 28, 25a 28
j
25a 28
28a 301 27a 28
23a
22a 24
22a 24
23a 25
23a 26, 21a
r-
$5 37a$5 44
5 37a 5 62
3 37a 3 50
2 75 ....
1 15a 1 18
65a 67
30a 37
48a 5^
10 ....
21a 24
10 OOall 00
11 OOall 50
12a
ISa 19
22a 23
Sa 10
2 25a 2 50
5 50 .--.
9 ..-7a
8
2 62 .-..
7a
8
22 ....
7 OOa 8 00
6 OOa 6 25
3 25a 5 75
3 50a 6 35
15a 16
10a 12
10 ....
75a 1 23
40 00a50 00
72 50a75 00
6 75a X
18a 22
118 ....
23a 23
27a 28
38a 40
20a
Nails—Cut
6a
7
6a
7
6a
7
6a
7
7a
lb..
6a
7
7a
8
7a
8
7a
7a
8
7a
8
7a
8
9a 16
9a 16
9a 16
9a 16
10a 17
10a 17
10a 17
10a 1710a 17
10a 17
Wrought
do...
9a 16
10a 17
3ia 33
31a 34
3ia 34
33a 35
38a '40 , 35a 38
38a 40
40 ..-. ....
38
40 . . . .
33a 35
N a v a l stores—Spirits turpentine . . . . g a l . .
33a 37
Rosin, common
b b l . . 1 25a 1 63 1 25a 1 63 1 25a 1 63 1 35a 1 63 1 35a 1 62 13.5a 163 1 35a 1 63 1 25a 1 63 1 35a 1 62 1 35a 1 63 1 35a 1 63 1 S5a 1 62
33a 34
31a 33
28a 30
35a 37
34a 35
33a
27a 30
28a 30
31a 34
Oils—Whale
gal..
27a 29
31a 33
37a 30
70 .--.
70a 73
70
65a 68
65 .
65 .--.
65a 66
6oa 66
S pei-m, summer
do...
6oa 68
62 ....
64a 65
64 a 65
83a 85
80
75a 77
73a
70a 73
73a 75
80
80
Sper-m, w i n t e r
.do...
70a 73
70 .--.
70a 73
82a
75a
74a 75
74a
90 .
90 ....
73a 75
85a 87
85a 87
75
72a 75
75a 80
Olive
do...
73a 80
73a 74
S8a
84a 85
73 ....
8Sa 90
78a 80
68a 69
7ia 73
7Sa 80
72a 73
Linseed
do...
82 .--.
75
Paints, red load
c w t . . 9 OOa 9 50 7 50a 7 75 7 37a 7 50 7 37a 7 50 7 OOa 7 50 7 OOa 7 50 7 OOa 7 50 7 OOa 7 50 6 75a 7 00 6 50a 7 03 6 50a 7 00 6 50a 7 00
Provisions—Pork, mess
b b l . . 13 00al3 50 13 00al3 63 11 75al3 50 12 00ai3 00 12 50al3 00 12 50al2 87 12 50al3 00 13 35al3 75 13 00al3 50 13 75al3 25 13 00al3 50'-11 OOall 50
Pork, prime
d o . . . 10 OOalO 35 9 75al0 00 9 75a 9 87 9 50al0 00 9 75al0 00 9 75al0 00 9 75al0 12 10 50all 00 10 75all 00 10 75ail 00 10 OOalO 50 9 OOa 9 50
Beef, mess
o d o . . . 8 75a 9 35 9 OOa 9 50 9 OOa 9 50 9 OOa 9 62 9 50al0 00 10 OOalO 50 9 75al0 12 9 63al0 00 9 50a 9 75 8 50a 9 00 7 50a 8 00 7 75a 8 00
Beef, prime
do.... 6 75a 7 00 7 OOa 7 50 7 OOa 7 50 7 OOa 7 50 7 50a 8 00 7 75a 8 50 7 50a 8 00 7 50a 8 00 7 50a 7 75 6 50a 7 00 5 50a 6 00 5 37a 5 75
9a 10
9a 10
9a 10
9a 10
Smoked hams
lb..
9a 10
9a 10
9a 10
9a 10
9a 10
9a 10
9a 10
5a
6
5a
6
4a
5
5a
6
Lard
do...
5a
6
6 .--.
5a
6
5a
0
6 .--.
6 ....
5a
6
12a 15
13a 15
13a 10
Butter, western d a i r y . d o . . .
13a ' 16 13a 16
12a 16
13a 16
5a
7
5a
7
6a
7
6a
7
4a
7
Clieese, Araerican
do...
6a
7
4a
7
4a
7
6a
7
6a
8
4a
7
6a
8
Rice, ordinary
c w t . . 3 50a 3 75 3 50a 3 75 3 25a 3 62 3 OOa 3 37 2 75a 3 12 2 50a 3 00 2 50a 3 00 3 50a 3 00 2 50a 3 00 2 50a 3 00 2 50a 3 00 2 50a 3 00
Salt-yLiverpool,
fine
sack.. 3 00 .-.. 3 13a 3 35 . - -. 2 25 2 15a 2 20 .... 2 50 2 15a 2 20 2 15a 2 26 3 15a 2 28 2 15a 2 25 2 25a 2 33 2 30a 2 37 2 15a 2 25
45a 46
49a 50
48 ....
50a 51
48
T u r k ' s Island
bush..
48
47
47a 48 ....
51
4 5 46 ....
.a
51
51 ....
Sheetings—Russia, white
piece.. 10 35al0 50 10 35al0 50 10 25al0 50 10 25al0 50 10 25al0 50110 25al0 5010 25al0 50 10 25al0 50 10 25al0 50 10 25al0 50 10 SOall 00 .... 1150
Russia, brown
d o . . . 8 50a 9 00 8 75a 9 00 8 75a 9 00 8 75a 9 00 9 OOa 9 25 9 OOa 9 25 9 25a 9 50 9 25a 9 50 9 25a 9 . 0 9 25a 9 50 .... 1000 10 25al0 50
5
5a
6
5a
6
5a
6
Soap—New York
lb..
5a
6
5a
6
5a
6
5a
6
5a
6
5a
6
5a
6
5a
6
5a
6
9a 11
9a 11
Castile
d o . . . ....
12 . -..
9a 11
10a 11
9a 11
12
lla 12
12 ....
13 . - -.
9a 11
lOa 11
13 ..-Spices—Pepper
lb..
13 .--.
14 ....
13 ....
13a 14
13 ....
14 ....
14 ....
14 ....
13 ..-14 ....
13 ....
Nutmegs
d o . . . 1 25a 1 37 1 25a 1 37 1 35a 1 37 150 .... 1 50a 1 60 1 50a 1 60 1 4 5 1 50 1 35a 1 40 1 35a 1 40 1 35 .... .... 140 .... 150
.a
Spirits—Jamaica r u m
: . . . g a l . . 1 20a 1 30 1 20a 1 30 1 20a 1 30 1 20a 1 30 1 20a 1 33 1 25a 1 33 1 25a 1 37 1 20a 1 30 1 23a 1 33 1 10a 1 30 1 10a 1 30 1 10a 1 30
87a 1 00
Gin, Scheidam
do...
90a 1 00 1 06a 1 03 87a 1 00
95a 1 00
95a 1 00
95a 1 03
95a 1 00
95a 1 00
91a 1 00
90a 95
90a 95
6a
8
6a
8
7a
8
7a
9
7a
8
Sugars—Now Orleans
lb..
6a
8
6a
8
6a
8
6a
8
7a
8
5a
8
6a
8
7
7a
8
7a
8
Muscovado
d o . -.
7a ,8
7a
8
8 ....
8
7a
8
7a
8 - 7a
8 ---.
8 ..8 ....
17a 19
17a 19
17a 19
17a 19
Loaf
do...
17a 19
17a 19
17a 19
17a 19
17a 19
17a 19
17a 19
17a 19
7 ....
7 ..-.
7a
Tallow—Foreign
do...
7a
8
8 ....
7a
7a
8
7a
8
8 .--.
8 .--.
8 .--.
8 ---.
6a, 7
American
do--.
6
7 ....
6 ....
6 ....
7 ....
6a
7
6 ....
7 ....
7 ....
6
6 --..
70a 1 12
75a 1 12
Teas—Young H y s o n . . ' I . . . ' . .
do...
75a 1 12
70a 1 05
75a 1 13
73a 110
89a 1 13
80a 113
70a 1 10
70a 1 05
75a 1 12
7 5 1 12
.a
46a 75
Souchong
do...
50a 75
47a 75
50a 75
50a 75
53a 75
50a 75
53a 75
47a 75
50a 75
50a 75
50a 75
Imperial
d o . . . 1 OOa 1 25 1 OOa 1 25 1 OOa 1 25 1 OOa 1 25 1 09a 1 40 1 ODa 1 40 1 09a 1 40 1 09a 1 40 1 09a 1 30 1 09a 1 30 1 09a 1 30 1 05a 1 30
6a
7
6a
7
Tobacco—Kentucky
do...
5a
6
5a
6
5a
6
5a
6
5a
6
5a
6
oa
6
5a
6
5a
6
5a
6
lla 12
l l a 12
lla 12
Manufactured, No. 1
do...
lla 12
lla 13
lla 12
lla 12
lla 13
lla 13
l l a 12" lla 12
lla 12
35
35
• Whalebone, slab
d o . . - • 35a 38 ....
28 ....
S4a 35 ....
33a 35
30a 31
26a 27
35
25
28 ....
25 .--.
70a 1 50
Wine—Port
g a l . . 1 13a 2 25 1 OOa 2 00 1 OOa 2 00 1 OOa 2 00 1 OOa 3 00 75a 1 75
70a 1 50
75a 1 75
75a 1 75
75a 1 75
75a 1 75
Madeira
d o . . . 2 OOa 3 00 1 50a 3 00 1 50a 3 00 1 50a 3 00 1 37a 3 50 1 37a 2 50 1 37a 2 50 1 37a 2 50 1 35a 3 35 1 25a 2 25 1 25a 2 25 1 25a 2 25
Claret
c a s k . . 17 00a27 00 17 00a27 00 17 00a27 00 17 00a27 00 17 00a37 00 |l5 0Oa25 0015 00a25 00 12 00a23 00 13 0Oa33 00 12 00a30 00 12 00a20 00 12 0Oa2O 00
Wool—Common
lb-.
18a 25
ISa 27
ISa 25
ISa 35
ISa 35
18a 25
1 ^ 25
-a
ISa 35
ISa 25
ISa 25
ISa 25
18a 25
32a 36
Merino
do...
33a 40
32a 36
33a 36
33a 38
33a 38
32a 38
33a 381 32a 38
33a 38
33a 36
32a 36
18a 33
Pulled
do--20a 33
18a 33
18a 33
18a 30
18a 30
18a 33
18a 30
18a 33
18a 30
18a 33 j 18a 33
to
CO
The range of prices of staple articles in the Neio York market at the beginning of each month, in each year, from 1825 tp 1863.
No. VL—THE YEAR 1830.
Articles.
Jan.
April.
.
May.
•|4 75
$4 62a$4 75- $4 69a$4 75 $4 87 ..
Breadstuffs—Wheat flour, sup
b b l . .$4 87a|5.
5 25a 5 62 5 12a 5 62 '4 75a 5 25 4 S7a|5
W h e a t flour, w. canal, d o . . 5 35a 5
3 50a 3 62
Rye
flour,
fine
d o . . 3 35 ..
3 25 .... 2 87
3
2 :57a 2 50 .... 2 75 2 50a 2 75 2 50 ..
Corn meal, n o r t h e r n . . d o . . 2 75 ..
1 03a 1 06 1 00 .... 1 OOa 1 05 108a 1
W h e a t , Genesee
b u s h . 1 03a 1
60
70a
65a 70
Rye, noi'thern
do..
60a
60a 62
31a 36
2Sa
Oats, northern
do..
.28a
27a 34
53a 53
52a
52 ....
Corn, northern
do..
48a
49a 50
9a 10
9a 10
10 ..
Candles—Mould
lb.
9a
9a
21a 24
21a
21a 23
Sperm
;.. do..
21a
21a
11 00al2 00 10 OOall 00 8 75a 9 00 8 75a 9
Coal—Anthracite, Schuylkill
ton.
10 OOalO 50 10 OOalO 50 9 51al0 00 9 50alO
Liverpool
chaldron. 10 OOalO
Coffee—Brazil
lb.
12 ....
12 ....
12 ..
lla
lla
12
Java
do..
15
14 ....
14 ..
14 ....
18a 19
Copper—Pig
-do.. "iSa
18a 19
18a18a
19
22a
23a 24
22a 23
23a
Sheathing
do..
23a
23
8a 10
9a
9a 10
Cotton, upland
do ..
9a
2 a 10
2 12a 2 50 2 12a 2 50 2 1 2 a 2 37 2 12a 2
Fish—Dry cod
".
; . . c w t . 2 12a 2
Mackerel, No. 1
bbl - .... 5
6 OCa 6 12 6 00 .... 6 00 -.
Flax—Russian
=
lb.
9
•..
9
9 --.
8a
8a
10
American
do..
7a
7a i
7a
8
7a
7a
8
Fruit—Muscatelraisins
b o x . 2 37a 2
2 37a 2 6; 2 37a 2 62 2 63a 2 75 2 62a 2
6a
6a
Figs, S m y r n a
lb.
6a
7
6a
6a
7
16a
17a
Prunes, Bordeaux
do .
16a 22
16a
22
16a 22
7 OOa 8 00 7 OOa 8 00 5 50a 7 00 3 50a 7
Furs—Beaver, northern
d o . . 7 00a
6 OOa 6 25 6 OOa 6 25 6 OOa 6 25 6 00a 6
Glass, American
per 100 feet. 6 OOa 6
3 25a 5 75 3 25a 5 75 3 25fl 5 75 3 25a 5
Gunpowder—American
35 lbs. 3 25a 5
3 50a 6 25 3 50a 6 25 3 50a 6 25 3 50a 6
English
d o . .. 3 50a 6
15a
15a
16
Hides—Buecos Ayres
lb.
15a
16
15 ..
15 ....
10a
12
10a
W e s t India
do..
IJa
12
lla
lla
13
12a
15
Hops, first sort
do..
10a
12a
12a
15
12a
15
75a 1 25
Indigo, Manilla
do..
75a 1
75a 1
75a 1 25
75a 1 25
40 OOaoO 00 40 00a50 00 40 OOflSO 00 40 00a50
Ii'on—Scotch Pig
t o n . 40 OOaSO
Assorted English bar
d o . . 3 50a75 00 ;73 50a75 00 ;'73 00a75 00 72 0aa75 00 1 .... 75
Shept
c w t . 6 75a 8 00 I 6 75a 8 00j 6 75a 8 00 6 75a 8 00 i 6 75a 8
3
Lead, pig
lb.
3a
3 i 3 ..
j
3 I-.-.
Leather, hemlock sole
do..
18 .. . I ISa 82 i 18a 22 I 18a 22 I 18a
1 18
I
Liquors—Cognac brandy
gal. 118
! 1 15fl 1 18 j 115a 1 18 1 15a 1
Domestic whiskey
do..
25a 29 1 24a
i %ia
25 i 21a 23
Molasses—New Orleans
do.,
2Sa .30! 2Sa
j 29a
30 I 29a 31
30a
Sugar-hou
do..
3Sa 40 i 38a
I .38a 40 I 3Sa 40
3Sa
se
Havana
gal.
I 233
25 I 23a 25
20a 25 i 20a
23a
July.
.. $4 87. $4
$5 OOa 5 25 5
. . . 325 3
..
2 50a 2 63 2
1 09a 1 10 1
63a
3ia
54a 56
9a 10
2la 24
8 75a 9 00 8
9 50al0 00 9
11 ....
14 ....
18a
19
2ia
22
9a
11
2 12a.2 37
6 OOa 6 12
8a
10
7a
-8
2 6 2 a 2 75
5
6
3
3
6a
16a
50a
OOa
25a
50a
8
18
7 00
6 35
5 75
6 25
15 ....
lla
13
12a
13
62a 1 12
40 00a50 00
.... 75 00
6 75fl 800
3 ....
18a
32
1 15a 1 18
21a
23
2Sa
30
.30 .'...
SOa
23
to
(ID
{4^
87 ....
12a$5 37
37a 3 45
50
10a 1 12
63a
66
32a
38
53a
54
9a
10
21a
24
Aug.
Sept.
Dec.
Oct.
.. $3 00 $5 62a$5 75 $ 5 1 2 ....
$5 25a 5 50 5 75a 6 00 512a$5 37
3 37a 3 50 3 75 .... 3 50a 3 62
.... 2 75 .... 3 00
2 50
1 07a 1 10
66a
67
33a
40
58a
60
9a
10
22a
24
1 12a 1 15
64a
66
25a
32
60
9a
10
22a
24
1 03a
65
27a
63a
24a
$5 19a|;5 25
5 31a 5 50
3 62a 3 75
.... 3 25
1 04 1 OSa 1 1(1
62a
....
26a
60a
61
10 ....
24a
7 00a
OOa 9 00 8 OOa 9 00 8 OOa 9 00 7 00a
50al0 00 9 50al0 00 9 OOalO 00 8 00a
10a 11
11 ....
11 .--.
10a
11
14 ....
14 ....
14
14 ....
16a 17
16a
17
17a
18
16a
17
20a 21
2ia
22
31a
22
21a
23
lla 13
10a
12
9a
11
9a
11
2 25a 2 37 3 25a 2 37 2 37a 2 50 2 25a 2 37
.... 6 12 .... 5 00 5 OOa 5 25 6 25a 6 37
8a
9
8a
9
8a
9
8a
9
7a
8
7a
8
7a
8
7a
8
2 50a 2 62 2 31a 2 50 2 31a 2 44 2 31a 2 37
6 ....
6 ....
6 ....
6 ....
14a
18
14a 18
14a
18
14 a
18
5 50a 7 00 5 50a 7 00 5 50a 7 00 5 50a 7 00
6 OOa 6 25 6 OOa 6 25 6 OOa 6 25 6 OOa 6 -23
3 25a 5 75 3 25a 5 75 3 25a 5 75 3 25a 5 75
3 50a 6 25 3 50a 6 25 3 50a 6 25 3 50a 6 25
15 ---.
16a
17
15 ---.
15 .--.
lla 13lla
13
lla 13
lla
13
62a 1 12
62a 1 12
62a 1 12
40 00a50 00 40 00a45 00 40 00a45 00
.... 75 00 • 00a77 50 77 00a77 50
5
6 75a 8 00 6 75a 8 00 6 75a 8 00
3 ....
3
3 ....
18a 22
ISa 23
18a
22
1 15a 1 18 1 25a 1.37 1 25a 1.37
84 .... ....
23 ....
27
2Sa 30
28a -30
28a
30
38 ..,,
38 ....
30 ....
20a 23
20a 23
20a
25
62a 1
40 00a45
75 00a77
6 75a 8
18a
150
27a
30a
3Sa
2aa.
1 OOa 8 50
lla 12
14 ....
17a 18
21a 22
lla 13
2 23a 2
5 87a 6
8a
7a
37
00
9
8
$5 06a$5 12
512a 5 31.
>
.... 3 75
3 31a 3 50
1 10a 1 12
....
^0
27a 34
61a 63
10
24a 26
7 OOa 8 00
7 50a 8 ( O
J;
lla 12
14
17a 18
21a 22
9o 11
2 63fl 2 73
5 87 ....
8a
10
7a
8
2 1 8 a 2 31
7a
8
15a
20
2 3ia 2 44
6 ....
18a 20
5 OOa 6 23 5 OOa 6 25
6 OOa 6 25 6 OOa 6 25
3 25a 5 75 3 25a 5 75
3 50a 6 25 3 50a 6 25
16 ....
16 ....
12a 14
Ilo 14
14a 15
12a 14
62a 1 12
62a 1 12
13
00 '40 00a^5 0Q 40 00a45 00
50 :75 00a77 .30 72 .5(.)a75 00
00 6 75a 8 00 6 75a 8 00
8
3 .--.
- 3
19a 22
19a 23
1 50a 1 56 1 .=>0a 1 56
31a 33
29a 30
33 ....
3fia .31
38a 40
22a t l
%7c> 3-a
Q
O
o
as
5a
6
5a
6
5a
6
5a
6
5a
6
5a
5a
5a
6
5a
6
5a
Nails—Cut
lb
Ua
C
16
9a 16
10a 16
10a 16
9a
16
10a
16
10a 16
10a
16
10a
16
10a
16
Wrought
do.
10a
16
3 la 33
31tt 33
31a
33
31a 33
30a 31 ^ 27a 28
26ff 29
27a
28
27a .28
25a
28
Naval stores—Spirits turpentine . - -gal
26a
28
1 25a 1 62 1 25a 1 63 1 25a 1 62 1 25a 1 62 1 25a 1 62 1 25a 1 63 1 25a 1 62 1 25a 1 63 1 12a 1 62 1 12a 1 63 1 13a 1 63
Rosin, common
bbl
35a
37
37a 39
34a 35
30a 31
29a
29a 30
29a 30
3'7a 38
37
35a
37 . 35a
Oils—Whale
:»gal
31a
33
70 ....
70 ....
70 6Sa 70
68a
63 ....
65a 67
70a
75
70a
75
70
Sperm, summer
do.
65a
67
73a 78
83a
85
83a 85
72a 75
73a 75
72 ....
75
85a
90
85a
90
80a
85
Sperm, winter
do...
75
75a 85 ....
75a
85
74a
85
85a 90
90 1 00 .... .... 1 10 .... 1 1 0 ..... 1 10 1 15a 1 20
Olive
do.'
78a 80
68 --.69a 70
75 .... .73a 74
76a 77
78
83a
85
94a
95
95
Linse^^d
do.
83a 83
6 50a 7 00 6 50a 7 00 6 50a 7 00 6 50a 7 00 6 50a 7 00 6 50a 7 00 6 50a 7 00 6 50a 7 00 6 50a 7 00 6 50a 7 00 6 50a 7 00
Paints, rt'd lead
cwt
Provisions—Pork, mess
b b l . . 11 00al2 00 11 00al2 00 11 OOall 75 12 00al2 50 13 50al3 75 13 25al3 87 13 50al4 12 13 50al4 00 14 00al4 75 14 50al5 50 14 00al5 50
9 OOa 9 50 9 OOa 9 50 8 75a 9 12 9 OOa 9 50 9 35a 9 50 9 25a 9 50 9 75al0 12 9 35al0 00 9 75al0 00 10 OOalO 50 10 OOall 00
Pork, prime
do.
Beef, mess
d o . . . 8 OOa 8 50 8 25a 8 50 8 25a 8 75 9 OOa 9 50 9 OOa 9 50 9 25a 9 75 9 50al0 00 9 50al0 00 9 50alO 00 9 50a 9 75 8 OOa. 8 50
5 75a 6 25 5 75a 6 25 5 62a 6 25 5 50a 6 25 5 50a 6 25 5 50a 6 25 6 25a 6 75 6 25a 6 75 6 OOa 6 62 5 50a 6 00 5 OOa 5 35
Beef, prime
do
9a
10
9a 10
9a 10
9a 10
10a
11
9a 10
9a 10
9a 10
10a
10a
11
Smoked hams
lb..
10a 11
5a
6
5a
6
5a
6
5a
6
lla 12
6 .... . 8 ....
8 ..-.
ISa
10 .-..
Lard
do
9a 10
12a
16
12a 15
12a 16
12a 16
12a 15
12a 15
12a 15
12a
15
12a
16
Butter, western d a i r y . d o
13a 15
5a
7
5a
7
6a
8
6a
8
6a
7
6a
8
6a
8
6a
7
Cheese, American
do
6a
7
6a
8
Rice, ordinary
c w t . . 2 50a 3 00 2 50a 2 87 2 50a 2 75 2 12a 2 50 2 12a 2 62 2 12a 2 50 2 00 2 50 2 OOa 2 50 .... 3 00 3 25a 3 50 3 OOa 3 25
2 15a 2 20 2 12a 2 15 2 OOa 2 12 2 OOa 2 12 2 OOa 2 10 2 06a 215 1 85a 2 00 1 75a 1 90 1 87a 2 00 1 80a 1 87 1 87a 1 95
Salt—^^Liverpool,
fine
sack
45 ....
45
40a
42
44 .--.
48
45a
46
45 ....
46
56a
57
T u r k ' s Island..bush..
45 ....
6a
9
7a
8
8 ....
7a
9
6a
8
10
Seed, clover
lb..
.. 11 50
'
.. 11 50 .... 1100
10 50all 00
Sheetings—Russia, white
p i e c e - . .... 11 50 .... 11 50 .... 1 1 5 0 . - -. 11 50 - -. 11 50 . . . . 11 50
Ru.ssia, b r o w n
d o . . . 10 25al0 50 10 25al0 50 10 25al0 50 10 25al0 50 10 25al0 50 , 10 25al0 50 10 25al0 50 10 25al0 50 9 50 .... 9 50 .... 9 OOa 9 50
5
5a
6
5
5 ....
5
5 ....
5a
6
Soap—New York
lb..
5 ....
5
5 ....
9a
11 - 9a
9a
11
11
9a "'ii
9a 11
9a
11
9a
11
9a
11
Castile
do...
9a
11
9a
11
9a
11
13 ....
13 ....
1 3 ....
.
14
13 ....
. . 13a 14 13a 14
. Spices—Pepper
do...
13 .... I 1 3 . .
14
14
Nutmegs
d o . . . .... 1 50 .... 1 5 0 1 37a 1 50 1 37a 1 47 1 40a 1 50 1 40a 1 50 1 37a 1 44 1 37a 1 44 1 37a 1 44 1 35a 1 37 1 35a 1 37
Spirits—.lamaica r u m
g a l . . 1 10a 1 30 1 10a 1 30 1 10a 1 30 1 10a 1 25 1 10a 1 25 1 10a 1 25 1 iOa 1 25 1 10a 1 25 1 10a 1 25 1 05a 1 20 1 05a 1 25
90a 1 09
90a 1 09
90a 1 09
90a 1 09
95a 1 09
95a 1 09
Gin, Holland
do. . .
95a 1 09
95a 1 09
95a 1 09 1 06a 1 09 1 06a 1 09
7a
8
7a
9
7a.
8
7a
9
6a
8
7a
8
Sugars—New Orleans'
lb..
7a
9
6a
8
6a
8
7a
8
7
7 .--.
7a
8
Oa
7
7a
7a
8
7a
8
7a
8
7a
8
Cuba Muscovado
;do...
7a
8
17a
17a
19
17a
19
17a 19
17a
19
17a
19
Loaf
do...
17a
19
17a
19
17a
19
17a
19
17a
19
6
6a
7
6a
7
5a
6
6a
7
5a
6
Tallow—American
do...
5a
6
6a
7
6
6 ....
7 .:..
7a
8
7a
8
7a
8
Foreign
do..7a
8
7a
8
7a
8
7a
8
7a
8
7a
8
7a
8
7a
8
70a 1 12
70a 1 12
70a 1 00
70a 1 12
70a 1 06
70a 1,06
Teas—Young Hyson
do.. .
70a 1 06
70a 1 06
70a 1 06
70a 1 06
70a 1 06
46a
75
46a
75
46a
75
Souchong
d o . .46a
75
44a 75
44a
75
46a
75
44a
75
44 a
75
44a
75
44a
75
Imperial
•
d o . . . 1 05a 1 30 1 05a 1 30 1 0 5 a 1 30 1 05a 1 30 1 0 5 a 1 30 1 OOa 1 30 1 OOa 1 30 1 OOa 1 30 1 OOa 1 30 1 OOa 1 30 1 OOa 1 30
6a
7
6a
7
6a
7
Tobacco—Kentucky
'... d o . . .
6a
7
6a
7
3a
6
6a
7
3a
6
3a
6
3a
6
• 3a
6
lla
12
lla
12
lla 12
lla 12
10a 11
10a
11
Manufactured, No. 1
do...
10a
11
10a
11
10a
11
10a
11
10a
11
33 ....
32 ....
• 23a 35 22a 23
22 ....
22a
23
Whalebone, slab
do...
35
22 ....
23a
34
22a
24
23a
24
70a 1 50
70a 1 50
70a 1 50
Wine—Port
gal..
70a 1 50
70a 1 50
70a 1 50
70a 1 50
70a 1 50
7(.>a 1 50
70a 1 50
70a 1 ,50
Madeira
d o . . . 1 25a 2 25 1 35a 2 25 1 25a 2 25 1 25a 3 00 1 25a 3 00 1 25a 3 00 r 2 5 a 2 50 1 25a 2 50 1 25a 2 50 1 25a 2 50 1 25a 2 50
Claret
cask..
12a
12a
20
13a 30
•12a 23
13a
23
12a 20
12a
23
12a
23
12a
23
12a
23
12a
23
Wool—Common
^.. lb. 18a
16a
22
16a 23
16a 22
18a 25
16a
22
16a
22
20a
30
20a
30 - 20a
20a
30
30
Merino
do. -. 32a 36
.32a
30a 36
30a 40
30a 40
30a
40
30a
40
35a
55
35a
55
35a
55
35a
55
Pulled
do...
17a 30
17a 30
17a 32
18a 331 18a
17a
30
17a
32
25a
40
25a
40
25a
44
25a
40
I
I
5a
6
10a
16
28a
30
113a 1 62
37a
40
7:3a 75
9(ia 93
1 OOa 1 05
80a
81
6 5Ua 6 75
14 00al4 25
9 50al0 50
7 63a 7 75
5 OOa 5 25
10a
11
9a
10
12a
16
5a
7
2 75a 3 25
1 85a 1 90
55a
57
10
10 SOall 00
9 OOa 9 25
5 ....
9a
11
14
1 35a 1 37
1 OOa 1 20
1 06tt 1 09
7a
8
•ia
7
17a
19
7 ....
7a
8
70a 1 06
44a
75
1 OOa 1 3 0
3a
6
10a
11
30a ....
7(ia 1 50
1 35a 2 50
12a
23
30
20a
40a
60
25a
44
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The range ofprices of staple articles in the New York market at the beginning of each month, in each year, from 1825 to 1863.
to
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No. VII.—THE YEAR 1831.*
Articles.
Breadstuffs—Wheat flour, sup
bblW h e a t flour, w. canal d o . .
Rye
floui-,
fine
do..
Corn meal, n o r t h e r n , . d o . .
W h e a t , Genesee
bush.
Rye, northern
do..
Oats, northern
do -.
Corn, northern
do..
Candles—Mould
lb.
Sperm
do..
Coal—Anthracite
ton.
Liverpool
chaldron.
Coffee—Brazil
lb.
Java
do..
Copper—Pig
do..
Sheathing
do..
Cotton, u p l a n d
......do..
Fish—Dry cod
'...cwt.
Mackerel, No. 1
:.bbl.
Flax—Russia
,
lb.
American
do..
Fruit—Muscatel raisins .
box.
Figs, S m y r n a
lb.
Prunes, Bordeaux..
do..
Furs—Beaver, northern
do..
Glass, American
per 50 feet.
Gunpowder—Araerican
25 Ibs.
Euglish
do..
Hides—Buenos Ayres
lb.
W e s t India
do..
Hops, first sort
do..
Indigo, Manilla
do..
Iron—Scotch ^jig
ton.
Comraon English bar
do..
Sheet, English
cwt.
Lead, pig
lb.
Leather, hemlock sole
do..
Liquors—Cognac b r a n d y
gal.
Domestic whiskey
do..
Molasses—Now Orleans
do..
Muscovado
do..
Havana
do..
Jan.
April.
May.
July.
Aug.
. Sept.
Oct.
1 .
-. $6 62 $6 75 • . - .?5 75a$6 00 .... $5 25 .$4 75a$4 87 $5 00 --..
$5 75 .... $6 25a$6 50
•.
|5 50a$5 62 $5 63a|5 69
. $5 25 $5 62
5 75a$6 00 6 62a 6 75 |6 75a 7 00 7 00a$7 25 5 87a 6 25 15 37a 5 62 5 00a$5 50 5 00a$5 50 $5 25a 5 62 5 75a|6 00 3 87a 6 00 6 25a 6 37
.... 3 75
4 25 .... 4 12 3 87a 4 00 3 75a 3 87 3 87a 4 00 3 62a 3 87 3 50a 3 62 3 62a 3 75 .... 4 00 4 37 .... .... 4 50
3 25a 3 50 .... 3 50 3 50 .... 3 50a 3 75 3 50a 3 75 .... 3 75 3 50a 3 62 3 50a 3 62 3 62a 3 75 3 75a 3 87 3 75a 3 87 3 50 ....
125 ....
1 30a 1 35 .... 1 12 1 06a 1 09 1 12a 1 15 1 14a 1 16 1 ISa 1 21 1 18a 1 25 1 22a 1 28
68a 70
75
79a 80
83a 84
77a 79
75a
86a 88
88 ....
80a 82 • 78a 80
72a 74
69a 70
34a
34a 42
33a 40
30a 36
35a
40a 48
43a 50
34a 40
32a 39
37a 44
32a 33
70a
73a 75
54a 6;
58 a 65
65a 70
73a 75
73a 75
73a 75
68a 70
70a 73
67a 72
10a
10a 11
10 ...
13a 14
13a 14
11
10a 11
11 ....
11 ....
10a 11
lla 12
1]
37a 30
26a
..
31
38a 30
28a 29
24 a 2(
27a 30
27a 30
24a 26
28a 29
26a 29
27a 30
7 OOa 8 0( 7 OOa 9 00 7 00a 9
7 OOa 9 00 6 OOa 7 00 6 OOa 7 00 6 OOa 7 00 6 OOa 7 00 6 OOa 7 00 6 OOa 7 00 6 OOa 7 00 7 50a 8 50
8 OOa 8 2; 8 OOa 8 25 8 00a 8
8 OOa 8 25 10 OOalO 50 10 OOalO 50 10 OOalO 50 10 OOalO 50 10 OOalO 50 11 OOall 50 12 00al3 00 12 00al3 00
10 .
lla 12
10 . .
-.
12a 13
11
10 ....
12a 13
lla 12
11 ....
lla 12
lla 12
lla 12
lla
12a 13:
lla 13
13a 13
lla 12
lla 12
lla 13
12a 13
lla 12
12 ....
lla 12
17a
18a 19 i ISa 19
18a 19
17a 18
17a 18
17a 18
17a 18
18a 19
17a 18
17a 18
18a 19
22a 23 i 23a 23
. 21a
24a 25
21a 22
21a 22
21a 22
23a 24
21a 22
21a
21a 22
24a 25
7a 10 i
7a 10
9a 11
8a 10
8a 10
8a
7a 10
8a 10
7a 10
9a 10
8a 10
8a 10
2 56a 2 02
3 00 .... 3
2 75a 3 00 3 00 .... 3 OOa 3 12 3 00 .--. 2 50a 2 62 2 37a 2 62 2 62a 3 00 2 62a 2 87 2 62a 2 75
.... 6 00
6 62 6 62 ..
6 25: 5 50a 5 62
6 50a 6 75 6 25a 6 37
6 62 .... 6 50 .... 6 50 .... 5 75a 6 00
8a 10
8a 10
9a 10
8a
9a 10
9a 10
10a 11 i
8a 10
10a 11
10 .... -10
7a
8
7a . 8
.
7a
8
7a
7a
8
6a
8
6a
8
6a
8
7a
8
7a
7a . 8
2 12a 2 31 3 13a 2 31
0
2 12a 2 37 2 12a 2 37 212a 2 37 2 12a 2 37 2 50a 2 62 2 25a 2 62 .... 3 25 3 25a 3 50
2 25a
6a
7
6a
7
6a
8 ;
10a 11
.6a
8
6a
8
6a
8
6a
8
6a
8
6a
8
5a
. oa
14a 20
14a 20
16a 20
16a 20
14a
15a 17 I 14a 18
16a 20
16a 20
16a 20
16a 20
14a
4 75a 6 00 4 75a 6 00 4 75a 6
4 75a 6 25 4 75a 6 25 4 75a 6 25 4 75a 6 25 4 75a 6 25 4 75a 6 25 4 25a 5 73 4 25a 5 75 4 23a 5 75
3 OOa 3 12 3 OOa 3 12 3 OOa 3
3 OOa 3 12 3 OOa 3 12 3 OOa 3 12 3 OOa 3 12 3 OOa 3 12 3 OOa 3 12 3 OOa 3 12 3 OOa 3 12 ' 3 OOa 3 12
3 25a 5 75 3 25a 5 75 3 25a 5
3 25a 5 75 3 25a 5 75 3 25a 5 75 3 25a 5 75 3 25a 5 75. 3 25a 5 75 3 25a 5 75 3 25a 5 75 3 25a 5 73
3 50a 6 25 3 50a 6 25 3 50a 6
3 50a 6 25 3 50a 6 25 3 50a 6 25 3 50a 6 25 3 .50a 6 ^ 5 • 3 50a 6 25 3 50a 6 25 3 50a 6 25 , 3 50a 6 25
16 ....
16 ....
16 ....
16 ....
16a 17
16 ....
16 .... , 16 .... ! 15 ....
16 ....
16 :.-.
16a
12a 13
12a 15
12a 13
lla 14
12a 15
12a 15
12a 15
12a 15
12a 15
12a 15
12a 15
12a
15a 17
15a 17
12a 13
9
13a 14
12 ....
Sa
9
9
8a
9
9
15a
62a 1 12
62a 1 12
75a 1 12
•62a 1 12
75a 1 12
75a 1 12
75a 112
75a 1 12
75a 1 12
75a 1 12
62a 1 12
62a 1
40 00a45 CO 40 00a45 00 0 00a45
40 00a45 00 40 00a47 50 40 00a47 50 40 00a47 50 40 00a47 50 40 00a47 50 40 00a47 50 40 00a47 50 40 00a47 50
72 50a80 00 •2 50a75 00 73 50a75
70 00a73 50 '0 00a72 50 73 50a74 00 72 00a74 00 73 00a74 00 70 00a72 00 70 00a72 00 .... 72 00 .... 72 00
6 75a 8 00 6 75a 8 00 6 75a 8
6 75a 8 00 6 75a 8 00 6 75a 8 00 6 75a 8 00 6 75a 8 00 6 75a 8 00 6 75a 8 00 6 75a 8 00 6 75a 8 00
3 ....
4
3a
5 ---.
3 ....
5 ....
5
5
5
5
4
3a
19a 22
20a 23
20a 24
20a
19a 22
20a 24
20a 24
20a 24
20a 24
20a 24
20a 24
20a
1 7 5 .... 1 75
1 50a 1 56 1 75a 1 87 1 75a 1
>25 .
2 25
1 75 .... 1 75 1 75a 1 87 1 75a 1 87 .... 1 87
30a 32
28a 30
36a 37
29a 30
32a 33
.1
3
32a 33
27a
34 a
32a 33
34a 35
34 a
27a 29
33a 34
25a 26
25a 26
30a 32
30a 31
25a
30a 33
2Ga 27
27 .
32a .34
25a .
24a 25
24 a 25
30a 32
28a 29
30a 33
25a 26
25a
26a
31
24 a
23
23a 23
27a 30
26a 28
26a 27
21a 24
23a 23
27a 30
27a 30
23a
23a'
21a
>
O
O
>-H.
o.
02
5a
6
5a
6
5a
6
5a
6
5a
6
5a
6a
7
Nails—Cut
•
lb
5a
6
5a
6
5a
6
5a
6
10a 16
10a 16
10a 16
10a 16
10a 16
10a 16
Wrought
do.
10a 16
10a 16
10a 16
10a 16
10a 16
28a 30
28a 30
28a 30
28a 30
28a 30
28a 30
30a 33
N a v a l stores—Spirits turpentine
gal
28a 30
28a 30
28a 30
.28 .-..
^
12a 1 62 1 12a 1 62 1 12a 1 63 1 12a 1 62 1 13a 1 63 1 13a 1 63 1 13a 1 63 1 i2a 1 62 1 12a 1 62 1 13a 1 63 1 12a 1 62
Rosin, common
bbl..
35
37a 38
40a 41 ....
31a 33
30a 33
31a
31a 34
31a 34
30a 33
Oils—Whale
gal
2Sa 31
30a 33
73a 75
73a 75
73a 75
73a 75
78 ---.
73a 75
80
70a
78a 80
Sperm, summer
.do...
70 ....
72
90a 95
90a 95
90a 95
85 .--.
95
80a
Sperm, winter
do. .
85 ....
80 ....
95
95
8Sa 90 ....
05a 1 10 1 0;3a 1 08 1 06a 1 12 1 03a 1 06
85a 90
88a 90
SSa 90
90a 95
75a 85
Olive
do..
75a
85a 90
76a 78
S7a 90
85a 87
£0 ....
98a 1 00
95a 97 - -.. 1 00 1 06a 1 08 1 06a 1 08 1 04a 1 06
Linseed
do..
98a 1 00
.50a .6 75 6 50a 6 75 6 50a 7 25 6 OOa 7 00 6 OOa 7 00 6 OOa 7 00 6 OOa 7 00 6 OOa 7 00 6 OOa 7 00 6 OOa 7 00 6 OOa 7 00
Paints, red lead
cwt.
50al4 25 13 75al4 25 13 50al4 00 13 50al4 12 14 OOalS 00 14 OOalS 35 14 OOalS 35 14 OOalS 00 14 00al4 75 13 50al4 00 12 00al3 00
Provisions—Pork, m e s s . . bblOOalO 50 10 OOalO 50 10 OOalO 37 10 50al0 75 10 75all 25 ill OOall 63 11 OOall 75 11 OOall 62 11 OOall 50 llO SOall 35 10 OOalO 75
Pork, prime
do...
50a 9 00 8 75a 9 25 8 50a 9 25 8 62a 9 25 S 63a 9 35 8 63a 9 35 8 75a 9 35 8 OOa 8 SO 7 75a 8 50 7 75a 8 SO 7 OOa 7 50
Beef, mess
do
50a 6 00 5 63a 6 35 5 50a 6 12 5 63a 6 35 5 63a 6 35 5 63a 6 35 5 50a 6 13 5 OOa 5 50 4 75a 5 25 4 75a 5 35 4 75a 5 00
Beef, prime
do...
10a 11
9a 10
9a 10
10a 11
10a 11
9a 10
10a 11
10a 11
Smoked hams
lb 10a 11
10a 11
10a 11
8a
9a 10
9
Sa
9
Sa
9
Sa
9
9a 11
8a 10
9a 11
Lard
do..
9a 10
9a 11
9a 10
15a 17
12a 16
13a 16
15a 18
15a 18
13a 16
14a 16
15
Butter, western dairy . d o . .
13a 15 ....
Sa
7
5a
7
5a
7
5a
7
Sa
7
Sa
7
5a
Sa
7
Sa
8
5a
7
Cheese
do..
Sa
7
50a 3 37 2 50a 3 25 2 75a 3 25 2 S7a 3 37 3 87a 3 37 2 75a 3 12 2 75a 3 00 2 75a 3 50 2 75a 3 50 3 OOa 4 00 3 OOa 4 00
Rice, ordinary
fwt.
75a 1 85 1 7 5 --.. 1 75 . -.; 1 87a 2 00 3 OOa 3 13 175 ..
1 75a 1 87 1 81a 1 87 1 87a 1 94 1 94a 3 00 2 12a 2 20
Salt—Liverpool,
fine
^ . , . sack.
56a 53
42a 43
45a 46
45a 47
50a 53
50a 55
48a 49
T u r k ' s Island
bush.
54a 55
48
11 .--.
10a 11
10a 11
9a 10
7a
8
Seed—Clover
lb.
Timothy
tcs.
SOall 00 10 SOall 00 10 SOall 00 10 SOall 00 .... 13 00
-. 12 00
Sheetings—Russia, white
piece.
12 00 11 OOall 50 1100 .--. 111 OOall 50 11 OOall 50
OOa 9 50 9 SOalO 00 9 SOalO 00 9 SOalO 00 10 SOall - 5 10 SOalO 75 10 50 .--. .... 9 50 9 25a 9 50 9 75al0 00 9 75 . . . .
7
Russia, b r o w n
.do..
5a
6
6
5a
6
5a
6
Sa
6
Sa
6
5a
6
5 --..
5a
6
Soap—New York
lb.
Sa
6
6
9a 11
9a 11
9a 11
14
9a 11
13a 13
9a 11
10a 13
1-Oa 13
10a 13
Castile
do..
10a 11
13a 14
i 3 14
:a
14
14 . . . .
14a 15
14 ....
13a 14
14a 15
Spices—Pepper
do..
15
15
15
35a 1 37 1 35a 1 37 1 33a 1 35 1 33a 1 35 150 .... 1 50a 1 60 1 50a 1 60 1 50a 1 60 ^ 1 60a 1 62 1 60a 1 63 1 60a 1 63
Nutmegs
do..
OOa 1 20 -1 OOa 1 20 1 OOa 1 18 1 OOa 1 IS 1 OOa 1 15 1 OOa 1 15 1 OOa 1 15 1 OOa 1 15 1 OOa 1 15 1 OOa 1 15 1 OOa 1 15
Spirits—Jamaica r u m
gal.
09a 1 12 1 OOa 1 12 1 12a 1 18 1 OOa 1 25 1 18a 1 35 1 18a 1 25 1 18a 1 25 1 12a 1 15 1 12a 1 15 1 OOa 1 15 1 OOa 1 15
Gin, Holland
do..
7
5a
5a
7 . 5a
6a
7
7
5a
7
* Sa
7
5a
7
Sa
7
4a
7
4a
6
4a
7
Sugars—New Orlean s
lb.
6 ....
6a
6a
7
6 ....
Sa
7
6 ....
7
6 ....
Sa
7
Sa
6
Sa
6 , 5a
6
Cuba Muscovado
do...
17a 18
17a 18
17a 18
16a 17
14a 16
16a 17
16a 17
14a 16
14a 16
14a 16
14a 16
Loaf
do.9
8 ....
9 .--.
10 . . . .
9 ....
7
10
9 .--.
9
9
9 .... ....
Tallow—Araerican
do - .
7a
8
7a
8
7a
8
7a
8
7a
8
7a
8
7a
8
7a
8
7a
8
7a
8
7a
8
Foreign
do..
70a 1 06
70a 1 06
75a 1 06
75a 1 06
70a 1 06
75a 1 06
88a 1 20
90a 1 20 1 OOa 1 SO 1 OOa 1 20
8Sa 1 20
Teas—Young Hyson
do..
44 a 75
44a 75
44a 75
56a 75
55a 75
56a 75
60a 75
44a 75
56a 75
56a 75
56a 75
Souchong
do. L OOa 1 30 1 OOa 1 30 1 OOa 1 30 1 OOa 1 30 1 10a 1 40 1 10a 1 40 1 10a 1 44 1 10a 1 44 1 10a 1 44 1 10a 1 44 1 10a 1 44
Imperial
do..
3a
6
3?
2
6
3a
6
3a
6
6
3a
6
3a
6 • 3a
3a
6
3a
6
3a
6
3a
6
Tobacco—Kentucky
do:.
10a 11
10a 11
10a 11
10a 11
10a 12
10a 12
10a 13
10a 11
10a 12
10a 12
10a 12
Manufactured, No. 1
do..
31a 32
20 ....
. 0 ....
3
20 ....
21a 23
20 ....
30 ---.
19a 20
23 ....
20a 21
23 ....
Whalebone, slab
do..
70a 1 50
70a 1 SO
70a 1 50
70a 1 SO
70a 1 50
70a 1 50
70a 1 50
70a 1 50 70a 1 50
70a 1 501 70a 1 50
Wine—Port
gall.
L 25a 2 50 1 25a 2 50 1 35a 2 50 1 25a 2 50 1 25a 2 50 1 25a 2 50 1 25a 2 50 1 25a 2 SO 1 25a 2 50 1 25a 2 50 1 23a 2 50
Madeira
do..
20a 30
20a 30
12a 23
20a 30
22a 28
25a 30
13a 23
25a 30
23a 28
23a 28
23a 30
Claret
cask.
20a 28
20a 28
20a 28
20a 25
25a • 35
25a 35
20a 30
25a 35
25a 35
25a 35
25a 35
Wool—Common.
lb35a 60
35a 55
35a 60
45a 70
35a 55
45a 70
35a 60
45a 75
45a 75
45a 70
45a 75
Merino
do..
4Sa 50
48a 50
50a 53
53a 56
48a 50
60a 62
50a 52
60a 62
58a 60
56a 58
60a 62
Pulled, No. 1
do-.
6a
7
10a 16
30a 33
112a 1 6 2 30a 33
80
95
85a 90
98a 1 00
6 OOa 7 00
12 Q0al3 12
. . . . 1100
. . . . 7 75
. . . . 5 12
10 - - - .
8a
9
14a 17
Sa
7
3 OOa 3 37
- - - . 2 25
62
11 OOall SO
9 25a 9 50
Sa
6
14
14 -.-,.
150 . . - .
1 OOa 1 15
1 12a 1 15
5a
7
5a
6
14a 16
10 - . - .
7a
8
1 OOa 1 20
• SSa 75
1 10a 1 44
3a
6
10a 12
22a 23
70a ] 50
1 25a 3 .50
SSa 28
25a 35
45a 70
53a 56
* " A modification of the tariff, which shall produce a reduction of our revenue to the w a n t s of the government, a n d a n adjustment of the duties on imports with a view to equal
justice in relation to all our national interests, and to the counteraction of foreign polic}^ so far as it m a y be injurious to those interests, is deemed to be oho pf the piincipal objects which
demand the consideration of the present Cougress."—President's A n n u a l Message, Decemher, 1831.
to
CD
The range of prices of staple articles in the. Neio York market at the beginning of each rnonth, in each year, from 1825 to 1863.
to
00
No. VIII.—THE YEAR 1832.
Articles.
Breadstuffs—Wheat flour, sup
bbl.
W b e a t flour, w. canal d o . .
Rye'fl-our,
fine
do..
Corn meal, n o r t h e r n . . d o . Y/heat, Genesee
bus.
Rye, northern
do..
Oats, northern
do..
Corn, northern
do..
Candles—Mould
lb.
Sperm
do. .
Coal—Anthracite
louLi verpool
chaldron.
Coffee—Brazil
lb.
Java
do-.
Copper—Pig
do ..
Sheathing
;
do...
Cotton, u p l a n d
do...
F i s h — D r y cod
cwt..
Mackerel, No. 1
.bbl.
Flax—Russia
lb..
Araerican
do..,
Fruit—Muscatel raisins
box..
Pigs, Smj-rna . .•
lb..
Prunes, Bordeaux
do...
Furs—Beaver, northern
do...
Glass, American
per 50 feet..
Gunpowder—Ameiican
25 l b s . .
English
do...
Hides—Buenos Ayres
lb..
We.st India
d o . -.
Hops, first sort
do...
Indigo, Manilla
do...
Iron—Scotch pig
ton..
Coraraon English b a r
do...
Sheet, English
cwt.
Lead, pig
lb..
Leather, hemlock, sole
do...
Liquors—Cognac b r a n d y
gal..
Domestic whiskey
do...
Molasses—New Oiieans
do...
Muscovado
do...
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'
do.
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March.
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45a 55
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June.
July. *
Aug.
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78a 80
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80a 83
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60a 63
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70a 72
65a
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31a 32
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Sept.
Oct.
Nov.
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$6 0Oa$6 50 5 69a 6 00 $6 62a 6 75
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6
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6
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6
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162
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Nails—Cut
lb . .
Wrought
do...
N a v a l stores—Spirits turpentine . - . g a l . Rosin, common
bbl.'.
Oils—T^Tiale
gal..
Sperm, summer
.do.. Sperm, winter
do.. .
Olive.
do...
Linseed
do...
Paints, red lead
cwt..
Provisions—Pork, mess
bbl..
Pork, prime
do...
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do..Beef, prime
do..Smoked hams
lb-.
Lard
do
Butter, western d a i r y . d o . . Cheese
do.. Rice, ordinary
cwt-.
Salt—Liverpool,
fine"
sack..
" T u r k ' s Island
bus..
Seed—Clover
lb. Tiraothy
tierce-Sheetings—Russia, white
piece-Russia, b r o w n
do. - Soap—New York
lb. Castile
".
.do.. Spices—Pepper
do.. .
Nutmegs
do...
Sphits—Jamaica rum
gal:.
Gin, Holland
'
do...
Sugars—New Orleans
lb-.
Cuba Muscovado
do...
Loaf
do...
Tallow—Araerican
do...
Foreign
do...
T e a s —Young hyson
do...
Souchong
d o . -.
Imperial
^
do...
Tobacco—Kentucky
do...
Manufactured, No. 1
do-..
Whalebone, slab
do..:
Wine—Port
gal..
Madeira
do...
Claret
cask..
Wool—Common .-.
lb -.
Merino
do -..
Pulled, No. 1
do...
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6
5a
6
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10a 16
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10a 16
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37a 40
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37a 40
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78a 80
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90a 95
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30a 30
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48
*The tariff bill proposed b y Mr. J o h n Quincy Adams w a s passed b y a vote of 132 to 65 b v the House of Representatives, a n d b y a vote of 32 to 16 b y the S e n a t e J u l y , 1832, a n d
took effect March 1, 1833.
to
The range of prices of staple articles in the New York market at the beginning of each month, in each year, from 1825 to 1863.
No. IX.—THE YEAR 1833.
Articles.
Breadstuffs—'Wlieat flour, sup
bbl.
W h e a t flour, w. canal, d o . .
Rye
flour,
tine
do..
Corn meal, n o r t h e r n , . d o . .
Whetit, Genesee
bush.
Rye, n o r t h e r n .
do..
Oats, northern .\
do..
Corn, northern
do..
Candles—Mould
lb.
Sperm
do..
Coal—Anthracite
ton.
Liverpool
chaldron.
Coffee—Brazil
lb.
Java
do..
Copper—Pig
do..
Sheathing
.do..
Cotton, upland^.
do - .
Fish—Dry cod
cwt.
Mackerel, No. 1
bb"..
Flax—Russian
lb.
American.
do..
Fruit—Muscatel raisins
box.
Figs, S m y r n a
Ib.
Prunes, B o r d e a u x
do..
Furs—Beaver, northern
do..
Glass, American
per JOO feet.
Gunpowder—American.
35 l b s .
English
do..
Hides—Buenos Ayz-es
lb.
Wcfct India
do..
Hops
do..
Indigo, Man ilia
do..
Ii-on—Scotch Pig
ton.
Common English b a r
do..
Sheet, English
cwt.
Lead, pig
lb.
Leather, hemlock sole
do -.
Liquors—Cognac bra,Bdy
gal.
Dou'jestic whiskey
do .
Molasses—New Orleans
do..
Muscovado
do..
Havana
do..
Jan.
April.
$6 00
-. $5 75 $5 50 - - -. $5 75 ....
6 35a$6 50 $6 13a 6 37i 6 00a$6 37 6 13a$6 37
3 62a 3 75
4 SSa 4 37; 4 50
' 4 35
3 75a 4 00 3 75a 3 87 3 87a 4 00 3 S7a 4 00
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84a
90
85 .--.
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48
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50
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13
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13a 14
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35
33a
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33a
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13 ....
13 ....
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14
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14
16a
16a 17
16a 17
16a
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June.
May.
July.
Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
.. $5 62 $5 S0a$3 56'
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.. $5 50$5 37a$5 50
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16a 17
22a 23
23a
23
22a
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22a 23
22a 23
22a
23
23a 24
22a 23
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lla 13
13a
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12a
14
15a 17
14a
17
lOa 12
14a 17
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11
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11 ..-.
8a 10
8a 10
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8a
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6
2a
6
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6
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9a 18
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lla 16
lla 16
15a
20
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13a 14
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10a
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21a
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25a 33
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90a 1 10
90a 1 25
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6 75a 7 50 6 75a 7 50 6 75a 7 50 6 75a 7 50 6 7Sa 7 50 6 75a 7 50 6 25a 6 75 6 25a 6 75
6
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16a 19
16a 19
17a 20
16a 19 • 16a 19
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28a
30
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36a 38
33a 36
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30a
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36
3Sa 36
29a 30
33a 33
27a 30
26a
30
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30a 35
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26a 28
27a 30
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5 75a 6
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3 87a 4
63
00
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5 50a 5 75
3 75a 3 87
3 87a 4 00
?5 S0a$5 63
5 56a 5 87
3 75a 3 87
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O
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Nails—Cut.
lb..
Wrought
do...
N a v a l stores—Spirits turpentine . . . g a l . .
Rosin, common
bbl..
Oils—Whale
gal..
Sperm, summer
d o . -.
Spej-m, winter
do...
Olive
do...
Linseed
do...
Paints, red lead
;
...cwt..
Provisions—^Pork, mess
....bbl..
Pork, prime
...do...
Beef, mess
.-.do...
Beef, prime
...do...
lb..
Smoked.hams...
Lard
...do...
Butter, western d a i r y . d o . .
Cheese
do..
Rice, ordinary
cwt.
Salt—Liverpool,
tine
sack.
T u r k ' s Island
bush.
Seed—Cloycr
lb.
Tiraothy
tierce.
Sheetings—Russia, white
piece.
'^
Russia, b r o w n
do..
Soap—New York
lb.
Castile
do..
Spices—Pepper
'.
do..
Nutraegs
do..
Spirits—.Jamaica r u m
-gal.
Gin, Holland
do..
Sugars—New Orleans
lb.
Cul)a Muscovado
do..
Loaf
do..
Tallow—American
do..
Foreign
do..
Teas—Young Hyson
Souchong
Imperial
Tobacco—Kentucky
Manufactured, N o . 1
W h a l e b o n e , slab
Wine—Port
Madei.;a
Claret
dov.
do..
do. .
do..
do..
do..
gal.
do..
cask.
Wool—Common
Merino
Pulled, No.'l
lb.
do..
do..
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6
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* The new tariff act of 1833 was passed by the House of Representatives in February, by a vote of 119 to 85, and by the Senate by a vote of 29 to 16, and approved by President
Jackson. The gradual reduction df duties commenced December 31, 1833.
O
The range of prices of staple articles in the New Yoi^k market at the beginning of each month, in each, year, from 1825 to 1863.
No. X.—THE YEAR 1834.^
Articles.
Jan.
$325 .--.
Breadstuffs—Wheat flour, s u p . . . . .bbl - - 15 37
W h e a t flour, w. canal d o . . 5 50a$5 75 5 37a^:> 6i
Rye
flour,
tine
d o . . 3 6'la 3 75 3 62a 3 11
Corn meal, northern, . d o . . 3 62a 3 75 3 50a 3 6;
W h e a t . Genesee
bush.
07a 68
67 . . . .
Rye, northern
do. .
36a 44
40a 48
Oats, northern
do - .
60a 65
55a 64
Corn, northern
do..
12a 13
12a 13
. Candles—Mould
lb.
33a 35
33a 35
Speri^ . - i
."
do..
Coal—Schuylkill
t o n . . 5 30a 6 50 5 50a 6 SO
Li verpool
c h a l d r o n . . 9 OOalO 00 9 OOalO 00
lla 1J3
lla
Coffee—Bj-azil . . . lb. .
13
Java
do-..
13a 13 ' 12a 13
16a 17
Copper—Pig
do - . .
16a 17
24a .25
Sheathing
do - . .
23a 24
10a 11
Cotton, u p l a n d
d o . . . 1 0 a 12
2 SO -. -. 2 SO
Fish—Dry cod
._.
cwt..
6 25
Mackerel, No. 1
b b l . . .... 6 00
11
Flax—Russia
lb..
11 ....
Sa , 10
8a 10
American
'
do...
Fruit—Muscatel raisins
b o x . . 1 63a 1 75 1 63a 1 75
4a
7
4a
7
Figs,. S m y r n a
lb. .
2a 17
9a 17
Prunes, Bordeaux
.do...
F u r s , beaver, northern
d o . . . 4 OOa 4 75 4 OOa 4 75
Glass, American
.50 feet.. 5 7Sa 3 00 3 75a 3 00
Gunpowder—American
23 l b s . . . 3 35a 5 75 3 35a 5 75
English
d o . - . 3 50a 6 25 3 50a 6 33
13a 14
13a
14
Hides—Buenos Ayres
lb. .
10a 11
10a^ 11
W e s t India
do - . .
18a 30
Hops
l..do...
ISa
20
90a ] 35
Indigo, Manilla
do. -.
gOa 1 25
Iron—Scotch pig
t o n . 38 00a47 50 38 00a45 00
- Common English bar
d o . . .... 75 00 .... 75 00
3 i 3f
-a
Sheet, English
lb.
3\a 31
Lead, pig
do..
5 ....
5 ....
16a IS
Leather hemlock sole
do. .
16a 18
Liquors—Cognac b r a n d y
g a l . 1 S6a 1 69 1 56a 1 03
34a 37
Domestic whiskey
do..
27a 28
Molasses—New Orleans
do..
S7a 38
30a 32
S7a 38
30a 31
Muscovado
do..
Havana...
do..
22a 25
25a 29
March.
April.
May.
July.
Aug.
Sept.
p4 75a$5 00 $4 75a$4 87 $475 ---. $475 .--. $4 75a$4 81 .... $4 87 $5 13a? i.'5
-. $5 25 $5 00 .... $4 87 ....
?5
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3 63
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60a
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61a 63
60a 63
65 . .
05a 67
74a
68a 70
75
28a
36
27a L2
30a 40
28a 38
30a
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33a
35a 43
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30a 38
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65
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70a 72
73a
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73 a 75
60a 67
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lla 13
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28a 30
32a 34
28a 30
27a 30
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27a 30
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28a 31
28a 31
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Wrought
do...
N a v a l stores—^Spirits turpentine -. . g a l . .
Rosin, common
bbl..
Oils—Whale
gal..
Sperm, summer
do...
Sperm, winter
do - . .
Olive
do - -.
I.<inseed
do...
Paints, red lead
'
cwt..
Provisions—Pork, mess
bbl..
Pork, prime
do...
Beef, mess
do.. .
Beef, prime
do...
Smoked hams
lb..
Lard
do - . .
Butter, western dairy, do - . .
Cheese
do...
Rice, ordinary
.-cwt-.
Salt—Liverpool,
fine
sack-.
T u r k ' s Island
bush..
Seeds—Clover
lb. .
Tiraothy
tierce..
Sheetings—Russia, White
piece...
Russia, brown
do...
Soap—New York
lb..
Castile
do...
Spices—Pepper
do...
Nutmegs
do...
Spirits—Jamaica rura
gal..
Gin, Holland..'.
do...
Sugars—New Orleans
lb..
Cuba Mixscovado
do.. .
Loaf
do...
Tallow:—American
do...
Foreign
do...
Teas—Young Hyson
do...
Soiichoug
do. -.
linperial
d o . -.
Tobacco—Kentucky
do...
Manufactured, No. 1
do...
Whalebone, slab
. - . d o . -.
Wine—Port
•.
gal..
Madeira
do - . Claret
cask..
Wool—Common
••.
lb..
Merino
do-..
Pulled, No. 1
do---
5a
6
5a
6
5a
6
5a
6
5a
6
5a
6
5a
5a
6
5a
6
10a 14
10a 14
10a 14
10a 14
10a 14
10a 14
lOa 14
10a 14
lOo
33a 44
45a 50
45a 50
33a 44
40a 44
48a 53
45a
50
44a
48a 52
1 37a 2 00 1- 37a 3 00 1 37a 3 00 1 37a 3 CO 1 37a 3 00 1 37a 2 00 1 37a 3 00 1 37a 3 00 1 3 7 a 2
27a 28
37a 38
27a 28
37a 28
S6a
37
24
80a 82
68a
68a 70
70a 75
80a 82
77a
68a 70
70a 75
65a
95a 1 00
85a
85a 90
90a 95
98a 1
85a 90
90 . . . .
85a
81a
81a 85
85
93a 95 1 1 2 -90
83a 85
98a 1 00
88a 93
90 ....
94
90 .--.
90 .--.
90a 92
94a
85a 88
90 ....
86a 88
6a
7
6a
7
6a
7
6a
7
6a
7
6a
6a
7
6a
7
6a
7
12 50al4 00 12 75al4 35 13 75a 14 3513 7Sal4 00 lis 75al4 0013 00al4 35 13 50al4 50 13 75al4 25 13 00al3
9 25al0 50 9 SOalO 50 9 OOalO 50 9 OOalO 25 8 75al0 00 8 75alO 00 8 75a 9 75 9 OOa 9 50 8 50a 9
5
8 75a 9 50 8 75a 9 50 8 75a 9 50 9 OOalO 00 9 SSalO 00 9 SoalO 00 9 OOa 9 . 0 8 50a 9 00 8 50a 9
5 50a 6 00 5 50a 6 00 5 50a 6 00 5 50a 6 00 5 75a 6 00 6 COa 6 SO 6 50a G 75 5 ^ a 5 62 5 50 - .
9 ....
8a
9
9
.-•-.
8a
9
8a
8a
9
9a 10
9a 10
9a 10
7a
9
7a
9
7a
9
7a
9.
7a
9
7a
6a
8
7a
9
6a
8
13a 16
13a 15
13a -15
12a 16
14a
12a 16
12a 16
13a 15
13a 16
6a
8
6a
7
5a
7
6a
7
6a
6a
8
7a
9
6a
8
6a
8
2 25a 2 87 2 25a 3 00 3 50a 3 35 S 50a 3 35 3 7Sa 3 50 • S 75a 3 50 2 75a 3 50 3 OOa 3 62 3 00a 3
1 67a 1 80 1 55a 1 70 1 50a 1 63 1 40a 1 50 1 40a 1 50 1 40a 1 SO .... 1 50 1 50a 1 56 1 SOa 1
38a 40
38a 40
38a 40
38a 40
37a
42a 43
40 . . . .
40 ....
5a
7
Sa
7
5a
7
7a
8
9 -7a
8
6a
7
Sa
7
Sa
7
12 00^14 00 11 00al2 00 11 OOalS 00 13 00al3 00 13 0Oal3 00 13 SOalO 50 13 .50al4 SO 12 50al3 00
)
8 50a 9 50 8 50a 9 50 8 50a 9 50 8 50a 9 SO 8 50a 9 00 8 SOa 9 00 8 50a i 00 8 50a 9 CO 8 50a 9
7 50a 7 63 7 26a 7 50 7 SSa 7 50 713a 7 35 7 13a 7 35 7 13a 7 35 7 13a 7 50 7 50 - . - . 7 25a 7
Sa
6
5a
6
Sa
6
5a
6
5a
5a . 6
Sa
6
Sa
6
5a
6
lla 13
lla 13
lla 13
lla 13
lla
lla
1.3
lla
13
lla 13
lla
13
7
6a
7
7
6a
7
6a
7
7 ....
7
7 ....
1 OOa 1 25 1 OOa 1 30 1 OOa 1 30 1 OOa 1 30 1 COa 1 30 1 SOa 1 40 1 25a 1 45 1 25a 1 55 V26a 1
1 OOa 1 25 1 OOa 1 25 1 OOa 1 35 1 OOa 1 35 100a 135 1 OOa 1 35 1 OOa 1 25 1 OOa 1 25 1 OOa 1
1 OOa 1 12 1 Coa 1 13 1 0 5 1 13 1 05a 1 13 110a 113 1 10a 1 13 1 lOa 1 13 1 10a 1 12 1 1 0 a 1
.a
5a ' 6
6a
7
6a
7
6a
6a
6a
8
Sa
7
Sa
7
6a
7
6a
7
• 7a
7a
7a
8
6a
7
7a
8
6a
16a 17
16a
13a 16
13a
13a
16a 17
13a 16
16a
16a 17
6a
7
6a '
7
6
6 ....
7a
8
7
6a
1
6a
6a
7
6a
6a
7
7a
8
6a
7
Sa
9
8a
33a
87
33a 87
40a
31a 87
• 35a 87 3 5 a
34a 87
35a
45a
19 ..
lla
17a 45
17a 45
17a 45
17a 45
16a 43
SOa
20a 40
.50a 1
50a i 06
50a 1 06
5 5 a 1 06
50a 1 06
55a 1 06
50a 1 06
63a 106
62a 1 00
6a
Sa
8
Sa
6a
8
6a
9
6a
9
4a
7
4a
8
4a
7
lla
lla 13
lla 13
lla 13
lla
13
lla
13
lla 13
lla
13
lla
13
19a
19 . . . .
19 . . . .
19
19 .-..
19 ....
18a 19
15
18
75a 1
75a. 1 70
75a 1 70
75a 1 70
75a 1 70 • 75a 1 70 75a 1 70
7Sa 1 70
70a 1 63
1 13a 3 00 1 12a 3 00 1 13a 3 35 1 13a 3 35 1 12a 3 35 1 13a S 35 1 ISa 3 35 1 12a 2 25 1 12a
10 OOalS 00 10 OOalS 00 10 OOalS 00 10 OOalS 00 110 OOalS 0010 OOalS 00 10 00al6 00 10 00al6 00 10 OOalS
25a
35a 30
25a 30
. 3 a 33
,0
35a 30
35a 30
30a 33
30a 3 i
:
30a 35
44a
44a 53
44a 52
44a . 3
5
44a 53
44a 53
44 a 53
44a S3
44a 57
40a
40a 43
40a 42
4Sa 50
40a 42
48a 50
40a 43
48a 50
50a 53
I
9a
45a 75
20a 40
62a 1 00
4a
lla
13
14a 15
70a 1 87
1 12a 2 25
12 00a20 00
30a 35
44a
57
50a
52
*The tariff act approved March 2, 1833, provided that from and after the 31st day of December, 1833, in all cases where duties imposed by act of J u l y 14, 1833, or by a n y other act,
shall exceed t w e n t y per cent., one-tenth of such excess shall be deducted ; and another tenth on the 31st December, 1835, 1837, a n d 1839; and^from a n d after tho 31st December, 1841, onohalf of the residue of such excess shall be deducted; a n d from and after J u n e 30, 1843, the other half thereof shtdl be deducted.
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The range ofprices of staple articles in the New York market at the beginning of each month, in each year, from 1825 to 18 3.
No. XL—THE YEAR 1835.*
Articles.
Jan.
Feb.
March.
April.
May.
July.
Aug
Sept.
Oct.
Breadstuffs—Wheat flour, sup
bbl
. . . . $5 00 .... $5 13 $5 lSa$5 37 $5 ISa^S 37 $5 S5a$5 37 $5 37a|6 00 $6 62a$6 75 $6 62a^6 75 |$S 63a$5 75 $5 75a§6 CO $6 S5a$6 50
W h e a t flour, western, do- $5 37a 5 63 $5 37a 5 63 5 87a 6 00 5 63a 5 87 5 7Sa 5 87 6 3.5a 6 37 6 87a 7 00 6 75a 7 00 5 81a 6 00 6 OOa 6 13 6 37a 6 50
3 50a 3 75 .--. 3 75 3 87a 4 00 3 7Sa 4 00 .... 4 13 5 00 .... 5 00 .... 5 OOa 5 35 4 50 .... 4 SOa 4 63 4 50 ....
Rye
flour,
fine
do.
Corn meal, n o r t h e r n , -do.
3 63a 3 75 3 87a 4 00 3 87 .... 3 7Sa 3 87 3 75a 3 87 4ISa 4 35
4 SSa 4 50 4 OOa 4 35 4 13a 4 35 4 SSa 4 . 7
3
1 04a 1 06 1 04a 1 06 1 03a 1 10
W h e a t , Genesee'
bush
.--. 1 3 5 .-.. 130 1 34a 136
75
77a
97 .... 1 06 .... - -.. 94
Rye, northern
do.
75
73
75
95a 1 00
106
87a 90
35a
40a 60
Oats, northern
do.
.33a 43
36a 44
50a 75
35a
40a 56
50a 70
37a 54
40a 56
73a
90a 95 1 03a 1 06 - -.. 1 08 9Sa gS ---. 100 1 06a 1 13
70a 73
Corn, n o r t h e r n
do.
75a
73a
lla
lla 13
lla IS
Candles-Mould
lb
lla 13
13
lla
lla 13
7a
8 .... 13 .... 13
lla 13
SSa
33a 35
Sperm
do.
SSa 31
S8a 31
30a 33
30a
3:3a 35
33a 35
33a 35
33a 35
:33a 35
6 OOa 7 50 6 OOo.. 7 .50 6.00a 7 50 6 OOa 7 50 0 OOa 7 50 6 OOa 7 SO
Coal—Anthracite
:
ton, 5 50a 6 SO 6 OOa 7 00 6 OOa 7 00 6 OOa 7 00 0 OOa \
8 OOa 8 50 gp^Ta 9^0 9 SSa 9 50 10 OOalO So 11 SSall 50 13 OOalS 35
Liverpool
chaldron
8 SOa 9 00 8 50a 8 75 8 SSa 8 50 8 SSa 8 SO 8 SSa i
Coffee—Brazil
lb
IS ....
13a 13 ..•13^^13
lla 13
13 ....
12a
lla 13
lla 13
lla 13
lla 13
13a 13
ISa 13
13a 13 ^'12^' 13
lla 13
Java
do..
13a 13
12a
lla 13
13a 13
13a 13
13a 13
13a
15a 16
16a I ? . - O 1 7
J
15a 16
Copper—Pig,
do.,
16a 17
16a
15a 16
.la 17a 18
16a 17
lOa 17
16a
SSa S3
S3a 'S4 ,.^;S3a 34
S3a 33
Sheathing
do..
33a 33
22a
S3a 33
S4a 35
34 a S5
S4a
S3a
ISa 17
17a/'19 : 17a SO 17a 19
Cotton, upland
do..
15a 17
ISa 18
16a
15a 18
14 a 18
ISa 18
17a 19
Fish—Dry cod
1. .CAvt, 2 25a 2 50 3 SSa 3 50 3 SSa 3 SO 3 75a 3 87 3 OOa 3
'3 7Sa 3 00 3 00 .... 3 OOa 3 13 3 63a 3 87 3 75a 3 87
Mackerel, No. 1
bbl. 6 OOa 6 25 6 OOa 6 35 .--. 6 35 .... 6 50 7 00a 7
700 .... 7 50a 7 75 8 00 .-.. 7 75 ....
Flax—Russia
lb.
10a 11
10a 11
10a 11
10a
•11
10a 11
10a 11
10a 11
10a 11
10a 11
10a 11
American
do..
7a
8
7a
8
7a
9
7a
8
7a
8
Sa
9
8a
9
Sa
9
8a
9
8a
2
Fruit—Muscatel raisins
box.
3 -^a'S 87 S 75a 3 87 S 75a 3 87 3 OOa 3 35 3 OOa 3 35 3 13a S 35
.'.-. 2 50 2 25a 2 50 2 62a 2 75 3 75a 3 00 3 75a 3
Figs, S r a y m a
lb.
7a
9
Sa
7
5a
7
._' / l a ' 9
7a
g
7a
7a
9
5a
7
7a
9
7a
9
7a
9
10a 16
Prunes, Bordeaux
.;.do-.
10a 16
10a 16
• 10a' 18 10a 18
'
6a 13
10a
10a 16
10a 15
10a 15
10a 15
F u r s , beaver, northern
do -. 4 OOa 4 50 4 OOa 4 50 4 OOa 4 SO 4 OOa 4 50 4 00a 4
4 dOa 4 50 4 OOa 4 50 4 OOa 4 50 4 OOa 4 50' 5 OOa 5 SO 5.00a 5 SO
Glass, American
; .per 5Q feet. 2 50a 2 75 2 50a 2 75 2 50a 2 75 3 50a 3 75 3 50a 3
3 50a 3 75 3 SOa 3 75 S50a 3 75 3 50a 3 75 3 35a 3 37 3 SSa 3 37
Gunpowder—American
35 lbs. 3 25a 5 75 3 25a 5 75 3 25a 5 75 3 3.5a 5 75 3 35a 5
3 SSa 5 75 3 SSa 5 75 3 35a 5 75 3 35a 5 75 3 35a 5 75 3 SSa 5 75
English
d o . . 3 50a 6 35 3 50a 6 25 3 50a 6 35 3 50a 6 35 3 SOa 6
3 50a 6 35 3 50a 6 35 3 50a 6 35 3 50a 6 35 3 SOa 6 35 3 50a 6 35
Hides—Buenos A y r e s
lb.
14a 15
13a 15
14 ....
13
, a 15
13a 14
14a
13a 14
13a 15
13a " 1
~4
13a 14
13a 14
W e s t India
do..
10a 13
10a 13
lla 13
10a 13
lla 13
lla
10a 13
10a 13
lla 13
lla 13
lla IS
Hops, first sort
".
do..
lla 13
lla 13
18a 19
lla 12
14a 15
18a
18a 19
13a 13
Indigo, Manilla
do..
80a 1 35
80a 1 35
SOa 1 35
80a 1 35
SOa 1
80a 1 35
80a 1 35
SOa 1 15 , 80a 115
30a 1 35
80a 1 35
Iron—Scotch pig
t o n . 38 00a43 SO J38 00a42 50 |38 00a43 SO 38 00a43 50 38 00a43 |3S 00a43 50 38 00a43 SO 38 OOalS SO 38 00a43 50'38 00a43 .5038 00a43 50
Common English bar
do -. 67 5Oa70 00
-. 70 00 67 50a70 00 67 50a70
i67 5Oa70 00 [67 50a70 00 67 50a70 00 67 50a70 00 l67 50a70 00 67 SOa70 00
70 00
Lead, pig
f.lb.
6 ....
6 ....
6 ....
6 ..
6
6 ....
Sa
6
6 ....
6
6 ....
Leather, hemlock sole
do..
14a 18
15a 19
15a SO
15a " '30 15a SO
15a
ISa 19
15a 19
15a 19
1.5a SO
ISa 19
Liquor.s—Cognac brandy
gal. 1 S6a 1 69 1 56a 1 69
1 63a 1 69 1 50a 1 75 1 SOa 1 75. 1 SOa 1 75 1 50a 1 63 1 63a 1 69
1 63a 1 69 163a 1
33a 34
Domestic whiskey
do -.
35a
33a
31a
31a 33
31a
34a 36
34a 35
30a 33
30a 32
36 ....
31a 33
Molasses—New Orleans
do..
33a
33a
S8a
S9a 31
33a 36
33a
38
26a 38
33a 35
33a 35
SSa 30
Muscovado
do..
30a
33a
SSa 36
36a
S7a 38
SSa 31
31a
31a 34
36a 37
33a 34
24a 26
Havana
do..
S7a
S9a
S3a
33a 36
36a 30
Sla S3
S6a
SSa 33
23a 34
39a 31
6a
7
NaHs, eut
lb..
6a
6a
5a
5a
6
6a
7
6a
7
5a
5a
6
5a
6
6a
7
» '
Dec.
$7 35a$7 50
7 62a 7 87
4 63a 4 87
4 SSa 4^50
1 50 ....
1 13a 1 15
SOa 70
94a 1 CO
.... 13
33a 35
7 OOa 9 00
13 OOalS 35
lla 13
13a 13
17a 18
34 a
14a 16
3 S7a 3 00
8 ISa 8 35
10a 11
Sa
9
3 ISa 3 31
6a
2
7a 13
5 OOa 5 SO
3 35a 3 37
3 35a 5 75
3 50a 6 35
13a 14
2a 11
14a 15
80a 1 35
38 00a43 50
73 50a75 00
6 ....
14a 18
1 75a 1 87
37a 38
33a 35
30a 33
26a
6a
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Nails, w r o u g h t
do...
10a 14
10a 14
10a 14
10a 14
10a 14
48a 53
N a v a l stores—Spirits t u r p e n t i n e . . . g a l .
48a 55
48a 53
4Sa 52
4Sa 52
1 37a 2 00 1 37a 2 00 1 37a 2 00 1 37a 2 00
Rosin, common
b b l . 1 37a 2 00
32a 33
Oils—Whale
gal.
32a 35
32a 33
.... 35
37a 38
75a 77
Spei-m, summer
do...
80 ---.
77a 78
80 ....
80 ....
Sperm, winter
do...
90a 95
95a 1 00 95a 1 00
90 ....
90 ....
1 10a 1 12 1 15a 1 20 125 .... 1 25a 1 31
Olive
do -.. 1 10a 1 12
97a 1 00 .... 100 120 .... 1 25a 1 30
Linseed ..'.
do - . .
98a 1 00
6a
7
Paints, red lead
'
lb..
6a
7
6a
7
6a
7
6a
7
Provisions—Pork, mess,
b b l . . 13 50al4 00 13 50al4 25 13 50al4 12 1 1 25al5 2516 r)0al7 00
1
9 75al0 25 9 OOalO 12 10 35all 25 12 50al3 00
P o r k , prime
d o . . . 9 OOalO 00
Beef, mess
d o . . . 8 75a 9 50 9 OOa 9 75 9 75al0 25[10 OOalO 7511 50al2 00
Beef, prime
d o . . . 5 75a 6 25 6 OOa 6 50 6 25a 6 75 6 50a 7 00 7 50a 8 00
Smoked hams
lb..
Sa
9 - 8a
9
8a
9
9a 10
10a 11
Lai-d
do..
7a
9
7a
9
7a
9
7a
9
8a 10
Butter, western d a i r y . . d o . . .
13a 18
16a 19
14a 17
17a 22
Cheese, American
do..
6a
8
6a
8
6a
8
6a
8
6a
8
Rice
c w t . 3 00a 3 50 2 75a 3 37 2 75a 3 50 2 75a 3 50 2 75a 3 62
Salt—Liverpool,
fine
sack. 1 50a 1 60 1 47a 1 55 1 50a 1 65 1 50a 1 65 1 62a 1 75
T u r k ' s Islaud
bush.
32a 33
30 .... .... 35 .... 37 .... 40
Seeds—Clover
lb .
8a
9
• 8a
9
8a
9
7a
8
8a
9
Tiraothy
tierce12 00al4 00 12 50al4 50 12 50al4 00 12 50al3 50
Sheetings—rRussia, white
piece. 8 50a 3 00 .... 9 00 9 00a 9 25 9 SOalO 00 g SOalO 00
Russia, b r o w n
d o . . .... 7 75 7 87a 8 00 .... 8 00 8 75 .... 8 75 ....
Soap—New Y o r k
lb.
5a
6 . 5a
6
5a
6
5a
6
5a
6
Castilo
do..
lla 13
13a 16
13a 16
13a 16
13a 16
Spices—Pepper
do..
7 ....
7
8 ....
7 ....
7 ....
Nutmegs
d o . . 1 20a 1 31 1 20a 1 35 1 37a I 62 1 37a 1 65 1 37a 1 65
Spirits—Jamaica r u m
g a l . 1 OOa 1 25 1 OOa 1 25 1 OOa 1 25 1 OOa 1 25 1 OOa 1 25
Gin, Hollands.
d o . . 110a 112 110a 112 1 10a 1 15 110a 115 1 10a 1 15
6a
7
6a
7
6a
8
Sugars—New Orleans
lb.
6a
8
6a
8
7a
8
7 ....
Muscovado
do..
7a
8
7a
8
7a
8
14a 16
14a 16
Loaf
do..
13a 16
14a 16
14a 16
8 ..,
^.
Tallow—American
.do- 7a
8
8 ....
8 ....
7a
8
8a
9
Foreign
do - 7a
8
7a
8
7a
8
7a
8
7a
8
37a 87
Teas—Young Hyson
do -.
37a 87
40a 87
40a 87
50a 87
37a 87
15a 19
Souchong
do...
15a 19
15a 30
22a 40
25a 40
SOa 40
50a 1 06
Imperial
do -.
50a 1 06
50a 1 06
50a 1 06
60a 1 10
56a 110
6a
9
Tobacco—Kentucky'.
do -..
6a
9
6a
9
6a
2
6a
2
6a
2
lla 13
Manufactured, No 1
do...
lla 13
lla 13
l l a 13
l l a 13
12a
14
20a 21
Whalebone, slab
d o . . . .... 20
20a 21 .... 21
24 .... 31
75a 1 70
Wine—Port
gal..
75a 1 70
7Sa 1 70
75a 1 70
75a 1 70
75a 1 70
Madeira
. d o . . . 1 12a 2 25 112a 2 25 1 12a 2 25 1 12a 2 25 1 12a 2 25 1 13a 2 25
Claret
cask.. 10 OOalS 00 10 OOalS 00 13 OOaig 00 13 OOalS 00 13 OOalS 00 13 0Oal8 00
Wool—Comraon
.lb..
25a 30
25a 30
30a 35
25a 30
30a 35
30a 35
Merino
do...
44a -52
44a 52
50a 60
44a. 52
50a 65
50a 65
PuUed, No. 1
do... 38a 40
40a 42
38a ,40
43a 45
45a 48
45a
48
Zinc, iu plates
do...
3a
4
2a
3
3a
4
2a
3
3a
4
3a
4
10a 14
10a 14
10a 14
70a 75
68a 70
53a 60
1 62a 1 75
1 62a 2 00 1 75a 2 50
47a 50
40 .--.
37a 38
37a 38
90a 92
gOa 25
gOa 92
88a 90
1 OOa 1 05 1 OOa 1 05 1 OOa 1 05 1 OOa 1 05
1 12a 115
1 15a 1 18 1 OOa 1 05 1 OOo. 1 05
1 10a 1 13 108 .--. 1 00 . - -. 95a 98
7a
8
7a
8
7a
8
17 SOalS 50 17 50al8 50 17 OOalS 00
14 00al4 50
5
14 00al4 50 14 00al4 . 0
11 50al2 00 9 OOa 9 50 9 25a 9 75
8 25a 9 00 5 50a 6 00 6 25a 6 75
9a 11
9a 11
8a 11
lla 12
10a 11
9a 11
20a 24
16a 19
16a 19
7a
9
7a
9
7a
8
3 OOa 4 25 3 OOa 3 75 3 OOa 4 00
1 87a 1 94
1 87a 2 00 1 87a 2 00
35a 37
41a 43
35 .-..
7a
9 , 9a 10
7a
9
17 00 .... 17 00 .... 17 00 ....
10 OOalO 50 9 75al0 25 9 75al0 25
8 75 .... 8 75a 9 00 .... 9 00
5a
6
5a
6
5a
6
13a 16
13a 16
13a 16
8 ....
8
7a
8
1 25a 1 50 1 25a 1 50 1 25a 1 40
1 OOa 1 25 1 12a 1 25 1 12a 1 25
1 13a 1 15 1 OOa 112 1 OOa 1 15
7a
9
7a
9
7a
9
8a
9
8a
9
8a
9
14a 16
14a 16
14 a 16
8a
9
, 8a
9
8a
9
9a 10
9a 10
Oa
9a 10
38a 87
37a 87
37a
37a 87
22a 40
20a 40
20a
20a 40
55a 1 10
55a 1 10
56a 1 10
55a 110
7a 10
7a 10
7a 10
7a 11
14a 16
14a 16
12a 14
14a 16
24a 25
23a 25
25a 26
26a 27
75a 1 75
75a 1 75
75a 1 75
7Sa 1 75
1 12a 2 25 1 OOa 2 25 1 OOa 2 25 1 OOa 2 25
13 OOalS 00 13 00al8 00 13 OOalS 00 13 00al8 00
35a 40
35a 40
3Sa 40
35a 40
50a 65
50a 65
50a 65
50a 65
50a 53
50 ....
53a 55
53a 55
3a
4
3a
4
3a
4
3a ' 4
10a
50a
1 5 0 a 1 62
^ B y the tariff actof 1833 a large number of articles before taxed were placed on the free l s , aud i provided for a home valuation of the twenty per cent, duty after 1842. The CO
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custom-house duties collected in the year 1829 ^werc $22,681,965; in 1830, $21,922,391; in 1831, $24,224,441; in 1832, $28,465,237; in 1833, $29,032,508; in 1834 they had declined to $16,214,957;
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i t 1835, $19,391,310; in 1836, $33.409 "940.
t
The range ofprices of staple articles in the New York market at the heginning of each month, in each year, from 1825 to 1863.
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No. XII.—THE YEAR 1836.*
Articles.
• Jan.
Feb.
March.
April.
May.
July.
Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
Dec
Breadstuffs—Wlieat flour, sup
b b l . , ..$7 35 |$7,00 .... $7 37a$7 50 - - -. $7 50-. $7 00 s 7 0O ....
$
10 OOalO 12
W h e a t flour, AV. canal d o . . $7 SOa 7 75 7 50a$? 75 7 7Sa 7 87 ?S 13a 8 37 $7 OOa 7 25 $6 87a$7 25 $7 OOa 7 25 7 13a$7 50 $8 50a$9 00 $9 00a$9 23 .... $g 50 10 OOalO 25
R y e flour, fine . . . d o . . 550 -.:. 5 35a 5 31 .... 5 SO .... 5 50 4 62 .... 4 50a 4 62 4 50a 4 62 4 62 .... .... 6 00 . -.. 6 25 $9 75al0 00 750 ....
Corn meal, n o r t h e r n , . d o - . 4 75 .... 4 75 ---. 4 75 .... 4 75 .
4 62 .... 4 50a 4 62 4 37a 4 50 4 25 .... 4 87a 5 00 5 00 .... 5 00 ---. 4 87 ....
W h e a t , Genesee
bush.. . - - 137
1 37a 1 40
-•
1 90a 2 00 .-.. 212
1 87a 2 00 1 go
Rye, northern -.'
d o . . 1 ISa 1 18 -.. 100"
100 .--. 1 0 0 .... 90
88a 90
1 09a riJl 112a 1 1 8 1 18a 1 20 .... 130
50a
Oats, northern
do. .
42a 53
56a 75
50a 66
48a 65
40a 52
40a 48 -40a 50
50a 60
•42a 54'
52a 62
46a 56
83a 85
Corn, northern
do. .
90
85a 87
83a
20a 91
90a 93
90 .... 1 00 .... 1 06a 1 12 1 0?a 110 1 04a 1 05 1 OOa 1 06
13a 13
Candles—Mould
l b . ....
12a 13
12a 13
ISa 13
13
12a 13
12a 13 " 12a 13 12a 13
12a 13
12a 13
12a 13
33a 35
Sperm
do..
32a 35
32a 35
33a 35
33a 35
32a 35
32a -34
33a 34
32.a 34
32a 34
33a 34
32a 34
Coal— Authi-acite t o n . 7 OOa 9 00 7 OOa 9 00 , 8 OOalO 00 8 OOalO 00
7 OOa 8 00 7 OOa 8 00 7 OOa 8 00 8 OOa 9 00 800a g 00 9 OOalO 00 10 OOall 00
Liverpool
chaldron. 11 OOalS 35 111 OOalS 00 |ll OOalS 00- 11 00al2 00 10 OOalO 50 9 SOalO 00 ' 25a 9 50 9 OOa 9 50 10 OOalO 50 11 50al2 00 12 0Oal3 00 12 00al3 00
9
13a 13
Coffee—Brazil
lb.
lla 13 . 13 ....
lla 13
lla 13
lla 12
11 ....
lla 12
lla 12
lla 12
11 ....
lla 12
ISa 13
Java
do..
13a 15
12a 15
ISa 13
13a 13
12a 14
13a 14
13a 15
13a 15
13a 14
13a 15
13a 15
15a 19
Cotton, u p l a n d
do..
16a 19
16a 19
14a 16
14a 16
16a 19
12a 20
15a 18
15a 20
18a l9
12a 20
12a 20
18a 19
Cupper—Pig do -.
Sla S3
20a 21
18a 19
18a 19
21a 22
21a -22
21a .22
21a 22
22
21a 22
21a 22
S4a 25
Sheathing
do-.
S7a 38
27a 29
S3a SS
S3a 35
27a 28
28a 3d
28a 29
27a 28
28a 29
28a 29
30a 31
Fish—Dry cod
cwt- .... 3 00 .... 3 00
3 50 -.-. 3 62 3 63^ 3 75 3 37a 3 50 3 12a 3 37 3 12a 3 37 3 25a 3 37 3 25a 3 37 .... 362 3 37a 3 50
Mackerel, Ko. 1
bbl . 8 OOa 8 35 8 OOa 8 35
8 75 10 OOalO 25 10 OOalO 35 9 75 .... |lO 12al0 25 10 SOalO 62 10 00 .... g 75a 9 87 .... 10 37 950 ....
Flax—Russia
lb.
10a 11
10a 11
10a . 11 10a 11
10a 11
10a ll10 ....
10a 11
10a 11
10a 11
10 ....
10a 11
American.
do..
Sa
9
8a
9
Sa
9
Sa
9
Sa
9
9 ....
Sa
9
8a
9
8a
9
Sa
9
9a 10
Sa
9
Fruit—Muscatel raisins
box. 2 12a S 37 3 ISa 3 44 2 50a 2 6: 2 50a 2 75 2 50a 2 75 2 50a 2 75 2 50a 2 C3 212a 2 50 2 12a 2 50 2 OOa 2 12 ; 1 90a 2 00 165a 180
7
Figs, S m y r n a
lb.
4a
8
4a
8
8
4a
8
6a
9 ^ 4a
6a
2
3a
8
3a
8
3a
8
15
3a
8 i 3a
Prunes, B o r d e a u x . . . do...
7a 12
7a 15
7a 15
7a IS
7a 15
7a 13
7a 15
7a 15
7a 15
6a
8
7a 15 ! 10a 16
Furs—Beaver, northern
d o . . 5 OOa 5 50 5 OOa 5 50 5 OOa 6 00 5 OOa 6 00 5 OOa 6 00 5 OOa 6 00 5 OOa 6 00 5 OOa 6 00 5 OOa 6 00 4 OOa 3 00 4 OOa 5 00 4 OOa 5 00
Glass, N. Y.-cylinder
50 feet
3 SSa 3 37 3 SSa 3 37 2 25a 2 37 2 2Sa 2 37 2 75a 3 00 2 75a 3 00 3 75a 3 00 2 75a 3 00 2 75a 3 00 2 75a 3 00 2 75a 3 00 2 75a 3 00
Gunpowder—American . . .
...SSibs. 3 SSa 5 75 3 SSa 5 75 3 25a 5 75 3 25a 5 75 3 25a 5 75 3 25a 5 75 3 SSa 5 75 3 25a 5 75 3 25a 5 75 3 25a 5 75 3 25a 5 75 3 25a 5 75
English
..do.. 3 SOa 6 35 3 50a 6 35 3 50a 6 25 3 SOa 6 25 3 50a 6 25 3 50a 6 25 3 SOa 6 35 3 50a 6 25 3 50a 6 25 3 50a 6 25 3 50a 6 25 3 50a 6 25
.IbHides—Buenos Ayres
12a 14
12a 14
13a 15
12a 15
12a 14
13a 14
ISa 14
ISa 14
12a 14
12a 15
14a 15
13a 15
Hops
do...
14a 15
14a 15
15a 16
15a 16
14a 15
14a 15
16a 17
16a 17
16 .-..
9a 12
13a 15 ; 12a 14
Indigo, Manilla
do...
80a 1 25
80a 1 25
80a 1 25
80a 1 25
80a 1 25 , 80a 1 35
80a 1 35
80a 1 3»
80a 1 25
80a 1 25
80a 1 25
80a 1 25
Iron—Scotch pig
t o n . . •38 00a43..50 |40 00a44 00 40 00a4S 00 55 OOaOO 00 55 OOaOO 00 55 00a60 00 [53 50a60 00 52 50a55 00 32 SOaSS 00 [52 SOaSS 00 53 OOaOO 00 57 50a62 50
Common English bar
; d o . . . .... 75 00 75 00a77 00 SO 00aS5 00 .--- $100 $100a $105 llOOa $105 $100a $105 $100 . : . . 97 SOa $100 |92 50a95 00 95 0Oa97 50 97 50a $100
Sheet, English
,
lb..
7a
8
6 ...
..
7a
8
6 ....
6 .--.
6 --..
7a
8
7a
8
7a
8
7a
8
7a
8
7a
8
Lead, pig
do..
6 ....
5a
6
6 ....
6 ....
5
6 ....
6
6a
7
6 ....
6 ..-.
6a
7
6 ....^
Leather, hemlock sole
do
19a 23
14a 19
16a 20
14a 19
14a 19
16a 19
16a 20
16a SO
16a 20
20a 23
18a 23
18a 22
Liquors—Cognac brandy
gai.. 1 87a 3 00 1 75a 1 87 1 7 5 ....• 175 .... 1 50a 2 00 1 SOa 2 00 1 50a 3 00 1 50a 2 00 1 50a 2 00 1 50a 2 00 1 SOa 2 00 1 50a 2 00
Domestic whiskey
do...
42a 44
36a 37
33a 35
37a
39a 41
31a 32
34a 35 , 34a 37
39a 41 I 39a 43
3Sa 40
36
Molasses—New Orleans
do... 33a
43a 45
48 ....
46a 48
46- ....
44a 46
44a 46
44a 46
42a 44
Muscovado
do -..
39a 40
33a 34
42 ....
41a 42
41a 43
41a 42
31a
40a 41
40a 41
41a 42
40a 44
3.)
Havana
—
do...
SSa 33
34a 38
SSa 38
36a 39
3.5a 40
34a 33
35a 40
30a 37
30a 38
3 5 a 40
40a 45
33a 35
Nails—Cut
lb. 6a
7
6a
7
6a
7
. 6a
7
6a
7
6a
7i
6a
7
6a
7
6a
7
6a 7
6a
7
Q.
O.
Q.
CQ
10a 14^ ^lOa 14 ^lOa 14 .:10a 14,
iOa .14
IOa. 14
IOa M 4 ,10^ 14
Nails—Wrought.
.......
. ..dO- ... -lOa 14
IQa
14
•IOa 14
IOa 14,
54a . S G ,,.35a y40
65a 75 ', 65a 70 • 63a 67
.40a .45 -I38a^ 43
•70a 75 --.65a 70
N a v a l stores—Spirits turpentine". •-•- .^gal.
37a' 41.
. 50a ': :55 • .55a 57
2'OOa 2-25 l.-75a 2 00 175a 2.00 :•--- 1^88 1 7 5 a - 2 00 1 75a-. 2 00 1 37a 1:50 ;.:. "I'SO 1 37a 1 SO 1 37a 1 50 A ;. • 1 75.,,17.5al 87
. -:
Rosin, co'mmon
..bbl.
4Sa •.43
••,45a- 46- •47.a 48' : -ISa '49
50 - 44a 45 ^ 4 4 d ^ - 45 rlla- '":42
.:
50 ,---.
.
Oilsr-Whale. . . , . • . . . . - . . gal. . . .
46a-^.^47 . 4 9 d 50
,
-49a \ 5 0
'88a - .90
90' .... •. 88a : '90 , 88a , 90 '88a-^90
-88a-. 90
90 ....
. . , Sperm,^ summer - . ' . , - . . - . ' . - : . .-do.. •-90a 92 •' 2 0 a 92
88a 0088a 90
88a,' 90
9.5a:i'66- ' ' ' 2 3 a , 25 90a 95 90a --,.95 95a 1 00 98a 100 98a 1 00 1 OOa 1 03 1 0 3 •.,...
-95a 1,00
Sperm,'w.inter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . d o : . 100a 105 'lOGa 1 05
.Oliye --I -1 . - - > - . . . r : - - . - - — - - d o . ^ 1 15a.1 30 -iisa i;20 _1 15a 1 20 1 09a 1 20 1 05a 1:15 1 07a 1 13 1 0 0 a r 0 5 1 10a 1 12 110a 113 1 10a. 1 1 3 110a l i s lid, ....
95a 1 00 .-•-. 1 0 0 -.-.' 100
.•
97a
98 , 97a- '98
94 ....
Linseed.--'1--.-'-'----------•---Ilo--• 100 .-..- . 97a 98 iia - - - 1 1 8 ::-.:. 113a r l 5 1 1 0 .....
. : 8: ....
•s .-•-...
8 ' . . . . : ^ .-S^ ....
7a8
•.7a
8
'9 .... , 9
7a .
8
.Paints, red lead . -.lb-'
r 8<...
18 Q0al8 so-18 SOal9
20 00a2l 00 22 50a23 00, 31 OOaSS 35 l O O O a S l ^ O 19 25a21'25 23 50a24 00 23 50a24 00 29 OOoSO 00 26 dOa.27 00 23 0da25 00
Provisions—Pork, m e s s . . . . .
,.-bbl..
. .
,
P o r k , prime . - - . ^
: d o . . , ls OdalS 50'15 5Qal5 75 16 75al7.50 18 50al9 00 17 bbai8 25 16 d0al7 00. 15dOal6 25 16 00al7 00 16 50al7 50 ISSOalOOO 19 OOalO SO 17-5dfirlS 50
•'^
Beef, mess
.;:do-"-. 9SOalO 00 9 g5al0 00 9 75al0-25 1150al2 00 l l o O a l S O O 10.75all 50 10 SOall 25 10:50air'00 lb 25al0 50 10 SOall 00 11 50al3 00 l-2d0al3 50
- Beef,,prime......
.do..-. 6 50a 7 00 6 25a 7.00 6 75a 7 25 8 OOa 8 50 7 "OOa. 8 00 6 75a 7:50 6 SOa 7 00 6 OOa 6,50 6 0 0 a 6 5 0 7 0 0 a 7 50 7 50a 8 50 7 50a 8 75
10a
13a V 14 ^ 12a- .13
ila
13
9a 11
12a 13
12a
14
16a
17
14a 15
12a 14
13a
14
_
Smoked hams.."
. . . -lb..
iOa" 13
15a, 17
i3a
15
13a. 13
lla 12
l l a 12
14a ,15
15a
17
17a 1817 ..:.
15a 16'
16a
17
Lard....:
....:;-.-.do...
•lla .13
19a
23
iSa- -17
22a 25' 22a -25
, 1 0 a ' 16
20a 25
10a .16
18a .22
23a '25
23a 26
^ 20a
24
•
- - Butter, WGsteiTi dairy , d o - . .
10a 16
.8a -10
: 7a , 9 - .7a . 9 -'8a
9 . 10a. 12 .. 8a 11
7a
10 - 7a' 10
'..do.
8a ' 10
.
- '8a ' 10:
Cheese . r
8a 10
7a, 10
..;.•;. c w t . 3 QOa 3 75- 3 25a 3 75 3 25a 3 62 3 50a .4 12 3 50a 4 00 '3 5da 3 7 5 3 50a 3 87 3 87a 4 12 4,OOa-4 25 3 50a 4 00 3 OOa 4 00 3 50a 4 00
Rice .
2
.. i. .sack. :-.- - 00 1 80a. 187- l.SSa 190 185a 190' 2 OOa 2 12 1 7 0 a 1 8 0 1 60a 1 7 5 2 OOa 2 12 ^r87a^2 06 1 9 4 a 2 06 1 gOa 2 00 1 S3a 1 95
fine..;.'..
S a l t --Liverpool,
40a 42.
34a 35
3 8 .....
,
40 ..^.
32a 33
33a 33
-.
,38
3Sa^ -40
35a 37
41a 46.
- T u r k ' s Isl a n d . . . . . . . .«.. .'.bush.
.45, .--.
38 ...:
10a 11
7a ,8
• 7a, ^-8
;
8a
9
.......Jti-9a 10
•7a . -8
9a 1 0
9a ^-11 --•7a 10a ^ 11
lla 12
Seed—Clover . . . - - - ••7a
..
......tee. 17^0,0 . . . 16 OOalS 00 16 OOalS 00 12 0Odl2 50^19 50a20 00 18 OOaSO 00 15 00al6 00 15 00al6 00 15 OOalS 50 15 50al6 50 15 50al6 50 17 00 . - .
..
Timothy: . . . . . . . . .
i ^-..piece. 9 75am 25 9 75alO 35 9 75al0 25 10 OOall 00 .v.... 1 1 0 0 11 SOalS 00 11 50al2 00 11 50al2 00 11 75al3 00 11 75al2 do 11 75al2 00 11 75al2 00
Sheetings—Russia, w h i t e ^.
..11.00 10^75all 00 10 75all 00
.- Russia, b r o w n . ^ .......do-. .... .9 00 .... 900 -•..'. ^ 9 00 9 25a 9 50 ..... .-10 00 10 Sdail 00 10 SOall-00 10 SOall 00 '.-.:. 1 1 0 0
...
: 5a , 6
5d , 6 . 5a
^
5a
6
5a
'6
6 . 5a
5a
6
,5a
6
6
...-.--lb.
5a
6
5a
^6
5a
6
Soap—Ne-vy Y o r k . . . . . . . ^ . . . v . .
5a
6
13a
14
13a 16
12a 13
13a' 13
13a 14
12a- 13
13a, .'13' 12a 13
13a 14
..i..-do...
13a
14
12a 13
. ' . - Castile .--• - -. .'.-.•. - . ;•
12a
13
8 ---.
. -.
.8 -.-. , 8 • 8' .. -. 8 . . . .
8 ....
'8 .--:
8 .....
do..
. .8 -.-.Spices—Pepper ; . . . . . .
. . .. .
..
. 8 r....
.
......do.. 1 25a 1 40. 1 SSa 1 35 125a 1 3 7 12.5a 1 4 0 1,25a 1 40 1 SSa"1 37 1 2 5 a 1 3 7 1 25a 1 33 i 25a 1 30 1 2 0 a 1 2 5 1 2 0 a 1 2 5
125a 130• * . Nutmegs . . . - 1 . . . i.-.-;...
Sphits^—Jamaica r u m . . . . . . . . ^.....gal. 1 12a 1,25 llSa 135 112a 1,25 112a 125 11,2a 150" 1 1 3 a 1 50 1 1 2 a 1-50 1,12a 1 50 1 1 2 a 1 50 1 1 2 a 1 5 0 1-12a 1 5 0 1 12a 1 50
^..
^ Gin, M e d e r ' s - S w a n . . . . . :.do.. LOSa 1 12 108a 112 1 08a 1 10 lOSa'l 10 lv08a 1 1 0 1 08a 110' 1 OSa 1 id 1 OSa 1 10 1 08a 1 10 l O 8 ~ a l l 0 1 0 8 a 1 1 0 1 08a 110.9a
10a: 11
2a~ 10
11. ;...
7 ....
.Sugars—Ne-Ay Orleans . . - . - - . . . . . ---lb.
S'a •• 9: - Sa .9
9a
8a- 10
,8a
8a
10a . 11 lla 13
8a
- g ....
8(f
2
6a
7
- 8a
.9
Cuba .Muscovado . . . . . . .vdo.:.
,16a
17
16a 17
15a 17 . 15a 17 16a
:.dO- ,;
14a 16
16a
16a
14a
•' ' ' J j O S i t . - . ^ . i . . . . . .
16d 1 7 ' 15a -16
16a
17
9 ..-.
9a 10
9
9a 10
.9
9a
10
. Tallow^ . . . . . . . . - -. -. -•,. -do-..
• 10a
11
.40a
87
.40a
87
40a
87 - 40a. 8740a
42a 87
•40a 87,
40a- 87
43a
42a 87
TeasT-rYoun g H y s o n . . . .
. . . . .dO:..
40a' 87 s 40a .87
S4a
40
24a
^O
24a
24a 40 • 24a 40
'.Souchong...-i^.
..... -do...
24a' .40 24a- 40
24a
24a 40. • 24a ' 4 0
40' 24a 40
'24a
40
55a 1 1 0
SSallO
55a-110
55a 1 10
55a 1 1 0 . 55a 1 10 55a 1 10
-do...
-55a: 1 10
55a 1 1 0
Imperial- . . - -...
*
- - i.
55a 1 10
55a 1 10
55a 1 1 0
7a- 10
7a''10
7a
10
7a
10
6a 10
7a-,- 10
T o b a c c o — K e n t u c k y ........ i.. .do...
6a 10
^ 6a 10'
•7a 10 • 7a -id
7a
g
7a
9
ISa
17
15a ^ 1 7
15a '17
14a 16
14a -16
14a 16
Manufactured, N o . 1.. .do...
14a 16
15a 17 " ISa 17 -15a 17
15a
17
15a
17
26a - 38 ' 26a- 27
25a :26
25a -27 , •,24a' . 25 ~S4a , 35 . 24 a 25
W h a l e b o n e , slab... -. -. ^ . . — -.". -do--- .... '--36 -.-._
26
24a 25
25a
26 .....
28
75a'163
- 7 5 a l 75
75a 1 75. ' g O a S S O 75a 1 75
Wine—Port............... ^...... .-gal..
75a 162 " 75a 1 62
7Sa 1-75
75a 1-75
75a 1 75 •75a 1 75
9da 2 50
Madeira....;...;.
-do... iOOa 2 25 100a ' 25 l O O a 2 25 1 OOa 2:25 i. OOa. 2 2 5 1 OOa 2 2 5 i d O a 2 25 1 OOa 2 25 1 OOa 2 35 1 OOa 2 25 1.00a 2 25
2
1 OOa 2 25 .
12a
18
-12a
18
12a
18
• Claret
-..•:..
.... cask.. $i;3a $18.
12a
18
1.3a .18
12a 18
i 3 Is
:a
12a. 18' ; 12a 18
14a • 18
14a
18
4da 50,
40a .50
40a
50
Wool—Common....
..:
1 ...Ib.35a 40
40a
50
40a 50
35a 40 - 35a- 40
40a 50, 40a 50
40a- 5d
40a
45
5da 6 8
SOa50d 68
50a , 68
-dO-.. • -50a. 6 3 50a 65
50a, 68 , Sda
50a \ 6 5
Merino.:..
50a 68.
50a 6 8 '
68
SOa" '
52a • 58
53a
•52a ^ 54"
53a 54^
53a
53 • 50a
_ Pulled, No. 1.
50a -^53
52a 58
.do:..j
64
46a
50
^5a
4a
5 ...... -^ 5
^
5a:
6
' 4a
- Zinc ."-...
.:......,...-.. .do...
5 ....
5 ....
5 .
4I
. ^'In the y e a r 1836 was. observable'a material rise I n prices, following the rapid -increase in the number of banks and in the volume of paper money as created in the years 1833-'36"
The' foreign importations of the y e a r 1836- reached $189,980,000, being an increase of 88,950,000 (or 87 per cent.) beyond .those.of the y e a r 1833. T h e customs duties of the y e a r 1836
exceeded b y 44 per cent, those of the y e a r 1834,. a n d the sales of public laiids of the y e a r 1836 were, for the first a n d only tinie in the history of the country, in excess of th© custom-house
• receipts.
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The range of p)rices'of staple articles in the New York market atthe beginning of each month, in each year,from 1825 to 1863.
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CD
No. X I I L — T H E YEAR 1837.
Articles.
Breadstuffs—Wheat flour, sup
bbl..
• W h e a t flour, w. canal, d o . . .
Rye
flour,
fine
do...
Corn meal, Jersey
do...
W h e a t , Genesee
bush..
Rye, northern
:.do...
Oats, northern
d o . ?.
Corn, northern
do...
CaHdles—Sperm
lb..
Mould
do,..
Coal—Anthracite
ton..
Li verpool
chaldi'on..
Coffee—Brazil
lb..
Java
..do...
Copper—Pig
.do...
Sheathing...
.....do...
Cotton, upland
-•
do.~-.
Fish—Dry cod
.cwt..
Mackerel, -No. 1
'. b b l . .
Flax—Russian
lb..
Araerican
- . .do,..:
Fruit—Bluscatel raisins
-. .box.
Figs, S m y r n a
lb Prunes, Bordeaux
do..
Furs—Beaver, n o r t h e r n . . . . . . . . . . . do...
Glass, American
per 50 feet.
Gunpowder—American
.25 l b s .
English....
lb.
Hides—Buenos A y r e s
;
.. do. Hops
,•..do.Indigo, Manilla . . . . . . ^
."":...;. . d o . -•
Ii-on—Scotch Pig
.ton.
Common English b a r . " .
.do..
Sheet, English
lb..
Lead, pig
......do...
March. .
10
10
7
4
OOalO 12 11 OOall 62
SOalO 75 11 75al2 00
7Sa 8 00 8 25a 8 50
75 .... 4 75a 4 87
May.
June.
SOalO 00. $7 OOalS 00 $8 50a$g 00
11 OOall 25
li 87al2 12 10 75all 00 8 7Sa g 00 g 62a g 87
9 00 ..... 7 50 .... 500a 550 6 25a 6 50
4 75a 4 87 4 50a 4 75 4 25a 4 50 4 25a 4 37
1 37a 1 40 140 ....
52a
62
72a . 75
1 OOa 1 12 1 OOa 1 12. 33a.. 34
33a 34
12a
13
12a 13
10 OOall do 10 OOall 00
12 00al3 00 13 00al4 00
10a
12
10a 12
13a
14
13a 15
21a-. 22
21a 22
27a 28.
27a 28
15a
17 . 14a 17
U40 .
. 50a
33a
12a
OOall
00al2
lla
13a
21a.
2Sa
14a ~
3 50a 3 62 3 75a 3 87' 37a 4
10 00 .... 10 25al0 50
SOalO
10 ....
iOa
10 ....
9a 10
2a
9a 10
110a 1 2 5 1 20a 1 3 5
20a 1
8 ....
8 ' . . . . . ' 15 ..
4a . 7 ^ 6 a - 9
6a
4 OOa 5 00 4 OOa 5 00
OOa 5
2 7oa 3 00 2 75a 3 00
75a 33 25a 5 75 3-25a 5 75
25a ^5
3 50a 6 25 3 50a 6 25
50a 6
14a
14a
15
14a 15
^ 8a
8a
9
8a
9
SOa 1'
80a 1 30
80 130,
60 00a70 00 65 OOa70 00 62 50a65
97 SOalOO 00 97 50al00 00 .. 105
7a,
7a
8
7a'
7.
22
Leather, hemlock sole........... '.do - -, ' 18a
18a
18a 24
Liquors—Cognac brandy
gal-. 1 50a.1 75 1 37a 1 65
37a 1
41a
Domestic whiskey
do. -.
44a 46, 46a
42a
M o l a s s e s — N e w Orleans ...'.
do. 37a
36a 37
40a
Muscovado
.-\.... do..
37 ..
36a 4040,a
Havana
do..
40a-,^ 45
6a
Nails, cut
.lb.
6a
-7
'6a
April.
48a'
63
33a 34
14 ....
10 OOall 00
11 OOall 50
10a 12
13a 15
.21a 22
28a 29
lla 15
3 62a 3 87
10 50 ....
lla" 12
, ga 10
1,05a 120
6a~
8
5a
8
4 dOa 5 00
2 75a 3 00
July:
Aug.
Oct.
Sept.
$9 SOalO 25 $8 00a$9 00 $7 00a$8 do
11 OOall 25 9 50a-9 75 g 50a 9 75
5 87a 6 25 5 37a 5 50 5 37 .--.
.;.: 4 63 .... 5 25 .... 5 25
; 50a$8 75 $9 00 ....
8
9 OOa 9 25 g OOa g 37
6 00 .... 6 7Sa 7 00
550
5 25 ....
1 60a 1. 80 ifgSa 2 10
..-.-112 112 ....
35a
45
40a 50
38a- 48
1 OOa 1 04 105a 109
1 OOa 1 12
3da
31
30a 31
30a 34
12a 14,
12a 14
12a 14
8 50a 9 50 8 SOa^ 50 8 50a 9 50
8 50a g 00- 11 50al2-00 11 50al2 00
ga
11
-10a. 11
10a 11
13a
14
13a 14
13a 14
17a
18
17a 18
17a 18
26a
27
26a 27
27a 28
Sa
12
12a 13
12'
3 12a 3 25 ... 3 12" 3 25a 3 37
g 50a g 75 10 50y..-. 10 12al0 25
lla 12
lla 12
lla 12
6a
'' 7
6a
7
6a
7
$7 50a$8 00
8-250 8 50
6 00 ....
.... 550
1 55a 1 65
.... 1 00 ,..-v too .... 100 --.. 78
^45a. 58
40a 50
58a
65 ^ 52a 65
1 OOa 1 06 1 OOa 1 06 1 10a 1 15 100a 103
32a 33
31a
32
31a 32:
32a
33
12a
14
13a 14
14 ....
12a
14
8 50a 9 50 8 50a g 50 8 50a 9 50
8 50a 9 00 9 00a g 50 9 OOa 9 50 8 50a 9 00
lOa 12
ga 11
ga . 11 - 9a 11
13a 14
13a 14 -13a 14
13a 14
16a. 17
16a 17
16a 17
16a 1725a 27 . 26a 27
26a , 27 26a 27
8a 12
7a 12
Sa 13
8a 11
3 25a 3 37 312a 3 25 3 12a 3 25 3 37a 3 50
9-75 .... g 62a g 75 -9 SOa 9 62 8,00 ....
lla . 13 lla,. 12
lla 12
lla 12
9 ....
9 ....
g ....
1 05a 1 25 100a 110
goa gs
goa gs
3a
4
3a
4
3a
4
3a
4
5a
8
5a
8
5a - 8
5a
8
4 OOa 5 00 4 OOa 5 00 4 OOa 5 00 4 OOa 5 00 . 00a 500 4
4
100a 1 06
43
. a 53
100 ....
33a ^ 34
14 ....
10 OOall 00
9 SOalO 00
lOo. 12
I3a 14
20a 21
25a 26
8a 12
3 50a'3 75
912a g 25
lla 12
ga -10
1 05a 1 25
3a
4
5a
8
2 7Sa 3 00
2 75a 3 00
2 75a 3 00
2 75a 3.00
H3
w
Q
O
goa' gs
3a
5a
4
8
3a
OOa 5 00 4 OOa 5 00
2 75a 3 00 2 75a 3 00 2 75a 3 00
3 2Sa5 75 3 25a 5 75 3 25a 5 7 5
3 50a 6 25 3 50a 6 25 3 50a 6 25
13a
14
12a ^ 14 13a= 15
~
6a'
7
'5a'' 6
g ....
80a 1 30
-80a 1^30 . 8 0 a l 15
40 00a42 50 42' 50a45^00 30 00a55 00
'85 00 S S O O a O O O O 85 OOag'O 00
,' 3a
4
20a 25
4 OOa 5 00
2 75a'^3 00
3 25'a 5 75
3 25a 5 75 3 25a. 5 75 3 25a 5 75 3 2Sa 5 75 3 25a 5 75
3 50a 6 25
3
3 50a 6 25 , SOa 6 25 3 50a 6 25 3 50a ,6 25 3 50a 6 25
13a 14
^ 13a 14
- 14a 15 13a, 14
13a
14
12a 13;
8
8a
9 '7a
5a
6
8a
9
7a
8
5a
6
80a 1 30 " 80a 1 30 80a 130 ^ 8 0 a l , 3 0
80a 1 10
80a 1 30
57 50a60 00 5O0Oa52.5O 40 00a45 00 40 00a45 00 4 0 0 0 a 4 5 0 0
5O,0Oa55 00
85 00a90 00
.... 105 00
105 00 ....105 00 92-500.05 do -.'.. go 00
7a
8
7a . 8
7a ' 8
•
7.'-...
7 ...
...
7 .:..
7^ . . . .
7-...
7'•,....•
8
7 ....
6 .--.
...
6 .... ,
4a ' 5 • 4 ....
5 ..-. . - . , ' 6
4 .--.
18a . 24- 17a 22
,
19a 20
16a 18
15a 18
12a 20
IOa
20
IOa . 20 17a 18
1 37,a 1 65 1 37a 1 65 1 37a 1 65 1 37a 1 65 1 37a 1 65 1 37a 1 65 1 37a'^l 65' 1 37a 1 65 1 37a 1 65
36 ....
30a 33
20a 30
38a 40
41a 45
.2ga
33
30a
33
36a
37
32a 34
36a 37
32a 33
32a 33
42a 45
42a 45
32a. 34
36a
39
36a 38
34a 35
28a 30
28a 30 , 2Sa 30 33a 35
40a 43
34a
36 '42a ,45
36a- 38
33a
35
33a 35
27a 28. - 25a 28
40a 42
36a 40.
28a
30
30a
33
32a 34
, 6d
7
7:
6a
7
6a
7
6a - 7
6z
<
7
6a
6a
7
6a
7
6a
7
GQ
Nails, w r o u g h t
do...
lla 16
11a 16
lla IG
lltt 16
lla 16
lla 16
lla 16
lla 16
lla
lla
16
lla 16
50 ....
N a v a l stores—Spirits turpentine . . . g a l . .
50 ....
45a 50
30a 35
50 -.-.
33a 35
40 ....
32a
30a 34
33a 35
35 ....
Rosin, common
b b l . . 2 00 .... 1 75a 1 87 1 75a 1 87 1 75a 1 87 1 62a 1 75 1 37a 1 50 -.. 1 50 ... 1 - 2
.6
.. 162 162 .
1 62a 1 75
4Sa 47
40a 43
Oils—Whale. -'
gal -,
38a 40
28a 30
32a 34
49 -.-.
28a 20
29a
31a 32
30a 33
28 .-..
8Sa 90
SSa go
Sperm, summer
do - -.
88a 90
85a 87
88a 90
84a go
84a
63a 85
85a 87
Sperm, w i n t e r . '
d o . . . 100 .... 100 ---. 100 .... 100 .--.
91a 93
gia 93
92a
91a 93
93a 95
gsa gs
gia g3
Olive
d o . . . 1 10 . - -. 1 07a 1 03 1 OOa 1 03
85a 90
95 -.-.
85a
gSa 1 OS
90a
go . . . .
80a 85
gOa 95
Linseed
do...
93 .... 1 Ola 1 03 1 00 ....
94 ---.
7Sa 80
78a 80
70
76 ....
71a 75
70 --..
8a
9
Paints, red lead
-.
lb-,
8a
9
Sa
9
Sa
9
2a 10
ga 10
Sa
9
9a 10
2a 10
Sa
9
Provisions—Pork, mess
b b l . , |23 00a24 0024 00a24 50 33 00a34 00 ,2l'50a22 50 16 00al8 00 18 SOaig 00 20 0Oa21 00 22 50a23 00 17 O0a2O 00 19 0Oa2O 00 . . . . 21 00
Pork, prime
d o . . . 17 0Oal7 50 18 SOaig 00 18 OOalS 50 |l7 SOalS 0013 00al4 50 13 OOall 00 16 50al7 00 18 OOalS 50 14 0Oal6 00 13 00al4 00 [11 50al3 00
Beef, mess
d o . . . 12 00al3 50 13 50al4 00 15 00al4 50 13 OOalS 00 13 OOall 50 13 00al4 00 13 00al4 00 13 SOall 50 13 50al4 50 13 O0al4 SO 11 00al3 00
Beef, pi'ime
. d o . -. 7 50a 8 75 7 SOa 8 75 7 50a 9 00 8 OOa 9 00 8 OOa 8 75 8 OOa 8 35 8 50a 9 00 8 SOa g 00 8 75a g 50 8 7Sa 9 50 7 50a 7 75
13a 15
Smoked hams
lb..
13a 16
2a 10
12a 14
I2a 14
13a 16
10a 13
12a 14
12a 14
10a 12
13a 15
Lard
do...
15 .... .13a 14
6a
g
Sa 10
13a 16
2a 10
8a 11
ga 10
8a 10
7a
g
9a 12
-20a 24
Butter, western d a i r y . d o . . .
12a 16
16a 18
20a 24 -20a 24
ISa 16
16 ....
17a 20
16 ....
15a 18
18a 20
9a 11
9a 11
ga 12
Cheese
do..
9a 11
8a 10
7a . g
2a 13
Sa- 9
7a
g
7a
g
10a 12
Rice
c w t . 3 SOa 4 00 3 37a 3 87 3 37a 4 00 3 37a 4 00 3 13a 3 63 313a 3 68 3 7Sa 4 12 4 25a 4 50 4 OOa 4 37 4 50a 4 75 4 75a 5 00
2 50a 2 02 2 50a 2 62 1 75a 1 87 1 SOa 1 40 1 SOa 1 40 1 50a 1 60 1 &5a 1 05 1 gSa 2 06 2 20a 2 37 2 35a 2 50
Salt—Liverpool,
fine
sack.
40 .--40a 43
40a 43
T u r k ' s Island
bush.
40 ....
34a 36
33a. 35
40a 42
34a 37
41a 43
31a 32
43a 44
12a 14
Seed—Clover
lb 7a
g
7a
9
lla 13
7a
g
7a
g
lla
13
12a 13
Timothy
tierce. 15 SOal 6 50 15 SOalG 50 16 OOalS 00 lis OOalS 5015 OOalO 00 12 SOal 4 00 12 50al4 00 12 50al4 00 12 S0al4 0016 0Oal7 00 16 00 . . . .
Sheetings—Russia, b r o w n
piece . 10 SOall 00 10 SOall 00 10 SOalO 75 10 SOalO 75 10 SOalO 75 LO 50alO 75 ilO/SOalO 75 10 50alO 75 10 SOalO 75 [10 SOalO 75ilO OOalO 25
Russia, w.hite
d o . . 1150 .... 1150 .... 1175 ---- 111 75 .... .1175 .... 1175 .... 1175 ---. 1175 .... 11 75 .. -.1175 .... 1175 . - - .
• 5a
6
Sa
6
Soap—New Y o r k
lb .
5a
6
5a
6
Sa
6
Sa
6
Sa
6
5a
6
5a
6
Sa
6
Sa
6
12a 14
12a 14
Castile
do..
12a 13
13a 14
12a 14
12a 14
12a 14
12a 14
12a 14
12a 13
12a 14
8 ....
8 -.-.
Spices—Pepper
do. .
8 --..
7 ....
7 ....
7 ....
7
7 ....
7 ....
7 ....
7 ....
Nutraegs
d o . . 1 25a 1 30 1 27a 1 35 1 27a 1 35 1 22a 1 30 1 SOa 1 35 1 20a 1 25 1 20a 1 25 1 20a 1 a?. 116a 1 20 1 16a 1 20 1 OSa 1 12
Spu-its—Jamaica r u m
g a l . 112a 1 50 1 12a 1 50 1 i2a 1 50 1 12a 1 SO 1 13a 1 50 1 12a 1 50 1 12a 1 50 1 12a 1 50 1 12a 1 50 112a 1 50 1 1 2 a 1 50
Gin, Holland
d o . . 115a 1 25 1 ISa 1 25 115a 1 25 1 ISa 1 25 115a 1 35 1 15a 1 25 1 15a 1 25 1 ISa 1 25 115a 1 25 1 15a 1 25 1 1 5 a 1 25
6a
8
7a
8
7a
8
5a
7
Sugars—New Orleans
lb.
5a
7
5a
7
Sa
7
5a
7
Sa
7
7a
8
6a
7
6a
7
6a
7
6 ....
Cuba
do..
6a
7
6a
8
6a
8
6a. .8
Oa
8
7a
g
8 ....
15a 16
15a 16
15a 16
15a 16
Loaf
do..
15a 16
15a 16
15a 16
ISa 16
15a 16
15a IG
15a 16
11 ....
11 ....
11 ....
Tallow
do..
11 ....
2a 10
10 ....
9 ....
g ....
10a 11
lla 12
40a 87
40a • 87 40a 87
Teas—Young Hyson
do..
40a 87
27a
40a 87
40a 87
40a 87
40a 87
27a 87
40a 87
24a 40
24a 40
24a 40
Souchong
do..
S4a 40
20a
24a 40
24a 40
24 a 40
24a 40
20a 35
24a 40
53a 1 10
55a 1 10 55a 1 10
Imperial
do..
SSa 1 10
55a 1 00
5Sa 1 10
SSa 110
55a 1 10 55a 1 00
55a 1 10
55a 1 10
7a
9
7a
9
7a
9
Tobacco—Kentucky
!
do. .
4a
g
4a
g
3a"' 8
3a
8
3a
8
3a
8
3a
8
7a
9
13a 17
15a 17
ISa 17
Manufactured, No. 1
do- .
15a 17
15a 17
15a 17
15a 17
15a 17
15a 17
15a 17
15a 17
28 ..-.
28 ....
Whalebone, slab
do-.
28 ....
14 .... 16
16 -.-.
16
17a 18
22 . . . .
23 ....
22 ....
gOa 2 50
90a 2 SO
Wine—Port
,
gal.
90a 2 50
gOa 3 50
80a 2 50
gOa 2 50
90a 2 50
gOa 2 50
gOa 2 50
80a 2 50
90a 2 SO
Madeira
do.. 1 OOa 2 25 1 OOa 2 25 1 OOa 2 23 ,1 OOa 2 25 1 OOa 3 35 1 OOa 2 25 1.00a 2 25 1 OOa 2 25 1 OOa 2 25 1 OOa 2 25 1 COa 2 25
Claret
cask. 14 OOalS 00 14 OOalS 00 14 OOalS 00 |l4 OOalS 0014 OOalS 00 14 OOalS 00 14 OOalS 00 14 OOalS 00 14 OOalS 00 14 OOalO 00 14 OOalS 00
40a SO
Wool—Comi-non
lb.
40a 50
40a 50
40a 50
40a 50
40a 50
40a 50
40a 50
40a 50
40a 50
40a 50
50a 68
Merino
:
do..
50a 68
50a 68
50a 68
50a 68
50a 68
50a • 68 50a 68
50a- 68
50a • 63 50a. 68
46a SO
Pulled, No. 1
.-..do.46a 50
35a 40
40a 46
46a 50
40a 46
40a 46
3Sa 40
35a 40
35a 40
46a 50
lla
16
30a 35
1 62a 1 75
30a 31
83 . . . .
....
95
1 OSa 1 1 2
73 . . - .
9a 10
21 50a22 00
13 0Oal3 50
13 SOall 00
8 SOa 9 00
10a 12
9a 11
18a 20
Sa
9
4 50a 4 75
2 12a 2 25
37 . - - .
lla
13
10 OOalO 25
1175 . . . .
Sa
6
12a 14
6a
7
1 OSa 1 12
1 1 2 a 1 50
1 1 5 a 1 25
7a
8
7a
8
15a -16
11
27a 87
20a 35
55a 1 004a
9
15a 17
22 . . : . .
8 0 a 2 50»
1 OOa 2 2 5
12 0Oal6O{>
2Sa 32
37 . . . .
30a 34
I n 1837 the imports of the United States for consumption fell to 1131 millions of dollars, and the sales of public lands to 6} millions. I n 1836 the imports were 15S|-, and the sales of
public lands 24-|- millions of dollars. T h e "specie circular," requiring specie to be paid for the public lands, w a s issued on the 11th of J u l y , 1836. T h e average sales of public lands from
1824 to 1833 amounted to $2,086,000 per annum. T h e average annual sales from 1843 to 1853 w a s $2,199,000: T h e suspension ol specie payments b y the banks occurred in May, 1837.
OO
O
CO
The range ofprices of staple articles in the New York market at the beginning of each month., in each year, from 1825 to 1863.
O
No. XIY.—THE YEAR 183a*
Articles.
Jan.
April.
Feb.
May.
June.
Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
I
Breadstuffs—Wheat
flour,super
b b l . i s 62a$8 75$7 75a$7 87 $7 75a.fS 00 $7 50a$7 75 :$7 00a$7 35:$7 37a$7 30j$7 35
'$7.50 ....
i$8 50am 75 ' $8 68a$9 00
t
Rye
flour,
fine
d o . . ' 6 50a 6 62 5 62a 5 87 ' 5 25a 5 50 4 87a 5 00 ' 4 87a 5 00 5 OOa 5 13 4 75
$4 S5a$4 37 ; 4 63a$4 75 5 50 .... 5 OOa 5 25 5 00a 5 50
Corn meal, Jersey
do - - 4 SOa 4 62 4 OOa 4 25 3 50a 3 63 3 50a 3 63 .... 3 75 3 63 .... 3 50
3 37 .... 3 75a 3 87 4 35a$4 37 4 13a 4 35 4 00
W h e a t , Genesee
..bush. 185a 2 00
1 goa 1 gs
gOa 93
R y e , northern
d o . . .... 118 1 OOa 1 06 .... 106 1 Ola 1 03 1 04a 1 06 1 06a 1 OS
87a
.... 1 00 1 13 .... 1 10a 1 13 1 09a 1 13
30a 40
50a 58
37a 46
30a 38
33a 40
33a 44
Oats, northern . . .
do..
50a 60
35a 45
S8a
3Sa 44
40a 45
38a '48
75 ....
95 ....
76a 79
78a 83
83a 85
78a 80
Corn, northern
do..
86a 88 1 00 ....
85a 87
91a 94
77a 80
77a
1 4 16
.a
15a 16
14a 16
14a 16
14a 16
14a 16
Candles—Mould
lb.
14a 16
15a .16
14a 16
14a 16
14 a
14a 16
31a 33
33a . 3
3
•34a 36
31a 33
31a 33
31a 33
31a 33
Sperm
do..
34 a 15
31a 33
31a 32
31a
33a 34
7 OOa 8 50 7 OOa 8 50 7 OOa 8 SO 7 50a 9 CO
Coal—Anthracite
t o n . 8 50a 9 SO 7 00a
• OOa 8 50 7 OOa 8 50 7 OOa 8 50 7 OOa 8 50 7 OOa 8 50 7 00a 8
7
9 SSa 9 50 g 35a g 50 9 .SOalO 00 9 SOalO 00
Liverpool
chaldron. 12 00al2 SO 10 SOall 00 10 SOall 00 9 SOalO 00 13 OOalS 50 10 OOalO 50 10 OOalO 50 9 75al0
10a 13
Coffee—Brazil
,.
lb.
. 0 12
\a
9a 11
9a 11
9a
9a 10
2a
10a 13
10a 11
10a
9a
10a 13
lla 13
ISa 14
lla
lla
lla 14
J a v a . .'...
do..
lla 13
13a 14
lla 15
12a 13
ISa
lla
lla 15
16a 17
16a
16a 17
• 17a 18
Copper—Pig
do - .
16a 17
17a 18
17a ^18
17a 18
17a 18
17a
16a
16a 17
S4a 35
Sheathing
do -.
24
S6a S7
S7a 38
36
S4a 35 .34a 35
24a^ 25
27a 28
S7a
33a
S4a 35
Cotton, upland fair
do..
11
9a 10
10a 11
9
11
lla
lla 12
Fish—Dry cod
c w t . 3 50a 3 62 3 50 .
3a
3 44 .... 3 03 3 50 .... 3 50 ....
3 37 3 50a 3 56 3 . 7 3 50 b'iSa 3
3 68a 3 75 3G8 ....
Mackerel, No. 1
b b l . I O SO .... 10.50 .
10 50 -... 11 OOall 35 10 75 .... 1150 --.. 11 37all 50 11 SOall 63 13 OOalS 18 1156 .
12 C0al2 12 13 37al3 50
l
Flax—Russian
.'.
lb.
lla 13
7a 10
7a 10 ! 7a 10
7a
7a 10
lla 13
lla 13
lla 13
lla 12
7a 10
lla
American
'.
do.
6a
7
7a
6a
7
6.
^
6a
7
7a
8
6a
7
6a
7
6a
7
6a
7
la
8
6a
Fruit—Muscatel raisins
: - . . b o x . 1 80a 1 85 185 .
1 85a 3 OS
185 .... 1 6 5 . . . . 1 35a 1 50 1 6Ca 1 70 1 60a 1 70 160a 1
1 40a 1 45 1 15a 1 30
Figs, S m y r n a
'
ib.
6a
2
7a 10
7a 10
6a
8
7a
7a 10
6a
8
• 7a 10
12a 13
8 .
Prunes, Bordeaux
do..
9a 15
F u r s , beaver, northern
l b . 4 OOa 5 00 4 COa 5 00 4 OOa 5 00 4 OOa 5 00 4 OOa 5 00 4 OOa 5 00 4 OOa 5 00 4 OOa 5 00 4 OOa 5 GO 4 OOa 5 00 4 OOa 5 00 4 OOa 5 00
Glass, A m e r i c a n . :
50 feet. 2 75a 3 00 3 75a 3 00 3 75a 3 00 3 75a 3 00 2 75a 3 OC 2 75a 3 00 3 75a 3 00 3 75a 3 00 5 75a 3 00 3 75a 3 00 2 7Sa 3 00 2 7Sa 3 00
Gunpowder—American
25 lbs- 3 25a 5 75 3 SSa 5 75 3 SSa 5 75 3 SSa 5 75 3 25a 5 75 3 25a 5 75 3 SSa 5 75 3 35a 5 75 3 25a 5 75 3 35a 5 75 3 25a 5 75 3 2Sa 5 75
English
d o . . 3 50a 6 25 3 50a 6 35 3 50a 6 35 3 50a 6 35 3 50a 6 25 3 50a 6 35 3 50a 6 35 3 50a 6 35 3 50a 6 35 3 50a 6 35 3 50a 6 2 5 3 50a 6.25
.
Hides, Buenos Ayres
lb.
13a 14
16 ....
13a 13
12a 13
13
. a 14
13a 15
15a 16
16a 1 7
.
17a 18
13a 14
13a 14
13a 14
Hops
do..
4a
5
6a
7
6a
7
6 ....
7a
8
4a
6
5a
6
5a
6
16a 17 .... .17
Sa
6
5a
6
lodigo, Manilla
do..
80a 1 35
80a 1 35
80a 1 37 110a 1 40 1 10a 1 40 1 10a 1 40
SOa 1 18
80a 1 27
80a 1 35
80a 1 18
80a 1 18
80a 1 18
Iron—Scotch pig
t o n . 50 OOaSS 00 50 OOaSS 50 47 SOaSO 00 45 O0a47 50 45 00a47 SO 40 00a45 00 l40 00a45 00 37 50a43 50 35 00a37 50 ;37 50a40 CO37 5Oa40 00 37 50a40 00
Common English bar
d o . . 85 OOaOO 00 87 50a93 50 87 50a9S 50 87 50a97 50 87 S0a92 50 87 50a90 00 87 SOaOO 00 85 00a87 50 85 00a87 50 85 00a87 50 85 00a87 50 85 00a87 SO
Sheet
lb..
6a ' 7
6a
7
6a
7
6a
7
6a
7
6a
7
6a
7
6a
7
6a
7
7a
8
7a
8
Oa
7
Le'ather, hemlock, sole
do..
18a 19
Si a 33
17a 18 /17a 18
21a 22
16a 18
21a 22
16a 18
16a 18
17a 18 -17a 18
Liquors—Cognac brandy
g a l . 1 37a 1 65 1 50a 1 63 1 50a 1 63 1 50a 1 63 1 SOa 1 62 1 50a 1 63 1 50a 1 63 1 50a 1 63 1 50a 1 63 1 SOa 1 63 1 63a 1 75 1 62a 1 75
31a
30a 31
Domestic whiskey
do..,
34a
• 33a 33
40a
42
33a 36
31a 39
43a 43
41a 43
33a
39a 40
33a 35
34a
37a
Molasses—New Orleans
do...
35a 36
31a
S8a 40
34a
40a 45
35a 36
39a
37a 39
33a 34
33a
34
33a
34a
Muscovado^''.
do...
27a
34a
35a 37
35 --..
38a
35a 36
36a
36a 38
30 ....
33a 33
Havana
do...
28a
27a
28a
SSa
33
33a 34
38 --..
35a
31a 33
33a
30a 33
37a 38
Nails—Cut
lb -.
6a
6a
6a
7
5a
5a
5a
6
5a
6
6a
6a
7
5a
6
6a
7
Wrought
do...
lla
lla
lla 15
lla
16
lla
lla
lla 15
lla
lla
16
lla
lla 15
lla
16
30a
Naval stores—Spirits turpentiae
gal..
29a
30a,
30a
31a 35
33a 35
30a 33
31a
30a 31
35a. 3d
30a 32
28a
oo
O
O
I—<
O
1 75a 1 87 1 87a 2 00
N a v a l stores, rosin, common
b b l . - - -. 1 75 175 ...
175 -.-. 1 50a 1 63 1 37a 1 50 1 50a 1 63 1 50a 1 63 1 50a 1 62 1 63a 1 75 163a 1
33a . 4
3
32a 33 : 33a 35
33a
33a 34
33a 33
Oils—Whale
gal.
31a 33
33a 33
31a r S
^
30a 31
31a 33
30a 31
95
78a 80
83a 84
95a 97
78a 80
78a 80
Sperm, fall
do..
80a 83
78a 80
83a 83
83a 83
83 -...
.... 105 .... 110
85a 87
8Sa 87
SO -.-. • 95 .... '"S8a 1
Sperm, winter
d o . . .... 1 OS
91a 93
85a 87
85a 87
95 -.
1 15a 1 20 1 15a 1 20
Olive
d o . - 1 10a 1 13 1 10a 1 13 1 07a 1 13 1 07a 1 10 1 OOa 1 OS 1 OOa 1 05 1 04a 1 10 1 .IOa 1 1 5 1 10a 115 115a 1
80a 85
Sla 85
84a
78a 80
73a 75
70a 73
75a- 77 , 85 ....
Linseed
d o . . , 78a 80
83a 84
75a 76
78a 80
Sa
9
Sa
9
8a
9
8a
8a
9
8a
9
Sa
9
Sa
9
Paints, red lead
lb. !
8a
9
Sa
g
8a
9
Sa
Provisions—Pork, mess. b b l . Isi.so . . 17 75a30 00 16 50al8 50 18 COaig 50 18 SOaSO 00 •30 OOaSl 00 31 OOaSS 50 21 OOaSS CO 34 SOaSS 00 34 7Sa35 50 S3 00a24 00 23 00a24 00
..
Pork, prime
d o . . 13 50fll4 75 13 SOa 13 75 13 50al4 00 13 50al4 SO 14 OOalS 00 15 50al6 00 J 6 0Oal7 CO16 00al7 CO 18 OOalS 50 18 75al9 50 /IS OOalS 50 19 00 - -..
.... 15 50 15 S0al6 00
Beef, mess
d o . . 14 OOalS 00 14 OOa 14 50 14 00al4 SO 14 00al4 SO 14 C0al4 50 14 00al4 50 14 00al4 50 14 50a 14 75 is 00al5 50 15 OOa! 5
.... 1150 11 S0al2 00
13 00 13 50al3
Beef, prime
d o . . 9 OOa 9 50 9 OOa 9 50 10 00 .... 11 OOall SO 10 SOall 00 11 OOall 50 11-SOall 75 11 SOall 75
15 ....
15 .--.
10a 13
10a 13
13a 13
13a
10a 11
lla IS
lla 13
lla 13
Smoked hams
lb.
10a IS
10a 13
13a 15
13 ..-9a .10
9a 11
IJa 13
liJa
7a . 9
8a 10
8a 10
9a 11
Lard
do..
10a 11
Sa 10
19a 20
19a 33
17a 19 . 17a • 19 17a 19
IOa
18a SO - SSa 34
2Sa 37
17a 19
Butter, western dairy . d o . .
"ISa SO
18a SO
7a . 9
7a '
9
Sa 10
7a
9
6a
8
6a
7a
9
Sa
9
Sa
9
6a
9
Cheese
do..
7a
9
7a
9
4 COa 5 00 4 75a 5 00
Rice
c w t . 3 50a 3 87 3 SOa 3 67 3 35a 4 00 3 37a 4 35 3 37a 4 35 4 50a 5 00 4 7Sa 5 13 4 75a 5 37 4 75a 5 13 4 OOa 5
1 88a 1 98 1 77a 1 87 .
Salt—Liverpool,
fine
sack. 3 35a 3 37 3 12a 3 35 3 13a 3 25 1 g4a 3 06 1 63a 1 70 1 80a 1 90 1 90a 3 CO 1 SSa 1 93 1 76a 1 87 1 85a 1
47a 48
4Sa 50
43a 45
41a 42
38a 39
45a
33a 34
35a 36
33a 34
T u r k ' s Island
bush.
35a 36
35a 36
35a 36
10a 11
Seeds—Clover
lb.
13a 13
lla 13
10a 13
17 OOa'8 00 16 OOaSO 00
Timothy
tierce.
14 OOalO 00 14 OOalS 00
5 1
Sheetings—Russia, w h i t e
piece. 11 75 . . . 1175
1175 ---. 1175 ---., 11 OOall SO 11 OOall 50 11 OOall 50 11 OOall 50 n OOall . 0 . 1 OOall 50 11 OOall 50
-.
11 75 - - -.
Russia, b r o w n
d o . . 10 00 .... 10 00 .... 10 00 .--. 10 00 .--. 10 00 .... 9 OOa 9 50 9 OOa 9 50 9 OOa 9 50 g OOa g 50 9 OOa 9 50 9 OOa 9 50 9 OOa 9 50
Sa
6
5a
6I
5a 6
5a
6
5a
6
Sa
6
Sa
6
Soap—New Y o r k
lb.
Sa
6
Sa
6
5a
6
5^
6
Sa
13a 14
13a 14
13a 14
13a 14
12a 13
13a
13a 14
12a 14
Captjie
do - .
13a 14
15a 14
ISa 14
13a 14
8 ....
7 ..
. . 7a 8
8a
9
7a
7 .... I
7 ....
7a
8,
Spices—Pepper
do..,
7
6a
7
7 .-..
7
Nutraegs
d o . . , 1 05a 1 07 1 13a 118 1 13a 1 18 1 OSa 1 13 1 OOa 1 10 1 OOa 1 15 1 OOa 1 15 1 COa 1 15! 1 10a 1 30 1 15a 1 33 1 15a 1 33 115a 120
5
Spirits—Jamaica" ruin
g a l . . 1 13a 1 50 1 13a 1 50 1 13a. 1.50 1 ISa 1 SO 1 13a 1 50 1 ISa 1 SO 1 12a 1' 50 1 ISa 1 50 ! 1 13a 1 55 1 13a 1 . 5 1 35a 1 70 1 25a 1 60
Gin, Holland
do. 1 10a 1 35 1 10a 1 35 1.10a 1 35 1 ISa 1 35 1 15a 1 35 1 15a 1 35 1 15a 1 25 1 iSa 1 35 1 15a 1 35 115a 1 35 1 ISa 1 35 1 15a 1 25
7a
8
7a
9
6a
7a
8
Sugars—New Orleans
lb..
6a
6a
7
6a
7
6a
6a
7
,6a
8
.6a
8
7a
6a
6a
8
7a
9
Cuba
do - . .
6a
6a
7
6a -7
6a
6a
7
6a
8
6a
8
15a 16
15a
I5a 16
16a
15a 16
Loaf
do - -.
15a
15a 16
15a 16
15a
15a
16
15a 16
15a 16
13
12 .
10
10 ....
11
Tallow—American
do...
10a
Sa
9
Sa
9
IOa 11
lla 13
lla 13
10a 11
2d
2a
10
10a ' 11 10a
Foreign
do...
ICa
• 8a
8a
9
10a 11
10a 11
1 1 13
.a
37a
37a 87
21a
37a 67
33a 87
Teas—Young Hyson
do...
21a
37a
S7a 87
27a 87
S7a 87
S7a 87
SOa
20a 35
20a
SOa 35
30a 35
Souchong
do...
20a
SOa
20a 35
"30a 35
SOa 35
30a 35
SOa 35
55a 1 00
55a 1 00
55a 1 00
55a 1 00 55a 100
Imperial
do...
55a I'OO
55a 1 00
55a 1 00
55a 1 00
55a 1 00
55a 1 00
55a 1 00
7a 11
Sa 13
4a 10
Sa 13
. a IS
5
Tobacco—Kentucky
do...
4a 10
4a 10
4a 10
4a 10
4a
9
4a
9
4a
9
15a 18
ISa 18
14a 16
14a 18
15a 18
I'la 16
14a 16
14a 16
14a 16
Manufactured, No. 1
do...
15a 17
15a 17
15a 17
31 ....
19a 30
SOa 31
31 ....
Sla 33
17a IS
20a 21
l l a 18
30a SI
Whalebone, slab
do.. .
19 ....
S3 ....
19a SO
60a 3 00
60a 2 00
60a 1 30
60a 1 10
60a S 00
80a 2 50
60a 1 20
80a S SO
60a 1 SO
Wine—Port
gal. SOa 3 50
80a 3 50 . 80a S 50
Sda 3 00 1 OOa 3 00 1 OOa 3 00 1 OOa 3 00
Madeira.
d o . . . 1 OOa 3 35 1 OOa 3 35 1 OOa 3 33 1 OOa 2 25 1 OOa 3 35 1 OOa 3 00 1 OOa 2 00 1 OOa 3 00
Claret
c a s k . . 13 00al6 00 13 C0al6 00 12 OOalG 00 3 OOalO 00 IS 00al6 00 13 00al6 00 12 00al6 00 13 OOalO 00 14 OO.'iig 00 15 C'OaSS 00 15 OOaSS 00 15 00a25 00
37a 40
SSa 33
SSa
S8a 33
SSa 33
SSa : 3
?
28a 32
Wool—Common
lb..
28a ,33
SSa 33
SSa ; 3
3
3Sa 33
SSa 33
40a 45
33a 35
32a
:J3a : 7
^
:33a 35
33a 37
33a 35
3-4.blood
do...
33a 35
33a 36
33a 3()
33a 35
33a 36
45a 55
3.3a 38
37a
37a 40
.37a 38
37a 40
37a 38
Merino
do
37a 33
37a 38
37a 38
37a 38
37a 38
40a 45
33a 34
36a 38
33a 34
36a 38
36a 36
33a 34
Pulled, No, 1
.'...do..!! 30a 34
33a 34
30a 34
33a -34
30a 34
!
* The general siiapension of specie payment in May, 18.37, was followed by a reduction ef bank currencv in 1838 from $169,000,000 to $116,000,000; in 1.839 increased again to $135,000,000,
t ( , banks then prepai'iug for a resumption of specie payment. This • v l effected in May, 1838, bv the batiks of N e w Engkind and N e w York; but the resumption at the south and west
h^
^;s
was later, and not complete t l 1843. The foreign importations, which in 1836 and 1837 were lirgely in excess of ixarmer years, Avere reduced in 1838 to $113,717,000, or forty per cent,
il
below those of 18:36.
'
•
. .
.
'
'
c>
:
The range of prices of staple articles in the New York market at the beginning of each month, in each year, from 1825 to 1863.
CO
to
^No. XV.—THE YEAR 1839.^*
Articles.
Breadstuffs—Wheat
flour
bbl.
Rye
flour,
fine
do..
Corn meal, J e r s e y
do..
W h e a t , prime w h i t e . b u s h .
Rye, northern
do. Oats, northern
do..
Corn, northern
do..
Candles—Mould
lb,
Sperm
do..
Coal—Anthracite
ton.
Liverpool
chaldron.
Coffee—Brazil
lb.
JaA'a
do..
Copper—Pig
do..
Sheathing
do.,
Cotton, middling, uplaud
do..
Fish—Dry cod
cwt.
Mackerel, No, 1
bbl.
Flax—Russia
lb.
American
do..
Fruit—Muscatel raisins
box.
Figs, S m y r n a
lb.
Prunes, B o r d e a u x
.do..
Furs—Beaver, northern
do..
Glass, American
'.
50 feet.
Gunpowder—American
35 1 bs.
English
do..
Hides—Buenos A y r e s
lb.
Hops
do.,.
Indigo, Manilla
do..
Iron—Scotch i)i.g
'.
ton.
Common English bar
.do. .
Sheet
lb.
Leather, hemlock sole
do..
Liquors—Cognac b r a n d y . .
. . . .gal.
Domestic whiskey
do..
Molasses—New Orleans
.do..
Muscovado
do..
Havana
do..
Nails—Cut
-•.. l b . ,
Wrought
do. .,
Digitized N a v a l stores—Spirits turpentine . . . g a l . .
for FRASER
Jan.
March.
April.
May.
June.
July.
Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
I
$8 75a|9 00 $8 87a|9 13 $8 7Sa$g 00 $8 SSafS 50 $7 50a$7 75 .$6 87a$7 12 .$6 31 a$6 50$6 2Sa$6 62 $6 75a$7 00 $5 75a%6 13 $5 75a$6 00
37
4 75 4 OOa 4 35 4 13
5 OOa 5 35 .... 5 35 5 25a 5 " 1 4 62a 4 75 4 25 ...
5 OOa 5 50 5 SOa 5 75 5 50
4 00 4 OOa 4 13 4 IS ....
3 81a 3 87 3 81a 3 87 4 OOa 4 13 4 35 .... 4 25a 4 37 4 12 .--. 4 GO ...
3 87 .,
137
1 15a 130
1 10a 1 13 1 08a 1 1 0 1 ISa 1 14
83 a
77a 83 75 ....
85a -87
1 13
1 SOa 1 35
50a 60
46a 55
50a 58
43a 53
40a
41a 51
40a 50
48a
60
50a 60
33a 44 33a 43
93a 95
SOa 93
82a ,88
85a 88
80a 87
85
25a
28
90a 94
SOa 83 80 ....
go
15 -.-.
15 ....
15 ....
15 ....
15 ....
15
15a
16
15 .
15a 16
15 ....
15
40a 41
4ia 43
40a 41
39a 40
40a 41
37a 38
35a 37
35a 36
41 41 .
41 ....
40a
7 50a 9 00 7 50a 9 00 7 50a 9 00 7 50a 9 00 7 50a 9 00 7 50a 9 00 7 50a 9 CO 7 50a 9 CO 7 50a g CO 7 50a 8 50 6 50a 8 50
10 SSalO SO 10 SSalO 50 10 50 .... 10 SOald 75 10 SOall 00 9 75al0 00 8 7Sa 9 00 8 OOa 8 50 g 50a 9 75 10 SOalO 75 11 OOall SO
10a 13
10a 13
10a 12
10a 13
10a 12
lla 13
lla IS
10a 13
10a 11
10a 12
10a 13
ISa 13
ISa 13
12a 13
13a 13
12a 13
ISa 13
13a 13
13a 13
lla 14
12a 13
13a 13
16a 17
16a 17
16a 17
16a
17
17a 18
17a 18
17a 18
17a 18
17a 18
17a 18
17a 18
25a 26
S5a S6
24 a 25
S5a 36
24a 25
S4a 25
33a 34
S4a 35
S4a 35
24a 25
S4a 35
14
15a 16
13a 14
14 ....
12 ....
14 .... •15 ....
IS ....
14 ....
lla 13
4 30 .... 4 25a 4 37 ... - 4 25 4 GOa 4 09 3 63a 3 75 3 63 .... 3 OOa 3 35
3 63a 3 75 3 63a 3 75 3 37a 3 75 4-00
..
13 S.5ol3 .30 13 35al3 SO 13 25al3-50 13 50«14 CO 14 63 .... 14 37al4 50 14 37 .... 13 37 . . : 14 00al4 35 14 00al4 50 13 75al3 00
7d 10
7a 10
7a 10
7a 10
7a 10
7a 10
7a 10
7a 10
7a 10
7a 10
7a 10
7a
7a
8
7a
8
7a
8
7a
8
7a
8'
7a
8
7a
8
7a
8
7a
8
7a
8
1 ISa 1 SO 1 SOa 1 35 1 30a 1 35 1 35a 1 40 1 35a 1 40 1 6 5 .... 14Sal50 1 40a 1 45 1 6 3 ....
1 OOa 1 05
10a 15
10a 15
10a 15
10a 15
8a 12
10a 15
10a 15
10a 15
9a 15
9a 15
2a
15
2a
15
9a 15
9a 15
9a 15
9a 15
9a 15
9a 12
9a 15
4 OOa 5 00 4 OOa 5 00 4 OOa 5 00 4 OOa 5 00 4 COa 5 CO 4 OOa 5 00 4 OOa 5 00 4 OOa 5 CO 4 OOa 5 00 4 OOa 5 00 4 OOa 5 00
3 75a 3 00 3 75a 3 00 2 75a 3 CO 5 75a 3 00 3 75a 3 00 2 75a 3 00 2 75a 3 00 2 75a 3 CO 3 75a 3 00 2 75a 3 00 2 75a 3 00
3 35a 5 75 3 SSa 5 75 3 25a 5 75 -3 35a 5 75 3 S5a 5 75 3 35a 5 75 3 25a 5 75 3 2Qa 5 75 3 SSa 5 75 3 SSa 5 75 3 25a 5 75
3 50a 6 35 3 50a 6 SS 3 50a 6 25 3 50a 6 35 3 50a 6 35 3 50a 6 25 3 50$ 6 25 3 50a 6 25 3 50a 6 35 3 50a 6 35 3 50a 6 25
14a 15
14 ....' 14 ....
15a 16
16 ....
16a 17
14 a 15
16a 17
14a 15
15 ....
14a 15
15a 16
15a 16
1.5a 16
16a 17 , 15a 16
16a 17
15a 16
ISa 16
16a 17
ISa 17
15a 16
90a 1 SO 1 COa 1 30 1 10a 1 40 1 10a 1 40 1 10a 1 40 1 10a 1 40 110a 1 40 1 10a 1 40 1 10a 1 40 1 10a 1 50 1 IOa 1 SO
37 50a40 00 40 O0a43 50 40 G0a40 45 40 00a45 00 40 00a43 00 '37 50a40 00 37 5Oa40 00 37 50a40 CO 37 50a40 00 37 50a40 00 37 50a40 00
87 SOflSO 00 .... 93 50 95 CO .... 95 00 .... .... 90 00 67 50^90 00 87 SOaOO 00 '87 50a90 00 83 SOflSS 00 83 50a85 00 82 50aS5 00
6a
7
6a
7
6a
7
6a
7
6a
7
6a
7
6a
'7
6a
7
6a
7
6a
7
6a
7
21a 22
22a
33
20a
22
24a
35
24 a 25
24a
35
30a S3
S3a 35
12a
31
18a 19
1.2a
31
1 63a 1 75 1 63a 1 75 1 62a 1 75 1 63a 1 75 1 63a 1 75 1 62a 1 75 1 62a 1 75 1 63a 1 75 1 63a 1 75 1 63a 1 75 1 62a 1 75
36a 37
36a
35a 36
43a 46
43a 44
38 ....
35
39a 43
33a 34
28 ....
35a 36
37a 38
35 .
37a 38
37
34a
33a 33
34a
35a
35 34 a
33a 34
35a 36
35 ....
33a
35 ....
35
30
33
33a
30 ....
33a
. 30a 33
33a 34
32a 33
30a
30a 31
30
S6a
39a
29a
29a
S6a SS
28a 29
6a
5a
6
Sa
6a
6a
7
6a
Sa
6a
6a
5a
6
6a
7
13a
12a 15
12a
12a
12a
15
12a
13a
12a
15
12a
lla 15
12a
15
35a
35 .
36 ....
35a 36
31a
35a
30a
35a 37
35a
30 . . . .
30a 31
Dec.
$6 25a$6 50
4 25 ....
4 00 ....
115a 1 23
75
30a 40
75
15 .--.
41 ....
6 SOa 8 50
10 SOall 00
9a 11
12a 13
17a 18
24a 25
2 62a 2 75
12 00al2 50
7a 10
7a
8
90a 97
5a 13
OOa 5 00
75a 3 00
25a 5 75
50a 6 23
14a 15
16a 18
1 10a 1 5 0
37 S0a40 00
82 50 .--.
6a
7
17 ....
1 62a 1 75
30
26a 29
23a 25
23a 25
4
2
3
3
6a
12a
•29a
Naval stores—Rosin, common ...bbl.- 1 87a 1 94 ! 1 75a 1 871 1 87a 3 001 1 87a 2 00 1 87a 1 94 1 1 87 .... 1 1 87 .. -.1 1 75a 1 87 .... 1 7 5 1 .... 1 75 1 .... 1 75 1 62a 1 75
31a
33 ! 31a 33
37a 38 1 33a 35
:35a 35
33a 35 1 33a 35
27a 29
27a 28
33a
35
32a
35 1 33a
35
...gal..
Oils Whale
1 1 COa 1 03 1 08a 110 .... l i d .... 1 10 .... 110 1 OSa 1 10 1 08a 1 1 0 1 13a 1 15 1 1 12a 1 15 1 06a 1 08
95a
97
95
Sperm, fall
^..- ...do...
Sperm, winter
- ...do... 1 10a 1 12 1 1 10 .... 1 05a 1 10 112 . - -. 115 -..- 1 15a 1 18 1 115a 1 18 llSa 119 1 18a 1 ig 1 SSa 1 35 1 - -.. 1 25 1 18a 1 20
98a 1 00
95a 1 00
gsa gs
g.sa gs
goa gs
90a 95
85a 95
...do... 1 LSa 1 20 1 1 20a 1 25 1 30a 1 35 1 20a 1 25 1 15a 120
.Olive
72a 75
70a 73
70 ....
70 ....
60a 62
57a 60
87a • 88 1 69a 74
87a SO
Sla 83 ! 82tt 85 i 85 ....
...do...
Linseed
Sa
9
7a
8
7a
8
7a
8
7a
8
7a
8
7a
8
7a
8
7a
8
lb..
8a
9 i Sa
9 1 8a
9
Paints, red lead
Provisions Pork mess
- - -. ...bbl.- 23 00a23 50 ;23 00 .... 31 00 .. -. .... 22 00 22 00a22 SO 30 SOaSl 00 18 75 .... 15 SOalS 00 16 00al7 50 15 75al7 50 16 00al6 25 14 50al5 50
)
18 OOaig 00 17 SOalS 00 16 SOal 7 00 14 2Sal4 ; 0 11 50al4 00 12 00al4 00 11 :37al3 00 11 00al3 50 11 OOall SO
18 50
jig 00
...do... 19 00
Pork, prime
...do... 15 7Sal6 00 15 7Sal6 co- 15 OOalS 50 15 OOalS 50 15 OOalS .50 [15 OOalS .50 [15 OOalS 50 14 SOalS 00 14 SOalS 00 13 S0ai4 00 13 50al4 00 12 50al3 00
Beef, mess
8 50a 9 00
...do... 11 50al2 00 ll 50al2 00 ill 50 .... Il25all75 11 25all 75 111 SSall 75 11 25all 75 111 OOall 25 ,11 OOall 25 10 00 .... 9 50
Beef, prime
lla 12 1 13a 13
12a 13
10a 13
10a 13
10a 13
10a 12
10. ....
13a 13 1 12 ....
14 ---. 1 13a 14
Smoked hams
.. -...lb..
lla 12 1 13a 13
lla 13
lla 13
10a 13
10a 13
10a 12
8a 10
lla 13 1 lla 12
1 3 15 1 13a 14
.a
...do...
Lard
16a 20
16a 18
16a 18
16a 18
12a 16
15a 18
20a 22
33a 35
22a 25 I 22a 25
y.do..Butter, western daii
8a
9
8a
9
8a
g
8a
9
Sa
g
2a 12
ga 11 " " O a "ii' '""ga'i'i"
8a 10
9
Sa 10
. . . do - . . 8a
Cheese
1
.. .cwt.. 4 OOa 4 62 4 37a 4 87 4 SOa 5 00 4 37a 4 87 4 37a 4 87 4 75a 5 00 4 50a 4 75 4 37a 4 75 4 SSa 4 50 3 75a 4 50 3 63a 4 GO 3 OOa 3 25
Rice
..sack..1 1 75a 1 85 1 75a 1 85 1 73a 1 85 2 OOa 2 12 1 70a 1 82 1 67a 1 75 1 67a 1 78 1 73a 1 83 1 73a 1 83 1 70a 1 75 1 48a 1 53 1 44a 1 50
Salt—Liverpool,
fine
38a
30
41 --..
41a
42
37 ....
38 .... .40
36 ....
32a 33
35a 36 1 35a 36
..bush.. 35a 36
Turk's Island
1 Sla 33 "21a'"22
....Ib.Seeds—Clover...»
18 ....
18 ....
. tierce..
'Timothy
Sheetings—Russia, white ..."..- .piece.. 11 OOall 50 ii OOall so' 11 OOall 50 11 OOall 50 liooaii-so' li'doaii 50 li'ddaii 's'o'11 OOall 50 11 OOall 50 ii'do'aii so'li OOall '5"o" iiboaiVso
...do... 8 75a 9 25 [ 8 75o g 25 8 75a 9 35 8 75a 9 25 9 OOa 9 SO 9 OOa 9 50 9 OOa 9 50 g OCa g 50 g OOa g 50 9 OOa 9 50 9 OOa 9 50 9 OOa 9 50
Russia, brown
G .--.
6 ....
6 ....
6 ....
6 ....
6 ....
6
6
6
6
Sa
6 !
5a
6
lb..
goj^p—New York
12a 13
13 ....
13a 14
12a 13
13a 14
13a 13
12a
13
13 ..-.
12a 13
...do...
Castile
13a 13
13a 13
13a 13
9 ....
9 ....
9
g ....
9a 10
9
8
8
^ 8
9 ....
9 ....
.. do.-.
Spices-Pepper
92a 1 00
95a 1 00
gSa 1 00
-..do.." 115a 1 18 1 03a 1 13 1 0.3a 115 1 05a 1 17 1 OOa 1 10 1 OOa 1 06
gSa 1 00
95a 1 00
9Sa 1 00
Nutmegs
...gal.. 1 25a 1 60 1 SSa 1 60 1 S5a 1 60 1 25a 1 60 1 25a 1 60 1 35a 1 60 1 25a 1 60 1 SSa 1 60 1 S5a 1 60 1 SSa 1 60 1 SSa 1 60 1 2;5a 1 60
Spirits—Jamaica rum
...do... 1 15a 1 20 1 15a 1 SO 1 15a 1 30 1 15a 1 20 1 15a 1 20 1 10a 1 15 1 12a 1 15 1 ISa 1 15 1 ISa 1 15 1 13a 1 15 1 13a 1 15 1 12a 1 15
Gin, Holland
6a
8
6a
8
6a
7
6a
7
6a
7
6a
7
6a
8
6a
8
6a
7
6a
7
6a
7
6a
7
....lb..
Sugars—New Orleans
6a
7
6a
8
6a
7
6a
8
6a
8
6a
8
6a
7
6a
8
7a
9
...do...
Cuba
15a 16
15a 16
15a 16
15a 16
15a 16
15a 16
15a 16
15
. a 16
'l.Sa "I'e "fs'a'i'e
...do...
1 S 16' '' 'is'a ' * iV
-a
Loaf
lla 12
lla 12
12 --..
13 - - -. 13 ....
lla 12
9a 10
lla 12
lla 12
ISa
13
12 .--.
...do...
12a 13
Tallow—American
1 0 11
,a
lla 12
lla 12
lla 12
ISa 13
ISa 13
lla 12
IOa 11
lla 12
10a 11
...do...
10a 11
10a
11
Foreign
37a 87
37a 87
37a 87
37a 87 1 4Sa 90
42a • 90 42a 90
42a 90
37a 87
37a 87
. .do...
37a 87
37a
87
Teas —Young Hyson
20a 35 , SOa 351 30a 35
20a 35
20a 33
20a 35
20a 35 • 20a 35 20a 33
SOa 35
..do...
20a 35
SOa
35
Souchong
55a 1 00
55a 1 00
55a 1 00
55a 1 00
55a 1 00
55a 1 00
55a 1 00
55a 1 00
55a 1 00
55a 1 00
...do-..
53a 1 00
S'a 1 0 0
Imperial
10a 16
10a 16
IOa 16 1 10a 16
10a 16
10a 16
10a 16
10a 16
10a 10
10a 16
...do-..
8a 13
10a
16
Tobacco—Kentucky
20a 23
20a 23 1 20a 23
20a 23
20a 23
SOa 33 1 SOa 33
20a 23
20a 23
SOa 3 1
:
15
. a 18
Manufactured, No. 1....do...
1.5a
18
19 ....
19 ---.
19 .... . - -.
20
20 I 19 ---.
19a 20
18
.20
19 ....
...do...
18a 19
Whalebone, slab
19 ....
60a 2 00
60 ....
60a 3 00 1 60a 3 00
60a 2 00
60a 2 00
60a 2 00
60a 2 00
60a 2 00
60a 3 00
Wme—Port
...gal..
60a 2 00
60a 3 00
1 OOa 3 00 1 OOa 3 00 1 OOa 3 00 1 OOa 3 00 1 OOa 3 00 1 OOa 3 00 i 1 OOa 3 00 ' 1 OOa 3 00 1 OOa 3 00 1 OOa 3 60
Madeira
..do... 1 OOa 3 00 1 OOa 3 00
15
Claret
..cask.. 15 00a25 00 13 00aS5 00 15 00a25 00 15 00Q25 00 15 00a25 00 15 OOflSS 00 15 00a25 00 15 OOaSS 00 ! OOaSS 00 15 COaSS 00 15 00a25 00 15 00a25 00
37a
40 1 37a
37a 40
40 j 37a 40
37a 40
37a
40
37a 40
37a 40
37a 40
37a 40
"Wool—Common
37a 40
37a
40
- .lb..
4.3a
50
40a
45
45a 50
40a 45
45a 50 j 45a 50
40a 45
4Sa 50 1 4Sa 50
40a 45
f blood
..do...
40a. 45
40a
45
.50a
55
45a
.55
50a 55
50a 55
50a 55
50a 55
50a 55
4Sa .55
45a 55
" McTiuo
45a 55
..do-.'.
45a 55
45a
55
40a
45
40a
45
40a 45
40a 45
40a 45
40a 45
40a 45
40a 45
40a 45
Pulled, N o , i....:
40a 45
..do...
40a 45
40a
45
* T h e custom-house revenues for the fiscal y e a r 1839 w e r e $23,137,934, and for the v e a r 1840 $13,499,503, an annual average of $18,318,713; whereas, in the four prosperous y e a r s
1839-'33,- u n d e r a higher tariff, the average annual receipts from the custom-house were about $34,300,000. D u r i u g the sb: years J833-'38 the imports of gold and silver beyond the exports
w e r e a b o u t $54,810,000, b u t in 1839 the exports exceeded tho import..'^ b y the sum of $3,181,367, " B y the curtailment of paper issues, b y curbing the sanguine and adventurous spirit of
speculation, confidence has been restored both at homo and abroad."—President's Message, T h e issue of treasxxry notes w a s recommeuded, and the goverument expenditures w e r e increased
b v the w a r in Florida.
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The range of prices of staple articles in the New York market at the beginning of each month, in each year; from 1825 ^o 1863.
No. XVL—THE YEAB 1840.^
Articles.
Breadstuffs—Wheat
flour
bbl .
R y e flour, fine J
do..
Corn meal, J e r s e y
do..
Wheat, prime w h i t e . b u s h .
Rye
'. - - . d o . .
Oats, noi-thern
do -.
Corn, northern
do..
Candles—Mould
lb.,
Sperm
do.t.
Coal—Anthracite
ton..
Liverpool
chaldron..
Coffee—Brazil
lb..
Java
do...
Copper—Pig
do...
Sheathiug
.!
d o . -.
Cotton, middling upland
•
do...
F i s h — D r y cod
cwt..
Mackerel, No, 1
bbl..
Flax—Russian
'
lb..
American
do...
Fruit—M. R. raisins
bo.x-.
.Figs, S m y r n a
*
lb:.
Furs—Beaver, northern
do...
Glass, American
50 feet..
Gunpowder—American
35 lbs -.
Eoglish
lb..
Hides—Buenos A y r e s
do...
Hops
do - . .
Indigo, Manilla
do-..
Iron—Scotch pig
ton..
Common Euglish bar
do...
April.
May.
June.
July.
Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
.
Nov.
$5 lSa$5 35 $4 63a$4 75 $4 69a$4 75 $4 94a$5 00 $5 00 .... $4 87a$5 00 $5 O0a$5 13
3 35a 3 75 3 50a 3 63
3 50 S 75a 3 87 -... $3 25 3 13a 3 35 3 37a 3 50
.•
S-7Sa 3 87 - . . 3 87 - -.. 3 87 3 87a 3 00 3 OOa 3 12 3 13 .... 3 13 ....
1 OOa 1 08 1 OOa 1 03 gsa gs 1 OOa 1 13 1 12 - - -. 97a 1 04 1 OOa 1 04
6~'a
60a 62
53a 53
63 ....
SSa 57
53
Sla 60
4Sa
SSa 36
24a 38
38a 40
SSa 35
S6a 35
S7a 43
SSa 60
58a 59
55a 56
SSa 56
5 5 56
.a
60a 61
13a
13
lla 13
13a 15
lla 13
lla 13
1 ia 13
lla 13
40 ....
36a 38
39a -40
38a 41
.39a 41
37a 39
36fl 38
6 50a 8 00 6 50a 7 50 6 OOa 6 50 6 OOa 6 50 6 OOa 7 50 6 50a 7 SO 6 50a 8 00
8 OOa 8 50 7 OOa 8 00 7 OOa 8 00 7 OOa 8 SO 7 SOa 8 00 7 50a 8 00 7 75a 8 00
10a
11
10a 13 .11 .-.9a 10
9a 10
9a 10
2a 10
12a
14
12a 14
ISa 14
13a 14
13a 14
lla
13a 13
18a
19a SO
18a 19
18a • 19 18a ig
18a 19
18a
17a 18
17a" 18
17a 18
18a 19
S4a 35
23a
24
33a 34
SSa 36
SSa 36
S4a 35
S3a 34
24a 25
S4a 35
34a 35. S 5 36
.a
2a
10
9 ....
9 ....
g ....
9 ....
8 ....
8a
9
8 ..--.
.a
2 75a 2 88 2 7 5 3 88- S 87a 3 00 3 37a 3 63 3 37a 3 SO 3ISa 3 35 S OOa 3 IS 1 75a 3 00 2 37a 2 63 .... 3 75 3 63a 3 75
12 25al2 50 13 00 .... 13 00 .... 13 00al3 35 13 OOalS 35 11 OOall 35 11 OOall 35 13 50' .... 13 7.5al4 00 13 SSal3 37 13 75al3 87
7a 10
7a 10
7a 10
7a 10
7a 10
7a 10
7a 10
7a 10
7a
10
7a 10
7a 10
7a
8
7o
8
7a
8
6a
8
6a
8
6a
7
6a
8
7a
8
6a
8
7a
8
6a
8
.... 1 40 . . . . 1 50 1 55a 1 63 1 5 0 .... 135 -.-. 1 3 3 .... 135 .... 1 35a 1 37 1 3Sa 1 37 1 30a 1 35 .... 2 42
7a
13
4a
8
10a 18
4a
9
4a
8
4 OOa 5 00 4.00a 5 00 4 OOa 5 00 4 OOa 5 00 4 OOa 5 00 4 OOa 5 00 3 OOa 4 00 3 OOa 4 00 3 OOa 4 00 3 OOa 4 00 3 OOa 4 00
2 75a 3 00 2 75a 3 00 5 75a 3 00 3 75a 3 00 3 7Sa 3 00 3 75a 3 00 S 75a 3 00 3 7Sa 3 00 3 7Sa 3 00 3 7Sa 3 00 2 75a 3 00
3 25a 5 00 3 35a 5 00 3 35a 5 00 3 35a 5 00 3 SSa 5 00 3 25a 5 00 3 75a 5 00 3 7Sa 5 00 3 75a 5 00 2 7 5 a 5 00 2 75a 5 00
73a 75
73a
75
73a 75
73a
75
73a 75
73a
75
73a
75
73a
75
73a 75
73a 75
73a
75
17
14a 1 5
14a 15
13a
14
13a 14
14a
15
14a
15
13a
14
13a 14
14a 15
14 ....
40
30a
35
- 63 ..-.
18a
20
SOa
32
40a, 50
38a
43
gOa 1 20
OOa 1 10
80a 1 12
SOa 1 17
80a 1 17
113
1 10a 1 50 1 20a 1 40 1 SOa 1 40
gOa 1 1 5
90a 1 15
37 59a40 00 37-50a40 00 35 00a40 00 34 00a38 00 m 50a35 00 32 50a35 00 . 3 50a35 00 32 50fi35 00 33 50a35 00 33 50a35 00 32 S0a35 00
3
12 5 0
. . . . 80 OOoSS 50 .... 80 0075 O0a77 50 73 50a75 00 72 S0a75 00 '2 50a75 0070 00a73 50 70 00a73 SO 70 00a73 50 73 50a75 00
Sheet
lb..
6a
7
6a
7
7
6a - 7
6a
7
6a -7
- 6a - 7
6a
7
6a
7 . 6a
6a
1
6a
7
I>eather, hemlock, sole
i
do...
30a 33
17a 19
l l a 19
17 ....
12a SO
19a SO
17a 18
lla
18
17a 18
18a
30
17a 18
L i q u o r s — C o g n a c brandy
gal.. 1 6 2 a 1 7 5 1 62a 1
1 6 2 a 1 1 5 1 6 2 a 1 1 5 1 63a 1 75 1 63a 1 75 1 63a 1 75 1 63a 1 75 1 63a 1 75 1 63a 1 75 1 70a 1 85
Domestic whiskey
do...
SSa 36
37a
S7a
SSa 30
33a
SSa
36 ....
33a S3
31 ....
S3a
22a
23
• M o l a s s e s — N e w Orleans
do...
35a 38
34 a
S4a
S6a 39
35a
S6a
S7a
39
37a 38
30a 35
34 a 38
38a
39
SSa 37
Muscovado
do...
37a
37a
S3a
SSa
36
33a
23a
35
36 ....
24 a
36a
37
Sla
SOa 34
Havana
do.
Sla
"iSa '"so' 2 0 a 23
S3a 35
33a S3
Sla
S3a
34
34
2.>a
5a
Sa
6
Nails—Cut
lb...
Sa
5a
5a
6
5a
Sa
6
5a
6
6
5a
6
13a
13a 15
Wi-ought
do..".'
ISa
ISa
13a 15
13a ylS
13a
13a- 15
13a
12a 15
12a
15
DigitizedNfora l stores—Spirits turpentine .. .gal.. 25a
34a
30a 35
a v FRASER
S6a SS
S4a
38.r
SSa 36
2.6a
S6a
26
39
37
Rosin
bbl.. 1 63
1 2Sa 1 50
1 50a 1 62 ! 50a 1 63
1 44a 1 87
1 50a 1 63 1 37a 1 50 1 37a 1 50
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87a$6 00 $6 37a.$6 50 §5 75a$6 00 $5 75a-$5 87
3 7Sa 4 00 3 SOa 3 63 3 7Sa 3 35
09
87a 4 00 3 87a 4 00 3 63a 3 75 3 OOa 3 35
OOa 1 13 1 ISa 1 35 1 0 5 1 10 1 05a 1 15
.a
69a
Soa
56
6Sa
69
65 ---33a 43
35a
36
S7a
S7a 35
60a 63
57
57a
SSa 60
15
15 ....
lla 13
lla 13
40a
41
40a 41
40a 41
40a 41
•6 50a 8 .50 6 50a 8 50 6 SOa 8 SO 6 SOo 8 50
10 SOall 00 8 50a 9 00 8 OOa 8 SO 8 SOa 9 00
9a
11
9a 11
2a
11
9a 11
13a
13
ISa 14
13a 14
13a 14
$5
4
3
1
$4 87a$5 00
3 35 ..-.
g7a 1 04
58a 59
= 38a 40
46a
53
13a
40a
15
41
7 OOa 9 00
8 OOa 8 50
10a il
13a 13
18a 19
S4a S5
2 62
.... 14 SO
7a 10
7a
8
2 10a 2 12
3 OOa 4 00
2 75a 3 00
2 7Sa 5 00
73a 75
17 ....
40a 42
90a 115
32 50a37 50
72 50a75 00
6a
7
22 ---1 70a 1 85
23a. 34
12a
35
S3a 23
19a S2
5a
6
13a 15
33a
1 25a 1 50
Oila—Whalo, southern
gal..
30 ....
29a 30
30 . . . ,
29 ..
30fl 31
33a -33
30a 31
30 ....
29a 30
Sperm, fall
;. .do.. . . . . 1 00
00 .... 1 OOa 1 03 105 ---•. 105 .--. 1 03a 1 05 103a 105
98a 1
98a 1 03
Sperm, winter
do - . 15a 1 16 1 10a 1 13 110a 1 12 .... 112 .... 113 .... 1 13
110 .... 1
1 03a 1 05
Olive
d o . - - 85a 95 1 10a 1 13 110a 115 110a 115 1 05a 110 1 05a 1 10 1 03a 1 05 1 OOa 1
80a 83
Linseed
do...
56a 63
70 ....
70a
58a 64
65a 72
57a 60
66a 70
63o 60
7a
8
Paints, red lead
lb..
7a
7a
8
7a
8
7a
8
7a
8
7a
8
7a
8
7a
8
15 S0al5 75
Provisions—Pork, mess. bbl - - 14 OOall 50 14 OOalS 00 14 75al5 25 !l4 OOalS 00 14 50al5 00 14 75al5 35 14 75al3 33 14 75al5
Pork, prime
. . d o . . . 10 SOall 00 111 OOalS 00 11 00al2.50 12 00al2 25 lis SOalS 75 13 35a 13 5013 00al3 30 13 S5al4 00 1 3 50al4 00
Beef, mess, country - d o . . - l i s OOalS SO jlS SOalS 75 12 75al3 25 13 50ai3 75 14.00al4 35 14 00al4 35 14 00al4 35 14 00al4 35 14 S0al4 75
Beef, prime
00 .... 8 SSa 8 50 8 50a - 75 g 25a g 75 9 7oal0 00 9 75al0 00 9 7.3al0 00 9 7.5al0 00 10 SSalO SO
.do-..
8
11
10a
Lard
7a 10
Ib.Sa 10
10 ....
9a 11
9a 10
9 .... I 10 ....
15a 17
1.5a
Butter, State, Goshen, .do
18a SO
18a 31
13a 15
17a 18
16a 18
18a 30 I 17a 18
Sa ' 7
Cheese..'
do-..
8a
9
Sa
7
Sa
9
6a
7
Sa
9
.
7a
8
7a
8!
. . . . 4 00
Rice
cwt.75a 3 35 2 87a 3 25 3 2Sa 3 37 312a 3 25 S 87a 3 37 ; 3 87a 3 37 3 QOa 3 31 3 37a 3
1 50a 1 60
Sidt—Liverpool,
fine
sack..
44a 1 50 1 48a 1 54 1 SSa 1 60 1 55a 1 60 1 40a 1 45 i 1 45a 1 53 1 55a 1 60 1 6 3 a 1
34a 35
34a 36
T u r k ' s island
bush..
33a 33
32a 33
33a 33
32a 33
36a 37 I • 34a. 35 34a 36
Seed—Clover
lb..
- - -.
12 13a 13
14a 15
14
Timothy
,
tee..
13 50al4 00 13 S0al4 00 15 OOalS SO 16 OOalS 00
Sheetings—Russia, white
. p i e c e . . I OOall 50111 OOall 50 11 OOall-50 11 OOall SO 11 OOall 50 10 SOall 00 10 oOall 00 10 SOall 00 10 SOall 00
Russia, b r o w n
d o . . . 3 OOalO 00 9 OOalO 00 9 OOalO 00 9 OOalO 00 8 75a 9 00. 8 50a 9 00 8 50a 8 75 8 50a 8 75 8 50a 8 75
4a . 7
4a
7
Soap—New York
lb. .
4a
7
7
6 ....
6 .--.
4a
7
4a
7
4a
7 j 4a
lla
13
lla
13
CastUe
do...
lla
12
13a 13
12 .--.
lla 13
lla - 12 lla 12 ! lla 13
7
Spices—Pepper
"
d o . . . - 7a
7
8
7
7
7
7 ;....
7
65a 87 " "sSa 90
8Sa 87
Nutmegs
do...
85a 95
90a 95
83a 90
80a 85
80a 90 j S5a 87
Spirits—Jamaica r u m
g a l . . I 35a 1 60 1 2 5 1 60 1 SSa 1 60 1 25a 1 60 1 50a 1 75; 1 50a 1 75 1 SOa 1 75 1 SOa 1 75 1 SOa 1 75
.a
Gin, Holland
d o . . . L10a 1 15 1 12a 1 15 1 ISa 1 15 1 12a 1 15 1 12a 1 151 113a 115 1 13a 1 15 1 1 3 a 1 15 1 13a 1 15
6a
7
5a
6
Sa
6
4d
6
Sugars—Nevf Orleans
lb..
Sa
6
4a
6
4a
6
4a
6
4a
6
6a
7
5a
6
4a
6
Cuba
do. -.
4a
6
Sa
6
Sa
6
Sa
6
4a
6
5a
•lla
13
13a- 15
lla
13
lla 13
Refined white
•'.
do-..
12a 13
13a 15
15
lla 13
lla
ISa
ga 10
8
TaUow—American
do...
8a
9
8 ....
g
9
7a
8
7a
8
10a 11
7a
8
Foreign
do...
7a
8
7a
8
Sa
9
50a 85
50a 85
4Sa go
35a 85
39a 85
To.-^s —Young Hyson
do...
43a 85
40a 85
43a 90
4Sa 90
40a 55
40a 55
33a 50
30a 50
35a 50
Souchong
do...
35a 50
SOa 35
20a 33
SOa 35
55a 1 05
57a 1 05
SOa 90
50a 90
SOa 90
SSa 1 00
50a 90
Imperial
do...
SSa 1 00
5Sa 1 00
4a 10
4a 10
4a 10
4a 11
6a 12
3a
8
4a 11
Tobacco—Kentucky
d o . .*
6a 16
6a 15
lla
15
lla
15
lla
15
12a 15. 13a s 15 lla 15
12a 15
Manufactured, No. 1
do...
13a 15
14a 18
1.9 . . . .
19
20
19 . . . .
33 ....
"Wlialebone, polar
do...
30 ..-.
19 ....
10
55a 1 50
SSa 1 50
60a 2 00 . 60a 3 00 '60a 3 00
55a 1 50
Wine—Port
gal..
60a 3 00
60a 2 00
60a 3 00
80a 2 00
80a 3 00
80a S 00
Madeira
do...
OOa 3 00 1 OOa 3 00 1 OOa 3 00 1 OOa 3 00 1 OOa 3 00 1 OOa 3 00
OOaSS 00
Claret
.,
cask..
OOaSS 00 15 00a25 00 15 OOaSS 00 15 OOaSS 00 15 OOaSS 00 15 OOaSS 00 15 0Oa3S 00 15 SOa 3:3 15 00a35 00
30a 35
30a 35
i SOa 33
SOa 35
Wool—Comraon
.lb •.
30a 3 5
30a 35
30a 35
30a 35
SSa 30 i SSa 30
33a 35
32a 35
SSa 30
33a 35
33a 35
f blood".
do... .33a 35
33a 35
30a 33 j 30a 33
40a 45
40a 45
30a 33
40a 45
40a 45
40a 45
Merino
do... 40a 45
37a 38
SSa 30
28a 30
S7a 38
SSa 30
S S 30'a
33a 30
SSa 30
Pulled, No. 1
do... SSa 30
no .-..
29 . . . .
29a 30
1 0 0 . . . . 1 OSa 1 1 0
. . . . 1 1 2 1 15a 1 20
1 05a 1 12 1 12a 1 30
77a 83
78a 84
7a
8
7a
8
15 50al6 00. 14 75al5 25
13 50al4 00 |13 00al3 50
13 2.5al3 SO IlO OOalO SO9 75al0 00 6 OOa 6 25
12 . . . .
10a 11
16a 17
17a 18
6a
7
6a
7
3 15a 3 81 3 75a 4 00
1 45a 1 55 1 40a 1 50
35a 36
35a 36
10
10 SOall 00
8 ;30a 8 75
4a
7
•lla 12
7
83a 87
1 50a 1 75
1 12a 1 15
6a
6a
7
lla
13
10 . . . .
7a
8
S3a 90
50a 60
SSa 1 05
Sa 11
. lla
15
....
19
55a 1 50
80a 2 00
15 00a25 00
20a 23
30a 32
35a 37
27a 28
....
30
1 05a 1 lO
1 20a 1 22
1 30r; 1 35
70a
73
7a
8
13 00al3 SO
11 OOall SO
9 75al0 25
5 75a 6 25
Sa 10
20a 21
6a
7
3 37a 3 62
1 45tt 1 55
35'X 36
9a 10
10 SOall 00 10 SOall 00
8 50a 8 75 8 50a 8 75
4a
7
4a.
7
-lla
12
lla
12
8
7
85a 90
80a 85
1 50a 1 75 1 50a 1 75
1 12a 1 15 1 1 2 a 1 1 5
7a
8
6a
8
7
6a
7
lla
13
lla
13
10 . . . .
9 ....
8a
9
60a 1 00
60a 1 00
67a 88
58a 87
66a 1 05
64a 1 05
6a 14
6a 11
12a . 15
12a 13
19a 20
19 . . . .
• 55a 1 50
55a 1 50
80a 2 00
80a 2 00
15 OOaSS 00 15 OOaSS 00
25a 30
25a 30
35a 37
35a 37
40a 42
42a 45
27a 28
27a 28
*Under the action of the coraproraiso tariff act of 1833 the revenue from customs had been reduced to $l3,49g,502.in the year 1840, against $20,032,508 in the year 1833.- T h e b a n k s of
the United States in various p a r t s of t h e country remained under su.spensiou of specie payment. T h e general government h a d issued treasury notes, of Avhich four and a half millions
were outstanding in the year 1840. Iu this y e a r the sub-treasury act w a s j)asscd by Congress. B y this act one-fourth of the public revenue w a s made payable in gold or silver after J u n e
30,1840; another fourth after J u n e 30, 1841; and another fourth after J u n e 30, 1843; and alter J u n e 30, 1843, all public revenues, including postage, were made payable in gold and silver.
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The range ofprices of staple articles in the New York market at the beginning of each month, in each year, from 1825 to 1863.
No. XVII.—THE YEAR 1841.
Articles.
Breadstuffs—Wheat
flour
bbl.
Rye
flour,
fine
do..
Corn meal, J e r s e y
do..
W h e a t , prime, wliite.buah.
Rye
do..
Oats, State, n o r t h e r n . d o . .
Coi'u, northern
do..
Candles—Mould
lb..
Sperm
do..
Coal—Anthracite
.'
ton.
Liverpool
chaldron.
Coffee—Brazil
Ib.
Java
.do..
Copper—Pig
do..
Sheathing
do..
Cotton, middling u p l a n d
do..
F i s h — D r y cod
cwt.
Mackerel, No. 1
bbl.
Flax—Russian .;
.'
lb.
American
do..
Fruit—M. R. raisins
box.
Figs, S m y r n a
lb.
Furs—Beaver, northern
do..
Glass, American
50 feet.
Gunpowder—American
25 lbs.,
English
lb.
Hides—Buenos Ayres
do..
Hops
do...
Indigo, Manilla
do...
Iron—Scotch pig
ton..
Comraon English b a r
do.'..
Sheet, Euglish
lb..
Leather, hemlock sole
do...
Liquors—Cognac bi'andy
gal..
Domestic whiskey
do...
Molasses—New Orleans
.do-..
Muscovado
do...
Havana
do - . .
Nails—Cut
lb -.
Wrought
'.. . d o . . .
DigitizedNfora FRASER
a v l stores—Spirits turpentine
gal..
Rosin,
http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/c o m m o n . . . . . . b b l . .
Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
Jan.
$4 94a$5 00 $4 87a$4 04
. . . . 3 25
3 37
. . . . 2 87- '2*8ia 2 87
1 OOa 1 07
gSa 1 07
59a 60
60
42 . - - .
40 . . . .
50a 54
12a 15
lla
14
40a 41
40a 41
7 OOa 9 00 8 OOa g 00
7 50a 8 00 7 SOa 8 00
10a 11
11 . . . .
12a 13
12a 13
17a 18
18a 19
24a 25
24a 25
2a 10
11 . . . .
2 62a 2 75 2 62a 2 75
14 50al4 75 14 50 . . - .
7a 10
7a 10
7a
8
7a
2 08a 2 10 2 20
6a 10
7a 10
3 OOa 4 00 3 OOa 4 00
2 75a 3 00 2 75a 3 00
2 75a 5 00" 2 75a 5 00
73a 75
73a 75
16 . . . .
13
35a 40
35a 40
gOa 1 15
90a 1 15
35 00a37 50 35 00a37 50
72 50a75 00 72 50a75 00
6a
7
6a
7
21a 22
22
1 60a 1 87 1 56a 1 87
21a 22
22a 25
26a
27
2.5a
23a 25
20a
20a 22
5a
5a
6
12a
12a 15
30a
30a 32
1 25a 1 50 1 25a 1 50
April.
May.
July.
Aug.
Sept.*
Nov.
$4 68a$4 75 $4 87a$5 00 $5 00 .--- $5 00 .... $5 50 .--. $6 00 .... $7 25a$7,50 $6 37 .... $6 00 .... $6 25 ....
. . . . 3 25 2 6Sa 2 75 2 75a$2 87 3 00 .... .... $3 25
$ 3 50 3 75a 3 87 3 50a$3 62 3 62 .... .... $4 25
:
2 68a 2 75 2 62a 2 68 2 Sla 2 87 3 00a$3 12 3 OOa 3 12 .... 3 50 3 62a 3 87 3 50a 3 62 312a$3 25 3 12a 3 25
1 OOa 1 05
gOa 1 00
97a SS 1 05a 1 10 1 25a 1 50 1 2Sa 1 30 140 .... 1 40a 1 45 1 30a 1 35 1 30a 1 35
55a 57
55 -.-.
.SSa 59
60a 61
55 ....
64
77
69a 70 • 80a 82
70
37a 40
38a 40
39a 40
42a 43
45a 46
44 ....
48a 51
49a 50
49a 50
48a 50
47a 50
70a 72
48a 50
54a 55
63a 65
62 ....
78a 81
69a 71
6Sa 70
68a 70
lla 14
lla
14
lla 14
lla 14
lla . 14 lla 14
lla 14
lla 14
lla 14
lla 14
39a 41
37a 40
39a 41
37a 38
36a ' 38 3Sa 37
36a 37
35a 37
35a 37
3Sa 37
6 5 0 a 8 0 0 6 50a 8 00 6 50a 8 00 6 OOa 7 50 5 OOa 7 00 6 50a 8 00 7 OOa 8 SO 7 OOa 8 50 8 OOa 9 00 8 OOa 9 00
7 SOa. 8 00 8 OOa 8 50 8 OOa 8 25 8 37a 8 50 8 25a 8 50 8 2Sa 8 SO 8 62a 8 75 9 OOa . 3511 OOall 50 10 OOalO'50
9
10a 11
9a 10
10a 11
9a 10
ga 10
10a 11
9a 10
9a 11
9a 10
ga 11
lla 12
12
lla 12
12a 13
12 ....
lla 12
lla 12
lla 12
11 ....
11 ....
17a 18
17a 18
18a 19
18a ig
17a 18
18a ig
18a 19
17a
17a 18
17a 18
25a 26
25a 26
24a 25
25a 26
25a 26
24a 25
25a 26
25a
26
24a 25
25a 26
10 ....
10a 11
10- . . - 10 ....
,10 ....
10
10 ....
9a 10
9 ....
9a 10
2 62a 2 75 2 50a 2 62
2 75 2 50a 2 62 2 37a 2 50 2 50a 2 62 2 37a 2 62 .... 2 87 2 S6a 2 62 2 12a 2 23
14 50 .... 14 2Sal4 37 14 25 . - . 13 50al3 62 13 75al4 00 13 25 .... l3OOal2 50 .... 12 50 12 62 .... 12 25al2 50
•.
I d 10
7a 10
7a 10
7a 10
7a 10
7a 10
7a 10
7a 10
7a 10
7a 10
7a
8
7a
8
7a
8
7a
8
7a
8
7a
8
7a
7a
8
7a
8
7a
8
2 20 .... .... 2 12 2 05a 2 10 187 .... .... 165 1 75 .... I 90a 2 00 170 .... 140 .... 120 ....
7a 10
4a 10
3a
g
3a
7
3a 10
3 OOa 4 00 3 OOa 4 00 3 OOa 4 00 3 OOa 4 00 3 OOa 4 00 3 OOa 4 00, 3 OOa 4 00 2 50a 3 50 2 50a 3 50 2 50a 3 50
2 75a 3 00 2 75a 3 00 2 75a 3 00 2 75a 3 00 2 75a 3 00 2 7Sa 3 00 i 2 75a 3 00 2 75a 3 00 2 75a 3 00 2 75a 3 00
2 75a 5 00 2 7Sa 5 00 2 75a 5 00 2 75a 5 00 2 7Sa 5 00 2 75a 5 00. 2 75a 5 00 2 75a 5 00 2 7 3 5 00 2 75a 5 00
.a
73a 75 I 73a 75
73a 75
73a 75
73a 75
73a 75
73a 75
73a 75
73a 75
73a 75
13a 14
14 ....
14a 15 j 15a 16
12a 13
16 ....
13a 14
14a 15
ISa 16
14a 15
ISa 20
30a 35
20a 25
12a 15
20
38a 40
18a 20
20a 25
13a 16
14a 16
90a 1 15
90a 1 15
90a 1 15
90a 1 15
90a 1 15
.90a lis
75a 105
90a 1 15
75a 1 05
75a 1 00
35 0Oa37 SO 35 00a37 50 35 O0a37 50 33 OOaOS 00 32 00a35 OO 32 00a33 00 32 00a33 00 32 50a34 00 36 00a37 50 34 00a35 00
72 50a75 00 72 S0a75 00 72 S0a75 00 )8 5Oa70.OO 62 50a65 00 62 50a65 00 65 00 .... 65 00 -.-. 62 00a65 00 60 00a62 50
6a
7
6a
7
6a
7
6a
7
6a
7
6a
7
6a
7
6a
7
6a
7
6a
7
20a 21
21 ..-. \ 2 1 a
12a
20
22
21a 22
12a 21
19a 21
21a 22
12a
20
12a 20
,a
1 4Sa 1 75 1 45a 1 75 1 4 5 1 75 1 40a 1 75 1 35a 1 87 1 35a 1 87 1 50a 1 87 1 30a 1 87 1 35a 1 75 1 35a 1 75
19a 20
23a 24
24a 25
20a 21
20a 21
19a 21
19a 20
21a 22
21a 22
.20a 21
22a
20a 26
25a 28
24a 26
22a 25
•26a 27
26a 27
27a 28
20a 28
26a 27
25a
2 2 26
.a
21a 26 • 20a 24
20a 23
23a 26
23
IOa 20
22a 26
25a 26
18a
17a 20
19a 25
16a 10
15a 20
16a 19
18a 21
17a 19
20a 23
20a 22
Sa
5a
6
,5a
6
5a
6
5i
6
5a
6
6
5a
6
5a
6
Sa
6
12a
12a 15
12a 15
12a 15
12a 15
12a 15
12a 15
12a 15
12a 15
12a 15
27a
28a
27a. 29
28 ....
35
30
28a 29
36
30a 31
37a 38
1 25a 1 50 1 37a 1 50, 112a 1 37 112a 137- 1 25a 1 56 118a 1 37 118a 1 56 1 25a 1 56 1 18a 1 5& 1 18a 1 56
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Oils—Whale, southern
Speum, crude
Sperm, winter
Olive
Linseed
Paints, red lead
Provisions—Pork, mess
P o r k , prime
Beef, mess, country
Beef, prime
Lard
Butter, S t a t e
Cheese
Rice
Salt—Liverpool,
fine
Turk's Island.
Seed—Clover
Timothy
:
Sheetings—Russia, w h i t e
Russia, b r o w n
Soap—New Y o r k
Castile
Spices—Pepper
Nutmegs
Spirits—Jamaica r u m
Gin, Holland
Sugars—New Orleans
Cuba
Refined wliite
Tallow, American
Foreign
Teas—Young Hyson
Souchong
Oolong
Tobacco—Kentucky
Manufactured, No. 1
Whalebone, polar
Wine—Port
Madeira
Claret
Wool—Common
i blood
Merino
Pulled, No. 1
34 ....
31a 32
30a 31
30 ....
.gal.
29a 30
33 ....
33
32a 35
39
32
32a 35
30 ....
87 ....
85
90 ....
93 ---.
93
93a 95
90a * '92
d o . . .... 1 07 1 04a 1 05 .... 1 02 100 ....
go
.... 105 1 05a 1 io 1 0 5 . . . . 1 0 5 . . - .
d o . . 1 15a 1 20 112a 115 110a 112 1 05a 1 10 1 05a 1 10 1 05a 1 08 1 OOa 1 05
d o . . 1 3Sa 1 37 1 40a 1 45 1 35a 1 40 1 3.3a 1 40 1 32a 1 35 1 20a 1 25 1 20a 1 25 1 OOa 1 05 1 20a 1 25 1 20a 1 25 1 3da 1 35 1 45a 1.50
76a . 82 1 20a 1 25
80a 85
90a 95 1 OSa 1 10 1 OOa 1 05
SOa 95
76a 80
80a 86
do..
80a 82
73a 75
80 ....
82a 67
7a
8
7a
8
7a
8
6a
7
7a
8
6a
7
7a
8
7a
8
lb.
7a
8
7a
8
7a
8
7a
8
bbl - 13 00al3 50 12 12al2 50 11 75al2 25 11 87al2-25 11 87al2 25 10 SOall 25 10 OOalO 75 10 37cll 00 10 OOall 00jlO OOalO 75 8 75al0 00 9 25al0 00
d o . . 10 87all-50 10 OOalO 25 10 OOalO 25 10 SOall 00 10 25al0 SO 8 50a 9 25 8 OOa 8 75 8 37a g 00 8 OOa g 00 7 87a 8 75 6 50a 6 75 7 OOa 8 00
. . . d o . . 9 75al0 S5 9 25a 9 75 9 25a 9 75 8 50a 9 25 8 50a 9 25 8 50a 9 25 8 7Sa g 00 9 SOalO 00 g SOalO 00 8 7Sa 9 00 7 COa 7 75 7 50a 8 25
d o . . 6 OOa 6 50 5 50a 6 00 5 50a 6 00 5 50a 6 00 5 50a 6 25 5 50a 6 25 5 50a-6 25 5 75a 6 25 5 75a 6 25 5 Oda 5 25 4 OOa 4^75 4 50a 5 25
6a
7
6a
7
6a
8
6a
8
7a • 9
7a
8
6a
7
lb.
7a
9
7a
9
8a
9
7a
g
6a
8
10a 15
10a 12
12a 15
10a 14
12a 15
10a 14
do..
10a 13
8a 12
9a 12
lOtt 14
12a 14
5a
6
4a
6
6 ....
6a
7
4a
6
Ga
7
6a
7
.do..
5a
6
3a
5
6a
7
6a 7
,
5a
6
c w t . 3 18a 3 37 3 25a 3 50 3 OOa 3 37 2 87a 3 43 3 OOa 3 37 3 12a 3 37 3 37a 3 50 3 68a 3 75 3 75a 3 87 3 75a 3 87 4 OOa 4 12 3 25a 3 37
sack. 1 40a 1 47 1 40a 1 45 1 45a 1 50 1 45a 1 50 1 56a 1 GO 1 50a 1 55 1 50a 1 60 1 60a 1 70 1 50a 1 60 1 60a 1 75 1 75a 1 82 1 88a 1 98
30a 31
30a 31
29a 30
31a 32
26a 27
26a- 27
28 . . . .
bush.
32a 33
30a 31
30a 32
31a 32
30a 31
8a
7 ....
7 ....
12a 13
9a 10
9a 10
6a
7
lb.
7a
8
8a
9
8 .... |22 00a24 9
00 00a20 00 . . . . 14 00 .- -. 17 00
18
.... 27 00 24 00a25 00 23 00a24 00 17 OOaig 00
tierce.
piece. 10 SOall 00 10 SOall 00 10 SOall 00 10 SOall 00 10 SOall 00 10 SOall 00 10 SOall 00 10 SOall 00 10 SOall 00 10 SOall 00 10 SOall 00 10 SOall 00
d o . . 8 50a 9 00 8 50a 9 00 8 50a 9 00 8 50a 9 00 8 50a 9 00. 8 50a g 00 8 50a 9 00 8 50a 9 00 8 50a 9 00 8 50a 9 00 8 50a 9 00 8 50a 9 00
4a
7
4a
7
4a
7
4a
7
4a
7
4a
7
4a
7
4a
7
lb 4a
7
4a
7
4a
7
4a
7
13a 14
13a 14
14 . . . .
14 ....
14
14 ....
14 . . . .
14
do..
13a 14
13a 14
12a 13
13a 14
7
7
7 ....
7 ....
7
7 ....
7 ....
7 ....
do..
7
7 ....
7a
8 ....
70a 75
77
68a 70
67a 68
85a 92
88a go
90a 92
72a 77
80a 82
78a 82
do..
80a 82
80 ....
gal - 1 SOa 1 75 1 50a 1 75 1 50a 1 75 1 50a 1 75 1 50a 1 75 1 50a 1 75 1 50a 1 75 1 50a 1 75 1 50a 1 75 1 50a 1 67 1 50a 1 55 1 50a 1 55
d o . . 112a 113 1 12a 1 15 112a 115 1 13a 1 15 1 12a 1 15 112a 115 112a 115 1 12a 1 15 1 12a 1 15 1 12a 1 15 1 12a 1 15 1 12a 1 15
5a J
7
6a
7
4a
6
5a
7
4a
7
6a
7
5a
7
5a
7
6a
7
5a
7
lb.
5a
7
6 ....
5a ~ 6
6 ....
6 ....
6a
7
6a
8
6a
7
5a
5a
7
5a
7
do -.,
lla 13
lla 13
lla 13
lla
l l a 13
lla 13
do -.,
lla 13
lla 13
7a
7a
8
7a
8
7a
8
7a
8
7a
8
7 ....
7
do -.,
8 ....
8a
8a
9
8a
9
8a
g
8a
9
8a
9
8a
9
8a
9
8a
Sa
9
8a
9
do -.,
8a
9
70a
70a- 90
51a 90
34a 80
65a 90
5Sa PO
54a 90
45a 9Q
47a
50a 100
70a 110
do...
66a 1 10
35a 60
'50a 65
35a 75
45a 75
40a 75
40a 75
50a 65
44a
50a 60
65a 88
do. -. 64a 83
40a 60
do...
5a 10
4a 10
4a 10
5a 10
5a
9
5a
9
4a 12
7a 13
7a 12
7a 11
7a 12
do...
6a 14
12a 15
12a 15
12a 15
12a 15
12a 15
12a 15
12a 15
12a 15
12a 15
12a 15
12a 15
12a 15
do...
19 ....
19 ..-.
ig ....
23a 24
23 . . . .
22
20 ....
20 ....
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21 ....
19a 20
20a 21
do...
65a 1 50
65a 1 50
65a 1 50
65a 1 SO
65a 1 50
60a 1 50
60a 1 SO
60a Y.56
65a 1 50
65a 1 50
55a 1 50
55a 1 SO
gal..
80a 3 00
80a 3 00
80a 3 00
80a 3 00
80a 3 00
80a 3 00
70a 2 00
60a 2 00
60a 2 00
80a 2 00
80a 3 00
80a 2 00
do...
cask.. 12 OOolS 00 12 OOalS 00 12 00al8 00 12 OOalS 00 12 OOalS 00 12 OOalS 00 12 OOalS 00 12 OOalS 00 12 OOalS 00 12 OOalS 00 |12 OOalS 00 12 OOalS 00
25a 30
25a 30
25a 30 ^25a 30
25a 30
25a 30
25a 30
25a 30
2.5a 30
20a 24
lb.. 25a 30
25a 30
3Sa 37
3.3a 40
35a 40
37a 42
3.5a 37
35a 37
35a 37
35a 37
30a 33
3Sa 40
37a 42
do... 3Sa 37
42a 45
44a 47
44a 47
45a 50
42a 45
42a 45
42a 45
42a • 45
35a 38
44a 47
43a 45
45a 50
do..".
34a 36
30a 32
30a 32
32a 35
34a 36
34a 36
34a 36
34a 36
32a 35
30a 32
do... 27a 28 , 32a 35
*New tariff act passed a t the special session of Congress, September, 1841. Tariff a c t of September 11 charging articles then free, or p a y i n g less than 20 p e r cent, duty, with 20 p e r
cent., certain drugs, paints, dyes, a n d chemicals excepted, a n d admitting a n u m b e r of specified articles free of duty. Railroad iron, exempted from d u t y under a c t of J u l y 14, 1832,
charged 20 per cent., except iron for roads already commenced.
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The range ofprices of stapilc articles in the New York inarket at the beginning of each month, in each year, from 1825 to 1863.
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'^0. XVIII.—THE YEAE 1842.*
Feb.
March,
April.
May.
Jnly.
*Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
Nov.
Breadstuffs—Wheat flour, State
bbl- $6 00a$6 12 $612 .... $6 25 -..^6 37 $587 .--.
$5 9:3a|.6 00 -fO 10 ..--. $4 75a$4 81 $4 50 .... $435 ....
Rye
flour,
fine
d o . . 3 75 . . . . 3 87a$4 00 4 0Oa$4 12 ?3 00a 3 25 3 37a$3 SO 3 50a$3 63 3 50a 3 62 .... $4 00 3 25a 3 37 .... $3 25 3 00a$3 35
Corn meal, J e r s e y . -. d o . - 3 OOa 3 12 3 OOa 3 25 3 OOa 3 12 3 00a 3 06 3 OOa 3 12 2 87a 3 13 2 87a 3 12 3 7Sa 3 00 2 87a 3 CO 2 87a 3 00 3 73a 3 00
W h e a t , prime w h i t e . b u s h . 1 25 . . . .
83a 87
125 1 25a 1 30 125a 1 2 6 1 22a 1 23 1 SOa 1 30 1 27a 1 28 1 10a 1 15
gga 1 05
90a 95
Rye
-do-61a 63
75 . . . . .... 73
70a 72
SOa 60
60 ....
65a 66
66
65a 66
61
63
66
Oats, State, n o r t h e r n - d o . .
4Sa 50
S6a 39
50a 52
S9a 33
25a 29
38a 40
52a 53 ' '46a 49
44a 45
36a 37
35a S3
Corn, n o r t h e r n
do..
66a 68
54a 56
63 ....
58a 60
59a 60
62a 65
55a 58
60a
62a 63
53 ---.
60a 61
Candles—Mould
lb.
9a 11
lla
14
lla 12
9a 11
2a 11
10a 12
9a 12
2a 13
9a 11
9a 11
ga 11
. Spenu
do..
35a 37
33a 36
.34a 36
34a 26
SSa 30
33a 34
29a 31
24a 26
S7a 30
35a 30 • SSa 38
Coal—Anthracite
t o n . 8 OOa 9 00 6 50a 8 50 6 25a 8 00 6 00a 7 50" 5 35a 7 00 5.50a 7 00 5 50a 7 00 5 OOa 5 50 5 OOa 5 50 5 SOa 6 SO 5 OOa 6 00
Liverpool
c h a l d r o n . 9 50 . . . . 8 50a 9 00 9 OOa 9 25- 7 2Sa 7 50 7 SSa i
7 SSa I
7 OOa 8 00 6 OOa 8 00 6 OOa 8 00 6 25a 8 00 7 OOa 8 00
Coffee^Brazil
lb.
7a
9
8a 10
7a
9
Sa 10
8a
8a
9
7a , 9
7a 10
8a
7a 10
7a
9
.Java
do..
10a 13
lla
12
10a 11
10a 11
lla 12
Ida 11
lla 13
10a
11 .
11 ....
11 ....
Copper—Pig
do..
17a 18
17a 18
17a , 18 17a
16a 17
17 ....
17a 18
16a 17
17a
17 ....
17a 18
Sheatliiug
•
do..
SSa 23
24
22a 24
33a 34
23 .--.
24 ....
24 ....
S3 .--SSa
23a
SSa 34
Cotton, middling upland
do..
8 .--.
Sa
9
• 8
8 .--.
Sa
9
8 ....
Sa
9
Fish—Dry cod
c w t . .2 25a 2 37 2 OOa 2 50 2 25a 2 62 2 00a 2 12 3 OOa 2 18 .... 2 37 S 35a 3 31 \ 10
2 37 1 87a 2 00
3 50a 2 62
Mackerel, No, 1
b b l . 1150 . . . . 1150 .... 11 SOall 75 .... 10 00 10 OOall 00 11 OOall 50 13 OOalS 35 11 50 .... .... 10 50 .... 9 75 8 25 ....
Fruit—Muscatel raisins
b o x . 1 05a 1 10 112 .... 1 10a 1 12 1 OOa 1 12 .-,: 120 .... 1 12 1 1 5 .... I 1 S.5a 1 35 2 00 .-.. 1 50a 2 00 1 6 5 a 1 70
Figs, S m y r n a
lb.
4a 10
3a 12
3a 10
6a 10
5a 10
4a 10
F u r s , beaver, northeim
d o . . 2 SOa 3 50 2 50a 3 50 2 50a 3 50 2 50a 3 50 2 50a 3 00 2 SOa 3 50 3 50a 3 50 2 SOa 3 50 2 50a 3 50 2 50a 3 50 2 50a '3 50
Glass, American
per b o x . 2 75a 3 00 2 75a 3 00 2 75a 3 00 2 75a 3 00 2 75a 3 00 2 75a 3 00 3 75a 3 00 2 75a 3 00 2 75a 3 00 2 75a 3 00 2 75a 3 00
Gunpowder—American
25 l b s . 2 75a 5 00 2 75a 5 00 2 75a 5 00 2 75a 5 00 2 75a 5 00 2 7Sa 5 00 3 75a 5 00 2 75a 5 00 2 75a 5 00 2 75a 5 00 2 75a 5 00
English
lb. . -75
• . 75 .... 75 .... 75
75
75 i .... 75 .... • 75 - -.. 75
75
75
Hides—Buenos A y r e s
;
.do..
13a 14
12a 14
12a 13
12a 13
lla
12a 13
12a 13
I lla 13
12a 13
lla 13
lla 12
Mexican
do.
13 -.-.
lla 12
10a 11
10a 11 I 10a 11
lla 12
lla 12
12 .--.
lla 12
10a 11
10a 11
Hops
do.
10a 13
14a 16
lla 14
lla 14
13a 16
lla 13
lift 14 I lla 14
13a 16
lla 14
12a 15
Indigo, Manilla
do.
60a 1 00
75a 1 00
55a 1 00
SOa 95
45a OS
45a 90
60a 1 00
75a 1 00
60a 1 05
50a go
45a 90
Iron—Scotch pig
ton 34 OOaSS 00 34 00a35 00 31 0Oa32 SO 30 OOaSl 50 26 00a2g 00 25 00a28 00 35 0OaS7 00 23 S0a24 50 26 00a27 50 27 00a37 50 37 00a37 50
Common English bar
d o . , 60 00a62 50 60 0Oa62 50 57 50a60 00 57 50a60 00 .... 55 00 . - -. 55 00 SOaSS 00 SO 00a52 50 52 50a55 00 .37 50a60 00 57 SOaOO 00
52
13a 14
Sheet, Russia
lb
13a 14
13a 14
13a 14
13a 14
13a - 14 13a 14
13a 14
13a 14
13a 14
13a 14
Lead, pig
do.
3 ....
3 .... . 3 ....
4 ....
3 ....
3 ....
3 -.-.
3a
4
3 ....
3 -.-3 ....
16a 17
Leather, hemlock sole
do.
16a 17
18a 20
16a 17
17a 18
18a 19
16a 17
16a 17
16a 18
17a 18
17a 18
Liquors—Cognac b r a n d y
gal
1 35a 1 75 1 30a 1 75 1 30a 1 75 1 30a 1 75 1 30a 1 73 1 30a 1 70 1 30a 1 70 1 30a 1 70 1 75a 2 50 1 75a 3 50 1 75a 3 50
19a 30
Domestic w h i s k e y
do..
18a '21
20a - 21 30a 31
17a- 18
20a
17a
18a 20
17a 19
16a 17
17a 18
18a 30
19a S3
Molasses—New Orleans
do.
19a
16a 19
..-. 25 - -.19a
ISa
24 21a 23
20a
19a 21
18a 19
.... 19
Muscovado
do.
15a 17
16a 18
17a
17a
18a
16a 19
19a 21
ISa
17a 19
14a 17
ISa 17
Havaua
do15a
16
16a 19
ISa
1.3a
ISa 16
16a 17
15a
16 ....
•4 ....
4,
4a
NaiLs—Gut
.lb
5
4a
5
3a
5
5
5
4a
5 ^ 4a
10a
10a
10a
10a
Wrought
..do...J
12a 15
10a
10a
12a 15
12* 15IOa
10a 12
37a
36a
32a
30a
31a 32
30
32a 33
Digitized Naval stores—Spirits t u r p e n t i n e . . . g a l . . ! 37a 40 .--. 35 32a 33 30a
for FRASER
Rosin, common
b b l . . I 1 18a 1 56 1 18a 1 56 1 12a 1 50 113a 1 37 1 ISa 1 23 106a 1 2 5
87a 1 12 1 OOa 1 18 1 OOa 1 18
1 OOa 1 12
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$4 93a$5 00
3 13a 3 37
3 56a 2 75
g4a 95
65a 70
30a 32
55a 56
9a 11
22a 24
5 OOa 6 50
6 75a 7 50
6a
9
10a 12
IGa 17
22 .-..
7 ....
1 87a 1 94
8 OOa 8 25
1 57a 1 60
2 SOa 3 50
2 75a 3 00
2 75a 5 do
.... 75
12a 14
12 ....
60a 1 00
37 00aS7 50
57 5Qa60 GO
13a 14
3 ....
16a 17
1 75a 2 50
31 --..
19a 34
18a 20
16a • 17
4
10a 12
43a 43
1 OOa 1 1 8
Oils—Whale, southern
gal..
39a '40
•Wliale, mauufactm-ed
do.
Sperm, crude
.do.
82a 91
Sperm, manufactured
do.
1 05a 1 10
Olive
do.
1 30a 1 40
Linseed
.do 9Sa 97
Paints, red lead
lb
7
Provisions—Pork, mess,
bbl
9 OOalO 35
Pork, prime
do.
6 7Sa 7 35
Beef, mess, country
do.
7 .30a 8 35
Beef, prime
do 4 SOa 5 35
Lard
lb
5a
8
Butter, S t a t e . . . . .
do . .
10a 14
Cheese
do
6a
7
Rice
c w t . . 2 75a 3 25
Salt—Liverpool,
fine
s a c k . . 2 12a 2 25
Seeds—Clover
lb
12 . . . .
Timothy
t i e r c e . . . . . . 17 00
Sheetings—Russia, white
piece 10 SOall 00
Russia, brown
d o . . . 8 50 . . . .
Soap—New York
lb
4a
7
Castile
" . . . do 14 . . . .
Spices—Pepper
do.
7 ...-.
Nutmegs .-.
do 87a 92
Spirits—Jamaica rum
gal
1 50a 1 55
Gin, Meder's s w a n
. d o . . . 1 08a 1 10
Sugar.s—New Orleans
lb..
Sa
7
Cuba
do...
4a
6
Refined w h i t e .
do...
Tallow
do...
Teas—Young H y s o n .
do...
53a
Souchong
do...
39a
Imperial
--do...
Tobacco—Kentucky
do...
Sa
Manufactured, No 1
do...
12a
•Whalebone, polar
do...
Wine—Port
gal..
60a 1 SO
Madeira . . ; .
do...
60a 2 00
Claret -.'
".
:
. c a s k . . 12 OOalS 00
Wool—Common
:
lb. .
18a 22
f blood.
do...
30a 32
Merino
do — 34a 36
Pulled, No. 1
do...
32a 34
Zinc, in sheets
do...
9 ....
37
3G
35 ...
33 ....
32
7a
8
7a
7a
8
40a 90
36a 80
37a 80
35a 66
37a 66
34a 63
45a 85
45a 90
4Sa 90
9
3a
9
3a
6
3a
6
15
12a 15
10a 12
10a 13
21
23a 24
28
S4a 36
60a 1 50
60a 1 50
50a 1 50
50a 1 SO
60a 2 00
50a 1 75
SOa 1 73
50a 1 75
12 OOalS 00 12 OOalS 00 10 OOalS 00 10 OOalS 00
ISa 22
18a 22
18a 22
ISa SO
30a 32
30a 32
30a 32
SSa SS
34a 36
34a 36
34 a 36
31a 33
32a 34- h 32a 34
32a 34
38a 30
g ....
9 ....
9 ....
.53a
37a
50a
-3a
12a
35 .
43a
32 ....|
90 ....
82 ....
70
6Sa
67a 70
1 OOa 1 OS
95
80a
80 . . .
.'
80a
85
1 20a 1 30 i"C0a 105
90a
80a 90
83a 87
82a
90a 95
90a
91a 98
7Sa 85
80a 86
SOa
7
6
6
'7'SOa 9 50 712a 9 00 7 50a 9 00 7 50a 9 GO 7 25a 9 00 '6'75a 8
5 SOa 7 50 5 2Sa 7 25 5 75a 7 75 5 75a 7 75 5 OOa 7 75 4 75a 7
7 50a 8 25 7 SOa 8 25 7 25a 8 00 7 25a 8 00 7 SSa 8 00 7 25a 8
4 50a 5 25 4 25a 4 75 4 COa 4 50 4 OOa 4 50 4 OOa 4 50 3 00a 3
4a
6
4a
6
Sa
6
Sa
7
5a
5a .
7
12a 14
12a
14
12a 14
12a 14
10a
ISa 15
7a
8
7a
8
7a
B
Sa
9
Sa
7a
8
2 SOa 3 25 2 43a 3 12 2 2Sa 3 06 2 63a 3 31 3 75a 3 55 2 63a 3
2 OOa 2 12 1 80a 1 87 1 37a 1 45 1 45a 1 55 1 42a 1 53 156a 1
10 ....
9a 10
7a
8
7a . 8
7a
8
7a
16 OOalO SO , - -.. 15 00 75al7 00 16 COalS 00 14 OOalS CO 14 OOalS
14
10 50all 00 |lO SOall 00 10 SOall 00 10 SOall 00 10 SOall 00 10 50all
8 50 .... 8 50 --.. 8 50 .... 8 50 .... 8 50 -.-- 8 50a 8
4a
7
4a
7
4a
7
4a
7
4a
7
4a
14 ....
14 ....
14 ....
12a
13
13 .--.
13 .7 ....
6a
7
6a
7
6a
7
8 -...
7 ..
87a 92
87a 92
80 ....
75 .-..
75 ....
75 ..
1 SO .... 1 50a 1 55 1 37a 1 SO 1 37a 1 50 1 40a 1 60 140a 1
1 OSa 1 10 1 OOa 1 10 1 OOa 110 1 OOa 1 10 1 OOa 1 10 100a 1
4a
6
3a
5
3a
5
3a
4
3a
4
3a
3a
5
3a
5
3a
6
4a
5
4a
5
3a
4Sa
63 .
80 .
83a 8D
83a 88
6
7 SOa 9 SO
5 OOa 7 50
7 50a 8 00
.... 3 00
43a
68
80
83a
SOa
33a
42a
60 .
70 .
80a 80
80a 85
6
8 37a 9 50
5 50a 6 50
6 25a 6 50
2 75a 3 31
7a
8
9a 11
5a
G
2 50a 3 25
1 50a 1 GO
6a
7
10 OOalS 00
10 SOall 00
7 OOa 7 SO
4a
7
10a 12
8 .-..
80a 85
1 48a 1 50
1 20a 1 25
5a
6
Sa
6
10 ....
80 .
80 .
75a 85
85a 90
90a 95
93a 98
6
6
7 50a 9 SO 7 50a 9 50
7 50a
5 OOa 6 50
4 75a 6 50
5 COa
7 75a 8 SS 7 OOa 7 35
7 75a
3 50a 3 00 3 7Sa 3 50
3 50a
7a
8
7a
8
6a
6a
7
9a 11
9a 13
10a
13
IGa
13
Sa
6
6 ....
Sa
6
6a
7
2 5 0 a 3 00 3 35a 3 87 SOOa 3 00 3 43a 3 35
1 55a 1 65 1 SOa 1 60 1 57a 1 67 1 63a 1 73
7 .--8 ....
7a
8
7a
8
14 OOalS 00 15 00al6 00 13 SOalS 00 11 OOalS 00
10 SOall CO
10 SOall 00 10 SOall 00 10 SOall 00
8 SOa 8 75 8 50a 8 75 8 50a 8 75 7 OOa 7 SO
4a
7
4a -7
4a
7
4a
7
10a
13
lla 12
l l a 13
lla
13
8 ....
8 ....
7 .-..
8 ....
80a 83
83a 85
85
73a 75 ....
1 40a 1 60 1 SOa 1 53 1 4Sa 1 SO 1 48a 1 SO
100 .... 1 OSa 1 10 113a 115 1 SOa 1 35
Sa
6
4a
6
4a
5
3a
4
5a
6
4a
6
4a
6
3a
5
10 .--.
10 ....
10 ....
6a
7
6a
7
7a
6a
7
6a
8
6a
3Sa 85
35a
85
37a 90
40a
40a 95
33a 95
37a
25a 66
SSa 65
39a 65
34a
35a
30a 08
30a
34a 90
37a 90
37a' 90
46a
40a
40a 90
40a
2a
8
Sa
8
3a
6
2a
3a
3a
6
3a
10a 12
10a 13
10a 13'
10a 13
10a 13
10a 13
10a
31a- 33
31a 33
33 ....
35 .--.
S3 - - -. 34 SSa
SOa 1 25
50a 1 35
40a 1 35
50a 1 50
45a 1 50
45a 1 SO
40a 1 35
75a 1 50
75a 1 SO
75a 1 50
50a 1 75
50a 1 75
50a 1 75
75a 1 SO
8 OOalS 00 8 OOalS 00
10 OOalS 00 |10 OOalS 00 8 OOalS 00 8 OOalS 00 8 OOalS 00
18a 20
18a SO
18a 30
18a SO
18a
18a 20
18a SO
24a 26
S4a S6
S4a 36
35a 38
S4a
SSa 33
SSa 37
28a 30
S8a 30
SSa 30
31a 33
SSa
31a 33
30a 33
24a 26
26a 28
36a SS
SSa 30
36a
S6a 38
SOa 38
9a 10
9a 10
10 .--.
9 ....
10 .
9a 10
9a 10
85
06
6
9 50
G SO
8 00
3 00
7
* T h e tariff w a s amended at the second session of the twenty-seventh Congi-ess, in August, 1842, and the bill approved b y President T y l e r . T h e compromise taa-iff act reached its
minimum r a t e on J u n e 30, 1842—a level charge of 20 per cent, a d valore?n. Tho '' tariff of 1842" w e n t into operation on August 31. I t restored specific duties which marked the thu'teeu
general tariff acts previous to the compromise act. Under it the average annual imports for consumption, exclusive of specie, w e r e $100,000,000; the sales of public lands $2,000,000.
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The range of prices of staple articles in the New York market at the beginning of each mwitli, in each year, from 1825 to J 863.
Feb.
March.
April.
May.
July.
Aug.
Sept.
Oct. -
Nov.
Dec.
-.
Breadstuffs—Wheat flour. State . . . b b l . $4 69 . - . $4 43a$4 50' $475 ---. $5 00 .... $5 00a$5 12 §531 .... $562 .... \4 87a$5 00 $4 81 a$4 87 $4 43 .... $4 56a$4 62 $4 62 ....
Rye
flour,
fine
do. - 3 25a 3 37 3 GOa 3 12 .... $3 25 3 12a$3 25 2 87a 3 13 3 12a-$3 25 3 37a$3 62 3 12a 3 50 3 OOa 3 25 2 8ia$3 12 3 OOa 3 12 3 12a$3 25
Corn meal, J e r s e y
d o . - 2 56a 2 62 2 50a 2 62 2 43a 2 62 2 50a 2 75 2 62a 2 87 2 81a 3 00 2 87a 3 13 2 87a 3 35 3 Sla 3 00 2 8la 3 87 2 7Sa 2 81 2 62a 2 75
85a go
90a 95 1 OOa 1 05 1 05 .... 1 18a 1 SO 1 OOa 1 05 1 OOa 1 OS
87a 90
84a 85
W h e a t , prime, w h i t e . bu sh.
92a 97
9Sa 1 00 1 COa 1 05
62a 70
54
60
57a 58
57
65 . . . .
60
64a 65
Rye
...-.
do.68 ....
64
63a 64
29a 31
S7a SO
2ga 30
27a 30
32a 33
22a 30
25a 27
33a 34
S7a 38
29a 30
Oats, State, n o r t h e m . d o . .
30a 32
5Sa 59
57a 58
53a 54
53a 55
48a 49
56 ....
51a 52
56
57a 60
57a 59
Corn, n o r t h e r n
do..
56a 57
9a 12
9a 13
ga 11
2a
11
9a 12
9a. 11
2a 12
9a 11
'9a 11
9a 11
9a 11
Candles—Mould
lb.
9a 11
22a 25
S4a So
:33a 34
20a 24
20a 23
20a 22
26a » . SSa 30
31a 33
22a 25
20a 24
Sperm
do..
32a 34
Coal—Anthracite
t o n . 5 OOa 6 50 4 50a 6 00 4 SOa 5 50 4 50a 6 00 4 50a 6 00 4 50a 5 25 4 50a 5 00 4 50a 5 00 4 7Sa 5 SO 4 50rt 5 25 4 50a 5 50 5 OOa 6 00
Li verpood
c h a l d r o n . 7 OOa 7 75 7 OOa 7 50 6 50a 7 00 7 OOa 7 25 7 OOa 7 25 7 OOa 7 25 7 50a 7 75 7 OOa 8 00 7 7Sa 8 50 8 50a 9 00 10 SOallvOO 10 OOalO 50
6a
9
6a
8
7a
8
7a
g
6a
8
6a
9
Coffee—Brazil
lb.
6a
8
7a
8
6a
7
7a
8
6a
7
lla 12
10a 12
10a 18
lla 12
lla 12
10a 12
Java
d o . . " 10a 12
lia 12
11 ....
11
10a 11IOa 11
17a 18
17a 18
16a 17
17a 18
16a 17
17a 18
16a 17
17a 18
16a 17
Copper—Pig
do..
16a 17
16a 17
16a 17
21a 22
21a 22
SOa 31
22a 23
21a 22
20a 21
22a 23
21a 22
20a 21
Sheathing
do...
20a 21 • 21a 22 . 2la 22
7 ....
- 7 ....
7 .--.
5a
6
6 ....
6 ....
Cotton, middling u p l a n d
do. 6 --..
7 ....
7a
8
7 .--.
6 ....
7a
8
2 75 .... 2 87a 3 00 2 75a 2 87 2 37a 2 50 2 50 .... 2 62a 2 68
F i s h — D r y cod
c w t . .... 2 00 2 OOa 2 12 2 OOa 2 12 .... 212 2 50 .... 2 75
Mackerel, N o , 1
b b l . 7 62a 7 75 7 62a 7 75 7 75a 7 87 8 00 -... 8 50a 8 75 9 35a "g'sO 9 50 .... -... 11 00 10 75all 00 .... 10 25 9 75al0 00 10 2SalO 50
8a 11
8a 11
8a 11
8a 11
8a 11
• Flax—Russian
lb.
8a 11
8a 11
8a 11
8a 11
8a 11
8a 11
8a 11
7a
8
7a
7a
8
8a
9
7a
8
American
do.,
7a
8
8a
9
8 ....
8 .--.
7a
8
8 ....
8a
9
Fruit—M. R. r a i s i n g . .
b o x . 1 5 0 ....
1 55 1 60a 1 65 1 62a I 67 1 67a 1 70 1 60a 1 65 1 62a 1 65 1 68a 1 70 2 00 .... 2 00 .... 1 70 .... 1 7 7 ....
7a
9
7a
9
7a
9
7a
g
Figs, S m y r n a
lb-,
7a
9
7a
9
7a
9
6a 10
7a
9
7a
g
6a 10
14a 16
F u r s , beaver, northern
d o . . 2 SOa 3 50 2 50a 3 50 2 50a 3 SO 2 SOa 3 SO 2 50a 3 50 2 50a 3 50 2 50a 3 SO 2 50a 3 50 2 50a 3 SO 2 50a 3 50 2 50a 3 50 2 50a 3 50
Glass, American
SOfeet.. 2 75a 3 00 2 75a 3 00 2 75a 3 00 2 75a 3 00 2 75a 3 00 2 75a 3 00 2 75a 3 00 2 75a 3 00 2 7Sa 3 00 2 75a 3 00 2 75a 3 00 . -2 7Sa 3 00
Gunpowder—American
l b . 2 75a 5 00 2 75a 5 00 2 7Sa 5 00 2 75a 5 00 2 75a 5 00 2 75a 5 00 2 75a 5 00 2 75a 5 00 2 75a 5 00 2 75a 5 00 2 75a 5 00 2 75a 5 GO
73a 75
73a 73
73a 75
73a 75
English
do - -.
73a 75
73a 75 • 73a 75 • 73a 75
73a 75
73a 75
73a 75
73a 75
lla 12
12a 13
lla 12
13 ....
13a 14
13a 14
Hides, Bii>enos A y r e s
d o . -.
lla 12
lla 12
lla 12
13
12a 13
2a
12
10a 12
9a 12
9a 12
Hops
do...
9a 12
6a
8 9a 11
9a 11
7a
8
50a 1 00
60a 1 05
60a 1 00
70a 1 05
65a 1 05
70a 1 05
Indigo, Manilla
do... 65a 1 00
70a 1 05
70rt 1 05
65a 1 10
65a 1 10
70a 1 05
Iron—Scotch pig
ton.. 27 00a27 50 27 00a27 50 27 00a27 50 25 00a27 00 25 00^27 00 25 00a26 00 22 50a24 00 '22 50a24 00 22 S0a24 00 25 00«26 00 57 00a29 00 30 00a32 00
C o m m o n English bar
do... 57 SOaGO 00 57 50a60 00 ; 5 50a6O 00 57 SOaGO 00 5 O0flD7 50 .... 55 00 .... 55 00 .... 55 00 .... 55 00 .... 57 50 .... 57 50 .... 57 50
'7
lla 13
lla 12
12a 13
13a 14
Sheet, Russia
lb..
13
13 ....
13a 14
lla 12
lla 12
lla 12 ' l l a . 12
32a .13
15a 16
15a 16
16a 17
16a
17
16a 17
Leather, hemlock, sole
do... 16a 17
17a 18
17
16a 17
15a 16
ISa 16
16a 17
Liquors—Cognac brandy
gal.. 1 7Sa 2 50 1 75a 2 50 1 75a 2 50 1 75a 2 50 1 75a 2 50 1 75a 2 50 1 75a 2 50 1 75a 2 25 1 7Sa 2 25 2 25a 2 40 2 25a 2 50 2 30a 2 56
23a 24
23a 25
23a 24
Domestic whiskey
do...
20a 21
23
23a 24
23a 24
21a 22
19a 21
18a 20
23a 24
19a 20
22a 23
23a 26
27a 28
Molasses—New Orleans
T... do... IOa 20
21a 22
22a
25a 27
39a 31
18a 19
20 -...
23a 24
18a 19
22a 23
22a 24
25a 26
Muscovado
do...
19a 22
22a
23a
26a 27
ISa 19
19 ....
22a 24
17a 18
IOa 20
19a 22
21a 24
Havana
do. -. 16a 17
18a 19
17a
19a
20a 25
17 ....
20a 22
16
4a
5
4a
5
Nails—Cut
lb -.
4a
5
4a
5
4a
4a
4a
5
4a
4a
5
4a
5
4a
5
4a
5
10a 12
Wi'ought'do 10a 12
10a 12
10a 12
10a
10a
10a 12
10a
10a 12
10a 12
10a 12
10a 12
33
. a 36
Naval stores-Spirits turpentine... gal.
38a 40
33a 34
35a 37
29a
30a
38a 40
38a
38
30a 31
37a 38~~
30a 32
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70a 1 06
75a 1 00
70a 1 06
65a 1 00
Rosin, c
. .bbl.. 87a 1 12
87a 1 12
87a 1 06
65a 1 0 0
70a 1 0 0
81a 1 00
81a 1 00
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Articles.
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33a 34
30a
33
Oils—Whale
gal..
35
45
W h a l e , manufactured
do...
.33a 57 '54a
54a
52a
Sperm, ci'ude
do...
60a 65
70
65a
Sperm, manufactm-ed . . . . . . . d o . . .
80a 85
80a 85
80a
80a
Olive
do...
76a 78
76a 80
85a
85
Linseed
do...
Sa
6
Sa
6
Sa
6
Paints, red lead
lb..
Pi'ovisions—Pork, mess,
b b l . . 8 2.5a 9 50 8 OOa 9 00 7 50a 8 SO 7 7Sa 8 25
P o r k , prime
d o . . . 5 50a 6 50 5 50a 6 50 5 50a 6 37 5 87a 6 87
.Beef, mess, country . . . d o - . . 6 OOa 6 75 6 OOa 6 75 6 SOa 7 00 6 75a 7 00
Beef, prime
d o . . . 2 75a 3 50 3 OOa 4 00 4 OOa 4 35 4 50a 5 00
5a
7
Pickled hams
lb..
4a
3
Pickled shoulders
do...
3 .--.
.6a
7
6a
7
Lard
do...
Sa
7
7
8a 11
8a 10
Butter, State
do . . ' 9a 11
7a 11
Sa
6
Cheese
do...
Sa
6
5a
6
Sa
6
Rice
. c w t . . 2 50a 3 00 3 OOa 3 00 1 87a 3 75 1 87a 2 87
Salt—Livei'pool,
fine
s a c k . . 1 52a 1 60 1 43a 1 50 1 37al 45 1 S5a 1 62
2Sa 29
35a 36
T u r k ' s Island
bush..
SSa 35
27a 28
6 ....
Seeds—Clover
lb. .
Sa
6
Sa
6
6 .--.
Timothy
t i e r c e . . 10 OOall 00 13 00 ....
13 0Oal6 00
Sheetings—Russia, w h i t e
. . . .piece. - 10 SOall 00 10 SOall 00 10 50all 00 10 OOalO 50
Russia, b r o w n
d o . . . 7 OOa 7 SO 7 OOa 7 SO 7 OOa 7 50 8 OOa 8 25
4a
7
Soap—New Y o r k
lb..
4a
7
4a
7
4a
7
10a 12
Castile
.do...
12 ....
10a
IS • 10a 13
Spices—Pepper
.do...
8 ....
8 ....
8 ....
8 -.-.
Nutmegs
do...
80a 85
87a 90
92 -...
80a 85
Spirits—Jaraaica r u m
g a l . . 1 25a 1 SO 1 40a 1 50 1 40a 1 50 1 50a 1 75
Gin, Holland
do. 1 20a 1 25 1 SOa 1 35 1 SOa 1 35 1 2 5 ....
3a
5
Sugars—New Orleans
lb..
4a
6
4a
5
4a
5
Cuba
do...
4a
6
4a
5
4a
5
4a
5
10 ....
Relfined white ,
do...
10 ....
10 ....
10^.,..
7 ....
Tallow—American .%
do...
7
7 ....
Foreign
do...
Sa
9
8a
9
9
Teas—Young Hyson
do...
30a 85
35a 85
3Sa
35a 85
Souchong
do...
25a 65
SSa
35a 65
25a
Imperial
..do^..
31a .
:33a
33a .90
-90
Tobacco—Kentucky
do...
3a
7
3a
6
3a
7
10a 13
Manufactured, No 1
do...
10a
13a 17
13a 17
29
Whalebone, Polar
do...
39a
39 ....
25a 26
Wme—Port
gal..
50a 'l"25
50a 1 35
50a 1 35
50a 1 25
IMadeira
.do...
75a 1 50
75a 1 50
75a 1 SO
75a 1 50
Claret
c a s k . . 3 OOalS 00 8 OOalS 00 8 00al5 00 \ OOalS 00
Wool—Common
lb..
ISa 20
ISa 30
18a SO
ISa 20
3-4 blood
do. -. 24a 26
34 a 36
S4a 36
34a 26
Merino
do... I 2Sa 30
38a 30
38a 30
28a 29
• Pulled, N o . 1
do... I 24a 26
S4a 36
20a 21
20a 21
31
32
33 .
43a
62a
58a 59
56
66 .
70
65a 70
79
70a
8Sa 87
80a 85
85
83a 85
80a 83
93
76a SO
80 .
'• 5 a
6
Sa
6
Sa
6
8 75a 9 SO 10 OOalO , 0 11 OOall SO 10 SOall 35
3
7 OOa 7 75 7 7Sa 8 75 9 OOa 9 SO g OOa g 75
7 62a 8 00 7 75a 8 25 8 OOa 8 37 7 7Sa 8 37
6 OOa 6 35 5 75a 6 25 6 OOa 6 25 5 75a 6 13
4 ....
4a
5
4a
5
4a
5
3 ....
3
3 ....
3 ....
6a
Sa
8
7
Sa
8
5a
7a
6a
7a
g
9
7a
8
4a
4a
5
Sa
7
4a
6
3 37a 3 87 3 31a 3 81 3 31a 3 87 3 75a 3 00
1 5Sa 1 63 1 40a 1 50 1 40a 1 50 1 35a 1 45
31a 33
31a 33
S9a • 30 36a 37
7a
8
7a
8
Sa
6
7 ....
15 00al7 00 10 OOalS 50 11 0Oal3 00 13 C0al4 00
10 OOalO 50 |10 OOalO SO 10 OOalO SO 1.0 OOalO 50
8 OOa 8 35 8 OOa 8 35 8 OOa 8 35 7 50a 7 75
4a
7
4a
7
4a
7
4a
7
12a 13
13a 13
ISa 13
ISa 13
7a
8
8 ....
8
8 ....
93a . 97 85a 87
85a 87
85 . . . .
1 SOa 1 75 1 50a 1 75 1 50a 1 75 1 50a 1 75
1 SOa i 35 1 30a 1 35 1 SOa 1 35 1 30a 1 35
4a
6
4a
6
5a
6
6 ....
Sa
6
Sa
6
6a
7
6a
10 ....
11 ....
11 ....
lla
7 ....
6a
7
6a
6a
8a
8a
8a
34a
32a
35a
35a
SSa
22a 63
2oa
25a
21a
31a
37a 90
27a
3a
3a
7
3a
3a
10a
13a
10a 13
10a
34a
26a
30 ....
36a
'50a 1 35
50a 1 35
50a 1 35 ' 50a 1 25
75a 1 50
75a 1 SO
75a 1 50
75a 1 SO
8 OOalS 00 8 OOalS 00 \ OOalS 00 8 00al5 00
SOa 33
ISa SO
19a 31
SOa S3
SSa 37
-34 a 36
SSa 37
SSa 37
30a 33
SSa -30
30a 33
30a 33
22a 23
20a 21
SOa 21
SSa 23
S4a
65a
80a
85a
36
43a 4 5
70 . . . .
78
84a 87
85
6
10 SOall 50
g S.SalO 35
7 75a 8 35
5 75a 6 SS
4
3 ....
5a
8
Sa 10
Sa ' 6
3 75a 3 00
1 40a 1 50
34a 35
8 ....
14 00al7 00
10 OOalO SO
7 50a 7 75
4a
7
lla
13
8
87a go
1 S5a 1 50
1 30a 1 35
6a
7
6a
8
lla
13
7 •....
8a
9
3Sa
S7a
3a
10a
43a
SOa 1 35
7Sa 1 SO
8 OOalS 00
30a S3.
35a 37
30a 33
SSa 36
36a
43a
85
83a 87
77a
Sa
6
10 87 . . . .
9 87al0 00
6 SOa 7 .30
4 35a 4 75
3a
4
3a
4
Sa
8
8a 10
6
3 50a 3 00
1 37a 1 45
S6a 37
7a
8
14 00al6 00
10 OOalO 50
7 50a 7 75
Sa
7
lla
13
8
S7a 90
1 OOa 1 40
1 30a 1 35
6 ....
6a ' 7
lla
IS
7 ....
8a
9
34 a 90
37a 60
31a 90
6
3a
10a 15
44
50a 1 35
75a 3 50
13 OOaSO 00
30a 33
35a S7
30a 33
35a. 36
40
40 . . . .
50
43 . . . .
77a 78
78a 79
85a 87
8Sa 87
8Sa 88
88a 90
74a 75
75a 76
Sa
6
Sa
6
11 OOall 13 . . . . 11.00
10 OOalO 13 . . . : 9-75
5 75a 6 50 612a 6 62
3 75a 4 35 4 12a 4 62
4 ....
4a
6
3 ....
3 ....
5a
7
5a
-6
7a
9
8a 10
4a
5
4a • 5,
S 75a 3 13 2 37a 2 87
1 37a 1 47 1 3Sa 1 45
.31a 33
30 . . . .
8 ....
9 ....
1100al4 00 13 00al4 00
10 OOalO 50 10 OOalO .30
7 50a 7 75 7 SOa 7 75
5a . 7
Sa
7
11 . . . .
11 . . . .
9 ....
8
86a 87
80 . . . .
1 OOa 1 50 1 OOa 1 50
1 30a 1 35 1 20a 1 25
5a
6a
7
6a
7 ....
lla
13
6a
7
8a
Sa
9
35a 80
30a 80
21tt ,30
34a 50
26a 90
35a 90
6
3a
6 - 2a
10a 15
10a 15
50 . . . .
50 - . - .
50a 1 25
50a 1 SSi
7Sa 2 50
7.5a 3 50
13 00a20 00
13 OOaSO 00
22a 24
33a 34
26a 28
S6a 28
32a 34
33a 34
25a 26
25a 26
*The-year 1843 was remarkable for the exti-eme depression in the prices of nearly all the staple articles of the home market. P r i m e beef w a s sold in the New York market at $2 75
p e r barrel early in the year 1843 ; mess pork at $7 50 ; haras, 3 and 4 cts. per p o u n d ; sugars, 3 and 4 cts. per pound ; refined, 4 and'S cts.; tobaccp, 2 and 3 cts. per p o u n d ; nails, 4 and 5 cts.
p e r p o u n d ; cotton, 5 and 6 cts. per p o u n d ; hops, 6 and 7 cts, per iDound. Articles of foreign production were also held at prices raxxch lower thaiTin previous years, viz : Colfec, 6 and 7 cts.
. ^ ^ e r p o u n d ; port wine, SO cts. per gallon ; scotch pig iron, $22 50 per ton. T h e influence x)f the tariff of 1842 was felt in the better prices which prevailed towai-ds the close of 1843.
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The range of prices of stai^le-articles in the New York market at tlie beginning of each month, in each year, from 1825 to 1863,
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No. XX,—THE YEAR 1844,^
Articles.
Jan.
Breadstuffs—^Vheat flour, State . . - b b l . . $4 6 2 4 4 68
d o . . . 3 25a 3 50
R y e flour, fine.
d o . . . 2 56a 2 62
Corn meal, J e r s sy
W h e a t , prime, w hite - b u s h . - 1 0 0 . . . .
63 . . . .
do...
Rye
33a 36
Oats, State nort hern . d o . . .
43 . . .
Corn, n o r t h e r n .
do...
ga. 11
Can'dl eg—Mould
.
lb..
31a 33
do...
Sperm'
t o n . . 5 OOa 5 50
Coal-^Anthi'acite
. c h a l d r o n . . 8 50a 9 00
Liverpool
lb..
6a
7
Coffee Brazil
do...
10a 11
Java
...
do...
17a 18
Copper—Pig
21a 22
.-.\..do-.Sheathing
Cotton, middling u p l a n d
8 ....
do..c w t . . 2 63a 3 68
F i s h — D r y cod
b b l - - . . . . 10 75
Mackerel, No. 1, Mass.
lb..
8a
9
Flax^—Russian
8a
11
do...
American
F i n i i t - M : R , raisins
b o x - . . . . . 2 00
lb..
12a
l4
Figs, S m y r n a
d o . . . 2 50a 3 50
F u r s , beaver, n o r t h e m
Glass, American
. . . 5 0 feet-. 2 75a 3 00
Gunpowdei'—American
. . 2 5 l b s - . - 2 75a 5 00
lb..
73a 75
English
cwt..
Hay.
I b . - ' 'l2a ' 13
Hides—La P l a t a
10a 11
do...
Mexican •
Hops
do...
7a
8
45a 95
Indigo, Manilla
do...
t o n . . 31 0Oa33 00
Iron—Scotch pig
Common English b a r .
d o . . . - - - . 57 50
Sa
6
Ib.Sheet, English
do.-16a 17
Leather, hemlock sole
gal-- 2 37a 2 SO
Liquors—Cognac b r a n d y
23a 24
do.-Domestic w h i s k e y .
29
do...
Molasses—New Orleans
22a 24
do-.Muscovado
a
21a 22
Havan
.......do...
lb..
Nails—Cut.
4a
5
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do.--
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March.
Feb.
$4 81a$4 87
3 37a 3 50
S 56a 3 62
1 OOa 1 05
65a 70
36a 37
" " 2 a " 12
30a 33
5 OOa 5 50
8 SOa 8 75
7 ....
10a
11
17a 18
21a 22
g- . . . .
2 50a 2 62
10 7 5 a l l 00
Sa
g
8a
11
2 00 . . . .
12a 14
2 50a 3 50
2 75a 3 00
2 75a 5 00
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April.
May.
June.
July.
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9a 12
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10a 11
2a 11
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17a 18
17a 18
17a 18
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30a 33
32a 35
40a 42
12a 13
12a 13
12a 13
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10a 12
10a 12
10a , 12
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Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
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17a 18
16a 17
21a
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21a 22
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73a 75
73a
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73a 75
35a 40
30a 35
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12
12a 13
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10a 11
10a
11
lla
12
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8
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60a
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5a
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24a 25
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29a
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28a 29
27a 29
S4a 36
25a 26
24a 26
4a
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10a 12
10a 12
10a 12
' Nov.
Dec.
.$4 81 . . . .
. . . . $3 62
2 62a 2 75
95a 1 05
77a 78
31a 32
53a 54
9a 13
S9a 31
4 SOa 5 75
g OOalO 00
6a
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2a 10
17a 18
21a 22
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8a
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8a 11
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2 50a 3 50
2 75a 3 00
2 75a 5 00
73a 75
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lla
12
10a
11
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5Sa 91
30 00a31 00
62 50a65 00
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6
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28a 29
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25a 27
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66. . . . .
36a 37
52a 54
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28a 30
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17a 18
20a
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12 0Oal2 25
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2 75a 3 00
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73a
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10a
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13a 15
55a 90
30 0Oa31 00
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24a
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30a, 32
26a 28
26a
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N a v a l stores—Spirits turpentine
Rosin, common
Oils—Whale, southern
W h a l e , manufactured
Sperm, crude
Spe tm, manufactured
Olive
Linseed
Paints, red lead
Provisions—Pork, mess
Pork, prime
Beef, mess, country
Beef, prime
Piclded h a m s
Pickled shoulders
Lard
Butter, State
Cheese
Rice, ordinary
Salt—Liverpool,
fine
Seeds—Clover
Timothy
Sheetings—Russia, white
Russia, b r o w n
Soap—New York
Castile
Spices—Pepper
Nutmegs
Spirits—Jamaica r u m
Gin, Holland
Sugars—New Orleans
Cuba
Refined white
Tallow—American
Foreign
•' Te.as—Young H y s o n
Souchong
Imperial
Tobacco—Kentucky
Manufactured, No, 1
Whalebone, polar
Wine—Port
Madeira
Claret..•.
Wool—Common
I blood
Merino
Pulled, No, 1
33a 34
30a 32
3 1 36
.a
31a 33
33a 34 -34a
38a - 9
3
37a 39
33a 35
33a 35
35a 37
...gal.
55a 75
60a
60a 80
60a 85
58a 75
65a
5Sa 75
58a 75
63a 80
62a 93
SSa 75
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3* ....
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35 ....
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38 ....
38 .--.
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50
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50a 53
50a S3
48a 50
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75
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73a 74
7Sa 74
80a 85
85a 87
70a 73
68a 70
80 --..
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74a 75
Sa
6
5a
6
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6
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6
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lb.
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34a 36
36a .38
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* I n the y e a r 1844 the results of the tariff of 1842 became a p p a r e n t in the increase of duties to $26,183,570 for the fiscal year ending J u n e 30, 1844, against an annual average of
$17,295,000 for the nine years, 1834-'42, " Under the existing financial system the currency of the country has attained a state of perfect soundness."—President's message, .December, 1844.
The range of prices of staple articles in the New York market at the beginning of each month, in each year, froni 1825 to 1863.
No. XXL—THE YEAR 1845.*
Articles;
March.
April.
May.
July,
Aug.
Sept.
Breadstuffs—Wheat flour, Genesee.bbl. $4 68 .--- $4-81 --.. S4 87a$4 93 $4 75a$4 81 $4.62 .... $4 50a$4 56 $4 62 .... M 31a$4 37 $4 75a$4 81 $4 62 .
$6 81a$7
37
Rye
flour,
fine..
do-.
4
$3 37 3 50a$3 62 3 50 ..-- 3 OOa 3 12 3 00 $312 3 OOa 3 35 3 00a$3 25 2 87a 3 25 3 OOa 3 25 3 OOa 3 25 .... . - 5
Corn meal, n o r t h e m . - d o - . 2 SOa 2 68 2 50a 2 68 3 50a 3 63 2 37a 2 62 2 37a 2 56 3 31a 2 56 2 31a 2 56 2 31a 2 50 2 37a 2 63 2 75a 3 00 3 OOa 3 12 4 OOa 4
90a 1 00
85a 100 1 20a 1 25 1 3 0 a 1
W h e a t , Genesee
b u s h . 1 OOa 1 05 gSa I 00 .... 100 1 OOa 1 05 1 OOa 1 05 1 OOa 1 10 gSa 1 05
90a 1 00
68a 69
60
63 .-..
68a
75 .--.
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67a 70
82a
66a 67
67 ....
65a' 68
66 --..
70 ....
42a 44
40a 4i
43a 45
43a
42a 43
Oats, northern
do. 32a 33
SOa
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SOa 30
: 3 ....
3
34 ....
30a 31
51a 54
51a 58
47a 48
60a
65a
68
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do -.
50a 53
80a
48a 50
46a 48
45a 47
47a 48
49 ....
9a 11
2a 11
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2a
11
2a
11
tJandles-Mould
Ib.
2a
11
2a
9a 12
9a 13
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9a 12
9a 11
21a 29
27a 29
27a 29
27a 2g
27a 28
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27a
37a 39
S7a 39
27a 29
28a 30
27a 29
Coal—Schuylldll
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6a
6a
8
Sa
7
6a
7
6a
8
6a
Coffee—Brazil
lb.
6a
7
6a
7
6 ....
6a
7
6a
8
6a
8
8a
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7a
8
8a
Java
do..
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8 ....
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16a 17
17a 18
17a 18
17a 17
16a 17
Copper—Pig
do. 17a 18
17a 18
17a 18
17a 18
17a 18
17a 18
17a 18
2 J 24
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23a 24
23a 24
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20a 21
30a . 31 20a 21
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F i s h — D r y cod
c w t . . 2 43a 2 50 2 43a 2 50 3 62a 2 75 2 62a 2 75 3 87a 3 00 . . . . 2 75 2 37a 2 50' 2 56a 2 62 2 62a 2 75 2 SOa 2 02 2 62
Mackerel, No, 1
bbl 12 50 ---. 12 25al2 SO 12 25al2 SO 11 SOall 75 11 .SOalS 00 11 SOall 75 12 0Oal2 25 12 50al2 75 13 SOal 3 62 12 50al3 00 13 50al4 00 13 50al4 00
2a
11
2a
11
9a 11
2a
11 . 2a
2a 11
Flax—Russian
.lb
2a
11
9a 11
9a 11
11
2a
11
2a
11
8a 11
7a
8
6a
7
6a
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6a
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6a
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7a
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b o x . . 2 70a 2 75 2 65a 2 70 2 65 .... 2 55a 2 60 2 40a 2 45 2 25a 2 35 2 25a 2 30 2 37a 2 40 2 3Sa 2 40 2 30a 2 35 2 50 .-.. 2 20
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Figs, S m y r n a
lb
Sa
6
6a
12
9a 12
6a
2
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6a
7
Prunes, B o r d e a u x
do.. .
10a 17
8a • 15
8a 15
10a , 18 10a 18
10a 17
Furs—Beavei-, northern
.do.
5
2 50a 3 50 2 50a 3 50 2 SOa 3 50 2 OOa 3 . 0 3 OOa 3 35 3 OOa 3 25 3 OOa 3 25 3 OOa 3 25 SOOa 3 25 3 OOa 3 25 3 OOa 3 25 3 OOa 3
3a
Glass, English crown
per b o x . . 3 50a 4 00 3 50a 4 00 3 50a 4 00 3 . 0 4 00 3 50a 4 00 3 50a 4 00 3 . 0 4 00 3 50a 4 00 3 50a 4 00 3 50a 4 00 3 50a 4 00 3 SOa 4
3a
Gunpowder—American
25 l b s - . 2 75a 5 00 2 75a 5 00 2 75a 5 00 2 75a 5 00 3 SOa 3 00 2 SOa 3 op 2 50a 3 00 2 50a 3 00 2 50a 3 00 2 SOa 3 00 2 SOa- 3 00 2 50a 3
65a 70
65a 70
6Sa 70
65
.a
English
lb -.
65a
70
6 5 a .70
65a 70
65a
70
73a 75
73a 75
73a 75
7}
: a 75
12
12
lla 12
1 2 ..
Hides, L a P l a t a
do...
12a 13
12 ....
12 ..-.
lla 12
lla 12
lla 12
lla 13
lla 12
14a 16
12a 15
12a 13
12a 15
25a
Hops, first sort
do...
13a 14
12a 15
12a 15
13a 14
14a 15
13a 15
14a 15
4ga 81
60a 90
60a go
55a
Indigo, Manilla
d o . -.
SOa go
50a go
50a 90
60a 80
5«;a 90
SOa go
SSa 90
SSa 90
Iron—Scotchipig
t o n . . 30 00a31 00 30 00a31 00 32 50a3S 00 42 S0a45 00 50 OOaSS 50 40 O0a42 50 . 5 00 .... 35 00a36 00 32 50a35 00 .... 37 SO40-OOa42 50- 41 0Oa42
3
.... 77 , 0 77 SOoSO
3
Common English b a r . . . .
d o . . . 62 50a65 00 62 S0a65 00 70 00 ---. 77 50a80 00 80 OOaSS 00 77 SOaSO 00 77 SOaSO 00 75 00 .--. -2 50a75 00 72 50a7S 00
lla 12
12a 13
lla 12
lla
Sheet, Russia
lb. .
lla 12
12a 13
lla 12
lla 12
lla 13
lla 12
lla 12
lla 12
4 ....
3a
4
4 ....
4 ..
Lead, pig
do...
3 .-..
3
3a
4
3a
4
3 ....
3 ....
3a
4
3 ....
13a 14
13a 14
14a 15
13a
Lcathcr, hemlock sole
do...
15a 16
1 3 16
.a
14a 15
14a 15
14a 15
15a 16
14a 15
14a 15
2 OOa 3 75 2 OOa 3 75 2 OOa 3 50 2 10a 3
Liquors—Cognac brandy'
gal.. 2 20a 2 75 212a 2 60 212a 2 60 2 30a 3 SO 1 gso 3 50 2 OOa 3 75 1 gOa 3 75 2 OOa 3 73
20a
2 3 24
.a
25a 26
23 ....
28 .23a 24
33 ....
2i.a 22
Domestic whiskey
do...
22a 23
21
24a 35
23a S3
26a 30
28a
2Sa 31
23a 26
30a 33
22a
35a 37
.2Sa 31
Molasses—New Orleans
do.. - 34a 35
24a 25
27a 30
33a 33
26a 28
26a 27
28a.
22 ....
31a 33
22a
33a 35
26a 28
Muscovado, Cuba
do. -. 35a 26
28a 29
25 ....
2Sa 26
24a 25
24 a
21a 22
SSa 30
20a
24a 26
Havana
" "sda'' "si" 22a 23 2Sa 30
25a 26
and Matanzas... do... 25
4a
5
4a
5
4a
4a
5
4a
4a
5
Nails—Cut
.lb..
4a
5
4a
5
4a
5
4a
5
4a
5
4a
5
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10a 12
10a
10a 12
10a 12
10a
IOa 12
Wrouijht
do... 10a 12
10a 12
10a- 12
IOA
12 . 10a 12 10a 12
Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
CO
to
37a 39
40a 42
40a 42
65a 75
Naval stores—Spirits turpentine . . . g a l .
41a 43
40a 42
37a . 9
3
3ga 40
63a 65
33a 36
36a
54a 70
57a 70
80a 90 1 OOa 115
65a 75
57a 70
53 a 65
Rosin, common
.bbl.
60a 75
55a 70
53a 70
58a
50a 60
35a 36
33a 34
32 ....
32 ....
33a 34
33 ....
31 ....
Oils—Whale
gal.
31a 32
34 ....
32a
33 ....
30a 31
90 .--. .... 90
go ....
90 .--.
90 ....
go ....
90a 92
Sperm, summer
— do..
8Sa go
87a
90 ....
88 ....
05 ....
95 .--.
95a 97
92a 95
Sperm, winter
do..
95a go
9Sa g7
gsa g7
92a
93a 95
90a 02
90 ....
90 ....
85a go
92a 95
g2a gs
Olive
do..
gOa 93
goa gs
gOa 92
90a
g2a 95
go ....
90 ....
90a 93
87a go
75
80 ..-75 ....
74 ...
Linseed
do..
70a
72a 75
70a 73
73a 75
74a 75
66a 68
74a 80
74 ....
Sa
6
Sa
6
5a
6
Sa
6
Paints, red lead
lb.
5a
5a
6
5a
6
5a
6
Sa
6
5a
6
Sa
6
5a
6
Provisions—Pork, mess ..".
b b l . 9 25a 9 37 .... 10 00 1013 .... lis 7Sal4 00 12 68al3 62 12 37al3 00 12 50al3 00 12 62al3 12 13 50al4 12 13 7Sal4 00 13 81al3 87 13 75ai3 87
Pork, prime
d o . . 7 12a 7 18 7 87a 7 03 7 87a 8 00 9 7Sall 00 9 56al0 50 9 25al0 00 9 SOalO 50 9 7Sal0 62 10 SOall 12 10 SOall 00 10 25al0 62 10 12al0 56
Beef, mess
d o . . 5 50a 7 00 6 75a 7 25 7 OOa 7 50 8 50a 9 00 8 75a 9 SO 8 2Sa 9 00 8 75a 9 25 9 OOa 9 75 9 35a 9 75 8 75a 9 00 7 2Sa 7 75 7 75a 8 25
Beef, prime . . d o . . 3 50a 5 00 4 75a 5 12 5 OOa 5 35 5,50a 6 00 5 7Sa 6 50 5 2Sa 6 00 5 75a 6 00 5 75a 6 00 5 75a 6 00 5 00 .... 4 25a 4 75 4 75a 5 25
8a 10
8a 10
5a
9
Sa 10
Sa g'
2a 10
Smoked hams
lb.
6 ....
7a
8
7a
8
7a
8
7a
8
8 ....
6a
7
6a
7
Lard
do..
6 ....
lla 13
15a 16
15a 17
15a 16
12a 14
15a 16
15a 17
lla 13
13a 15
10a 12
12a 14
Butter, western d a i r y . d o . .
ga 13
6a
7
Sa
6
6a
7
7a
8
6a
8
6a
7
6a
8
7a
8
7a
8
6a
7
7a °8
Cheese, American
do..
Sa
6
Rice, oi'dinary
c w t . 2 87a 3 37 2 63a 3 35 3 SSa 3 50 3 37a 3 63 3 50a 3 81 3 .30a 4 00 3 50a 4 00 3 50a 4 00 4 ISa 4 37 4 37a 4 50 4 50a 4 75 4 50a 4 75
Salt—Liverpool,
fine
sack. 1 37a 1 45 1 33a 1 40 1 32a 1 40 1 35a 1 42 1 28a 1 35 1 35a 1 47 l'35a 1 47 1 35a 1 45 1 35a I 43 1 30a 1 33 1 30a 1 35 1 35a 1 42
24a 25
27 ^....
3.3a 40
26a 27
27
25a 26
30a 31
33a 34
26a 27
34 ....
34 ....
T u r k ' s Island
bush.
24 ....
6a
7
6a
8
10a 11
6a
7
8a
9
6a
7
Sa
9
ga 10
6a
7
7a
8
Seeds—Clover
lb.,
6a
8
Ga
8
'Timothy
tierce.. 10 0Oal2 00 10 OOalS 00 10 75alS 00 10 00al2 00 9 00al2 00 9 0Oal2 00 9 S0al2 00 12 0Oal4 00 il3 00al7 00 12 00al6 00 12 OOalS 00 15 00al6 00
Sheetings—Russia, w h i t e
p i e c e . . 10 00 .... 9 SOalO 00 g SOalO 00 9 SOalO 00 9 SOalO 00 g SOalO 00 9 OOa 9 50 9 OOa 9 50 9 OOa 9 50 g OOa 9 50 9 OOa g 50 g OOa 9 50
Russia, b r o w n
d o . . . 8 OOa 8 25 8 OOa 8 50 8 OOa 8 50 8 OOa 8 50 8 OOa 8 SO 8 OOa 8 50 8 OOa 8 50 8 OOa 8 SO 8 OOa 8 50 8 OOa 9 00 8 OOa g 00 8 OOa 9 00
3a
5
3a
5
4a
6
3a
5
3a
5
3a
5
4a
7
3a
5
4a
6
4a
7
Soap—New Y o r k
l b . . • 4a
7
4a
7
8a '
9
Sa
9
8 ....
Sa
9
8a
9
8 .-..
8 -...
8 ....
Castile
do...
8 ....
8 ....
8 ....
10 ....
10 ....
10 . . . .
10 ....
10 ....
10 ....
10 ....
10 ....
Spices—Pepper
do...
10 ....
10 .-..
10 ....
10 ..
112 ---. 1 lla 1 12 1 OSa 1 08 1 03a 1 05 1 10a 1 20 1 20a 1 25 1 30a 1 35 1 40a 1 45 1 42a 1 45
Nutmegs
d o . . . 1 05a 1 07 1 04 .... 115 ..
1 SOa 1 75 1 50a 1 75 1 SOa 1 75 1 50a 1 75 1 50a 1 75 1 SOa 1 75 1 50a 1 75 1 50a 1 75 1 5 0 a 1 7 5
Sph'its—Jamaica r u m
g a l . . 1 SOa 1 75 1 50a 1 75 1 50a 1
1 20a 1 25 1 20a 1 25 1 20a 1 25 1 20a 1 25 1 20a 1 25 1 20a 1 25 1 20a 1 25 1 25a 1 30 1 25a 1 30
Gin, Holland
d o . . . 1 20a 1 25 1 30a 1 35 ISOa 1
Sa
7
Sa
7
Sa
7
5a
7
4a
7
4a
6a
7
7
6a
6a
7
3a
5
3a
5
Sugars—New Orleans
lb..
6a
7
Ga
7
4a
5a
7
6a
6a
7
4a
6
5a
6
oa
Muscovado
do...
10a 11
12 ....
12 ....
lla 12
12
'.'."
12
11 ....
12 .. -. 12 . . . .
11 .-.
10a
^ •
Loaf
do...
11 ..
7a
8
7a
8
7a 8
7a
8
7a
7a
8
7a
7a
8
7a
8
7a
7a
Tallow—Foreign
.•
do...
7 ....
7
6a
7
6a
7
6a
6a
7
7 ....
7 ....
.6a
7 ....
7
7
American
do...
30a 87
3Sa 85
42a 85
38a 85
37a
30a 85
2ga 87
3Sa
36a 85
35a
36a 85
34a
Teas—Young H y s o n
d o . . •.
15a 60
15a 55
20a 50
20a 60
20a
15a 60
21a 55
18a
17a 50
16a
17a 50
15a
Souchong
do...
35a 90
38a 95
35a go
40a 1 00
40a 1 00
40a
40a 1
40a 1 00
40a 1 00
3Sa
38a
Imperial
'.
do...
2a
3a
7
3a
7
2a
7
2a
5
2a
5
3a
7
Sa
2a
5
3a
2a
5
2a
Tobacco—Kentucky
do...
10a
10a 15
10a
10a 15
10a 15"
10a 15
10a 15
10a 15
10a
10a 15
10a
10a 15
Manufactured, No. 1
do...
35 ....
35 .--.
34 ....
34 . . - 35 ....
... 35
36 ....
39a 40
35 ---.
34a
Whalebone, slab
do...
34a 351 33a
50a 1 50
4Sa 1 50
45a 1 SO
50a 1 SO'
4 5 1 50 45a 1 SO
.a
4Sa 1 50
•
4Sa 1 50
45a 1 50
45a 1 50
Wine—Port
,
.gal. .
45a 1.30 1 4.3a 1
60a 2 50
60a 2 SO
60a 2 50
60a 2 50
60a 2 SO
60a 2 00
60a 2 SO
60a 3
60a 2 00
60a 2 00
60a 2 50
60a 3 00
Madeira
do...
Claret
c a s k . . 30 OOaSS 00 30 OOaSS 00 SO 0Oa35 00 '20 00a25 0020 00a25 00 i20 O0a25 00 20 00a25 00 30 00a25 00 20 O0a25 00 !20 00a25 00 20 00a2S 00 20 00a25 §0
24a 27
24a 26
27a 20
24a^ 26
24a 25
26a 28
28a 30
24a 25
SSa 301 SSa 30 i 2Sa 30
Wool—Common
lb - - 28a 30
33a 35
32a 34
36a 37
32a 34
29a 31
36a 38
37a 38 , 37a 38 i 37a 38 i 37a 38
37a 38
30a 33
Merino
do
26a 27
28a 30
30a 32
28a 30
28a 29
2Ga 27
33a 33 I 32a 33
33a 33
32a 33
2Sa 30
28a ' 9
2
Pulled, No. 1
do...
* A revision of the tariff of 1842 w a s recommended in the annual message of the President December, 1845, w i t h a view to the reduction of the rates of d u t y and a consequent withd r a w a l of the amount of protection to domestic industry afforded by tho tariff of 1842.
CO
or
CO
The range of prices of staple articles in the New York market at the heginning of each montlh in. each year, from 1826 to 1863,
to
KG. X X I L — T H E Y E A R 1846.*
Articles.
Jan.
Feb.
March.
April,
May.
July.
Aug.
Sept
Nov.
Breadstuffs—Wheat flour, Genesee. bbl $587 . . . . $5 56a$5 62 $5 50 .... $5 43a$5 SO 104 75 .... ^ 50 .... $4 00a$4 06 $4 12 .... . 4 12a$4 18 $5 50 .-.. $5 g3a$6 00
$
4
R y e flour, fine--..... do.
4 2.5a 4 37 4 OOa 4 25 3 87a 4 00 3 SSa 3 50 3 OOa 3 13 4 37 .... 2 50a 2 75 2 50a 2 75 2 75a 2 87 4 OOa 4 25 4 OOa 4 12
Corn meal, n o r t h e r n . . d o .
4 OOa 4 3 7 3 75a 4 12 3 37a 3 75 3 37a 3 SO 3 SSa 3 37 3 25a 3 SO 2 87a 3 12 2 62a 3 00 2 56a 3 00 4 OOa 4 25 4 OOa 4 25
Wheat, western. - - . .bush
1 27a 1 33 1 20a-1 SO 1 15a 1 23 1 18a 1 35 1 OSa 1 10
80a 85 110 .... 1 05a 1 10
97a 1 00
87a 1 10
goa gs
77a SO
Rye, n o r t h e m
do7ga 80
79a 80
80 . . . .
67a 68
68a 75
80 ....
63a 65
65
66a 67
36a 37
Oats, northern . . . . . . . d o .
38a 30
48 ....
42a 44
47a 48
44a 45
44a 47
28a 30
35a 36
39a 40
30a 31
'75a 80
74a 78
Corn, northern
do.
68a 70
6Sa 70
73a 75
66a 68
68a 70
SSa 59
55a 65
64a 68
60a 62
2a
11
2a
11
Candles—Mould
.lb
9a 11
2a
11
2a
11
ga 11
2a
11
2a
11
9a 11
2a 11
2a 10
25a 27
25a 27
Sperm
do.
26a 28
26a 28
26a 28
S6a 38
S6a 38
26a . 28
26a 28
26a 28
26a 28
Coal—Anthracite
ton
5 OOa 6 00 5 50a 6 50 5 50a 6 00 5 OOa 6 00 5 OOa 6 00 5 OOa 6 00 5 OOa 6 00 5 50a 6 00 5 OOa 6 00 5 OOa 6 00 6 OOa 6 50
Liverpool
chaldron
7 OOa 7 25 7 50a 8 00 7 50a 8 00 7 35a 7 SO 7 OOa 7 50 7 OOa 7 25 7 50a 7 75 8 25a 8 37 7 50a 8 00 7 50a 7 75 7 50a 7 75
6a
7
Coffee—Brazil
lb
6a
7
7a
8
7a
8
7a "8
7a
8
7a
8
6a
7
7a
8
7a
8
Sa
g
J a v a , green
do.
8a
2
8 ....
8a
9
8 ....
8 ....
Sa
g
8
....
Sa
9
Sa
g
ISa ig
Copper—Pig
do.
16a 17
18a ig
18a ig
16a 17
18a 19
16a 17
16a 17
ISa ig
18a
ig
18a ig
23a 33
Sheathing
.do.
23a 24
23a 24
23a 24
23a 24
23a 24 - S3a 34 33a 34
23a 24
23a 24
23a 24
g ..:.
6a
7
Cotton, upland, middling
do.
g
7 ....
6a
7
8 . . -.. Sa
7 ....
7 ....
7 ....
'7 ....
7 ....
Fish—Dry cod
cwt
2 75a 2 87 2 87 .... 2 87a 3 00 3 87a 3 00 3 OOa 3 06 2 SOa 2 75 2 SOa 2 75 2 SOa 2 87 2 50a 2 75 2 80 . : . . - 3 SSa 3 go
Mackerel, No. 1
bbl 13 S0al4 00 13 50al4 00 11 S0al2 CO 11 OOall SO llOSO .... 10 00 .... 10 00 .... 10 25al0 SO 10 OOalO 25 2 OOa 2 25 8 63a 8 75
2a
11
Flax—Russian
lb
ga ll
2a
11
9a 11
2a
11
2a
11
2a
11
2a
11
2a
11
2a
11
2a
11
7 ....
American
do.
7 ....
7 ....
7 ....
7a
8
8
7 ....
7 ....
8 ....
8 --.
-,.
8 ....
Fruit—Raisins, bunch
box
2 OOa 2 12 1 gSa 2 10 1 gSa 2 00 3 10a S15 2 13a 2 25 2 10a 2 20 2 20a 2 25 2 20a 2 25 2 20a 2 25 1 gOa 2 00 185 ....
Figs, S m y r n a
lb
ga 14
2a 13
9a 16
2a
14
Sa 12
ga 12
Sa 12
12 .-..
Currants, Zante do.
11 ....
10a 11
11
11
11
10 ....
10a 11
11
11
Furs—Beaver, northern
do.
3 OOa 3 2S 3 OOa 3 25 3 OOa 3 25 3 OOa 3 35 2 OOa 2 SO 2 OOa 2 50 2 OOa 2 50 2 OOa 2 50 2 OOa 2 SO 2 OOa 2 SO 2 OOa 2 50
Glass, English crown
box
2 62a 3 50 2 62a 3 50 2 62a 3 50 2 62a 3 50
3 50a 4 00 3 50a 4 00 2 62a 3 50 3 63a 3 SO 2 62a 3 SO 2 62a 3 50 2 62a 3 50
Gunpowder—American, common. 25 lbs
2 50a 3 00 2 50a 3 00 2 SOa 3 00 3 50a 3 00 2 SOa 3 00 2 SOa 3 00 2 50a 3 00 2 SOa 3 00 2 50a 3 00 2 50a 3 00 2 50a 3 00
6Sa 75
English
lb
65a 75
65a
75
65a
70
6Sa 75
6Sa 75
65a 70
65a 75
65a 70
65a 75
6 i a 75
11
Hides—Buenos A y r e s
do.
11
11'....
12 .... .---• 12
11 ....
13 ....
12 . . ' . .
12 ....
12 ....
lla 12
g ....
10a 11
Mexican
do..
g .--.
2a
10
g ....
10a 11
10a 11
10a 11
10 ....
10a 11
10 ....
20a 25
12a 14
Hops, first sort
do..
lla 13
14a 16
18a 23
20a 35
20a 25 . SOa 30 20a 2G
20a 25
ISa 25
50a 80
50a 82
50a 80
Indigo, Manilla
do..
50a 82
40a 75
40a 75 , 40a 75
SOa SO
40a 80
40a 75 • 40a 75
Iron—lOiiKlish pig
ton. 38 0Oa40 00 38 00a40 00 |38 0Oa40 00 '40 0Oa43 50 J40 00a42 50 8 0Oa4O 00 38 OOa40 00 |38 00a40 00 135 00a37 50 35 00a36 00 [35 00a36 00
Comnion English bar
d o . . 77 SOaSO 00 77 SOaSO 00 ' SOflSO 00 SOaSO 00 77 SOoSO 00 177 50 .... 77 50 .... 77 50 .... 77 50 .... 75 00a77 SO |75 00a77 50
J77
7
lla 12
lla 12
Sheet, Russia
lb.
lla 12
lla 12
lla 12
lla 13
lla
12
lla 12
lla 12
lla 12
lla 12
Lead, pig
100 lbs. 4 75 . . . . 4 SOa 4 75 4 25a 4 SO 3 75 .... .... 3 65 -.-. 4 25 425 .... 3 75a 3 87' 3 62a 3 75 4 00 .... 4 25a 4 31
lla 13
Loather, hemlock, sole
lb.
lla 12
lla 13
1-J.a
14
12a 13
i 3 14
:a
12a
14
13a 14
13a 14
13a 14
13a 14
3
• Liquors—Cognac b r a n d y
gal. 2 10a 3 SO 2 05a 3 50 2 OSa 3 SO 3 SOa 3 50 2 15a 3 SO 2 20a 3 50 2 10a 3 SO 210a 3 50 2 15a 3 50 2 20a - SO 2 25a 3 50
25 ....
Domestic whiskey
do..
21a 22
24 .-..
18a ig
23a 24
20a 21
21 ....
23 -.-.
23a 24
18 ..-,
23a 23
28a 32
28a 31
22a 27
Molasses—New Orleans
do..
28a 30
30a 31
2ga 31
30a 31
2ga 31
29a 31
23a 30
27a 28
24a. 27
23a 26
22a 23
24a 26
Muscovado
do..
24a 26
24a 26
22a 26
S7a Sg
25a 26
22a 23
36
16a 20
15a ig
18a 23
Matanzas
do..
15a 10
15a
16a 18
Sla 22
ISa 20
33 ....
19a 20
20a 22
4a
5
4a
5
4a
5
4a
Nails—Cut
lb..
4a , 5
4a
5
4a
4a
5
4a , 5
4a
5
4a
5
5
$5 25a$5 37
3 75a 4 00
3 87a 4 00
1 OSa 1 10
7Sa 70
37a 3g
75
ga 11
26a 28
6 OOa 7 00
7 50a 7 75
7 ....
Sa
9
18a 19
22a 23
Sa
9
2 90a 3 00
8 37a 8 SO
9a 11
7a
8
150 ....
2a
11
2 OOa 2 SO
2 62a 3 50
2 50a 3 00
65a 75
11 ....
2a
10
10a
11
50a
35 00a36 00
75 00a77 SO
lla 12
4 45a 4 50
lla 13
2 30a 3 50
21 ....
33a 34
21a 23
14a 18
4a
5
I
10a 12
10a 12
Nails, w r o u g h t
l b . . I 10a 12
IOa 12
10a
10a
10a 12
10a 12
IOa 12
10a 12
10a 13
37a 39 " 3Sa 41 SOa 53
N a v a l s t o r e s - S p i r i t s turpentine - . . g a l . .
64a 67
60a 63
30a
2Sa
60a 64
SSa 33
50a 55
6-2a 65
SSa 65
55a 65
55a 65
Rosin, comanon
b b l . . 1 OOa 1 25 1 OOa 1 10
60a
50a
SSa 65
70a 86
60a 70
80a 90
31a 33
31 .--32a 33
Oils—Whale
gal..
SOa 30
31a 33
3Da 36
31 .
33a 35
2g .
.
34a 36
33a 37
'88 -.-.
90 ....
Sperm, summer
do...
SSa 00
02 ....
90 . . . .
go .
92 .
92 ....
92a 03
96 ....
95 .--.
95
gs . -Sperm, winter
d o . -•.
g2a gS
95 .
05 .
95 .-..
93 . . . .
95 . - - .
.85a 86
85a 87
85a 83
Olive
-:
-^-.do.-8.5a 86
85a 87
SSa 87
85a 87
85a 88
goa gs
SSa 87
85a
70 --.
70 ....
Linseed
do...
75
78 .
78 . . . .
75 . . -Sa
6
5a
6
5a
6
Paints, red lead
lb..|
Sa
6
Sa
6
Sa
6
Sa
6
Sa
6
Sa
6
Sa
6
Provisions—Pork, mess
b b l . . 1 3 25al3 37 11 62al3 00 11 OOall 50 10 75all 25 |10 62al0 75 10 63al0 75 10 00 .... 10 00 .... 9 6Sa 9 75 10 75 .... 10 OOalO 12
Poik, prime
d o . . . IlO 25al0 50 9 ^SalO 00 9 25a g SO .... gso 9 25 .... 8 25a 8 37 7S7a 8 00 8 00 .... 8 OOa 8 12 gso .--. 8 37 ....
•Beef, mess
d o . . . 8 OOa 8 50 8 25a 8 50 8 OOa 8 50 8 00a 8 50 7 50a 8 25 6 50a 7 00 6 50a 7 00 6 SOa 7 00 6 25a 6 75 7 25a 8 00 7 OOa 8 25
Beef, prime
d o . . . 5 OOa 5 50 5 25a 5 50 5 OOa 5 50 5 25a 5 50 5 OOa 5 25 4 75a 5 00 4 50a 5 00 4 SOa 5 00 4-25a 4 87 6 50 .... 6 OOa 6 25
6a
9
.6a
2
5a
8
Smokcdhams
lb..
10a 11
5a
7
5a '8
Sa
7
7a
g
Sa
9
9a 10
6a
9
8a . 2
Sa
9
Smokedbeef
do...
7
Sa
6
Sa
6
6a
7
5 ....
5 .--.
5a
6
6 ....
6 ....
7a
8
7a
8
Sa
7
Sa
7
Lard
do...j
8
5a
7
Sa
7
6a
7
6a
7
6a
7
7a
^8
13a 15
12a 14
" Butter, western d a i r y . . d o . . . I 14a 17
•
10a 12
10a 12
10a 14
12a 14
10a 14
9a 11
14a 17
13a 15
7
6a
7
6 --.6a
7
6a
7
.6a
7
7a
8
7a
8
7
7a
8
Cheese
do...
6a
7
Rice, -(Ordinary
c w t . . 4 25a 4 SO •4 00 . . . . 3 SOa 3 75 3 37a 3 75
3 00 .--- 2S7a 3 00 3 25a 3 37 3 75a 4 00 3 87a 4 12
Salt—Liverpool,
fine.
s a c k . . 1 40a 1 5 0 1 3Sa 1 42 1 30a 1 35 1 22a 1 30 1 'Xa 1 32 1 37a 1 35 1 30a 1 40 1 45a 1 SO 1 35a 1 40 1 25a 1 35 1 27a 1 37
31a 32
.32 ..-.
28a .29
.2Sa 30
28
SSa 37
40a 45
45a 50
' T u r k ' s Island.
bush..
28 . . . .
39a 30 ....
40a • 45
7a
8
6a
7
6a
7
6a
7
6a
7
Seed^Clbver
lb..
10a 11
6a
7
6a
7
7a
8
8a 10
2a 10
Timothy
t i e r c e . . 16 0Oal7 00 13 00al7 00 13 0Oal7 00 13 00al7 00 11 OOalS 00 10 OOalS 00 11 00al6 00 11 0Oal6 00 11 OOalS 00 11 00al5 00 11 OOalS 00
Sheetings—Russia, white
p i e c e . . 0 OOalO 00 g OOalO 00 9 OOalO 00 g OOalO 00 9 OOalO 00 9 OOalO 00 9 OOalO 00 g OOalO 00 9 OOalO 00 9 OOalO 00 9 OOalO 00
Russia, b r o w n . . . . ' . . . . . d o . . . 0 2Sa g 50 •g 25a g 50 9 25a 9 50 g 25a g 50 9 SSa 9 50 9 35a 9 50 g 25a g SO 2.25a 2 50 9 25a 9 50 9.2.5a 9 50 9 25a 9 50
3a
6
3a
6
4a
6
4a 6
4a
6
4a- 6
4a
6
S o a p ^ N c w York
lb..
4a
6
4a
6
. 4a
6
4a
6
9 ....
9 ....
9 ....
9 ....
Sa
g
8a
9
Castile
do...
8a
9
Sa
9
8a
9
8a
9
8a
'9
11 ....
Spices—^Pepper
do...
10
10 . - .\ 11 ....
10 ....
10
10 ....
10 ....
10 ....
10 - - - .
.10 .--. ....
Nutmegs
d o . . . 140
1 3 5 a 1 4 0 1 45a 1 47 1 45a 1 50 rsOa 1 53 1 50a 1 53 145 .--. 1 35a 1 40 135 .... 140 ---. 1 35a 1 40
Spirits—3 amaica -rum
^gal -. 1 50a 1 75 1 50a 1 75 1 50« 1 75 1 50a 1 75 1 SOa 1 75 1 SOa 1 75 1 50a 1 75 1 SOa 1 75 1 50a 1 75 1 40a 1 70 1 40a 1 75
Gin, Holland
d o . . . 1 2.5a 1 30 1 25a 1 30 1 25a 1 35 1 25a 1 35 1 35a 1 35 1 35a 1 35 1 25a 1 35 1 25a 1 35 125a 1 3 5 1 30a 1 35 1 30a 1 35
6a
8
7a
8
5a
7
5a
Sa
7
oa
7
5a
7
5a
7
Sa
7
5a
Sugars—New Orleans
lb..
5a
7
8 ....
7 .-..
6a
7
6a
7
6a
6 ....
6a
7
6a
7
6a
Muscovado
do..
6a
7
6 ....
11 ....
11 ....
11 ....
11 .
11
11 ....
11 ....
Loaf..do...
12 - . - .
11- .--.
11 - . - Sa
9
Sa
Sa
9
Sa
9
Sa
Sa
2a 10
2a 10
H a v a n a , white
do...
9a 10 . 9a 10
2a
10
7
8 ....
6a
7 ....
7
7 .
7
7 ....
TiilloAv—American
:do...
7
7 --..
30a
30a 85
25a
32a
'35a
25a 87
27a 87
T e a s - Y o u n g Hyson
d o . . . -30a 87
34a 87
30a 87
ISa
1.3a 75
1.5a
14a
1.5a
15a 55
15a 55
Souchong
do...
20a 60
ISa 55
20a 60
15.1 55
3Sa 90
3Sa
41a
45a
40a
3.3a go
40a go
•39a 90
3,5a go
'3Sa go
Imperial
do...
35a 90
2a
2a
7
3a
2a
3a
7 . 2a
3a
3a
7
3a
7
3a
7
Tobacco—Kentucky
do...
3a
7
7
10a
10a
10a
10a- 15
10a
iOa 13
10a 15
lOa 15
10a 15
10a 15
Manufactured, No. 1
do...
10a 15
33 ....
35 ..-.
33a 34
32a
33 ....
.34 ....
31 .-.34a 35
Whalebone, slab, N. W . C
do...
30 . . . .
39 ....
35
SSa 1 SO
SSa 1 50
50a 1 .50
3Sa 1.30
4.3a 2 50
SOa 2 50
50a 1 SO
50a 1 50
Wine—Port
gal..
50a 1 5 0
50a 1 50
50a 1 SO
60a 2 50
60a 3 SO
60a 2 50
60a 2 SO
60a 2 .30
60a 2 50
60a 2 50
60a 2 50
Madeira
do...
60a 2 50
60a 2 50
60a 3 50
Claret
cask- - 20 O0a25 00 ;20 0Oa2S 0020 00a2S 00 |20 00a25 00 30 OOaSS 00 ISO OOaSS 00 18-00a25 00 18 00a25 00 18 00a25 00 |1S 00a25 00 IS 00a25 00
20a 22
SSa 37
20a 21 ~ 20a 21 20a 21
ISa 20
26a 28
26a 28
•Wrool—Common
,
.lb-.
26a 28
26a 28
S6a 38
27a 23
34a 36
27a 28
26a 28
36a 38
36a 38
27a 23
27a 28
Merino
do-..
36a 38
36a 38
36a 38
20a 22
SSa 23
20a 23
20a 22
25a 26
25a 26
22a 23
23a 24
Pulled, No, 1
d o . . .| 26a 27
25a 26
SSa 36
IOa 12
50a 55
SSa 65
37a 38
1 0 0 ....
1 05 . - -.
1 OOa 1 1 2
Sa
6
0 62
8 00 . - -.
7 OOa 8 00
5 50a 6 00
6a
9
8a
9
7
13a 15
7 ..-.
3 75a 4 00
1 27a 1 37
. 32a 33
6a
7
11 OOalS 00
g OOalO 00
9 25a g 50
3a
6
10 ....
7 ....
1 3 5 .--1 40a 1 75
1 30a 1 35
7a
8
8 ....
11
9 ....
35a 85
40a 90
7
2a
10a 15
36a 37
50a 2 50
60a^ 2 SO
18 00a25 00
22a 24
30a 32
23a 25
*The tariff w a s amended a t the first session of the-twenty-ninth Congress, August, 1846, by a vote of 114 to 94 in the House, and by the casting vote of Vice-President Dallas in the
Senate ; to take effect December 1.
CO
b:3
The range ofp)rices of staple articles in the New York mcirket at the beginning, of each month, in each year, from 1825 to 1863.
No. XXIIL—THE YEAR 1847.
Articles.
Jan.
Bread-stuffs-Wheat flour. G e n e s e e . b b l . . $5 50a$5 56
Rye
flour,
fine
d o . . . 3 87a 4 00
Corn rneai, n o r t h e r n . . d o . . . 3 87a 4 00
W h e a t , western r e d . b u s h . . 1 OOa 1 05
R y e , northern'
do...
83a 85
Oats, n o r t h e r n . . . '
do...
39a 42
Corn, northern
do...
78a 82
Candles—Mould
lb..
9a. 11
.Sperm
do...
26a 28
Coal—Anthracite
t o n . . 6 OOa 7 00
Liverpool
c h a l d r o n . . 7 00a 8 00
Coffee—Brazil
lb..
7a
8
J a v a , green
do...
8
Copper—Pig
do...
18a 19
Sheathing....
do...
22a 23
Cotton, upland, middling.
do...
10
F i s h — D r y cod
c w t . . 3 25a 3 37
Mackerel, No. 1.
b b l . . 8 50a 8 62
Flax—-Russian
...lb..
2a 11
American.
,
do...
7a
8
Fruit—Raisins, bunch
b o x . . 1 45a 1 50
Figs, T u r k e y
:...lb..
8a 12
Currants, Z a n t e
do...
11
Furs—Beaver, northern
d o . . . 2 OOa 2 50
Glass, American
b o x . . 2 62a 3 50
Gunpowdei'—American-, common. 25 l b s . . 2 SOa 3 00
English
lb..
65a 75
Hides—Buenos Ayres
do...
10a 11
Mexican
;
do...
ga 10
Hops, first sort
do...
2a -11
Indigo, Manilla
do...
50a 80
Iron—English pig
t o n . . 33 00a34 00
English common bar
d o . . . 75 00a77 50
Sheet, Russia
lb..
lla
12
Lead, pig;
100 l b s . . 4 37a 4 SO
Leather, hemlock sole, middlmg
lb..
lla
13
Liquors—Cognac b r a n d y
g a l . . 2 30a 3 50
Domestic whiskey
do - . .
24
Molasses—New Orleans
do...
34a 3d
Muscovado
do...
21a 25
Matanzas
..do...
15a 10
Nails—Cut
....lb..
4a
5
March.
AprU.
Maj'.
July.
Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
Nov,
$6 87a$7 00 $7 06a$7 12 $7.30 ---. $7 62a$7 75 $8 12a$8 25 $7 12a$7 18 $5 62 .--. $5 75a$5 87 $5 8la$5 87 \6 6 2 . . . . $6 25a$6 37
4 5 0 a 4 7 5 512a 5 25 4 62 .... 5 OOa 5 12 7 00 .... 5 50a 5 62 3 75
4 25a 4 37 4 OOa 4 12 5 0 0 a $ 5 25 4 G2a 4 75
5 OOa 5 25 5 OOa 5 12 4 75a$4 87 4 56a 4 75 5 25a. 5 SO 4 12a 4 50 - 7Sa$3 50 3 50a 3 75 3 OOa 3 62 3 50a 3 75 3 57a 3 50
2
.a
1 50a 1 55 1 55a 1 62 1 40a 1 45 1 4 5 1 55 1 goa 1 gs 1 37a 1 55 1 05a 1 15 1 0 5 a 1 25 1 OOa 1 20 1 25a 1 37 1 20a 1 32
87a
90a 95
g2a g4 1 20a 1 25 gSa 1 00
100 - . - .
go
g3a 96
82a 85
80a 2 00 100 .--.
4Sa 49
50a 52
47a 48
48a 50
46 ....
44a 50
48 . - . .
50 .-.54 a 55
4Sa 50
63a 65
74a 76
gia 97 1 08a 1-10
95a 98
77 ....
gSa 1 03
77a 78
67a 69
goa g2
g2a gg
64a 65
13a 14
lla 13
12a 13
ga 11
2a 10
12a 14
12a 13
9a 11
lOa 12
10a 12
10a 12
31a 33
31 ....
30a 31
31a 33
31a 32
30 ....
27a 28'
31a 32
30a 31
30a 31
30a 3L
C OOa 7 00 6 OOa 6 50 5 SOa 6 00 5 OOa 6 00 5 OOa 6 00 5 OOa 5 50 5 OOa 5 50 5 OOa 5 50 5 OOa 5 50 5 50a 6 00 5 50a 6 00
6 50a 7 00 6 50a 7 00 7 25a 7 50 7 13a 7 35 7 OOa 7 25 7 'i5a 7 50 7 50a 7 75 8 23a 8 80 9 OOa 9 25 9 SOa 9 75 9 OOa 9 75
6a
7
7 ....
7a
8
6a
7
7 ....
7
....
6a
7
7 ....
7 ....
7a
8
7 -...
7a
8
7a
8
7a
8
-7a
8
7a
8
8 ....
7a
8
8 --..
8 ....
8 ....
17a 18
18a ig • . 18a ig 18a ig
18a ig
18a ig
17a 18
ISa
ig
l l a 18
17a 18
18a ig
33a 34
23a 24
23a 24
23a 24
22a 23
22a 23
23a 24
23a 24
23a 24
23a 24
23a 24
lla 12
12 . . . .
7 ....
11 ....
11
10 ....
8 ....
11 ....
11 ....
10a 11
10a 11
3 15a 3 25 .... 3 50 3 62a 3 75 3 87a 3 go 3 87a 3 g4 3 75a 3 87 3 30a 3 56 3 25a 3 56 3 SOa 3 60 3 60a 3 75 3 63a^3 65
9 OOa 9 25 10 OOalO SO 10 OOalO 50 10 25all 00 10 75all 00 11 37all 75 10 75all 00
11 OOall 25 8 12a 8 50 8 SSa 8 37
2a
11
2a
11
2a
11
ga 11
9a
11
ga 11
2a
11
7a
8
8a
9
7a
8
7a
8
7a
7a
8
7a
8
7a
8
8a
g
1 65a 1 85
2 20
1 55a 1 60 185 .... 185 .... 1 90a 1 gs 1 75a 1 80 163 .... 1 40a 1 45 140 .
8a 13
8a 13
6a 12
7a 13
8a 13
8a 13
9a 10 ....• 10
10a 11
11 ....
11 - - . .
11 .--.
11 ....
11 ....
11
12 ....
11 ....
3
2 OOa 2 50 2 OOa 2 50 2 OOa 2 SO 2 OOa 2 50 2 OOa 2 50 2-0Oa 2 50 2 OOa 2 50 2 OOa 2 50 2 OOa 2 50 2 OOa 2 50 2 OOa 3 ; 0
2 62a 3 50 2 63a 3 SO 2 63a 3 SO 2 62a 3 50 2 62a 3 50 2 62a 3 50 2 63a 3 50 2 62a 3 50 2 62ac3 50 2 62a 3 50 3 63a 3 50
2 50a 3 00 2 50a 3 00 2 50a 3 00 2 50a 3 00 2 SOa 3 00 2 50a 3 00 2 50a 3 00 2 50a 3 00 2 50a 3 00 2 50a 3 00 2 50a 3 00
65a 75
65a 75
65a 75
65a 75
65a 75
65a 75
65a
75
6oa 75
65a
75
65a
75
65a. 75
10 .--11
12
11 ....
12 .... ....
12 .-..
12 ....
13
12a 13
12
11 --..
g ....
10 ....
10a 11
10a ll10a 11
10a 11
10a 11
11
12
11
10 --..
7a
8
Sa 10
Sa 10
lla 13
10a is
10a 12
Sa
g
Oa 11
8a
9
9a 11
ga 12
50a 80
55a go
50a 85
55a 1 00
55a 25
5Sa 1 00
60a go
60a go
SSa 87
55a 1 00
60a 1 00
-33 G0a34 00
.. 35 00 .... 35 00 .... 35 00 . - . 30 00 .... 30 0030 00 .... 32 50a35 00 34 00a36 00 40 00a42 50 40 00a43 SO
75 00a77 50 70 0Oa72 50 70 0Oa72 50 70 0Oa72 50 72 50a75 00 72 50a75 00 72 50a75 00 70 00 .-.. 70 00 .... 70 00 .-.. 70 00 ....
lla 12
lla 12
lla 12
lla 12
lla 12
lla 12
lla 12
lla
12
lla 12
12 .... i lla 12
4 SOa 4 62
4 25a 4 37 4 25 .... 4 12a 4 25 4.37 --.. 4 50a 4 62 4 25a 4 37 4 00 . . . . 4 00 . - - 4 37a 4 50 4 37
.•
ISa . 16
16a 17
16a 17
-16a 17
17a 18
15a 16
14a 15
17a 18
15a 1 6
.
ISa 16
15a 16
2 25a 3 50 2 20a 3 50 215a 3 50 2 15a 3 50 2 10a 3 50 2 05a 3 50 2 OSa 3 SO 2 OOa 3 50 2 OOa 3 50 2 05a 3 50 2 05a 3 50
30a 31
26a 27
28a 29
26 ....
29a 30
38 . ' .
.28 ....
33a 34
20 .--.
28 .-...
28a 20
32a 35
30 ....
32a 33
30a 32
33a 34
37a 38
33a 35
31a 32
34a 36
35a 36
35a 36
25a 29
19a 24
26a 28
23a 28
26 . . . .
28a 33
25a 30
23a 27
23a 31
30a 32
32a 33
23a 25
19a 21
22a 25
21a 23
20a 23
24a 26
20a 22
20a 23
23a 24
iga 20
23a 25
4a
5
4a
5
'4a
5
4a
5
4a
4a
5
4a
5
4«
5
4a ^ 5
4a
5
4a
5
CO
ro
10a 14
10a 14
10a 14
10a 14
10a 14
10a 14 1 10a 14 1 IOa 14
10a 14
10a 14
NaUs—Wrought
, . . .lb.
10a 14
10a 14
50 ....
49
36a 38
49a 51
43a 44
42a 43
34a 36
40a 42
40a 43
N a v a l stores—Spirits turpentine
gal.
31a 35
36 41a 43
60a 75
58a 75
GOa 75
50a 67
75a 85
60a 75
60a 75
50a 60
75a 85
50a 60
50a 60
Rosin, common
bbl.
50a 60
32a 34
34a 35
33a 36
33a 36
3 3 40
.a
33a 35
31a 32
34 ..-.
33a 35
39a 40
37a 38
Oils—Whale
gal39a 41
1 OSa 1 071 1 03a : 05
. 105 - - . 1 07 .... 110 .--. 1 10a 1 12 1 IOa 1 13
110 .... 107 ..
*Sperm, summer..."
d o . . 1 03a 1 OS 103 ....
1 10a 115 100 .... 115 .--- 115 .... 120 .... 1 20a 1 25 135 ....
Sperm, winter
d o . . 1 05a 1 07 1 05a 1 07 110a 112 112 .--.
95 ..-- 110 .... 105 ..-. .... 1 10 1 10a 1 12
.a
Olive
d o . . 112 .... 1 12 . -.. 1 35a 1 35 1 35a 1 40 1 3 5 1 40 135 ---. 105a :,10
S4a 55
65a 66
S6a 57
61a 64
63 --...
67a 68
58a 61
80 ...
80a 85
70a 75
Linseed
do..
60a 62
75
Sa
6
Sa
6
5a
€
. 5a
6
Sa
6
5a
6
Sa
6
5a
6
Sa
6
Paints, red lead
lb .
Sa
6
Sa
6
5a
6
14 25 ....
14 12 .... 14 75 ... Provisions—Pork, mess
bbl- 10 25 .... 14 SOalS 00 14 75 .... 14 37ol4 50 14 87al5 00 16 00 .... 15 SOalS 62 .... 15 00
12 OO ....
IlO 75 .... 10 50 ---. 9 OOa 9 25
P o r k , prime
do..
8 37 11 75al3 00 13 50 --. 12 37al2 50 13 00al3 12 13 50
Beef, mess
d o . . "8'25a 9 00 10 OOoll 00 11 OOall 75 11 50al2 00 ll 62al2 50 12 50al3 25 13 23al3 73 13 00al3 50 12 50al3 25 jll 75al2 55 9 SOalO 25 8 25a 9 00
Beef, prime
d o . . 6 25a 7 00 8 OOa 9 00 8 50a 9 35 8 50a 9 25 8 50a 9 25 9 00a 9 50 9 25a !)50 9 OOa 9 SO 8 50a 9 00 7 75a 8 25 6 50a 7 25 5 35a 6 00
13a 13
2a 10
9a 11
10a 11
9a 11
9a 11
IOa 11
Smoked hams
lb.
9a 11
9a 10
6a 10
7a 10
6a
7
10 ....
11 ....
10 ....
12 ....
10 ....
11 ....
9a 10
Beef, s m o k e d . . .
do.
12 ...
10
7a
8
8a
9
9a 10
9a 10
10a 11
10a 11
9a 10
9a 10
10a 11
10 ...
9a 10
Lard
...do..
9a 10
6a
7
•8a
9
14a 16
15a 17
14a 16
14a 16
16a 18
15a 17
13a 15
14a . 16 18a 20
Butter,, western d a i r y . d o . .
20a 22
13a 15
14a 16
6a
7
6a
7
7a
8
6a
7
7 ---.
6a
7
7a
8
7 ...
Cheese
do..
7a
8
7a
8
6a
7
6a
7
Rice, ordinary
c w t . 3 2Sa 3 75 3 35a 4 00 3 35a 4 35 3 OOa 4 00 3 OOa 4 00 • 4 37a 4.75 4 75a 5 00 4 50a 4 87 5 OOa 5 25 5 2Sa 5 50 3 87a 4 12 3 OOa 3 12
1 35a 1 45 1 40a 1 50 1 45a 1 55 1 42a 1 48 1 42a 1 50
Salt—Liverpool,
fine
sack. 1 27a 1 35 1 35a 1 33 1 37a 1 35 1 27a 1 35 1 20a 1 30 1 22a 1 3S 1 22a 1 35
28
32a 34
33a 35
30a 31
32a 34
2Sa 30
30a 31
31a 32
T u r k ' s Island
bush.
24 a 36
34a 3G
2Sa 26
7 ....
7 ....
7
6 ..-.
7
6a
7
6a
7
8a
9
6a
7
Seed—Clover
lb.
7a
8
7 ...
6a
7
Timothy
tierce. 11 OOalS 00 16 OOalS 00 |30 OOaSS 00 16 O0a22 00 17 O0a21 00 13 OOalS 00 12 00al6 00 14 00al7 00 16 00a20 00 114 SOalS 00[14 00al6 00 15 00al7 00
Sheetings—Russia, w h i t e
piece. 9 OOalO 00 9 OOalO 00 9 OOalO 00 9 SOalO 00 g SOalO 00 9 SOalO 00 9 SOalO 00 9 SOalO 00 9 SOalO 00 9 SOalO 00 9 SOalO 00 9 SOalO 00
Russia, b r o w n
d o . . 9 25a 9 50 9 SSa 9 50 S SSa 9 50 9 OOa 9 50 9 OOa 9 50 9 OOa 9 SO 8 7Sa 9 50 8 73a 9 50 8 75a 9 50 8 7Sa 9 50 8 75a 9 50 8 75a 9 50
4a
7
4a
7
4a
5
3a
5
4a
7
3a
5
3a
5
Soap—New York
lb.
3a
5
3a
5
3a
5
3a
5
.3a
6
lla 12
11 ....
11 ....
12 ....
11 ....
12 ..:.
12 ....
Castile
do..
10 ....
12a 13
10 ....
lla 12
10 ...
6 ....
6 ....
6 ....
6 ....
6 ....
6 ....
6 ....
Spices—Pepper
do..
7 .--.
7 .-6a
7
7 ....
7 ...
Nutmegs
d o . . 1 35a 1 40 1 35a 1 37 1 33a 1 35 1 27a 1 30 1 25a 1 30 125 .... 1 20a 1 25 1 ISa 1 25 1 30a 1 35 1 35a 1 40 1 33a 1 37 1 25a 1 30
Spirits—Jamaica r u m
g a l . 1 40a 1 75 1 40a 1 75 1 50a 1 75 1 60a 1 75 1 60a 1 75 1 60a 1 75 1 60a 1 75 1 60a 1 73 1 60a 1 75 1 60a 1 75 1 60a 1 75 1 60a 1 85
137 .... 1 37 .... 137 .... 1 37
Gin, Swan, Meder's
do..
1 35 .... 135 .... 1 35 .... 137 .... 1 37 .... :.37 .... :.37 . - -. 1 37
5a
6
6a
5a
6
6a
7
6a
7
6a
7
6a
7
7a
8
6a
7
Sugars—New Orleans
lb.
7a
8
6a
7
6a
7
4a
5
5a
5a
6
5a
6
5a
7
5a
7
6a
7
Muscovado
do...
7a
8
6a
7
5a
7
6a
7
6a
7
7a
8
7a
8
7a
8
8 ....
8
7a
8
H a v a n a , white
do...
8 ...
8a
9
7a
8
7a
8
8 ....
9 ....
9 ....
10 ....
9 ....
10
10
Loaf
.do..
10 -....
11 .
10 ....
11 ..... 11 ..-.
8a
9
10
9 ....
10
Sa
9
8a
9
9
Tallow, American
do..,
8a
8a
9
8 ..-.
8 ....
8a
9
32a 70
33a 70
33a 70
30a 70
30a 70
33a 70
35a
30a
Teas—Young Hyson
do...
33a 85
30a 70
32a 85
33a 70
18a 35
18a 35
ISa 33
18a 35
16a 45
20a 45
Souchong
do...
16a 45
18a
20a 75
30a
20a 45
20a 45
40a 70
40a 70
40a 70
40a 70
38a 70
40a 70
Imperial
do...
40a 90
43a 70
40a
40a 90
38a • 70 38a 70
4a
7
3a
7
4a
7
3a
8
2a
6
3a
7
3a
7
Tobacco—Kentucky
.do...
3a
3a
6
3a
7
2a
6
3a
6
12a 15
12a 15
13a 15
10a 15
12a 15
12a 15
12a 15
12a 15
12a
10a 15
10a 15
Manufactured, No, 1 . . . . d o . . .
10a 15
28 ....
32 ...
30 ....
27 ....
34
30 .-34 ....
31a
28 . -. - 28 ....
Whalebone, slab, N W . coast
do...
35 ....
31
55a 2 50
55a 2 50
55a 3 50
SSa 2 50
55a 2 50
SSa 2 SO
SSa 2 50
.35a 2 SO • 55a 2 SO 53a 2 50
Wine—Port
gal..
55a 2 SO
SSa 2 50
80a 3 00
80a 3 00
6Sa 2 SO
SSa 3 00
Madeira.
do - . .
75a 3 00
75a 3 00 1 75a 3 00
75a 3 00
6Sa 2 50 ' 65a 2 SO i 75a 3 00 •75a 3 00
Claret
c a s k . . 18 00a25 00 17 00a25 00 17 00a25 00 ' 00a35 00 18 00rt35 00 18 OOaSS CO 18 00a35-00 | 00a35 00 18 00a3S 00 |21 0Oa4O 00|31 OOa40 00
18
18
23a 25
28a 30
22a 24
SSa 30
Wool—Common
.:
lb..
25a 27
26a 28
28a 30
25a 27
26a 28
25a 27
23a 35
2Sa 27
32a 34
30a 32
38a 40
35a 38
38a 40
Merino
do...
35a 38
36a 38
32a 34
33
. a 38
35a 38
33a 34
32a 34
i 6 a 28
24a 26
33a 35
28a 30
29a 31
26a 27
28a 30
Pulled, No. 1
do...
26a - 27 26a 27
28a 30
S4a 36
26a 27
I
CO
bO
CD
The range ofprices of staple articles in the New York market at the beginning CT earn rh^nth, in each year, from 1825 to 1863.
O
No. XXiy.—THE YEAR 1848.*
Jan.
Feb.
March.
April.
May,
June
July,
Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
Breadstuffs—^^Tieat flour, G e n e s e e . b b l . . if637 . ; . . |$6 lSa$6 35 !$6S0 .... i$66S .... $6 35a$6 31 $5 6Sa$5 87 $5 63a$5 87 $535 .... $6 lSa$6 18 ,.$575 -... j$5 37a$5 43 $5 50a$5 56
Rye
flour,
tine
d o . . . 4 00a$4 25 4 13a 4 37 4 0Oa$4 13 3 63a$3 87 3 50ft 3 75 3 50a 3 62 3 75 .... 3 63a$3 75 3 75a 3 87 3 75a$3 87 3 50a 3 56 3 12a 3 25
Corn meal, n o r t h e r n . . d o . . . 3 25a 3 37 3 13a 3 18 3 50n. 2 63 2 43a 3 50 3 37 .... 3 50a 3 56 3 43a 3 50 ---. 2 63 3 37 .... 3 13a 3 35 3 ;aa 3 37 3 OOa 3 06
1 05a 1 SO 1 05a 1 12 1 OOa 1 10
95a 1 13
85a 95
W h e a t , mixed <fc r e d . b u s h . 1 20a 1 30 1 SSa 1 30 1 SSa 1 35 1 37a 1 40 1 SSa 1 30 1 13a 1 SO
62 --..
66a 67
69a 70
73 ....
67 ....
70 ....
73 ....
67a 68
Rye, northern
do..
88a go
73 . . .
..
87a 88
90
34a 35
34a 35
3Sa 34
3Sa 34
45a 46
41a 43
46a 47
Oats, n o r t h e r n
do..
4Sa 47
47a 40
43a 45
50a 51
43a 44
72 .
72a 73
75a 76
59 ....
70a 73
53a 53
58a 60
Corn, northern
do - 57a 58
53a 54
76a 78
63a 68
lla 13
lla 13
lla 13
lla 13
lla 13
lla 13
lla 13
lla 13
Candles—Mould
lb.
13a 14
13a 14
12a 14
13a 14
31a . 32
3 la 32
30a 31
31a 33
30a 31
31a 33
31a 33
31a 33
Sperm
do..
3Sa 33
33a 33
32a 33
33a 33
4 75a 5 25
, Coal—Anthracite
t o n . 5 50a 6 00 5 SOa 6 00 5 SOa 6 00 5 50a 6 00 5 SOa 6 00 5 SOa 6 00 5 50a 6 CO 4 50a 5 35 4 50a 5 00 4 75a 5 35 4 50a 5 25
Liverpool
chaldron. 8 SOa 9 00 8 SOa 8 75 8 SOa 8 75 8 75a g 00 8 SOa g 00 8 OOa 8 50 8 OOa 8 50 8 OOa 8 SO 8 SOa 9 00 9 OOa g 50 g OOa g 25 9 OOa 9 25
5a
6
5a
6
5a
7
5a
6
Sa
6
6a
7
6a
7
6 ....
Coffee—Brazil
lb.
6a
7
6^a
7
6a
8
6a
7
7 .
7 '....
7 ....
7 ....
7
7 ....
7 ....
7 ....
J a v a , green
.do..
7 ....
7a
8
7a
8
7a
8
17a 18
17a 18
18a ig
ISa 19
18a 19
ISa 19
ISa ig
18a 19
Copper—Pig
do..
17 a 18
ISa ig
17a 18
17a 18
21a 22
21a £1;
Sla S3
Sla S3
Sla 32
Sla S3
SSa S3
Sla S3
Sheathing
do..
SSa
33
iga 30
22a 23
£3a S3
5a
6
Sa
6
6 ....
6 ....
6 ....
6 ....
6 ....
Cotton, upland, middling
do..
7 • ....
6 ....
7a
8
7a
8
Fish—Dry cod
- c w t . 3 SOa 3 02 3 SOa 3 63 3 63a 3 75 3 6:.a 3 75 3 63a '315 3 63a 3 87 3 SSa 3 56 3 37a 3 63 2 12a 2 50 3 SOa 3 75 2 .30a 2 62 2 18a 2 25
7 12a 7 25
Mackerel, No. 1 . . .
. . b b l . 8 OOa 8 12 8 ISa 8 35 --. 8 50 g 35a g 50 8 63a g 00 8 OOa 8 50 7 OOa 8 00 7 75a 8 35 .... 11 00 .... 8 75 7 70a 7 75
9 ....
g ....
8 ....
g ....
8 ....
g ....
8 ....
Flax—American^
8a
9
g
g
9
-lb.
1 75a 1 80 3 00 .... 1 50 .... 1.30 ....
Fruit—Raisins, bunch
box. 1 30a 1 85 1 50a 1 70 1 45a 1 65 1 40a 1 60 1 '37a 1 SO 1 40a^l 50 1 40a 1 .30 150
7a 13
7a 15
7a 13
7a 15
Figs, T u r k e y
•
lb.
7a 15
7a 15
7a 15
7a 15
6t
f
7
6a
7
6a
7
6a
7
7 ....
7
7 ....
7 .:..
Currants, Zante..-..-.
do -.
9 ....
8
8 ....
8 ....
Furs—Beaver, northern
•..•.
d o . . 2 OOa 2 50 3 OOa 3 50 3 OOa 3 50 3 OOa 3 50 3 OOa 3 SO 3 OOa 3 50 3 OOa 3 SO 3 OOa 3 50 2 OOa 2 50 2 OOa 2 50 2 OOa 2 50 2 OOa 2 50
2 62a 3 SO 2 62c 3 50
Glass, American
b o x . 2 63rt 3 50 2 62a 3 50 3 63a 3 50 3 63a 3 50 3 ^Sa 3 50 3 635 3 SO 3 63a 3 .50 3 63a 3 50 2 63a, 3 50 3 63a 3 50
Gunpowder— American
•
25 lbs. 3 50a 3 00 3 50a 3 00 3 .50a 3 00 3 50a 3 00 3 SOa 3 00 3 50a 3 00 3 50a 3 00 3 50a 3 00 3 SOa 3 00 3 50a 3 00 2 SOa 2 00 2 50a 3 00
65a 75
65a
75
6Sa 75
65a 75
65a 75
65a 75
65a
65a 75
65a 75
-English..-...---..-.•... lb.
6Sa 75
65a 75
75
65a 75
9a 10
•2a 10
ga 10
8 -.-.
8
2 ....
9 ....
8 ....
10
Hides—Buenos A y r e s
^. -. d o . .
10 ...
10
2 ....
8
8 ....
7
7 ....
7 ....
7a
8
7
7
Sa
Mexican,.
..do..
g ....
8a
2
3a
4
3a
4
3a
5
4a
5
4a
5
Sa
7
5a
6
4a
5
Sa
Hops, first sort.
do -.
6a
7
Sa
6
6a
7
40a 85
40a 85
40a 85
40a 90
40a 90
40a 90
40a -90
40a
90
50a
Indigo, Manilla
do..
50a 80
SOa 75
50a go
Iron—English pig
ton. l35 00a37 50 |35 0Oa37 50 33 50
[3250 .... 37 50a30 00 36 50a37 50 [36 50a37 50 36 50a37 SO 35 00aS6 00 35 00aS6 00 I25 00a26 00 23 O0a26 00
. 50 .... 50 00 .--.
2
.. 3
English common bar
d o . . 70 00 .... 70 00 .... 65 00a67 50 [65 00a67 5 0 60 00 .... 57 50 . . . . 7 50 .... 53 50a55 00 53 50 .... 53 SO
13a 13
12a 13
13a 13
lla 13
lla
13
lla 13
lla IS
lla 13
Sheet, Russia
lb.
lla 13
lla 13
ila 13
ria 13
..
Lead, pig
".
100 Ib-s. 4 SSa 4 50 4 35a 4 37 4 35 . . . 4 35a 4 37 .... 4 37 3 75 .... 3 90a 3 95 3 gSa 4 00 4 35 .... 4 35 .... 4 1 2 . - . : 4 35 . . .
..
13a 14
14 a 15
14 a 15
12a, - 13 13a 14
13a 14
l 3 14
'a
13a
14
L t a i h e r , hemlock, middling
lb
13a 15
13a 13
14a
16
13a 14
1 7()a 3 50
Liquors—Cognac.brandy . . . . . . . . . .gal. 3 OOa 2 35 3 OOa 3 50 3 OOa 3 50 1 gOa 3 50 I 85a 3 SO 1 80a 3 50 1 80a 3 50 1 SOa 3 50 1 75a 3 50 1 75a 3 .50 1 75a 3.50
34
35a 36 I 2;:Ja
33a 34
33a 33
Sla 33
33a 3i
Domestic wliiskey
do -.
36 ....
35a 37
SSa 38 '
33a 36 j 20a
33a 36
S3a 36
SOa
SOa 34
24a
Molasses—New Orleans
38 ....
..do..
38 ....
SSa
SSa
20a
18a 23
21a 34
19a 33
SOa 33
SOa
Sla
19a 33
Muscovado
..do-,
19a 31
33a
33a
18a
20
18a 19
17a 18
1 7 ....
.
16a
16a 17
18a
33a
.-do.,
jNlatavizas
19 .
18a
39a
4 la
40 . . .
..
34a 35
34 a 35
33a
34 a 35
3.1
639^, 40
38fi
Naval stores—.Spiriis tn; pontine . . d o .
34a
43a
95a 1 05
90a 1 00 ; 1 12a 1 18 1 25a 1 37
65a
70a 80
65a 75
65a
60a 75
Rosin, common.
.bbl.
65a
65a
oo
CO
Oils—Whale, southern
gal.
Sperm, t;ummer
do..
Sperm, winter
: .do. Olive
do..
Linseed, Dutch a n d E n g f i s h - . d o - Paints, red lead
lb.
Provisions—Pork, mess
bbl.
Pork, prime
.do. .
Beef, mess
do - .
Beef, prime
do..
Sinoked h a m s . - .
lbBeef, smoked
do.
Lard
do..
Buttisr, w e s t e r n d a i r y . d o . .
Cheese
do..
Rice, ordinary
cwt.
Salt—Liverpool,
fine
'.sack.
T u r k ' s Island
bush.
Seed—Clover
lb.
Timothy
tierce.
Sheetings-^Russia, .white
piece.
Russia, b r o w n
do..
Scap—New York
lb.
Castile
do. Spices—Pepper
do..
Nutmegs
do -.
Spults—^Jamaica rtim
.»
gal.
Gin, Meder's Swan.
do.-.
Sugars:—New Orleans
lb.
Muscovado
do. H a v a n a , white
do. Loaf
do..
Tallo'w, American.
do..
Teas—Yoiing H y s o n
.do..
Souchong
do..
Imperial
do..
Tobacco—Kentucky
do..
Manufactured, No. 1
do..
Whalebone, N W . coast
do. Wine—Port
gal.
Madeira
do..
Claret- -cask.
Wool-Common
lb.
Merino
do -.
PuUed, No. 1
do--
32a 37
SOa 32
29a 32
33a 37
30a
32a 33
32a 36
31a 36
32a 351 33a 35
1 07tt 1 IJ 1 00 ..
'
1 10 . . . .
112 .... 110
1 10a 1 12
1 OOa 1 05 100 ..
' 115 . . . .
1 15 .... 113 .. ' 1 13a 1 15 115 -115 --.. 1 12a 1 15 112a 115 1 15 .--. 112
1 10a 1 12 1 10a 1
110 --.. 110a 112 1 10a 1 12 105 --.. 105
1 10a 1 12 105a 1 10 1 00a 1 05
S6a 58
55a 56
62a 63
64 a 65
57
60a
S8a 64
65 .-..
55a 57
SB .Sa
6
Sa
Sa
6
Sa
6
Sa
6
Sa
Sa
6
Sa
6
5a
6
5a
13 00 . . . .
10 12al0 25 10 12al0 25 10 SOalO
11 00 - -.. l 25al0 37 9 OOa 9 25
iO
11 25all 37 11 37all
10 OOalO 12
7 75a 8 00 6 75a 6 87 7 25a 7 SO 8 7Sa 8 87 8 25a S 37 8 12a 8 25 8 12a 8
8 87a 9 00 8 87a 9
8 25a 8 75 8 2Sa 9 00 8 12a 9 00 8 OOa 8 75 7 7Sa 8 75 8 75a g SO 11 S0al2
11 50al2 25 11 75al225 1 2 0Oal3 00
5 50a 6 00
5 25a 5 75 5 25a 6 00 5 25a 6 00 5 OOa 5 75 4 7Sa 5 75 5 62a 6 12 6 12a 6
6 50a 7 00 6 OOa 6
6a
9
9a 11
7a
8
9a 11
7a
9
6a
7
5a
6a
9
s« g
6a
10a 11
g ....
6a
7
6 ....
6 ....
6 ....
8 ....
8 ....
10a
8a
9
7a
8
7a
8
7 ....
6a
8
6a
8
6a
7
7 ....
7a
8
8a
15a 17
14a 16
16a 18
16a 17
i6a 18
14a 16
ISa 20
14a 16
14a 16
13a
6a
7
Sa
7
6a
7
7 ....
7a
8
6a
7
7a
8
6a
7
6a
7
6a
3 25a 3 50
3 00a 3 25 3 OOa 3 25 3 OOa 3 25 3 OOa 3 25 3 OOa 3 25 3 OOa 3 25 3 OOa 3 25 3 OOa 3 25 3 25a 3
1 30a 1 40
1 42a 1 50 1 4Sa 1 55 1 4Sa 1 55 1 45a 155 1 35a 1 47 1 30a 1 45 1 27a 1 42 1 25a 1 45 127a 1
26
25a 26
25 ....
27 ....
26
26 ....
23 ....
24a
26
25 ....
5a
6
7
7 .-..
7
6a
7
Sa
6
6 ....
7 ...
-'
6 5a
6
16 OOalO 00
14 0bal7 00 16 00al8 00 16 OOalS 50 18 00a21 00 20 00a25 00 14 00al7 00 14 00al7 00 [15 00al7 00 16 00al8
9 SOalO 00
9 SOalO 00 9 SOalO 00 9 SOalO 00 9 SOalO 00 9 SOalO 00 9 SOalO 00 9 SOalO 00 9 SOalO 00 9 SOalO
8 75a 9 SO
8 75a 9 SO 8 75a 9 50 8 7Sa 9 50 8 75a 9 SO 8 7Sa g SO 8 75a 9 50 8 75a 9 SO 8 75a y 50 8 75a 9
3a
7
4a
7
3a
7
3a
7
4a
7
4a
7
•4a
7
3a
4a
7
3a
7
10a 11
11 ....
11 ....
11 ....
11 ....
11
10a
11 ....
11 ....
11 ....
5
6
6 ....
5a
6
5a
6
6 ....
6 ....
5 ....
5 .5 --..
1 00a 1 05
1 25a 1 30 1 25a 1 30 1 25a 1 30 1 25a 1 30 1 25a 1 27 125 .... 1 ISa 1 20 115 .... 1 IOa 1
1 50a 2 00
1 60a 1 85 2 OOa 2 25 1 6Sa 2 25 1 6Sa 2 25 1 65a 2 25 1 65a 2 25 1 50a 2 00 1 50a 2 00 150a 2
1 25a 1 30
.... 137 .... 137 .... 137 -... 1 37 .... 1 37 .... 130 130 -... 1:30 .... .... 1
4a
5
3a
5
3a
5
3a. 5
2a
4
4a
6
4a
5
3a
4
3a
2a
4
4a
5
3a
5
3a
6
3a
5
4a
5
4a
5
3a
4
3a
3a
5
3a
4
6a
7
6a
7
7 ....
6a
7
6a
7
7 ....
7 ....
7 ..
7 ....
7 ....
8 ....
9 ....
8 ....
8 -8
7a
8
8a
9
8 ....
7a
8
7a
7a
8
26a 70
28a
32a
70
28a 70
28a 70
25a 70
i32a 70
26a 70
2Sa
26a 70
17d 35
18a
18a 35
17a 35
18a 35
20a 40
18a 35
17a 35
20a
17a 35
25a 70
32a 70
32a
27a 70
2Sa 70
40a 70
25a 70
25a
25a 70
4a " 7
4a
3a
7
4a
8
3a
7
4a
7
3a
7
3a
3a
7
12a 15
12a 15
12a 13
12a 15
12a 15
12a 15
12a is
12a 15
12a
12a 15
26 ---23
Ml
27 --..
26
27a 28
28 ....
23 ....
24a
....
23
60a 2 SO
6 0 a 2 50
55a 2 50
47a 2 50
47a " 50 47a 2 SO
2
50a 2 SO
5Sa 2 50
40a 2 SO
50a 2
8 3 3 00
.a
85a 3 00
70a 3 00
60a 3 00
60a 3 00
60a 3 00
70a 3 00
60a 3 00
60a. 3
60a 3 00
17 00a30 00
|21 OOalO 00 |21 0Oa4O 00 21 OOa40 00 21 0Oa4O 00 |21 0Oa4O 00 21 0Oa4O 00 21 00a4O 00 21 00a40 00 17 0Oa3O
28a 30
28a 30
28a 30
27a 30
27a 30
20a 22
28a 30
22a 25
20a
24a 26
3Sa 40
3Sa 40
38a 40
35a 38
35a 38
27a 30
38a 40
30a 33
27a
32a 35
29a 31
27a 28
29a 31
2Sa 26
2Sa 26
25a 26
29a 31
23a 24
2 La
27a 28
33a 36
33a 35
1 07a 1 1 0
107 . . . .
1 17a 1 30
1 15a 1 17
gSa 1 00
95a 1 00
Sla 52
53 . - - .
5a
6
Sa
6
l2'62alS 75 12 37al2 50
8 6-2a 8 75 g 1 2 a g 25
g OOa g 50 9 SOalO 12
5 0 0 a 5 50 5 50a 6 12
6a
2
9 ....
7a
8
7a
8
Ifia
18
ISa 17
6a
7
6a
7
3 OOa 3 37 3 OOa 3 25
1 S7a 1 35 1.2Sa 1 35
22a 24
26
6a
7
5a
6
15 O0al7 00 15 00al7 00
9 SOalO 00 9 SOalO 00
8 75a 9 50 8 75a 9 50
3a
7
3a
7
10 . . . .
10 . . . .
5 ....
5
90 . . . .
1 OOa 1 05
1 .30a 2 00 1 50a 2 00
1 25a 1 30 . . . . 1 3 0
3a
5
3a
5
3a
4
3a
5
6a
7
6a
7
8 ....
8 ....
8 ....
8a , 9
2Sa 70
•25a 70
16a 35
16a 35
25a 70
•23a 70
3a
8
3a
7
12a 15
12a 15
25a 26
26a 27
50a 2 50
50a 2 50
60a 3 00
60a 3 00
17 00a30 00 17 O0a3O 00
25a 27
23a 24
31a 33
28a 31
23a 24
22a 23
* T h e foreign trade of the United States for the fiscal year 1847-'48 w a s larger than in previous years, the custom-house duties having reached $31, 757,070, against an average of
$37,185,000 for the preceding five years. T h e gross imports of the year w e r e $154,993,938; the expoi'ts of|breadstuffs and provisions were for the year $37,473,7.31, a n d the aggregate values
of all exports w e r e $138,190,515. A loan of sixteen millions w a s authorized in the year 1848 b y Congress to cover deficiencies in the revenue to meet t h e extraordinary expenses of the
w a r of 1846-'48. F o r t h e n e w l o a n t h e bids amounted to $54,000 a t par, and $30,339,890 at au average -premium of 3.045 per cent. T h e accepted bids r a n g e d from 3.02 to 4.03 per cent.
Dremium; the aggregate premium realized being $487,i68 66,100.
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No. XXV.—THE YEAR 1849.*
. Articles.
Jan.
Breadstuffs—Wheat flour, Genesee b b l . . $5 87a$6 00 $3 87a$6 00
R y e flour, fine.
d o - . . 3 18a 3 25 3 18a 3 35
C o m meal, n o r t h e r n . . d o . . . 2 93a 3 00 2 87a 2 03
Wheat, Genesee
b u s h . . 1 20a 1 35 1 25a 1 30
Rye, n o r t h e r n . .
63a 63
65a 66
do...
Oats, northern .
34 a 36
40a 43
do...
Corn, n o r t h e r n .
64a 65
do...
70
lb..
lla
13
IOa 13
Candles—Mould
Sperm
32a 33
do...
31a 33
Coal—Anthracite
t o n . . 5 00a 5 50 5 OOa 6 00
c h a l d r o n . . 8 50a 9 00 8 SOa g 00
Liverpool
lb..
Coffee—Brazil
5a
6
5a
6
J a v a , green
do...
6a
7
6a
7
17a 18
17a 18
Copper—Pig
do...
Sheathing...do...
Sla S3
21a 22
Cotton, upland, middling
do...
6a
7
6 ....
Fish—Dry cod
c w t . . 2 1 8 a 2 37 2 2Sa 2 37
Mackerel, No. 1 . . . . . . .
b b l . . 8 I S a 8 35 . . . . goo
lb-.
F l a x , American
g ....
9 .--.
Fruit—Raisins, bunch
box.. 145 .--. 145 .--.
Figs, T u r k e y
lOa 17
lb..
9a 14
Sa • 7
5
Currants, Zante
do...
F u r s , beaver, n o r t h e r n . . . . . .
d o . . . 2 OOa 2 SO 2 OOa 2 SO
Glass, American
b o x . . 2 63a 3 SO 2 62a 3 SO
Gunpowder—American, common. 2 S l b s . . 2 SOa 3 00 2 50a 3 00
Enghsh
....!..lb..
6Sa 75
65a 75
Hides—Buenos Ayres
do... ....
9
10 . . . .
Mexican
do...
7a
8
8
ga 10
IIop.s, first sort, 1848
'..
do...
8a 10
Indigo, Manilla
do...
40a 85
45a 85
Iron—English pig
t o n . . 35 00aS6 00 24 00a25 OO
Common English bar .
d o . . . 50 00 . . . . 50 00 - - - .
Sheet, Russian
ISa 13
lb.:
12a 13
Lead, pig
per 100 l b s . . 4 SSa 4 31 4 37 - - . .
13a 15
14a 15
Leather, hemlock, middling
lb..
Liquors—Cognac b r a n d y
- - . . - . g a l . . 1 70a 3 50 1 7 5 a 3.30
Domesti'c'whiskey 23a 24
do-..
S3a 34
Molasses—New Orleans
29
do...
38 . . . .
. Muscovado
19a 22
do...
18a 31
Matanzas
do...
22 . . . .
18 . . . .
Nails—Cut
4a
5
lb
4a
5
Wroujjht
6a 12
6a 12
tioc.-
March.
Feb,
April.
May,
June.
July,
Sept,
Aug.
Oct.
Dec.
Nov.
$6
3
3
1
00a$6 12
37a 3 50
75a 3 00
34a 1 35
65
40a 43
•63a 63
10a 13
34a 35
5 OOa 6 00
8 OOa 8 35
5a
6
17a
Sla
6a
75a
OOa
9
50a
10a
5a
00a
62a
50a
65a
10
18
S3
7
3
3 87
9
9 35
....
1
1 55
17
6
2
2 50
2
3 50
2
3 00
75
....
8
8a 10
45a 85
26 00a27 50
50 00 . . . .
12a 13
. . . . 4 62
16 . . . .
1 65a 3 50
22a 23
28a 29
24a 26
....
21
4a
5
6a 12
$5 75a$S 87 $5 62a$5 75 $5 00a$5 12 $4 g3a$5 06 $5 06a|5 18 $5 63a$5 75 $5 37a$5 43
2 Sla 2 87 2 7.5a 2 81 2 S l a 2 87 3 OOa 3 13 3 OOa 3 C6 3 31a,3 37 3 06a 3 12
2 50a 2 56
2 75 2 87 . . . . 3 g7a 3 00 S g3a 3 00 . . . . 3 37 3 12 . . . .
1 20a 1 25 1 24a 1 25 1 22a 1 25 1 SSa 1 30 1 SOa 1 35 1 25a 1 28 1 20a 1 22
59 . . . .
52a 60
57 . . . .
58 . . . .
58 . . . .
....
59
57 . . . .
40a 42
38a 40
34a 35
39a 40
34a 35
33a 36 . . . .
.37
63 . . . .
63a 64
58a sg
60a 61
63a 64
57 . . . .
62a 63
10a 13
10a 13
10a 13
10a 13
10a 13
10a 13
10a 13
35 . . . .
37
34a 35
34a 35 . . . .
34a ,35
34a .35
34a 35
5 OOa 6 00 5 OOa 6 00 5 OOa 6 00^ 5 OOa 6 00 5 50a 6 00 5 SOa G 00 5 50a 6 00
8 OOa 8 25 7 50a 7 75 7 7Sa 8 00 7 7Sa 8 00 7 50a 7 75 8 OOa 8 25 8 25a 8 50
6a
7
6a
7
8- . . . .
6a
7
6a
7
6a
7
6a
7
7
16a 17
17a 18 . 16a 'l'7
17a 18
17a ' i s " ' i i a " 18 "'iia "is'
21a • 22
21a 22
22a 23
S l a 33
31a S3
21a 22
22a 23
9a 10
10 . . . .
7' . . . .
7a
8
9 ....
7 ....
6a
7
2 75a 2 81 2 50a 2 75 2 25a 2 56 .SOOa 3 37 3 50a 3 75 2 37a 2 62 2 37a 2 56
13 0Oal3 SO 10 12al0 25
9 OOa 9 25 9 75al0 00 11 OOall SO 11 SOalS 00
8 --..
8 ....
8 ....
8a
9
-8 . . . .
8a
9
9 ....
2 75
1 45a 1 SO - 1 47a 1 50 1 55a 1 60 2 25 . . . . SSS . . . . 2 50a 2 75
ga 15
9a 16
. 2a 12
9a 12
6 ....
6 ....
6
6 " " 6 .-'..
5
5
2 OOa 2 SO 2 OOa 2 50 2 OOa 2 50 2 OOa 2 50 2 OOa 2 50 2 OOa 2 50 2 OOa 2 SO
2 62a 3 SO 2 62a 3 50 2 62a 3 SO 2 62a 3 50 2 12a 3 50 2 62a 3 SO 2 62a 3 50
2 50a 3 00 2 SOa 3 00 2 50a 3 00 2 50a 3 00 2 50a 3 00 2 50a 3,00 2 SOa 3 00
6Sa 75
65a 75
65a 75
65a 75
65a 75
6Sa 75
65a 75
11 . . . .
11
10 . - . .
9
10
ga 10
9 ....
9 ....
9
8 ....
7a
8
8
8
7a
8
6a
7
6a
8
6a
9
7a
8
6a
8
7a
9
8a
g
50a 80
50a 85
50a 80
50a 80
50a 80
50a 85
SOa-:.. 85
26 0Oa27 50 26 00a27 SO 22 S0a23 00 22 50a23 00 22 50a23 00 23 00a24 00 23 O0a24 00
55 00 . . . . 55 00 . . . . 48 SOaSO 00 40 0Oa43 50 - - . . 42 50 . . . . 42 50 . . - . 42.50
13a 14
13a 14
12a 13
13a 13
12a- 13
12a 13
12a 13
4 g 5 a - 5 00 4 62a 4 87 5 00 - - . - 4 75a 4 85 - 4 60a 4 62 4 3^a 4 33
1.3a 1 6 , 16a 17
ISa 16
15a 16
15a 16
16 . . . .
16a 17
1 62a 3 SO 1 SSa 3 50 1 55a 3 50 1 66a 3 50 1 60a 3 50 1 70a 3 SO 1 80a 3 50
27 ...-.
27
20a 21
33 . . . .
24 . . . .
22 . . . .
22 . - . .
22a 26
22a 28
20a 26
30a 35
22a 26
28a 29
22a 25
23a 27
25a 30
20a 23
30a 36
23a 27
22a 26
21a 26
21 . . . .
23a 24
18a 19
IOa SO
20a 21
19a 21
19a 20
3a
4
3a
4
4a
5
4a
5
4a
5
3a
4
4a
5
6a 12
6a 12
6a 12
6a 12
6a 12
6a 12
6a 12
$5 25a$S 37
2 81^ 3 87
3 OOa 3 13
1 18a 1 S3
60a 61
39a- 40
66
IOa 13
37a 38
5 63a 6 OO.
8 75a 9 00
ga 10
16a 17
Sla
S3
10a 11
3 6Sa 3 75
13 SSalS SO
8
2 50 . . . .
$5
2
3
1
12a$5 25
87a 3 00
00
21a 1 23
60
48a 49
61
10a 13
3ga 40
5 SOa 6 00
9 2Sa 9 50
9o 10
16a 17
21a 22
10 . . . .
2 50a 2 62
12 00
8
2 37 . . . .
6 ....
6 ....
2 OOa 2 50 2 00a 2 50
2 62a 3 SO 2 62a 3 50
2 50a 3 00 2 50a 3 00
65a 75
65a 75
11
11
10
9
14a 17
tllo
13
50a 85
SOa 85
33 00a24 00 23 0Oa24 00
42 50a45 00 42 S0a45 00
13a 14
13a 14
16 . . . .
1 gSa- 3 SO
27a 28
23a 26
23a 28
22
- 3a
4
. 6a 12
ISa 16
2IOa 3 50
27
32
21a 26
21a 22
3a
-4
6a 12
o
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o
CQ
"Naval stores—Spirits turpentine . - . g a l .
Rosin, common . . . . . b b l .
Oils—Whale, southern
gal.
Sperm, summer
."
do..
Sperm, winter
do..
Olive
do..
Linseed, Dutch and English, . d o . .
Paints, red lead
lb.
\ Provisions—Pork, mess
bbl.
Pork, prime
do..
Beef, mess
do..
Beef, prime
do. .
Smoked hams
lb...
Beef, smoked
do...
Lard
do...
Butter, western d a i r y : do - . .
Cheese
°.*. . d o . . .
Rice, ordinary
cwt..
Salt—Liverpool,
fine
sack..
T u r k ' s Island
bush..
Seeds—Clover
lb..
^
Timothy
•
tierce..
Sheetings—Rtissia, white
piece..
Russia, b r o w n
do. -.
Soap—New York
lb..
Castile
do.. .
Spices—Pepper
do...
Nutmegs
do...
Spirits—Jamaica r u m
gal..
Gin, Meder's S w a n
do...
Sugars—New Orleans
lb. .
Muscovado
do...
H a v a n a white
do...
Loaf
1
do...
Tallow—American
do...
Teas—Young Hyson
do...
Souchong, Ning-yong
do...
Imperial
do...
Tobacco—Kentucky
do.. .
Manufactured, No, 1
do.-.
Whalebone, N. W . C
do...
Wine—Port
gal..
Madeira
do...
Claret
cask..
Wqol—Common
lb..
Merino
do
Pulled, No. I
do.. -
35a
85a 1
43a
1 15 -.
120 ..
90a
72 . .
6a
10 7.3al0
8 50a 8
8 75al0
6 00a 7
7a
8 .6 ..
16a
6 .2 25a 3
140
24a
6a
15 00al6
9 75al0
9 00a 9
3a
10 .0 -.
I'OOa 1
125a 2
1 15a 1
5a
4a
7a
9 ..
7a
24a
36a
.33a
6a
17a
37 -4.3a 2
83a 3
17 0Oa3O
30a
37a
30a
*Under the tariff of 1846 the foreign imports liad increased from an average of $103,000,000 (1843-'46) to $147,800,000 in 1848-'49, and an annual average of $156,800,000 in four years,
(1847-'50,) T h e exports increased from an annual1 a
average, 1843-'46, of *
""
" $105,900,000 to $152,600,000 in the four succeeduag years, (1847-'50.)
-.-^-tCrop of'this year.
tNing-yong.
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No. XXVI.—THE YEAR 1850.*
Articles.
Breadstuffs—"SVheat flour, Genesee. b b l .
, Rye
flour,
tine
do..'
C6i-n meal, n o r t h e r n - . d o . .
W h e a t , Genesee
bush.
Rye, n o r t h e r n . . .
do..
Oats, n o r t h e r n
do..
~ Corn, n o r t h e r n
^
do..
Candles—Mould lb.
Sperm
.do..
Coal—Anthracite
ton.
Liverpool
chaldron.
Coffee—Brazil
•
lb.
J a v a , white
do..
Copper—Pig
do..
Sheathing
:
do..
Cotton, upland, middling.
do..
Fish—Dry cod
cwt.
Mackerel, No, 1
bbl.
F l a x , American
lb.
Fruitr—Raisins, bunch
box.
Citron
^
lb.
Currants, Zante
do..,
F u r s , beaver, northern
do..
Glass, American
per b o x . ,
Gunpowder—American
25 l b s . .
English
lb.,
Hides—Buenos A y r e s
do..,
Mexican
do...
Hops, first sort, 1849 .1
..do...
Indigo, Manilla
do...
Iron—English pig
ton..
Common English bar
do...
Sheet, Russia
lb..
Lead, pig, Missouri
..per 100 l b s . .
Leather, hemlock, middling
lb..
Liquors—Cognac b r a n d y
gal..
Domestic whiskey
do...
Molasses---New Orleans
do...
Muscovado
do...
Matanzas
do-..
lb..
Digitized Nails—Cuto u g h t
for FRASER
Wr
do...
Feb.
April,
May.
July,
Aug,
. Sept.
I
$5 37a$5 50 $5 43a$5 56 $5 SOa$S 62 $5 SOa$S 63 |S'75at5 87 $6 l"a$6 25 $6 12a$6 18 $5 68a$5 81 $5 I3a$5 37 $4 S7a$S 00 $4 93a$5 00
2 87a 2 93 .... 3 00 2 62a 2 75 3 75a 3 81 .... 3 87 3 OOa 3 06 2 87a 3 93 2 gSa 3 00 3 87a 3 93 3 I f 3 35 3 ISa 3 25
Sl
2 93a 3 CO 2 87a 2 93 2 75a 2 87 3 68a 3 75 3 Sla 3 87 3 OOa 3 06 2 87 .... .... 3 12 3 10a 3 J 2 .... 3 13 .... 312
.
1 24a 1 26 1 25a 1 30 1 26a 1 30, 1 S8a 1 30 1 33a 1 35 .... 1 SO 1 48a 1 SO
1 ISa 1 17 1 12a 1 15
icoa 1 r:. 68 .... 73a 74
SSa 59
61 ....
S6a 57
68 ---.
63
61 ..-- •62 ....
60a 61
62a
70
40a 43
42a 44
3ga 41
47a 48
40a 41
50a 51
43a 46
42a 45
37a 44
43a 43
40a 44
61
71a 72
56a 57
61a 63
68a 60
60a 61
55
60a 62
66a 67
64a 65
10a 13
10a 13
10a 13
10a 13
10a 13
10a 13
10a 13
'10a 13
10a 13
10a 13
10a 13
42 ....
41a 42
40 ....
43
42 .--.
40a 43
44
40 . - - .
40a 42
41a 43
44
5 SOa 6 00 5 50a 6 00 5 SOa 6 00 5 50 '.... 5 50 .-.. 5 30 .... 5 OOa 5 SO 5 OOa 5 50 5 OOa 5 SO 6 OOa 6 SO 6 OOa 6 50
9 OOa 9 25 8 75a 9 00 8 OOa 8 50 7 75a 8 00 7 55a 7 75 7 SOa 7 75 7 50a 7 75 8 SOa 8 75 8 7Sa g 00 8 75a g 00 8 50a 8 75
10a 11
13a 14
9a 10
Sa
g
14 . - . . .
10a 13
7a
9
2a
10
lla
12
2a
11
lla 13
12a 13
14 --.. .13 ....
10a' 11
14a 15
10a 11
lla
12
11 -..ISa 13
13a 13
17a 18
16a 17
17o 18 ^lf^.,"i8
16a 17
17a 18 . 17a 18
16a 17
17a 18
17a 18
17a 18
20a 21
22a 23
21a
^
21a 22
Sla 33
Sla 33
fla .VS2
Sla 33
21a 22
21a 22
Sla 33
14 ....
12 --..
12 ..,:'.. Ij'iiSa .,13
12a 13
lla 13
lla 13
11
12a 13
ISa 13
13a 14
'.7a
2 43a 2 SO 2 37a 2 56 2 SOa 2 56 S3ia 3 43 3 7Sa 3 87 2 8lo^'2 8 ^ ^- 2 3 . 3 70 2 62a 2 75 3 60a 3 75 3 63a 3 75 2 50a 2 75
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8a
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8 .-..
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1 35a 1 40 2 75a 2 SO . - -. 2 87 3 80 .... 3 7Sa 3 80s •^ 5 5 0 2 80 3 70a 3 80 2 80a 2 go 3 70a 3 go 2 77 ---. .... 2 15
17a ig
17a 18
17a . . ^ ^U^a,,l'8
17a 18
17a 18
10 ....
16
17a 18
18a 10
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7
7
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•7
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2 50
3 50
3 SO
2 OOa 2 50 2 OOa 2 SO 2 OOa 2 50 S OOa 3 SO 2 OOa 2.50
3 SO
2 62a 3 50 2 62a 3 50 2 62a 3 SO 3 63a 3 50 2 62ar^€0 ^^2 OOa "2 50 3 63a 3 SO 2 62a 3 50 3 63a 3 50 3 63a 3 50 2 62a 3 SO
^0
2 50a 3 00 2 50a 3 00 2 50a 3 00 3 50a 3 00 2 50a 3 . 0 ^3 <52a 3 50 3 50a 3 00 2 50a 3 00 3 50a 3 00 2 .30a 3 00 2.SOa 3 00
2 SOo 3 00
65a
75
65a 75
6 l 75
ea
65a 75
6Sa 75
65a 75
65a 75
65a 75
65a 7o
65a 75
65n. 75
12 ....
ISa 13
13a ' 14 14 ....
11 ....
11 -.-.• 13
13 ---.
11 ....
14 ....
13
12
10 --..
11
12
10 ....
9 .... , 10 ....
10 ---.
10 ....
Sa 10
13a 17
16a 18
13a 16
2a 10
10a 14
14a 16
14a • 16 17a 19
17a 18
13a 17
50a 85
SSa 85
55a 85
SSa 85
50a 85
SSa 85
SOa 85
50a 85
5Sa 85
SOa 85
55a 85
23O0a24-O0 23 00a24 00 23 00a24 00 33 00a34 00 23 00a24 00 22 0Oa23 SO S3 00aS3 50 22 00a23 50 31 OOaSS 00 33 OOaSS 50 22 00a22 50
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13a 14
13a 14
13a 14
13a 14
13a 14
13a 14
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13a 14
13a 14
13a 14
13a 14
4 25a 4 SO 4 SO .... 4 95a 5 00 .... 5 35 5 OOo 5 06 4 82a 4 87 4 50 .... 4 SOo 4 55 4 50 ---. 4 60a 4 63 4 77a 4 80
15a 16
15a 16
i.6a
17
15a 16
ISa 16
15a 16
16a 17
ISO 16
16a 17
15a 16
ISa 16
2 10a 3 50 210a 3 SO 2 10a 3 SO 3 10a 3 50 2 10a 3 SO 2 10a 3 50 3 10a 3 SO 2 10a 3 50 1 gSa 3 50 1 9.3a 3 50 2 OOa 3 50
24 .... ....
27 ....
37 ....
36a 37
SSa 36
24a 25
S3 ...
25a 26
34
26a 27
25
2Sa 31
24a 28
SSa 31
37a 30
26a 27
SSa 26
S4a 37
23a 30
SGa 38
26a 27
22a 26
23a 26
S6a 30
21a 24
S6a 30
33a 34
SSa 36
23a 25
33a 35
21a 25
22a 23
.22a 23
23a 35
18a • ig 20a 21
SSa 34
21a 22
SOa 31
18a -19
20a 21
19 .--21
3a
4
3a
4
3a
4
3a
4
3a
4
3a'
4
3a
4
3a
4
3a
4
3a
4
3a
4
6a 12
6a 12
6a 12
6a 12
6a 12
6a 13
6a 13
6a 12
6a 13
6a 12
6a 12
$5
3
3
1
C0a$5 06
43a 3 50
06a 3 12
16a 1 20
75 --..
46a 47
67 ....
10a 13
44
6 SOa 7 00
7 SOa 8 00
10a 11
12a 13
17a 18
21a 22
13 .-..
2 50a 2 62 .
10 25al0 SO
8 .--.
igSa 2 00
18a ig
7
2 OOa 2 50
2 62a 3 50
2 50a 3 00
65a 75
14 ....
12 ....
8a 10
6Qa
go
22 00a22 SO
40 CQ ....
13a 14
4 70a 4 75
14
. a 15
2 OOa 3 50
26 ....
30a 33
23a 26
22o 23
3a
4
6a. 12
N a v a l stores—Spirits t u r p e n t i n e . . . g a l . .
Rosin, common
bbl. Oils—Whale, southern
gal..
Sperm, summer
do. - Sperm, winter
d o . -.
Olive
do. - Linseed, D u t c h a n d English, . d o . . .
Paints, red lead
lb..
Provisions—Pork, mess,
bbl..
Pork, prime
do.. .
Beef, mess
.do...
Beef, prime
do...
Smoked hams
lb..
Beef, smoked
do...
Lard
...do...
Butter, westijrn. dairy -. do . .
Cheese . . . . 1 .
— = . . . d o . -Rice, ordinary
cwt. Salt—Liverpool, fine •
sack..
Turk.'s island
bush..
Seeds—Clover
lb..
Timothy
tierce.
Sheetings—Russia, white
.piece..
Russia, b r o w n
do..
Soap—New York
lb.
Castile
do. Spices—Pepper
do...
Nutmegs'
do.
Spirits—Jamaica r u m —
gal..
Gin, Meder's s w a n
do...
Sugars—New Orleans
lb Muscovado
do..
H a v a n a white
.'
do..
Loaf
do...
Tallow, American
do.
Teas—Young Hyson
do...
Ningyong
do..
Imperial
do. .
Tobacco—Kentucky
do..
Manufactured, No 1
do -.
Whalebone, N - W . C
do -.
Wine—Port
gal.
Madeira
do..
Claret
' . . . .cask.'
Wool—Common
lb.
Merino
do - .
Pulled, No. 1
do..
* T h e total value of domestic produce exported to foreign countries in the year ending J u n e 30, 1850, w a s $136,046,912, and of foreign merchandise re-exported $14,951,^
$151,898,720; while the foreign imports for the same period w e r e $178,138,318.
, a total of
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The range of prices of staple articles in the New York market at the beginning of each rnonth, in each year, from 1825 to 863.
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No. XXVII.—THE YEAR 185E^
. Articles.
Breadstuffs—Wheat flour, Genesee. b b l .
R y e flour, fine . . . d o . .
Corn meal, n o r t h e m . . d o . .
Wheat, Genesee
bush.
Rye, n o r t h e r n . . . . . . ; . d o . .
Oats, northern
do..
4Sa 49
Corn, northern
do -.
64a. 65
10a 13
Candles—Mould
lb.
44
Sperm
do. .
Coal—Anthracite
t o n . 6 50a 7 00
Liverpool
: . .chaldroii. 7 GOa 7 25
10a 11
Coffee—Brazfl
lb.
12a 13
Java,.white
do'..
Copper—Pig
do..
17a 18
Sheathing
do..
20a 21
Cotton, upland, middling
do-.
13a 14
F i s h — D r y cod
c w t . 2 50a 2 62
Mackerel, No, 1
b b l . 10 OOalO 25
F l a x , Amei-ican
.lb.
Fruit—Raisins, bunch
:
box.
Almonds
lb.
Currants, Z a n t e
do..
Citron.
do..
Furs—Beaver, northern
do..
Glass, American
box.
Gunpowder—American, common. 25 lbs.
English.._
lb.
Hides—Buenos A y r e s
do...
Mexican
do...
Hops, first sort, 1850
do.:
Indigo, Manilla
do..
Iron— lOiiglis!) pig
.ton..
Common English b a r
do...
Sheet, Russia
lb.-.
Lead, pig
100 l b s . .
Leather, hemlock, middling
lb.,
Liquors—Cognac b r a n d y
gal-•
Domestic w h i s k e y
do...
Molasses—New Orleans
do...
Muscovado
d o . -.
Matanzas
do...
Nails—Cut
lb...
Feb,
March,
"April.
May,
July.
Aug.
Sept,
Oct.
Nov.
87a$5 00 $4 87a$5 00 $4 S6a$4 68 $4 43a.$4 56 $4 31a$4 37 $4 18a$4 31 $4 00a$4 12 $4 18a$4
S4 00a.^l8
7Sa 4 00 3 37a 3 SO 3 43a 3 50 3 37a 3 43 3 37a 3 43 3 43a 3 50 3 31a 3 40 3 S.3a 3
3 25a 3 31
06a 3 25 3 GOa 3 06 3 OOa 3 12 3 OOa 3 12 2s93a 3 00 2 g3a 3 00 2 93a 3 00 3 00a 3
3 OOa 3 37
12a 1 18 ^ l O a 115 112a 1 16 1 06a 1 10 1 0.3a 1 12 1 OOa 1 06
95a 1 0 5
9oa 1
93a 96
75a 76
75a 76
72a 75
74a 75
65a 70
70a 11
74a 75
74a 75
68a
43a 4 5
46 . . . .
50a 51
37a 38
3'ra 38
47a 48
43a 44
42a 43
35a
63a 64
60a 61
61o 65
60a 61
60a 61
67a 68
53a 55
59a 60
63a
10a 13
10a
13
IOa 13
10a 13
10a 13
10a 13
10a 13
10a 13
10a
44
44
44
44
44
44 .... 44 ....
44
6 OOa 6 50 5 OOa 5 .50 4.30a 5 25 4 ^Sa 5 00 4 25a 5 00 .4 2.3a 5 00 4 25a 5 00 4'25a 5
4 50a 5 00
7 OOa 7 25 6 7.3a.7 00 6 50a 6 75 6 50a 6 75 7 50a 7 75 7 87a 8 00 8 OOa 8 50 8 25a 8
7 75a 8 00
ga
10
10a
11
8a
9
7a
9
10a
11
8a
g
8a
Sa
g
Sa
9
12a
13
12 ....
IOa
11
10a
11
12a
13
lla 12
lla
11 .-..
lla
12
17a
18
17a 1 8
17a
18
17a
18
17a
18
17a 18
17a
17a
18
17a
18
20a 21
20a
21
20a
21
20a
21
20a
21
20a 21
20a
20a
21
20a
21
8a
9
10a
11
2a 10
lla 12 11 ....
8a
g
9a
,9a
10
ga
10
2 75a 3 00
2 62a 2 65 2 63a 3 12 2 50a 2 75 3 2Sa 3 50 2 75a 3 12 1 75a 2 00 2 75a 3 12 2 7Sa 3
10 OOalO 25 10 OOalO 25 10 12al0 37 9 75al0 00 9 7Sal0 00 8 50a g 00 11 SOall 75 10 SOall
8 87a 9 00
Sa
9
8a
9
8 --.8 ---.
8a
8 :-..
8 .. -:
1 80a 1 85
1 9 0 a 2 12 1 gOa 2 12 2 OOa 2 25 2 25a 2 35 2 OOa 2
2 OOa 2 25 1 7Sa 2 25 17,5a
17a
18
17a 18
13a 14
17a
18
17a
18
17a
13a
17a
18
17a
18
6a
7
6 .-..
7 -.-:
6a
7 ....
7 ---.
6 7 -...
6a
7
24a .25
12a 20
18a
19
iga
20
IOa
20
18a
22c
1.8a
19
20a. 22
2 OOa 2 50 2 OOa
2 OOa 2 SO
2 00a 2
2 COa-2.30 2 OOa 2 SO 2 OOa 2 SO 2 OOa 2 50
2 OOa 2 50
2 63a 3 50
2 62a 3 50 2 G-:a 3 50 2 62a 3
2 62a 3 50 2 62a 3 SO 2 62a 3 50 2 62a 3 50 2 62a 3
2 50a 3 00
2 SOa 3 00 2 50a 3 00 2 50a 3
2 SOa 3 00 2 SOa 3 00 2 50a 3 00 2 SOa 3 00 2 50a 3
6Sa
75
65a 75
65a 75
65a
75
65a ' 75 • 65a
6Sa
65a 75
65a
75
13a
14
13a 13
13a 14
13a
1.4
1 4 ..-.
.
14 ....
13a
14 ....
10 ....
11 ....
11
11
12a 13
12 ....
12a
13
12 .12 ....
30a 35
60a
60a
23a
30a 34
42a
50
24a
30
30a
34
50a 95
50a
50a 1 00
50a
5Sa
50a 90
50a
90
50a
90
60a
90
ig S0a20 00 10 50a2O 00 ig 7Sa30 25 21 00a21 50
22 S0a25 00 22 50a2S 00 21 0Oa21 SO 20 OOaSl 00 19 OOaig
40 00a41 00 40 00a41 00 36 00a37 00 30 00a37 00 34 0Oa35 00 ;34 00a35 00 32 .30a33 50 33 00a33 50 133 00a33 50
13a
13a 14
13a
14
13a
i:3a 14
1.3a 14
13a
14
1.3a 14 ! 13a 14
4 37a 4 SO
4 70a 4 73 4 62a 4 70 4 35a 4
4 90a 5 00 I 5 OOa 5 12 4 SOa 4 75 4 6Sa 4 67 4 70a 4
14 a
13a 1.4
14a
13
1.3a
14a • 15 14a IS
13a
15
14 a 15 i 15 ....
1 25a 3 SO
1 9Sa 3 SO 1 2 5 a 3 .30 1 9.3a 3
2 OOa 3 SO 2 OOa 3 SO 1 gSa 3 50 1 9Sa 3 50 1 9 S a 3
23a
23
23 ....
23a
24
33 .
23a 24
23 ..
22a > 23
25a 26
31a
31a 32
30
25a
30
2ga
31
30a
30a 31
31a
31
23a 30
23a
. 20a 23
21a
21a
26
30a
23a^ 27
24a
22a 26
20a 21
SO.a
18a
19
IOa
20a
21
20a
19a 20
19a
IOa 20
3a
4
3a
3a
4
3a
3a
4
3a
3a
4
3a
3a
4
$4
3
3
1
Dec.
$4 18a$4 2 5
3 2 5 a 3 31
3 25a 3 37
98a 1 0 0
71a
75
300
40
61a
62
lOo
13
42
4 50a 5 25
7 25a 7 50
7a
9
11 --..
17a 18
20a 21
8a
9
2 62a 2 75
8 62a 9 00
-8a
9
1 70a 1 75
1.3a' 14
5 :.-.
2.3a 24
2 OOo 2 50
2 62a 3 50
2 SOo 3 00
65a 75
12a 13
10 ....
32o 35
50O 05
20 0Oa21 00
34 0Oo35 00
10a 11
4 37a 4 40
13a 14
1 gSa 3 50
20a 21
30a 35
20a 24
18a 19
3a
4
Q
O
o
, 6o 12
6a. 12
6d- 13
6a 12
6a 12
^
6a 12. 1> > 6a 12
6a ' 12
Nails, w r o u g h t
.-;
. . . . . . . . . . .lb.
6a 12
6a 12 . 6 a 12
6a. 12
38a 40
37a 38
34 a 35
33a 34
35 ....
33a 36 ,3:3a 34
34a 36
36a 38
N a v a l stores—Spirits turpentine . - . g a l .
37 ....
36a 38
43a 43
Rosin, white, 280 lbs. b b l . 2 OOa 3 75 2 35a 3 50 2 00a 4 00 2 OOa 4 00 2 25a 4 SO I OOa 4 00 2 OOa 4 00 2 OOa 4 00 2 OOa 3 75 2 OOa 4 00 2 OOa 4 00 2 00a 3 75
•55a 56
5la 52
46a 48
4Sa 47
46a 48
42a 45
43a 45
42a 44
Oils—Whale, southern
gal.
43a 45
40a 43
40a 43
4Sa. 51
Sperm, summer
do.-. 1 23a 1 35 1 33a 1 25 1 SSa 1 27 1 27a. 1 30 1 30a 1 35 1 20a 1 23 1^20a 1 25 1 35a 1 37 1 20a 1 27 1 30a 132 lS7a 138 127a 128
Sperm, winter
. . . . d o . . lS7a 130 1 27a 1 30 1 30a 1 31 1 30a 1 31 1 37a 1 30 L27a 130 1 30a 1 31 1 30a 1 31 1 30a 1 32 133a 1 33 1 31a 1 32 1 31a 1 32
87a 90
gOa 91
80a 85
83a 85
80a 85
83a 87
82a 85
85a 87
Olive....
do..
85a 90
83a 90
85a 90
90a ^93
64a 65
57a 70.
71a 74
73a 73
73a 74.
68a ^ . 1 73a 74
7
71a 75
Linseed, D u t c h a n d E n g l i s h . . d o . .
85a 90
7Sa 80
74a 80
90a 93
5a
6
5a 6
5a
6
5a
6
5a
6
Sa
6
"' 5a
6
5a
6
Paints, red lead
lb.
5a
6
—5a
6
•5a
6
5a
6
14 00al4 37 1513al535 15 00al5 35 14 87al5 00 15 2Sal5 SO
Provisions—Pork, mess
b b l . 12 lSal2 25 12 06al2 12 12 00al3 00 1312al325 14 63al4 75 1 37al4 75 [14 O0al4 50
-S
Pork, prime
d o . . 8 OOa 8 87'9 25a g ' O 9 SOalO 00 10 12al0 25 J12 SOalS 75 3 25al3 37 [is OOalS 35 is SSalS 37 13 75al3 00 13 OOalS 37 12 12al2 25 13 63al3 75
Beef, mess, c o u n t r y . - . d o . . 8 7Sa 9 25 8 50a 8 75 8 7Sa 9.00 9 OOa 9 50 9^35a 9 75 3 75a 9 25 9 OOa 9 35 8 75a 9 35 8 75a 9 35 8 75a 9 35 8 OOa 8 SO 7 50a 8 00
Beef, prime, country . . d o . . 5 50a 5 75 5 bOa 5 25 5 00a 5 25 5 OOa 5 25 5 35a 5 63! 3 OOa 5 25 5 OOa 5 50 5 OOa 5 50 5 OOa 5 50 5 OOa 5 50 4 50a 4 75 4 OOa 4 33
7a
8
7a
8
7a
8
7 ....
7 ....
7a
8
7 ....
19
8a li
Sa 11
Sa 11
Smoked hams
lb.
8a 11
9a 10
9a 10
9a 10
9a 10
9a 10
9 ....
9 ....
9a io
9a 10
, 9a 10
9a 10
Beef, s m o k e d . . ' . .
. do..
9a 10
8a
9
9 ....
«8a
9
8a
9
9 ....
8a
9
10
"^8 . . . .
Lard
do.. . 7
8
8 ....
14a 16
13a 15
^13a - 16
IOa, 15
lla 15 : 13a 14
10a 14
14a 17
15a 16
\
Butter, State . . . - . . . . . .do-..
16a 18
15a 16
15a 16
6a
7
6 ....
4a '6 . 6 ....
5a
6
4a
6
5a
7
6a
6a
7
'^
Cheese
do..
5a
6
5a
7
5a
7
Rice, ordinary.'- - . i
. c w t . 3 OOa 3 12 3 OOa 3 12 3 OOa 3 12 3 00a 3 12 3 00a 3 13 2 93a 313 2 93a 3 13 2 93a 312 293a 312 2 93a 3 13 2 93a 3 12 2 75a 3 00
113a 1 18 1 12a 1 15 1 03a 115
Salt—Liverpool
fine..-..
sack. 1 55a 1 60 1 45a 1 47 1 45a 1 50 1 50a 1 55 1 35a 1 40 L .33a >60 1 SSa 1 35 1 S7a 1 33 1 15a 1 25
30a 31
S3 ....
21a "22
23 ....
23a 36 • 23a 33, 33a 23
22a 23
22a 23
23a 23
22a 23
35a 36
Turk's I s l a n d . . . . . . .
.. .bush.
9 ....
9a 10
9 ....
9a 10
9a 10
8a ' 9
Sa
9
8a *s. 9 • 8a
9
Sa
9
Sa
9
8a . 9
Seeds—Clover . . . . . .
-. .lb.
Timothy...
;. tierce. ll50Oal7OO 15 00al7 GO [17 OOa20 0016 OOalS 00 15 50al7 50 3 OOalG 00 13 00al6 00 15 OOaSO 00 15 OOaSO 00 15 0Oal9 00 15 OOaig 00 15 OOaig 00
9 75al0 35 9 75al0 25 , 9 75al0 35
Sheetings-^Russia, w h i t e
. . p i e c e . 9 75al0 25 9 75al0 25 9 75al02S 9 75alO 25 9 7Sal0 35, } 73al0 35 9 75al0 35 9 75al0 35 9 75al0 35
Russia, b r o w n . . . . . . . . . d o . . 9 OOa 9 75 9 00a 9 75 9 OOa 9 25 9 OOa 9 25 6 OOa 9 35 ) OOa 9 35 9 OOa 9 35 9 00a 9 25 9 00a 9 35 8 75a 9 00 8 75a 9 00 8 75a 9 00
3a
6
3a : 6
3a
6
3a
6
3a
6
3a
6
3a
6
3a , 6
3a
6
3a
6
3a
6
Soap—New Y o r k
.....
.... l b .
•3a
6
9 ....
9 ....
9 ....
9 ....
9 ....
9 ...
..
Castile
.do..
9 ....
9 ....
g'
9 ....9 ....
9a 10
8a
9
8a
9
9
Spices—Pepper
do. I
7a
S
8a
9
8a
9 ^ Sa . - 9 8a
8 ....
87a 95
95a 1 00
90a 95 -85a 90
92a 1 00
95a 1 00
95a 97
N u t m e g s . - r.
d o . . 1 05a 110 1 10a 1 15 112a 115 1 OOa 1 05
95a 1 00
Spirits—Jamaica r u m
.gal. 1 25a 1 SO 1 25a 1 50 1 25a 1 75 1 OOa 1 87 lOOa 1 87 1 OOa 1 87 1 OOa 1 87 1 OOa 1 87 1 OOa 1 87 1 OOa 1 87 1 25a 1 87 1 35a 1 87
SSo 87 - 85a 87
85
S5a 90 . 85a . 90
85a 90
85a 90
;
Gin, Meder's, S w a n - . .
do - .
95a 1 00
95a 1 OS
95a 1 00
95a 1 00
gSa 1 00
4a
6
4a
5
4a
6
4a
.4a
5a
6
5a
6
Sugars—New Orleans
lb.
5a
6
5a
6
4a
6
4a ' 6
5a
6
4a
6
4a
5
; 4a .6
4a
4a
5a
6
4a
6
Muscovado
\ . . . .do..
5a
6
4a
6
4a
6
4a
4a
'
6
6a
7
7a • 8
7a
8
7a
7a
7a
8
7a
8
H a v a n a , white
do. .
7a
8
7a
7a
8
7a '
8
8a
8a
9
Sa
9
8a
So
9
8a
9
8a
9
9a io
ijoaf-.-^-..
..do..
9a 10
9a 10
9a
9a
6a
7
7 ....
6a
7
6a
7
6a
7
7 ...
.Tallow—American.
do. .
7 ....
7 ....
- .7
7
•34a 70
33a 70
36a
36a
35a 70
33a 70
33a 70
Teas - Y o u n g Hyson
do..
33a
30a 70
31a 70
30a
30a
ISa 40
ISa 40
35a
27a - 45 35a
S7a 45
S7a 45
Ning-yong.
..'.'. . d o - .
22a 45
25a 45
S7a
26a
29a
38a 75
38a • 75 3Sa
38a 75
38a
.38a 75
Imperial.
rdo - .
38a 75
45d 75
37a 75
40a
45a
45a
4a, 11
3a
9
3a
9
4a
4a
5a 11
Tobacco—Kentucky
do..
6a 13
Sa 14
8a 13 : 7a
8a
7a
20a 30
20a . 25, SOa 25
20a
SOa
SOo 30
Manufactured, No, 1 . . . . d o . .
30a 30
2Sa 30
25a 30
SSa
26a
24a
33
45a 46
34a 35
35
34 ....
31a . 2
3
Whalebone, N. W . C . . 1
......do..
31a 33
33a 35 '29a 30
31a
• 35a
3Sa
75a'2 00
75a 2 00
75a 2 00
75a 2*66
75a 3 00
75a 3 00
Wine—Port,
gal60a 2 00
60a 2.00
,60a 2 00 60a 2 00
60a 2 00
5Sa 2 00
80a 3 00
80a 3 00
80a 3 00
80a 3 00
80a 3 00
80a 3 00
Madeira
.do.,. .'SOa 3 00
80a 3 00
SOa 3 00
80a 3 00
80a 3 00
80a 3 00
Claret
~
.
cask. 17 OOa30 00 17 00a30 00 17 00a30 00 17 00a30 00 17 00a30 00 r 0Oa30 0017 OOa30 00 17 0Oa3O 00 17 0Oa3O0O |17 OOoSO 00 17 OOaSO 00 17.00a30 00
30a 32
30a 33.
31a 33
35a 38
35a 38
Wool—Common
. .lb. 33a 36
35a . 38 33a 38
39a 41
39a 41
39o 41
35a 38
38a 40
38a 40
38a -40
42a 44
43a 44
42a- 44
Merino
do..
42a 44
43
. a 48
45a 48
45
. a 48
40a 43
44a 48
30a 32
33a 34
33a 34
34a 36
33a 34
34a 36
36a 38
34a 36
Pulled, No. 1
-..:.....do..
34a 35
35a 37
36a 38
36a 38
^' I n the fiscal year ending-^June 30, 1851, the foreign exports of domestic produce increased to $196,689,718, or 43 per cent, beyond those of the preceding year, and 78 per cent. beyOnd
the annual average ($110 840,000) of the ten years; 1840 to 1849. Notwithstanding these large exports of domestic produce, our foreign exchanges demanded the export of gold arid silver in
the »ame fiscal year (1850-1851) of $24.019.160 beyond the imnorts of the same.
t Pickled hams.
^
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CO I
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The range of p>rices of staple articles in the New York market at the beginning of each month, in each year, from 1825 to 1863.
No. XXVIII.—THE YEAR 1852.*
Articles.
Jan.
April,
May.
Breadstuff^s—Wheat flour, G e n e s e e . b b l . . $5 00a$5 75 $5 lSa$5 87 $5 37rt$6 00 $5 O0a$5 18 $4 81a$S 00 $4 56a$4
Rye
flour,
fine
d o . . . 3 00a 3 50 3 50a 3 63 3 7Sa 3 81 3 50a 3 62 3 SSa 3 31 3 18a 3
Corn meal, n o r t h e r n . . d o . . . 3 OOo 3 35 3 31a 3 37 3 37a 3 43 3 43a 3 SO 3 35a 3 50 3 18a 3
W h e a t , Genesee
b u s h . . 1 03a 1 15 1 10a 1 15 1 13a 116 1 OSa 1 12 1 08a 1 11 1 10a 1
Rye, northei'n..'
do...
77a 78
7Sa 76
79a SO
76a 79
76a
7Sa^ 70
Oats, northern
do - . .
47a 48 • 44 ....
40a 43
40a 41
37a' 38
43a
Corn, northern
do...
70a 71
70a 71
65a 66
66a 68
63a 63
63a
Candle.s—Mould
lb..
10a 13
IOa 13
IOa 13
10a 13
10a
10a 13
Spei-m
do...
43a 43
42a 43
4Sa 43
40a
43a 43
4Sa 43
Coal—Anthracite
t o n . . 5 OOa 5 SO 6 OOa 7 00 5 75a 6 00 5 SOa 6 00 5 50a 6 00 4 75a 5
Liverpool
c h a l d r o n . . 7 SSa 7 SO 7 SSa 7 SO 7 SSa 7 50 7 OOa 7 50 7 35a 7 50 7 SSa 7
Coffee—Brazil
lb..
8a
9
8a
9
Sa 10
Sa
7a
9
Sa
9
J a v a , white
do...
10a 11
11 . . . .
10a 12
10a 13
10a
lla 13
Copper—Pig
do...
18a 19
17a 18
18a 19
18a 19
ISa
18a ig
Sheathing
1 .do-.-. SOa 31
SOa 31
21a 22
Sla 33
S2a
Sla 33
Cotton, middling
do...
8
9 ....
10 -.
8 ....
8 ....
]^ush—Dry cod
c w t . . 3 75a 3 87 3 OOa 3 13 3 OOa 3 35 3 SOo 3 62 4 13a 4 35 3 87a 4
Mackerel, No. 1
b b l . . 8 37a 8 63 8 50a 8 63 g SSa g 50 9 25a 9 37 10 OOall 00 10 SSalO
Flax—American
lb..
8a
9
8a
9
8a
9
Sa
So
9
8a
g
Fruit—Raisins, bunch
b o x . . 1 6Sa 1 65 1 65a 1 70 1 65a 1 70 1 60a 1 65 1 60a 1 65 16Sa 3
Almonds, Marseilles
lb..
13a 14
14a 15
14a
13a 14
1.3a' 14
13a 14
Citron
do...
21a 22
.30a 31
12a
SSa S3
S3a 34
33a S3
Currants, Zante
do...
4a
5
4a
5
4a «
5 --..
4a
5
5 ....
Furs—Beaver, northern
d o . . . 2 OOa 2 50 3 OOa 3 50 2 OOa 2 50 2 OOa 2 SO 3 OOa 3 SO SOOa 3
Glass, American
per b o x . . 3 63a 3 SO 3 63a 3 SO 2 62a 3 50 2 62a 3 50 3 6Sa 3 50 5 63a 3
Gunpowder—American common.35 l b s . . 3 SOa 3 00 3 50a 3 00 2 50a 3 00 2 SOa- 3 00 3 50a 3 00 3 50a 3
English
lb..
65a
65a 75
65a
65a 75
65a 75
65a 75
Hides, Buenos Ayres
do - . .
14 ....
13 ---.
13a 14
16 -lla 13
13 ....
Mexican
do -'..
10 ....
lla 13
lla 12
13a
10 ....
10 ....
Hops, first sort, 1851dO-..
S7a 35
S7a 30
2Sa 27
30a
33a 35
24a 20
Indigo, Manilla
. do...
50a 1 00
.30a 90
SOa 90
50a
50a 95
50a 1 00
Iron—English pig
-;".. t o n . . 19 SOaSO 75 30 SOaSl 00 20 S0a21 00 30 OOaSl 00 30 OOaSl 00 ig SSaSO
Common English b a r
d o . . . 34 00a3S OO"34 50a35 00 34 00a35 00 34 O0a35 00 34 00a35 00 34 00a35
Sheet, Russia
lb..
10a 11
lOo 11
10a 11
10a 11
10a
10a 11
Lead,- pig
per 100 l b s . . 4 4Sa 4 45 4 50a 4 63 4 50a 4 62 4 63a 4 75 4 7Sa 4 87 4 87a S
Leather, hemlock, middling
lb.'.
1 3 14
.a
13a 14
13a 14
13a 14
17a
14a 16
Liquors—Cognac b r a n d y
. g a l . . 1 9Sa 3 SO 3 OOa 3 00 2 05a 3 50 3 OOa 3 50 3 OOa 3 50 SOOa 3
•
Domestic whiskey . . . ' . . . . d o . . .
30a 31
30a S3
21a 22
SO ....
SOa
39a 30
Molasses—New Orleans
.do...
S7a SS
S7a 38
29a 30
SSa 30
SSa
SSa 30
Muscovado
do...'
17a
18a 35
22a 25
Sla 34
SOa
SOa 36
Matanzas . . . .
do
17a
18a 19
17a 18
17 ....
18a
17a IS
Digitized forsFRASER
Nail -Cat.
i o O l b s . . 3 90a 3 13 ! 90a 3 13 3 12a 3 25 3 13a 3 35 3 85a 3 00 3 75a 3
Q
http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/
Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
July,
Aug,
Sept.
Oct.
Nov.
$4 37a$4 63 $4 S5a.$4 50 $4 63a$4 75 $4 6Sa$4.8l $4 93a$5 06 $5 13a$S 87
318a 3 35 3 SSa 3 37 3 35a 3 63 4 12a 4 25 4 13a 4 37 4 13a 4 37
-a
3 13a 3 35 3 25a 3 31 3 75a 3 87 3 68a 3 75 3 6 2 3 75 3 63a 3 75
1 10a 1 15 1 07a 1 10 1 10a 1 15 1 07a 1 10 1 10a 1 13 1 10a 1 13
83a 85
83a 85
81a 83
SSa 86
80a- 81
78a 79
46a 47
46a 47
43a 43
42a 43
40a 41
45a
lla
78
77a 78
60a 61
65a 66
GSa 66
65a
lla 12
lla 13
10a 13
12a 14
10a 13
10a 13
35a 36
33
. a 36
40a 41
36a 37
36 ....
40a 41
4 75a 5 50 4 75a 5 50 4 75a 5 50 5 OOa 5 50 5 OOa 5 50 5 OOa 5 50
7 SSa 7 50 7 SSa 7 50 7 75a 8 00 8 50a 9 00 10 OOalO 50 10 OOalO 50
8a
9
8a
g
Sa
- 8a
9
Sa
9
.IOa 13
10a IS
10a 13
10a 13
10a 12
10a 13
Sia S3
Slo 33
IOa 30
SOa 3 1
.
21a 22
19a 30
S6a 27
S6a 37
S3a 34
S4a 35
2.5a 26
34a 35
10 ....•
10 ....
10 ....
11
10a 11
10 ....
3 37a 4 12 3 37a 4 00 3 75a 3 35 3 25a 3 75 3 SSa 3 SO 3 35a 3 30
10 OOalO 35 13 OOalS 50 lO63al0 75 10 OOalO 12 10 OOall 00 10 OOall 00
9
8a
9 ^ 8a
So - 9
Sa
g
8a
g
So
9
130a.l go 1 95a 3 05 S 15a 3-S3 2 12a 2 25 3 60a 3 75 2 60a 2 75
. 4 15
1a
14a 15
14a 15
14a 15
14a 15
14a 15
22a 23
SSa 2 3
:
ISa 19
19a 20
22a 23
18a 19
8 .--8 ....
4a
5
6
8a
9
5
3
2 OOa 3 SO 3 OOa 3 SO 2 OOa 2 50 2 OOa 2 SO 3 OOa S 50 2 OOa 2 . 0
3 63a 3 SO 3 63a 3 50 2 62a 3 50 2 62a 3 50 3 63a 3 50 2 62a 3 50
3 50a 3 00 3 50a 3 00 2 SOa 3 00 2 SOa 3 OJ 3 50a 3 00 2 50a 3 00
65a 75
65a 75
6 5 a 75
65a 75
6Sa
65a 75.
15a 16
15a 16
16a
17
16 .--.
16a 17
12a 13
12a 13
13 ....
13 --.:
13 .--.
13a 13
17a 18
17a 18
45a 47
40a 4 6
19a
4 5 a 47
55a 1 00
55a 1 00
50a 90
6 0 a • 90
55 a 90
4 0 a 90
19 OOalO 75 SO SSaSO 75 22 0Oa23 00 26 50a27 50 30 ooa:n. 00 30 00a31 00
37 50a38 00 38 00a.40 00 40 00a42 50 44 00a45 00 53 OOaSS 00 53 0Oa55 00
lla 12
lla 13
10a 11
lla 12
lla 12
10a 11
4 75a 4 SO 4 75a 4 80 4 75a 4 SO 4 6Sa 4 70 4 80a 5 00 4 80a 5 00
13
, a 17
15a 17
16a 18
16a 17
16a 18
14a 16
3 OOa 3 50 3 05a 3 50 210a 3 50 S-SSa 3 50 3 :iOa 3 50 2 30a 3 50
23a "24
23a .34
31 ....
24a 25
S3a 34
*SOa 31
30a 35
30a 35
S8a 30
28a 30
SSa 30
S8a 30
20a 26
SOa 36
SOa
20a 26
SOa 36
SOa 35
20a 21
SOa 31
18a 19
18a 19 -19a SO
19a 30
3.75a 3 87 3 13a 3 35 3 25a 3 37 3 SSa 3 50 4 OOa 4 13 3 87a 4 00
CO
CO
GO
Nails—Wrought
lb.
4a
5
4a
5
4a
5
4a
5
4a
5
6a 13
6a 12
6a 12
6a 12
6a 12
- 6a 12
6a 12
N a v a l stores—Spirits turpentine . . . g a l .
56a 60
S6a 60
37a 38
42a
43
35a a a
34a 37
40a 4141a 43
48a 51.
46a " 48 44a 45
38a 40
Rosua, w h i t e . . per 280 l b s . 2 OOa 3 75 2 OOa 3 75 2 OOa 3 75 2 OOa 3 75 2 2Sa 5 00 2 25a 5 00 3 OOa 4 50 3 SSa 4 SO S SSa 5 00 3 SOa 5 00 3 50a 5 13 S 50a 5 12
70a 73
Oils—Whale
gal.
70a 73
70a 75
73a 75
73a 75
7Qa 75
56a 59
59a 60
65a 67
75a 76
75a 76
60O 61
Sperm, summer
do -. 1 27a 1 28 1 25a 1 28 1 25a 1 28 1 30a 1 32 1 30a 1 32 1 25a 1 30 1 35a 1 30 1 SSa 1 30 1 35a 1 30 1 SSa 1 38
• Sperm, winter.'. . d o . . 1 30a 1 32 1 30a 1 32 1 30a 1 32 1 30a 1 32 1 30a 1 32 1 30a 1 32 1 33a 1 35 1 33a 1 35 1 33a 1 35 1 31a 1 33 1 30a 1 33 1 30a 1 33
Olive
do-.
87a 90
92a 95
94a 95
gso g7 1 07a 1 10 110a 115 110a 1 30 1 10a 1 15 I'lOa 115 1 10a I 15 110a 1 13 110a 1 13
63a 67 - .63a 67
Linseed, D u t c h a n d E n g l i s h . . do -.
50a 63
73a 75
6 la 63
73a 77
61a 62
61a 64
62a 63
61a 62
.64a 65
58a 60
So
6
Paints, red lead
lb 5a
6
5a
6
Sa
6
.a
3
6
Sa
'6
Sa
6
Sa
6
Sa
6
Sa
6
Sa
6
Sa
6
Provisions—Pork, mess
b b l . 14 62al4 75 [ 4 75al5 00 15 OOaiS 75 15 S0al6 87 18 75al9 00 17 ,g3al8 00| 9 OOaig 13 19 OOaSO 00 19 SOaig 75 17 37al7 SO 16 37al6 50 16 37al6 50 •
1
1
14 31al4 50
P o r k , prime
d o . . , 13 37al3 50 13 50al4 00 14 00al4 12 16 0Oal6 06 16 75al6 87 16 25al6 31 16 75al7 00 17 00al7 73 17 50al7 63 15 63al5 75 14 31al4 SO
.a
Beef, mess, c o u n t i y . . . d o . . , 8 25a 9 00 8 25a 9 00 9 OOa 9 50 g 62al0 25 g SOalO 50 10 OOalO 50 13 00al4 00 15 30al7 00 13 OOalS 00 11 OOalS 00 8 SSa 8 50 8 3 3 8 SO
Beef, .prime
do - . . 4 OOa 4 SO 4 50a 5 00 5 OOa 5 50 5 75a 6 00 6 OOa 6 50 6 OOa 6 50
6 OOa 6 50 4 50a 4 75 4 50a 4 75
H a m s , pickled
lb...
10
9 ....
10 ....
Sa
9
2a 10
8 ....
8 ....
g ---.
9a 10
Beef, smoked
do...
13
lla 1
9 ....
13a 13
9 ....
2 a 10
9 ....
9a 10
9a 10
10a 11
Lard
do...
IOa
10a 1
9 ....
10a 11
9 ....
Oa 10
9a 10
9 ....
9 ....
Butter, State
do....
13a 18
15a
SOa S3
15a 18
13a 16
16a 20
23a
16a 18
-18a 22
26a 29
Cheese
r.
do...
6a
7
6 ....
7a
6a
7
6 ---.
6a
7
7a
8
6a
7
6a
7
6a
8
Rice, o r d i n a r y . .
c w t . . 2 75a 3 00 3 00a 3 25 3 OOa 3 25 3 OOa 3 25 3 OOa 3 25 3 7Sa' 4 00 4 OOor 4 13 4 06a 4 18 4 75a 5 00 4 75a 5 00
Salt—Liverpool,
fine
s a c k . . 1 05a 1 20 lOSa 120 1 30a 1 35 1 IOa 1 20 1 10a 1 20 110a 115 1 OSa 1 15 1 OSa 1 15 1 OSa 1 15 1 30a 1 33 1 SOo 1 55 1 SSa 1 35
Sla S3
T u r k ' s Island
b u s h . . • 20a 21 20a 21
33a 34
Sla 33 -Sla 33
33a SI
33a 34
20a 21
21a 22
21a 23
IOa 20
8a
g
8a
9
Seeds—Clover lb..
8a
9
8a
9
7a
8
7a
8
8a
9
6a
7
7
•---.
7 ....
Sa
9
2a
10
Timothy... 1
t i e r c e . . |14 OOalS 00 14 00al8 00 17 00a21 00 17 OOaig 00 13 00al6 00 13 OOalO 00 15 OOalO 00 14 OOalO 00 17 00al9 00 18 OOaSO 00 16 OOalS 00 16 OOalS 00
Sheetings—Russia, w h i t e
p i e c e . . 9 75al0 25 9 75al0 25 g 75al0 25 9 75al0 25 g 75al0 25 9 75al0 35 9 75al0 35 9 7.3al0 35 9 7SalO 35 9 75fll0 35 9 75al0 35 g 75al0 35
Russia, b r o w n
d o . . . 8 7Sa 9 00 8 7Sa 9 00 8 7Sa g 00 8 75a g 00 8 75a 9 00 8 50a 9 00 8 50a 9 00 8 50a 9 00 8 50a 9 00 8 SOa 9 00 8 50a 9 00 8 50a g 00
7
4a
7
3a
Soap—New York
lb -.
4a
7
4a
7 . 4a
3a
6
3a
6
3a
6
3a
6
3a
6
3a
6
3a
6
10
10
Castile
do...
9 ....
9 ....
2a 10
9 --..
10 ....
9 ---.
9 ....
9a 10
9 .... . 9 ....
10
Spices—Pepper
do...
9 ....
9 ....
10 ....
10 ---.
10 ....
10 ....
8 ....
ga 10
10a 11
8 .-..
in
93a 1 00
^ Nutmegs
do...
87a 95
SSa 90
S7a gs
87a ' 95 87a 95
goa gs
SSa 87
82a 87
90a 95
82a 87
93a 1 00
Spirits—Jamaica r u m
g a l . . 1 OOa 1 87 100a 187 1 OOa 1 87 1 OOa 2 25 1 OOa 2 25 1 OOa 3 35 1 OOa 3 35 1 10a 175 1 10a 1 75 1 OOa 1 75 1 30a 1 75 1 SOa 1 75 •
85a 87
85a 87
83
. a 87
SSa 87
Gin, Meder's S w a n
do...
85a 87
85a 87
SSa 87
SSa 87
85a 87
SSa 87
SSa 87
SSa 87
4a
5
4a- 6
3
4a
5
Sugars—New Orleans
lb..
3a
5 - 4a
4a
5
4a
5
3a
5
5
4a
5 • 4a
3a
5
4a
5
4a
6
4a
6
4a
6
3a
5
4a
5
4a
5
4a
5
Miiscovado
•.do...
3a
5
4a
6
4a . 6
3a
5
4a
6
7a
8
7a
8
6a
7
6a
7
7a
8
7 ....
7a
8
H a v a n a , white
do.. 6a
7
6a
7
7a
8
6a
7
7a
8
. 8 ---.
Loaf
do-..
8 ....
8 -.-.
9
7 .-..
Tallow—American
do.. 7a
8
10
7 .
33a 70
33a
31a
31a
33a 70
33a
35a 70
Teas—Young H y s o n
.do.. 30a
30a
30a 70
3Sa
Sla 40
Sla
S5a
•SSa
SSa 40
18a 40
Ning-yong
do.. 17a
17a
16a
17a 40
SSa
3Sa 75
35a
30a
30a 75
38a 75
35a 75
Imperial
do.. .
30a
35a
30a
75
35a
35a 75 . 30a 75
. Sa
9
5a
4a
4a
8
3a
9
4a
9
Tobacco—Kentucky
-.
do.. .
4a
g
4a
3a
4a
9
Sa
4a
g
18a
ISa
16a
16a 31
20a 25 •18a
16a 31
17a 22
16a 21 , 16a
18a
Man ufactured. No, 1
do. - 17a S3
51a 55
51a
60a
60a 63
48a . 0
5
58a 60
S7a
48a . 0
3
48a 55
58a
Whalebone, N W . C.,
.-. d o . . .
4Sa
48a 50
7 3 3 00
.a
75a 3 00
75a 3 00
75a 3 00
75a 3 00
75a.3 00
75a 2 00
75a 2 00
75a 3 00
Wine—Port
\
g a l . - • 75a 2 00 75a 2 00
75a 3 00
80a 3 00
80a 3 00
8 ) 3 00 80a 3 00 • 80a 3 00 80a 3 00
1 a
80a 3 00
SOa 3 00
SOa 3 00
80a 3 00
Madeira
do...
SOa 3 00
SOa 3 00
17 00o30 00
Claret
1.
c a s k . . 1 7 00a30 00 17 00a30 00 ' 00a30 00 17-OOa30 00 17 00a30 00 17 00a30 00 17 00a30 00 17 00a30 00 17 OOaOO 00 17 OOa30 00 17 OOaSO 00
.
36a 38
36a 38
36a 37
3 la . 4
3
3 la 34
26a 27
36a 37
40a 43
Wool—Common
-lb..
30a 32
30a 33 30a 33 30a 33
44a 46
44a 46
35a 37
40a 43
4()a 43
35a 37
3Sa 37
44a 46
. • Merino
do... 38a 40
38a 40
38a 40 3Sa 40
35a 36
31a 33
31a . 3
3
3ia 33
31a 33
31a 33
35a • 36 35a 36
Pulled, No, 1
do...
31a 33
31a 33
30a 33 31a 33
* Iraports for consura}:)tion, (exclusive of specie,)'.$195.000.000, E x p o r t s of domestic produce, (exclusive of specie,) $155,000,000. Excess of exports of specie over imports, $37,000,000.
E x p o r t s of tobacco, $10 000,000; of cotton, 1,093,000,000 of pounds, average price 8.05 cents. T h e largest export was in 1860, 1,767,000,000 pounds, C3,813,345 bales,) average price 10,85
c e n t s ; total value, $193,000,000. I n 1831 cotton exported, 135,000,000 pounds, average price 16.3 cents per pound.
CO
CD
The range of j^'t'ices of staple articles in the New York market at the beginning of each month, in each year, from 182''' to 1863.
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No. XXIX.—THE YEAR 1853.^
Articles.
BreadstUiffs^Wheat
flour
bbl.
Rye
flour...
do..
Corn meal . . \
do..
W h e a t , Genesee
bush.
Rye, northern
do..
Oats, n o r t h e r n
do..
Corn, northern
.... d o . .
Candles—Mould
lb.
Sperm
r;
do..
Coal—Anthracite
ton.
Liverpool
chaldron.
Coffee—Brazil
lbJava, white
do..
Copper—Pig
do..
Sheathing
.do. Cotton, middling
do..
Fish—^^Dry cod
cwt.
Mackerel, No. 1
bbl.
F l a x , American
lb.
Fruit—Raisins
box.
Almonds
^iib.
Citron
do..
Currants, Z a n t e
do..
F u r s , beaver, n o r t h e m
do..
Glass, American, w i n d o w
50 feet.
Gunpowder—Sporting.
25 l b s .
Common
do-.
Hides—Buenos Ayres
lb.
Mexican
do..
Hops, 1853
do-.
Indigo, Manilla
do..
Iron—English pig
ton.
American bar, rolled
do..
English b a r
do -.
Sheet, H u s s i a n
j
lb.,
Lead, pig
per 1 0 0 l b s .
Leather, hemlock
.-. . l b . .
Liquors—Cognac b r a n d y
gal.,
Domestic w h i s k e y
do...
Molasses—New Orleans
do...
Muscovado
do...
Matan
do...
z a s ,
Jan.
Feb.
March.
April.
May.
Juno.
July.
Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
Nov.
. Dec.
$5 75a$5 87 $5 68a$5 75 $5 31a$5 43 $5 00a$5 25 $5 00a.$5 10 $5 00a$S 18 $4 87a$5 00 $5 31a$5 37 $5 g3a$6 CO $6 56a$6 68 $7 00a.$7 50 $7 06a$7 18
«4 50a 4 56 4. .30a 4 56 4 50a 4 56 3 SOa 3 75 3 87a 3 g3 3 81a 3 87 3 75a 3 85 3 ' 1 a 3 50 3 Sla 3 87 4 ISa 4 35 4 63a 4 75 4 93a 5 00
,5
3 81a 3 87 3 50a 3 60 3 31a 3 41 3 OOa 3 12 3 OOa 3 12 300a 3 12 3 g3a 3 00 312a 3 35 3 31a 3 41 3 63a 3*75 4 06a 4 13 3 g3a 3 g7
1 30a 1 34 1 30a 1 35 1 26a 1 30 1 22a 1 24 1 25a 1 .^8 1 28a 1 30 1 "^-iQa 1 30 1 C-Qa 1 37 1 37a 1 42 1 53a 1 55 1 63a 1 67 1 75a 1 80
93a 93 1 OOa 1 12
93a 94
91a 93
91a 93
90a 91
goa gi 1 OOa 1 12 88a 80
88a 90
gOa 91
77a 78
47a 49
51a 52
51a 53
49a 50
48a 49
47a 4g
44a 45
46a
47
41a 43
45a 46
46a 48
47a 48
76a 77
61a ' 82
64a 65
67a 68 -64a 63
65a
66
68a 69
67a 68
64a 65
76a
77
81a 83
73a 74
13a 13
12a 13
lla 13
lla 12
lla 12
lla 12
lla 12
lla 12
12a
13
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13a 13
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35a 36
33a 33
32a 33
32a 33
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13a 14
13a 14
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22a 23
22a 23
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27a 28
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10a 11
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15a 16
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15a ^ 16 16a 17
17a 18
17a 18
18 ....
17a 18
16a 17
18 ....
17 ....
17a 18
IGa 17
17a 18
lla 13
ISa 16
15 ....
14 a 15
14a 15
15a 16
14a 15
14a 15
14a 15
14a 15
SSa 33
38a 40
20a 22
IOa 21
S7a 30
23a 35
21a 23
28a 32
20a 21
17a 19
30a 35
ISa 20
50a 1 00
50a 1 00
55a 1 00
62a 1 00
62a 1 00
50a 1 00
4Sa 1 00
62a 1 00
45a 1 00
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45a 90
45a 90
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lla 13
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11 ....
11 ....
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11 ....
11 ....
11 ....
11 ....
lla 12
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11 ....
6 OOa 6 13 7 SOa 8 00 7 50a 8 00 6 25a 7 00 7 OOa 7 12 6 50a 6 75 6 OOa 6 12 6 OOa 6 12 6 OOa 6 12 6 63a 6 70 6 75a 6 80 6 70a 6 75
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18 ....
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S 60a 6 50 2 70a 6 50 2 gOa 6 50 2 90a 6 50 2 75a 6 50 2 S5a 6 50 2 SSa 6 50 2 gSa 6 SO 3 20a 6 50 3-SOa 6 50 3 70a 6 50 3 65a 6 50
S9a 33
27a 28
24a 25
23a 24
26a 28
22 ....
23 ....
25a 26
25 ....
23 ....
23 ....
26 .-..
36a 39
32a 33
29a 31
30a 31
28a 30
27a 30
29a 31
37a 30
26a 29
26a 29
26a 2g ' S6a sg
S3a 35
S3a 36
23a 25
20a S3
IOa 21
20a 27
20a 24
22a 26
20a 22
33a 36
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20a 22
23a 33
22a 23
S3a 23
20a • 21 18a 20
20a 21
22 ....
18a 20
21a 22
21 ....
20a. 21
19a 20
israils—Cut
lb..
'Wrought
do.
N a v a l stores—Spirits turpentine . . - g a l . .
Rosin, w h i t e
bbl..
Oils—Whale
gal..
Sperm, summer
do...
Sperm, w i n t e r
.^. d o . . .
Olive
do...
Linseed, D u t c h a n d English, . d o . . .
Paints, red lead
Ib.Provisions—Pork, mess
bbl..
Pork, prime
do.,.
Beef, mess
do...
Beef, prime
do...
H a m s , pickled
lb..
"
"
Beef, smoked
do...
Lard
r
do...
Butter, State
do...
Cheese
.-.. . d o . . .
Rice, ordinary
cwt..
Salt-—Liverpool
sack..
T u r k ' s Island
bush..
Seeds—Clover
lb..
Timothy
; .tierce. Sheetings—Russia, white
piece,.
Russia, b r o w n
do.. .
Soap—New Y o r k
.
lb. Castile
do..Spices—Pepper
do...
Niitmegs
do- - Spirits—Jamaica r u m
gal..
Gin, Meder's S w a n
do...
Sugars—New Orleans
lb..
Muscovado
d o . -.
H a v a n a white
do...
Loafdo - Tallow—American
do. Teas—Young Hyson
do..
Ning-yong.do..
Imperial
do. Tobacco—Kentucky
. -..,
do..
Manufactured, No, 1
do. Wine—Port
ga .
Madeira
do. Claret
cask.
Wool—Common
lb.
Merino
•
do -.
Pulled, No, 1
do..
4a
5
5a
6
5a
6
4a
5
4a
4a
4a
6a 11
6a 11
68a 60
67a 68
62a 65
74a 75
64a 67
47a 48
68a 70
62a 63
65a 70
60a 62
45a 47
43a 44
I 50a 6 00r\ 3 50a 6 00 3 50a 5 50 2 50a 5 00 2 25a 5 00 3 SSa 5 SO 3 SSa 5 00 2 SSa 4 75 2 50a 5 00 3 50a 5 00 2 50a 4 75 2 50a 4 75
67a 70
70a 72
60a 62
63a 65
50a S3
52a 54
SSa- 60
6Sa 65
55a 56
51a 53
53a 55
53a 54
.... 1 35 .... 1 35 .... 135
1 35 . -.. 1:35 .... 133 .--. 1 SSa 1 37 1 35 .... 1 25
. 30a 1 33 1 33a 1 35 1 33a 1 35 1 35a 1 37 1 3Sa 1 37 1 35a 1 37 1 35a 1 37 1 35a 1 37 1 35a 1 37 1 37a 1 40 1 37a 1 40 1 37a 1 40
.07a 110 1 30a 1 35 1 30a 1 35 1 25a 1 30 1 3 3 1 30 1 SSa 1 30 1 35a 1 30 1 35a 1 30 1 25a 1 30 1 3 3 1 30 1 25a 1 30 1 25a.1 30
.a
,a
64a 65
67a 68
73a 76
64a 65
67a 68
70a 74
60a 61
63a 64
61a 66
65a 66
63 ---.
70a 71
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31a 70
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30a 70
31a 70
31a 70
31a 70
20a 25 , 20a 35
23a 27
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30a 25
33a 40
SSa 40
SSa 40
23a 40
24a 30
S4a 30 . 26a 32
36a 40
36a 40
35a 75
37a 75
36a 40
SSa 75
35a 75
35a 75
3Sa 75
6a
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6a
9
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9
6a
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6a
9
4a
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5a
9
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9
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8
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18a S3
18a 23
18a 23
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18a S3
18a 33
20a 24
18a 33
18a 32
18a S3
18a 22
75a 2 00
75a 2 00
75a 3 00
75a 2 00
75a 2 00
75a 3 00
75a 3 00
75a 2 00
75a 3 00
80a 3 00
80a 3 00
80a 2 00
SSa 3 00
85a 3 00
SSa 3 00
SSa 3 00
85a 3 00
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38a 40
40a 44
40a 44
40a 44
40a 44
40a 44
3ea 40
38a 40
40a 44 . 40a 44 . 40a 44
49a 53
46a 48
49a 53
4aa 53
49a 53
49a 53
49a 53
46a 48
4Sa 53
49a 53
49a 53
49a 53
40a 42
38a 40
40a 43
40a 43
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40a 43
40a 42
38a 40
.38a 40
40a 43
38a 40
40a 42
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* The foreign trade of the country for'1^53-'54 showed a material augmentation compared with the previous ten years. For thefiscalyear ending June 30, 1853, the exports.were
$2:30,976.157, < f which tlu; d r e s i ; produce araouutcd to $313:417,697, T - e foreign importations were $.167,978,647,fchowingan apparent balance of $45.4:39,050 in favor of the U. S.
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The range ofpricei^ of staple articles in the. New York market at the beginning of each month, in each year, from 1825 to 1863,
to
No. XXX.—THE, YEAR 1854.* •
Articles.
Jan.
Feb.
March.
April.
May.
June,
July.
Aug.
Sept.
'Nov.
Oct.
Breadstuffs—Flour, G. fancy brti n d s . b b l . . $7 87a$8 00 %2 37a.$9 50 $8 37a.|8 SO $8 O0a$S 25 $9 00a$.g 25 10 25al0 75 $8 00a$9 00 $9 00a$9 75 10 OOolO 50 $7 25a$7 62
. . . . d o . . . 5 25a 5 37 . . . . 6 1 2 5 87a 5 93 4 50 . . . . 4 75 . . . . 6 25a 6 37 5 2Sa 5 SO 6 00 - - . . 6 SOo 6 75 5 OOo 5 12
R y e flour
. . . . d o . . . ' . . . . 3 7 5 4 12 . . . . 4 00 . . - . 3 57a^3 60 3 75 . . . . 3 030 4 00 3 Slo 3 87 3 75 . - . . 4 25a 4 37
W h e a t , Genesee. . . . b u s h . , 2 OOo 2 08' 2 35a 2 50 1 9Sa 2 00 1 95a 2 03 2 20o 2 30 2 40o 2 SO 2 25o 2 35 2 .300 2 45 2 ISO 2.20 1 75a 1 78
98a 1 CO 1 lOo 1 12 . . . . 1 25 1 ISo 1 18 1 22a 1 23 1 20a 1 22 116a 1 17
R y e , ' n o r t h e r n . . - . - - - d o . . . 1 22a 1 24 1 20a 1 23 1 ISa 1 20
51a 53
54a 55
72a 75
60a" 62
49a 50
57a 58
SOo 52
SOo 52
45a 47
Oats, northern . . . - - . d o . . .
45a 46
S9o 90
84a 86
82a 84
80a
81
82a 83
970 98
79 . . . .
S6a 87
Corn, n o r t h e r n . 76o- 78
76o 78
do...
16 - - . .
16 . . . .
16 . . . .
16 . . . .
12a 14
12a 14
Caudles—Mould
16 . . . .
14a 16
14a 15
16 . - - .
lb..
290 31
28a 30
28a 30
29a 32
28a 31
28a 30
30 . . . .
28o 30
28a 30
30
Sperm
do...
t o n . . 6 SOo 7 00 . . . . 7 00 . . . . 7 00 6 OOo 6 SO 6 OOa 6 SO 6 SOo 7 00 6 50a 7 00 7 OOo 7 50 7 OOo 7 SO 7 OOo 7 50
Coal—Anthracite
12 00 . . . . 11 OOall SO
Liverpool
chaldi'on.. 10 SOall 00 14 00 . - . . 14 00 . . . . 14 00 . . . . 10 OOolO 50 9 00 . . . . .... g'so
go 12
2a 11
Sa 11
lla
12
lla
12
go 11
So 11
lb..
2a 11
Coffee—Brazil
lOo 11
So 11
13a 14
14
14 . . - 14 . . . .
12a 13
13 . . . .
12a 13
13 . - - .
12a 13
J a v a , white
do...
13a 14
31
30 . - . .
29
30a 31
30 . . . .
32
32
30 . . . .
30 . . . .
do... ....
Copper—Sheathing
.30 . - . .
30a 31
20 - - . .
30 - - - .
29 - . - .
29 . ' . . .
30a 31
20 . . . .
20 - . - .
do
Pig
29 - - - .
9 ....
9 ....
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9 ....
10 . . . .
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Cotton, middling
9 ....
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. F i s h — D r y cod
b b l . . 15 12alS 25 15 50 . . . . 15 75al6 00 16 2Sal6 SO 16 25al6 50 16 37al6 50 16 25ol6 50 17 2Sal7 SO 17 50ol8 SO 18 OOalS 25
Mackerel, No. 1.
14a 15
ISO 16
ISo 16
15o 16
14o 15
15a 16
15a . 16
lb
Fruit—Almonds
14a 15
Raisins, bunch
. . . . . b o x . . 2 60a 3 15 2 SSo 3 20 2 SSo 3 15 2 OOo 3 10 2 75a 2 85 2 70a 2 75 2 60a 2 75 2 SOo 2 70 2 25o 2 SO . . . . 2 50
l b . . ISO . . . . 1 5 0 . . . . 1 5 0 - - . . ISO . - - - 1 5 0 - - . - 1 OOo 1 50 1 OOo 1 SO 1 OOo 1 SO 1 OOo I S O 1 OOo 1 50
F u r s , beaver, northern
Sa
9
So
g
8a
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"Sa
g
do..
8a
2
Glass, Am., window, 6 x 8 t o 8 >clO .50 ft-. 2 50a 3 25 2 SOo 3 25 2 50a 3 25 2 S0a 3 23 2 50a 3 25 2 SOo 3 25 2 SOo 3 25 2 SOo 3 25 2 SOo 3 25 2 SOo 3 25
4 OOo 4 50 .4 000 4 50 4 OOo 4. .50 4 OOo 4 SO 4 OOo 4 50 4 OOa 4 50
Gunpowder—Sporting, - - 1 . . . . . . 2 5 l b s . - 4 OOa 4 50 4 OOo 4 50 4 OOo 4 SO 4 OOo 4 50
Common
d o . . . 2 SOo 2 75 2 50a 2 75 2 SOo 2 75 2 SOo 2 75 2 50a 2 75 2 SOo 2 75 2 SOo 2 75 2 50a 2 75 2 50a 2 75 2 SOo 2 75
23 . . . .
23
24 . - - .
23o 24
22 . . . .
17o 18
Hides—Buenos Ayres . . . . . . .
lOo 20
23a 24
18 . . . .
lb..
22a 23
18a 19
17a 18
ISa 10
19
15
12a 13
Mexican . .
13a 14
12a 13
18a 10
. . do
30a 33
30a 35
44a 46
43a 45
2Sa 33
26a 30
33o 35
28o 32
Hops, 1853
22a 25
40a 44
do...
60a 95
60a 1 00
SOo 1 OS
SOo 1 05
Indigo, Manilla
60a gs
60a 05
66a 1 10
60a 1 10
60a 1 1 0
60a 1 00
do...
Iron—Scotch pig
'
t o n . . 37 50a:}8 50 39 00a40 00 38 00a3g SO 41 00a42 50 39 00a40 00 38 00a40 00 40 00a4i 50 40 0Oa41 00. 39 OOa40 00 37 00o38 00
American bar, rolled - . .
d o . . . 85 OOogO 00 85 000.90 00 85 OOaOO 00 85 OOoOO 00 85 OOogO 00 85 OOogO 00 85 GOaOO 00 85 00a90 00 85 OOogO 00 85 OOoOO 00
English b a r
d o . . . 65 OOa70 00 67 50a70 00 . . - . 72 50 . . . . 75 00 75 00a77 50 70 00a72 00 70 00o73 SO 70 00a73 SO 70 00a73 SO 70 00a73 SO
13 . . . .
11 . . . .
13 . . . .
1,3 . . . .
14a 15
Sheet, Russia
11 - . - 13 ...-.
14a 15
11 . . . .
11 . . . .
lb..
Lead, pig
..100 l b s . . 6 OOo, 6 75 6 75a 7 00 . . . . 7 25 . . . . 7 00 . . . . 7 00 . . . . 7 00 6 93a 7 00 6 50 . . . . . . . . 6 75 6 62o 6 87
IK
23 . . . .
Leather hemlock
ISa 20
.24a 25
23 . . . .
23
20 . . . .
IOa 20
• 23
25
23 . . - Liquors—Cognac b r a n d y
g a l . . 3 65a 6 SO 3 75a 6 SO . 3 70a 6 SO 3 70a 6 50 3 70a 6 50 3 70a 6 SO 3 70o 6 50 3 80a 6 SO 4 ISo 7 00 4 30a 7 50
26 . . . .
41 . . . .
31 - . . .
27 . . . . < 31 . . . .
26 . - . .
38 . . . .
Domestic whiskey
do...
26a 27
33 - - . .
29a 30
23a 25
22a 26
20a 25
19a 24
24a 26
20a 25
22a 26
27a 28
28a 29
28a 29
Molasses—New Orleans
do...
21a 25
25o 26
21 o 24
21a 25
20a 23
21a 25 , 24a 26
23o 26
24a 26
24a 27
Muscovado
do - . .
20a 21
24a 25
20 - - . .
20a 21
lOo 21
22a 23
24a 25
23
24
23 . . . .
M a t a n z a s . . . . .^^
do —
60a 63
52a 53
50 . . . :
48o .30
68a 6g
47a 48 ' 52a 54
60a 62
68a 70
6Sa 69
N a v a l stores—Spirits turpentine . . . d o . . .
. Rosin, white
b b l . . 2 25o 4 50 2 25a 4 00 2 25a 4 50 2 50a 5 00 2 25a 4 50 2 50a 4 75 2 50a 4 25 2 25a 4 00 2 50a 3 50 2 50a 4 50
Dec.
•
25a$9 50 $8 75o$g00
25a 7 37 6 75a 7 50
37a 4 50 4 50 . - - .
40o 2 45 2 3Sa 2 40
23a 1 24 1 38a 1 39
50a 54
53a 55
9Sa g6
85 . . . .
14a 15
14a 15
29a .30
28a 30
7 OOo 7 50 7 OOa 7 50
8 OOo 8 SO
10 00 ..-.'.
So 10
go 11
13 . . . .
13 . - . .
30 . . . . . . . . • 2g
2Sa 20
8 .:-.
g ....
3 2Sa 3 62 3 12a 3 SO
17 7Sal8 00 . . . . igoo
ISO 16
15a 16
3 10 . . . . 2 75a 2 80
1 OOo 1 50 1 OOo 1 50
$9
7
4
2
1
2 500 .3*^25
4 OOo 4 30
2 50a 2 75
18 - - - .
15
32a 33
60a 1 io
2 SOo 3 25
4 OOa 4 50
2 SOo 2 75
20
16 . . - ....
30
60a 1 10
33 00a35 00
85 OOaOO 00
62 50a65 00
13 . . . .
.32 O0O34 CO
85 OOoOO 00
70 00a73 50
1.3a 14
6 31
19a 20
4 .30o 7 50 4
38
20a 26
23a 25
21a 23
50a 52 •
2 SOo 4 50 2
12a
SOo
41
28
24a
24a
50a
50a
20
7 50
....
....
27
25
• 51 4 00
H
w
'O
^
W
02
4 ....
4 ....
4a
S
4 ....
4a
5
4 ....
4a
5
4a
;
5
4 ....
4 ....
4 .....
4 ....
Nails—Cut
:
...Ib-8a 11
8a 11
So 11
8a 11
Sa 10
So 10
8a 11
8a 11
8a 11
Wrought
. do .
55a 57
65 ....
54a 57
56a 58
56a 58
54a 56
SSa 57
SSa 57
52a 56
5Sa 60
60a 63
67a 70
..gal..
Oils—Whale
^
170
1 60 . - . 150 .... 1 60a 1 65 1 SSa 1 60
" .30 1 60
L
1 60 .do
1 37
Sperm, s u m m e r . . ..
"*
.... 100
- -. 1 60 .... 160 .--.- 1 6Sa 1 70 . -.. 1 65 .... 175
..do... .--. 1 4 0 .... 145 ---. 1.30 .... 150 1 60 ... 1 60
Sperm, winter
1 12a 1 25
..do... 1 25 ... 1 SSo 1 30 .--- 1 3 0 1 30a 1 35 1 35a 1 37 1 25a 1 32 L 30a 1 32 1 25a 1 27 125 .... 1 20a 1 25 120 .--.
Olive
75a 76
78a 79
76a 77
72a 73
82 ....
70 .-..
75a 77
SSa 85
74a 75
SO --.
63a 64
Linseed, D u t c h and English ..do...
go . .
.
8 .-..
7a
8
7a
8
8 ....
8
8
8 -..8 ....
7a
8
7a
8
7a
8
.. lb . • 8 . - - .
Paints, red lead
15 SOolS 63 14 93015 00 14 SO ... 13 25al3 50 12 50 .--. 1212 .... 14 00014 25 13 00 .... 12 62al2 75 13 00al3 12
..bbl.- 13 37al3 50
Provisions—Pork, mess
•..do... 1112all 25 13 50 ---. 13 35al3 37 13 37al3 50 13 S.3al3 37 12 12al2 25 10 75 .... 10 37al0 50 11 SOall 62 11 SOoll 75 11 25all 50 11 75al2 00
Pork, prime
8 OOall 00
..do... 8 SOall 00 8 SSall 00 9 OOall SO 9 SOalS 00 9 SOolS 00 9 62al2 SO 12 OO0I3 00 12 00al3 00 12 00al3 00 1100 --.. 10 SOall 75
Beef, mess
6 SOa 7 25 5 2So 7 00
Beef, prime
' ..do... 5 OOa 5 75 5 OOo 5 50 6 OOa 6 50 6 50a 7 00 7 OOa 7 23 7 OOa 7 SO 7 OOa 8 00
.
7 ...
'7a
8
8
...
7a
8
6a
7
Sa
9
7a
8
7a
8
... lb.g ....
H a m s , pickled
9
9 ...
11
9 ...
lOo 11
..do...
g .--.
Beef, s m o k e d
10
9a 10
11 ....
10 .-..
9
9 ....
9 :-...
10
- -.
g ..-.
10 ....
10 ....
..do...
10 -.-.
Lard
17a 19
17a 20
18a 22
ISo 20
17a 22
18a 24
ISo SO
16a 30
20a 25 - ISo 21
17a S3
15a 10
Butter, State
- ..do...
6a
9
6a
9
7a
9
go 10
9a 10
9a 11
lOo 13
lOo 11
lOo 13
lOo 12
lOo 13
'So 10
..do.-.
Cheese
.a
4 12a 4 50 4 S5a 4 75 4 SSo 4 50 4 13a 4 37 4 12a 4 50 4 12a 4 50 4 12a 4 37 412a 4 37 4 1 2 4 37 4 SOo 5 00 4 62 .... 4 Slo 4 62
. sack.. 1 6 5 -..- 1 6 5 ..-. . -.. 1 60 1 6 5 a 1 70 1 60a 1 6 5 .... 1 6 5 1 60a 1 70 1 60a 1 65 1 47a 1 SO ..... 1.30 1 50a 1 55 - -.. 1 55
Salt—Liverpool
50a 52
42a 44
53a 54
46a 47
47a 50
45
SOo 55
4Sa 45
45a 50
47a
48
.bush..
45a 46
10a 11
lOo 11
11
10a 11
So
g
lOo 11
8 ....
8 ---.
8 --.
8 .--.
lOo 11
10a 11
....Ib-tierce.. 14 00al7 00 14 00al7 00 13 00al6 00 17 OOal 9 00 17 OOoig 00 17 OOolO 00 14 OOalS 00 16 OOalO 00 19 OOaSO 00
Timothy,
9 75al0 35 0 75010 35 g 7Sal0 25 9 75al0 25 9 75al0 25 9 75al0 25
.piece.. g 75al0 35 • 9 75al0 35
9 00 :.
9 00
9 00
Russia, b r o w n . ..do... 8 SOa g 00 8 50a 9 00 8 50a 9 00 8 SOo 0 00 8 50a g 00
5a
8
7
4a
7
So
8
6a
8
. 6a
8 . 4a
7a
8
6a
8
6a
8
6a
8
6a
7
.. lb
6a
7
11
10 ....
lOo 11
lOo 11
11 ....
10 --..
11 ....
11 .--.
11 ....
11 ....
11 ....
..do-...
lla
13
Castile
10 ....
lOo 11
10 ....
10
1 0 ....
.
11
11 .--.
ICo 11
11 ....
11
10
..do... ....
10 .--.
Spices—Pepper
90a 97
95a 1 00
97a 1 00 1 OOo 1 05 105 ....
1 OOo 1 05
.-do..'. 1 1 5 ---- 1 1 5 .... 1 1 7 a 1.30 1 SOo 1 35 1 15a 1 17 1 05a 1 12
Nutmegs
...gal.. 1 OOa 1 75 1 OOo 1 75 1 OOo 1 75 1 OOa 1 75 1 50a 2 00 1 50a 2 00 1 SOo 2 00 1 50a 2 00 1 SOo 2 00 1 50a 2 00- 1 S2a 2 00 1 50a 2 00
Spirits—Jaraaica r u m
.... 1 SO
Gin, Meder's S w a n
-.do.-. 1 30a 1 35 1 30a 1 35 1 30a 1 35 1 30a 1 35 ... - 1 35 .... 1 35 .-.. 1 35 .... 1 35 --.. 135 .... 1 35 130 .--.
4a
5
3a
5
3a
5
3a
5
4a
6
So
6
So
6
4a
6
4a
6
5a
6
4a
5
..-.lb-.
4a
5
S u g a r s — N e w Orleans
4a
5
4a
5
4a
5
4a
5
4a
5
So
6
4a
6
4a
5
Sa
G
4a
5
-.do...
4a
5
4a
5
Muscovado
7
6a
7
6a
7
Ga
7
7 ....
7 -.--.
7 ....
7 ....
6a
7
6a
7
6a
7
..do...
6a
7
H a v a n a , white
. 9 --.
g ....
9 ....
9 ....
9 ....
g ....
8 .--.
2 ....
2 ....
2 ....
..do...
2
9 --:.
Loaf
12 ... ....
12 ....
11 .-..
12
12 ....
12a 13
11 ....
lla
13
12 .--13
..do...
10a
11
11 ....
Tallow, A m e r i c a n
40a 45
40a 45
40a 45
40a 45
40a 45
40a 45
40a 45
40o 45
40a 45 • 40a 45
..do...
40a 45
40a 45
Teas-—Young H y s o n
22a 25
22a 25
22a 23
17a 23
17a 23
22a 23
33a 37
33a 37
22a 25
17a 23
33a 37
..do...
33a 37
Ning-yong
20a 28
20a 28
18a 20 • 18a 20
ISa . 20
20a 28
ISo 20
S6a 33
36a 33
20a 28
..do...
S6a 33
36a . 33
Imperial
g
6a
11 • S o
Go 10
6a 10
6a 10
6a 10
6a 11
7a 10
6a 11
7a 10
6a
9
..do...
6a
10
Tobacco—Kentucky
17a 22
17a 22
17a 22
16a 20
16a 20
16a 20
17a • 33
14a 20
16a 20
..do...
ISa 33
ISo 33 • ISa 33
Manufactured, N o . 1..
36
38
38
34
34
do
Whalebono . - ^
1 25a 3 00
75a 3 00 1 26a 2 SO 1 20a 2 50 1 20a 2 SO 1 OOa 2 50 1 OOa 2 50 1 OOo 2 50 1 OOa 2 50
75a 3 00
75a 3 00
75a 3 00
- - gal
SSo 3 00 1 50a 3 00 1 SOa 3 00 1 50a 3 00 1 50a 3 00 1 50a 3 00 1 50a 3 00 1 50a 3 00 1.30a 3 00
85a 3 00
Madeira
-.do...
85a 3 00
SSa 3 00
.cask.. 17 00a30 00 17 0Oa3O 00 17 00a30 00 17 00a30 00 25 00a45 00 25 00a45 00 25 00a45 00 25 OO045 00 30 dOoSO 00 30 OOaSO 00 30 OOaSO 00 30 00.'t50 00
Claret, B o r d e a u x
2Sa 28
33a 35
30a 33
28a 30
27a 30
25a 28
25a- 28
36a 38
36a 38
36a 38
•\Yool—Comraon
36a 38
-..lb..
;S
3 a 40
3Sa 37
42a 45
42a 44
•38a 40'
3Ga 393Sa 37
35a 37
46a 48
46a 48
46a 48
Merino
46a -48
..do...
46a 48
23a 24
28a 30
2Sa 30
26a 28
2Sa 28
25a 28
33us 37
2Sa 30
33a 37
33a 37
Pulled, N o . 1
33a 37
..do-..
3Sa 40
iooo - ..
* T h e foreign e x p o r t s of domestic p r o d u c e in the fiscal y e a r endiug J u n e 30, 1854, w e r e again largely in excess of previous years, being $253,390,870, compared w i t h an a m n u d a v e r a g e
of $145,678,000 for the previous ten y e a r s ; the gross exports being $278,341,0f.;4, and the foreign imports for t h e first time reached over $300,000,000, This excess of foreign goods w a s
• accomnanied b v custom-house duties for t h e t w o y e a r s 1853, 1854, a m o u n t i n g to .$133,156,055; ^vhile for tho ten y e a r s , 1840 to 1850, the a n n u a l a v e r a g e w a s about $35,000,000,
CO
CO
The range of prices of staple articles in the New York marke' at the begmning of each month, in each year, from 1825 to 1863.
No. XXXI.—THE YEAR 1855.
Articles.
Jan.
Feb.
March,
April.
May.
June.
July.
Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
•
Breadstuffs—Wheat flour, State . . .bbl. $g 12a$g 23 $8 25a$8 31 $8 37a$S SO $9 2Sa$9 37 $9 68a$9 75 10 12alO 18 $8 13a.$8 35 $7 75 .--. $7 50o$7 56 $7 68 .... $9 00fl$9 12 $9 37 ....
Rye
flour
d o . , 6 73a 7 87 6 25a 7 25 5 75a 7 00 6 25a 7 75 6 50 --.- 7 37a 7 50 7 00 .... 6 00o$6 50 6 00 .-.. 6 50 .... 6.37 .... 6 50 ....
Corn meal
d o . , 4 25a 4 31 4 50 . : : . 4 31 .... 4 25a 4 31 5 18 .... 5 ISo 5 25 4 87 -.-. ^4 63 .--. 4 75 .... 4 62 .... 4 62a 4 75 4 4.3a$4 50
Wheat, Genesee
bush. 2 55a 2 60 2 50 . . . . 2 60 .... 2 70 .... 2 75a 2 80 2 80
1 26a 2 05 2 00o$2 08 2 12a 2 30 2 ISO 2 25
Rye, northern
d o . , 1 38a 1 40 1 25a 1 28 1 33a 1 35 1.32a 1 35 150 .... 1 70a 1 73
'i'so"'.'--'." 1 09a 1 10 114a 1 19 1 ISo 1 22 1 30a 1 35
Oats, northern
do.,
SSo 56
65a 66
57a 58
60a 61
63a 65
80a 82
42a 44
76a 79
45a 46
63 ....
55a 56 • 49a 53
Corn, northern
do.
1 OOo 1 02
gsa gg
96a 97 1 06a 1 07
g7a 98 •100 .... 112a 1 13 114a 1 IJ
SSo 90
sga go
g3a g4
93a 94
Caudles—Mould
lb
14a 15
14a 15
14a 17
14o 17
14a 15
14o 15
14a 15
14a 15
16 ....
14a 15
14a 15 " 14a 15
Sperm.
do..
28a 30
. 38a 40
28a 30
28a 30
2Sa 30
36a 40
29a 30
30a 32
3
33a 34 .... . 5
30a 33
30a 33
Coal—Anthracite
ton
7 OOo 7 SO 7 OOo 7 SO 7 OOo 7 50 6 SOo 7 00 6 OOo 6 SO- 5 SOo 6 50 5 SOo 6 50 5 SOo 6 50 5 SOo 6 50 5 50a 6 00 5 50a 6 00 5 SOo 6 00
Liverpool
chaldron
7 2Sa 7 SO 7 OOo 7 SO 7 OOa 7 25 7 OOo 7 25 7 SOa 8 00 7 SOa 8 00 .... 8 00 8 SOo 9 SO . . . goo OOo 9 50 10 25ol0 50 9 750IO 00
9
..
Coffee—Brazil
lb
So 10
lOo 11
9a 11
10a 11
lOo 11
go 11
go 10
go 10
2a 10
go 11
lOo 11 ^ lOo 13
J a v a , white
do13 ....
13a 14
13 ....
13a 14
13a 14
14 ....
13 ....
13a 14
14 ....
14 ....
13a 14
14 ....
Copper—Pig
do.
24a 25
24a 25
24a 25
24a 25
24a 25
24 ....
S3 .... .... - 35
S3 ....
25 .... 25 .... 25
Sheathmg
do.
200 30 ....
20
29 ....
2g ....
2Sa 29
2Sa 20
sg- - . S9 -.-. SOa 30 .... 31. 32 .--. .... 33
-Cotton, middling
do .
7 ....
9 ....
9 ....
8 ....
8 ....
11 ....
11 .... ' 9 ....
g ..\.
9 .:..
11 ....
10 .-..
F i s h — D r y cod
cwi
3 OOo 3 50 3 25o 3 37 3 40a 3 SO 3 SSo 3 87 3 75a 4 12 .... 4 25 4 SSo 4 37 4 ISo 4 37 . 3 63a 4 13 3 75a 4 12 3 75a 4 12 3 20a 4 00
Mackerel, No. 1
bbl
.... 19 50 18 50aig 00 .... 19 00 .... 20 50 20 0Oa2O 50 ig 0Oa2O 00 ig oooig so 3100 .... SO 00a21 00 SO OOoSl 00 .... 22 00 20 00o21 00
Fruit—Almonds
,
lb
15 ....
15
ISo 16
15 --..
16 ....
ISo 16
15 ....
ISa 18
15 . . .
-,
15 ....
15 .... 16
Raisins
box
2 65a 2 70 2 3Sa 2 40 2 40a 2 45 2 42a 2 45 2 40a 2 45 2 25a 2 40 3 50 .--. 3 70a 3 75 3 7Sa 3 SO 3 7Sa 3 85 3 6Sa 3 70 .... 3 50
Fm's—Beaver, northern
lb
1 OOo 1 50 1 OOo 1 50 1 50 .... 1 SO .... 1 50 .... 125 .... 135 .... 135 .... 135 .... 135 .... 125 .--- 125 ....
Glass, American w i n d o w
50 feet
2 SOo 3 25 2 SOo 3 25 ^2 SOo 3 25 2 SOo 3 25 2 50a 3 25 2 SOo 3 25 3 50a 3 35 S SOo 3 35 3 SOo 3 35 3 SOo 3 35 2 SOo 3 25 2 50a 3 25
Gunpowder—Sporting
25 lbs
4 00 .... 4 00 .... 4 00 .... 4 00 .--. 4 00
4 00 .... 4 00 - - - 3 ISo 3 35 4 SSo 4 50 5 75 ..-. 5 72 .... 7 00 ....
•.
Common
...do2 75 .--. 2 75
2 75 .... 2 75 .... 2 75 .... 2 75
3 75 --.. 3 75 .... .... 3 00 4 50 .... 4.30 .--. 5 50 ....
Hides—Buenos A y r e s
lb
- 19 ....
26
21 ....
24 ....
23 .... ....
23 ....
22 ....
Slo S3
S3a 34
34 .--.
23 24 ....
Mexican
-.
do .
15 .... ....
20a 21
16
20a 21
17o 18
ISo 19
ISo 19
17a 18
15a 17
ISO 16
ISo 19
ig
Hops, 1854 ...-.
Jo32a 36
5a
7
25a 32
• 80 19
ISO 21
ISo 21
ISo 23
9a 13
ISo 20
13a 15
34a 37
S3a 35
Indigo, Manilla
do.
60a 1 10
SSo 1 15
60a 1 05
5 3 1 15
.a
SSo 1 00
60a 1 05
55a 1 OS
55a 1 10
55a 1 10
55a 1 OS
55a 1 10
SSo 1 10
Iron—Scotch pig
ton 27 50a30 00 20 00031 00 31 000.32 00 29 00o31 00 27 00a29 00 ^26 S0a27 00 sg 50o30 SO 31 00a31 50 .... 33 00 36 00a37 00 !35 00a36 00 30 0Oo31 00
English bar
d o . 57 SOoOO 00 57 S0a60 00 57 5Oo60 00 55 OO057 SO 55 00a60 OO 'SO 00o.35 00 55 00a57 50 57 SOo60 00 60 00063 50 62 SOoOS 00 ;62 50a65 OO 55 0Oo57 SO
Sheet, Russia
*
lb
13 -..ISo 22
13 ....
13a 14
14a 15
15a 17
ISo 22 • ISO 22
15a 16
ISo 17
ISo 17
ISa 17
Lead, pig
100 lbs
.... 6 25
-... 6 25
6 12 .... 6 25 .... 6 35
.... 6 31 6 SOo 6 75 6 87a 7 00 :... 7 00
6 SO
Leather, hemlock
"
lb
24a 25
19o 20 ""21"".'.'.".' ....
23 "22a "23
21a 23
22o 33
S3o 34 . 23a 24 24o 25
Slo S3
SSo S3
Liquors—Cognac b r a n d y
gal
4 SOo 7 SO 4 SOo 7 SO 4 SOo 7 SO 4 70a 7 50 4 70a 7 SO 4 70o 7 50 4 70a 7 SO 4 70a 7 SO 4 70o 7 50 4 20a 7 50 4 gOo 7 50 4 gOa 7 50
Domestic whiskey
do.
37a 38
40 --..
41a 42
33 ....
33 ....
36a 37
40a 41
30 ....
36 ....
43 ....
41 ....
41 ....
Molasses—New Orleans
do.
24a 27
36o 40
23a 27
27a 32
2Sa 28
23a 28
36a 38 . 36a 37
S7a 31
S9a 33
34a 37
23a 34
Muscovado
do.,
23a 25
39a 40
22a 24
24a 28
35a 37
25a 27
23a 27
35a 36
S6a 30
S7a 30
31a 34
SSo 30
Matanzas
do.,
22a 24 ..... 24
33a 34
39 ....
22a 23
21a 22
22 ....
34
35 ....
30a 31 ....
S6a 37
35 ..-.
Nails—Cut
lb.,
4 ....
4 ....
4 .....
4 ....
4 ....
4 ....
3 ....
3 -...
4
4
4
4
Wrought
•..-*.
lb
So 11
8a 11
So 11
8a 11
So 11
8a 11
8a 11
So 11
8a 11
So 11
45a 47
40a 41
Naval stores—Spirits turpentine . . .gal.
43a 44
40a 41
46o 47 '' '46 ' .'..'. ''' 44a ' *45
42a 43 ....
43a 43
42
40o 41
43 ....
3
Rosin, white, 220 Ibs-bbl. 212a 3 SO 2 OOa - 00 2 OOa 3 00 1 87a 3 00 2 OOa 3 SO 3 50a 4 SO 3 50a 5 00 3 50a 4 50 2 OOa 4 75 2 OOa 4 75 2 25a 4 50 2 25a 5 00
i'ss'.-V.
Co
Oils—Whale
g a l . .1 65 . . . .
7Sa 75
78a 81 ! 80a 82
63a 651 63a 65
64a 67 I 65a 67
71a 74
71a 73
Sperm, s u m m e r . . - . '
do. . . | . .
185 --.. 195 .... 1 gSo 3 00 1 95a 2 00
2 00
Sperm, w i n t e r
d o . . . | 1 90 . . . . 190 .--. SOO .--•. 2 00 ... 2 00 ....
- - -. 3 05.... 3 05 3 OSa 3 10 2 05 . . . . 2 OOo 2 05
Olive
d o . . . j 1 12a 1 25 112a 1 25 1 15a 1 SO 1 20a 11
1 20a 1 35 120 .... 118a 1 33 1 15a 1 30 1 SOo 1 35 1 20a 1 25 1 ISa 1 25
Linseed
d o . . . ! 80a 81 ° 78 ....
85a 86
91a 93
930 94 1 8Sa 89
89a 90
85
gio gs
77a 78
Paints, red lead
lb-.'
7a
8
7a
8
7a
8'
7
7
i
7a
8
7a
8
7a
8
7a
8 """7a
7
Provisions—Pork, mess
- - . b b l . . 12 62 . - - . 12 50al4 25 13 37al3 SO 14 50al4 ( 17 35al7 50 1 7 00 .... 10 13 .... 19 31al9 37 '3135 . . ; .
S3 00o33 00
.
Pork, prime
d o . . . 12 25 - - . . 13 00al3 25 14 00
14 37 -.. [14 37al4 SO14 63al4 75 16 50 .... 16 S0al6 63 19 50 . . . . 3 1 3 5 . . . . 31 OOoSl 35
Beef, mess
d o . . . ' 8 2 5 a l l 25 ' 8 SOall 00 9 OOall 50 9 SOoll
9 75al3 75l O OOalS 50 11 00013 00 11 00al3 00 11 7Sal3 00 13 00ol4 00 13 50al4 00
l
Beef, prime
d o . . . ; 6 OOo 7 00 5 SOo 7 00 6 SSa 7 SO 6 50a 7
8 SOo 9 35 8 7Sa 9 50. 9 7Sal0 00 9 75al0 35 1 1 0 0 . - - - n OOolS 00 9 SOolO 00
Hams, pickled
lb..I
7a
8
9 ....
9o 10
go 10
8a
9 ....
9 .... !
So
9
10a 11
Beef hams, pickled . . . b b l . - 1 3 OOolO 00 13 0Oal6 00 16 OOolS 50 17 OOa20
17 50al8 50 16 50ol7 00
18 OOoSl 00 16 OOoSO 50 15 00al7 00 15 00016 00
Lard
l b . . i 10 .--.
Ilo
12
lla
12
9a 10
lOo 11
9a
10 ....
10 .... I lOo 11
11 . . . .
9 ....
20a 24
Butter, State
do.
19a 22
20a 24
17a 23
17a SO
18a S3
22o
30a 25
18a 34
ISo 33
23a 28
9a 10
9a 10
Cheese
do.
9a 10
6a
g
8a 10
lOo 11
Go 10
lOo
9a 12
7a 10 I
lOo 12
Rice, ordinary
cwt..
SOo 3 00 2 SOo 3 00 3 SOo 3 87 3 50a 3
5 OOo 5 37 5 7Sa 5 87 5 S5a 5 50 5, SOo 5 75 . . . 5 75 4 SOo 4 75 4 SOa 4 75
95a 97 103 .... . . . 1 0 5 1 ISo 1 16 . . . . 1 2 2
Salt—Liverpool, ground
sack.
05 --.- 1 OOo 1 02
95a 97
90a 93
92a 95
40
3Sa 33
T u r k ' s Island
bush.
37a 40
56a 58
45 . - . .
-.
50
SO.
48a 50
30a 34
50 *"48o
IOa 11
lOo 11
lOo 11
Ilo
13
Seeds—Clover
lb.
lOo
10a 11
11 ....
lOo 11 • 10a 12
lOo 11
10 ....
2 75o 3 25
Timothy, r e a p e d
bush.
4a
7
Soap—NeVv Y o r k
lb.
So
4a
7
4a
7
4a
7
So
8
4a
7
4a
7
4a
7
4a
7
So
8
lOo 11
10a 11
11 . . . . . 1 1 . - . Castile
*.
do..
11 ....
10 ....
10 ....
lOo 11
lOo 11
10 .--.
10 ....
11 ....
lOo 11
11
10 . . . .
Spices—Pepper
do..
lOo 11
11 ....
11 ....
10 ....
11
10 . . . .
lOo 11
92a 95
90a 96
93a 95
95a 1 00
90a 95 1 OOo 1 02 95a 1 00 95 ....
93a. 95
93a 95
Nutmegs
do..
90a 95
Spirits—Jamaica r u m
gal. 1 SOo 2 SO 1 SOo 3 50 1 SOo 2 50 1 75a 2 00 1 75a 3 00 1 75a 3 00 L 7Sa 3 00 1 75a 3 00 1 SOo 3 00 1 50a 2 00 1 50a 2 00
130
... 162 .... 1 63 .... 162 1 SOo 1 62 135 .--. 135 ....
Gin, INleder's S w a n
do..
135 . . . . 135 . . . . . . . . 130
6a
7a
8
So
4a
5
4a
5
4o
6
4a
5
4a
5
Sugars—New Orleans
lb.
So
6
6a
8
5a
6
6a
7a
8
4a
5
4a
5
4a
6 , - So
4a
5
Muscovado
do..
.
6 5a
5
6a
7
.5a
'6
Sa
9
6a
7
6a
7
Go
7 - " 7 ....
6a
7
8 ....
H a v a n a , white
do. 7 .
6a
7
-8 . . . .
7a
8
10
8 ....
9
Loaf
do..
10 . . . .
8 ---.
8 .
lla
12a 13
lla 13
12 ....
lla
12
11
12a 13
Tallow—American
do..
1.3 . . . .
Ilo
13
Ilo
35a
34a 38
34a 38
35a
3Sa 40
35a 40
34a 38
36a 40
Te.is —Young H y s o n
do..
34a 38
34o 38
34 a
SOo 35
ISo
17a 25
18a
ISo 22
18a 22
SOo 35
17a 22
SOa 35
Ning-yong
do..
SOo 35
SOa
SOo 30
ISo
20a 30
ISo
ISo 25
18a 25
SOo 30
SOo 30
Imperial
do. .
SOo 30
30a 30
7a 13
Sa 13
6a 13
6a
6a 10 . 6a
7a 12
7a 13
7a 13
Tobacco—Kentucky
do..
7o 13
7a 13
17a 33
17a 23
17a 23
18a
16a
16a
16a 20
ISo 34
17a 33
Manufactured, No. 1
do..
17a 33
17a 33
45 . . . .
43 - - . 40
38a
38a
3Sa
3Sa 39
40a 41
43
Whalebone
do..
40
40
L 25a 3 00 1 SSa 3 00 1 2So 3 00 1 25a 3 00 1 SSo 3 00 1 SSo 3 00 gOo 3 00 1 SSo 3 00 1 75a 3 00 1 80a 3 50 1 SOo 3 50
Wine—Port
gal.
i
L SOa 3 00 1 SOa 3 00 1 SOo 3 00 1 50a 3 00 1 SOo 3 00 1 SOo 3 00 1 SOo 3 00 1 SOo 3 00 3 OOo 3 00 2 OOa 3 00 2 OOa 3 00
Madeira
do..
Claret. Bordeaux
cask.
3OOaSO 00 30 OOoSO 00 30 OOoSO 00 30 OOaSO 00 '30 OOoSO 00 [30 OOoSO 00 30 OOaSO 00 50 OOoSO 00 40 OOoOO 00 40 OOaGO 00 40 00a60 00
30a 34
30a 34
30a 34
30a 34
24a 27
34o 37
24a 27
30a 34
30a 34
Wool—Common
.lb.
24a 37
30o 34
37a 38
37o 38
40a 43
35a 37
35a 37
35a 37
37a • 38 37a 38
37a 38
McTino
do..
35a 37
37a 38
33a 35
23o 25
S9a 31
21a -23
33a 35
Slo S3
21a 23
33a 35
S3o 35
Pulled, No, 1
do -.
SSa 30
S3a 35
80a 82
. . . . 3 00
. . . . 3 05
1 1 5 a 1 35
87 . . . .
8 .....
31 75aS3 50
30 00 . - - .
11 OOalS 50
9 3;3alO 00
14 00al7 00
13 . . . .
33a S3
lOo 11
4 SSa 4 50
. . . . 1 3d
40a 42
13
. . . . 3 CO
4a
7
11 . . . .
11 . . . .
90a 93
1 50a 3 00
. . . . 1 30
10
13 .
36a
40
32
30
13
'17a
33a
6a
17o 313
45 . . . .
1 80a 3 SO
2 OOo 3 00
40 00a60 00
30a 34
40a 42
29a 31
*At the close of the y e a r 1854 the public debt of the United States had been reduced to less than $45,000,000, redeemable a t different periods during fourteen years, with a surplus iu
the treasury of $20,000,000, a portion of which w a s applied to the government debt due in 1S67-'68, at a premium of 16al9 per cent. T h e recommendation of the President of a reduction
of the tariff w a s not adopted. Duriug the two years 18.3.3-'55 the sui-n'of $24,935,883 w a s applied to the public debt. T h e Crimean w a r occasioned a large demand for.breadstuffs and
provisions from the United States, the foreign exports of which, in the two years ending J u n e 30, 1855, w e r e $104,836,000, T h e foreign imports for the same period were.$566,030,901.
T h e exports of coin and bullion for the two y e a r s w e r e $87,065,803 beyond the imports, notwithstanding the a p p a r e n t balance of trade in favor of the United States.
CO
The rang^ ofprices of stapile articles in the New York market at the beginning of each month, in each year, from 1824 to 1863.
No. XXXIL—THE YEAR 1856.^
Jan.
Breadstuffs—Wheat
flour
bbl - - $8 S5a$.S 31
Ryeflour
d o . - . 5 75a 3 87
Corn meal
. . d o . -. 4 13a 4 35
W h e a t , Genesee
b u s h . . 2 ISo 3 17
Rye, northern
do - . . 1 30o 1 31
Oats, northern
do...
45a 48
Corn, northern
do...
93a 94
Candles—Mould
lb..
ISo 17
Sperm
do...
3Sa 40
Coal—Anthracite
t o n . . 5 OOa 6 00
Liverpool
c h a l d r o n . . 6 OOo 6 50
Coffee—Brazil
lb..
lOo. 13
J a v a , white
d o . . . . 13a 14
Copper—Pig
do...
34a 35
Sbeathing..
do...
33a 34
Cotton,
raiddling....
do...
0
Fish—Dry cod
c w t . . 4 OOo 4 35
Mackerel, No, 1
:
b b l . . 31 00a33 00
Fruit—Alraonds
lb..
14a 15
Raisins
b o x . . 3 00a 3 13
F u r s ; beaver, northern
p i e c e . . 1 35
F l a x , Araerican.
lb..
lOo 11
G las.s, American, window
50 feet.. 3 SOo 3 35
Gunpowder—Rifle
35 l b s . . 7 00
Shipping
d o . . . 5 50
Hides—Buenos A y r e s
lb..
SSo 36
Mexican
do...
33
Hops, 1855
'....-do...
8a 13
Indigo, M.inilla
:
do...
55a 1 1 5
Iron—Scotch pig
, •.
t o n . . 33 00o33 00
American bar, rolled
do
Englishbar
d o . . . 60 OOoOl 00
Sheet, Russia
lb..
ISo S3
Lead, pig
lOOlbs.. 7 00
Leathci-, hemlock
..-.'. .lb..
34a 35
Liquors—Cognac b r a n d y
g a l . . 4 90a 7 50
Domestic whiskey
do....'
36
Molasses—New Orleans
do...
48o 49
Muscovado
do...
4.1a 43
Matanzas
do...
43a 43
Digitized for lFRASER
N a v a stores—Spirii-s t u r p e n t i n e . . . g a l . .
41a 43
Rosin, white
380 l b s . . 3 SSo 4 50
http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/
Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
GO
Feb.
April.
May.
July.
Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
Dec.
$7 75a$7 81 $6 75a$.6 81 $6 68a$5 75 $5 75a$3 81 $5 SOa$S 35 $5 70a$5 80 $6 0Oa$6 15 $5 75o$5 80 $6 30a.$6 40 $6 45a$6 50
5 OOa 5 13 4 S5a 5 00 4ISo 4 50 3 7Sa 4 S3 3 lOo 3 75 2 95a 3 00 2 SOo 3 10 3 OOo 3 73 3 25a 4 00 3 OOa 4 00
3 87o 4 00 3 SOo 3 63 3 SSo 3 31 3 35a 3 31 3 OOa 3 35 3 20a 3 25 3 25a~3 SO 3 70a 3 73 3 75a 3 87 3 SOa 3 75
3lOo 315 1 gSo 3 05 1 gOo 3 00 1 70a 1 85 1 40a 1 48 1 35a 1 75 1 30a 1 75 1 40a 1 65 1 60a 1 70 1 65a 1 73
86a 87
SSo go
88a 90
1 S6a 1 30 1 lOo 1 13 1 OOo 1 03 75a 78
80a 83
86a 87
SSo 86
43a 45
43a 46
40a 4 3
48a 50
43o 47
43a 45
36a 43
35a 37
39a 40
42a 43
71a 73
70a 72
75a 76
6.5a 6 6
93o g3
67a 68
60a 63
48a 59
56a 60
66a
13a 16
14a 16
15a 17
15a 17
loo 15
13a 14
13a 14
ISo 14
12o 14
12a 14
38o 40
38a 40
3Sa 40
3ga 40
38a 40
38a 40
38a 40
38a 40
38o 40
38a 40
5 gOo 6 00 6 OOo 6 50 6 SSo 6 SO 5 SOo 6 00 5 50a 6 00 5 50a 6 00 5 50a 6 00 5 SOa 6 00 5 SOo 6 00 5 50o 6 00
6 OOo 6 50 6 OOo 7 00 7 SOo 8 00 7 SOo 8 00 7 50a 8 00 8 SOo 9 00 8 SOo 9 00 8 OOo 8 50 8 50a 9 00 9 OOo 9 35
lOo 11
lOo 12
10a 11
lOo 13
lOo
lOo 13
9a
lOo 13
2 a 11
lOo 11
14 .-..
14 ...:
14 -.-.
14 .--.
14a
14a 15
14a 15
14 ....
14a IS
14a 15
S3a 34
23o 24
S^o 34
S6a 38
26a 38
36a 38
26a 28
S4a 35
26 ....
25a 26
39a 30
29a 30
SSo sg
3Sa 33
31a 32
33a 34 - 33a 34 3*0 33
31a 32
29a 30
12 .--.
13 ---.
11 ---10 .--11 ....
10 ....
g ....
10 --..
11 ....
11 ....
4 SSa 4 37 4 37a 4 50 4ISo 4 35 4 06a 4 35 3 SOo 4 00 2 50a 3 37 3 50a 4 00 3 7*0 4 IS 3 SOo 4 00 3 ISo 3 87
33 00a33 00 33 50o33 00 31 OOaSS 00 SO OOaSS 00 20 50o21 00 20 00a21 00 20 OOa20 50 30 OOoSO 50 SO OOoSO SO 19 OOa30 00
17 ....
•17 ....
16a 17
14a 15
ISo 16
14 a 15
14 ....
14 ....
15 --..
16 ---.
3 SOo 3 00 3 OOa 3 35 3 OOo 3 35 3 OOo 3 35 3 25o 3 37 3 2So 3 37 3 25a 3 75 3 SOo 3 87 3 SOo 4 00 3 75o 3 87
135 .... 135 .... 135 .... 1 75 ... : 1 75 .... 1 60a 1 80 1 25a 1 50 1 35a 1 50 1 SSo I 50 1 S5a 1 SO
9a 12
go 13
"Oo 13
lOo 11
10a 11
lOo 11
lOo 11
lOo 11
lOo 11
lOo 11
3 SOo 3 35 3 SOo 3 35 3 50a 3 35 3 SOo 3 35 2 SOo 3 25 2 SOo 3 25 2 50a 3 25 3 SOo 3 35 2.50a 3 35 3 7Sa 3 50
-7 00 -.-. 7 00- .... 7 00 ---. 6 75 ---. 6 75 .--. 6 25 . • . 5 OOo 5 25 5 OOo 5 35 5 OOo 5 35 5 OOa 5 35
5 SO
5 50 .--. 5 50 --.. 5 50 .... 4 00 .... 4 00 .... 3 SOo 3 75 3 50a 3 75 3 SOo 3 75 3 50a 3 75
SSo 30
37a 38
37a 38
26a 27
36a 37
S6a 37 . 24a 25
25o 26
S6a 37
36a 37
SSa 36
21a 22 • 33 .--17a 18
21 .--.
SSo 33
Slo S3
ig -...
Sla S3
Slo S3
4a
5
7a
9
4a
7
6a
9
10a 13
7a 10
6a
2
7a 10
7a 10
7a 10
55a 1 05
55a 1 05
SSo 1 05
SSo 1 05
55a 1 10
55a 1 10
SSo 110
SSo 1 05
SSo 1 15
SSo 115
33 00a34 00 36 00o37 00 36 00a37 00 33 00o33 00 30 0Oo32'OO 30 50o32 00 31 S0a32 50 31 50a32 50 31 00o31 50 30 00a31 00
$6 00a.$8 10
3 SOo 4 25
3 37o 3 50
1 67a 1 74
90a 93
45o 47
72o 73
13a 16
38a 40
5 50a 6 00
7 7»a 8 00
lOo 11
13a 14
23a 24
29 ....
12 ---3 09a 4 00
19 00a20 00
18a 19
3 7Sa 3 87
1 25a 1 50
So 11
2 75a 3 50
5 OOa 5 25
3 50a 3 75
29a 30
25a 26
4a
5
SSo 1 05
29 00a30 00
0
60 00a61 00 60 OOaOS SO 63 50o65 00 63 OOoOS 00 62 00a62 SO 60 00a62 50 50 00a60 00 55 0Oo57 00 55 00a57 00 57 SOa60 " 0
1 3 ....
.
1 3 ....
.
13a 14
11 ....
17 ....
13a 14
ISa 33
18 ....
18 ....
ISo 33
7 00 .... 7 OOo 7 13 7ISo 7 35 7 SSo 7 37 7 37o 7 62 6 75o 7 87 6 SOo 7 00 6 50a 7 00 6 40a 7 00 6 75a 7 00
39 ....
S6a 37
25o 26
25
.a
34 a 35
25 ....
25a
36 ....
350 • 36 36 ....
1 75a i
4 75o 8 00 4 75a 8 00
5 OOo 7 50 5 OOo 7 50 5 OOa 7 50 5 OOa 7 50 5 OOo 7 50 5 OOo 7 50 4 75a
33a 34
25 ....
32 .
38a 39.
33a 34
SSo 39
37a
.34a 36
SSa 39
30a 31
S5a 36
47o
54a
44a 46
43o 46
SSo
54 o 55
46o 48
50a
A'ta 46
47a 50
37a
40a
40a 43
43o
43a 45
33o 38
35a 38
41a 43
34o 37
40a 43
34 a
31a
3Sa 40
38o
39a 40
30o 31
33a 36
38o 39
33 ....
43a
37a
41.a
41o 43
40a 41
41a 4S
40a 41
, 7 ....
3
37a . 8
3
2 50a 6 00 I 50a 5 50 2 50a 6 00
3 OOo 5 00 2 35a 4 SO 2 SSo 4 50 2 50a 4 50 2 50a 6 00 2 25a 5 00
53 OOflSS 00
13 .--.
6 73a 7 00
29a 30
4 75a 8 00
30a 31
70a 75
48a 53
49o SO
44o 45
4 50a 6 00
>
Q
feJ
O
td'
)—•
o
Nails—Cut
lb4
3
3
3
3
3
Wrought
do -. 7
7
6a
7
7
6a
7
7
74a 76
80a 81
77a 78
81a
83
Oils—Whale
:
gal. 73o 75
71a
76
Sla 83
Slo
83
80a
81
81
77a 78
Sperra, suramer
d o . - - ... 2 00
105 .... 1 8 5 -:-. 1 75o 1 80 1 75a 1 80 1 7 5 .... .... 1 65
Sperra, winter
do -. - ... 2 05 .... 3 00 .... 3 05 3 OOo 2 OS SOO .... SOO .... 1 go .... 1 SSo 1 90 180 .--. 1 8 0 --:. .... 1 70
Olive
d o - . . LISo 1 22 115o 1 33 1 SOo 1 35 1 SSo 1 37 1 SSo 1 30 1 35a 1 30 1 SOo 1 35 1 ISo 1 35 1 ISo 1 SO 1 ISo 1 SO 1 15a 1 SO
SOo
83
880
90
76o 77
79o 80
gso
gg
.- Linseed
'.
do - . .
goo gs
80a 83
SSo S3
83a 83
93a
95
7a
8
7o
8
Paints, red lead
Ib..
8 ....
8 ....
8
8 .--7a
8
7a
8
7a
8
8 ---.
Provisions—Pork, mess,
b b l . . I 25al7 50 16 S5al6 50 16 35ol6 43 16 .5O0I6 6^ 18 OOolS 50 17 50O17 75 30 SSoSO 37 19 S7aS0 0019 87aS0 00 SO OOoSO 13 SO 87aSl 00
Pork, prime
d o . . . ) OOolS 25 14 2Sal4 50 14 S5al4 31 IS 5O0I5 63 15 SOolS 63 14 50al4 75 17 IS0I7 35 17 OO0I7 35 17 7Sol8 00 18 OOalS 06 18 OOolS 35
Beef, mess
d o . . . ) 50al2 00 10 330II 50 9 7.50II 00 g 35ol0 75 8 OOo g SO 8 OOo g . 0 8 SOolO 00 8 SSo 9 50 8 OOo g 35 8 OOo 9 35 8 SOo g 50
3
OOolO 00 g OOo g 75 8 75a 9 35 8 SSo 8 75 7 SOa 8 00 7 OOo 8 00 7 SOo 8 00 7 00a 7 50 6 OOo 7 00 6 OOo 7 00 6 OOo 7 00
Beef, prime .•
do...
So
9
^Oo
10
So
g
g ....
- Hams, piclded.:
Ib.So
g
10 ....
g ....
g ....
9 ....
10 ....
g ....
Beef hams, in pickle. - . b b l . . 13 00al6 00 11 OOolS 00 13 S0al5 50 13 OOolO 50 14 OO0I9 00 13 SO0I5 50 13 OOolS SO 14 OOolO 00 16 OOoSO 00 31 OOoSS 00 17 OOoig 00
10 ....
go 10
12 ....
lOo 11
Lard
lb..
10 ....
11 ..-.
lla 13
13 ---.
13a
14
13 .--.
13 . . . .
23o
26
S3a 38
33o
38
SOo 35
Butter, State.
do . .
17a
S3
I80 31
13a SO
ISo S3
I80
34
18a S3
lOo 34
9o
11
go
11
So 10
Cheese
do...
go 10
So
10
6a.
2
6a
8
6a
2
8a . 9
6a
2
go 10
25o 4 SO 4 63a 4 87 4 SOo 4 63 4 OOo 4 13 3 75o 4 00 3 7 5 a 4 00 3 S7a 4 13 3 S7a 4 13 3 S7a 4 13 4 ISo 4 37 4 SSo 4 63
Rice, ordinary
cwt..
SSo 1 00
gia 95
Salt—Liverpool
sack- 90o
gs
98a 1 00 1 OOa 1 OS
86a- 88
86a
87
87a sg
goo gs
070 1 00 1 OOo 1 02
T u r k ' s island
bush - ^
37 ....
39a 30
34 -..37a
38
30a- 31
30a 34
33 ---.
13a 14
13a
14
13o
14
Seeds—Clover
Ib-ISo 13
Ilo 13
lla 13
13a
14
I60
17
13a 14
ISa 13
14a
15
Tiraothy, reaped
l ) u s h . . 3 OOo 3 25 3 35a 3 50 3 62o 3 75 3 SOo 3 87 3 SOo 3 75 3 OOo 3 35 3 OOo 3 35 3 SOo 3 75 3 7Sa 4 00 3 SOo 3 87 3 S5a 3 63
4o
7
4a
7
4a
7
Soap—New York
lb - 4o
7
4a
8
4a
8
4a
8
4a
8
7
4a
8
4a
8 ' 4a
10a 11
11 --..
11 ....
Castile
d o . -10 ....
10 .--11 ---.
lOo
11
10 ....
IOa 11
10 --..
10 .--.
11 ....
lOo 11
lOo
11
Spices—Pepper
'.
do. - 10a 11
lOo
11
lOo 11
11 ....
lOo 11
13 . . . . .
10a 11
13 .--.
93o gs
gso gs
goo g2
87a 90
87a
90
Nutraegs
do...
87o 90
goo gs
S4a 86
85a 87
87a go
87a
90
Spirits—Jaraaica rura
g a l . . L SOo 2 00 1 SOo 2 00 1 SOo 3 00 1 50« 3 00 1 50o 3 00 1 SOo 3 00 1 50a 3 00 1 50a 3 SO 1 40a 3 50 1 40a 3 50 1 40a 3 SO
Gin, Meder's S w a n
d o . . - I SOo 1 60 1 50o 1 60 1 SOo 1 60 1 SOo 1 60 1 50a 1 60 1 SOo 1 60 1 SOo 1 60 1 50a 1 60 1 50a 1 60 1 SOo 1 60 1 SOa 1 60
6a
8
8a
8a
g
7a
9
6a
8
So
7a
8
6a
8
Sugars—New Orleans
lb. 7a ^8
So
9
So
9
6a
8
7a
, 7a
8
7a
8
6a
8
6a
8
7a.
Muscovado '
do. -.
7a
8
7a
9
So
9
7a
9
11
2 ^...
g
g .--.
2 ....
lOo
11
H a v a n a white
do. - 8 ....
9 --..
10 -.-.
lOo
lla
lla
go
go 10
go
10a
11
Ilo
13
Loaf
do...
go 10
go • 10
lOo 11
lla
Ilo
13
lla
10 --..
10
10'
10a
ISo
13
Tallow, American
do...
13 .--.
13 ---.
10
lla
11
10 .-..
35a
36a
35a
3.5a
40
36a
35a ' 4 0
Teas—Young Hyson
do.. .
36a 40
36a 40
35a
35a
40
35a 40
16a
16a
. 16a
16a
SO
17a
16a
19
Souchong
. . d o . .16a 20
I60 30
16a
16a
19
17a SO
SSo
SSo
S3
SSo
33a
SSo
23
Imperial
do...
23a 30 • 33a 30 S3o
SSo
SSo
23
SSo S3
7a
go
7a
7o
15
7a
go '16
Tobacco—Kentucky
do...
6a 13
6a
14
7a
7a
14
7a 15
34a
17a
17a
S3
17o
17a
S3a
37
17a 23
17a
33
17a
• Slo
35
. Manufactured, No 1 . . . . . d o . . .
17a 34
SOo
63a
SSo
60a
57
60a
63
S6a
4Sa 49
4Sa
40
57o 58
SSo
60
Whalebone
do...
SSo 56
. 3 50 1 SOo 3 50 3 OOo 4 00 3 OOo 4 00 3 OOo 4 00 3 OOo 4 00
Wine—Port g a l . - L SOo 3 50 1 SOo 3 SO 1 SOo 3 50 1 80a 3 SO' 1 SOo 3 SO 1
Ct
Madeira
.•
do - . . > OOo 3 00 3 OOo 3 00 3 O r 3 00 3 OOo. 3 00 3 OOa 3 00 S OOo 3 00 3 OOo 3 00 3 75o 4 00 3 75a 4 00 3 75a 4 00 3 75a 4 00
.
Claret, Bordeaux
c a s k . . ) 00a60 0040 00a60 00 40 OOoGO 00 40 00a60 00 40 00a60 00 40 OOoCO 00 40 OOoOO 00 40 OOoOO 00 40 OO06O 00 40 00a60 00 40 OOoGO 00
30a 34
33a 38
33a
38
30a
34
31a 37
33a . 8
3
30a 34
30a
34
30a 36
30o
34
Wool—Comraon
lb..
30a 36
40a 43
46a ^48
46a 48
46a
48
43a
45
SOo 54
40a 42
40a
43
44a 46
43a
45
Merino
,
do
3Sa 43
SOo 31
31a . 33 31a 33
31a
33
33a 35
35
S9a. 31
SOo
31
38a 31
SSo . • 31 ^ 30a
Pulled, N o . 1
do- -.
38a 31
6a , 7
700 81
165 . . . .
1 1 5 a 1 SO
9Sa 99
7a
8
18 75al9 SO
16 g3al7 0O
• 8 50al0 00
6 OOo 7 35
10 . . . .
16 OOolS 00
ISo 13
Sla 36
go 10
3 63o 4 00
80a 82
36a 28
ISo 13
3 OOo 3 35
4a
7
10 . - - .
ISa 13
85a 87
• 1 40a 3 SO
1 50a 1 60
So 10
8a 10
lla
13
Ilo
13
10a 11
33a 38
ISo 18
23a 33
go 15
26a 30
6Sa 65
S OOo 4 00
3 7Sa- 4 00
40 OOa60 00
31a 37
50a 54
33a 35
* I n the y e a r 1856 the exports of breadstuffs and provisions from the United States reached the sum of $77,187,300, or ten millions in excess of the faraine year, 1846-1847, and one hundred per cent, above the average of the ten years ending J u n e 30, 1.8.35. T h e exports of domestic produce this year, for the first time, exceeded three hundred itdllions of dollars, and the
total exports w e r e $336,064,908. Notwithstanding this apparent balance of $13,000,000 in favor of the United States for the fiscal vear 1855-1856, the real balance w a s seen in the export of
coin and bullion to the e x t e n t o f $41,537,000 beyond the imports. T h e importations of woollen goods w e r e $30,705060; cotton goods, $34,337,000; iron, $31,618,000; sugar §31395,000. T h e
Importation of all these articles was-encouraged in the following year by the reduced tariff, which took effect in J u l y , 1837'.
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No. XXXIIL—THE YEAR 1857.*
Articles.
April.
' May.
June.
July.^
Aug.
Sept.
Oct. I
Breadstuffs—Wheat
flour
bbl . $6 10a$6 SO ^6 30a$6 35 $6 25a$6 30 $5 60a$5 75 $5 95a$6 00 ^6 65a$6 70
35 $6 15a$6 25 $5 75a$5 80 |$4 25a$4 50 $4 80o$4 85
Ryeflour
d o . . 3 SOo 4 35 3 75a 4 50 3 75a 4 SO 3 40a 3 75 3 70a 4 00 4 25a 5 00 4 25a 5 00 4 OOo 5 00 4 OOo 4 SO 4 OOo 4 25 3 50a-4 00
Corn meal
d o . . 3 SSa 3 31 3 25 .... 3 25a 3 37 3 20 .... 3 30 .... 4 25 . . . . 4 00 .... 4 OOo 4 10 4ICo 415 3 75 ---- .... 3 50
W h e a t , Genesee
b u s h . 1 70a 1 80 1 70a 1 80 1 70a 1 80 1 60a 1 65
1 SSo 1 go 1 90a 1 gs 1 SOo 1 85 1 GSo 1 72 1 25o 1 35 1 40a 1 55
Rye, northern
...do..,
80 ....
SSo 90
030 gs
70a 73
goo gs
gSo 98
SOo
87a 89
1 20a 1 25 1 ISo 118 1 Ilo 1 13
Oats, northern
... do..,
61a 66
41a 43 . 43a 45
46a 48
SOo 63
SOo 52
4ga 51
SSa
SOo 52
SSo 60
62a 65
Corn, northern
do..
72a 73
73a 74
SSo sg
goo gs
74a 76
71a 78
7Sa
68a 74
86a 87
gSo 1 00
Candles—Mould
lb.,
ISa 16
13a 16
14a 17
13a 15
13a 15
Sperm
d o . . , .--.. 40
42 .... , 42
42
42
41
40
40a 42
42
42
Coal—Anthracite
t o n . 6 50 .... 7 00 .... .... 6 50 .... 6 00 .... 600 .... 6
.... 6 00 .... 6 00 .... 6 00 .... 6 00 .... 6 00
Liverpool
chaldi'on., 7 OOa 7 SO 7 SOo 8 00 7 SOo 7 75 6 SOo 7 00 6 SOo 6 75 6 SOo 7
6 7Sa 7 00 --.. 8 50 8SOo goo 9 00 .... 8 OOo 8 50
Coffee—Brazil
lb.,
lOo 11
Ilo 12
lOo 11
Ilo 12
lla 12
lla 12
lOo 11
lOo
lOo 12
lOo 12
lla 12
J a v a , white
d o . -,
14 ....
16 -.-.
16a 17
16 ---.
14a 15
16 ....
15 ....
15 ....
15 ..
15 -.-.
16a 17
Copper—Pig
d o . -,
23 ....
22
24 --..
24 ....
. - -.
28
27
26 ....
26
27
23a 24
Sheathing
d o . . . - - - - 33
27a 28
28
28 ---.
32 ....
35
33 ....
34 ....
28 ....
30 .... 20
Cotton, middling
do...
15 ....
14 ....
13 ....
15 ....
1 3 ....
.
14 ....'
14 ..... "'14
14 . . .
..
1 5 ....
.
Fish—Dry cod
cwt'., 3 SOo 4 35 3 37a 4 25 3 SOo 4 30 3 OOo 3 87 3 OOo 3 87 3 62a 4
3 62a 4 12 4 37a 4 62 3 75a 4 50 3 500 4 00 3 OOo 3 62
Mackerel, No, 1
b b l . . 19 OOoSO 00 ig 0Oa2O 00 ig 0Oa20 00 19 0Oo2O 00 21 00a22 00 |21 OO022
121 0Oa22 00 [21 00a22 00
Flax—American
lb.,
8a 11
So 11
So 11
Fruit—Almonds
do..,
22a 23
22a 23
19a SO
22a 23
23a 24
23o 24
23a 24
23a 25
23a 25
20
Raisins
^ o x . . 3 7Sa 3 80 ....- 4 00 .... 4 50 .... 4 62 4 OOo 4 75 4 75a 4 80 4 75 .... 4 50 .... 4 37 .... 4 OOo 4 25 2 30
Furs—Beaver, northern
l b . . 1 60a 1 SO 1 60a 1 80 1 75 .. -. 150 .... 1 7So 2 00 1 75o 2 00 1 75a 2 00 1 7Sa 2 00 1 7Sa 2 00 1 75o 2 00
Glass American, w i n d o w
50 feet.. 3 75a 3 SO 2 75a 3 50
OOo '3 75
2 7Sa 3 SO 2 75a 3 50 2 75a 3 SO 2 75a 3 50 2 75a 3 50 2 7Sa 3 50 3 OOo 3 75
Gunpowder—Rifle
35 l b s . . 5 OOo 5 35 5 OOa 5 25 5'6do'5"25 5 OOo 5 25 5 OOo 5 25 5 OOo 5 25 5 OOo 5 25 5 OOo 5 25 5 OOo 5 25 6 OOo 6 25
OOo 6 25
Shipping
d o . . . 3 50a 3 75 3 SOa 3 75 3 SOo 3 75 3 SOo 3 75 3 SOo 3 75 3 SOa 3 75 3 SOo 3 75 3 SOo 3 75 3 2So 3 SO 4 00 ....
00 ....
Hides, Buenos Ayres
lb.,
28a 29
3Sa 36
30a 31
33
31a 32
36
34 .... . - - - 34 36a 37
35a 36 -. -.
30
Mexican
do...
20a 21
25a 26
S6a 27
26a 27
30 .--. ^20 ....
200 30
30a 31
2Sa 20
24a 25
29 ....
Hops, 1856
do...
3a
4
7a 11
7a 10
4a
8
go 12
7a 10
6a 11
go 12
So 12'
7a 10 . So 12
Indigo, Manilla
do...
4.3a 1 00
SSo 1 00
50a 05 • SOa 1 05 SOo 1 OS
SSo 1 00
SSo 1 05
SOo 1 00
55a 1 05
SSo 1 05
SSo 1 00
Iron—Scotch pig
t o n . . 30 00a31 00 30 50O.32 00|31 0Oa32 00 36 00o37 50 35 00o37 SO [3100032 00 |30 0Oo32 00 130 0Oa31 00 20 00 .... [28 00a28 50 00a29 00
Common English b a r .
d o . . . 55 00057 SO 56 OOoSS 00 GO 0Oa62 00 61 00a62 50 61 00062^50 55 OOoSO 00 . 2 00 -.-.
-. 55 00 52 00a54 00 53 50 -. -. .. .33 50
3
Sheet, Russia .'.
lb..
13 ....
11 ....
11 ....
11 ....
11 ....
13 ....
13 ---.
13 ....
12 ....
13 : . . .
13 ....
Lead, pig
:
100 lbs.. 6 75 .... 6 75 .... 6 75 .... - . . 7 25 ---. 7 25 ---. 7 25 .... 7 25
:.
• Leather, hemlock
lb.. 31a 33
25o 26
27a 28
29 ....
31a 32
32a« 33
25a 26
27a 28
31a 32
22a 30
32a 33
Liquors—Cognac bi'andy
gal.. 5 OOo 8 00 5 OOo 8 00 5 OOo 8 00 5 OOo 8 00 5 40 .... 5 SOo 8 00 5 SOo 8 00 4 7Sa 7 00 4 75o 7 00 4 75a 7 00 4 75a 7 00
Domestic whiskey
do...
22 ....
21 ....
25 ....
31 ....
28 ....
36a 37
31a 33
26a 27
20 ....
27 ....
Molasses—New Orleans
do. -.
4Sa 55
35a 45
70 ....
60
75a 76
70a 75
74 a 70
75 --..
77 .....
7Sa 76
Muscovado
>
do...
29a 35
20a 27
44a 48
46a SO
35a 45
60
SOo GO
SOo 60
SOo 60
SSo 63
48a 58
28a 30, 20a 22
Matanzas
do...
38a 40
40a 44
35 .--.
55
50a 52
48a 50
49a 51
50a 52
43a 46
43 ....
Naval stores—Spirits turpentine .. .do... 48a 49
42 ....
46 ....
46o 47
S2a 53
46 ....
45a 46
50a 51
47a 48
50 ....
Rosin, white
3801 bs.. 4 75a 6 00 4 SOo 6 00 4 SOo 5 SO 4 50a 5 SO 5 00a 7 50 5 SOa 8 00 5 OOo 7 SO 5 OOo 7 00 5 OOo 7 00 5 SOo 7 25 4 OOa 6 00
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Nails—Cut
lb..
3 ....
3
3
3
4
3
3
4
3
4
4
Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
Dec.
$4 80o$4 85
3 SOo 4 00
.... 3 SO
1 40a 1 55
80 ....
' 40a 43
80 ....
.... - 42
.... 6 00
8 OOo 8 SO
10O 11
16 ....
23 --..
27a 28
>
Q
3 OOo 3 62
o
2 30
3 OOo 3 75
6 OOo 6 35
4 00 - - -.
SSo 29
2O0 21
3a
4
43a 1 00
28 OOoSg 00
---. 53 50
11 ....
SSo 36
4 75o 7 00
S3 : . . . .
35a 45
SOo 27
SOo 22
42 .:..
4 OOo 6 00
%
o
Nails—Wrought, G e r m a n
do..,
. OUs—Whale
gal..
Sperm, summer
...do...
Sperm, winter
do...
Olive
do...
Linseed
do - .
Paints, red lead
lb.
Provisions—Pork, mess
bbl.,
Pork, prime
do..
Beef, mess
do..
Beef, prime
do..,
Hams, pickled
lb.
-~^
Beef hams, in p i c k l e . . b b l .
Lard
lb.
Butter, State
do..
Cheese
do..
n i c e , ordinary
cwt.
Salt—Liverpool, ground
sack.
T u r k ' s Island
bush.
Seeds—Clover
lb.
Timothy, reaped.
bush.
Soap—Brown
lb.
Castile
do..
Spices—Pepper
do..
Nutmegs
do..
Spirits—Jamaica r u m
gal.
Gin, Meder's S w a n
do..
Sugars—New Orleans
lb.
Muscovado
do..,
H a v a n a , white
do..,
Loaf
do...
Tallow—American
do...
Teas—Yoving H y s o n
.do...
Souchong,
fine
do...
Imperial
do...
Tobacco—Kentucky
do...
Manufactured, No. 1
do...
Whalebone, N W . C
do...
Wine—Port
gal..
Madeira
'
do...
Claret, B o r d e a u x
cask..
Wool—Common
^. . l b . .
Merino
..do...
Pulled, No. 1 . . .
do...
5 ..*
5
5a
5a
6
6
6 .... - 6 .--.
69a 72
69a 72
69a 73
73a 75
73a 74
70a 73
70 ....
145 .... .... 1 42 .... 1 42 1 3Sa 1 37 140 --.. 140 .--. 1 4 0 . . . .
1 6 0 . . . . . 155 --.. .--. 150 1.35 .... 155 .... 150 .... 150 ..-. 1 50 . -.. 145 .... 145 .--. 145 ---. 1 4 5
1 20a I 25 1 20a 1 25 1 25a 1 30 120a 125 1 20a 1 25 .... 1 30 .... 1 30 1 30a 1 40 1 27a 1 30 1 20a 1 25 1 2Sa 1 30 1 2Sa 1 30
58a 59
58a 59
70 ....
82
77 --..
80
86a 87
85
78
85a 86
84 .... ....
7 ....
7 ....
7 .-.
..
7a
8
7 ....
7
7a
8 ' 7a
7 ....
7 ....
8
7a
8
7 ....
23 0Oa23 50 16 50al7 00 16 50al7 CO
125 60a25 70
|24 00a25 00
19 37a20 00 20 40a21 75 i23 00a23 50
|23 75aS3 0023 75023 92 |21 75o22 00
|23 25a23 40
16 75al7 00 17 75ol8 00 18 SOolS 75 ig 50al9 60 18 SOolS 95 19 25aig 35 18 85aig 00 19 50 ..-. 21 50o21 60 18 50al8 75 16 00 .... 16 00 . . . .
I 9 SOalO 50 9 SOalO 50
10 S0al2 25 10 75al3 00 11 50al3 00 12 75al4 00 113 0OOI4 0014 OOolS 00 14 OOalS 00
6 00a 7 25 6 OOa 7 25
12 75 ....
9 OOolO 00 9 SOolO 50I10 OOoll 0010 75all 50 10 75all 50
lla 12
13 ....
11 ....
-.
9a 10
10 ....
li .--.
11 .s..
lOo 11 1 11 . - 11 ....
17 OOaSO 00 20 00022 00 !20 00a22 00|23 00a24 00
!S3 00oS4 0023 50a24 00 |22 00a24 0023 50a23 75 i23 50o23 7519 00a20 00 13 50al6 00 13 5O0I6 00
14a 15 1 10a 13
IOa 13
15a 31)
15 --..
14 ....
14 ....
ISo 13
13 ....
14 ---.
14 ---.
14 ....
16a 21 I 16a 22
24a 26
18a 22
16a 21
17a 22
ISo 23
20a 25
21a' 26
20a 27
SSo SS
20a 26
7a
9\
6a
8
6a
8
6a
9
3a
9
6a 10
7a 11
9a 10
11 .-..
12a 13
ISo 13
13o 14
3 75a 4 00 3 75a 4 00 4 12a 4 37 4 37a 4 62 4 SOo 4 75 4 62o 4 87 4 62a 4 87 512a 5 37 512o 5 25 4 25a 4 501 3 25a 3 50 3 25tf 3 50
82 ..-. .80
80a 82 ....
80
81a 82
70 ....
•82a 84
SOo 81
80 ....
19o 20
22 ! 19a 20
22
21
23a 24
23
20a 22
24
22
26
10
lla 12 10 ....
11 ---.
lOo 11
lla 12
13 -...
lla 12
12 ....
12
14 ....
4 OOo 4 23 4 OOo 4 25
3 00 .... 3 37a 3 50 3 75 .... 3 75a 4 00 3 75a 4 00 3 7Sa 4 00
6a
7
4a
7
4a
4a- 7
4a
7
4a
4a
7
4a
7
4a
7
4a
7
4a
7
4a
7
12 ....
12 . . . .
11 11 --..
11 ....
11
11 --..
10 ....
10a 11
10a 11 . 11 ....
11 .--.
10 ....
10 . . . .
10 .
11 .--.
lla 12
lla 12
Ilo 12
12 ....
12
lla 12
12
13
55a 60
55a 60
60a
65a 67
67a 70
70 ....
75a 80
82a 85 - - -.
SOo 85
85 85a 87
82a 85
1 40a 2 50 1 40a 2 50 1 40a 2 50 1 40a 2 50 1 60a 2 SO 1 35o 3 35 1 35a 2 25 1 SOo" 2 50 1 SOo g 50 1 500 2 50 1 50a 2 50 1 SOo 2 50
100 . . . .
100 ..
1 50a 1 60 1 SOo 1 60 1 45a 1 50 1 45a 1 SO 1 45a 1 50 1 45a 1 50 1 45a 1 50 100 .... 100 .--. 100
9a 11
9a 11
5a
8
6a
5a
8
60
7a
9a 10
So 10
So
go
Sa. 10
9a 10
10 .
10 .--.
10a
lla
12a
13a 14
lla 12
12 ....
12 .
12 ....
13a
13a
11
14
•-...
13
13
13
9
9 -...
10 ....
12 .-..
11 ....
11 ..-.
11 ....
11
12 .
lla 12
43a 46
43a 46
43a 46
44a
44a 48
44 a
48
32a 38
40a
44a 48
35a 38
37a 42
40a 43
3232 ....
32 ....
38a
34a 35
28o 32
19a 22
23a 27
22a
28a 32
18a 20
23a 25
33a 35
33o 35
33a 35
3Sa
3Sa 37
35a 37
22
33a
35a 37
28a 32
31a 35
33a 35
7a 18
7a 18
9a 2Q.
Oo
9a 18
lOo 21
9a "16
13a
10a 20
9a 16
lla 18
12a 20
23a 27
23a 27
27a 30
27a 30
26a 30
26a 30
26a
27a 30 • 27a 30 27a
26a 30
27a 31
1 05
1 05
1 ISo 1 20 1 20
87
64a 65
70
80a
70
78a SO
80 .--.
2 OOo 4 00 2 00a 4 00 2 OOo 4 00 2 OOo 4 00 2 OOa 4 00 2 OOo 4 00 2 OOo 4 00 2 OOa 4 00 2 OOo 4 00 2 OOo 4 00 2 OOo 4 00 2 OOo 4 00
2 75o 4 00 2 75a 4 00 2 75a 4 00 2 7So 4 00 2 75a 4 00 2 75a 4 00 2 75a 4 00 2 75a 4 00 2 75a 4 00 2 75a 4 00 2 75a 4 00 2 75a 4 00
0
40 0OO6O 00 40 OOaOO 00 140 OOaOO 00140 OOoOO 0040 OO06O 00 40 OOaOO 00 |40 OOoOO 00 40 OOoGO 00 l40 00a60 00 1 00a60 0040 OO06O 00 40 00a60 00
30a 35
30o 35
30a 35
36a 38
40a 44
36a 38
36a 38
33a 37
40a 44
38a 42 i 38a 42
33a 37
40a 45
40a 45
40a 45
45a 48
45a 48
4 3 48
.a
50a 54
54 o . 8
3
54 a 58
SOo 54
50a 54
50a 54
25a 28
25o 28
25a 28
33 a 3G
33o 36
33a 36
33a 36
34a 37
34a 37 . 34a 37 I 34a 37
33a 36
6a
78a
7
81
60
70a
7 1 6a
75
66a
7
72
6a
72a
7
75
6a
73a
7
74
*The tariff w a s reduced a t the second session of the thirty-foixrth Congress, March, 1857, b y a vote .of 124 to 71 in the House, a n d 38 to 8 in the Senate, the act to t a k e effect from J u l y
1, 1857. A p p r o v e d by President Pierce March 3.
t N e w tariff commenced J u l y 1 this year.—See J a n u a r y , 1858.
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Articles.
Breadstuffs—Wheat
flour
bbl..
Rye
flour
do. -.
Corn meal
do..
Wheat, Genesee
bush.
Rj'.e, northern
do..
- Oats, northern
do..
Corn, northern
do..
Candles—Adamantine
lb.
Sperm
do..
Coal—Anthracite
ton.
Liverpool
chaldron.
Coffee—Rio
lb.
J a v a , white
do..
Copper—Pig
.do..
Sheathing
do..
Cotton, middling
.'
..do..
Fish—Dry cod
cwt.
Mackerel, No, 1, small
bbl.
F l a x , American
lb.
Fruit'—Almonds
do..
Raisins
box.
F u r s , beaver, northern
do..
Glass, American, w i n d o w
50 feet.
Gunpowder—Rifle
25 l b s .
Shipping
do - Hides—Buenos Ayrea
lb..
Mexican
do..
Hops, 1857
:
do..
Indigo, Manilla
,
do..
Iron—Scotch pig
ton.
Common English b a r . . . . . . ' . . d o . .
Sheet, .Russian
:
lb.
Lead, pig, English
100lbs.
Leather, hemlock
.'
Ib.^
Liquors—Cognac b r a n d y
gal.
Domestic w h i s k e y
do...
Molasses—New Orleans
do. .
Muscovado
do..
Cuba, clayed
do. .
Nails—Cut
lb German
Wrought,
do..
N a v a l stores—Spirits
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Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
Feb.
March.
April
May.
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61a
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Oct.
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280 l b s . . 3 OOa 4
Oils—Whale
gal.
GOo
Sperm, sumrher
do..
Sperm, w m t e r
d o . . 1 SSo 1
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-,
d o . - llSo 1
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do. 54a
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lb.
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d o . . 9 OOolO
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d o . . 5-75a 6
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lb.
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lb.
Sa
Butter, State
do..
14a
Cheese
do..
6a
Rice, ordinary
c w t . 2 75a 3
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sack.
75o
T u r k ' s Island
bush.
16o
Seeds—Clover
lb.
So
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b u s h . 2 00a 2
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piece.
Russia, brown
do..
Soap—Brown
lb.
4a
Castile
do...
11 ..
Spices—Pepper
do .8 ..
Nutmegs
do.
52a
Spirits—Jamaica r u m
gal
125a 2
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d o . . . 1 0 0 ..
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lb
So
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do...
So
Havanawhite
do...
So
Loaf
do...
10a
Tallow—American
.'
do...
9o
Teas—Young Hyson
do...
35a
Souchong,
fine
do...
33a
Imperial
do...
2^
;
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Tobacco—Kentucky
do.. .
7a
Manufactured, No. 1
do...
22o
Whalebone, N. W . C
do... gso 1
Wine—Port
gal.. igoo 4
Madeira
...... do... 2 500 4
Claret, Bordeaux
.cask.. OOoSS
|40
Wool—Common
lb..
27o
Merino
do... 35a
Pulled, No.l
do... 20a
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*The total foreign imports for the fiscal y e a r 1857-'5S w e r e $282,613,150 u n d e r the n e w tariff of 1857. T h e domestic exports for the same" period w e r e $324,644,421. T h e exports of
gold.and silver beyond the iinports for the y e a r were $33,353,6.31, T h e suspension of specie payraent by the banks of New York, New England, Pennsylvania, &.c,, occurred in September,
1857; the resumption w a s effected early in 1858, T h e custom-house duties for the year were $41,780,630, or one-T,hird less than those of The previous year. T h e deficiency of revenue for
the Uyo following years w a s estimated by the treasury a t $7,014,576. A revision of the tariff w a s recommended, and also provision to supply tho probable deficiency.
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The range of prices of staple articles in the New York market at the beginning of each month, in each year, from 1825 to 1863.
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No. XXXY.—THE YEAR 1859.^
Articles.
Breadstuffs—Wheat
flour
bbl
Rye
flour
do..
C o m meal
do.
W h e a t , Genesee
bush.
R y e , northern
do.,
b a t s , northern
do.,
Corn, northern
do.,
Candles—Adamantine
lb
Sperm
do..
Coal—Anthracite
ton.
Liverpool
chaldron,
Coffee—Rio.
,
lb.
J a v a , white
do..
Copper, sheathingdo..
Cotton, middling
do..
Fish—Dry cod
cwt.
Mackerel.-bbl.
Fruit—Almonds
lb.
Raisins
box.
F u r s , beaver, northern
lb.
Glass, American, w i n d o w
50 feet.
Gunpowder—Rifle.. .c
35 lbs.
Shipping
do..
Hides—Buenos A y r e s
lb,
Mexican
do..
Hops, 1858
do..
Indigo, Manilla
do..
Iron—Scotch pig
ton.
Common English bar
do..
Sheet, Russia
lb.
Lead, pig
100lbs.
Leather, hemlock
lb.
Liquors—Cognac b r a n d y
gal.
Domestic whiskey
do..
Molasses—NCAV Orleans
do..
Muscovado
do..
Cuba, clayed
do..
N a v a l stores—Spirits t u r p e n t i n e . . - d o . .
Rosin, white
280 lbs.
Nails—Cut
lb.
Wrought, Germ
do..
http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/ a n
OUs—Whale
gal,
Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
April.
March.'
Jan.
May.
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SSo . 87 gso gg
86a 89
89a 90
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85a 88
56a 57
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52a . 54 42a 45
54a
57
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52
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90a 91
80a
80a 87
76a
85
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21a 22
19a 20 \lSa 19
21a
20a 21
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23
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42a 43
40a 42
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40a 41
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Sept,
Aug.
Jnly.
Oct.
Dec.
$4-75a$4 gs $4 00a.$4 40 $4 6Sa$4 75 $4 7Sa$4 80 $510a$5]5
.a
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88a 90
84a
85
82a 83
75a
77
81a 83
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45
36a 42
36a
40
43a 44
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82a 83
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78
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iga 20
18a 20
19a 20
ISo
20
ISo 30
38a 40'
38a 40
40a 41
40a
41
40a 41
5 35 .... 5 25 .... 5 25
5 25
5 25
9 00 .--. 10 00 ..-.
ib'o
8 50
lla 13
lla 12
lla 12
lla 13
10a 11
14a 15
ISo- 16
15a 16
14o 15
14a 15
26
26
26
26
36
11
11 .--.
12 ---.
11 ....
11 ....
4 OOo 4 70 4 OOo 4 62 4 SOo 4 75 3 37a 4 50 3 SOo 4 62
16 25ol6 50 15 75ol6 00 16 OO0I6 50 15 OOolS 25 15 250I55O
12a 13
13 .--.
12 --..
13 ....
12 ....
2
1
2
5
20a
20o
75a
75a
2
1
3
6
25
25
50
00
2 20a-2 25
1 20a 1 25
2 75a 3 SO
2 20a 2 25 2 30a 2 35
1 2O0 1 25 1 20a 1 25
2 7Sa 3 SO 2 75o 3 50
w
o
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2 30a 2 33
1 OOo 1 20
2 7Sa 3 50
SOo 1 75 1 25a 1 50 1 20a 1 2 5 1 20a 1 25
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OOo 5 25 5 OOo 5 25 5 75a 6 00 5 75a 6 00
5 OOo 5 25 5 OOo 5 25 5 OOo 5 25 5 OOa 5 25
00 .... 3 00 .--. 3 OOo 3 50 3 OOo 3 50 3 OOo 3 50 .... 3 00 - - -. 3 00 .... 3 00 .... 3 00
22a 28
26a
27
28a
20
27a 28
2Sa 26
26a 27
25 ....
26 ....
27
iga 20
23 ....
24 ....
24 ....
22 ....
23a 24
21a 22
22a 23
23 ....
8a 12
So
18
9a 14
go
13
So 14
8a 13
8a 12
8a 12
So 16
60a 1 15
60a 1 20
60a 1 20
60a 1 20 ' SSo 1 10
55a 1 10
55a 1 10 - 55a 1 10 60a 1 15
00a28 00 24 0Oa24 50 '24 00a25 00 23 0Oa24 00 24 00o2S 00 23 O0a23 50 22 00023 00 24 00025 00 23 00a24 00
50a4S 00 47 00a47 50 44 00O45 00 44 00o45 00 43 O0a45 00 43 00045 00 43 00045 00 43 00o44 00 42 50a43 00
.1
1
lOo
11
lOo 11
11
lOo
11
11 ....
lla 12
11 ....
lOo^ 11
75a 5 87 5 62o 5 70 5 62a 5 70 3 62a 5 70 5 70a 5 80 5 73a 5 75 5 70a 5 72 5 S7o 5 60 5 70a 5 72
20a 21
26a
27
25a 26
22a
23
25o
26
24o 25
S4a 35
24 .:..
25o 26
OOo 7 00 3 OOo 7 00 3 OOo 7 00 3 OOo 7 00 3 OOo 7 00 3 SSo 7 00 2 25a 7 00 2 25a 7 00 2 gOo 8 00
26o
27
27 ....
25o
26
26a
27
26a
27
25a 26
36a 37
27a
28
26o 27
SOo
51
3So
40
38a
40
3Sa 44
43a
45
39a 43
38a 43
300
42
38a •42
25o
30
25o
32
25a
33
24 o
30
27o
34
22a 28
Slo 30
22a
30
23o 30
22a
25
23 ....
24o
25
21 a
24
25a
26
21a 22
18a 31
20a
23
22o 24
44a
45
53 o
54
52a
53
46a
47
400
SO
44o 45
4So 46
47
44o 45
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3 .--.
3 ....
3 ....
3 ....
3 ---.
3 ....
3 ....
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3 ---.
5 ..-5 ....
3a
4
3a
4
3 ....
3 ....
4 ....
4 ....
3 ....
.48a
52
48a 50
47a 50
46a 50
47a
50
53a 56
50a
52 . 48a 50
48a 50
m
30a 1 40 1 30a 1 40 1 30a 1 40 1 30a 1 40 1 30a 1 40 1 SOo 1 40 1 30a 1 35 1 30a 1 35 1 30a 1 35 1 30a 1 35 1 30a 1 35
Oils—Sperm, summer
gal
.a
35a 1 45 1 3 5 1 43 1 35o 1 45 1 35a 1 45 1 35o 1 45 1 3Sa 1 45 1 35a 1-40 1 35o 1 40 1 35a 1 40 1 35a 1 40 1.35a 1 40
Sperm, winter .,.,
do . .
20a 1 25 1 S5o 1 37 1 SOo 1 35 1 20a 1 25 1 lOo 1 15 1 10a 1 15 1 OOo 1 10 1 OOo 1 05 1 OOa 1 05 1 OOo 1 05 1 OOo 1 05
Olive
do .
60a 63
55a 56
SSo 50
63a 64
68a 69
67a 68
63a 64
63 ....
58a . 59 58a 59
63a 63
Linseed
do .
7
7
7
7
7 ....
7 ....
6a 7
6a
7
7
7 ---.
7
g Paints, red lead
,1b.
.
25al7 go 17 63al8 13 17 SSol7 85 17 25al7 75 16 00al6 40 17 00al7 13 1 6 ]3ol6 35 14 60al4 87 14 7Sol4 80 15 85ol5 90 15 12al5 25
^ Provisions—Pork, rness
bbl..
»^
Pork, prime
do . .
00al3 50 13 30al 3 75 13 0Ool3 15 12 75al3 00 12 SOalS 63lis I3al3 35 13 63ol3 75 10 7Sall 00 10 OOalO 62 10 OSolO 75 10 SOolO G2
Beef, mess
-...-do .
75a 9 00 7 75.1 9 00 7 7Sa 9 00 7 50a 9 00 7 35a 8 75 g OOo 9 75 8 OOo 9 35 8 OOa 8 75 7 OOo 7 25 5 OOo 6 00 5 OOo 6 00
Beef, prime
do .
SOa 7 00 6 SOo 7 00 6 SOo 7 00 6 SOo 7 00 6 SSa 7 00 7 OOo 7 50 6 50a 7 00 6 OOo 6 75 5 SOo 6 00 4 350 4 75 4 OOo 4 SO
So
g
8a
9
8a
9
9 ....
8a
9
So
9
So
9
9 ....
9 ....
H a m s , pickled
lb..
g ....
9 .--.
Beef hams, in p i c k l e . . - b b l . .
OOolS 00 14 OOolO 50 14 50al7 75 15 00al7 50 14 OO0I7 00 14 50al7 00 15 0Oal8 00 15 OOalS 00 15 OOolS 00 10 00al7 00 IlO 00al6 00
lOo 11
10 . . . .
11
11 --..
10 ....
lOo 11
11 .•...
11 ....
Ilo 13
Lard
lb-.
13 . . . .
lla 13
17o 31
1.3a 21
14a SO
14a 18
17a 20
19a 21
Butter, State
do . .
16a 25
15a 23
ISo SO
16a 36
16a 27
6a
2
8a 11
80 10
So
9
6a
8
So
9
So
9
So 11
So 10
Cheese
.'
do . .
8a 10
8a 11
Rice, ordinary
.cwt..
OOo 3 25 3 37a 3 63 3 50a 3 75 3 62a 3 87 3 37a 3 63 4 35a 4 SO 4 OOa 4 37 3 62o 3 87 3 SOo 3 75 3 37o 3 63 3 37a 3 63
7ga 80
79a 81
75a 77
80a 81
80a 81
78a 79
89a 90
94a 95
77a 80
Salt—Liverpool, groimd
sack..
gso gs
940 95
16a 17
19a SO
17a 18
17a 18
17a 18
20o 21
SO -.-.
18 ....
T u r k ' s island
: .bush..
SO . ' ..
17a 18
18 .--.
So
9
8a
g
So
g
8a
9
Seeds—Clover
-lb-.
7a
9
So
9
9a 10
So
9
lOo 11
lOo 11 . 8a 10
Timothy
.bush -.
25a 2 37 3 3Sa 2 75 2 25a 2 75 2 SOo 2 75 3 SOo 2.75 2 37a 2 75 2 37o 2 75 2 37a 2 79 2 37a 2 75 2 .37a 2 75 2 30a 2 45
7a
8
So
8
So
8
4a
7
4a
7
5a
8
So
8
4o
7
5a
8
Soap—Brown
lb..
4a 7"
^
4a
7
9 ....
9 ....
9 ....
9 .--.
10 ....
9 ....
10 ....
10 -.-.
CastUe
do . .
g ....
7a
8
So
9
9 ..-.
9
8a
9
8 ....
Spices—Pepper
do -.
9 :...
9 -.-7a
9
45a . 0
3
45a 4S
45a 50
45a 50
50a 53
50a 52
50a 52
45a 50
Nutmegs
do . .
57a 58
55a 57
4Sa 48
OOo 1 75 1 OOo 1 75 1 OOa 1 75 1 OOa 1 75 1 OOo 1 75 1 OOo 1 75 1 OOo 1 75 1 OOa 1 75 1 OOo 1 75 1 OOo 1 75 1 OOa 1 75
Spirit.S—J amaica r u m
.' g a l . .
95 . . - .
Gin, Meder's S w a n
do . .
95
95 .--.
95 .--'05 ....
95 -.-.
95 ..-95 . . . .
95 ....
95 ..-.
95 . . . .
So
7
7a
8
5a
Sugars—New Orleans
lb..
6a
7
So
7
5o
7
6«
7
6a
8
6a
8
6a
8
6a
8
5a
7
5a
Muscovado
do. -.
5a
7
5t
r
7
5a
7
5a
7
6o
7
6a
7
5a
7
9a 10
8a
g ..-.
9 .--.
9 .
H a v a n a , white
do.. 8a
2
9 ....
Loaf
do -.
10
10
10
10
10
Tallow, American
do . .
IOa
11
11 ....
10
10 . . . .
10 . . . .
10 ....
10
10 .
23a
33a 25
23a
23a 25
23a 25
24a
Teas—Young hyson
do . ISo 22
20a 22
20a 22
18a 22
20o '22
32a 35
31a
31a 33
31a 33
32a
Souchong,
fine
do . 25a 27
.28a 30' 33a 35
22a 25
22a 25
28a 30
28a 32
Imperial
do . SSa 33
2Sa
28a 322Sa 32
30a
25a 30
25a 30
25a 30
25a 28
25a 28
4a 13
6a 13
4a
4a 13
4a 12
4a
Tobacco—Kentucky
do . .
13
6a 13
So 13
•So
6a 14
6a 14
21a 26
Slo 36
21a
21a 26
21a 26
20a
23a 36
2 la 26
Manufa.cturcd, N o . l
do . .
22a 26
22a 26
23a 36
75a 77
75o
75a 80
75o
73a 80
75a SO
80a 81
7Sa 80
Whalebone, N, W . C
1 - .do . . 92a 95
75a 80
80a 83
Wine—Port
ga . . I gOo 4 00 1 90a 4 00 1 90a 4 00 1 gOo 4 00 1 gOa 4 00 1 90a 4 00 1 gOo 4 00 1 90a 4 00 1 95a 4 00 1 96a 4 00 1 90o 4 00
Madeira
'.
do. . . J OOo 4 00 3 OOa 4 00 3 OOo 4 00 3 OOo 4 00 3 OOo 4 00 3 OOo 4 00 3 OOo 4 00 3 OOa 4 00 3 OOa 4 00 3 OOo 4 00 3 OOa 4 00
Claret, Bordeaux
. c a s k . . 1 00o75 00|30 00a75 00 :30 00a75 00 130 00073 00 30 00o75 00 30 00a75 00 30 00a75 00 130 00a7S 00 30 0Oa75 00 130 00a7S 00 30 00o75 00
"Wool —Comraon
t
lb..
35a 38
3Sa 33
35a 38
35a 38
43a 45
42a 45
34a 38
34a 38
36a 40
36a 40
360 40
Merino
do ..j 47a 50
46a 48
46a 48
SSo . 3
3
55a 58
46a 48
46o 48
46a 48, 46a 48
47a 50
47a 50
Pulled, No. 1
do -.
30a 33
30a 33
30a 33
33a 35
3 3 35
:a
30a 33
30a 33
30a 33
30a 34
30a 34
30a 34
1
1
1
-
30a 1 35
35a 1 45
OSo 1 07
55a 56
7
16 IS0I6 35
11 3 7 a l l 50
5 OOo 5 50
4 OOo 4 50
10
11 50al4 50
10
14a 31
So 11
3 50a 3 75
1 OSa 1 07
20 . . . .
8 .--2 25o 2 50
5a
8
g ....
7a
8
43a 47
1 OOo 1 75
90 . . . .
6a
8
6a
8
9 ....
10 . - - .
10 . . . .
24 a 26
32a 34
30a 32
4a 12
20a 33
7Sa
1 20a 4 00
3 OOo 4 00
30 00075 00
38a 40
4 8 a ' 52
30a 33
*The foreign iraportations for the fiscal year 1858-'59 were $338,765,130, while the a a n u a l average for the ten years previous w a s about twenty-eight per cent, less, or $244,731,000.
T h e foreign e x p o r t of coin and bullion the same y e a r reached $63,887,411, the largest export of any one y e a r to t h a t period. T h e export of cotton for the same y e a r w a s 1,386,000,000
pounds, valued a t $161,434,923, or an average of 11. 64 cents per pound. T h e araount realized frora the loaii actof J u n e 14,1858, was $19,743,000—an act to a u t h o r i z e a loan not exceeding
the sum of $30,000,000. T h e President, within twelve mouths, authorized to borrow not over $30,000,000, p a y a b l e a t a n y time after fifteen years frora J a n u a r y 1, 1859, and the faith of
the United States is pledged for the due p a y m e n t of the principal and iuterest, stock to be issued therefor, bearing not over five per cent, interest, payable semi-annually, w i t h coupons
attached.
05
OJI
00
The range^of pfrices of stapile articles in the New York market ai the beginning af earji month, in each year, from 1825 to 1863.
C«
CJt.
No. XXXVL—THE YEAR 1860.
Feb.
Breadstuffs—Wheat
flour
bbl.
Ryeflour
do..
Corn meal
do..
W h e a t , Genesee
bush.
Rye, n o r t h e r n . !
do..
Oats, northern
do..
Corn, northern
do. Candles—Adamantine
IbSperm
do..
Coal—Anthracite
ton.
Liverpool
chaldron.,
Coffee—Rio
lbJ a v a , white
do - .
Copper—Pig
.do..
Sheathing
.do--..
Cotton, middling
do..
F i s h — D r y cod
cwt.
Mackerel
bbl.
Fruit—Almonds
.lb.
Raisins
box..
Furs—Beaver, northern.
lb.
Glass American, w i n d o w
50.feet.
Gunpowder—Rifle
lb.,
Shipping
l.do...
Hides—Buenos A y r e s
lb..
Mexican
do...
Hops, 1859
do...
Indigo, Manilla
do...
Iron—Scotch pig
:
ton..
Common English b a r
do...
Sheet, Russia'
^
lb..
Lead, pig
100 l b s . .
Leather, hemlock
^
lb..
Liquors—Cognac b r a n d y
eral..
Domestic whiskey
-do...
Molasses—New O r l e a n s . . - .do...
Muscovado
.do...
Cuba clayed
.do...
N a v a l stores-^Spirits turpentine . . - d o - .
Rosin, white
380 lbs
N for — C u t
lb
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$5
3
3
1
S5o$5
7.3a 3
75a 3
40a 1
-gso
4Ga
8Sa
18a
3Sa
30
90
SO
50
04
47
gs
March.
$4 25a$5 00
3 75a 3 go
3 75a 3 SO
1 40a 1 SO
20a 02
41a
78a
17a
31
38a
40
5 50 .... 5
10 OOoll 00 11 00al2
Ilo
lla 13
13a
14a 15
45
81
20
40
50
00
12
15
April,
Juue.
May.
July.
$5 15a.$5 35 $5 40a$5 45 .SS 3.3a|5 30 s$5 35o$5 30
3 70a 3 90 3 SOo 3 75 3 50a 3 75 3 50a 3 75
3 65a 3 75 3 60a 3 70 3 80a 3 85 3 40a 3 SO 3 40a 3 50
1 40o 1 SO 1 SOo 1 63 1 60a 1 70 1 SSo 1 63 1 50a 1 55
84o 85
SOo "83
86a
87
g3a
94
S3o 84
43a 44
40a
41
43a
43
45 ....
44
Slo 83
66a 68
6So
70
7Sa
80
70O 74
17a ig
16a 18
l6o
IS
17a
SO
17a 19
38a 40
37a 38
38a
40
38a 40
38a 40
....
5 SO .... 5 50 .... 5 50 .... 550 .... 5 50
10 OOoll 00 g OOolO 00 8 SSa 8 75 7 OOo 7 50 7 OOo 7 50
13a 14
13a 14
13a
14
13a 14
ISo 13
ISo 16
15a 16
ISo
16
ISo 16
ISO 16
|515a$5S5
3 70a 3 90
S6a 37
26a 37
S6a 37
36a
S7
26a
27
SSo
S6
36a 37
11
10 ....
11
11 ....
11 ....
1 1 ....
11 ....
3 SOo 4 50 3 SOo 4 50 3 SOo 4 63 3 SSo 3 75 3 SOo 4 50 3 SOo 4 35 3 SOo 4 SO
15 75ol6 00 16 2.3al6 50 16 50al7 00 16 63al6 75 17 3Sal7 50 17 12al7 37 17 0Oal7 37
13 ....
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13 ....
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13a
13
12a
13
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1 OOo 1 SO 1 OOo 1 20 1 O f 1 SO 1 OOo 1 SO 1 OOo 1 SO 1 OOo 1 SO 1 OOo 1 3 0
3 75a 3 50 2 75a 3 50 3 75o 3 SO 3 75a 3 50 3 75a 3 50 S 75a 3 50 3 75o 3 SO
5 35 -.-- 5 35 .... 5 35
5 OOo 5 SS -... 525
5 35 -.-. 5 35
3 15 .... 3 35
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S4a
35
35 ....
SS ....
35 . - . :
S4a
35
24
S4a 35
31 -.-.
S3 ....
SS ....
S2 ....
SO ....
21a 22
21a 22
6a 13
6a 14
6a 14
6a 14
ISo
18
IOa 13
6a 15
60a 1 10
60o 1 10
60a 1 1 0
60a 1 10
60a 1 15
60a 1 10
60a 1 10
34 OOoSS 00 ! 00o25 SO25 S0a27 00 34 OOoSS CO 34 00a24 SO 22 50o23 00 2 S0o33 00
S
42 00a42 50 43 50o44 00 42 0Oo43 00 43 00a43 SO 41 00a42 50 41 00a42 50 41 00o43 50
14 --..
13 ....
12a 13
13 ....
11
11 ....
11 ....
5 70a 5 75 5 70a 5 75 5 70a 5 75 5 63a 5 70
21a 22
Slo S3
Slo
S3
21a 23
21a
22
20a 21
21o 22
3 OOo 8 00 3 OOo 8 00 3 OOo 8 00 3 OOo 8 00 3 OOo 8 00 3 OOo 8 00 3 OOo 8 00
SSo
22a 23
31
33a S3
26a
27
24a
25
23a 24
45o
45a 55
45a
53a
47a. SO
54
45o
40
43a SO
38a
27a 36
24 a 33
26a
S6a 35
33
21o
30
2Sa 33
SSo
2ia 27
Slo 34
23a
33o
34o 36
4.5o
47 ....
40a .43
44a 43
• 44o 45
44a
45
48o 49
SSo 4 00 3 OOo 3 SO 3 75o. 3 33 3 00a 3 50
2 SOo 3 00 ,3 OOo 4 00 3 ISo 4 00
3
3
3 ....
3
3 ....
3
3 ....
4a'
5
'4a
5
4a
5
4o
5
4a
•Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
Nov.
5 05a$5 10 • S 40a$S 50$5 S5a$5 40 $5 30a$5 40
S
) 50a 3 75 3 SOo 3 75 3 SOo 3 75 3 SOo 3 75
J 40a 3 50 3 60o 3 70 3 SOo 3 55 3 SOa 3 55
[ 40a 1 45 1 45o 1 60 1 40a 1 50 1 44a 1 55
Sla
S3
7Sa 80
75o
70a 80
40a
41
39a 40
41a 43
37a
64a
66
70a 71
16a
18
17, 18
17a 19
17a 19
37a
38
37a 38
36o 38
35a 36
... 5 50
5 50 .... 5 SO
5 50
I OOa 8 25 8 SOo 8 75 8 OOo 8 SO 8 OOo 8 . 0
3
15 ....
14a 15
14a 15
14a 15
16o 18
16a 17
16a 18
l6o 17
$4
3
3
1
73a$4
40a 3
SOa 3
35a 1
GSo
37a
67a
17o.
33a
85
60
30
-10
70
38
69
19
Z6
5 SOo 6 UO
? OOo 8 SO
13a 14
16a' 17
36a 37
S6a 37
25a 26
26o
37
S5a 36
10 ....
10 ---.
10 ....
11 .-.:
10 . - .
-•
3 SOo 4 30 3 50a 4 35 3 SOo 4 00 3 OOo 4 1 3 3 00a 4 00
16 50al6 75 16 00al7 00 17 OOolS 50 16 50al7 00 15 OOolG 00
13a 14
13 .... . 13 ....
•13a 14
13a 14
3 65o 3 70 3 65a 3 70 S SSo S 90 3 40a 3 45 3 1 3 3 30
.o
1 OOo 1 30 1 OOo 130 1 OOa 1 SO 1 OOo 1 SO 1 OOo 1 -30
3 75a 3 50 3 7Sa 3 SO 3 75a 3 50 3 75o 3 50 2 73a 3 50
.... 5 35
5 35 .... 5 25 ...-. 5 35 .... 5 25
3 00 .... 3 35 .... 3 35
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Slo S3
34
34a
35
33 ....
SSo 34
S3a
33
17a 18
SOo SI
l9o SO
SO .--7o 14
16o SO
ISo
S3
So 14
18o 35
60a 1 10
60o 1 10, 60o 1 10
600 110
SOo 1 00
S3 50o33 30 33 60O33 00 33 75o33 00 33 OOaSS 50 30 SOoSl 50
41 00o43 50 43 50«43 00 43 50a43 00 42 00o43 00 43 00o43 00
14 a
15
14a 15
14 . . .
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ISo
16
ISO 16
5 63< I 5 70
Slo
Slo
S3
SOo 31
31a
S3
3 OOo i
3 OOo 8 00 3 OOo 3 00 3 OOo 8 CO
31 ....
20a
33 --..
33
43a
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45a
4So 48
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S3a
25a
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SSa
33
SOo . S3
SOo 24
SOo . S3 Slo S3
39
41o
40a
41
41
43
3 OOo 3 50 3 75o 3 SO 3 62o 3 00 3 OOo 3 SO
3
3 --..
3 ....
3
4
4 .--.
4a
5
4 .---
Slo 33
3 OOo i 00
5
19 .
36a '46
ISo 34
IGo 19
35o 37
S SOo^ 3 00
3
4
.....
41a ' 44 41o 43
55a 57
53a 55 • 53a 55
48a 53' 48a 53 I 4 5 a 48
41a 44
45a 50
4Sa 52
Oils—"Wliale
gal..
1 31a 1 40 1 ^ ^ a 1 37 1 27a I 30 1 37a 1 38 1 40a 1 50 1 50a 1 55 1 53a 1 55 1 SOo 1 S3
Sperm, crude
d o . . . 1 37a 1 41 1 40a 1 41 1 42a 1
1 4 7 -.
1 4 7 .... 1 4 3 .... 1 4 5 .... 1 45 .... 1 45a 1 50 1 50a 1 53 1 60a 1 6 5 1 65
Sperm, winter
do - . . . . . . 1 45- 1 4 7 ..
llSo 1
1 20O 1 30 1 SOo 1 30 1 30a 1 35 1 35a 1 30 1 2Sa 1 30 130a 1 3 3 1 3 0 a 1 32 1 30a 1 33
Olive
d o . . . 11'Sa 1 35 llSo 1
57a 58 j S7a 58 i 57a
SSo 50
60a 61
SSo 59
SSo 59
60a 61
59a 60
55a 55
50a 60
Linseed
do...
6a
7!
6o
6a
7
7'
6a
6a
7
6 ....
6a
7
6 ....
6
6a
7
6 ....
Paints, r e d lead
lb..
17 45ol7 87 17 40O17 75 17 37al7 75 18 ISolS 87 18 SSoig 00 19 50al9 75 ig OOoig 35 18 17aig 13
Provisions—Pork, mes9
b b l . . 16 lSal6 35 17 35alS 13 ,17 SSalS
12 75ol4 25 13 75ol4 13 12 ,30al3 50 12 50al3 87 13 50al4' 35 13 35al4 37 13 35ol4 75 13 35al4 SO
P o r k , prime
do • - •11 63oll 75 12 00014 00 I S S O o H
35 5 SSo 5
5 OOo 5 50 5 OOa.5 50 5 OOo 5 50 4 50a 5 00 4 7Sa 5 50 5 OOo 5 50 5 OOo 5 30 5 OOo 5 35
Beef, mess
d o . . . 5 OOo 5 50 i 5 OOo 5
4 OOa 4 50 4 OOo 4 50 4 OOo 4 50 4 OOo 4 35 4 OOo 4 25 4 OOa 4 35 4 OOa 4 35 3 75a 4 00
Beef, prime
d o . . . 4 OOo 4 50 i 4 OOo 435 . 4 SSa 4
9 .... I
.. I
9 •.
.
lOo
9 ....
10 ....
11
9 .... - g ....
9o
Hams, pickled
lb..
g . 13 OOolO 12 OOolS 73 13 50al6 00 10 OOolS 00 10 OOolS 10 10 OOalS 12 10 lOo 11 10 00al4 11 10 OOolS 50
.
00
OOolS 00
CO
Beef hams, i n p i c k l e . . b b l . . 12 00al4 50
00
10 .... 13 OOalS .. i lOo
ISo 13
13a 13
42a 13
10a 11
lOo 11
ISo 13
Lard
lb..
11 ..-.
13 ....
10 ..31
ISo SO
14a
14a SO
16a 31
lOo -10
14a 20 ' lOo SO
16a SO
Butter, State
do...
lla 20
lla 18
ISo 11 I lOo
9a 11
Sa 11
2a
11
7a 10
10a 12
lOo 13
go- 11
Cheese.
do...
7a 11
, 7a 10
go
3 87a 4 12 3 87a 4 00 4 00a
Rice, ordinary
c w t . . 3 SOo 3 75 3 GSo 3 81 3 63a 4
4 13a 4 37 4 SOo 4 62 4 SOo 4 63 4 37a 4 63 4 SSo 4 50
SOo 85
80 ....
68a 70
GSo 70
SOa 85
Salt^-Liverpool, gi-oundi
s a c k . . 1 lOo 1 15 llOo 1 13 1 lOo 1
gso gs 1 05o 1 10
g2a gs
lOo 30
19 i 17o
SOo S3
ISo 10
17a 13
18 ....
SOa 31
T u r k ' s Island
bush.,
19a SO
18a 19
igo 20
ISo
9a 10
go 10
7a
8
So
9
2a
10
Seeds—Clover
lb..
So
g
So
9
So
0
Timothy
b u s h . . 2 37a 2 75 3 OOo 3 S5 ; 3 S5o 3 37 3 37a 3 63 3 75a 4 00 4 37a 4 SO 4 37o 4 50 4 37a 4 50 3 75o 3 35 3 SOa 2 75 3 70O 3 87
5a
8
So
8
So
8 I So
So
8
8
5a
8
Soap—Brown
lb.,
So
8
So
8
So
So
g
9 ..
.
9a 10
10 .... . 10 ..-.
9a 10
10 ....
Castile
do..,
go 10
9a 10
9a 10
7a
8
7o
7a
8
7a
8 i 7
So
7 .... - 7 ....
Spices—Pepper
do..,
7
7 .--.
7 ....
42o 45
43a 4:;
40a 43 : 40o 43
43o
44a
44a 46
•
44o 45
43o 45
Nutmegs
do..
43o 45
4.3a 43
lOOo 1
1 OOo 1 7 3 1 OOa 1 75 1 OOo 1 75 1 OOo 1-^5 1 OOo 1 75 1 OOo 1 75 1 35o 1 75 . 1 SSo 1 75
.
Spirits—Jamaica r u m
g a l . 1 OOo 1 75 lOOo 1
90 ....
go ....
90 ....
90 .,
90 ....
go ....
90 ..
90 ....
go ....
Gin, Meder's Swar^
-^ do -.,
90 ....
90 ....
7a
8
6a
8
6a
8 I 6a
7a
6a
8
8
6a
6a
8
6a
8
Sugars—New Orleans
lb.,
6a
8
6a
8
6a
8
6a
7
6a
7
6a
So
7
So
7
6a
Sa
7
6a
8
Muscovado
do...
6a
7
6a
8
9 .--.
8a
2
So
9
8a
g
6a
8
- 8a
9
H a v a n a , white
do...
8a
2
9 ....
10
10
10
9
Loaf
do -.,
10
10 .--.
10 .
10 ....
10 ....
10 .--.
Tallow—Araerican
do..,
10
10
10
10 ...:
24a 26
Teas—Young Hyson
do...
31a 33 i 31a 33
31a 33
3.1a
32o 34
SSa 33
31a .34
2ba 37
S5a 37
30a
28 ....
Souchong, line
do...
36a 38 1 36a 38
32a
34a 38
30a . 32
31a 34
S7a 30
33a
.33a 34
S7o 30
28a 31
Imperial
do..,
12
3a
3a 13
4a 13
4a
4a 12
3a
3a 13
4a 13
4a 13
4a 12
Tobacco—Kentucky
do..,
20a 22
ISo
ISo 31
ISo 31
ISa
ISo 32
18a
ISo 31
18a 22
ISo S3
ISo 22
Manufactured, No. 1
do...
83 i SOo
SOo
"80a 83
83o 85 .82a 85
SSo
80a 85
7 ^ 80
,a
78o 80
SSo 86
Whalebone, N W , C do...
1 gOa 4 00 1 gOa 4 00 1 gOa 4 00
1 90a 4 00 igoo
Wine—Port
g a l . , 1900 4 00 190a 4 00 1 90a 4 00 1 gOa 4 00 1 gOo 4 00 190a
Madeira
.clo -., 3 OOo 4 00 3 OOo 4 00 3 OOo 4 00 ;3 OOo 4 00 3 OOo 4 00 3 OOa 4 00 3 OOa 4 00 3 OOo 4 00 3 OOo 4 00 3 50a 5 00 3 50a 5 00
Claret, B o r d e a u x
cask., 30 00o75 00 30 0Oa75 00 30 00a75 00 30 0Oa75 00 30 0Oo75 00 30 0Oa7S 00 30 00a75 00 30 00o7S 00 30 00a75 00 30 00a75 00 30 00a7S 00
3
.34 a . 3
3
34 a 38
34a 38
34o 38
34a 38 •;34a , 8
Wool—Common . .'
.lb..
3Sa 40
3Sa 40
3Sa 40
34a 38
34a 38
4Sa 53
4-'o 53
4>ia 53
48o 53
48o 53
4So 53
Merino
do...
48a 53
4S
. a 53
4Sa 53
48a
53
4So 52
SSa 30
SSo 30
S8a 30
SSa 30
SSo 30
SSo 30
PuUed, No. 1
do...
30a 33
30a 33
SSo 30
28a 30
28a 30
.32a 55
1 46a 1 SO
165
1 35a 1 37
55a 56
Go
7
16 75al7 00
11 SOolS 00
5 OOa 5 35
3 75o 4 00
10 ....'
14 00al4 35
lOo 11
15a 31
2a
10
3 OOo 3 35
SOa S3
19a SO
•g ....
3 75o 3 80
5a
8
2 ....
4 0 a ' '4"i
lS5o 1 7 5
go ....
Go
8
4a
6
7o
8
^
ta
w
Kj
W
>
W
10
31a 33
36a 38
4a 13
ISo 31
78a SO
1 gOo 4 00
3 SOa 5 00
30 00o75 00
34a 38
4Sa 53
SSa 30
CO
Or,
The ra.nge of prices of staple articles in the New York market at the beginning of each month, in each year, from 1825 to 1863..
Cn
O
No. XXXVII.—THE YEAR 1861.^
Articles.
Breadstuffs—Wheat
flour
bbl Rye
flour
do-.
Corn meal
do - W h e a t , Genesee
bush..
Rye, northern
do - . .
Oats, northern
do. -.
Corn, northern
do...
Candles—Adamantine
lb - .
Sperm
do —
Coal—Anthracite
ten. _
Liverpool
chaldron..
Coffee—Rio
lb. .
J a v a , white
do —
Copper, sheathing
do. - Cotton, middling
do...
Fish—Dry cod
cwt..
Mackerel
- - -bbl..
F l a x , America.n
lb..
Fruit—Almonds
do...
te, Raisins box..
Fui-s, beaver, northei-n
lb. Glass, American, w i n d o w
.50 feet,.
Gunpowder—Rifle
35 l b s . .
Shipping
do - . .
Hides—Buenos Ayres
lb.. Mexican
do...
Hops, 1860
d o . -.
Indigo, Manilla
,
do...
Iron—Scotch pig
.ton. .
Common English b a r
do...
Sheet, Russian..-.
lb. .
Lead, pig. Galena
100 l b s . .
Leather, hemlock
..lb..
Liquors—Cognac b r a n d y
gal..
Domestic whiskey
do...
Molasses—New Orleans
do...
Muscovado
do...
Cuba, clayed
..do...
Nails—Cu t
lb..
Wrought
do...
N a v a l stores—Spirits turpentine . - \ g a l . .
http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/
Rosin, white
,280 l b s . . !
Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
Jan.
SSo 3
lOo 3
40a 1
75a
38 ..
73o
17a
33a
.30a 6
OOo 7
lla
15a
13 -.
OOo 3
O0O13
Feb.
April.
May.
June.
July.
Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
$5 15a$5 25 $5 10a$5 15 $5 .30a.$5 40 $5 15a%5 SO $4 g5a$5 00 '$3 g0a$4 00 1$4 O0o$4 05 $4 30o$4 35 $5 S0a$5 30 $5 55a$5 65 $5 35a.$S 40
3 40a 3 80 3 40a 3 75 3 30a 3 70 3 lOo 3 75 ^310a 3 70 3 SOo 3 75 3 40a 3 60 ' 2 30a 2 50 ' 3 75a 3 35 3 OOa 3 25 3 25a 3 50
3 OSo 3 10 2 90a 3 00 2 SOo 2 85 3 80a 2 85 3 OOo 3 10 3 JSo 3 83 3 75a 3 85 S SOo 3 85 3 7Sa 2 SO 2 80a 2 85 2 SOo 3 00
1 50a 1 60 1 4Sa 1 55 1 SOo 1 60 1 SOo 1 60 1 SOo 1 60 1 33o 1 40 1 SOo 1 30 1 SSo 1 35 1 33a 1 40 1 38a 1 45 1 35a 1 40
79a
85a 88
65a
70a 75
65a 68
66a 68
67a 69
SSo 63
63a 70
6Sa 70
6 l a 70
46a 47
40a 41
34a .35
33a
32a 33
30a 31
33a 33
33a, 34
33
. a 36
35a 36
37 ....
66a 67
5Sa 56
64a 65
SSa
48a 52
48a 56
4Sa 54
4Sa 60
60a 70
64a 70
70a 72
17a 18
16a 17
16a 18
17a 18
16a 17
17 ....
17 ....
16a 18
17 ....
17a 18 • 17a 18
28a 30
SSo 30
28 ....
33a 35
30 ---.
30a 33
30 ....
30a 33
33a 35
32a 35
33a :3S
5 SOo 6 00 5 SOo 6 00 5 SOo 6 00 5 SOo 6 00 5 50a 6 00 4 SOa 5 SO 4 SOo 5 00 4 SOo 5 00 4 SOo 5 00 4 20a 5 00 4 20o 5 00
6 SOo 7 00 7 00 ..-. 5 SOo 5 75 5 OOo 5 35 5 OOo 5 35 5 OOo 5 35 7 OOo 7 12 6 SOo 7 50 6 SOo 7 50 5 SOo 6 00 5 50a 6 00
ISO 17
1.3a 16
ISo 13
Ilo 13
16a 17
12a 14 .13a 15
ISo 14
13a 14
Ilo 13
Ilo 13
20a 21
21a 22
20a 21
16a 17
18a ig
19 ....
16a ^ 17 l6o 17
16a 17
ISO 16
16a 17
24
34
25
24
34 ....
34
34
24
24
24
25
28 ....
21a 22
21 ..-ISa 13
1.3a 14
14 ....
14 ....
22 ....
lla 13
16 ....
12 ....
3 OOo 3 87 3 OOo 3 87 3 SSo 3 SO 3 SOa 3 87 • 3 SSo 3 50 3 OOo 3 13 2 000.3 50 2 2So 3 62 2 25a 3 30 2 7So 3 37 2 62o 3 40
14 OOolS 00 14 00al4 SO 14 50al4 75 14 S5ol4 50 13 S0ol4 00 11 OOdll 50 11 OOoll 50 7 50a 8 50 7 75a 8 00 7 75a 8 00 g 37a 9 SO
.1.
ISo'.
70a 1
OOo 1
7Sa 3
OOo 5
... 3
21 ..
ISa
25a
50a
00a21
00a42
16a
2Sa 5
20a
OOo 8
19 ..
32a
18a
ISo
3 ..
4 ..
37a
50a 3
Dec.
13a 14
13a 14
lla 13
11 ..
13a 14
13o 14
11 ....
11 ....
13a 13
12a 13
1 ISo 1 35 1 40O 1 SO 1 55a 1 65 2 30a 2 37 2 GOo 2 62
1 60a 1 65 1 SSo 1 60 1 57a 1 60 1 SSo 1 53 140a 1
1 OOo 1 30 1 OOo 1 20 1 OOo 1 SO 1 OOo 1 20 1 OOo 1 2 0
1 OOa 1 20 1 OOo i 30 1 OOo 1 SO 1 OOo 1 SO 1 OOo 1
3 7Sa 3 50 2 7Sa 3 50 3 75a 3 SO 2 75a 3 50 2 7.3a 3 30
2 75a 3 50 3 75a 3 50 3 75a 3 50 3 73a 3 50 3 75a 3
5 OOo 5 35 5 OOo 5 25 5 OOo 5 35 5 OOa 5 25 5 OOo 5 25
5 OOo 5 25 5 OOo 5 35 • 5 OOo 5 35 5 OOo 5 35 5 OOo 5
.... 3 35 .... 3 25 .... 3 35 - - -. 3 25 .... 3 25
.- 3 35 .... 3 35 -.-. 3
.... 325 - - • 3 3 5
-.
1,7a
22a 23
21 ....
21a 22
17 ....
16a 17
16a 17
SOo 31
22 . . .
..
31 ....
lOo 20
18a \2
14 ..
13 ....
17a 18
13o 14
17a 18
18a 19
18a 19
13 . . - :
6a 12
18a 26
14a
ISo 20
18a 34
16a 36
ISa 33
25a 32
23a 33
17a 26
7Sa 1 30
60o 1
, 60o 1 05
70a 1 20
SOo go
60a 1 00
70a 1 SO
SOo 90
50a go
70a 1 12
31 00aS3 00 |21 0Oa33 00 '33 SOoSl 50 j23 0Oa2S 00 24 00o25 00
!20 00a21 00 ISl OOaSl SO 21 OOoSS 00 20 OOoSS 00 31 00a33
|43 00a44 00 13 00a44 00 :43 0Oo44 00 45 00a47 50 45 0Oo47 SO
|38 OOa40 00 38 00o40 00 46 00a47 50 44 OOolS 00 44 00a45
16
16
16 ....
16- ....
16 .... ^ 16 ....
16a 17
16a 17
16 ....
16 ....
4 goa 4 gs 5 ISo 5 S5 5 45o 5 50 5 75a 5 80 6 OOo 6 12
5 2So 5 SO 5 SSo 5 35 5 SOo 5 55 5 SOo 5 75 5 00a 5
. 8 ....
1
18a
21a 22
IOa SO
17o 18 'SOo 21
20a 21
lOo 30
12a SO
18 ....
3 30a 8 00 3 SOo 8 00- 3 SOo 8 00 3 40a 8 00 3 40o 8 00
3 OOo 8 00 3 OOo 8 00 3 SOo 8 00 3 SOo 8 00 3 30a 8
16 ..
15 ....
20a 21
17 ....
21 ....
18 .--.
18 ....
18 ....
18 ....
17a 18
30a
33a 36
.30a 55
32a 39
40o 45
SOo 55
30a 35
30o 36
33a 37
36a 40
14a
19a 24
ISo 31
24a 33
SOo 36
25o 32
16a' 33
,17a -35
lOo. SS
17a 33
ISo
13a 15
24o 26
17o 21
ISo 30
23a 25
14a 17
16a 19
16a 18
16a 18
3 ..
3 ....
3
3 ....
3
3 ....
3
3 ....
3 ....
4
4
- 4 ....
4 ....
4 ....
4
4 ....'
4 --.
"4 ....
4
36o 37
70a 75 1, 70a 75
1 42a 1 45 1 4Sa 1 55
SOo 81
37a 38
36a 37
1 SOo 1 35 1 SSo 1 35 7 OOa 7 50 7 .30a 8 50
2 50a 3 50 2 37a" 3 25 2 7Sa 3 00 3 SOo 4 00 4 25o 5 50 1 4 SOa 5 50
5 50a f 50 5 50a 6 50
i
w
O
13a 14
.... 3 25
1 OOo 1 20
2 75a 3 .30
H-i
5 OOo 5 75
O
. - -. 3 25 '
22a 23
OQ
19a 20
12a 16
1 30a 1 60
24 0Oa24 50
47 SOoSO 00
15 --.6 25a 6 SO
20a 22
3 40a 8 00
20 ---.
50a 53
2:5a 29
20a 24
3
4 ....
1 25a 1 35
7 25a 9 00
42a 46
300
42
41a 44
O ils —Whale
gal.
44a 47
40a 42
50a 52
50a 52
38a 42
42a
45
48a 50
45a 48
1 25a 1 30 1 20o 1 25 1 SSo 1 27
Sperm, crude
d o . . 1 40a 1 45 1 40a 1 41 1 40a 1 45 -1 42a 1 45 1 35a 1 40 1 25a 1 30 1 20a 1 25 1 20a 1 25 1 SOo 1
155 ..-. 1 5 5 ---. 1^50 .-.. 150 -.
1 50 - - -. 145 .--. 1 SO ... Sperm, w i n t e r
d o . - 1 6 0 . . . . L60 - - - . 1 6 0 . . . . . 1 60 . - -.1 55
1 07a 1 10 1 ISO 1 20 1 SOo 1 35
Olive
d o . - 1 12a 1 18 1 10a 1 20 1 ISO 1 25 1 1 2 a 1 1 5 1 lOo 1 12 1 lOo 1 1 5 1 lOo 115 1 OSo 1 07 1 OSo 1
70a 75
57a sg
75a 78
54a 56
55a
S9a 60
Linseed
do..
50a 51
60a
61
59a
60
50a 51
53a 54
56a 58
6a
6o
7
6o
7
6a
7
6a
7
6 ....
6 ....
Paints, red lead
lb.
6 .--.
6 ....
6a
7
6 --.Provisions—Pork, mess
b b l . |16 OOolO 25 7 75al7 87 17 25al7 SO 17 0Ool7 SO jl7 87al8 00 16 S7al7 25 14 50al4 75 15 SOolS 75 14 35al4 50 I4 62al4 75 15 OOolS 63 13 SSal3 00
9 75ol0 00 9 75ol0 00 8 SOo 8 75
Pork, prime
d o . - ill 00al2 50 2 00®13 00 12 50al2 75 12 50al3 00 1 3 2Sal3 50 12 2Sal2 50 10 00 .--- 10 2SolO 50 g 75al0
5 OOo 5 50 5 OOo 5 50 5 OOo 5 30
Beef, mess
' . . d o . . 5 75a 6 25 5 7Sa 6 25 5 75a 6 25 5 75a 6 25 5 87o 6 25 5 S7a 6 25 5 SOo 6 00 5 OOo 5 50 5 00a 5
4 OOo 4 50 4 OOo 4 50 4 OOo 4 50
Beef, prime
d o . - 4 75a 5 00 1 7Sa 5 00 4 7Sa 5 00 4 75a 5 00 4 OOo 4 50 4 OOo 4 50 4 OOa 4 50 4 OOo 4 SO 4 OOo 4
So
4 ....
5 ....
So
6
8 ....
So
9
H a m s , pickled
lb.
8 -.-.
6 ....
So
6
7a
8
8 .-..
So
6
Beef hams, in p i c k l e . . . b b l . 11 00014 00 2 OOolS 00 12 OOalS SO 12 OOolS 00 13 OOalS 00 13 OOolS 00 12 25ol4 75 14 OOolS 00 12 50al4 50 12 SOolS 00 15 0Ool7 00 15 3t5al5 50
8a
g
So
g
So
9
Lard
lb..
10 . . . .
So
9
So
9a 10
go
10
9 ....
9a 10
9o 10
So
g
13a 18
So 15
12o 15
Butter, S t a t e
.do.,
ISo 22
lOo
14a 10
14 o 21
14a 19
go 16
14a 19
ISo 20
ga 14
2a
7
4a
7
So
7
9o 10
6a
8
So 10
3o
8
6a
7a- 10
go 10
9a 10
Cheese
do..,
So
7
712a 7 25 7 OOo 7 SS 6 .30a 6 75
Kicc, ordinary
c w t . . 3 25a 3 50 iOO . . . . 3 00 .... 3 00
87a 6
5 00 .... 5 37a 5 63 5 12o .5 37 512a 5 37
87a 90
72o 75
SOo 85
Salt—Liverpool
sack..
67a 70
55a
60 • 60a
SOo
55
90a
70a 75
65
SO ....
21a 32
21o
22
24a 25
17 . . . .
33 ....
19a 20 • 20a 21
22a
T u r k ' s Island
bush..
IOa
20
15 . . . .
15
20a 21
So
9
7a
8
Seeds—Glover
lb..
8 ....
8 ....
7a
8
8 .--.
7
8a
9
8 -.-8 .--.
8 ..-.
Timothy
b u s h . . 2 7 5 0 3 00 2 75a 3 00 3 OOa 3 25 3 25a 3 50 2 7Sa 3 12 2 75o 3 12 2 75a 3 12 2 75o 3 12 2 23a 2 62 1 75o 2 00 2 OOo 3 35 2 OOa 2 35
So
6
So
6
5a
6
Soap—Brown
lb..
Sa
6
5o
6
So
6
So
6
So
6
So
6
So
6
So "
6
So
6
13a 14
13o 14
12 ..-.
Castile
do...
lla 13
9a 10
9a 10
10 ....
9a 10
10 ....
2a 10
10 -..10 ....
Sa 10
13 ....
.11
2a 10
6a
7
Spices—Pepper
do...
7 ....
7a
8
8 ....
8 ....
8 ..--,
7 .--.
So
g
47a 50
47o 50
45a 47
40a 45
4Sa
47
3Sa 41
43o 45
Nutmegs
do...
40o 42
41a 42
40a
45
38a 40
42a 45
"Spirits—Jamaica i-um
g a l . . 1 25a 1 75 1 2Sa 1 75 1 OOa 1 75 1 OOa 1 75 1 OOa 1 75 1 OOo 1 75 1 OOo 1 75 1 OOo 1 75 1 OOa 1 75 1 OOa 1 75 1 OOo 1 75 1 OOa 1 75
90o 95
gOa 95 1 lOo 1 15 110a 115 1 lOo 1 15 1 lOo 1 15 llOo 115 1 lOo 1 15 1 lOo 1 25 1 lOo 1 35 1 lOo 1 35
Gin, Meder's S w a n
do...
90a
So
9
7a4a
6
7a
9
4a
7
Sugars—New Orleans
lb..
4a
5a
6
4a
4a
6a
8
4o
5
So
7
7a
•4a
6
6a
8
-7a
8
6a
8
Muscovado
do..,
4a
4a
3a
4o
5
3a
5
4o
5
So
6
9a 10
9 ....
go
H a v a n a white
do...
7o
6a
7
7 ,
6a
. 7
7
6a
7
7a
8
9a 10
Loaf...:
do...
7a
8
So 11
7a
8
7o
7a
7a
7a
8
7a
8
9 ....
9o 10
9
9
Tallow—American
do - -.
9
2a
So
9 ....
g ....
9
45a 50
4Sa
40a
42a
Teas—-Young H y s o n
do...
3Sa 40 • 38a 40 40a 45
43
33a 34
30a
26a
26a 28
23a 26
Souchong,
tine
do - . .
28o 30
22a 25
21o 23
28a 30
22a 24
22a 24
60a 63
56a
55a
Imperial
do...
52a
35a 37
35a 37
45a 48
43a 45
45a. 48
SOo 53
36o 39
4Sa 48
7a 16
7a
7a
6a
Tobacco—Kentucky
do - . .
6a- 13
3a 12
3a 13
3a 13
3a 13
4o 13
4a 13
So 13
SSo 30
23a
28a
23a
23a 28
18a 21
5
1
Maniifactured, No, I
d o . -.
ISo 21
25a 30
17a 21
17a 21
23a 28
iga. 24
65a 70
65a
65a
65a
70o 71
65a 70
70a 75
70a 75
70a 71
70a 71
70a 71
70a 72
Whalebone, N. W . C
do...
1 SOo 4 00 1 500 4 00 1 SOo 4 00
Wine—Port
g a l . . 1 90o 4 00 1 90a 4 00 1 90a 4 00 1 50a 4 00 1 50a 4 00 1 50a 4 00 1 SOo 4 00 1 SOo 4 00 1 SOo 4
3 SOo 5 00 3 SOo 5 00 3 SOo 5 00
Madeira
;
d o . . . 3 SOo 5 00 3 SOo 5 00 3 SOo 5 00 3 SOo 5 00 3 50a 5 00 3 50a 5 00 3 50a 5 00 3 SOo 5 00 3 SOo 5
Claret, B o r d e a u x
c a s k . . |30 00a75 00 |30 00a75 00 |30 00a75 0030 00o7S 00 j30 00075 0030 00a75 00 30 O0o75 00 30 00o75 00 30 00o75 00.30 00075 00 |30 00a75 00 30 00075 00
2Sa 30
43a
45
38a 42
Wool—Common
lb..
2So 30
30o 34
33a 34
33a 34
33a
34
2Sa 30
23a 35
30a 34
30a 34
34a 36
48a
50
44a 48
Merino
do...
34a 36
4Sa 48
45a 48
4.5a 48
33a 38
36a 37
45a 48
4 5 48
.a
45a 48
23
2So 30
36a
38
Pulled, No. 1
do...
32a 34
26a
25a 28
22a
25
SSo 34
25a 28
22o 25
22a 25
22a
26
25a 28
* N e w tariff act passed at the close of the thu'ty-sixth Congress, M a r c h 4, a n d approved b y President B u c h a n a n .
OD
The range r f prices of stap>le articles in the Neto York market at the beginning of each month, in each year, from 1825 to 1863.
CO
OO
No. XXXVIII.—THE YEAR 1862.^
Articles.
Jan.
April.
May.
•
July.
Aug,
Sept.
>.
Oct.
Breadstuffs—"VMieat
flour
. b b l . $5 40o$5 55 $5 50o$5 55 $5 40a$5 50 $5 ISolS SO $5 05o$5 10
$4 35a$4 36 $4 85a$S 00 $4 90o$5 05 $5 lSo$S 35 $3 75a$5 85 $5 60fl$5 70
. Ryeflomd o . . 3 .30a 3 80 3 30a 3 SO 3 30a 3 55 3 SSo 3 50 3 SSo 3 50
3 73a 3 00 3 37a 4 00 3 75a 4 00 3 75a 4 00 5 OOo 5 25
4 50a 4 75
Corn meal
d o . . 3 OOo 3 10 3 OOa'3 10 S iiOo 3 95 3 80 .... 3 7'5a 3 85
3 83 .... .... 3 35 3 60 .... 3 40
3 75
3 70 ....
W h e a t , Genesee
b u s h . 1 34a 1 43 1 35a 1 43 1 35a 1 43 1 30O 1 43 1 30a 1 45
1 :30a 1 :<5 1 35o 1 40 1 33o 1 40 1 4So 1 SO
1 4So 1 55
OOo 72
Rye, n o r t h e r n . - . .
do..
81a
83
78a
84
OSo
77
79a 83
79o
86
6,3a
81
79a 85
73a
84
gs ....
79a
85
75a
go
300
41
37o
40
45a 46
Oats, northern
do. 43 o
45
41o 43
57a
63
39o
40
40a 43
67
38a
60
46a
48
66a
SSa
60
66a 70
66o
69
SOa S3
Corn, n o r t h e r n
do..
60 ....
SOo
55
66o 69
66o
69
50a
60
66a 68
SSo
60
73 a
73
60'a 6a
16a
18
16a
18
ISo
30
16o 18
ISo
17
Candles—Adamantine
Ib16a 30
16a
19
16a
SO
17o SO
18a
SO
18a
IOa
20
31
25
S3 ....
30
37 ....
38
38
Sperm
..do..
30
30
SSa :30
30
35
35 ---Coal—Anthracite
ton- 4 SSo 5 00 4 50a 5 00 4 SOo 5 00 4 SOo 3 00 4 SOo 5 00 4 SOo 5 00 5 OOo 6 00 5 OOo 6 00 5 SOo 6 00 7 00 .... 8 00 .... 8 OOo 8 50
Liverpool
chaldron. 6 00 . . . . .... 5.30
5 SO .... 5 50 .... 5 SO .... 5 SO
7 OOo 7 SO 6 SOo 7 00 - - -. 7 00
19a 31
SOo S3
SOo
S3
Coffee—Rio
lb.,
19a
31
Sla
S3
SOo
33
ISo 19
37.-', 28
SSo
S3
22a
23
31a
SSo
33
34o 35
SSo 38
J a v a , white
do.-.
36 ....
36 ....
36 .--.
SSo 36
36a
37
S6a
37
26a
27
35 .--.
31a
33
34a
37 .-..
Copper, sheathing
do- -,
38 ....
30
j30 ....
30 .--38
30
28
S6 ....
30
37
S7a 31
37. ....
Cotton, m i d d l i n g - ' - . . .
do...
33 ....
SOo
31 • 37 ---.
36o 38
.1
3
49 ....
:37 -:-.
56 ....
60 .--.
68 ---.
Fiiih—Dry cod
i
r - - - - - c w t . , 3 63a 3 75 3 63a 3 63 3 37a 4 13 3 SOo 4 30 3 SOo 4 13 3 75o 4 00 3 7Sa 4 13 4 OOo 4 37 3 75a 4 35 3 75a 4 37 3 87a 4 50 4 37a 4 75
Mackerel
:
b b l . . 9 OOa 9 35 15 OOolS 50 16 OOolO 50 16 S0O17 00 16 OOolO SO 15 50al6 00 15 50O16 00 15 SOolO 00 15 50al6 00 15 o0al6 00 15 SOolG 00 15 50ol6 00
14a 15
ISO
16
14 ---.
ISo
16
Fruit—Almonds
lb..
ISo
16
17 ....
17
16o
17
15
13
Slo
33
33 -.-.
Raisins
b o x . . - - . : • 3 30 .... 3 SO .... 3 SO .... 3 SO 3 lOo 3 15 3 13
3 l O o 3 15 3 30a 3 35 3 33a 3 35 3 55 ....
3 80a 3 S5
.. 3 90
Furs—Beaver, n o r t h e r n
l b . . 1 OOo 1 SO 1 OOo 1 SO 1 3 5 ---. 1 00 - -.. 1 SSo 1 50 1 SSo 1 30 1 SSo 1 SO 1 SSo 1 50 1 SSo 1 .30 1 SSo 1 50 i 2 ,30
- -.. S SO
Glass, American, w i n d o w
50 feet.. 3 7Sa 3 50 3 75a 3 50 5 75a 3 50 5 75o 3 50 3 75o 3 50 3 75o 3 50 3 7Sa 3 SO 2 75a 3 50 3 73a 3 30 5 75o 3 50 3 00 3 75a 3 75o 3 50
Gunpowder—Rifle
25 l b s . . 7 OOa 7 3 5 7 OOo 7 35 6 OOo 6 35 6 OOo 6 35 6 OOo 6 35 6 OOo 6 35 6 O O o 6 35 6 OOo 6 35 6 SOo 6 75 6 SOo 6 75 6 50a 6 75 6 SOo 6 75
Shipping
d o . . . 4 35 . . . . 4 35 ..-: .... 3 75 .... 3 75 ... - 3 75 .... 3 75
4 00 .... 4 00 ...- 4.00
3 75
3 75
.... 4 00
33a 34
33a 33
Hides—Bueno'5 A y r e s
lb..
S S o ' 36
34a
35
35 ---.
34 o
35
33 . . . .
S4a
SS • S7o
34a
35
33
28
SSo sg
20a 21
SO ....
Mexican.
do...
SSo
S3
SSo
33
2()a
31
SOo
31
ISo 19
S3 --..
19a
SO
22 ....
3:5a
34
S6a
37
12a 17
13o 18
14a 19
ISO
SO
Hops, 1861
do.-.
ISo S3
ISo
SO
16a 33
13o
17
14a
18
14a
SO
15a
ig
• ISo
18
gSo 1 20
85o 1 13
gSo 1 35
Indigo, Manilla
d o - . . 1 lOo 1 60 1 OSo 1 50 1 OSo 1 50
050 1 15
9.3a 1 45 1 ISo 1 SO 1 OOo 1 40 1 OOo 1 SO
9,3a 1 15
Iron—Scotch pig
t o n . . 3100a33 00 33 00a34 00 33 OOflSS 00 33 00a33 50 22 00024 00 34 OOoSS 00 34 00oS5 00 37 OOoSS 00 J8 OOaSg 00 27 0Oa28 00" 31 00a:33 00 33 00a33 50
Common E n g l i s h b a r
,...do...
5000 .--. )3 5Ca55 00 52 S0o55 00 53 500.37 50 53 50fl57 SO .... 65 00 .... 65 00 57 50a6O 00 .... 65 00 67 50a70 00
15a IG
ISo "16
15o
16
l7
Sheet, Russici
lb..
16a
17
13 .... '"] 6a'" ' ' ' ISo
16
15
16a
17 - 14a
1.3a
16
16a
17
16a
17
Lead, pig
lOCtlbs.. 7 OOo 7 10 7 OSa 7 15 7 OOa 7 13 6 63a 6 75 6 GSo 6 75 6 75 .... 6 75o 6 80 6 87a 6 ge- 6 S7a 6 90 6 87o 6 90 7 goa 7 gs 8 SSo 8 ^ 0
22o 23
23a
34
SSo
23
Slo 33
Leather, hemlock
lb..
sso
S3
30a
31
22o
3:} I 35a 36
33a
S3
SSo
S3
Slo
S3
30a 31
40o 8 00 3 SOo 8 00 3 SOo 8 00 3 50a 8 00 3 50a 8 00 3 30a 8 00 4 30a 8 00 4 SOo 8 00 4 30a 8 00 , 4 30a 8 00 4 35a 8 00
Liquors—Cognac b r a n d y
. g a l . . 3 40o 8 00
23
S3o . 35
S3a
S3 ....
:33 ....
Domestic w h i s k e y
... do...
19a
SO
31 ....
37o
38
38a
39
:33a 34
S7o
SS
31
41a 46
40a
45
4 la
45a
M<lasses—New Orleans
do...
50a
55
33a
45
31a 45
:30a 45
40a
45
33a
40
4la
45
36a
50
SSa
30
34o
23o 33
Slo
SSo
38
S7o
38
Bluseovado
do..".
S6a
SOo
35
26a 36
36
SOo
35
S4a
33
30a
40
lOo
S3
SOa
21a 23 I Slo
SOo , S3
SCO
38
S4a
Cuba, clayed
...do...
30
ISo
S3
S4a
26
22a
24
25a 27
SSo
33
3!
Nails—Cut
lb..
4
3
3
I..-.
3
4
Wrought
do...
4 ....
4
4
So
6
I
4 ....
5 ....
N a v a l stores—.Spirits turpentine . . - g a l . . 1 40a 1 43 1 43a 1 45 1 OSo 1 10
g7a 1 00 150 .... 1 S7o 1 60 1 .30o 1 35 1 97a S 00 2 30a 2 35 ! 2 2.5o'2 37 3 GO
3 60 ....
_
ilosin, white
SSOlbs.. 10 OOalS 00 10 OOalS 00 10 OOolS 00 10 OOrlS 00 11 00ol2 00 11 OOolS 00 15 OOolG 00 16 00al8 00 15 00ol7 0{i lis 00al7 00 15 OOoSO 00 17 OOaSO 00
DigitizedCUs—Whale
for FRASER
gal..
51a 53
47a
49
47a 50
48a
53
48a 50
60a
61
52a
56
51a
53
83a
86
60a
62 1 68a
70
85a
87
!
Oils—Sperm, crude
g a l . - 1 3.^a 1 40 1 40a 1 45 1 400 1 41 1 40a 1 41 ! 1 3Sa 1 40 1 20a 1 32 I 1 20a 1 25 1 4Sa 1 45 1 35o 1 40 1 40a 1 45 1 65a 1 70
i 1 55 . . . . 1 55 . . . . 1 55 . . . . 1 6 0 . . . . 1 80 . . . .
Spei-m, winter
d o . -. 1 SOo 1 60 1 60a 1 65 1 60a 1 65 1 600 1 65 ' 1 60a 1 65. 1 55
Olive
d o . -- 1 SSo 1 37 1 35a 1 30 1 35o 1 37 1 35a 1 37 ! 1 SSo 1 30i 1 1 2 . . . . j 1 ISo 1 20 1 35a 1 40 1 35a 1 40 1 3Sa 1 40 1 SOo 1 60
SGa 87 1 15a 1 1 7
g5o
89a 90
S4a
85
Sia
83
Linseed
d o . - - 85a S6
84a
SS
800 81 I SSo 89 . 83a 8::i
7o
8
8 ....
8 -.-.
Oo 10
7 ....
8 --..
7
7 .... [I 7a
Paints, rod lead
lb. 7a
8
8 i - 8 ....
1S7.3O13 00 13 SOolS 75 11 50ol2 00 Ill O0.:zll 12 11 OOoll 3 5 11 3 7 a l l 50 11 SOall 62 13 00 . . . .
Provisions—Pork, me<!S
b b l . . 13 OOalS 50 13 00al3 00 13 75ol4 SO
Pork, prime
d o . - . 8 OOa 9 00 8 SOo 9 50 9 7SalO 75 10 OOolO 30 10 OOolO S3 9 25o 9 S(v j 8 H3o 8 73 g SOa g 60 9 87al0 00 10^8010 25 13 OOolS 35
Beef, mess
,
do - . . 5 OOo 5 SO 5 OOrt 5 SO 5 OOo 5 50 5 50a 8 00 5 50a 8 00 8 OOolO 00 I 8 OOolO 00 ? OOo.: 0 75 8 OOolO Ih 8 OOolO 75 S OOolO 75O
Beef, prime
d o . . . 4 OOa 4 50 4 OOa 4 50 4 OOa 4 50 4 SOo 5 50 4 50a 5 50 5 SOo 7 00 1 5 SOo 7 00 5 .50a 7 G 5 50a 1 00 5 50a 7 00 5 50o 7 00
5a
6
7 ....
So
6
7 ....
4a
3
5 ....
4a
5
5 -...
Hams, pickled
b..
So
6
So
6
4a
51
Beef iiams, in p i c k l e . . b b l . . 14 0Ool4 50 14 35al5 00 16 00al7 00 17 00al7 50 16 35al6 75 16 O0O16 50 14 50al6 50 13 50014 .50 15 OOoie 50 15 00al6 50 15 OOolO 50
9a 10
2a 10
7a
S
7a
8
8a
9
10 . . . .
8 ....
7a
8
7a
8
Lard
lb..
7o
8
7a
8i
14 a 16
17o i g
16a- 31
lOo 17
lOo 16
SOo S3
13a
30
16a
31
16a
19
Butter, Staie
do.
IGo
31
10a 19
6a
2
7a
g
6a . 8
4a
8
4a
8
9a 11
So
8
So
7
7a
9
Cheese
do.
5a
7
4a
8
Rice, ordinary
cwt
7 37a 7 75 7 23a 7 63 7 OOa 7 35 6 63o 6 87 ; 6 75a 7 00 6 7Sa 7 00 6 75a 7 00 7 .30a 7 75 7 75 . . . .
93o
971
Salt—Liverpool
sack
8Sa
86 1 OOa 1 05 1 OOo 1 OS
9Sa
g7 *105
. . . . 1 0 0 . . . . 1 ISo 1 1 5 1 ISo 1 17 1 13a 1 14 1 SOo 1 53
30a 31
31 . . . .
36
S4a
SS I 34' ....
30 - . . .
31a 33
30a
33 ....:
Tmlc's Island
bush
30
27a 28
30
Sa
g
8
go 10
Sa
9 j .7 :-..
7
So
9
7
Seeds—Clover
lb,
7 ....
7 ....
7a
8
Timothy
b u s h . . 3 OOo 3 35 3 COo. 3 35 3 OOo 3 35 2 2Sa 2 50 • 1 75a 1 87 1 75o 2 00 . . . . 1 75 . . . . 2 00 2 OOo 2 25 1 87a 2 00 1 87o 3 13
i
So
6 j
Soap—Brown
lb. .
So
6
So
6
So
6
So
6
So
6
Sa
6
15 - - . .
13a
14 I 13a
15 . . . .
15
Castile
. . d o . -.
14 ....
14 ....
13
13 . . . .
13a
14
14
13a 14
19 . . . .
16 .... I 16 . . . .
ig . . . .
10 . . . .
Spices—Pepper . . . . , . ,
d o . -.
19 ....
18o
19
16
16
ISa
16
67o 70 - GSo, 70
67a
70 j 6Sa
67a 70
80 . . . .
Nutmegs
do.. 75a
80
73a
75
60o 65
65
60a
65
67
Spirits—Jamaica r u m
g a l , . 1 OOa 1 73 1 OOo 1 75 1 SOo 1 75 1 50a 1 75 '. 1 SOo 1 75 1 SOo 1 75 1 50a 1 75 1 50a 3 SS 1 SOo 3 35 1 50a 3 35 1 SOo 3 35
3 35 . . . . 3 35
135 . . . .
2 35
Gin, Meder's Swari
d o . . . - -.. 1 35 - -.. 1 35 .... 1 35 . . . .
1 3 5 . . . . 1 40 . . . . 1 SO - - . . 3 35
So
2a
So 10
lOo 11
7o
8
7a
9
Sugars—New Orleans
lb. 9 ....
7o
8
8a
9
7a
6a
8a
7a
9
So 10
6a
5o
7
6a
8
Muscovado
do. -.
6a
8
6a
7
6a
8
lla
lla
13
Ilo
13
9 .
2a
lla
9 ....
go 10
H a v a n a white
.... do.. .
2 ....
2.a
10
9 .--.
13
14
10
Loaf
do--11
. 8a
9
9
10
10 . - - .
10 . . . . . 1 1 . . . .
8a
Tallow—American
do...
9 .
9
56a
65a
SSo
5.5a S'S
53a 55
S3a 60
7(:o
70o
75
60a
. 55a .38
Teas — Y o u n g Hj'-son
do... 63a
40a
42a
4Sa
43a 44
4Sa 43
4Sa 50
44a
44a. 46
40a
38a 40
Souchong,
fine.do... 43a
70a
SOo
70a
75a- 85
70a 80
75a
73a S3
75a
80
70a
65a 75
Imperial
do...
7()a
7a
7a
13a 35
lOo
6o 33
14 a 30
So
So
IS
7a
7a 18
Tobacco—Kentucky
do.:.
So
16
35a
33a
60o
45a 50
4Sa 50
3So
3Sa 40
37a
Manufactured, No. 1
do- - - S S o . 30 . 30o 35 ^33a' 37
6Sa
7:ia 75
sola 85 1 35a 1 40
87a
89
6Sa
6Sa 70
7()a
Whalebone, N W . C
do---| G7a 7(J
67a
70
Wine—Port
gal.. 1 50a 4 00 1 50a 4 00 1 50a 4 00 I 1 50a 4 00 1 SOo 4 00 1 50a 4 00 1 50a 4 00 1 50a 4 00 1 SOo 4 00 1 50o 4 00 1 S(ia 4 00
3
O
Madeira
do. --I 3 30a 5 00 3 30a 5 on 3 SOo 5 00 i : oOo 5 OO 3 SOa 5 O 3 SOa 5 (JO 3 SOo 5 00 3 SOo 5 0(1 3 50a 5 00 3 SOa 5 00 3 50a 5 00
.
|30
Claret, Bordeaux
cask.. :30 000-75 GO 30 00a75 00 30 n0a75 00 !30 00a75 00 , 00^75 00 30 00a75 00 30 00a7S 00 30 O0o75 00 30 00o75 00 30 00a7S 00 30 00a75 00
43a 44
SSo 60
63a 65
40a
43 I 40a
43
4()a 42
45a 51
62a 65
Wool—Common
lb -. 47 --..
47 ....
40a
43
4Sa SO
60a 63
60a 63
4Sa
50
48a SO
46a 48
.33a 55
60o 63
Merino
do... 48a 50
48o
50
48a
SO
48a 50
34a
35
34a 35
34a 35
35a 37
4Sa 50
4Sa 50
Pulled, No, 1
do...
34a 35
40a
44
40a
44
34o
35
1 70a 1 75
3 00 . . . .
1 SOo 1 55
1 ISo 1 35
.--10
13 13al3 35
11 SOall 75
8 OOolO 75
5 SOo 7 00
7 ....
14 OO0I6 50
9a 10
SSo 36
9a 13
1 40o 1 50
31a 33
' 10 . - - .
3 OOo 2 50
15 . . . .
lOo 11
83
1 SOo 2 35
3 50 •
go
8a
13 .
13
10 55a 60
4Sa 50
7Sa go
13a 30
60a 65
1 SO . - . .
1 SOo 4 00
3 SOa 5 00
30 O0O75 00
63a 63
60a 63
48« 50
*The export of breadstuffs and provisions for the fiscal y e a r 1861-'63 w a s $119,338,785, against an annual average of $471,744,000 for tlie ten years 1851-'60. T h e importations of f-n-elgn
goods for the y e a r 1861-'i-i3 were, free of duty, $53,731,64.-.; paying duty, $136,683,123; specie and bulhon, $16 415,053—a total of $305,810,833 ; while for the year 1860-'61 the aggregate
w a s $335,650,1.33; y e a r 18:'.g-'60, $363,166,254. T h o exports to foreign countries for t h e y e a r 18i)l-'63 w e r e $ig3,y03;334, or $140,672,73:3 less than-in t h e y e a r 18.39-'60. Congress, in
March, passed an act to authorizt; the issue of United States notes', a n d for the i-edemption or funding thereof,.and for funding the floating debt of the United States. T h e Secretary of the
T r e a s u r y authorized to issue $150,000,000 of United States'notes, not bearing interest, p a y a b l e to bearer, in denominations of not less than $5. Also, an act to a,uthor!ze the Secretary of
the Trea.sury to issue cert-.ficates of indf^btedness to public creditors. Also, an a c t to authorize the purchase of coin, and for other puiposes. T h e Secretary of the T r e a s u r y m a y purchase
coin w i t h a n y of the bonds or notes of the United States authorized by law, a t such lates, a n d upon such terms as he m a y deem most advantageous to the public interest, and m a y issue
certificates of indebted.ncs.s, such as are autho-.-izcd by act of March 1. -
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The range ofprices of staple articles in the New York market at the beginning of each month, in each year, from 1825 to 1863.
' No. XXXIX.—THE YEAR 1863.*
Articles.
Breadstuffs—Wheat
flour,super
bbl.
W h e a t flour, Ohio
do..
Ryeflour
do..
Corn meal
do..
W h e a t , Genesee
bush.
R y e , northern
do..
Oats, western
do..
Corn, roundfyellow.. . d o . Candles—Adamantine
lb.
Sperm
do..
Coal—Anthracite
ton.
Liverpool
,.,....,. t o n .
Coffee—Brazil
lb.
Java
l.do..
Copper, sheathing, ; i e w
do..
Cotton, middling
do..
F i s h — D r y cod
cwt.
Mackerel, No. 1
bbl.
Fruit—Almonds
lb.
Raisins . box.
Figs, S m y r n a
lb .
Citron
do..
Furs—Beaver, n o r t h e r n
lb.
Muskrat - . . ^
do..
American m i n k
piece.
Glass, Amei'ican
50 feet.
Gunpowder—Rifle
35 l b s .
Shipping
do..
Hides—La P l a t a
lb.
Vera Cruz
do..
Hops
/
do..
Indigo, Manilla
do..
Iron—English pig
ton.
Common English b a r
do -.
Sheet, Russia
lb.
Lead, pig
,
100 l b s .
. Leather, hemlock
.lb.
Liquors—OtarcJbrandy
- .gal.
Domestic whiskey . . . . . . d o . .
Molasses—New Orleans
do - Muscovado
. - . . . - . do -.
Cuba, clayed
do..
March.
Jan.
AprU.
May.
^
July."
Aug.
Sept.
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CT:>
O
Oct.
!
$5 8Sa$6 05 $7 0047 SS $7 00a$7 30 $6 40o$6 60 $5 gSa$6 10 $5 3So.$5 35 §4 60o$5 00 $4.0Oa$4 75 $3 g0a$4 45 $5 OSolS 35 $5 60o$S 85 $5 gSa$6 10
6 80a 6 90 7 80a. 7 85 7 90a 8 00 7 30a 7 35 6 gSo 7 00 6 SSo 6 30 6 OOa 6 20 5 35a 5 40 5 lOo 5 20 6lOo 6 20 7 20a 7 25 7 45a 7 SO
4 OOo 4 SO 4 OOo 4 50 4 OOo 4 30 3 7Sa 4 35 4 OOo 4 35 4 OOo 4 35 3 SOo 4 00 3 SOo 4 00 3 50a 4 00 4 75o 4 90 5 75o 5 90 5 80a 6 00
3 90a 4 00 4 SSo 4 SO 4 ISo 4 30 4 lOo 4 15 4 15a 4 SO 4 SOa 4 35 4 10
4 00 ..... .... 4 00 4 40a 4 50 4 90a 4 95 6 00 ....
1 SOa 1 56 1 70a 3 00 1 SOo 1 95 1 80a 1 90 1 75a 1 SO 1 S7o 1 68 1 SSa 1 70 1 30o 1 38 1 25a 1 40 1 40a 1 60 1 6Sa 1 80 1 OSo 1 78
1 10a 1 15 1 ISo 115 1 OSo 1 10 1 OSo 1 04 1 OOo 1 01 1 05
SSo go 1 03a 1 10 1 ISo 1 20 133o i 36
9So gs
030 gs
go ....
SSo 84
SSo 86
SSo 86
Slo 83
84a 85
70a 73
74 a 75
69o 73
70a 71
68o 72 • S3o 56
98a 1 00
90a 93
75a 79
94a 95
goo gs
75a 76
76a 78
88a 90 1 OSo 1 09 1 21a 1 33
70a 80
6Sa 6g
SOo S3
20a 23
30a 33
17a 33
SOo 33
19a 21
18a 22
18a 22
19o 22
igo 33
lOo 30
igo 22
35 ....
40 ....
38o 40
35 ....
40 ....
35 ....
38a 40
37
33a 35
40 ....
35 - - . .
37a 38
. . . . 8 50 .... 8 50 7 SOo 8 00 7 OOo 7 50 7 OOo 7 50 7 OOo 8 00 9 OOolO 00 8 OOo 8 50 8 OOo 8 SO .... 9 50 ..., 1100 10 SOoll 00
.... 1100 13 00al3 50
7 00 ..-. 7 SOo 8 00 7 OOo 7 35 7 OOo 7 35 7 OOo 7 35
7 SOo 8 00
33a 33
33a 33
30o 33
31 . , .
.31a . 3
3
31a 33
200 31
26a 28
26a 28
29 a 30
31a 33
SSo 31
39a 40
390 40
36a 37
35a 36
39a 40'
38a 30
35a *36
34a 35
34a . 5
3
36a 37
37a 38
33o 34
46
40a 43
43
43
40
42
42
42
42
42
43
3So 37
84 ....
SSo 88
SSo 88
54 ....
87 .-..
73 ....
67 ....
84 ....
75 ---.
62 .-..
67 ....
66a 67
4 37a 4 63 SOOa 5 35 3 SSa 5 73 4 75o 5 35 5 SOo 6 35 6 12a 6 35 .... 6 25 5 SSo 5 75 6 OOo 6 37 6 OOo 6 25 fi SOo 6 87 6 SOo 6 63
15 SOolO 00 15 SOolO 00 17 SOolS 00 17 SOolS 00 17 SOolS 00 17 SOolS 00 17 SOolS 00 17 SOolS 00 17 SOolS 00 17 SOolS 00 17 SOolS 00 IS OOolS SO
33o 34
33a 33
33a 34
SSo 34
31 ....
23a 25
33a 34
23a 24 .... 25, 24a 25
Slo 34
g i o 33
3 SOo 3 60 3 95a 4 00 4 SOo 4 S3 .... 4 00 4 lOo 4 15 4 30 .... 4 25o 4 30 - -.. 4 15 3 goo 3 gs .... 4 20 -... 4 25 3 80a 3 85
14a 16
16a 17
ISa 17
ISo 14
15
. a l7
14a 16
16a 17
17a 18
16a 17
16 ....
14a 16
16 . - - .
32
33a 34
40 ....
39a 40
38
33 ....
34a 35
30 ....
27a 29
35
30
40a 42
3 SOo 2 75 5 SOo 3 75 3 7Sa 3 00 S7Sa ibb 3 7Sa 3 00 2 75a 3 00 2 7Sa 3 bb 2 75a 3 00 2 75o 3 00 2 75a 3 00 2 73a 3 00 3 OOa 3 35
35 ---.
SOo S3
35 ....
35 --.. . ISo SO
35 -.-.
: 5 ....
3
35 ....
35 ....
35 ---.
20a 23
35 ..-. 5 OOo 5 SO 5 OOo 5 SO 5 OOo 5 50 5 OOo 5 SO 5 OOo 5 SO 5 OOo 5 50 5 OOo 5 SO 5 OOa 5 SO
3 SOo 4 00 3 50a 4 00 5 OOa 5 50
3 SSo 4 50 3 SSo 4 50 3 S5a 4 50 5 OOo 5 50 3 S5a 4 SO 4 SOo 6 00 4 SOo 6 00 4 SOa 6 00 4 SOo 6 00 4 SOo 6 25 4 SOo 6 00 4 SOo 6 00
3 SSo 4 50 6 75a 7 00 6 75a 7 00 6 75o 7 00 6 75a 7 00 6 75a 7 00 6 7Sa 7 00 7 2Sa 7 50 7 SSo 7 50
6 SOo 6 75 6 SOo 6 75 6 7Sa 7 00
4 25 6 75a 7 00 .... 4 35 .... 4 35
4 25 .... 4 25 .... 4 25 - - -. 4 25 .... 4 75 .... 4 75
. . . . 4 00 .... 4 00
4 35
39 -.-.
25a 36
29a 30
30a 31
31a 33
33a 34
26a 27
27a 28
37 ....
26 ....
SSo sg
S8a . 39 34a 35
34 ....
S7a 38
22a 23
24 ....
23
24 ....
38 ....
23a S3
.22 .-..'
S4a 35
35a 36
SSo 30
SOo 37
i7a 22
25a 27
22a 28
17a 22
33a 39
16o SO
16a 34
ISO 21
ISo 35
18o 35 1 OOo 1 35 1 OOo 1 25 80a 1 20
90a 1 25 1 OOo 1 35
1 OSo 1 30 1 SOo 1 40
gSo 1 20
90O 1 15
90a 1 20
1 OOo 1 15
33 00 . . . . 36 0Oo37 00 38 0004000 1 30a 1 35 36 00 .--. 32 50o34 00 34 00a35 00 34 00o35 00 33 00o34 SO 40 0Oo42 50 42 00a43 00 43 50a45 00
37 00a39 00
76 00 .... 76 00 .--. 73,00075 00 73 O0O75 00 72 S0a7S 00
65 00o67 50 ^5 00 .-..
17a 18
17a 18
16a 17
17o 18
17a 18
17a 18
16a 17
gso . . .... 10 50
..
8 62a 8 75 8 37a 8 50 7 SOo 7 75 7 40a 7 43 8 40 .... 9 20o 9 25 9 50a 9 60
8 00 . - - 30a 31
30a 31
30a 31
30a 31 v^ 31a 33
26a 27
26o 27
SSo . 20 27a 28
29a 30
SSo 39
S9a 30
4 SSo 8 00 4 SSo 8 00 6 OOolO 00 6 OOoIO 00 3 OOolO 00 6 OOolO 00 6 OOolO 00 6 OOolO 00 6 OOolO 00 5.SOolO 00 5 .SOolO 00 5 SOolO 00
77a 78
61 .--.
60a 62
45 ....
46a 47
4Sa 46
4Sa 50
44a 45
48
53o 54
39a 40
44.a 45
45a 60
4Sa 62
46a 56
3Sa 50
48o 56
48a 58
42a 52
40a 52
40a 55
45o 60
SOo 56
35a 45
47o 57
4Sa 38
33a 40
300 46
40o 45
40a 46
40a 48
38o 46
38a 45
45a 55
33o 38
36o 44
41a 46 • 43a 48
S8a 30
35a 40
33a 40
36a 40
38a 42
40a 45
S4a 38
33a 38
35a 38
32a. 36
Pi
o
o
GQ
500
Nails—Cut
100 l b s . . 4 75a 5 00 '5 00 - - -. !
o )lo ..-. 5 35 .... 5 35 5 OOo 5 35 5 OOa 5 25 .... 5 00 4 75a 5 00
31a 34
3 la
34
33a 35
33o 35
SSo 33
33a 36
Wrought
lb..
34a
37
3 OSo 3 15
N a v a l stores—Spirits turpentine
g a l . . SSO .--. .... 3 23 3 SSo 3 60 3 SSo 3 70 3 35a 3 40 3 40 .... 3 57a 3 60 3 OOo 3 15 2 SOo S 55
Rosin, common
b b l . . Il3 50al3 75 .... 20 00 .... 39 00' 33 00 .... 35 00 .... ISS OOoSS 00 [32 00o33 00 36 50aS7 0 0 34 00o3S 00 -... 36 00 140 00a42 CO
S7a
90 ICO .... 1 OSo 1 10
920 93 1 06a 1 10 1 OOo 1 03
87a
go
89a
90
86a
88
83a 85
Oils—Whale
gal..
goo gs
165
1 5 0 .... 1 50 1 45a 1 47 1 47a 1 50 . . . .
Sperm, crude
d o . . . 1 70O 1 75 1 75o' 1 77 1 SOo 1 85 1 SOo 1 85 1 OSo 1 63 1 50a 1 55
175 .-.. •2 00 . . . .
Sperm, winter
d o . . . 1 95a 3 00 i 95
310 i .... 3 10 .... 3 00 .... 3 00 1 85a 1 go 1 85 .... 1 85
1 gOo 2 CO
l.5
Olive
d o . . . 1 SOo 1 55 1 SOo " " 3 .... 3 00 ' SlOo S I S 3 1 0 a 3 30 1 SOo 1 35 1 90a 1 95 1 85a 1 90 1 65o 1 70 1 70a 1 75
140 . . . .
Linseed
d o . . . 1 ISo 1 35 .... 1 40 .... 1 75 j 1 67a 1 70 1 5 0 .... 1 SSa 1 30 1 20a 1 21 1 lOo 1 1 5 1 03a 1 OS 1 35
11
11 ....
10 ....
11 .... ! 10 ....
lOo 11
9a 10
11
Ilo 13 I Ilo 13
Paints, red lead
lb..
11
Provisions—Pork, mess
' . - b b l . . 14 37al4 50 15 00al7 00 14 75ol7 35 14 00016 35 13 OOolS 00 11 7Sal3 75 11 50al3 37 11 50al3 00 11 63al3 50 13 00al4 35 15 50ol7 00
10 SOoll 50- 10 SOoll 25 10 OOoll 00 10 SOolO 75 10 SSolO 50 12 00 . . . .
P o r k , prime
d o . . . 11 OSolS 50 11 50al3 50 11 75ol4 00 II 00013 27 11 00ol3 00
Beef, mess
d o . . . 7 OOa 9 00 7 OOo 9 00 7 OOo 9 00• 6 OOo 8 00 6 000 800 5 50a 8 00 5 7Sa 8 O O 5 50a 7 00 5 50o 7 00 5 50a 7 00 5 OOo 7 00
Beef, prime
d o . . . 5 OOo 6 00 SOOa 6 00 5 OOo 6 00 4 SOo. 5 50 4 SOo 6 00 4 SOo 6 00 4 50o 6 00 4 SOo 6 00 4 50a 6 00 4 OOo 5 00 3 50a 5 00
go 10
9 ..-.
6a
7
7a
8
7o
8
7a
8
8 ....
8 ....
7a
8
• 7o
8
Pickled H a m s
lb..
6a
8
11 . . . .
lOo
11
go 10
lOo 11
Ilo 13
9a 10
9o 10
9a 10
lOo 11
Lard
d o . . . . 9a 10
go 10
24a 28
20a
26
17o 23
23o 27
S3a 30
ISo 35
17a 23
ISo 22
14a 18
SOo 36
Butter
do...
16o 19
12a 16
lOo
14
12a 14
14a 16
lOo 13
9o 13
So 11
9a 13
13a 15
Cheese
do...
9a 14 - Oo 12
- Rice, ordinary
c w t . . 3 75a 4 50 4 75a 5 00 4 75a 5 35 4 7Sa 5 35 4 SOo 5 00 4 75a 5 25 7 2So 8 50 6 SOo 7 75 6 SSo 7 73 6 25a 7 7 5 6 75a 7 75
Salt—Liverpool
s a c k . . 1 SOo 1 35 .--. 132 1 40a 1 45 1 SSo 1 57 1 SOo 1 55 1 SOo 1 52 1 47a 1 SO .... 1 50 1 4Sa 1 SO 1 50a 1 52 1 55 . . . .
49
44
40a 41
36a
37
30o 31
42a 43
40a 42
43a
43
37a 38
34
T u r k ' s island
bush..
3Sa 39
-19
19 . . . .
SO ....
19 ....
19
20
20
20
30
19 ....
Salt-petre—Refined
lb..
30
15
15a
16
14a
13 .... . . : 14o 15
13 .--.
15 . . .
..
15
13 ....
ISO 16
16 ....
Crude
do...
15
lOo 11
10a
11
So
g
So
9a 10
10 ---.
So
9
7a
8
So
9
12 .--.
Seeds—Clover
.lb..
g
8a
9
1 7Sa 2 00 3 SSo 3 SO 2 37a 2 50 2 SOo 2 75
Timothy
b u s h . . 3 SSo 2 50 3 00a 3 25 3 75a 3 00 2 OOo 2 SO 1 87a 3 35 1 75a 2 00 i g O a 2
16 ....
18
16 ....
14 ....
17 ....
16a
17
IS -...
16a 17
16 .--.
17a
18
Soap, Castile
lb..
17
30a
31
27 : . . .
27 ....
26a
27
25a
26
27 ....
34 ....
23
26 ....
SSo
39
Spices—Pepper
d o . -,
S7a 38
85
SOo
82
80a
82
SOo
82
80a 82
71a
75
gso gs
8Sa 87
77a
SO
S7a
90
Nutmegs
do..
SSo 85
Spirits—Jamaica i-um
g a l . 1 SOo 2 25 1 SOo 2 35 2 5 0 a 3.30 3 SOo 3 SO 3 SOo 3 50 2 SOo 3 50 2 SOo 3. 50 2 80a 3 00 3 80a 3 00 2 SOo 3 00 2 SOo 3 00
2 87
2 75 . . . .
3 75
3 25
Gin, Meder's S w a n . d o . . , .... 2 50 ... - 3 50 .... 3 35 .... 3 35 .... 3 35 .... 3 25 .... 3 25
lOo 14
Sa 10
Ilo
14
lOo
13
7a 12
lOo 11 - go 13
lOo
12
IOa
13
So
13
Sugars—New Orleans
lb.
7a 13
lOo 12
So 10
lla
13
go 11
lOo
11
Qa
13
10a
12
9a
11
So
11
9a 11
Muscovado
do..,
9o 10
16
14
14
13
15
14
15
Loaf.:
do..
14
12 . - - .
11 .
13a
10 .
11 10 ..-.
13 ....
lla 13
Tallow—American
do..
11 ....
.10 ....
11 ....
SSo 60
53a
58
SSo 60
•58a
SOa S3
58a
63
SOo 53
SSo
60
53a
57
Teas—Young Hyson
.do -., ,S0a 53
SSa 60
57a 60
62a 63
63o
53a 55
63a
65
53a 55
Souchong
do - 63o
63
SSo
60
50
63a 65
65a 70
65a
SSo 60.
65a
70
60a 63
60
Imperial
do -.
65a
70
60a
65
6.3a 68
8a 27
'So
27
12a 30
13a 30
Sa 36
17a
16a
35
1 3 33
.a
Tobacco—Kentucky
^
do..
Ilo
39
go
20
16o 35
SOo 52
SOo
52
52a 55
75a 1 00
47a 53
60o
57a
63
SSa
55
50a
52
60a 65
Manufactured, N o . 1
do..
57a 63
1 60 1 60a 1 63 1 SOo 1 55 1 SO - - -. 1 SO - -.. 1 4 5 . - - .
Whalebone
do.. 1 5 0 --.. 1 SSo 1 60 1 6Sa 1 70 1 SSo 1 60 1 60a 1 63
"Wine—Port
....•:
gal. 1500-4 00 3 OOo 4 00 3 SSo 4 00 3 S5a 4 00 3 SSo 4 00 2 SSo 4 00 3 SSo 4 00 2 2Sa 4 00 3 SSo 4 00 2 25o 4 00 2 25a 4 00
Madeira
do.. 3 SOo 5 00 3 SOo 5 00 3 SOo 5 0 0 3 SOo 5 00 3 SOa 3 00 3 50a 5 00 3 .30a .3 00 3 500 5 00 3 SOo 5 00 3 SOo 5 00 3 SOo 5 00
Claret
cask. |30 O0O7S 00 130 00o75 00 45 OOa $100' •45 OOo $100 43 OOo $100 45 OOo $100 43.000 $100 45 OOo $100 45 OOo $100 45 OOo $100 45 OOo $100
65a 67
Wool—Common
lb.
65a
67
62o
63
OSo 70
63a 63
75a
80
7Sa
SO
62a 65
63a
67
62o
63
70o 73
70a 73
Merino
^
do..
77a
80
67a
69
60a 62
68a 73
67a 69
SSo
90
SSo go
77a- 80
67a
69
SOo 83
47a
52
62a 66
PuUed, No.l
do..
60a . 65
60a . 65
65a
70
6Sa 70
48a 50
50a 55
45a
47
60a
65
55a 58
.--'. 5 25
31a 35
3 OOo 3 05
35 00o38 00
1 lOo 1 1 2
1 60 . . . .
1 87o 1 93
1 90a 2 00
1 45a 1 50
11
U SOolS 25
IS C0al2 25
5 OOo 7 00
3 SOo 5 00
lOo 11
lla
12
2Sa 30
13a 16
7 OOa 8 00
170 . . . .
,.50 . . . .
20
16a 17
lla
12
2 75a 3 00
19
- 27a 28
SSo 86
2 SOo 3 00
2 87
lla
14
Ilo
13
17
12 .
SSo
6Ca
14a
47a
1 SO
30
52
... -
2 SSo 4 00
:3 SOa S CO
45 OOo $100
68o 70
75o SO
63a 66
* T h e n e w tariff, passed J u l y 14, 1863, w e n t into operation A u g u s t 1,1863, T h e laws relatingto the direct a n d excise taxes, passed at the 1st and Sd sessions of the 37th Congress, took
effcQt in the latter p a r t of .the year 1863 and early p a r t of 1863. Among the important measures of the year 1863 were, first, the loan act, authorizing the issue of bonds a n d United States
notes to the amount of $900,000,000; Sd, the act " t o provide a national currency, secured b y a pledge of United States stocks, and to provide for the cu'culatiqn and redemption thereof;"
3d, " T o amend an act entitled ' A n act to provide internal revenue to support the governraent and pay interest on the public debt;'"' and 4th, in 1863, " An act to authorize payments iu
Btamps and to prohibit circulation of notes of less denomination than one dollar;" Sth, " A n act to authorize an additional issue of United States notes,and for other purposes."
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The range ofprices at New York f o r thirty-nine years.
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YEAR 1825.
YEAR 1836.
Articles.
Lowest.
Breadstuffs—Wlieat flour, sup
bbl.
W h e a t flour, w. canal. - . d o . .
Rye
flour,
fine
do..
Corn meal, northern
do..
Wheat, Genesee
- bush.
RyeVnorthern -".
do -.
Oats, n o r t h e r n
do..
Corn, northern
do..
Candles—Mould
lb.
Sperm
do..
Coal—Schuylkill
ton.
Liverpool
chaldron.
Coffee—Brazil..
:
1
lb.
Java
.do..
Copper—Pig
do -.
Sheathing
do..
Cotton, u p l a n d
do. F i s h — D r y cod
cwt.
Mackerel, No. 1
bbl.
Fruit—Raisins
'.
box.
Figs, S m y r n a
lb.
Prunes, B o r d e a u x
do..
Furs—Beaver, northern
do..
O tte r
do -.
American mink
do..
Glass, American
. . . : . . 100 feet.
Gunpowder—American
25 l b s .
English
'.
do. Hides—La P l a t a
,
lbW e s t India
do. Hops, first sort
do..
Indigo
do..
Iron—Scotch or English pig ..'
. . . . ton.
Assorted English bar
do..
Sheet
.'
cwt.
Lead, jjig
do. .
Leather, hemlock
Ib.
Liquors^-Cognac b r a n d y
gall.
Domestic whiskey
do..
Molasses—New Orleans
do..
Sugar-house
do..
for FRASER
ELavana
do..
Digitized
$4 75
3 25
2 SO
2 50
75
50
26
42
11
30
8 00
.10 50
16
18
17
27
13
2 00
5 00
3 00
7
9
4 00
2 50
25
6 00
3 25
4 50
16
12
13
- 2 00
35 00
85 00
6 50
6 CO
21
1 18
25
28
40
24
Highest.
Aug.
July
Aug,
Jan,
Oct.
Apr.
Apr,
Jan,.
Jan
June
.June
Mar.
Apr,
Feb.
Feb.
Jan:
Dec.
Aug.
Feb.
May
Apr.
Feb.
Nov.
May
May
Jan.
May
Mar,
Jan .
Feb.
Nov.
Fob.
Feb.
Feb.
Feb.
Dec.
Jan.
Apr.
Mar,
May
Mar.
Average prices.
$5
3
2
2
06
74
89
81
a
a
a
a
$5 20
3 85
88 a
Feb.
Aug,
June
Nov,
July
July
July
July
July
Juue
May
Oct,.
Oct.,
Oct..
Oct,.
50 cents per c w t . . .
do
15 per cent, a d val
do
26 25 cts. per b u s h e l . .
541 15 per cent, a d val
3 2 i 10 per cent, ad val
56 15 per cent, ad val
12 3 cents p e r ' p o u n d .
35 8 cents per p o u n d OS
33 6 cent.s'pef bushel 171 5 cents p^'r p'ound .
do'-l-,^-'.-..ig|
20i F r e e ..-.. -:V- ..^...
31 S3 per teat.sad^yal
so 3 c e n t s p e f pomad .
71 $1 per quintal/
35 $1 50-pe£l)ari;fel...
68 4 ccn'ts per poiind .
3 ce^ts-i^kcr p^ound,.
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12i 4 c ^ t s ^ p e r g o u n d . .
14 Fr^o .-^-i.../:
79 FPeo •:'?.../.
32 E j - e e . ? - . ^
31
75
30 8 cents p e r p o u n d , .
18 F r e e .
14 F r e e
181 15 per cent, ad v.al.
27 15 cts, per p o u n d , .
12 SO cents per c w t . . .
00 90 cents per .1.13 lbs
73 3 cts, per p o u n d . 1.
80 3 cts, per p o u n d . . .
24i 30 per cent, ad val
31i 48* cts, per g a l l o n . .
27
36143 Scents per g a l l o n . .
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2 g7
2 gs
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31 o
54 a
11 a
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11 87 o 12
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.$4 00
4 35
3 13
May
$5 35
May
5 75
May
4 50
3 SO Nov.
4 SO
Aug.
84
1 03
60
85
Apr.
43
60
Apr,
83
• 63 Dec,
14
11 A p r .
38
31 Apr,
*11 00 J u n e
12 OO
10 00 Apr,
12 00
14 Sept,
17
15 Dec,
18
17 Aug.
21
38 Sept.
33
14
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g
2 75
1 87 J a n .
5 75
4 SO J a n ,
3 63 Sept.
3 73
12
7 Nov,
18
8 Dec,
6 75
4 50 Sept.
Apr.
4 50
3 SO
40
35 J a n .
6 50
6 00 J a n .
5 75
3 35 J u n e
6 SO
4 50 Mar.
18
15 Nov,
15
Nov,
11
25
10 Oct,
Oct.
2 00
1 35,
70 00
SO 00 A u g .
85 00 A u g . 100 00
10 00
7 50 A p r ,
6 00
6 00
24
. IS Dec.
Jan.
t l 37
t l 13
36
36 Mar.
36
38 Mar.
50
38 Mar,
33
25 M a r .
Feb,
Mar.
Dec,
Apr.
Nov.
Dec.
June
June
Dec,
Nov,
Dec.
Sept,
Jan,
Jan.
Feb.
Apr.
Jan.
Api',
July
Jan.
Aug.
July
Jan.
Dec.
June
Sept.
June
Jan,
Mar,
Apr.
Jan.
Apr.
Apr.
Apr.
Nov.
Feb,
Oct.
Dec.
Oct.
Oct,
May
Average prices.
Duties.
88. 5 0 cents per c w t ...
do
97
73 15 per cent, ad val.
do
gg
g7 35 cts, per bushel -.
gi a
15 per cent, ad val.
71i
70 a
48 10 per cent, ad val.
47 a
78 15 per cent, ad val.
75 a
13 5 cents per pound..
Ilia
34 8 cents per pound-33 a
10 70 a 11-04
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301
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1 - 3 cents p e r poUnd..
11
2 16 a 2 36 $1 per q u i n t a l - . - . . .
5 14 a 5 35 $1 50 per baiwel
3 16 a 3 34 4 cents per p o u n d .. ..
3 cents per. p o u n d
9 o
101 4 cents p e r ' p o u n d . .
13io
16 F r e e
4 95 a 5 63 F r e e
2 63 o 3 58 F r e e
38 a
36
6 00 a 6 48
3 31 a 5 73 8 cents per p o u n d . .
4 58 a 6 37 F r e e
16 a
17-, F r e e
11 a
13 15 per cent, ad val - 16-ia
17 15 cents per p o u n d - 1 48 a 1 79 SO cents per c w t . . .
55 S3 o 66 35 90 cents per 113 lbs91 35 a 97 50 3 cents per p o u n d . .
7 70 a 8 95 3 cents per p o u n d . .
' 1.9^ 6 00 30 per cent, ad v a l .
•
SS- 48 cents per g a l l o n . .
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4 75 a 4
3 60 o 3
3 83 a 3
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Nailrods
N a v a l stores—Spirits turpentine
Rosin, common
Oils—Whale
Sperm, summer
Sperm, winter
Olive
Linseed
Paint.s', red lead
Provisions—Pork, mess
Pork, prime^
Beef, mess
Beefj prime
Sraoked bams
Lard
Butter
Cheese
Rice, ordinary
Salt—Liverpool,
fine
T u r k ' s island
Saltpetde—Refined
Crude
Sheetings—Russia white
Russia b r o w n ..'
Soap—New York, w h i t e
Turpentine
Spices—Pepper
Nutmegs
Spirits—.Jamaica r u m
Gin, Scheidam
Sugars—New Orleans
Muscovado
Loaf
Tallow—Foreign
American
Teas—Young H y s o n . . . .
Souchong
'.
Imperial
Tobacco—Kentucky
Manufactured, No. 1
Whalebone, slab
Yfiue—Port
Madeira
Claret, B o r d e a u x
Wool—Common
[Merino
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110 00
34
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33
43
53
83
68
9 00
13 00
9 00
8 00
4 75
7
7
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2 37
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6
17
1 50
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73
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7
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Jan
Dec
Apr
Feb.
Feb.
Dec.
J an,
Jan.
Dec.
Dec.
.Jan.
Dec
Mar
Dec
j\Iar
Feb.
July
July
Jan
Jan,
Oct
Jan.
Jan,
Jan,
Ian.
Jan.
Oct.
Feb.
Feb.
Feb.
Jan.
Feb.
Nov,
Mar.
Jan,
J an,
Mar,
1 50
S 00
SO 00
30
50
20
Jan .
May
July
Feb .
130 00
47
1 63
30
68
75
1 06
1 00
10 00
14 75
10 75
10 00
6 75
11
10
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10
4 00.
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7
11
7
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2 50
1 03
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11
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'30
1 15
75
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9
30
30
3 00
3 SO
38 00
38
63
44
Aug.
June
May
Jul^
July
May
May
Nov
Apr.
June
Sept.
July
Oct.
Aug.
Apr
Aug
June
Jan,
Dec
Jan.
June
Jan.
Jan,
June
May
Oct,.
Mar,
Sept.
Sept.
Sept.
Jan.
Feb.
July
June
Oct..
Nov,
Nov.
Oct..
May
July
July
110 00 a.133 00
41
40 a
1 37 a 1 63
24-la
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58 a
59
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68
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96
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13 61 a 13 86
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6
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7
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37
63
43
40 cts. per pound.
35 cts, per pound.
50 cts, per pound.
15 per cent, ad val..
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50 cts. per gallon. .
$1 per gallon
35 cts. per gallon, .
30 per cent, ad val,.
do
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130 00
35
1 63
31
68
80
. 93
88
10 50
13 00
8 75
10 00
6 00
11
9
18
13
3 87
2 60
53
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16 00
10 75
11
Sept.
8
18
Dec.
1 60
June
1 13
Jan.
85
Jan.
10
Mar
10
Juno
30
June;
110 00 I
35 Oct,
1 37 Mar
S3 Aug,
60 A p r
65 May
SO J a n ,
65 J a n .
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10 00 M a y
7 00 Oct,
8 00 J a n ,
4 35 Nov,
8 Mai7 Mar
13 Mar
6 Mar
2 00 J a n ,
2 13 Oct,
48 Sept.
Dec.
Dec,
Nov
11 00 Sept.
1
1
3
18
9
80
45
10
3
11
33
37
00
00
38
35
18
Jan.
Jan.
Jan.
Dec.
June
Dec,
July
Nov.
11
1 08
75
1 35
8
15
40
2 00
Nov,
May
Sept.
Sept,
27 00
38
63
40
Feb
Sept.
Feb
Aug.
Aug.
Dec.
July
Jan.
Jan,
Jan.
July
Ang.
Nov.
Oct.
Jan.
Aug
Dec.
Apr
May
Jul}July
May
Apr
Feb.
Jan,
J.an,
June
June
Jan.
Jan.
Jan,
; D<^,
; June
. Sept,
i Dec,
; Feb,
i Jan.
I Jan,
i All
3 SO
1 June
1 Apr.
i Apr,
i Jan.
110 00 al37 00
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31
1 37 a 1 33
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66
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83
73- a
77
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7 73 a 8 01
8 98 a 9 :34
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15 cen ts per gallon -.
25 cents per gallon..
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do
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4 cents per
2 cents per
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do
3 cents per
do
5 cents per
9 cents per
pound.pound-.
pound..
pound..
pound..
2 50 a 3 35
2 SO a 3 31 20 cents per bushel.
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soli . . . . . . d o
3 cents per p o u n d . .
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6 a 61-61 12i.per cent, ad -val.
13 73 a 14 66 25 per cent, ad v a l . .
do
9 47 a 10 00
10 a
11
6ia
7
1 37 a
1 40
4 cents per p o u n d . .
iGlo ~ . 1.618 cents per p o u n d . .
60 centos per p o u n d . 48 cents per g a l l o n . .
do...........
go a 1 04
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7ia
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71a
9 3 cents* per j w u n d . ,
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1 cent per p o u n d . .
1
1
2
21
9
79 a 1 05 40 cents per p o u n d .
7-3i| 25cents per p o u n d .
45 a
18 a 1 32 50 cents per p o u n d .
4 a
61
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13 i IS per cent, ad v a l .
S9 a
3U
do
46 a 2 00 I .30 cents per gallon.
00 a 3 SO $1 per gallon
16 a 26 66 23 cents per gallon.
28 a
32 20 per cent, ad v a l .
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43 a
56
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* T h e quotations for 1826 are of Virginia coal:
^ Otard,
'^
T h e tai'iff of May 22, 18*24, w e n t into operation J u l y l , 1834, T h e public debt w a s then $90,000,000; revenue, $19,333,000. During its operation (four years) the public debt w a s
reduced to ^7,500,000, and th© revenue raised to $34,730,000, about $13,000,000 per a n n u m being applied t<; the p a y m e n t of principal and interest of the debt. No loans or treasury notes
issued, except a temporary loan of $5,000,000 in the first year of this oeriod.
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The range ofprices at New York for thirty-nine years—C6iitinued.
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CD
YEAR 1828.
YEAR 1827.
Articles.
Breadstuffs—Wheat flour, s u p .
bbl..
W h e a t flour, w . c a n a l . . . d o . . .
Ryeflour
do:..
Corn meal
do...
Wheat, G e n e s e e . . . . . . . bush.,
Rye, northern
do...
Oats, northern
do..,
Coi-n, northern
do...
Candles—Mould
lb..
Sperm...
do-..
Coal—ScKuylkiU
ton..
Liverpool
chaldron..
Coffee—Brazil
lb..
Java
do.;,
Copper—Pig
do..
Sheathing
do. _
Cotton, u p l a n d
..do-.
F i s h — D r y cod
cwtMackerel
bbl.
Flax—Russia
'.
lb American
do..
Fruit—Raisins
do..
Figs, Smyi*na
-do-.
Prunes, B o r d e a u x
do,..
F u r s , beaver, northei-n
do..
Glass, Amexlcan
]00 feet.
Gunpowder—American
25: bs.
English.
do..
Hides—La P l a t a
,
lb.
W e s t India
do..
Hops, first sort
^
do..
Indigo, Manilla
,'.
•
do..
Iron—Scotch pig
ton.
Assorted English b a r
do..
Sheet
cwt.
Lead, pig
lb.
Leather, hemlock
do. Liquors—Cognac b r a n d y
gall.
Domestic whiskey
do..
Orleans
Molasses—New
do-.
Sugar-house
do..
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Lowest.
Highest.
Duties.
Highest.
Average prices.
1
Apr.
$6 12
July
6 50
Nov.
4 00
July
. 3 75
July
1 25
Aug.
81
Aug.
56
May
75
Apr.
15
Aug.
. 33
Oct.
12 50
Jan.
11 50
Sept,
15
Jan.
17
Jan.
20
July
28
•g
Apr, ^ 12
2 25 J a n ,
3 87
4 75 Aug.
6 12
10 Nov.
12
8 Nov.
10
2 12 Aug.
2 87
7 July
12
8 July
16
4 12 J u l y
5 50
6 00
6 25
3 25
5 75
4 50
0 25
15
17
9 Aug.
12
8 Nov.
18
1 25 Nov, • 2 06
50 00
55 00
77 00 Sept, 95 00
6 50 J u n e
10 00
6
6
17 J u n e
24
1 31 J a n .
1 75
25 Aug.
35
31 Mar,
39
40 Dec.
50
27 Miir.
34
§4
4
2
2
50
37
62
87
90
54
31
54
12
28
10 50
9 75
14
15
17
25
Dec.
Dec.
Jan.
Jan.
Dec.
Feb.
Jan.
Feb,
Jan,
Jan.
Feb,
Nov?
Feb,
July
July
Jan.
Oct.
Apr,
Mar.
May
May
Jan.
Jan.
Jan.
Oct.
$5
5
3
3
11
10
2
5
09 a $3
22 a 5
50 a 3
21 a 3
98 a 1
67 a
401a
60 a
12\a
20 a
25 a 11
27 a 10
14 o
16 a
17|a
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78 a 3
30 a 5
Feb.
Jan.
Apr,
Apr.
Apr.
Jan,
8 a
2 39 a
8 a
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4 42 a
6 00 a
3 25 a
4 50 a
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May
Feb.
Nov.
June
Oct.
17|a
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20 a
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19
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69
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62
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11
91
50 cents per cwt ...
do
15 per cent, ad v a l .
do
25 cents per bushel.
15 per cent, ad v a l .
10 per cent, ad v a l .
15 per cent, ad v a l .
5 cents per pound. .
8 cents per p o u n d . .
6 cents per bushel.
5 cents per p o u n d .
do
\..Free
25 per cent., ad val
3 cents per p o u n d .
$1 per quintal
$1 50 per b a r r e l . - .
15 per cent, a d v a l .
2 53 4 cents per p o u n d .
lOi- 3 cents per p o u n d .
14i 4 cents p e r p o u n d .
5 31 F r e e
6 25 $3 50 per 100 feet .
5 75
6 25 8 cents per p o u n d .
17 F r e e
111- F r e e
14 15 per cent, ad v a l .
1 92 15 cents per p o u n d .
53 00 50 cents per c w t . . .
87 95 90 cents per 112,!bs
8 00 3 cents per p o u n d .
. 6 2 cents per pound.
22f 30 per cent, ad vab
1 59 48 cents per gallon
30
136
451 5»ccnt'J per gallon .
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do
$4
4
2
2
50
56
50
62
25
47
24
46
11
23
10 00
10 00
12
14
17
24
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2 50
4 75
10
8
2 50
5
10
4 50
6 00
3 25
3 50
15
10
5
87
50 00
77 50
6 50
5
18
1 20
20
30
38
26
May.
June
Apr,
Aug.
May
July
Aug,
July
Oct.
Dec,
Get.
June
Sept,
Aug,
Aug.
Aug.
Aug,
Sept.
Oct,
May
May
May
May
Apr.
Sept,
Dec.
Jan.
May
Apr.
Mar.
May
Apr.
June
Aug,
Nov.
May
87 Dec,
00 Dec,
00 Dec,
25 Dec.
62 Dec.
62 Dec,
37 F e b .
62 Dec.
12 Apr.
31 J a n .
12 00 Dec.
13 50 Dec.
15 J a n .
16 F e b .
20 F e b .
27 J a n .
13 J u n e
3 25 Mar.
6 SO Aug.
I I Jan,
8
3 25 Oct.
12 Dec.
18 Dec.
7 25 Nov.
6 25
5 75
6 25
17
14 J u l y
10 Nov.
1 87 J a n .
55 00 Apr,
82 50 J a n .
8 00 J u l y
6 Feb.
24
1 62 J a n .
26 F e b ,
36 J a n .
40 Oct.
33 J a n .
$7
8
4
3
1
53 a $5 63 50 cents per cwt . . .
59 a 5 sg . : . . . . d o
03 a 3 03 15 per cent, ad val do
86 a 2 90
211a 1 22i x25 cents "per bushel.
531a
54 15 per cent, ad A'al .
26|a
33i 10 per cent, ad v a l .
51ia
53i- 15 per cent, ad v a l .
Ilia
12 5 cents per p o u n d . .
25 a
27 8 cents per p o u n d . .
10 70 a 11 04
11 17 a 11 64 fi cents per b u s h e l . .
12|a
131, 5 cents per p o u n d . .
do
14 l a
15l! ,
17fa
181, F r e e
24-10 • 25l! 25 per cent, ad v a l .
9 a
11 j 3 cents per p o u n d - .
2 80 a 2 97 $1 per quintal
5 34 a 5 37 $1 50 per barrel
- lOia
lOf' 15 per cent, ad v a l .
8 a
8-1
2 65 a 2 83 4 cents p e r p o u n d .
7 a
8 3 cents per p o u n d .
101a
12 4 cents per p o u n d .
5 37 a 6 25 F r e e
6 00 a 6 25 $3 p e r 100 feet
3 25 a 5 75
4 16 a 6 25 ? cents per p o u n d - .
16 a
1.7 F r e e
10|-a
121, F r e e
6ia
61-' 15 per cent, ad val 1 06 a 1 57 13 cents per pound50 17 a 54 25 .30 cents per cwt
79 37 a 80 83 90 cents per 112 l b s .
6 62 a 7 50 3 cents per p o u n d - .
5 a
51 2 cents per p o u n d - .
18 a
24 30 per cent, ad val 1 33 a 1 49 48 cents per gallon - .
22 a
23
34
32 a
38i 5 cents per g a l l o n - .
38 a
301
28 a
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5
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2
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gall..
30
Rosin, common
bbl -.
1 37
Oils—Whale
gall..
27
Sperm, summer
do. - 55
Sperm, winter
d o . -.
68
80
Olive
do...
69
Linseed
do...
Paints, red lead
<2
cwt..
9 00
Provisions—Pork, mess
b b l . . 11 25
Pork, prime
do - . .
7 25
Beef, mess
do...
8 50
Beef, prime
do...
4 63
Smoked hams
lb - 10
Lard.
do...
7
Bxitter
do...
13
Cheese
do...
6
Rice, ordinary
cwt..
2 5b
Salt—.Liverpool,
fine
sack..
2 15
T u r k ' s island
.'C..
b u s h . -1
SO
Sheetings—Russia white
piece 11 00
Russiabrown
do..
8 75
Soap—New Y o r k
lb ,
6
Castile
do -.
9
Spirits—Jamaica rura
gall.
90
Gin, Scheidam
d o . . .1
73
Spices—Pepper
lb
15
Nutmega
do.
1 35
6
Sugars—New Orleans
do 7
MuscovadQ
do.
Loaf
do- . . |
17
Tallow—Foreign
do.. 9
American
do - . .
9
Teas—Young H y s o n
do-..
70
Souchong.
do - . .
47
Imperial
do...
1 10
Tobacco—Kentucky
do...
3
11
Manufactured, No. 1
... do...
31
Wh.alebone, slab
..do...
Wine—Port
gall. .
1 12
M.adeira
do...
2 00
Claret, Bordeaux
c a s k . . 17 00
Wool—Common
lb..
20
Merino
do..
.30
Pulled, No. 1
i
do.15
Sept.
July
Aug.
May
Jan.
Jan.
Aug.
Juue
June
Feb,
Jan.
Jan,
Apr.
Oct.
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Aug,
Feb,
45
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80
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10
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28 00
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Fob,
Jan.
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Feb,
Apr.
June
Mar.
June
Mar.
Nov.
Nov.
Nov.
Sept.
July
^lay
May
Nov.
Nov.
.July
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Fob,
Sept.
Sept.
Aug,
Aug,
Aug,
Sept,
May
May
Jan.
Dec.
May
Aug.
Jan.
Aug.
Nov.
May
July
Aug.
Oct,
Nov.
33 a
137 a
31 a
62 a
7 lla
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9 33 a
13 79 a
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.J.au.
May
Nov.
Nov,
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May
30
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1
1
2
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50 a
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33 a
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7
10
do
!
33
38
i
1 2 5 May
1 63
34 15 cents per gallon. 1
25 J u l y
64 25 cents per gallon. !
45 Dec.
73^: - - . . - d o
63 J u n e
i
70 Oct.
1 03 ,
do
74
do
I
66 M a y
9 69 4 cents p e r pound . . I 9 00
IS'OO Mar:
13 13 2 cents per p o u n d . .
8 75 Apr.
8 61
do
9 33
8 50 J a n ,
do
5 75 Mar.
6 47 ."---'-.do
8 Juue
111' 3 cents per p o u n d . -|ii
do
:i
6 IMay
91
13 Dec,
•191 5 cents per p o u n d . .
4 May
9 cents p e r p o u n d - . 1
8I-,
2 50 May
3 34
20 cents per bushel.
2 35 M.ar,
2 37
do
i
46 Sept,
" 58
10 35 May
13 00 25 per cent, ad v a l . .
il 8 37 Mar,
do
9 64
1
1
5 Oct.
7
10
131. 4 cents per p o u n d . . [
1 09 J a n .
48 cents per gallon.
1 13 I
do
95 ]\lay
961
14 Dec.
161 5 cents per p o u n d . .
1 39.} 60 ccntstper pound. 1! 1 35 J u n e
1
6 Mar,
9 i
3 cents per p o u n d . . 1
7 May
19 1 12 cents per pound. 1
17
8 Aug,
9 ! 1 cent p e r p o u n d . . .
7 Aug. r
91
70
1 19 ; 40 cents per p o u n d . i
47 Juno
83 I 25 cents per pound1 00 J u n o
1 4 2 I 50 cents per p o u n d . 1
3 Juue
6 :
11
12 : 15 per cent, a d v a l .
30 Aug.
411 - - - - - d o . ;
1 13 -Aug,
2 00 50 cents per gallon. '
1 2 00 Aug.
.3 SO , $1 per gallon
26 75 I 15 cents per gallon. 17 00
20
30 i 20 per cent, ad valdo
45 ^
I
30 Apr.
Jan.
do
27-1
1
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1
9
15
11
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85
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7
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18
37
10
10
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35
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25
50
00
30
45
34
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7 fl
do
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37 o
1 29 a 1 63
34 15 cents per gallon.
3l a
Apr,
631] 35 cents per gallon.
60ia
Nov.
71 --..-do
69 a
Nov,
83 -..--do
76 a
Jan.
do
72la
73il
Nov.
9 00 a 9 50 4 cents per p o u n d . .
13 77 3 cents per p o u n d . .
13 S3 a
Nov.
do
9 63 o 10 00
Oct.
do
8 75 a 9 34
Sopt.l
do
6 SO a •6 69
July I
3 cents p e r ' p o u n d - .
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Oct.
do
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Jan.
n\
14 a
17 5 cents per p o u n d : .
Feb.
5 a
Mayi
711 9 cents per p o u n d . .
2 75 a 3 55 13 per cent, nd v a l .
Dec.
.2 53 a 2 60 SO cents per bushel.
Dec,
-do
4910
Dec.
soil 35 per cent, a d v a l, ..
10 39 a
Jan.
do
-.
8 73 a 10 71
July
Slo 9 10
Feb.
Gi 4 cents per p o u n d . .
10 a
1 19 a 1 13 48cents per gallon,
July
36 . - ' . - - . d o
95 a
Aug.
99 8.cents per p o u n d . .
1.31a
Apr.
1 39 a 1 13-11 60 cents per pound37
7 a
Oct.
8 ; 3 cents per p o u n d . 8 a
Jan.
2}\
cents per p o u n d .
17 a
19 13cent per poxind-..
8 a
Aug.
81| 1
7ia
Feb,
70. a 1 •8 40 cents per poundMtiv. !
16147 a
Feb,
781 35 cents per p o u n d .
1 02 a 1 31 50 cents per poundFeb,
3 a
Dec.
5
11 a
13 15 per cent, ad v a l .
do
41 a
Apr.
4111
1 36 a 2 14 50 cents per gallon.
Aug.
3 00 a 3 33 $1 per gallon
Feb.
17 00 a 37 00 13 cents per gallon.
30 a
30 30 per cent, ad v a l .
do
33 a
Feb,
43 ,
do
17 a
Sept.
31
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\
' Tariff of May 19, to take effect from September 1, 18*38, continued till March 1, T833, Public debt in 1834 reduced to $4,760,000. In 1816 the debt w a s $137,000,000, which w a s
extinguished in eighteen years, the population having mcreased from 8,500,000 to 14,500,000, and the estimated value of the real and personal property of the country from $1,800,000,0*30
te $3,300,000,000.
'
••
.
.
F r o m 1.^35 to 1833, inclusive, the receipts from customs rose gradually and regularly from $30,000,000 to $39,000,000 per annum, and the receipts from the public lands from $1,250,000
to $4,000,000.
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The. range of prices at New York f o r thirty-nine ?/<?(2/*^---Coii tinued;
YEAR 1830.
YEAR 1829.
Articles.
Highest.
Breadsi*uffs—^Vheat flour, sup
bbl.
W h e a t flour, w . c a n a l . . . d o . .
Rye
flour,
fine
do..
Corn meal, northern
do..
W h e a t , Genesee
bush.
Rye, n o r t h e m
do..
Oats, n o r t h e r n .
.'... do..
Corn, n o r t h e m
do..
Candles-^Mould
lb .
Sperm
-,
do - .
Coal—Schuyllvill
ton.
Liverpool
chaldron.
Coffee—Brazil.
Vo.
Java
rdo..
Copper—Pig
do..
Sheathing
do..
Cotton, upland
do..
Fish—Dry cod
cwt.
Mackerel, No. 1
bbl.
Flax—Russia
lb.
American
do..
Fruit—Raisins
do -.
Figs, S m y r n a
do..
. Prunes, B o r d e a u x
do. .
F u r s , beaver, northern
do..
Glass, American
100 feet.
Gunpowder—American
; . 25 lbs;
English
do. Hides—Buenos Ayres- lb West Indies
do..
Hops
do..
Indigo, Manilla
..do..
Iron—Scotch pig
tonAssorted English bar
do..
Sheet, Russia
cwt.
Lead, pig
15.
Leather, hemlock
,
_
.
... do..
Liquors—Cognac brandy, 4th proof.. .gall.
Domestic whiskey, 1st d o . . . d o . .
Molasses'—New Orleans
do. .
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$5
5
3
2
1
10
10
5
4
2
6
6
00
00
30
35
00
58
S7
48
10
31
00
00
13
14
173.3
8
30
87
9
7
63
7
17
00
00
3 35
3 SO
14
10
4
75
40 00
73 50
6 75
3
'18
1 18
SO
27
Aug.
Aug.
Nov.
Aug.
Aug,
Sept.
Jan.
Dec,
Dec,
July
July
June
June
Jan,
Jan.
June
July
Apr,
Sept,
Sept,
Sept.
Dec,
Mar.
Mar.
Feb.
Feb,
Feb,
Aug,
Mar,
Oct,
Dec,
Sept.
Aug.
July
Dec.
$8
8
4
3
1
55
87
13
35
75
73
46
64
13
35
13 00
1 3 35
13
'
15
19
35
11
3 00
6 00
10
9
3 37
13
33
8_0O
6 35
5 75
6 33
16
13
11
1 37
55 00
83 50
8 00
5
33
1 37
3633
Feb,
Feb,
Feb,
F*b, •
Jan,
Juue
Aug,
Nov,
Feb,
Mar,
Mar,
Jan,
Jan,
Dec.
Dec,
July
Jau.
Mar.
June
Mar.
]\lar,
]\Iay
Nov,
Dec.
Nov.
Nov.
Nov.
Oct,
Oct,
Mar,
May
Jan,
Mar.
Feb,
Feb,
Apr.
Average prices.
$6
6
3
2
1
10
10
S
5
2
6
6
4Sla $6 48^
59 a 6 86
71 o 3 8,1
74 a 2 80
S3 o 1 27
67
65 a
39
33 a
58
55 a
11
10 a
24
S3 a
54 a 10 91
89 a 11 42
13 a
12f
14ia
14117-|a
181S3 a
24
8 o
10
40 o 2 63
50 a 5 53
9-17-io ""si
91 a 3 03
8 a
8i
18fa
191
56 a 7 G4
00 a-
• 3 35 a
3 50 o 6
14io
10 a
71o
78 a 1
45 83 a 53
78 54 o SO
6 75 a \
35
151
13
7-133
93
43
00
Highest.
Duties.
SO cents per cwt . .
do
15 per cent, ad val
do
35 cts. per bushel .
15 per cent, ad val
10 cts, per bushel 15 per cent, ad val
5 cents per p o u n d .
8 cents per p o u n d .
6 cents por bushel.
5 cents per pound,
do
Fre
55 per cent, ad val
3 cents per p o u n d .
*$1 per quintal
.$1 50 per buiTel- -$35 per ton
3 and 4 cts. per l b . 3 cents per p o u n d . .
4 cents.per pound. .
Free
$3, $3 SO, $4, and $5
per 100 feet, according to size.
8 cents per p o u n d . .
Free
:. -.
Free
15 per cent, ad v a l .
20 cents per pound.
$12 50 per ton
$37 per ton
3-i- cents per pound.
3i
3 cents per p o u n d . .
18 a '.'221 30 per cent, ad v a l .
1-19 a 1 3; 63 cents per gallon.
33 a
231- 57 cents per gallon.
29 a
301
$4
4
2
2
1
62
75
87
37
00
60
26
48
9
21
7. 00
7 50
10
14
16
21
8'
2 12
5 00
8
7
2 IS
6
• 14
5 00
6 00
3 25
3 50
15
10
10
62
40 00
73 50
6 75
3
18
1 15
31
28
Mar.
Apr.
Apr.
Feb.
Mar.
Apr,
Nov,
May
Feb,
Feb,
Nov.
Dec,
Sept,
Apr,
Oct,
.June
Feb,
.Jan,
Aug.
Apr,
12 00 Jan.
10 50 Jan,
12 Jan.
15 Jan.
19 Jan.
24 Feb,
-13 Oct,
2 75 Dec,
6 37 Oct,
10 Apr,
Dec,
2 75 Apr,
July
Nov.
$5
6
3
3
1
75
00
75
SO
15
71
40
65
10
26
Sept,
Sept,
Sept,
Dec.
Sept.
Jan.
Aug.
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
8
8 May
22 Mar.
8 00 Feb,
6 25
5 75
6 25
Jan.
Jan.
Jan.
June
June
Feb,
17 Oct.
14 Dec,
15 Feb.
1
50
77
8
25 Feb.
00 Feb.
SO Aug.
00
3
Jan,
Mar,
Apr.
Jan.
22 IMar.
1 56 Nov,
32 Dec.
33 Dec.
Average prices.
$4 96 a $5 01
5_16 a 5 46
3 37 a 3 42
2 72 a 2 78
1 06 a 1 08
64^0
651
33
26 a
57
55 a
10
91a
24
22 a
8 eg a g 41
g 17 a g 70
111
11 a
14
171a
21^/a
g a
2 22 a 2 44
5 80 a 5 86
8 a
7 a
2 40 a 2 56
7
6 a
20
l51o.
5 79 a 7 12
6 00 a 6 25
"m
3 25 a 5 75
3 50 a 6 25
151a
ISi
- lOia
12
13 a
14
67 a ' 1 17
40 00 o 47 02
74 04 a 75 83
6 75 a 8 00
3
18 a " 2 2
1 2 6 a 1 30
24i-a
26
29 a
30i
SO cents per cwt . . .
...-.-do
15 per cent, ad v a l .
-do
25 cts, per bushel . .
15 per cent, ad v a l .
10 cents per bushel.
1 5 per cent, ad v a l .
5 cents per p o u n d . .
8 cents p e r p o u n d - .
6 cents per bushel-.
5 cents per p o u n d - .
do
Free
-.
25 per cent, ad v a l .
3 cents per p o u n d . .
$1 per quintal
$1 SO per barrel
$40 per ton
3 and 4 cts, per I b - 3 cents per p o u n d . .
4 cents per pound-Free
$3, $3 50, $4, and $5
per 100 feet, according to size,
8 cents per p o u n d . .
Free
Free
15 per cent, ad v a l .
30 cents per pound$12 SO per ton
$37 p e r ton
3 i cents per p o u n d .
3 cents per p o u n d . .
30 per cent, ad val 63 cents per gallon57 cents per gallon-
1-^
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o
hi'
O
Ul
Molasses—Sugar-house
gall.
Havana
do. .
Nails—Cut
•.
lb Wrought
do. Naval stores—Spirits turpentine
gall.
31
Rosin, common
bbl.
1 25
Oils--Whale
gall27
Sperm, sumn*ier
do. 62
Sperm, w i n t e r
do - 70Olive
do -.
72
Linseed
do. 68
Paints, red lead
cwt.
6 50
Provisions—Pork, mess
bisl.
11 00
Pork, prime
do..
9 00
Beef, mess
do.8 00
Boef, prime
do..
5 37
. Smoked hams
lb 9
Lard
do-.
4
Butter
.'.....-do..
12
Cheese
:..
do..
4
Rice, ordinary
.cwt.
2 50
Salt—Liverpool
,.
sack.
2 12
T u r k ' s Island
bush.
45
Seeds—Clover
•
.lb.
Timothy
'.
bush.
Sheetings—Russia white
piece.
10 25
Russiabrown
do..
8 SO
Soap—New York
lb5
Castile . . :
do - .
9
Spices—Pepper
do..
13
Nutmegs..
do..
1 25
Spirits—Jamaica rum, 4th proof
-gaU1 10
Gin, Holland
do..
87
Sugars—New Orleans
.lb5
Muscovado
do. 7
Loaf
do..
17
Tallow—Foreign
do. 7
American"
do. 6
Teas—Young Hyson
do..
70
Souchong
do - • 47
Imperial :
do..
1 00
•Tobacco—Kentucky
do -.,
5
Mamifactured, No. 1
do..,
11
.Whalebone, slab
do...
24
Wine—Port.. gall.:
70
Madeira
d o . -.
1 25
Claret, Bordeaux
cask.. 12 00
Wool—Common
lb-.
18
. Merino
Pulled, No. 1
do.
do-
32
18
July
Dec.
Oct.
Oct,
Nov.
May
Aug,
June
Aug,
Sept.
Oct.
Dec.
Dec,
Dec,
Dec.
Oct.
Feb,
Sept.
Feb,
Feb.
Mar.
Jan,
Sept,
Sept,
Nov,
Nov,
July
Sept,
Oct,
Sept.
Mar.
Jan,
Feb,
Feb,
Feb,
Sept,
Nov,
Sept.
Oct,
40
30
8
17
40
1 62
37
72
85
90
90
9 SO
13 75
10 75
10 50
8 SO
10
6
16
8
3 75
3 00
51
May
Apr.
Mar.
Mar,
Apr.
Mar,
Nov,
Dec,
Apr,
Api*.
Jan.
Aug,
Sept.
June
June
Mar.
May
Feb.
Jan,
June
11 00 Dec,
10 SO Dec.
6
12 Feb,
14 Mar.
1 60
1 37 July
1 09 Oct.
9 Jan,
8 Feb,
19
8 M.ar,
7 Feb.
1 12 M a y
75
1 40 July'
7
12
33
2 25
3 00
27 00
27
Dec,
Dec.
Jan,
Jan,
Jan,
Mar,
Jan",
40 Jan,
33 July
.39
26
6|a
71
g|a • 16135 a 37
25 a 1 6 2
30 a 32
66 a
67
75 a 77
70 a 81
77ia
78i
12 a 7 52
27 a 12 S3
gi a 10 27
gg o g 44
go a 7 37
10
g a
6
Slo
151
12 a
71
Sla
7g a 3 22
27 a 2 34
481a
10 cents per gallon.
do
5 cents per p o u n d . .
do
15 per cent, ad v a l .
1
do
15 cents per gallon.
35 cents per gallon.
do
do
do
5 cents per p o u n d . .
7
12
2 cents per p o u n d . .
do
g
do
8
do
6
3 cents per p o u n d . .
do
5 cents per pound.
9 cents per pound.
15 per cent, ad val
2
20 cents per bushel.
2
do
15 per cent, ad v a l .
do
10 37 a 10 62 25 per cent, ad v a l .
do
2 17 a g 42
5 a
6 4 cents per pound do
lOia
IH
8 cents per p o u n d . .
13
.1
1 30 o i"45 60 cents per pound
1 18 a 1 31 63 cents per gallon.
do
g3 a 1 00
61a
3 cents per p o u n d . .
7ia
17 a
ig 12 cents per pound
71a
8 1 cent per p o u n d . . .
61a
6i
74 a 1 10 40 cents per pound.
4g a
75 25 cents per pound .
1 05 a 1 32 SO cents per pound .
5 a
6
11 a 12 15 per cent, ad v a l .
do
,--.30 a 301
85 a 1 83 30 cents per gallon.
1 41 a 2 58 SO cents per gallon14 58 a 24 08 15 cents per gallon18 a 25 4 cts. per lb., and 45
pr. ct. ad val. a d d l .
do
37
32 a
do
33
18 a
38 a
23 a
30
20
5
9
25
1 12
29
65
72
75
63
6 SO
11 00
8
7
5
'
75
62
50
9
5
12
5
2 00
1 75
40
11 00
9 00
June
Jan.
Jan.
Sept.
Sept.
June
July
Apr.
Jan.
Feb,
Feb,
Feb,
]\Iar.
Dec,
Apr,
Apr,
Apr,
Apr.
Jan,
Aug,
Aug.
Mar,
May
Sept,
Nov,
Jan,
13 ]\Iay
1 35 Oct,
1 00 Dec.
90 J a n ,
6 June
6 Nov,
17 J a n ,
5 Apr.
7
70
44 J u n e
1 00 J u n e
3 Aug,
10 May.
22 Apr,
70
1 25 Apr.
12 00 J u n o
16 Mar,
30
17
Mar.
Mar.
1
.
1
7
15
11
10
6
40
27
6
16
33
62
40
75
95
20
95
00
50
00
00
75
11
13
16
8
3 SO
2 20
57
9
11 50
10 SO
6
11
14
1 50
1 30
1 09
1
1
1
3
23
19
7
8
12
75
30
7
12
35
SO
00
00
30
Nov,
Nov.
10 and 5 cts, pr, gall.
do
- - -.
5 cents per p o u n d - .
do
15 per cent, ad v a l .
do
15 cents per gallon25 cents per gallondo
do .do . - - ,
5 cents per p o u n d . .
2 cents per p o u n d . .
do - - do - - - - .
do
3 cents per p o u n d . .
do
5 cents per p o u n d . .
9 cents per p o u n d . .
15 per cent, ad v a l .
20 cents per bushel.
do
--.
15 per cent, ad v a l .
do .11 25 a11 33 25 per cent, ad v a l .
9 g2 a 10 14 - . . . . d o ,
4 cents per p o u n d . .
5
9 o
do
131a
141 8 cents per p o u n d . 1 39 a 1 45 60 cents per p o u n d .
1 08 a 1 18 63 cents per gaUon.
96 o 1 09
do
. 61a
8
6-A-o
7i 3 cents p e r . p o u n d - .
17 a 19 12 cents per pound^.
6 a
6i 1 cent per pound....
7 a
8
70 a 1 07 40 cents per p o u n d .
45 a 75 25 cents per p o u n d .
1 02 a 1 30 50 cents per pOuud.
4i-a
61
10 o
11 15 per cent, ad v a l .
25io
do
---.
26i
70 o 1 SO 30 cents per gallon.
1 25 o 2 56 SO cents per gallon.
12 00 a22 00 15 cents per gallon.
18 a 26 4 cts, per lb., and 50
pr. ct. ad val. add'l.
32fa
45^ . . . . . d o
21 a 36 .,
do
36ia
38
251
6
10 a 16
30
28-^a
1 20 a 1 62
"33 a 35
70^
69 o
Sli
79 a
94 a 07
79 a SO
6 50 a 6 98
12 85 a 13 58
2 41 a g 89
8 78 a 9 21
5 63 a 6 17
lOi
gio
81
7-la
12 a 15
71
6 a
2 4g a 2 85
1 g4 a 2 04
47
46 a
9
7-ia
22 a
5 a
Jan.
Apr,
Apr,
Dec,
Oct,
Dec,
Nov.
Oct,
Oct,
Oct.
Nov,
Sept.
July
Oct,
Oct,
Dec,
Apr,
Oct.
Jan,
Nov,
Apr,
Mar,
May
Jan.
Aug,
May
Feb.
Jan,
Mar
Mar.
Mar.
Oct.
Jan,
June
June
June
Feb,
Jan.
Apr.
Juue
Oct,
Dec.
Dec.
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The range of^nices at New York for thirty nine years.
GO
YEAR 1831.
Articles.
Breadstuffs—Wheat flour, sup
bbl.
W h e a t flour, w. c a n a l . . . d o . .
Rye
flour,
fine
do -.
Corn meal, northern
do -.
W h e a t , Genesee
bush.
R y e , northern
do..
Oats, northern
do..
Corn, northern
do..
Candles—Mould
lb.
Sperra
do..
Coal—Anthracite
tou,
Liverpool
chaldi*on,
Coffee—Brazil
lb.
Java
do..
Copper—Pig
do..
Sheathing
do.,
Cotton, u p l a n d
^.
do.,
F i s h — D r y cod
cwt.
Mackerel, No, 1
bbl
Flax—Russian
lb.
American
do-.
Fruit—Raisins
box
Figs, S m y r n a
lb
Prunes, B o r d e a u x
do..
F u r s , beaver, northern
do.
Glass, American
50 feet
Gunpowder—American
25 lbs
English
do.,
Hides—Buenos A y r e s
,
..lb.
W e s t India
do.Hops, first sort
do..
Indigo, -Manilla
,
do..
Iron—Scotch pig
ton
Common English bar
do -.
Sheet, E n g h s h
cwt.
Lead, pig. . . ^
ib.
Leather, hemlock
do.
Liquors—Cognac b r a n d y
gall
Domestic whiskey
do.,
Orleans
Molasses-^Now
do Muscovado
. , . . : . . do .http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/
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....do.
Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
Highest.
$4
5
3
3
1
75
00
50
25
06
68
27
- 54
10
.24
6 00
8 00
10
11
17
21
7
2 SO
5 50
2 12
5
14
, 4 25
3 00
3 25
3 SO
15
11
8
62
40 00
70 00
6 75
3
19
1 SO
27
25
24
21
July
Aug.
Aug,
Jan.
July
Jan,
.Jan,
Jan,
Jan,
Jau,
May
Jan,
Jan.
Feb,
Jan.
Jan.
Oct.
Aug
Dec.
Jan.
Oct,'
Jan,
Mar.
Mar.
Oct,
Dec,
Dec,
Aug,
•Jan.
Jan.
Apr,
Jan,
Jan,
Jan.
May
Mar,
Mar.
Mar.
$6
7
4
3
1
9
13
3
6
3
6
3
5
6
1
47
80
8
2
75
25
50
87
35
88
48
75
14
31
00
00
13
13
19
25
11
00
75
11
8
50
11
20
25
12
75
35
17
15
17
13
50
00
00
5
34
25
37
34
32
30
Apr.
Apr,
Dec,
Oct,
May
Nov,
Dec,
May
Nov.
Dec.
Feb.
Nov.
Nov,
Nov,
Oct.
Sept.
Jan,
Oct,
Sept.
Nov.
Mar.
Dec.
Dec.
Mar.
Aug.
Apr.
Apr,
Mar,
.Jan,
May
Jan,
July
Mar.
May
Nov.
Oct.
Nov,
Nov,
Average prices.
$5
5
3
3
1
6
2
2
6
2
4
3
3
3
40
71
6
1
68 a $5 74
87 o 6 15
93^0 4 01
55 o 3 66
17 o 1 SO
771o
79
34 a
41
GS o
71
11 a ' I L
37 o
39
46 a 7 71
75 o 10 66
111
11 a
13
11 a
17-i-a
181
21|a
33}
10
8 a
61 a 3 88
28 a 6 33
2 a
10
61a
8
38 o 2 57
^6 o
8
15 a
lOi
62 a 6 06
00 a 3 12
25 a 5 75
50 a 6 25
16
12 a ' '.i4i
11 o
12
691a 1 12
00 o 46 66
50 a 73 75
75 a 8 00
4 a
41
20 a
23^.
83 a 1 87
31 a
32
29
28 a
37
36 a
34 a
St..
50 cents per cw^t
do . - . 15 per cent, ad v a l .
do
-35 cts. per b u s h e l . . .
15 per cent, ad v a l .
10 cents per bushel.
15 per cent, ad v a l .
5 cents per pound -.
8 cents p e r p o u n d . .
6 cents per bushel
-I-..do
3 cents per p o u n d . . j
do
Free
Free
3 cents -per pound -.
$1 per quintal . . . . .
$1 50 per barrel
$45 per ton
3 and 4 cts. per l b - .
3 cents per pound -.
4 cents per p o u n d . .
Free
$3a$5perl00feet8 cents p e r p o u n d .
Fi*ee
Free
15 per cent, ad val
30 cents per pound
$13 SO.per ton
$37 per ton
3-J- cents per pound
3 cents per p o u n d . .
30 per cent, ad v a l .
63 cents jier gallon'"
57 cents per gallon''
S c e n t s per gallon..
.....do
$5
5
3
5
1
00
60
75
87
IS
75
.38
50
13
30
7 50
9 SO
13
12
16
22
7
2 62
4 75
12
9
2 75
7
14
4 00
3 00
3 25
. 3 50
14
10
12
75
40 00
70 00
6 75
5
17
1 42
26
26
, 25
21
:
Mar.
Apr.
Apr.
May
Oct..
May
Apr,
Apr.
Feb-May
July
Juno
May
May
Sept.
Jan.
Jan.
Jan,
Sept.
Oct,
Apr,
June
Feb.
Nov,
July
Aug,
Jan,
Jan,
Jan.
Nov.
jxiy
Apr.
Way
Jan,
Apr,
Feb.
Highest,
$6
7
5
4
1
62
00
00
00
35
97
56
87
14
34
16 00
16 00
14
15
19
24
12
3 00
6 50
13
11
3 50
12
22
5 75
3 12
5 75
6 25
15
13
37
1 12
47 SO
75 00
8 00
6
25
1 87
35
35
31
!
32
Nov.
Jan.
Mar.
Sept.
Nov,
Jan.
Aug.
Dec.
Dec.
Nov,
Mai',
Jan,
Nov,
Oct.
May
Dec.
Dec,
Apr,
Nov.
Oct,
Jan,
Sept,
Dec,
Mar,
Aug.
May
Dec.
Dec,
Apr.
Dec.
Apr.
Fob.
Feb.
Oct.
Nov.
1 Oct.
Average prices.
73 a $5
09 a G
39 a 4
38 a 3
25 o 1
82 a
81
38
4g
51
27
84
41 a 50
66 a 70
12 a 13
31 a
329 17 o11 25
11 71 a12 33
121a
131
12ta 131
17 a 18
22 a S3
11
8 a
2 81 a 2 04
5 60 a 5^6g
12 a 13
11
9 a
2 88 a 3 04
10
g a
181
14\a
$5
6
4
3
1
4
3
3
3
.
40
72
6
1
Duties.
50 cents per c-wt .. do
15 per cent, ad val.
do
25 cents per bushel.
15 per cent, ad val.
10 cents per bushelIS per cent, ad val.
5 cents per pound-.
8 cents per pound-6 cents per bushel..
do -.1 cent per p o u n d . - do
Free
F r e e ..'.
3 cents per p o u n d . .
$1 per quintal
$1 50 per barrel
$50 per ton
3 fl 4 c e n t s per l b - - .
3 cents per p o u n d . .
4 cents per p o u n d . .
Fr
21 a 5 10 $3 eae $5 per 100 feet.
00 a 3 12
5 75
25 a 6 25 8 cents per p o u n d . .
SO a
141 F r e e
141a
121 F r e e
101a
20 15 per cent, ad val 17 a 1 12 40 cents per pound75 a 46 46 $12 50 per ton
00 a 73 25 $37 per ton
00 a 8 00 3 \ cents per potind75 a
6 3 cents per pound - .
5 a
22 30 per cent, ad v a l .
ISlo 1 64 63 cents per gallon.
63 a
31 57 cents per gallon.
30 a 31
20 a 2Sf 5 cents per g a l l o n . .
27 a 27 I
do
25 a
Q
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o
m.
Nails—Gut
.lb-.
Wrought
do...
N a v a l stores—Spirits turpentine
gall..
Rosin, common
bbl..
^ OUs—Whale
:
gall..
*^
Sperm, summer
do - . .
h(
Sperm, winter - do...
Olive
do--.
Linseed.do-PaintS; red lead
cwt.,
Provisions—Pork, mess
bbl Pork, prime
do - Beef, mess
do..
Beef, prime
do-.
Smoked hams
lb.
Lard
do..
Butter
do..
Cheese
do..
Rice, ordinary
cwt.
Salt-—Liverpool
sack.
T u r k ' s island
bush.
Seeds—Clover
lb.
Timothy
tierce.
Sheetings—Russia white
piece.
Russia brown
do. .
Spices—Pepper
. . . . lb.
Nutmegs
do..
Spirits—.Jamaica r u m
gall.
Gin, Holland
do..
Soap—New Y o r k
lb .
Castile
do..
Sugars—New Orleans
do..
Muscovado
do..
Loaf
do..
Tallow—American
do. Foreign
do..
Teas—Young Hyson
do..
Souchong
do. Imperial
.'
do..
Tobacco—Kentucky
do. Manufactured, No. 1
do..
Whalebone, slab
.'
do..
Wme—Port
gall!
Madeira
do - .
Claret
.-...•-..'.'.'... cask!
Wool—Conamon
lb.
Merino
Pulled, No. 1
do do.
5 Jan.
10 J a n .
28 J a n .
1 12 J a n .
• 28 J u l y
70 J u n e
80 J u n e
75 J u n e
76 •Jan.
6 00 Oct,
12 00 Nov.
10 00 J a n ,
7 00 Nov.
4 75 Sept,
Feb,
Feb.
12 Feb.
5 Feb,
2 50 J a n .
1 75 J a n .
4 2 Feb,
7 May
10 50
9 00
13
1 33
1 00
1 00
5
9
4
5
14
7
7
70
44
1 00
3
10
19
70
1 25
12 00
20
Jan.
Jan.
Jan.
Mar.
Jan.
Feb.
Jan.
Jan.
Aug.
Aug.
Aug.
Jan.
35
48
Jan.
Feb.
Jan.
J,an.
Jan.
Jan.
Jan.
July
Jan.
Jan.
Jan.
Jan.
7
16
33
1 62
41
80
05
1 10
1 08
7 25
15 25
11 75
9 25
6 25
11
11
. 18
8
4 00
• 2 25
. 62
11
Nov.
Nov,
Nov,
Nov,
Feb,
Oct.
Sept,
Jan.
Sept,
Feb.
June
July
Feb.
Feb.
June
July
Mar.
May
Nov.
Dec,
Dec.
Mar.
12 00 May
10 75 May
1 5 May
1 62 S e p t
1 20 J.in.
1 25 Api*.
6 Apr,
14 Nov,
7 Nov.
7 Nov,
18 Mar.
10 Nov.
8
1 20 Sept.
75 Apr.
1 44 J u l y
6 Jan,
12 J u n e
30 Feb.
1 50 Mar,
2 50 Mar,
30 00 Mar,
35 J u l y
75
62
July
Jime
5 1-6 a 61-6
16
10 a
281a
301
. 1 12 a 1 62
32 a
34
74 a
75
91
89 a
95
90 a
97
95 a
6 12 a " 6 98
1.3 48 a 14 33
10 56 a 11 07
8 22 a 8 76
5 28 a 5 78
lOlo
11.1
Sla
9f
13|a
16
5.a
7
2 79 a 3 42
1 88 a 1 g4
50 a
Sli
2 i a . 10
11 OS a 11
9 71 a 10
14 a
1 47 a 1
1 00 a 1
1 11 a 1
5 a
10 a
5 a
Sla
15 a
9
7 a
83 a 1
52 a
1 07 a 1
3 a
10 a
22 a
70 a 1
1 25 a 2
20 58 a 28
23 a
41 a
54 a
41
02
14*
51
16
18
6
12
7
61
16}
12i
75
37
G
Hi
23
SO
50
16
32
5
10
30
1 12
25
78
87
85
85
6 50
12 50
10 37
8 37
5 25
9
6
12
5
2 75
1 75
42
9
15 00
10 50
8 75
14
1 35
1 00
1 00
5
11
5
3 cents p e r p o u n d . 5
12 cents p e r p o u n d ;
9
1 cent per p o u n d - . .
8
do
7
40 cents per p o u n d .
67
25 cents per pounds
33
SO cents per pound .
1 00
15 per cent, ad v a l .
3
10
do
13
do
30 cents per gallon70
SO cents per gallon.
1 12
15 cents per gallon.
14
4 cts, per lb., and 50
20
pr, ct, ad val, add'l.
.:.-.-do
35
36
do
5 cents p w p o u n d . .
do
15 p e r cent, a d val
do
15 cents per gallon
25 cents p e r gaUon.
do
do
do
5 cents per p o u n d - 2 cents per p o u n d . do
do
do
3 cents per p o u n d . .
do
5 cents per p o u n d . .
9 cents per p o u n d . .
15 p e r cent, ad v a l .
15 cts. p e r b u s h e l . ,
do
15 per cent, a d val
do - . - . .
25 per cent, ad val
.---..-do
8 cents per pound60 cents per pound
63 cents per gallon
do*
4 cents per p o u n d .
do
Apr,
Feb,
Feb,
Feb.
Jan.
Apr.
Jan.
Mar.
Nov.
June
7
16
44
1 62
33
98
1 10
1 15
1 00
7 00
14 25
12 00
10 75
6 00
11
10
18
7
4 25
2 SO
54
11
15 00
11 50
9 SO
17
1 65
1 18
1 30
6
18
7
7
17
11
8
1 20
75
1 44
6
12
25
1 87
2 SO
28
35
July
July
65
48
May
Jan.
Jan,
Apr.
Mar,
May
Jan.
June
Jan.
Dec.
May
Nov,
Mai*.
Jan'.
May
Nov,
Jan,
Mar,
Sept,
Feb,
Feb,
Nov,
Nov.
Jan.
June
Jan.
Jan,
June
Jan.
Jan.
Sept.
May
Mar.
Dec,
Feb.
Feb.
Nov.
Nov,
Dec,
Mar.
Oct,
Nov.
June
Mar.
Apr.
Feb,
Feb,
,.,Oct.
Jan,
Oct,
Mar.
June
Sept,
Sept.
Nov,
July
Mar,
Feb,
June
June
Nov.
Dec.
5ia
10 a
6i 5 cents per pound-do
..
16 ,
38 15 p e r cent, ad v a l .
35 a
do
1 12 o 1 62 ,
20 15 cents per gallon.
28 a
84 25 cents per gallon.
83 a
g7
do
94 a
do
ggi
95 a
do
g2
go a
cents per
6 SO a 7 00 5 cents per p o u n d - ..
pound.
13 84 2
13 08 a
do
10 82 a 11 27 ,
do
g 7g
g 14 o
- ---d
5 3g a 5 80 3 -centso per p o u n d . .
10
g a
do
g
8 a
17 5 cents per p o u n d . ,
14 a
7 g cents per p o u n d . .
5 a
3 10 a 3 61 1.3 p e r cent, ad v a l .
1 01 o 2 og 10 cents p e r b i i s h e l .
4g . . . . . . d o
48 a
10 15 per cent, ad v a l .
2 a
do
15 00
10 01 a 11 25 25 per cent, ad v a l .
9 30
do
g 14 a
15 8 cents per p o u n d . .
14|a
1 52 60 cents per p o u n d .
1 46 a
1 00 a 1 16 63 cents per gallon .
do*
1 12 a 1 18
6 4 cents per p o u n d - .
5 a
131
do
121a
'Sia
6 a
14 a
9
7 a
Jan,
Jan,
Jan,
Jan.
Jan.
Jan.
Oct,
Mar.
Apr.
Apr.
73 a 1
37 a
1 01 a 1
3 a
10 a .
161a
70 a 1
1 14 a 2
17 33 a 26
24 a
Jan.
Feb.
41 a
41i-a.
7
7
17
3 cents per p o u n d . .
12 cents per pound.
1 cent per pound —
do
03 18 a 27 cts. per l b . .
63 10 o 18 cts. per l b . .
20 25 a 37 cts. per l b . .
5 15 per cent, ad v a l .
12
do
17
do
62 30 cents per gallon .
2g 50 cents per gallon.
.30 15 cents per gallon.
31 4 cts, per lb,, and 50
pr, ct. ad val, add'l.
do :
do
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Articles.
Lowest.
Breadfituffg—Wheat flour, sup
bbl W h e a t flour, w . c a n a l - . . d o . Rye
flour,
fine.
do..
Corn meal, northern
do..
Wheat, Genesee
bush.
Rye, n o r t h e m
do..
Oats, n o r t h e r n . .
...do..
Corn, n o r t h e n i
...do..
Candles—Mould
...lb.
Sperm
... do..
Coal—Anthracite
:ton Liverpool
- -Chaldron.
Coffee—Brazil
lb.
Java
„'........:do..
Copper—Pig
.
'
do..
Sheathuig . . . : . . . . ' . . " - . . " . " - . . . d o . .
Cotton, u p l a n d . -."
.'
'.'..'
do..
Fish—Dry cod . . . : . : .
:
.cwtMackerel
bbl.
Flax—Russia
;;..•.'.-..
lb.
American.......:.:. J...:..'... do..
Fruit—Raisins
•..•....'..•.. ..'.•.'.. . d o . .
$5
5
3
3
1
5
• 9
,
2
6
1
• Figs, Smyrna". 1 . . . : : ; : : : - . ' . . .do..
Prunes, Borde a u x ..'.' . • . . , . . ' . . . d o . .
Fiirs, beaver, northern I . . . : . : . .
do..
Glass, A m e r i c a n ' - . . : . ' - . : . " . .
Gunpowder—American
English
Hides—Buenos Ayres
W e s t India
Hops
Indigo, Manilla
Ii'on—Scotch pig
Common English b a r
Sheet, English
Lead, pig
Leather, hemlock
•Liquors—Cognac b r a n d y
Domestic whiskey
Digitized Mblasses—New Orleans
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50 feet.
25 l b s .
do..
lb.
do..
do..
do..
ton.
do..
cwt.
lbdo..
gall.
do..
do..,
do...
do...
4
20
50
62
75
15
75
30
65
12
30
50
00
11
12
16
22
9
37
25
11
8
75
2
9
00
3 00
3 25
3 SO
13
10
17
60
37 50
71 00
6 25
5
16
1 00
29
27
27
24 I
July
June
Apr.
Feb.
Dec,
July
Sept;
Mar
Jan,
July
Aug.
Apr
May
Jan.
June
Feb
Nov
Dec,
Apr
June
July
June
Oct.
Jan.
Jan.
Oct,
Apr,
Apr,
Oct,
Nov.
Nov,
June
Sept,
Aug.^
Feb.
Mar.
Fob.
Highest.
$5
6
4
4
1
75 Apr.
50 Jan.
50 Jan.
00 Mar.
28 Jan.
90
.48
86
14
35
10 00
13 00
14
14
18
24
17
3 00
7 00
12
•1
1
3 00
8
23
4 75
3
5
6
•
1
47
75
8
25
SO
00
00
$5
5
3
3
1
53 a
76 a
82 a
72 a
igio
79 a
37 a
72 a
12 a
32ia
25 a
91 a
12 a
12 a
16 a
221a
Ilia
64 a
57 a
11 a
•June
Scpt.l
Dec, 1
Jau.
Feb.
6 Feb.
20 Apr,
1 75 Aug.
36 Apr; 1
36 Oct.
S6 Sept,
S5 1 Oct. 1
Duties.
$5 60
6'02
3 97
3 91
50 cents per c w t - .
do
Free
Free
1911 25 cents per bushel
81 F r e e
44 10 cents per bushel
75 F r e e
131| 5 cents per p o u n d .
34l| 8 cents per p o u n d .
39 6 cents per bushel 41
do
12f| F r e e
13l| F r e e
.....
17 F r e e
23il F r e e
1311 3 cents per p o u n d . .
80 $1 per quintal
67 $150 per b a r r e l - . . .
Free
1
Feb.
Feb,
Jan.
Nov.
Sept.
7
6
Jan,
10
9
Dec.
Mar.
Jan.
Dec.
Jan.
Aug.
2
2
Mar.
6
6
Apr.
June
nil
.
81a
Jan.
lOf
2 06 a
Jan.
2fa 2 15
Jan.
61|
14 a
Jan.
4 00 a 4 18l|
Dec.
54
12
75
25
15 Oct.
12 Jan.
38
Average.prices.
3 00 a 3
3 25 a 5
3 50 o 6
13fa
10 a
27 a
76 a 1
38 17 o 45
74 29 a 75
6 66 o 7
Sia
16ia
1 56 a 1
30 a
31 a
30ia
27 a
12
75
25
14
IU
291|
00
21
00
SO
S}|
10
68
311|
33
3U
30 I
Free
Free
Free
12i per cent, ad v a l
$3 a $4 100 per feet.
8 cents per p o u n d .
Free
Free
Free
15 per cent, ad val
$10 per ton
$30 per ton
3 cents per p o u n d .
do
30 per cent, ad val
63 cents per gallon.
57 cents per gallon.
5 cents per gallorrj.
-.---do
do
Highest.
$4
4
2
3
1
$5
5
4
3
1
2
3
3
•
3 00
5 75
6 25
15 Dec.
12 Dec.
20 Jan.
1 25 Jan.
47 50
75 00 Jan.
3f!
6 Dec.
10 Dec,
1 69 Dec,
29 Dec.
31 Mar.
31 Jan.
26 Oct.
75
25
50
11
8
10
• 80
38 00
67 00
June
Sept,
May
June
Apr
Aug
311
4
14
1 50
20
27
' 25
22
Apr,
Apr,
Apr.
Feb.
Nov.
Feb.
Duties.
Sept $4 96 a $5 00 50 cents per cwt
do
5 10 a 5 31
Jan.
3 33 a 3 55 F r e e
Oct.
3 32 a 3 51 F r e e
Nov
June
1 04ia 1 07 25 cents per bushel..
66i\ F r e e
Sept
65fa
30} 10 cents p e r bushel..
Jan.
31 }a
67i| F r e e
Sept.
64 to
13 5 cents per p o u n d . .
Ilia
31}| 8 cents per p o u n d . .
291a
Jan,
5 50 a 6 50 6 cents per b u s h e l . .
do
8 85 a 9 39
Feb,
12 F r e e
11 a
13 F r e e
Jan.
lllo
16}| F r e e
Jan,
ISJo
24 F r e e
Mar
23 a
13}1 3 cents per p o u n d - .
Dec
Ilia
June
2 35 a 2 42 Si per quintal
Sept
6 22 a 6 27 $1 50 per b a r r e l . . . .
11 F r e e
lOia
8i|
Jan,
71a
Nov.
1 45 a 1 57 F r e e
7 Free
Mar,
3ia
75 Mar
81 J u n e
75 A p r
12 May
02 Nov
52 Apr
28 May
53 A p r
11 A p r
27 J u l y
5 50
8^50 J i m e
11
11 Aug,
15 Oct,
22 Sept,
10 J a n ,
2 10 Nov,
6 00 Apr.
10 Sept,
7 Apr.
1 25 Apr,
3 Mar,
5 Jvily
4 00 J a n .
25
75
00
67
10
75
48
75
13
85
6 50
10 00
12
13
17
25
16
2 50
6 62
11
10
2 12
7
18
4 75
Average prices.
Dec.
Jan.
11 Free
21
7ia
4 00 a 4 70 W h e n dressed, 12i
per cent, ad val.
2 75 a 3 00 $3 a $4 per 100 feet3 25 a 5 75
3 50 a 6 25 8 cents per p o u n d . .
1311 F r e e
12 a
101 F r e e
2 a
15i|
141a
84 a 1 14 15 per cent, ad v a l .
38 00 a 44 79 $10 per ton . . . .
70 06 a 72 46 $30 per ton
3}| 3 cents per p o u n d . .
31a
5
do
4}a.
17i 29 per cent. ad. v a l .
15 a
1 63 63 cents per gallon.
1 53 a
26 57 cents per gallon.
24 a
30 5 cents per g a l l o n . .
28 a
28
261a
do
25
22 a
do
,
Q
fei
O
o
Nails—Cut
lb-.
Wrought
do..
N a v a l Ktores—Sphits turpentine
gall
Rosin, common
. . . . bbl
OilS^Whale
gall
Sperm, summer
do Sperm, winter
do.
Olive
do.
Linseed
do .
Paints, red lead
cwt
Provisions—Pork, mess
bbl
Pork, prime
do.
Beef, mess
do.
Beef, prime do.
Smoked hams
lb
Lard
1
do.
Butter, western dairy
do.
Cheese
- ......do.
Rice, ordinary
.^
cwt
Salt—Liverpool
sack
T u r k ' s island
bush
Seeds—Clover
lb
Timothy
tierce
S h e e t i n g s ^ R u s s i a white
piece
Russiabrown
do.
Soap—New York
lb
Castile
do .
Spices—Pepper
lb
Nutmegs
do-,
Spirits—Jamaica r u m
gall
Gin, Holland
do.
'Sugars—New Orleans
lb.
Muscovado
do.,
' Loaf
.^
i do.
Tallow—American
do..
Foreign
do..
Teas—Young Hyson
do -.
Souchong
do..
Imperial
do..
Tobacco—Kentucky
do..
Manufactured, No. 1 - . . . . . - d o . .
Whalebone, slab
.do.,
Wine—Port
gaU.
Madeira
do..
Claret, Bordeaux
cask.
Wool—Common
lb.
"Merino
Pulled, No. 1
-
do..
do..
4 May
10
38 July
1 12 Jan.
23 Mar.
82 July
90 July
1 00 Oct,
85 Jan.
6 00 Aug.
12 50 Jan.
10 50 Apr.
8 50 Jan.
5 25 Mar.
8 Mar.
7 June
14 Apr.
6 Apr.
2 75 Apr.
1 60 May
38 June
10 Jan.
14 00 May
10 00 June
8 25 Oct.
5
11
7 July
85 Apr.
05 Apr.
1 10
5
6
14
9
7
53
25
65
3
10
12
70
July
Feb,
Mar,
Jan,
Feb,
r)ec,
May
May
Jau.
Jan.
Mar.
Jan.
1 12
12 00 June
27 Jidy
40 Jan.
40 Jan.
6 Oct.
16
55 Dec.
2 00
Dec,
31 Sept.
95 Sept,
1 12
1 15
Dec.
Jan.
96 May
7
17
12
11
6
00
00
25
00
50
Oct.
Nov.
Sept,
Sept,
10 Sept,
11 Oct.
41a
10 a
41 a
1 14 a
26 a
89 a
gg^o
1 03 a
01 a
6 2g a
14 17 a
11 02 a
9 02 a
5-56 a
8|a
8 a
141a
6 a
3 03 a
178 a
43 a
11 a
15 75 a
10 20 a
8 60 a
5 a
11 a
2ia
1 09 a
51 5 cents p e r p o u n d . .
1
1
1
7
14
11
g
16
42
73
261
gi
03
04
011
00
gg
51
75
5 gs
10
2i
17
8
3 41
3 75 Sept,
1 89
2 00 Apr.
44
50 Oct.
121
15 Apr.
16 56
21 00 Mar.
10 75
11 00 June
8 83
9 00 July
6
6
12
13 Dec.
91
Mar.
17
1 45
1 65 Mar.
1
1 12 Mar.
gsio 1 11
17
1 25 Api*.
1 14 a
71
Oct.
9
51a
71
10 Sept,
7 a
171
. 18 Oct.
14ia
.91
11 Jan.
2 a
8
8
7 a
87
1 06 Mar.
62 a
45
Feb.
62
28 a 1 09
1 31 Jan,
75 a 61-6
8 Dec.
3ia
12
13 Sept.
10 a 16
20 Sept.
iSla
1 87 Jan.
70 a 1 87
2 25
1 12 a 2 25
25 00 Jan.
12 83 a21 58
34
35 May
20 a
20 May
9 May
57 Aug,
54 Sept.
42 a
45ia
do
Free
Free ...'.
15 cents pep gallon..
25 cents p e r gallon..
do
20 cents per gallon..
25 cents per gallon..
5 cents per p o u n d . .
2 cents per p o u n d . .
do
.---.-do
do
3 cents per p o u n d . .
do
5 cents per p o u n d - .
9 cents per p o u n d - .
Free
10 cents per bushel.
do - - - 15 per cent, ad v a l .
.-----do .-.
25 per cent, ad v a l .
do . - . . '
4 cents per p o u n d - .
do
:...
Free
;.. .
Free
63 cents per gallon.
-----do
2 i cents p e r pound.
.-..--do
10 cents per pound.
1 cent per p o u n d . . .
Free
Free
Free
Free
•
12 per cent, ad val .
30 cents per gallon.
50 cents per gallon.
6 cents per gaUon..
4 cts, pr, lb,, and 40
per ct, if worth 8
cts,; free if worth
less,
do
do
6
14
55 Jan.
5 a
6
10 a
14
44 ^a
40}
1 37 a 2 00
1 37 Jan.
2 00 Jan.
261a
27
23 Mar.>
33 Dec.
751a
781
Jan.
65 May
90
26i
92 a
1-12 Jan.
85 May
93 a
gs
1 12 Dec,
81 July
90 a
gi
85 Apr.
96 Dec.
6 00 a 7 00
6 00
7 00
13 12 a 14 .31
12 75 June 15 00 Jan.
2 25 a 10 23
8 SO Dec, 11 25 Jan.
8 81 a g 54
8 50 Dec, 10 00 July
5 67 a 6 03
6 75 Oct.
5 50 Dec.
Slo
g^
8 Sept,
10 Jau,
7 a
8}
7 Aug,
9 Jan,
12ia
16
12 June
17 Jau,
61a
8
5 Sept.
9 Jan.
2 56 o 3 26
3 62 Dec.
2 25 Jan.
1 51 a 1 61
1 SO Apr,
1 40 July
38 a
35 Feb,
43 Nov,
3g
61a
5 June
9 Dec,
^ If
15 50 Sept, 12 19 a 13 37
11 00 May
8 87 a 9 42
8 50 Dec, 10 00 Jan,
7 50 a 7 65
7 12 Oct.
8 50 Feb,
5 a
6
5
6
11 a
13
11
13
6ia
7
6 Sept.
7 Jan.
1 07 a 1 36
1 55 Nov.
1 00 Jan.
98 o 1 21
1 25 Dec,
95 Jan.
1 OS a 1 13
1 15 Jan,
1 00 Dec,
Slo
7
5 Feb,
8 Dec,
' 6}a • 7 ^
6 May
8 Dec,
15 a
16}
Jan.
Sept,
13
17
6ia
71
6 July
9 Feb,
71-6a 81-6
6 Dec.
10 Jan.
83
30 a
31 Oct,
87 Dec.
41
ig a
20 Mar.
45 June
56 a 1 04
1 06 May
50 Aug.
8
5 a
Nov.
Mar.
4
9
13
11 a
11
13
18
Ilia
14 Feb.
- 0 rJec,
2
73 a 1 73
1 87 Mar.
70 Jan.
1 12 a 2 21
2 25 Oct.
1 12 Jan.
10 00 May
20 00 Jan. 10 SO a 18 17
28 a
321
25 Sept,
35 Mar,
5
10
33 Sept.
44 Mar,
40 Aug.
57 Jan.
52 Mar.
44 a
45ia
5 cents per p o u n d . .
do
Free
Free
15 cents per gallon.
2S-cents per gallon..
do
20 cents per gallon .
25 cents per gallon..
5 cents per p o u n d . 2 cents per p o u n d . .
do
do
do
3 cents per p o u n d . .
do
5 cents per p o u n d . .
9 cents p e r p o u n d . .
Free
10 cents per bushel.
do
^
Q
g
jj
15 per cent, ad val .
HJ
,
do
^
24i per cent, ad v a l , • H|J
do
H
4 cents per p o u n d . .
KJ
do
•
Free
2
Free
g
63 cents, per: gallon.
UH
do
^
21 cents per pound^
do
g
10 cents per p o u n d .
H^
1 cent per p o u n d . . .
Free
Free
Free
:..
Free
12i per cent, ad v a l .
15 cents per gallon.
25 cents per- gallon.
3 cents per g a l l o n . .
4 cts, per lb,, and 38
pr, ct, ad val,; free
if worth less than
8 cents per pound.
53}
do
do
47i
^
•
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The range of prices at New York f o r thirty-nine years—Continued.
to
YEAR 1836.
YEAR 1835.
Articlea.
Highest.
Glass, American
Gunpowder—American
English
Hides, Buenos Ayres
Hops
Indigo, Manilla.
Iron—Scotch pig
Common Enghsh b a r
Sheet
Lead, pig
Leather, hemlock.
Liquoi-s—Cognac b r a n d y
;
Domestic whiskey
Orleans
Molasses—New
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50
87
25
50
50
15
75
12
12
35
00
25
13
13
18
25
20
25
25
11
9
25
9
18
SO
Dec,
Dec,
Aug,
Aug,
Dec,
Dec,
July
Nov,
Dec,
Sept,
Dec.
July
Oct,
$5 76 a
6 14 a
4.34 a
4 01 o
1 21 a
90 a
40ia
80 a
11 a
31ia
6 04 a
0 44 o
Ilia
12 a
16 a
23 a
15ia
2 73 a
7 11 a
10 a
7ia
2 61 o
6ia
2ia
4 25 a
Dec,
2 75
Mai*.
2 44 o
Nov.
Feb,
Jan,
.Jan,
Jan,
5 75
6 25
15
10
1 25
42 SO
75 00
Mar.
May
Dec,
Dec,
Dec,
00
37
50
62
04
72
33
70
'7
28
50
00
11
12
15
22
IS
25
00
10
7
12
5
6
00
Jan.
Jan.
Jan.
Jan.
Jan,
Jan.
Apr,
Feb,
Sept,
Jan,
Jan,
June
Jan,
Mar,
Jan.
Jan.
Jan,
Jan,
Jan.
50 feet.
2 25
^ . . 25 l b s .
do -.
-lb do-.
do..
ton.
,do..
lb.
do..
do-.^. .gall.
do. do..
do -.
3 25
3 SO
12
11
80
38 CO
67 50
Breadstuffj&—Wheat flour, sup
bbl.
W h e a t flour, westei-n
do..
R y e flour, northern . . . . - d o . Corn meal, northern
do. W h e a t , Genesee
bush.
Rye, northern
do. Oats, n o r t h e r n
do..
Corn, northern
do..
Candles—Mould
lb.
Sperm
do. Coal—Anthracite
ton.
Liverpool
chaldron.
Coffee—Brazil
lb.
Java
do -.
Copper—Pig
do - Sheathing
.do. . Cotton, middhng, u p l a n d
do. Fish—Dry cod . cwt.
Mackerel
bbl.
Flax—Russia
lb.
American
do..
Fruit—'Raisins
box.
Figs, S m y r n a . . . . . ' . . . .
lb.
Prunes, B o r d e a u x
do..
F u r s , beaver, northern
do..
$5
5
3
3
1
5
8
2
6
2
4
5
14
1 50
30
26
Jan.
Dec,
Jan,
Nov,
Jan,
Jan,
Dec,
Aug,
Jan.
Feb.
Jan,
$7
7
5
4
1
1
1
9
12
3
8
3
5
June
Dec,
Dec,
Jan,
Mar,
Dec.
Dec.
July
June
Nov.
6
20 J u l y
1 87 Dec,
38 Dec,
36 Oct.
34 Aug,
Highest.
Average prices.
6
4
4
1
32
45
14
23
7
9
2
7
2
4
2
3 25 a 5
3 SO G 6
13 a
14 a
80 a 1
38 00 a 42
68 33 a 70
6
15 a
1 58 a
33 a
30ia
29 a
50 cents per 112 lbs
do
Free
-^.--Free
25 cts, per bushel -.
Free
g2
56 10 cents per bushel
Free
g2
111 5 cents per pound.
33^ 8 cents per pound.
38 6 cents per bushel- -do ..-'75
1211 F r e e
13 F r e e
-.17 F r e e
24 F r e e
18 3 cents per p o u n d . .
89 $1 per quintal
19 $1 SOperbariel.,11 F r e e
-8^ F r e e
78 F r e e
8. F r e e
15i\ F r e e
75 Dressed, 12i per ct,
ad val.
66 $3, $3 50, and $4 per
100 feet,
75 8 cents per p o u n d . .
25
do
14i\ F r e e
15 F r e e
23 15 per cent, ad v a l .
50 $^0 per ton
41 $30 per ton
$5 gs
3 cents per pound.,
191 28 per cent, ad val
, 72 63 cents per gallon
3411 57 cents per gallon
33 5 cents p e r gallon-.
31 ,
do
$6
6
4
4
1
75
87
50
35
37
86
40
83
12
32
7 00
9 00
11
12
18
23
12
3 00
8 00
10
" 8
1 65
. 3
May $10 12
June
10 25
June
10 00
Aug.
5 00
Jan.
2 12
July
1 30
July
75
Feb.
1 12
Jan.
13
Apr.
35
June
11 00
Aug.
13 00
Jan,
13
Jan,
15
Jan.
23
Jan,
39
Sept.
SO
Jan,
3 75
Jan,
10 63
Jan.
11
9
Dec.
2 75
July
15
Dec,
15
Oct.
6 00
Dec,
Dec,
Nov,
Oct,
Dec,
Dec.
Apr.
Sept,
Dec,
Apr,
Dec,
Nov,
Mar,
May
Aug,
Aug.
Nov,
May
Aug,
Jan.
2 25
Jan.
May
3 25
3 50
12
12
80
38 00
75 00
6
5
14
1 50
31
32
31
Jan.
Nov.
Jan.
Jan.
Jan.
Feb.
Jan..
May
June
Jan.
Jan.
3 00
5 75
6 35
15
17
1 35
63 50
105 00
8
7
S3
2 00
' 44
48
44
June
Dec.
Oct.
Apr,
May
July
Dec,
Juue
June
June
Sept.
Aug.
Nov.
May
Dec.
Average prices.
$7 48 a $7
7 22 a 8
5 72 a 5
4 70 a 4
176 a 1
1 03 o 1
46^0
50 cts, perils lbs..
do
Free
Free
25 cents per bushelFree
59*1 10 cents per bushel.
94 a
96 Free
13 a
13 5 cents per p o u n d . .
32ia
34*1 8 cents per p o u n d . .
7 21 a 9 18 6 cents per b u s h e l . .
10 60 o 11 35
do -.
11 a 13 F r e e 131a
14li F r e e
SO a
31 F r e e
26 a 38 F r e e . - 14ia
18}| 3 cents per p o u n d - .
3 32 a 3 41 $ l p e r quintal
9 56 o 9 67 $1 50 per barrel
10 a 11 F r e e
8 a
9 Free
2 21 a 2 43 F r e e
5 a
81 F r e e
7 a
131 F r e e
4 75 a 5 66 Dressed, 12 per cent.
ad val,
2 58 a 2 79 $3, $3 50, and $4 p e r
100 feet.
3 25 a 5 75 8 cents per p o u n d - .
3 50 a 6 35
do
ISio
14i F r e e
14 a 151 F r e e
80 o 1 35 15 per cent, ad v a l .
50 46 a 54 91 $10 per ton
93 71 a gs 37^ $30 per ton
6^a
7 i 3 cents p e r p o u n d . .
do
5}a
6
161a
30*1 27 per cent, ad v a l .
1 59 a 1 04 63 cents per gallon.
36 a
38 57 cents per gallon43 a 45 5 cents per g a l l o n . .
do
38ia
40
51
35
83
74
SO
05
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Molasses—Havana
Nails—Cut
Wrought
Naval stores—Spirits turpentine
Rosin, comraon
Oils—Whale
Sperm, sumraer
Sperm, winter
Olive - ---.
Liuseed . - . - .
Paints, red l e a d . . -"..:
Provisions—Pork, mess
Pork, prime
Beef, mess
Beef, prime
Smoked hams
Lard
Butter
Cheese
Rice, ordinarj'^
Salt—Liverpool
T u r k ' s Island
-Clover
Timothy
Sheetings—Russia white
Russia b r o w n
Soap—New York
Castile
Spirits-r-Jaraaica m m
Gin, Meder's S w a n
Spices—Pepper
Nutraegs
Sugars—New Orleans-. Muscovado
Loaf
Tallow—American
Foreign
Teas—Young Hyson
Soiichong - . . :
Imperial
Tobacco—Kentucky
Manufactured, No. 1
Whalebone, slab
'.
Wine—Port
Madeira.Claret, Bordeaux
Wool—Common
Merino
Pulled, No. 1
Zinc, in plates
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7
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14
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75
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2 50
Jan,
50
Jan,
05
Apr.
1 OS
Nov,
1 31
Dec,
1 30
Jan.
8
Jan,
18 SO
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14 SO
Jan,
13 50
Nov,
10 00
Jan.
12
Jan.
11
Feb,
22
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0
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2 25
Feb,
43
May
10
Feb,
17.00
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10 50
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6
Jan,
16
Jan,
1 25
Nov
1 15
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1 65
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9
Jan,
16
Jan.
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Jan,
10
Jan,
87
Jan,
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Jan,
1 10
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11
Jan.
16
Jan.
30
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2 25
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10 00
Jan.
40
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38- J a n .
2 Jan.
65
55
4
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June
June
Dec,
Nov,
Dec,
Nov,
Oct,
May
May
Dec,
Oct,
Oct,
July
Sept
June
June
Apr,
Dec,
Aug
Sept
Nov,
Dec,
Dec,
Sept,
June
Juno
June
Dec
Mar
Mar
Apr
Oct,
Oct,
Liar
Sept
Sept
Mar,
May
May
Oct,
Oct,
Aug
July
Aug
Mar,
July
May
Sept.
Sept.
28*1 5 cents per gallon..
6 5 cents per pound..
14
do
.57*1 Free
521a
1 46 a 1 06 Free
37t| 15 cents per gallon.
36*a
85*! 25 cents per gallon.
83ta
98*
do
g4}a
1 16 a 1 19 20 cents per gallon.
1 09 a 1 10 25 cents per gallon .
74 5 cents per p o u n d - .
6*a
IS 98 a 16 80 2 cents per p o u n d . .
12 84
do
12 19 a
do
10 81 a 11 35
do
7 41 a 7 01
10*1 3 cents per p o u n d . .
2 a
10*
do
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18} 5 cents per p o u n d . .
16 a
8 9 cents per p o u n d . .
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3 14 o 3 85 F r e e
1 73 a 1 83 10 cents per 5 6 l b s . .
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9 58 a 9 89 23 per cent, ad v a l .
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8 63 o 8 73
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7
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19*o I35i F r e e
54 o 1 09 F r e e
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9* F r e e
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2' o 24 12* per cent, ad val
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75 o 1 72*1 15 cents per gallon .
1 09 a 2 25 25 cents per gallon.
12 SO o 18 00 3 cents per gallon..
' 3 U a 36*1 4 cents per lb. and
40
24
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6
14
24
75
1 00
12 00
35
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50
48
3
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Jan,
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15
9
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9
9
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1
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July
July
May
May
June
July
July
Jan,
Jan,
Jan,
Feb,
Aug,
Jan,
Jan.
Aug.
Jan,
Jan,
July
"Mar,
May
Apr,
Mar,
Mar,
Dec.
-Nov,
Dec,
Dec,
Jan,
July
Jau,
Jan,
July
Jan,
May
Jan.
45
7
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1 18
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17
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26
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2 12
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20
12 00
11 00
6
16
1 50
1 12
8
1 40
11
- 12
17
11
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Oct.'
Jan.
Jan.
Dec.
Jan.
Feb,
Jan,
Apr,
Dec,
Oct,
Nov,
Dec,
Dec,
Oct,
May
Nov,
Apr,
Sept,
Aug,
Nov,
Dec,
May
Sept,
.Sept,
Jan,'
Oct.
Feb.
May
Apr.
Apr,
Apr,
Dec,
87 Dec.
40
1 10
10 Mar,
17 J u l y
28 Sept,
2 SO Nov.
2 25
18 00
50 Apr,
68
58
6
Apr,
Aug,
Sept,
33 a
30*1 5 c e n t s per g a l l o n . .
. 6 a
7 5 cents per p o u n d . .
do
10*0
14f|
53 a
57 F r e e
- 1 66 a 1 81 F r e e
461a
47 15 cents per gallon.
88<-a
90*1 25 cents per gallon.
96*a 1 01
do
1 00 a 1 14 20 cents per gallon.
1 02 a 1 03 25 cents per gallon.
7}a
8 5 cents per p o u n d . .
21 03 a 23 00 2 cents per p o u n d . 16 77 a 17 56
do
10 62 a 11 33
do
6 81 a 7 50
do
12 a
13*1 3 cents per p o u n d . .
14 a
15
do
17*a
21f 5 cents per p o u n d . .
7}o
10 0 cents per p o u n d . .
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1 86 o 1 96 10 cents per 5 6 l b s . .
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15 06 o 16 87 . . . - - - d o
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6 4 cents per p o u n d . .
12*a
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1 12 a 1 41 57 cents per gallon.
1 OS o 1 10*1
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8
1 24 a 1 34 F r e e
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9* 2* cents per pound.
17 12 cents per p o u n d .
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1 10 F r e e
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161 F r e e
26 12* per cent, ad v a l .
1 84*1 15 cents per gallon.
2 25 25 cents p e r gallon .
18 00 3 cents per gallon-.
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The range ofprices at New York f o r thirty-nine 2/ear^—Continued.
oo
YEAR 1837.
YEAR 1838.
Articles.
Lowest.
Breadstuffs—Wheat
flour
Rye
flour.
Corn meal
W h e a t , Genesee
Rye, northern
Oats, northern
CorUj n orthern
Candles—Mould
Sperm
Coal—Anthracite
Liverpool
Coffee—BrazU
Java.
Copper—Fig
Sheathing . .
Cotton, upland, fan*.
Fish—Dry cod
Mackerel
Flax—Russia:.
American
Fruit—Raisins
!
Figs, Smyi*na
Prunes, Bordeaux
F u r s , beaver, northern
Glass, American
:
-
Gunpowder—American
Euglish
Hides, Buenos A y r e s
Ko
raops .
Indigo, M a n i l l a . I . . . .
Iron—Scotch pig
,
Common English bar .'.
Sheet, English
Lead —
Leather, hemlock
Liquors—Cognac brand}-. Domestic whiskey
Digitized M o l aFRASER Orleans
for s s e s - N e w
Muscovado.:
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Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
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do...
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$7
8
4
1
1
8
8
3
8
4
00
25
25
55
78
40
00
12
30
SO
50
9
13
16
25
7
12
00
10
6
90
3
4
00
Sept.
Oct.
Oct,
Oct,
Sept,
Sept.
Sept,
Sept,
Oct,
Aug,
Sept,
July
Aug,
May
Sept,
July
Sept.
Jan,
Oct,
Aug,
Aug,
Jan.
Highest,
$11
12
5
2
1
Feb,
Mar.
Oct,
Dec,
Feb.
Feb.
Aug,
Aug,
May
Jan.
Feb,
Feb,
Feb,
Feb,
Mar.
sg
17 J a n .
00 Mar.
75 Mar.
13 J u n e
10 Mar.
35 Mar,
15 Mar.
35 Dec.
00^
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12
SO
10
40
75
1 15
14
34
11 00
14 00
13
15
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4
10
1
5
50 feet..
2 75
3 00
25 l b s . .
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lb.
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ton.
do..
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3 25
3 50
12
5
80
40 00
85 00
7
4
15
1 37
20
33
28
25
5 75
6 35
15
g
1 30
70 00
1 OS
8
8
S4
1 75
48
45
45
45
Aug,
Aug.
Dec,
July
Sept,
Aug.
Dec,
Mar,
June
May
May
June
Lowest.
'
$8 87 o $0
g gs a 10
4 80 o 4
1 70 o 1
1 13 o 1
47 a
1 01 a 1
13*0
31 a
9 18 a 10
19 33 a 10
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Mar.
Mar.
Jlar..
Jan.
Apr.
Jan,
Apr.
Mar.
Jan.
Mar.
Nov.
Nov.
Jan,
40
94
1
41
31
05
85
13
58
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33
18
83
11*
14*
19
27*
1.3*
51
88
111
9
15
6
91
00
50 cents per c w t . . .
Free
Free
35 cents per bushel.
F r e e '.
10 cents per bushel.
Free
5 cents per p o u n d . .
8 cents per p o u n d . .
6 cents per b u s h e l . .
.do
Free
Free
Free
Free
3 cents per p o u n d . .
$1 per q u i n t a l . .
$1 50 per barrel
Free
Free
Free
Free
Free
Dressed, 13* per ct.
ad val.
75 a 3 00 $3, $3 SO, and $4
per 100 feet.
35 a 5 75 8 cents per p o u n d . .
SO a 6 35
do
13 a
14* F r e o
7 a
80 a 1 37 15 per cent, ad val
79 a 54 16 $10 per ton
79 o 96 66 $30 per ton
7 a
7i 3 cents per pound,
6
do
17 a
31 36 per cent, ad val ,
38 a 1 66 63 cts. per gallon*.,
35 a
38 57 cts. per gallon*.,
36 a
.38 5 cents per gallon..
34 o
37
do
33 a . 36
do
$7
4
3
1
7
9
3
10
1
4
00
35
37
35
87
35
76
14
31
00
35
9
11
16
23
9
37
50
7
6
May
Aug.
Aug.
Jan.
Aug.
Feb.
Mar,
Mar,
Mar.
Mar,
Sept,
Mar.
June
June
Aug.
Apr.
May
Jan.
Sept,
Jan.
Dec.
15 Feb.
8 Dec.
9
00
$9
6
4
2
1
00
62
62
00
l2
'
60
1 00
16
36
9 50
12 50
12
15
18
28
12
3 75
12 18
12
8
2 05
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:
15
5 00
Dec.
Jan.
Jan.
Jan.
Oct,
Nov,
Oct.
Oct.
Dec,
Jan.
Jan.
Dec.
Oct,
Jan,
Jan,
Jan,
Nov
Sept.
Feb.
Dec.
Sept.
Jan.
Dec,
3 00
2 75
3 25
3 50
12 Apr.
4 Apr.
80 Apr,
37 50 Aug,
85 00 Aug,
6 Aug,
16
1 37
130
28
27
27
Highest.
Jan.
Jan,
July
Oct.
Feb.
Apr.
5 75
6 25
18
17
1 40
55 00
97 50
22
1 75
43
45
42
40
Dec.
Dec
Dec.
Jan,
Apr,
Jan.
Oct.
Nov.
Nov.
Jan.
Jan.
Jan,
Average prices.
Duties.
§8 03* 50 cents per cwt ...
10 o 5 27 Free
82 a 3 90 Free
87 o 1 97 25 cents per bushel.
03*0 1 OS* F r e e
35 o • 44 10 cents per bushel85* F r e e
83 a
16 5 cents per p o u n d . .
14 a
33 8 cents per p o u n d . .
31}a
7 16 o 8 62 6 cents per b u s h e l . .
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10 14 o 10 58
11* F r e e
9*0
:
1.3* F r e e
11*0
17* F r e e
16*a
26 F r e e
25 a
11 3 cents per p o u n d . .
10*0
3 49 a 3 53 $1 per quintal
11 30 o 11 37 $1 50 per b a r r e l . . . .
11 F r e e
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6*a
7* F r e e
:
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7*o
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9 a
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15
4 00 a 5 00 Dressed, 12* per ct.
ad val.
2 75 a 3 00 $3, $3 50, and $4 per
100 feet,
3 25 a 5 75 8 cents per p o u n d . .
do --3 SO a 6 25
14} F r e e
14 a
7\a
g*
87*0 1 26} 15 per cent, ad val .
41 87 a 45 21 $10 per ton
86 25 a 00 21 $30 per tou
6 a
7 3 cents per poimd - .
do
18*0
19* 25 per cent, ad val .
1 51 a . 64 63 cents per gallon *
35*a
37* 57 cents per gallon*
36 a
38 5 cents per gallon - .
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do
;...
35*
29}a
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31"
5
3
1
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Nails—Cut
Wrought
N a v a l stores—Spirits turpentine
Rosin, common
Oils—Whale
Sperm, suramer
Sperm, winter
Olive
Linseed
Paints, red lead
Provisions—Pork"^ mess . - Pork, prime
Beef, mess
Beef, .prime
Smoked hams
Lard
Butter
Cheese
Rice, oi'dinary
Salt—Liverpool
T u r k ' s island
Seeds—Clover
Timothy
Sheetings—Russia white
Russiabrown
Soap—New Y o r k
Castile
Spices—Pepper
Nutmegs
Spirits—Jamaica r u m
Gin, Holland
Sugars—New Orleans
Cuba
Loaf
Tallow, American
Teas—Young Hyson
Souchong
Imperial
Tobacco—Kentucky
Manufactured, No. 1
Whalebone, slab
Wine—Port
Madeira
Claret
Wool—Common
3.4 blood
Merino
Pulled, No. 1 .
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1 37
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83
91
80
71
8
16 00
11 50
11 00
7 50
9
6
12
7
3 12
1 20
31
7
12 50
11 50
10 00
5
12
6
1 16
1 12
1 15
5
6
15
9
27
20
55
3
15
14
80
1 00
12 00
28
7
16
50
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1 87
June
47
July
, 00
Dec,
1 00
July
1 12
June
1 03
Nov,
10
Jan.
24 50
May
10 00
Nov.
Nov. ' 15 00
9 50
Nov. !
15
May
15
May
24
May
12
Aug.
5 00
May
2 62
May
43
June
14
June
18 50
June
11 75
Jan,
10 75
Nov,
6
14
8
Dec.
1 35
Sept,
1 50
1 25
8
July
9
J^uly
16
July
12
July
87
1 Oct.,
1 Oct.
40
Oct.
1 10
Oct.
9
17
38
1 July
•Oct.
2 50
2 35
1 Dec. 18 00
Dec.
50
37 1 Dec.
30 1 Dec.
68
50
Apr.
Apr.
Feb,
Feb,
Feb,
Dec,
Mar.
Dec.
Feb.
Feb,
Apr.
Sept,
Mar.
Feb.
Mar.
May
Nov.
Feb,
Feb.
Mar.
Apr.
Apr.
Apr.
Feb,
Mar,
Dec,
Nov,
fNov.
Apr,
1 Mar,
1 Mar,
Mar.
Mar.
Fe'b.
Jan.
Jan.
Jan.
Jan.
6 a
7 5 cents p e r p o u n d . .
11 a
Ifi
do
40 F r e e
38 a
1 65 a 1 73 F r e e
35*1 15 cents per gallon 34 a
86 a
88 25 cents p e r gallon.
96*1
95 a
do
94 a
98 20 cents per gallon83 a
83 25 cents per gallon.
8*0
g*i 5 cents per p o u n d . 20 58 a 31 58 3 cents p e r p o u n d . .
15 16 a 16 13*1
do
13 83 a 14 16
do
8 08 a 8 88
do
ll*a
13ll 3 cents per p o u n d - .
9*a
do
11*
16*a'
5 cents per p o u n d . .
•
8*a - ig*i 0 cents p e r p o u n d . lOfl F r e e
3 80 a
1 03 a 4 33 10 cents per bushel.
37}a 2 06
do
30*1 15 per cent, a d v a l .
0*a
11*
14 73 o
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11 71 15 86 33 per cent, ad val*.
10 41 a
do*
5 a ib"^ 4 cents per p o u n d . .
6
13 a
do
14 F r e e
7 1-6a
7*1 F r e e
1 18*a
1 13 o 1 24*1 57 cents p e r gallon''
50
1 15 o
do
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6ia
7fl
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16 13 cents per pound
15 a
10*
10*0
87 F r e e t 36 a
38 F r e e t S3 a
55 a 1 07*1 F r e e t .
4ia
81
15 a
17 15 per cent, ad v a l .
31
13* per cent, ad v a l .
87 a 2'50 15 cents,per gallon.
1 00 a 2 35 35 cents per gallon.
13 83 a 17 66 3 cents per g a l l o n . .
39 a
48 4 cts. per lb. and 33
per cent, ad val,
.-.-..do
4S}o
65
do
40*a
do
44*j
11
28
1 37
30
78
85
1 00
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8
16 50
13 50
14 00
9 00
10
7
17
6
3 35
1 63
33
10
14 00
11 00
9 00
5
13
6
1 00
1 13
1 10
6
6
15
8
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20
55
4
14
17
60
80
12 00
28
32
37
30
July
Dec.
Sept.
May
Mar,
May
Apr.
June
June
Mar.
Mar.
Mar.
Jan.
Mar.
Mar.
J^y
June
Mar.
May
May
Feb.
Apr,
Dec.
Dec,
Jan.
Jan.
May
May
Jan.
Jan.
Jan.
May
May
Jan.
Jan.
Apr.
Apr,
Sept,
Sept,
Jan,
Jan.
Jan,
Jan,
Jan.
7 1Jan, 1
16 J a n .
38 Dec.
2 00 Dec.
35 Sept.
97 Dec,
1 10 Dec,
1 20 Nov,
8G Oct.
9
25 50 1 Oct.
10 SO Oct.
16 00 D e c .
13 00 Oct. I
15 Nov.
15 Dec.
27 M a y
10 J u l y
5 37 A.ug,
2 37 J a n .
50 Nov.
13 Apr. 1
20 00 Oct.
11 75 J a n .
10 00 J a n .
6 Jan.
14
9 Dec,
1 22 Nov. 1
1 70 Nov. 1
1 25
8 Dec,
9 Dec.
16
12 Dec.
87 Dec.
35 Dec.
1 00
13 Dec,
18 Dec.
23 Oct.
2 50 J a n .
3 00 Dec.
25 00 Dec.
40 Dec.
Dec.
Dec.
Dec.
5*a
e*i 5 cents p e r p o u n d . .
do
11 o
I5*i
^.
30fa
33* F r e e
1 62 a 1 71 I F r e e
31}a
32} 15 cents p e r gallon.
83*a
85 25 cents per gallon.
do -03 a
gi
1 08 a 1 13 20 cents per gallon.
78 a
80 25 cents per gallon.
8 a
9 5 cents p e r p o u n d . .
20 79 a 21 96 2 cents p e r p o u n d . .
do
15 60 a 16 46
do
14 46 a 14 93
do
10 01 a 11 25
ll*a
13 3 cents per p o u n d . ,
.-.---do
9}a
11*1 5 cents per p o u n d . .
ig a
21
7 a
9 2 cents per p o u n d . .
4 04 a 4 67 F r e e
1 go a 2 01 10 cents p e r bushel.
do
30 a
40
10}a
12*1 15 per cent, a d v a l .
15*a
17* . - . - -do
11'31 a 11 60 2 1 * per cent, ad v a l .
do
9 41 a 9 70
5 a
6 4 cents p e r p o u n d . .
--do
12 a
14
7 a
7*1 F r e e
1 07*a 1 16 F r e e
1 14 a 1 53 57 cents per gallon *
do *
1 15 a 1 25
6 a
7*1 2* cents p e r p o u n d .
do
7;
6*a
15 a
16 12 cents p e r p o u n d .
10 a
lOti
"
20 a
87 'Free t"-'.* -'-'."- *.-"-* -1
20 a
35 F r e e t
55 a 1 00 F r e e t
4}a
10*1
14*a
17 15 per cent, ad v a l 19*a
20 12* -per cent, ad v a l .
6S*a 1 03 15 cents p e r gallon .
9S*a 2 35 25 cents per gallon 13 00 o 18 SO 3 cents per gallon . .
28}a
3211 4 cts. p e r lb. a n d 30
per cent, ad val.
32|a
36*1
do.
37*a
3g
do .
33*0
36 1
do .
y.
^
§
*^
^
L3
W
M
^
K*
I
25
g
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^
^
S
t^
S
•
00
* S a m e as 1829-'30, which se«.
t F r e e w h e n imported from east of the Cape of Good Hope a n d in United States vessels; otherwise, 10 cents per pound.
The range ofprices at New York f o r thirty nine years—Continned.
YEAR 1839.
oo
YEAR 1840.
Articles.
Highest.
Breadstuffs—Wheatflom*
, .bbl.
Rye
flour
do.,
Corn.meal
do.,
W h e a t , prime
bush.
Rye, northern
do..
Oats, northern
do..
Corn, northern
do..
Candles—Mould
- - lb.
Sperm
do..
Coal—Anthracite
ton,
Liverpool
chaldi'on,
Coffees-Brazil
lb,
•Java.
do..
Copper—Pig
do..
Sheathing . . - . - . do..
Cotton, raiddling, upland
do.,
F i s h — D r y cod
1cwt.
Mackerel, No. 1 bbl,
Flax—Russian
lb.
American
do -.
Fruit—Raisins
box.
Figs, Srayrna
,
lb.
Prunes, Bordeaux
,,
do..
F u r s , beaver, n o r t h e r n . . . . . . . , , , , . . . - d o . .
Glass, American
Gunpowder—Araerican
English
Hides, Buenos A y r e s
Hops
Indigo, Manilla
Iron—Scotch pig
Common English bar
Sheet, English . . . '
Leather, hemlock.."
Liquors—Cognac b r a n d y
Domestic whiskey
Molasses—New Orleans
:
• Muscovado.'Havana
Digitized Nails—Cut
for FRASER
$5
4
3
1
6
8
2
13
1
75 Oct.
00 Oct,
81 Mar,
15 Nov,
75 Nov.
30 Dec.
75 Dec,
15
35 F e b ,
50 Nov,
00 Aug.
9 Dec.
12
16 J u l y
23 F e b .
11' Sept,
62 Dec.
00 Dec,
7
7
15 J a n .
8 Mar,
5 Dec.
4
50 feet.
2 75
25 lbs,
do..
lb.
do..
do..
ton.
do -.
lb.
do.,
gfdl.
do..
do..
do -.
do..
lb.
3 25
3 SO
14
15
90
37 50
82 SO
6
17
1 62
38
36
S3
23
5
$0
5
4
1
1
9
11
•
4
14
.
1
IS
75
37
37
35
60
93
16
41
00
50
IS
14
18
36
16
37
63
10
8
65
15.
15
5
Feb.
Feb.
June
Sept,
Jan.
Jan.
Feb.
Feb.
i\lay
May
Nov.
Apr.
Jan.
June
May
June
JMay
June
Juue
June
3 00
June
.Juno
Jan.
June
Sept.
Dec.
Nov.
Dec.
Dec.
Dec.
Jan.
5 75
6 35
17
18
1 SO
45 00
95 00
7
35
1 75
46
• 36
35
33
7
Feb.
Dec.
Oct.
Apr.
Apr.
Feb.
Feb.'
Sept,
June
June
June
Average prices.
$7
4
4
1
17 o $7
77 o 4
OS a 4
33 o 1
96 o
43
90
06
37
50 cents per cwt ...
Free
Free
35 cents per bushel.
21{ F r e e
:.
43 a
53 10 cents per bushel8S*a
87} F r e e
15
5 cents per p o u n d . .
39 o "46 8 cents per p o u n d . .
7 33 a 8 87 6 cents per b u s h e l . .
10 CO o 10 31
do :
10 a
11} F r e e
13 a
13 F r e e
17 a 18 F r e e
34 a 35 F r e e
13 a
131 3 cents per p o u n d . .
3 62 a 3 80 $1 per quintal
13 3g a 13 63 $1 .30 per barrel
7 a
10 F r e e
7 a
8 Free
1 3 0 a 1 35 F r e e
9}o • 14* F r e e
8*a
1 - Free
41
4 a
5 Dressed, 13* per ct,
ad val,
2 75 a 3 00 $3, $3 SO, and $4 per
100 feet.
3 35 a 5 75 8 cents per p o u n d . .
3 50 a 6 35
do
15* F r e e . - - . .
14I-0
16{
15*0
1 07 a 1 40 13 per cent, ad v a l .
38 33 40 91 $10 per ton
87 71 o 89 17 $30 per ton
1 :3 cents per pound . .
6
31 o
S3* 34 per cent, ad v a l .
1 63 a 1 7 3 63 cents per gallon *
.
•
36 a
37 57 cents per gallon *
34 a 33 5 cents per gallon
31 a 33*
do
28ia
39*
do
5la
6} 5 centfi per p o u n d . .
Lowest.
$4 .63 J u n e
3 35 M a y
3 75 M a y
05 J u l y
51 Aug.
34 Sept.
46 Dec.
11 M a y
36 Aug.
6 00 J u l y
7 00 J u l y
9 July
13 J a n .
17 J a n .
S3 Sept.
8 Mar,
1 75 Aug,
11 00 J u n e
:7
6 ^Feb,
1 35 May
4 May
5 Jan,
3 00 Aug,
3 75
2 75
73
13
18
• 80
Highest.
$6
4
4
1
8
11
3
14
2
5
SO F e b .
00 F e b .
00 F e b .
25 F e b .
70 F e b .
43 F e b .
63 F e b .
15 Oct.
41 Dec.
SO Mar,
00 J a n ,
12 Oct,
14 A pr.
20 •Nov,
26 May
10 Sept.
00 Mar,
50 Dec,
10
8 Oct.
42 Nov.
13 J a n .
16 Dec,
00 J a n .
3 00
Mar.
Jan,
June
June
Aug.
33 50
70 00
6
17 J a n .
1 63 A p r .
31 J u l y
SO J u l y
21' Aug;
18 J u l y
5
5 00
75
17 Dec,
62 •July
1 SO J a n ,
40 00 Mar.
82 SO J a n .
7
22 Dec.
1 85 Dec.
30 F e b .
30 Sept,
29 Oct.
25 J a n .
6
Average prices.
$5
3
3
1
6
7
2
12
1
3
2
3
33
74
1
50 cents per c w t
Free
Free
25 cents per b u s h e l .
Free
10 cents per bushel.
Free
131 5 cents per pound.. 40* 8 cents per pound . 7 87 16 cents per bushel.do
8 58 !
10}; F r e e
13*! F r e e
18} F r e e
25 F r e e
0 3 cents per p o u n d . .
2 58 $1 per quintal
12 8g $1 50 per barrel
10 F r e e
,8 Free
'.
1 53 F r e e
'.
11 F r e e
Free
11*
4 00 Dressed, 13* per ct.
ad val.
75 o 3 00 $3, $3 50, and $4 p e r
100 feet.
00 a 5 00 8 cents per p o u n d - 73 a 75
do
14*a
15 F r e e
36 o
30
03 o 1 22 15 per cent, ad val 66 a 36 71- $10 per ton .17 o 11 08 $30 per ton
6 o
7 3 cents per pound - .
19* S3 per cent, ad val 18 o
77 63 cents per gallon *
63 o
251 57 cents per gallon *
24*a
37} 5 cents per g a l l o n . .
24*0
36*
do
24*a
do
20}a
5 a
.i cents per p o u n d . .
24 o
07 a
18 a
02 a
59 a
29 a
56 a
12 a
3S-}o
42 a
94 a
2ia
I2*a
17}o
24 a
8ia
44 a
75 a
7 a
6ia
51 a
6 a
7 a
00 a
$5 35
3 24
3'27
1 00
60*
30
Q
O
>^
hj
h-i
O
02
Nails—Wrought
N a v a l stores—Spirits turpentine
Rosin, common
OOs—Whale
•Sperm, fall
Sperm, winter
'Linseed
-•
Olive
Paints, red lead
Provisions—Pork, mess
Pork, prime
Beef, mess
Beef, prime
Smoked hams
Lard
Butter
Cheese
Rice, o r d i n a r y . ;
Salt—Liverpool
T u r k ' s island.Seeds—Clover
Timothy
Soap—New Y o r k
Castile
•
Spices—Pepper
Nutmegs
Spirits—Jamaica r u m
Gin, Holland
Sheetings—Russia white
Russia b r o w n
Sugars—New Orleans
Cuba
Loaf Tallow—American
'
Foreign
Teas—Young -Hyson
Souchong
Imperial
.- - - - r
Tobacco—Kentucky
.:..'.
Manxifactured, No. 1
Whalebone, slab
Wine—Port-Madeira
Clai-et
Wool—Common
3-4 blood
Merino
Pulled, No, 1
do.. 1
11 Jan.
gall.
29 Dec,
bbl.
1 62 Dec,
gall.
27 Dec,
do.,
05 Jan.
1 OS Mar.
do.
do.
57 Dec,
do.
85 Dec,
lb
7 July
14 SO Dec,
bbl
11 00 Dec.
do.
12 50 Dec.
do.
do.
8 50 Dec.
lb
10 Sept,
do..
8 Dec,
do.,
12 Nov,
do.
8 •Nov,
cwt
3 00 Dec,
1 44 Dec,
sack,
bush.
35 Dec,
lb.
2118 00
tierce.
lb,
5 Jan,
do.,
12 Jan.
do..
8 Dec.
do..
02 Nov,
gall.
1 25
do..
1 10 June
piece. . 11 00
do..
8 75 Jan,
lb.
6 Oct,
do..
" 6 . Oct,
do..
15
-. .do..
- 0 Dec,
do..
10 Dec.
do..
37 Dec,
do..
20
do..
53
do..
• 8 Jau,
do..
15 Feb.
do..
18 Jan,
gall.
60
- .do..
1 00
cask.
13
lb.
37
.".....
do - .
do..
do--
40 Jan.
45 Feb.
40
16 Apr, 1
37 Jan,
12 a
33 a
1 80 o
2 00 Apr.
32 a
38 May
1 OGio
1 15 Nov.
1 15*0
1 25 Oct.
74*a
00 Ap*,
1 03 o
1 25 Apr.
7*o
0 Feb.
10 00 o
23 SO Jan.
15 01 a
10 00 Jan.
14 58 o
16 00 Jan.
10 70 a
12 00 Jan,
ll*a
14 Jan.
11 a
15 Jan.
. llta
25 Jai,
8*a
12 July
5 00 Mar, • 4 15 o
1 60*0
2 12 Apr.
37 o
42 May
21 o
22
18 00
18 00
6
6
12*a
14 Mar,
8}
10 Apr.
00*0
1 18 Jan,
1 25 a
1 60
1 13 o
1 SO Feb,
11 00 a
11 50
8 01 o
0 SO Dec,
6 a
8 Ma*,
6 a
0 Jan,
15 o
16
ll*a
13 Jan,
11 a
13 June
381-0
00 Oct,
35
1 00
16
33 Oct,
SO Aug.
3 00.
3 00
35
40
50 July
55 Oct
45
15
34
5 cents per p o u n d . .
Free
1 86*1 F r e e
33*! 15 cents p e r gallon
1 OSf I25 cents per gallon
do
do
20 cents per gallon
8*1 5 cents per p o u n d .
10 71 3 cents p e r p o u n d .
15 01
do
15 04
do - - . :
11 12
do
12fl 3 cents p e r p o u n d .
121
do
20* 5 cents per p o u n d . .
10 0 cents per p o u n d .
4 58 F r e e
:
1 70 10 cents per bushel
37|-|
do
" 22 15 per cent, a d v a l
do
,
4 cents per p o u n d .
do
13*1
Free'
i"66* F r e e
1 60 57 cents p e r gallon t
1 17 - - - - - d o t
11 SO SI per cent, a d v a l
do
'.;.
0 41
7}| 3* cents per pound
do
: - -.
7}j
16 13 cents per pound
12
llfj 1 cent per p o u n d - . .
88 F r e e t
35 F r e e t - . . 20 a
55 o 1 00 F r e e t
16 F r e e
10 a
22 F r e e
1
19 a
19*1 13* per cent, ad val 19 a
60 a 2 00 15 cents per gallon1 00 a 3 00 35 cents per gallon25 3 cents per g a l l o n . .
15 a
37 a • 40 4 cents per lb. and
38 per ct. ad val,
42*a . 47*1
do
47*a
55 - . . . . d o
40 a
45 - - . - . d o
1 17
76*1
1
12
24
1 25
29
98
1 10
56
85
7
13 00
10 50
0 75
6 00
Oct.
Oct.
Apr.
July
Aug.
Jan,
Jan,
Dec,
Jau.
Dec,
Nov,
Jan.
July
Sept
Jan.
Nov,
Mar,
Dec.
Feb.
Apr.
June
.Jan.
•
7
80 Apr.
1 25 J a n .
1 10 J a n ,
10 SO J u l y
8 50 J u n e
4 Mar.
4 May
11 J u n e
8 May
7 Aug.
35 Apr.
20 J a n .
50 Apr.
3 June
11 J u n e
10 J a n .
55 J u l y
80 Aug,
12 00 Nov.
20 J u l y
7
12
5
2 75
1 40
32
0
13 50
4
11
25
30
27
July
July
Aug.
15
^ 35
1 62
33
1 10
1 22
85
1 35
8
16 00
14 00
14 75
10 50
4
1
16
1
1
11
10
1
12
21
0
00
75
36
15
00
7
13
8
05
75
15
SO
00
8
7
15
10
11
00
88
1 OS
15
18
23
2 00
3 00
25 00
35
•37
45
30
Nov,
Jan,
May
Dec,
Dec,
Sept.
Dec,
Oct,
Oct,
Sept.
Sept.
Oct.
Dec.
Feb.
Sept.
Aug.
May
Apr.
May
May
Jan,
Dec,
Feb.
Aug.
Jan.
Jan.
Nov.
Nov.
Jan.
Oct.
Jan.
Dec.
Dec.
Dec.
Jan,
Jan,
May
Jan,
Jan,
Jan,
Jan.
Dec.
Dec.
Jan.
12 a
26}a
1 42 a
20}a
1 01}a
1 12*a
67*a
1 06 o
7 a
14 53 o
12 20 o
12 85 o
8 73 o
15
15 08
12 87
13 10
g 00
0*a
16*a
10*
18*
7f|
25 a 3 51
40 a 1 56
34*0
35
12 a
12*1
50 o 15 37
4ia
6}
ll*a
13
7 o
7*,
83*0
89
42 o 1 70
12 a 1 15
71 o 11 31
60 o 0 31
5 a
6*1
S*a
6*
ll*o
13t
6-}a
- 3
1
14
1
1
10
8
7*a
46*a
37 a
55 a
5 a
ll}a
19*.
57 o
90 o
14 SO o
36 a
30*0
37*0
S7*a
5 cents per pound..
28*1 Free
1 59
301 04
1 13*1
72*1
1 12
Free
15 cents per gallon.
25 cents per gallon.
do
do
20 cents per gallon.
5 cents per pound - 2 cents per p o u n d - .
do
do
.
do
3 cents p e r p o u n d - .
.,
do
:--.
5 cents per p o u n d . .
0 cents per pound-Free
-.-.
10 cents per bushel.
.:--.-do
15 per cent, ad v a l .
do
4 cents per p o u n d . .
-do
Free
Freo
57 cents per gallon t
dot20* per cent, ad v a l .
do
-•
2* cents per pounddo
12 cents per p o u n d .
O
K:
K!
feJ.
1 cent p e r pound . . .
Free t
:
Free t
Free t
Free
Free . 12* per cent, ad v a l .
i"7S 15 cents per gallon.
2 SO 25 cents per gallon.
33 S3 3 cents per gallon.30 4 cents^per lb. a n d
26 per ct, ad val.
• 34
do
41 . - - . - d o
do
20
8*
89
54
99
12
15
CO
* S a m e as 1829-30, which see'.
t W h e n imported from east of the Cape of Good Hope a n d in American vessels, free; otherwise, 10 cents p e r pound.
oo
The range of prices in New York f o r thirty-nine years—Continued.
OD
YEAR 1841.
Y E A R 1842.
Articles.
Lowest.
Breadstuffs—Wheat
flour
bbl
Rye
flour
do.
Corn ineal
do.
W h e a t , prime
bush
Rye.-----do.
Oats, northern
do.
Corn, n o r t h e r n
do.,
Candles—Mould - . . ; - .
lb
Sperm.-;--^.
do.
Coal—-Anthracite .;,:.-.•.•.
ton
Liverpool...:.-.-.....chaldron
Coffee—Brazil
.-.-...
lb
Java
- do.
Copper—Pig
do.
Sheathing
do.
Cotton, middling
do.,
Fish—Dry cod
cwt
Mackerel
bbl
Flax—Russianlb,
American..;
do.,
Fruit—Raisins
box,
Figs, S m y r n a
lb.
F u r s , beaver, northern do..
Glass, American.
$4 68
2 68
2 62
90
55
37
47
11
35
6 50
7 50
0
11
17
24
9
2 12
12 00
Mar,
Apr,
Apr.
Apr,
Apr,
Mar,
Mar,
July
Aug,
June
Jan,
June
Nov,
Jan,
Jan.
Dec.
Dec,
Sept,
7
7
1 20 Dec,
3 July
Dec,
50 feet.
2 75
...
...
2 75
Digitized
$7
4
3
1
50
25
87
SO
82
50
81
15
41
9 00
11 50
11
13
19
26
11
2 87
14 75
Sept,
Dec,
Sept,
July
Dec,
Nov,
Sept,
Jan.
Feb,
Feb,
Nov,
Feb,
Feb,
June
June
Feb,
Oct,
Jan.
2 20
2
13
Mar;
1
10 Mar,
4 00
Mar-
2
$5
3
3
1
8
8
2
13
1
3
61
30
15
22
64*
441
63114
38}
20
85
10*
12
18*
25*
10
64
61
10
8
85}
0*
87
3 00
2 75 a
3 00
2 75 a
73 a
14 a
13 a
. 22}a
86 o
33 87 a
67 33 a
6 a
4 a
20*0
I 42 a
20}a
24*0
22*a
18 a
5 00
75
14}
13}
26
1 12
.35 83
60 37
7
4*
21*
1 81
22
26}
24}
21*
75
16 Oct,
16 .Jan.
40 Feb.
Feb,
Mar,
July
Oct,
32 00 July
60 00 Dec.
1 15 Feb,
37 50 Feb,
75 00 Mar.
6
4 ijec.
10 Mar,
7
5 Jan.
22 Jan.
19
20
20
16
6
8
56 a
34 a
05 a
IS a
63*a
43*0
61*a
11 a
37 a
83 a
50 a
0*a
ll*a
17*a
24*a
0}o
53 a
40 a
7 a
7 a
84*a
4U
87 a
Highest.
5 00
73
12
11
12
75
1 30
$5
3
3
1
10
8
2 50
Gunpowder—American
25 lbs.
English
lb.
Hides—Buenos Ayres
do..
Mexican
do..
Hops
do..
Indigo, Manilla
........do..
Iron—Scotch pig
ton.
Common English b a r
do..
Sheet, English
,..>
lb.
Lead, pig
do..
Leather, hemlock
do..
Liquoi*s—Cognac b r a n d y
gall.
Domestic w h i s k e y .
do..
Molasses—New Orleans
do..
Muscovado
do..
for FRASER
Havana
do..
Average.
Highest.
Oct,
May
Dec,
Nov.
Dec.
1 87 Jan.
25 Sept,
28 Oct,
26 Mar,
25,' Sept.
50 cents per c w t . .
Free
Free
25 cents per bushel
Free
10 cents p e r bushel
Free
5 cents per pound .
8 cents per pound .
6 cents per bushel.
do
Free ....".
Free
Free
Free
3 cents per p o u n d . ,
$1 per quintal
$1 50 per barrel
Free
Free
Free
Free
Dressed, 12* per ct.
ad val,
$3, $3 SO, and $4 per
- 100 feet,
8 cents per p o u n d . .
Free
.,
Free
15 per cent, ad val.
$10 per ton
$30 per ton
3 cents per pound..
.....do
22 per cent, ad val.
63 cents per gallon .
57 cents per gallon .
5 cents per gallon -.
do
do
3 00
2 56
83
61
25
54
0
22
5 00
6 00
6
10
16
22
7
1 87
8 00
7
7
1 00
3
2 50
Nov,
Nov.
Dec,
Nov.
Apr.
Oct,
Nov.
Dec,
Dec,
Aug,
Sept,
Dec,
Oct,
Sept,
Dec,
Dec,
Dec,
Dec.
Jan.
Jan,
Apr.
Apr,
2 75
2 75
75
•11
10
10
45
23 50
50 00
13
3
16
1 30
16
16
15
14
$6
4
3
1
37
12
25
30
75
53
68
14
37
9 00
9 50
10
12
18
24
0
2 75
12 25
11
8'
2 00
12
3 50
Apr,
Mar,
Feb.
Mar,
Ja?a,
Mar,
Jan,
Jan.
Jan.
Jan.
Jan.
Jan.
Jan,
Jan.
Feb,
Mar,
Aug,
July
Dec,
Dec;
Sept,
Feb.
3 00
May
May
Nov.
Jhly
Aug.
Aug,
Sept,
Dec.
May
Apr.
July
July
Nov.
5 00
75
14
12
16
1 05
35 00
62 50
14
4
20
2 50
21
24
21
10
Nov,
Nov.
Jan,
Apr.
Feb,
Feb.
Jan,
Jan,
Dec,
Jan.
Dec,
Mar.
Jan.
Average.
50 cents per cwt ...
20 per cent, ad val.
do
25 cents per bushel.
20 per cent, ad v a l .
10 cents per bushel20 per cent, ad v a l .
5 cents per p o u n d . .
8 cents per p o u n d - .
6 cents per b u s h e l . .
do
Free
Free
Free
Free ..-...•.•....:...
3 cents p e r p ' b u n d . .
2 20 a 2 34 $1 iier quintal
10 46 a 10 64 $1 50 per b a r r e l . . . i*
7*a
10* F r e e
7*a
8 Free
1 31 a 1 38 20 per cent, ad v a l .
do.-..:
4 a
10*
2 50 a 3 50 Dressed, 20 per cent.
ad val.
2 75 a 3 00 $3, $3 SO, and $4 p e r
100 feet.
2 75 a 5 op
8 cents per p o u n d . .
75
12 a " i s F r e e
10}a
11} F r e e
13 a
14 20 per cent, ad v a l .
15 per cent, ad v a l .
56 a
97
27 05 o 29 37 10'per ton
56 04 o 58 12 $30 per ton . . . . . . . .
13 a
14 3 cents per p o u n d . 3 a
do
3*
16*a
17} 21 per cent, ad v a l .
1 37 a 1 84 63 cents per g a l l o n .
18 a
do
19
10}a
21} 5 cents per g a l l o n . .
17*0
do
.^....
19
15*a
do
16*
$5
3
2
1
54
46.
64
13
a
a
a
a
$5
3
2
1
60
50
80
15
66
65 a
35 a
38
60
50 a
0*a
11*
27 a
20
5 70 a 7 00
6 48 a 7 30
7*a
0*
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11*
16*a
17*
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23*
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-N a v a l stores—Spirits t u r p e n t i n e . . . - . - g a l l - .:--bbl-.
Rosin, white
....gall.,
Oils—Whale, southern.
do
W h a l e , refined
....do-..
Sperm, crude
..-.do--..
Sperm, w i n t e r
....do--Linseed
....do...
Olive
•
Ib-P a i n t s r e d lead
.
....bbl-Provisions—Pork, mess
Pork, p r i m e ....dO--Beef, mess . .
....do...
Beef, prime - . .
..-.do...
Smoked hams lb..
Lard
....do...
Butter, State
...-do...
Cheese
....dO--cwt
...sack.Salt—Liverpool
...bush-T u r k ' s Island
lb-.
Seeds—Clover
-.—...tierce.,
Timothy
-.piece-.
Sheetings—Russia white
do...
Russia b r o w n
Ib
do.Castile
....do...
Spices—Pepper
....do...
Nutmegs
....gall..
Spirits— J a m a i c a r u m
....do...
Gin, H o l l a n d . . . . . .
lb-.
Sugars—New Orleans
....do...
Cuba
....lo...
Refined w h i t e
1
...-do.-Tallow—American
do
Foreign . . ...-do..T e a s — Y o u n g Hyson...-dO.-Souchong
...-do...
Imperial
..--dO-..Tobacco—Kentucky
Manufactured, No. 1 . - . . - - d o . . .
...-do...
Whalebone—Polar
....galL.
Wme—Port
do.-MadeiraClaret
...cask.TtTool—Common . .
...........
lb .
3-4 blood
P u l l e d No 1
....do...
....do...
....do...
5 1
12
-27 Aug,
1 12 J u n e
29 Apr,
85 J u l y
1 00 J u l y
72 J a n .
1 20 J u n e
6 Dec,
8 75 Nov.
6 50 Nov,
7 00 Nov.
4 00 Nov.
4 Aug;
6 Aug,
8 Apr,
3 Apr.
2 87 A p r .
1 40 F e b ,
' 26 Oct,
7 June
14 00 Nov.
10 50
8 50
4
12 J a n .
7
67 J u n e
1 50
1 12
4 Bee.
5 May
11
7 June
June
Sept,
34
35
50
4
12
10
55
60
12 00
20
Dec.
30
38
27
Dec.
Dec.
Jan.
Aug,
Aug,
Feb,
Nov,
6
15
38
1 56
39
1
1
1
1
13
11
10
6
4
1
25
11
9
1
1
07
20
10
50
8
50
50
25
50
10
9
15
7
12
98
33.
13
00
00
00
7
14
8
92
75
15
7
8
13
8
Dec,
July
Dec,
Jan.
Jan.
Oct.
Dec,
Jan,
Jan.
Jan.
Jan.
Jan.
Jan.
Jan.
Oct.
Dec.
Nov.
Dec.
Mar.
Dec.
Apr.
'July
Feb.
Dec,
JanOct.
"Feb."
1 10 F e b .
88 F e b .
1 10
14 J a n .
15
24 ' O c t . '
1 SO
3 00 Apr.
18 00
30 "Apr."
42
50
36
Feb,
Feb.
Sept,
5 a
6 5 cents p e r p o u n d . . 1
do
12 a • 15
1
31*
30ia
'.
1 2 1 a 1 40 F r e e
32} 15 cents per gallon .
32 a
04*a
1 06 a 1
84*a
1 20*a 1
7 a
10 70 o 11
8 82 a 0
8 73 a 9
5 33 a 5
6}a
• 6*a
10*a
5*a
3 35 a 3
1 55 o 1
20*a .
8 a •
20 25 a 21
10 50 a 11
8 50 a 9
4 a
13*a
7 a
78 a
150 a 1
112 a 1
5 a
5*a
11 a
. 7*a
30
87
32
42
60
05 25 cents per gallon .
do
00* .'.
1
70
do .
88*
78
34 20 cents per gallon .
75
8 5 cents per p o u n d . .
6
46 2 cents p e r p o u n d . .
6 75
do
42
5 00
do - .
29
6 25
do
92
2 50
St 3 cents p e r p o u n d . .
4
8*
do .
.. 5
13f 5 cents p e r p o u n d . .
9
6* 9 cents p e r p o u n d - .
5
57 F r e e
' 2 00
63 10 cents p e r bushel .
1 37
. do
30*
21
81 15 per cent, a d v a l .
6
. do
25
10 00
00 20 per cent, a d v a l .
10 50
00 . . . do
7 00
7
4
14 4 cents p e r p o u n d . .
10
7* F r e e
6
80* F r e e
72
71 57 cents per gallon •.
3 37
. do .
-.
15
1 00
7 2* cents p e r p o u n d ,
3
do . . .
6*
3
13 12 cents p e r pound10
7}
. 6
56*a
93*
46*a
71*
5S*a
92*
5*a
11
12 a
15
20*0
20*
62 a 1 .30
76 a 2 58
12 00 a 18 00
24*a
20*
35 a
42ia
32 a
3 Feb.
10 Dec.
Free
Free
Free
Free
Free
12* per cent, ad v a l .
15 cents per gallon .
25 cents per.gallon .
3 cents per gal on . .
4, cts, p e r l b , and.24
per cent, a d val.
do
38*
46
do
34 : : : . . . d o - . . - : . . . . . -
May
Sept,
Aug.
Dec,
Dec.
May
Nov.
Dec.
July
July
Dec,
Sept,
June
June
Dec.
Dec.
Oct.
Apr.
May
Dec.
Dec,
rJec.
1
1
1
10
7
8
6
3
2
18
11
8
'NOV.
Mar.
Aug.
May
May
May
Mar.
Oct.
1
1
5
15
43
56
40
45
91
10
03
40
7
25
75
25
25
0
8
15
0
31
25
23
12
00
00
75
7
14
8
92
60
25
7
6
10
8
Jan.
Jan.
Dec,
Jan,
Jan.
Jan.
Jan.
Mar.
Jan,
Jan.
Jan,
Apr,
Oct.
Jan,
Jan.
Jan,
June
May
May
Jan,
Dec.
Jan,
May
July
1
7
5
6
3
2
1
14
10
8
"Jiar,"
Sept.
Mar,
Sept.
Dec.
Jan,
Nov.
Apr,
1
1
4};
4*a
10*a
.12*!
36*!
33|-a
06 a 1 29
34*a
341
42 a
45
71}a
72*
84 a
86*
86 a
92
90|a
93*
6*
6 a
58 a 9 25
33 a 7 18
89 a 7 89
81 a 4 38
5*a
7*
5*a
7
10*a
13
7 a 71-6
46 a 3 14
62 a 1 72
24}o
25*
7}a
8*
10 a ' 15 29
SO a 11 00
25 a 8 41
4 a
7
10*0
13
7 a
7*
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82}
44 a 1 54
06*0 1 12
3}a
5
3}a
5*
10
"•'7*
6*
36
25
34
2
10
21
40
50
8 00
18
Apr.
Dec,
Dec,
June
June
Feb.
Sept.
July
Aug.
95
75
90
9
15
33
1 50
2 00,
18 00
22
July
Sept,
Sept,
Jan,
Mar.
Oct.
Mar,
Jan,
Jan.
Jan.
40 a
3*3}a
4S}a
3 a
10*a
S5}a
48*a
60 a
9 67 a
18 a
24
30
24
Oct,
Aug,
Dec.
32
36
34
Jan.
Jan,
Apr,
26*a
31 a
28 a
5 cents p e r p o u n d . .
do-...
20 ner cent, a d v a l .
do15 cents p e r gallon do
25 cents per gallon .
do
do
20 cents per gallon ,
5 cents p e r p o u n d . .
2 cents p e r p o u n d . .
do
do
.do
3 cents per p o u n d . .
do
5 cents p e r p o u n d ; . .
0 cents per p o u n d . .
20 per cent, ad v a l .
10 cents per b u s h e l .
do
20 per cent, a d v a l .
do
do
do
4 cents p e r p o u n d . .
20 per cent, a d v a l .
do
57 cents p e r gallon .
do
2* cents p e r p o u n d .
do
12 cents p e r p o u n d .
1 cent p e r p o u n d —
Free
Free
Free
20 per cent, a d v a l .
do
do
15 cents p e r gallon .
25 cents p e r gallon .
3 cents per gallon . .
4 cts, per lb,, and 22
per cent, a d val.
do
28*
do
33
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1 77
15 75
201
00
The range of prices at New York f o r thirty-nine years—Continued.
OO
00
o
YEAR 1843.*
YEAR 1844.
Articles.
Duties.
Breadstuffs—Wheat
flour...-.
bbl.
Rye
flour
do..
Corn meal
do..
Wheat, prime
bush.
Rye
do.b a t s , northern
do. -.
Corn, noi-thern
do. -.
Candles—Mould.'.'.'
lb..
Sperm
do:..
Coal—Anthracite
ton..
Liverpool
chaldron- Coffee—Brazil
lbJ a v a -'
do - . .
Copper—Pig
do.. Sheathing
do. - Cotton, .middling, upland
do...
Fish—Dry cod
cwt..
Mackerel
bbl -.
Flax—Russia
lb.
American
do...
Fruit—Raisins
box.
Figs, S m y r n a
lb..
Fm's, beaver, northern
do.
Glass, American
Gunpowder—American
English
Hides—Buenos Ayres
Mexican
Hops, first sort
Indigo, Manilla
Iron—Scotch pig
Comraon Euglish bar
Sheet, Russia
'.
Leather, hemlock Liquors—Cognac brandy
Domestic whiskey
Molasses—New Orleans
Muscovado
Havana
^ Nails—Cut- - . .
Wrought
50 feet..
25 l b s . .
Ib-: . do -..,
do.,.. |
do...
doton.. |
do.
Ib..
do.
gall..
do..
do..
do - gall.
lb.
do
70 cents per c w t . .
...^-..do
20^cents per cwt . .
25 cents per bushel
15 cents per bushel
10 cents per bushel
do
4 cents per p o u n d .
8 cents p e r . p o u n d . ,
$175 per ton
-.
do
Free
Free
Free
Free.....
3 cents per p o u n d . .
$1 per 112 pounds
$1 50 per b a r r e l - .
$20 per ton
I 2 a n d 3 cents per ib2 cents per pound . .
5 per cent, ad val,;
di-essed, 35 per ct.
2 a 6 c t s , persq, foot
I 8 cents per" p o u n d . .
Free
Free ....."
5 cents per j)ound..
$9 per ton
$35 per ton . . . !
, 3* cents per pound.
I 6 a 8 cents p e r l b . . .
[ $1 per gallon
60 o 90 cts. per g,ki.
I 4* mills per pound .
-. - do
. . . do
I 3 cents per p o u n d . 4 cents per pound.-.
Lowest.
$4 35
2 75
2 37
82
61
27
43
9
29
4 25
6 75
6
9
17
21
5
. 2 25
9 75
2 00
^
6
2 50
2 75
2 75
73
11
10
7
45
30
57 SO
11
14
2 18
21
27
22
21
4
10
Sept.
Aug,
Oct,
Oct.
July
Sept.
Jan,
Jan,
June
June
June
Sept.
Oct,
Oct,
July
Jan,
Sept,
SeptJan.
Jan.
Jan.
May
Apr,
Jan,
Oct.,
Oct,
May
Oct.
Jan,
Jan.
Highest.'
$5
3
2
1
00
75
75
12
78
37
. 54
12
33
6 00
10 75
7
11
18
22
0.
3 00
12 25
11
0
2 62
16
3 50
3 00
5 00
75
13
- 12
15
1 02
35
5 00
14
17
2 81
20
31
30
27
12 I
Mar,
Nov.
Dec,
Slay
Nov,
Feb.
Dec.
Dec.
Feb.
Dec.
Dec,
"iiay"
•Feb,"
May
Dec,
Dec.
Mar,
June
June
Dec,
Mar.
July
July
July
Mar.
June
Nov.
Apr.
June
Nov.
Average prices.
$4 66 a
3 16 a
2 51 o
95 o
67 a
31 a
42\a
9 a
29 a
4 62 a
8 19 a
6 a
$4
3
2
1
5
9
17 a
31 a
6-ia
2 63 a 2
10 71 o 10
8 a
Duties.
68
""
69
00
68
33},
70 cents per c w t . . .
do
20 cents per cwt . . .
35 cents per bush el .
15 cents per bushel.
10 cents per bushel 50*1
do .13 4 cents per p o u n d . .
31} 8 cents per p o u n d - .
50 $1 75 per ton
04
do .-'
Free
.'
10*1 F r e e
18 F r e e
Free--6} 3 cents per p o u n d - .
71 $1 per 113 p o u n d s - 86 $1 SO per barrel
11 $30 per ton
2 23 a 2 28 , 2 a 3 cts. p e r p o u n d .
7ta
101 2 cents per p o u n d - 2 50 a 3 50 5 per cent, ad v a l ;
^dressed, 35 per ct.
2 75 a 3 00 2 a 6 cts, per sq. foot.
2 75 a 5 00
73 a
7 5 . 8 cents per p o u n d . . .
lllo
121 F r e e
10*0
11* F r e e
8 o
20 per cent, ad val .
56 o
5 cents per -pound-.
32 04 o 33 08 $9 per ton
60 37 a 62 29 , $25 per ton
11*0
13* 2* cents per p o u n d .
15*a
16 6 a 8 cts. per p o u n d .
2 27 o 2 66 $1 per gallon
23*a
24* 60 a 90 cts. per g a l .
29 o
30*! 4* mills per pound 26 a
28
do
24 a
25
do - - -4 a
5 3 cents per p o u n d . .
10 a
12 4 cents p w p o u n d . .
o
Naval stores—Spirits turpentine
gall..
Rosin, common
bbl.OilB—Whale
gall..
W h a l e , manufactured
do...
Sperm, crude
do...
Sperm, manufactm*edv
, — do...
Linseed
-^-. d o . . .
Ohve
do -..
Paints, red lead
lb..
Provisions—Pork, mess
bbl.
Pork, prime
do. Beef, mess
do..
Beef, prime
do..
Pickled hams
lb.
Pickled shoulders
do..
Lard
do..
Butter
1
do -.
Cheese
-. . . . d o - .
Rice, ordinary
cwt.
Salt—Liverpool
sack.
Seeds—Clover . . :
lbTimothy
tierce Sheetings—Russia white
pieceRussiabrown
do.Soap—New York
lb Castile
do. .
Spices—Pepper—
.do. Nutmegs
do. Spirits—Jamaica rum
gall.
Gin, Holland
".
do -.
Sugars—New Orleans
IbCubaf
-...do..
Refined white
do..
Tallow—Foreign
do..
American
:
do..
Teas—Young Hyson
do -.
Souchong
do..
Imperial
do..
Tobacco—Kentucky
do..
Manufactured, No. 1
do..
Whalebone, polai*.
do..
Wine—Port
gall.
Madeira
do..
Claret, Bordeaux
ca.sk!
Wool—Common
lb.
3-4 blood
Merino
PuUed, No. 1
do dodo.
10 cents per gallon-|
20 per cent, ad val 15 cents per gallon.
do
--.
25 cents per gaHon.
do
do
20 cents per gallon.
4 cents per p o u n d . 2 cents per pound . .
dodo
do
3 cents per p o u n d . . .
do
do
I
' 5 cents-per p o u n d . .|
0 cents per p o u n d . . i
20 per cent, ad v a l .
8 cents per b u s h e l . .
20 per cent, ad val .
do
25 per cent, ad v a l .
do
.-4 cents per p o u n d . .
30 per cent, ad v a l .
5 cents per p o u n d - .
.30 cents per p o u n d .
70o0Oct.s. per gall.
do
2* cents per p o u n d .
do
6 cents per p o u n d . .
1 cent per pound- .-.
Free .
Free .
Free .
10 cents per p o u n d .
1,2* per cent, ad v a l .
15 c«nts per gallon.
60 cents per gallon.
6 cents per g a l l o n . .
3 cents per lb. aud
30 per ct, ad val.
do
,
do
do
30
55
33
48
78
85
68
87
July
Julv
Dec,
May
Jan,
Jan,
Nov,
Jan,
39
85
40
55
08
1 00
87
98
June
6 37 J u n e
5 00 • J u n e
3 00 J u n e
3 June
2 June
5 June
8 June
3 June
2 25 J a n ,
1 25 Nov.
7 Nov.
10 00 Nov.
10-00
7 50 .Jan..
3 Sept,
8 Nov,
0 Jan,
78 J a n ,
1 00 J a n ,
1 20
5 Dec,
5 Dec,
11 Dec.
7
6 Jau,
30 Mar,
17 Oct.
30 J a n .
2
10
28 J u n e
45 Nov.
60 Dec,
13 Mar.
25 J a n ,
"i6'25'
Jan,
Jan.
Jan.
40
43
36
Oct.
Apr,
Jan:
Sept,
Sept.
Sept,
Mar,
July
"s'so'
32
36
28
34 o
50 a
36*a
40*a
00 o
94*0
75 a
90}a
Jan,
8 25 J a n .
6 75 Dec.
4 50 J a n .
6 Jan.
3 Jan.
7 Jan,
14 Oct,
7 Apr,
3 63 Sept,
1 S3 Apr.
11 F e b .
16 00 Apr.
10 50
8 35 Dec,
. 7 Jan,
11 J a n ,
11 J u n e
1 13 May
1 75 May
1 35
7
7 Jan,
is J a n ,
8
7 Dec.
90 Aug,
60 Oct,
1 00 Oct.
6
15
60 J a n ,
2 00 J u n e
2 SO J u n e
25 Nov.
37 Aug.
•"9"2i'a"
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7 a
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61 a
87 a
1.6 a
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Aug,
Aug,
35 a
30 a
31 a
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79 i
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52 ,
90*
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77
94*1
do
gallon.
ad val gallongallon.
r.,-..
do
-.-.
20 cents per gallon:
4 cents per p o u n d . 9'35 2 cents per p o u n d - .
do
7 39
do
5 95
do
-.
3 g2
. 4* 3 cents per p o u n d . .
do
2}
do
6*
11* 5 cents per p o u n d - .
5* _g cents per p o u n d - .
3 25 20 per cent, ad val 1 45 8 cents per b u s h e l - .
8*; •20 per cent, ad v a l .
do
13 7g
10 50 25 per cent, ad val do
7 04
7 4 cents per p o u n d . .
0*1 30 per cent, ad v a l .
10* 5 cents per p o u n d . .
1 01} 30 cents per p o u n d .
1 67 70 a 90 cts, per gal.
do
1 25
7 2* cents per p o u n d .
do
6*
6 cents per p o u n d - .
1 cent per p o u n d . . .
7
85 F r e e .
54 F r e e .
02 F r e e .
6
15 10 cents per pound.
42 12* per cent, ad v a l .
1 56 15 cents per gallon.
2 37 60 cents per gallon.
22 6 cents per gallon..
31 3 cts. per lb, and 30
per cent, ad val.
--.
37 . - . . - . d o
do
41
do
33
* T h e tariff" of 1842 had gone into operation on the 1st of August, 1842, w h e r e b y specific duties were generally substituted for ad valorem.
10 cents per
20 per cent,
15 cents, per
do
25 cents per
O
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Articles. .
Lowest.
Breadstuffs—Wheat flour, Genesee
bbl.
Rye
flour..
do..
C o m meal
do..
Wheat, western
bush.
Rye, northern
do..
Oats, n o r t h e m
do..
Corn, northern
do. Candles—Mould
,.
lb Spierm
do..
Coal—Anthracite
ton.
Liverpool
-.
chaldron.
Coffee—Brazil
lb Java
do..
Copper—Pig
do..
Sheathing.,
do. .
Cotton, middling
do. Fish—Dry cod
cwt.
Mackerel
bbl.
Fi-uit—Raisins
box.
Figs, S m y r n a
lb.
Prunes, Bordeaux
do..
Flax—Russian
:..:
do..
American
do..
Fiirs, beaver, northern
do..
Glass, English ci*own:
box.
Gunpowder—American.
English....
Hides—Buenos A y r e s .
Mexican
Hops, first sort
Indigo,' Manilla
Iron—Scotch pig
Comraon b a r
Sheet, Russian
Lead, pig
Leather, h e m l o c k .
Liquors—Cognac b r a n d y
Domestic w h i s k e y .
Molasses—New Orleans.
Muscovado
for FRASER
Matanzas
Digitized
: . . . 25 lbs lb.
do..
do..
do..
do..
ton.
do..
lb.
do..
..do. .
gall.
do..
do..
— -do..
do..
$4 31
2 87
2 31
85
63
29
45
9
27
-4 50
8 00
5
7
16
20
4
2 37
11 50
2 20
5
8
8
6
2 00
3 50
2 50
65
11
12
50
30 00
62 SO
11
3
14
1 90
20
22
25
20
Aug,
Aug,
Aug,
Oct,
July
May
June
Dec,
Dec,
Aug,
Dec.
July
July
Nov.
Jan,
Mar,
July
Apr,
Dec,
June
June
Jan,
June
Apr,
Jan.
June
May
Feb.
Feb.
Feb,
Aug.
Jan.
July
July
Feb,
Mar,
Feb.
Highest.
Average.
70 cents per cwt ..
$7 00 Dec. $4 91 a
do
3 22 a 3 43
4 50 Dec.
4 25 Dec,
2 60 a 2 81 20 cents per cwt ..
1 00 a 1 08 25 cents per bushel
1 40 Dec,
68 a
83 Dec,
60 15 cents per bushel
51 Dec.
37*a
.38* 10 cents per bushel
53}o.
56 ..-.'..do
'
85 Dec.
9 a
11* "4 cents per p o u n d .
12 Jan.
27 a.
29 8 cents pe^r pound
30 Jan.
$1 75 pen4^--i-w....
4 83
6 00 Jan,
9 14 a 9'47
10 SO Jan,
dO'i-.-v..- "
7* F r e e in A ^ship.S
6 a
8 Oct,
8} F r e e
7-la
9 Dec,
17}
16}a
18 Jan.
23* F r e e . / . .^C- - -/• 22 a
24 Sept,
7 3 cent^^ p e r , p o u n d
5*a
.9 Sept,
2 58 a 2 67 $1 per'c"w»;t^.: -•/:
3 00 May
14 00 Dec, 12 41 a 12 72 $1 5(#pq^^barrel..
2 43 a- 2M7 2 a n « 3 < ^ s . g*er lb
2 75 Jan,
11 2 c e ^ t s ^ r p'ound
7*a
16 Dec,
18 Jan,
16 3 c e n t s s ^ e r ^ o u n d
9 a
11
11 $2^ person?
9 a
7* •-..4--^--r,;6* a
8 Jan.
•
2 79 a 3 33 5^^€^enfc5 a d val
3 50 Feb.
3 50 a 4 00 3* to .I2»^cents p e r
4 00
square foot.
3 '-66
73} 8 cents per p o u n d . 12* 5 per cent, ad v a l . .
do
13}a
16* 20 per cent, ad v a l 33 Dec.
90 Sept.
5 cents per pound . ^
87
54 a
37 16 a 38 70 $0 per ton
52 50 May
;
73 54 a 75 62 $25 per ton
85 00 May
lllo
13 Aug,
12* 2* cents per p o u n d .
4 Dec,
3* 3 cents per pound . 3*a
14 a
16 Aug,
15 6 cents per -pound- 2 05 a 3 31 $1 per gallon
3 75 June
28 Dec, ' 22*a 23* 60 cents per gallon .
37 Apr.
20 4*-mill3 per p o u n d .
26* a
26*a
35 Apr,
do
28
30 Apr.
do
25
23 a
3 00
75
13 June
2 58 a
67 a
ll*a
Highest.
Duties.
Average.
$5
3
3
1
Jan.
June
Mar.
$6 00 Nov,
4 37 Jan,
4 37 Jan,
1 35 Jan,
80 Jan.
48 Jan.
80 Oct,
11
. 28
7 00 Dec,
8 37 Aug,
8 Jan,
9 Jan,
19 June
.24
9 Nov,
3 06 May
13 50 Feb,
2 25 • May
14 May
*12. Nov,
11
8 July
3 25 Jan.
4 00 Jan.
2 SO
65
11 Nov.
9 Sept.
11 Nov.
40 J u n e
35 00 Nov.
75 00 Oct,
11
3 62 Sept,
l i s Oct,
2 05 Mar,
18- J u n e
22 F e b .
22 J a n ,
14 Dec.
3 00
75 Dec,
12 Dec,
11 Dec,
35 Dec.
82 Oct,
42 50 -Apr,
80 00 Jan,
12
4 75 Jan.
14 Jan.
3 50
25 Oct,
34 Dec.
29 Apr.
23 Feb.
2 50 a 3 00
65 a
73}
11*
"io*
2ia
17 a
22*
45 a
78
37 33 a 3g 20
76 06 o 7g 54
11 o
12
4 12 a 4 i g
13*
12*o
2 15 a 3 50
22
21*a
30*
28 *
25*
23|-a
20*
17-la.
$4 00
3 00
2 56
80
63
28
55
9
25
5 00
7 00
6.
8
16
23
6
2 50
8 37
1 50
- 8
*10
9
7
2 00
2 62
July
May
Sept.
Sept.
June
Sept,
July
Dec.
May
Jan.
Oct.
Mar.
Jan,
Jan.
Sept.
Dec.
Dec.
July
Aug:
04 a
52 a
41 a
05 a
74 a
30 a
66 a
' 9 a
26 a
5 29 a
7 42 a
6ia
8 a
17*a
23 a
7*a
2 77 a
10 52 a
2 00 a
8}a
10}a
9 a
7*a
2 33 a
2 76 a
$5
3
3
1
6
7
2
10
2
2
3
08
69
69
12
75*
40
70
11
28
16
74
7-1
81
18*
24.
7*
88
77
07
13
11
11
7*
75
58
70 cents per c w t . . .
do
20 cents per c w t . -.
25 cents per bushel.
15 cents per bushel.
10 cents per bushel.
do
4 cents per p o u n d . .
8 cents per p o u n d . .
$1 75 per ton
do - . . - . . - - . . .
F r e e in Am. s h i p s . .
do
Free
Free
3 cents per p o u n d . .
$1 per c w t
$1 50 per barrel
2 a 3 c t s , per pound2 cents per p o u n d . .
3 cents per p o u n d . .
$20 per ton
5 per cent, ad val - 3* to 10 cents per
square foot.
8 cents por pound - Free
Free
20 per cent, ad val 5 cents p e r p o u n d . .
$0 per ton
$25 per^ton
2* cents per p o u n d .
3 cents per p o u n d : .
6 cents per poKud..
$1 per gallon
-.
60 cents per gallon .
4* nulls per pound .
-do
---.
hi
O
Ul
NalUi—Cut.....
Ib-Wrought
do..N a v a l stores—Spirits t u r p e n t i n e . . . . . . g a l l . .
Rosin, common
bbl..
Oils—Whale
gall..
Sperm, summer
do...
Sperm, w i n t e r
do...
Olive:
do...
Linseed
do...
Paints, red lead
lb..
•I*rovisions—Pork, moss bbl - Pork, prime
do...
Beef, mess
do...
Beef, prime
do...
Smoked hams
lb..
Beef, smoked
....do...
Lard
d o . -.
Butter, western
.:do...
Cheese
....do...
itice, ordinary
: . . . . . . . cwt..
Salt—Liverpool,
fine
; - - .sack..
T u r k ' s Island - - - . .bush..
Seeds—Clover
-.
lb. .
'.
Timothy
-^.
; : .tierce. .
Sheetings—Russia w h i t e . - . . . - . - - . . . p i e c e . .
Russiabrown
doSoap^—New Y o r k
lb
Castile
do Spices—Pepper
do - -.
Nutmegs
:
do - •..
Spirits—^.Jamaica r u m
.•
gall..
Gin, Holland.
do.
Sugars—New Orleans . -.".
lb
Muscovado
do.
Havana white.;
do.
Loaf
- -. d o .
Tallow—American
doForeign
•.
do Teas—Young Hyson
do Souchong
-.
.-. . . . . - d o ImperialdoTobacco—Kentucky
do...
Manufactured, No. 1
-do.
Whalebone, N. W . C
do.. Wine—Port
gall.
Madeira
do -.
Claret
cask.
Wool—Common
^
lb.
Merino
do. .
PuUed, 1^0. 1
do..
9
7
5
3
2
1
9
9
8
1
1
1
4
10
35
50
30
87
00
85
66
5
25
12
50
SO
5
6
9
5
62
32
24
6
00
00
00
3
8
10
03
50
20
3
10
6
7
20
15
35
2
10
32
45
60
20 00
24
30
26
Mar.
Mar.
Mar.
Jan.
Mar.
Dec.
July
Jan.
Jan,
Jan,
Jan,
Jan.Jah.
Jan.
Jan,
Feb,
Feb,
Feb.
July
July
.July
Jan.
July
.Jan.
Jan.
Feb,
Aug,
Feb,
5
12
75
1 15
36
02
98
95
80
6
14 12
10 62
9 75
6 SO
.10
4
1
16
10
9
1
1
1
17
8
75
47
40
11
00
00
00
7
9
10
75
75
30
7
7
• 12
7
8
87
Nov.
60
July
1 00
Nov.
7
Feb.
15
36
Mar,
1 50
2 50
25 00
Aug, I
30
38
Oct. ,
33
Nov.
4 a
10 a
42 a
Nov.
Dec,
July
Jan.
Jan.
June
May
Sept,
Aug.r
Aug,
May
June
Apr.
Dec,
Dec,
Dee,
July
Dec.
Mar
Dec
Feb
June
Dec.
Dec,
Sept,
Sept,
Apr,
July
Oct,
.June
Mar
Dec
Sept,
Aug.
Apr,
Mar,
Mar,
62 a
32*a
89*tt
93|a
8g}a
73 a
12
g
7
5
5 a
25 a 12
34 a g
g6 a 8
08 a 5
7 a
67
g2
58
57
9
1
7 a • 712*a
14*
6ia
7*
3 63 a 3 99
1 33 a 1 41
35 a
7 a
11 00 a 13
9 29 a 9
8 00 a 8
3*a
8 a
3 cents per pound -.
4 cents p e r pound . .
10 cents per gallon .
20 p e r cent, ad v a l .
15 cents per gallon .
25 cents p e r gallon .
do . - . - . - - . - . .
20 cents per gallon .
25 cents per gallon .
4 c e n t s p e r pound -.
2 cents per p o u n d . .
do
do
do
3 cents per p o u n d . .
do
do
5 cent.3-g<Y' pouud -.
pM p o u n d . .
p^'ceiM. ad v a l .
>en«i^per\\bush . . .
60*1
6
8*1
1
1
1
1 * 6 cents
11
1 cent per p o u n d . . .
Free
,
-,
Free
20 per cent, ad v a i
10 cents per pound
12* per cent, ad val
15 cents per gallon
25 cents per gallon
6 cents per gallon .
3 cts, and 30 per ct
do
do . . . . . . . . . . .
53*1 F r e e
06
6}1
30*1
5
12
67
1 25
38
1 00
1 05
1 12
78
6
13 37
10 50
8 50
6 50
11
4 a
10 a
Jan.
Jan.
Dec.
Dec.
Dec.
Dec.
Feb.
*Zante eurrantai
Nov
Jan,
Dec,
Feb
Nov
Aug,
Feb
June
Dec
J.T,n.
Jan.
Jan.
Oct.
Jan,
Nov.
Jan,
Jan,
17
8 Apr,
4 50 Jan,
1 50 Jan,
50 Mar,
11 Jau,
17 00 Mar.
10 00
9 50
6 Mar,
10 Dec.
11 Oct,
1 52 June
1 75 Jan,
1 18 Jan.
Dec,
Dec,
Jan,
Dec,
Dec,
July
Sept,
Sept,
June
June
June
June
Sept,
Aug,
May
May
June
June
per p o u n d .
7
13
36
45 a 1 50
60 a 2 20
20 00 a 25 00
26 a
28
'
34*a
36
29 a
2
1
10
9
9
50
75
83
June
July
Jan.
Oct,
Jan,
Jan.
Oct.
Aug,
9
7
6
4
40
7*1
10
1 16 a i'22
1 SO a 1 75
1 21 a 1 26
5 a
6}1
5*a
6*
ll*a
6*a
7 a
34 o
17*a
3S*a
2*a
10 o
34}a
4
10
28
50
20
88
92
85
70
5
62
87
25
25
5
5
5
10
6
87
25
25
6
00
00
25
3
8
7
35
40
12
5
25
15
35
2
10
30
45
60
18 00
18
26
20
July
Nov,
Jan,
Aug.
.Jan,
Oct,
Aug,
July
July
July
87
75
90
7
15
30
2 SO
2 SO
25 00
28
38
27
Mar,
Nov,
Apr,
Nov,
Mar.
Mar,
Jan.
46*a
5 3 cents per pound-.
12 4 cents per pound-.
40*1 10 cents per gallon.
64 a
77 20 per cent, ad val.
32*a
33*1 15 cents per gallon.
0J*a
gi* 25 cents per gallon.
9S-*a
do
...
gs}
86ta
8g}l 20 cents p e r gallon74*
25 cents p e r gallon.
5 a '""6 4 cents p e r pound- 10 66 a 10 00 2 cents per p o u n d - .
do
8 83 a .8 02
do
7 23 a 7 85
5 12 a 5 4g
do
8}| 3 cents p e r pound- 6ia
6}
do
• 6*a
7*
do
6*a
14* 5 cents p e r pound- Ufa
7*1 9 cents per pound. 6*a
3 56 a 3 75 20 per cent, ad v a l .
1 30 a 1 38 8 cts, per 56 pounds.
34
do
32 a
8 20 per cent, ad v a l .
7 a
15 83
do
11 83 o
do
9 00 a 10 00
9 25 a 9 50 - - - - - d o
6
3}a
9 30 per cent, ad v a l .
S*a
10
5 cents per pound. 1 40 a i"43 30 cents p e r pound.
1 47 a 1 74 70 cents per gallon.
1 2 6 a 1 34
do
5*a
7*1 2* cents per p o u n d .
6ia
7
do
7ia
0*1 4 cents per"pound..
11
6 cents per p o u n d . .
7*
1 cent per p o u n d . . .
86 F r e e
30 a
16 o 62 F r e e
00 Fre^
38 a
7 20 per cent, ad v a l .
•
2*0
10 a
15 10 cents per p o u n d .
33}o
•34*1 12* per cent, ad v a l .
51 a 1 75 6 cents per gallon . .
60 a 2 50 25 cents per gallon .
10 00 a 25 00 6 cents per g a l l o u . .
^ 23 o
24 3 cts, and 30 per c t .
3l*a
33*1
do :
23 a
24* . . v . . - d o
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00
Co
The range of prices at New York f o r thirty-nine years—Continued.
YEAR 1848.
Articles.
Breadstuffs—Wheat flour, Genesee
bbl.
Rye
flour
do..
C o m meal
do-.
W h e a t , western
bush.
R y e , northern
do.,
Oats, northern
doCorn, n o r t h e m .
do Candles—Mould
lb
Sperm
-.
do.
Coal—Anthracite
:
ton
Liverpool
chaldron
Coffee—Brazil
lb
J a v a , Green
do.
Copper—Pig
do.
Sheathiug
do.
Cotton, middling
:
do.
Fish—Dry cod
.cwt
. Mackerel
.,
- bbl
Flax—Russia
'.
lb
American
do.
Fruit—Raisins
box
Figs, T u r k e y
.'...lb
Currants, Zante
do.
F u r s , beaver, northern
do.
Glass, American w i n d o w
box
Gunpowder-^American
25 lbs
English
lb
Hides—Buenos A y r e s
do.
Mexican
do.
Hops, first sort
do.
Indigo, Manilla
do.
• Ii-on—Enghsh pig
ton
Common b a r
do.
Sheet, Russia
-.. -. lb
Lead, pig
100 lbs
Leather, hemlock
lb
Liquors—Cognac b r a n d y
gall
Domestic whiskey
do.
Molasses—New Orieaiis
do.
Muscovado
do.
Matanzas
do.
Nails—Cut
lb.,
Lowest.
$5
3
2
1
5
6
3
8
1
2
2
2
30
70
4
2
50
75
75
05
83
30
64.
0
26
00
50
6
7
17
22
7
15
12
0
7
40
6
2
00
62
50
65
10
0
8
50
00
00
11
12
11
00
24
30
21
15
4
Highest.
Jan.
$8 25 J u n e
Aug.
7 00 J u n e
Aug.
5 50 J u n e
Jan,
1 95 J u n e
Jan,
2 00 Oct.
Jan.
65 J u n e
Aug, - 1 10 J u n e
Mar,
14 Dec.
Jan,
33 Dec.
June
7 CO J a n .
Feb,
9 75 Dec,
June
8 Jan,
June
8 Feb,
Oct,
19 F e b .
Feb,
24 Dec.
Dec,
12 F e b ,
Feb,
3 94 J u n e
Nov,
11 75 J u l y
11
Jan.
9 Dec,
Aug.
2 20 Nov,
Feb.
13 J u n e
Nov.
12 Apr,
2 50
3 50
3 00
75
Jan,
13 Apr,
Jan,
12 Apr.
Jan,
15 Sept.
Jan,
1 00 Sept,
J u n e ^ 42 50 Nov.
Mar,
77 50 F e b .
12
Apr,
4 62 .June
Jan.
18 Aug.
Sept,
3 SO
,Jan, 34 J u n e
July
^ 38 Sept,
Jan,
33 Sept,
Jan,
26 Sept.
-5
Average prices.
$6
4
4
1
5
7
.
.
3
9
' 1
2
2
2
33
71
4
2
65 a
17 a
05 a
31 a
93 a
48 a
84 a
10 a
20 a
37 o
65 o
6\a
7*o
17fa
23}a
10*0
52 o
82 o
0 a
7*a
69*a
lia
10}a
00 o
62 a
50 a
65 a
Ilia
10*0
8}o
55 a
06 o
46 a
11 a
28 o
15*0
11 a
28 a
33 a
25*o
20}a
4 a
$6
4
4
1
1
72
88
34
42
05
50
87
12
31
04
04
7*
8
18-1
23}
10*
04
16
11
8*
731
IS}
11
50
Highest.
Duties.
20 per cent, ad val
do
.--.-do
do
do
do
do
do
do
,
30 per cent, ad val
do Free
Free
5 per cent, ad val Free
Free
-20 per cent, ad val
do
IS per cent, ad val
$5 25 Aug.
3 12 Dec,
2 SO J u n e
05 J u l y
62 Dec,
32 Sept,
52 ^ l a y
11 Nov,
30 Aug,
4 50 Sept,
8 00 J u l y
5 Aug,
7 Dec,
17 J a n ,
10 Apr,
5 May
2 12 Sept,
7 00 J u l y
3 SO
40 per cent, ad val
do
-do
10 per cent, ad val
20 per cent, ad val
3 00
75
111
10*
11
91
34 92
73 12
12
4 35
16*
3 50
28*
34*
28}
23
5
20 per cent, ad val
5 per cent, ad val do
20 per cent, ad val
10 per cent, ad val
30 per cent, ad val
do
do
20 per cent, ad val
do
100 per cent, ad val
do
30 per cent, ad val
do
do
,
do
1 30
7
6
2 00
2 62
2 50
65
8
7
3
40
25 00
50 00
11
3 75
IS
1 70
31
6
8
^
3
10
1
2
SO
18
16
4
July
Jan,
Aug.
Sept,
$6
4
3
1
6
9
3
11
63
37
37
40
90
51
78
14
33
00
50
8
8
19
S3
8
75
00
Apr.
Feb,
Sept..
Apr,
Mar.
Jan.
Jan,
Mar,
Mar.
Mar.
Oct,
Jan.
Jan,
Aug,
Feb.
Feb,
M.ay
Sept..
0 Feb,
3 00 Oct.
15 F e b .
0 Jan,
2 50
3 50
3 CO
Aug,
Aug,
Nov.
June
Sept.
Dec.
Jan,
June
Aug.
Dee.
June
July
Dec,
July
75
10
9
7
90
37 50
70 00
13
4 SO
16
3 50
27
38
26
24
5
Jan.
Jan,
Apr,
June
Jan,
Jan,
Dec,
Jan,
Jan.
June
Jan,
Jan,
May
Feb,
Average prices.
$5
3
2
1
93 a
68 a
S3 a
13 a
7;J a
40 5-6a
63 o
ll*o
31 a
5 12 a
8 53 o
S*a
7 o
17ha
31 o
6 o
2 86 a
8 32 a
8ia
150 a
7 a
7 a
2 00 a
2 62 a
2 50 a
65 a
2 a
7fa
4*a
43 a
SS 50 a
58 75 a
ll*o
4 17 a
13 a
1 84 o
S3}a
S3 o
SO a
18 a
4 a
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00 SO per cent, ad val .'
'.
83 .----;. do
do
89
do
21
do
74
do
43
do
64
do
1.3*
do
33
5 66 30 per cent, ad v a l .
do
8.93
61- F r e e
7: Yv^e
18 5 per cent, ad val . .
33 F r e e
6* F r e e
3 05 SO per cent, ad vid .
do
8 57
$6
3
2
1
81
1 63 40 per cent, ad v a l .
do .
14*
do .
7*
2 SO 10 per cent, ad vai .
3 50 30 per cent, ad val .
3 00
75 SO per cent, ad v a l .
9* 5 per cent, ad val . .
do
8
5t 30 per cent, ad val .
10 per cent, ad val .
86
29 71 30 per cent, ad val do
59 37
do
13*
4 SO 30 per cent, ad val .
14* . . . . . - d o
3 40 100 per cent, ad v a l .
34*
do
36 30 per cent, ad val .
S3 ,
do
10 ,
do
'
5
do
fej
Q
o
Id
l-H
o
02
Nails—Wrought
-'
N a v a l stores—Spirits turpentine
Rosin, common
^0 Oils—Whale
^
Sperm, .summer
>Tj
Sperm, w i n t e r
Olive
Linseed
-Paints, red le.ad
Provisions—Pork, mess
Pork, prime
Beef, mess
Beef, prime
Sraoked haras
Sraoked beef
Lard
Butter, western
:
Cheese
Rice, ordinary
Salt—Liverpool,
fine
T u r k ' s island
Seeds—Clover
Timothy
Sheetings—Russia white
Russia brown
Soap—New York
Castile
Spices—Pepper
Nutmegs
Spirits—Jamaica rura
Gin, Meder's Swan
Sng.ars—New Orleans
Muscovado
H a v a n a , white
l
Loaf
Tallow, Araerican
Teas—Young Hyson
Fiouchong
/.
Imperial
Tobacco—Kentucky
>
.
Manufactured, No, 1 . . .
"VMialcbone, northwest coast
Wine—Port
Madeira
Claret
• Wool—Comraon,
Merino
Pulled, N o . 1
lb -. 1
gall. .
bbl..
gall..
do...
d o . -. 1
.-do--.
do...
lb..
bbl. - t
do...
d o . -.
do - . .
lb..
•.. d o . . . 1
do...
do...
d o . .cwt..
sach
bush..
lb
tierce
piece..
do.
lb
do.
lb
do.
gall. do.
lb- .
do.
do.
do.
do.
-. d o .
do do.
do do dogall
do.
cask 1
lb 1
do.
do -
10
31
50
31
1 OS
Jan.'
Jan,
June
Feb,
1 00 J u l y
95 A u g .
54 Dec.
5
10 35 J a n ,
8 :]7 J a n ,
8 35 J a n .
5 35 Dec.
6 Jau.
7 Dec,
6. Jan,
1.3 J u l y
6 Jan,
3 00 May
1 SO May
34 Feb,
6 Aug,
11 00 J a n ,
9 00 J a n ,
8 75 Sept,
3 June
10 Feb,
6 Nov,
1 15 Aug.
1 40 J a n ,
1 35 Mar,
5 Dec,
4 Dec.
7 Jau,
9 Dec.
8 Jan,
30 J u n e
16 .June
38 J u n e
2 Mar,
10 Mar.
37 J u n e
53
63 Feb.
17 00 Feb,
33 Feb,
30 J a n .
34 J a n .
14
51
85
40
1 13
1.35
1 40
85
6
16 0 0 .
13 SO
13 75
9 SO
13
13
11
33
8
5 50
1 55
36
0
35 00
10 00
0 50
7
13
7
1 40
1 85
1 37
8
8
0
11
10
85
75
90
8
15
35
S SO
3 00
40 00
30
40
35
•
14 30 per cent, ad val 1
10 a
<5 Aug.
43*1 30 per cent, ad val
40}a
33 J u l y
70
58 a
do
,
60 J a n .
36*1
34*o
do
39 J u n e
1 06*0 1 07*
do
1 00 J u l y
1 l3*o 1 14 .--.-*do
1 13 Feb.
1 IS a 1 18 30 per cent, ad val
95 Nov,
67 30 per cent, ad val
65 a
51 Dec,
6
5 a
do
5
14 39 a 14 43
do
June
9 00 Maj*.
11 37 a 11 45
do
6 75 F e b .
June
11 00 a 11 70 ,
do
i
7 75 May
July
7 01 o 8 56
do
July
4 75 May
11}]
0ta
do
Dec,
5 June
10 ,
0fa
do
6 Mar.
June
10 ,
0 a
do
< May
5
Oct,
17
15 o
do
May
13 Sept,
6ia
7*1 30 per cent, ad val
5 Feb,
May
3 87 o 4 38 SO per cent, ad val
Oct,
3 00 Dec,
1 31 o 1 40
do
1 35 Aug,
Oct,
30 a
-do .
31
33 Dec,
Apr,
6ia
-do,71
*
5 July
Mar.
14 87 o 18 58
- do 14 00 J u l y
Mar,
0 37 a 1 0 00
-do
,
Dec,
0 50
8 04 a 0 50
-do 8 75
Feb,
3*a
51
*
July
Dec,
11 a
11* 30 per cent, ad val .
May
10 Dec,
6*0
do
. 5 Dec,
6*
Apr,
1 38 o 1 31* 40 per cent, ad val .
00 Dec,
.Jan.
1 56 a 1 76 100 per cent, ad val. •1 SO Sept.
Dec.
• 1 36*
do
Dec.
1 35 Oct,
6 a """7
3 June
Mar,
5*a
6f 30 per cent, ad val
3 Aug,
Mar
7*o
.---..do
Apr
6 Dec,
10
do
8
Apr,
S*o
0
7 July
Oct,
33 a
73 Free
Jan.
S3 Sept.
• 30, a
73 Free
16 Nov,
Jan, 1
30 a
73 Free
33 Sept,
Jan,
3 o
Gil 30 per cent, ad val
Oct,
3 July
ll*o
15 40 per cent, ad val
Oct,
13
30-|a
30-2 SO per cent, ad val 1
S3 A u g
Feb,
55 o 3 50 40 per cent, ad val
40 Aug,
74 a 3 87
do
,
60 Aug,
Nov,
18 36 o 33 18 ...--.do
Nov,
17 Oct,
SS-*o
37*1 30 per cent, ad val
Oct,
SO Sept
34*0
do
36*^
37 Sept,
Dec,
37 a
39
do
,--.
31 Sept
Dec. 1
1
Oct, 1
July
Oct., 1
Nov,
Dec,
May
Apr,
^
14
43
1 37
'
37
1 13
1 30
1 13
63
6
13 00
10 13
13 00
7 00
11
11
0
SO
8
3 SO
153
37
7
31
10 00
0 50
7
11
6
1 30
3 35
1 37
5
6
7
8
0
70
40
70
8
15
38
S SO
3 00
40
30
40
31
Feb, 1
Mar,
Dec,
Mar,
Jan,
Dec,
July
Feb,
6c"t,
Oct,
Oct.,
Aug.
Jan.
Oct.,
Oct,.
May
May
Oct,
Apr. 1
Apr. I
Mar,
Apr,
Jan,
Jan,
Jan.
Jan.
Mar.
Feb,
Oct,
i\lar.
Juue
1
1
1
11
8
2
5
3
1
5
2
8
1
1
1
Nov,
Oct,
Dec 1
Jau.
10
Jan,
May
Feb, 1
Feb-,
7*a
37 o
79 a
31 o
06 o
14 a
05*0
58 a
5 a
05 a
37 a
53 a
48 a
6ia
13
30 per cent, ad val -
38*1 SO per cent, ad v a l .
do
do
do
1 15*1
do
1 (
30 per cent, ad val 59*1 30 per cent, ad val .
6
do
11 17
do
8 51
do .-•
10 34
do
•
.
do
do
•.
,
do
7 a
.:.--.do
17 ,
do
13 a
7*1 30 per cent, ad val .
6*a
04 a 3 30 '30 per cent, ad val .
do
33 o 1 45 ,
35*1
.do .
35 o
6*
-do .
6 a
.do .
15 a 18 46
.
.do .
50 a 1 0 00
.do .
75 o 0 50
3* • 7
-a
lO-lo
lOtl 3C per cent, ad val .
5*a •• 5 *
do
15 a 1 18*1 40 per cent, ad v a l ' .
60 a 3 00 100 per cent, ad v a l .
33 o 1 33 ,
do
3 o
4}1
3*a
H 30 per cent, ad val .
7
6*a
do
do
-7}a
Free
18 o
Free
30 a
70 F r e e
3*a
7* 30 per cent, ad v.al .
13 a
15 40 per cent, ad val .
S5*o
SS}| 30 per cent, ad v a l .
51 o 3 50 40 per cent, ad val .
66 o 3 00
do
67 o 36 6'
do
35 o
37*1 30 per cent, ad val .
33 a
35|j
do
SS*a
36*1
do
00
34 !
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Ul
1
* T h e tariff of 1846, adopted in August, v/ent into operation on 1st December. 1S46, whereby the policy of specific duties, which ruled .all our previous tariff acts, was abandoned, and
ad valorem e.xclusively substituted. This tarifi' pi:issed the House by a vote of 114 to 04, and the Senate by the casting vote of the Vice President.
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The range of prices in New York f o r thirty-nine years—Continued.
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YEAR 1849.
YEAR 1850.
Articlea,
Lowest.
Breadstuffs—Wheat
flour
bbl
Ryeflour
do.
Corn meal
do.
W h e a t , Genesee
bush
3?.ye. northern —
do.
Oats, northern
do.
Corn, nort^iern
do.
Candles-Mould ,
^-lb
Sperm
do.
Coal—Anthracite . . . ' .
•
ton
Li verpool
chaldron
Coffee—Brazil
."
ft>
J a v a , green
do.
Copper—Pig
doSheathiug
do.
Cotton, middling
do.
Fish—JDry cod
'
cwt
Mackerel, No. 1
'.hbl
F l a x , American
lb
Fruit—Raisins
box
Figs, T u r k e y
Ito
Currants, Zante
do.
F u r s , beaver, northern
do.
Glass, American •\yindow
box
Gunpowder—American
35 lbs
English
.-..lb
Hides—Buenos AyrCS
•
do.
Mexican
do.
Hops, 1848
•.. . d o .
Indigo, Manilla
do.,
Iron—Euglish pig
ton
Common English b a r
do.
Sheet, Russian lb
Lead, pig
100 lbs
Leather, hemlock
lb
Liquors—Cognac b r a n d y
gall.
Domestic whiskey
do.
Molasses—New Orleans
do.
Musco'vado
do.,
Matanzas
do.,
Na s—Cut-...'
lb
fori lFRASER.
Wrought
do.
Digitized
$4
2
2
1
5
7
2
8
1
2
2
3
53
40
•
4
1
93
75
30
SO
57
33
57.
10
31
00
50
5
6
16
21
6
00
12
8
45
7
5
00
'63
50
65
9
•1
6
40
i^O
00
13
25
13
55
SO
30
18
18
3
6
July
May
Apr.
Apr,
May
Apr.
Apr,
Jan,
Apr,
May
Jan.
Jan,
Dec.
Jan.
July
Jan,
Oct,
Apr,
Dec,
Feb,
May
May
Oct,
Jan.
July
July
Jan.
Jau.
Jan.
Juue
June
June
Jan,
Jan,
Sept,
Highest.
$6
3
3
1
IS
SO
37
35
66
40
70
13
40
6 00
9 50
10
7
18
33
11
2 87
13 50
0
2 75
17
7
2 SO
3 50
3 00
75
11
9.
17
85
27 50
55 00
14
5 00
17
3 50
.28
33
30
S4
5
12
Mar.
Mar,
Sept,
Mar.
Feb,
Dec,
Jan.
Dec,
Sept,
Dec.
Dec.
Apr,
Jan.
Nov.
Mar,
Sept.
Feb,
Feb,
Mar.
Jan.
Sept,
Sept,
Dec,
Apr,
May
Apr.
Dec,
June
Oct,
Nov,
Dec,
Oct,
Oct,
Feb,
Average.
$5 45 a
3 01 o
2 03 a
122 a
60 a
38 a
62*0
10 a
34*a
5 22 a
8 14 a
6*a
6ia
16|a
21 a
- 7}a
2 42 a
10 43 a
8*0
1 95 o
9 a
5*0
2 00 o
2 62 o
2 50 o
65 a
10
8*a
8 a
48 a
23 87 a
46 75 o
• 12io
4 50 a
15*0
1 71 o
23}a
24 f o
.
2Ha
20*0
3*o
6 a
$3
3
2
1
,
5
8
2
10
1
2
3
3
Lowest.
57
09
97
26
60*
39*
63*
13
35*
96
44
7*
7
17f
22
^8*
62
68
8*
gg
15
5}
50
50
00
75
""s*
24
47
4
3
9}
83
87
50
13*
61
16
SO
24*
27*
251
21
4^
12
20 per cent, ad v a l
do
do
do
do
do
do
do
do
30 per cent, ad val
- - - - - d o .-.
Free
-..,
Free
,
5 per cent, ad v a l .
Free
,
20 per cent, ad val
do
15 per cent, ad val
40 per cent, ad val
do
do
10 per cent, ad val
20 per cent, ad val
do
do
£ per cent, ad v a l . .
do
20 per cent, ad v.al.
10 per cent, ad v a l ,
30 per cent, ad v a l ,
.---.-do
do-.--'20 per cent, ad v a l .
-'do
100 per cent, ad val,
do
:..
30 per cent, ad v a l .
do
1-..
do
do
do
$4
2
'2
1
93
62
68
09
S6
• 37
55
10
40
5 00
8 00
'7
10
16
20
11
2 31
8 SO
8
1 35
*16
6
2 00
3 SO
2 SO
65
11
0
8
50
21 00
40 00
13
4 25
14
1 05
23
22
21
18
3
6
Nov.
Mar.
Apr.
Sept.
Apr,
Aug,
Apr,
Jan.
July
Mar.
May
May
Jan,
Dec,
l^lay
Sept,
July
Jan,
Jan.
Jan.
JAU.
Highest.
$6
3
3
1
7
9
2
12
2
St5
50
12
50
75
51
72
13
44
00
00
14
15
18
23
14
87
50
9
90
19
7
June
Dec,
Dec.
July
Dec.
June
Nov,
Nov.
Dec,
Oct,
Feb,
Feb.
Dec,
Mar.
Nov,
June
Apr,
June
Aug.
Oct.
Oct,
2 SO
Jan,
Mar.
Nov.
Jan.
Sept,
Sept,
Jan,
Dec,
Sept.
Apr,
June
May
May
3 62
3 00
75
14
12
10
•• 00
24 00
45 00
- 14
5 35
17
3 SO
37
33
30
35
4
12
Dec.
Dec,
Apr,
Dec,
Mar,
Mar,
Apr,
Apr.
Oct,
Dec.
Oct,
Oct.
$5 53 a $5 57
2 96 a 3 OS
2.95 o 3 !)9
1 26 a 1 39
G4*o
63
42 a
44
62 a
63
10 a . 13
41 a
43
5 54 a 5 93
8 17 o 8 46
10 a
11*
IH-o
12*
lG}a
17}
21 o
33
12 a
2 53 a • isi
10 67 o 2 67
S o 10 02
8*
2 S3 a
17*a 2 58
18
'7
2 00 o 2'so
3 50 a 3 62
2 50 a 3 00
75
. 65 a
1*2*0
13-1
lOf
ISfo
15
53*a
85*
S3 33
41 04 a 4 3 ' 7 i
14
13 o
4 69 a 4 74
15*0
16*
2 06 a 3 50
2S-*a
35*
25*o
38*
23^
SSI20*0
SI*
3 o
4
6 a
12
30 per cent, ad v a l d o . : - -. do
--.
do
.'--.
. . . . . do
do'
do
do
do
.30 per cent, ad v a l .
:do - - - Free
5 per cent, ad val Free
30 per cent, ad v a l .
-do .
15 per cent, ad v.-il.
40 per cent, ad v a l .
do
do
10 per cent, ad v a l .
30 per cent, ad v a l do
.....do
5 per cent, ad v a l . .
do '
20 per cent, ad v a l .
10 per cent, ad val 30 per cent, ad v a l .
,
do
do
SO per cent, ad val ,
do
100 per cent, ad v a l .do
-'--.
30 per cent, ad v a l .
do
do
do
do
td
>
Q
O
hi
hi
o
N a v a l stores—Spirits t u r p e n t i n e . ;
gall..
Rosin, common
bbl. .
Oils—Whale
gall..
Sperm, summer
do...
Sperm, w i n t e r
do...
Olive.!
do..Linseed
d o . -Paints, red lead
lb. Provisions—Pork, mess
bbl..
Pork, prime
do...
Beef, mess
do...
Beef, prime
do...
Smoked hams
lb..
Beef, smoked
do...
Lard
^....do...
Butter, w e s t e r n
do...
Cheese
do...
Rice, ordinary
cwt..
Salt—Liverpool,
fine
sack..
T u r k ' s Island . . . bush,..
Seeds—Clover
lb..
Timothy
tierce..
Sheetings—Russia w h i t e . piece..
Russia bi*own
do...
Soap—New York
lb • Castile
do..
Spices—Pepper.
d o . 1.
Nutraegs
do...
Spirits—Jamaica
ram.
gall..
Gin, Meder's S w a n
-do...
Sugars—New Orleans
lb..
Muscovado
do...
H a v a n a white
do...
Loaf •
...:
do...
T.allow, American
do...
Teas:—Young Hyson
db...
Souchong.....
do...
Imperial.
do...
Tobacco—Kentucky
do...
. Manuf."ictured, No, 1
.. d o . . .
Whalebc^ie-NW, C
do. - Wine—Port
gall..
Madeira
do...
Claret
cask..
Wool—Common
lb..
Merino
do...
Pulled, No. 1
do...
1
1
9
8
8
6
2
1
14
9
8
1
1
17
32
80
33
OS
15
87
50
5
87
25
75
00
6
8
6.
10
5
25
20
21
5
00
50
75
3
Aug.
July
Jan.
July
Mar.
Sept,
Jan.
.Jan.
June
May
Nov.
Dec.
June
Dec,
May
July
July
Dec,
Mar,
Jan.
Aug.
June
Jan,
Jan,
June
June
Jau,
80 J a n .
23 J u n e
12 Sept,
4 July
4. J a n .
6 Jan.
8, J a n ,
7 June
22 May
16 J an,
25 J a n .
3 Jan.
12 J a n ,
26 J a n .
42 Sept,
60 Mar,
00
25
31
23
37 Mar.
1 25 Nov.
48 Sept.
1 15 Nov.
1 20 Oct.
1 00 F e b
1 00 ~Oct,.
7 Dec,
14 2 5 . J a n .
11 75 J a n .
14 00 Sept,
11 50 Sept,
11 Sept.
14 Aug,
8 Jan.
18 Feb,
7 Mar,
3 50 Sept,
1 4 0 Dec,
20 J u n e
7 Mar,
25 00 Apr,
10 25 J u n e
9 75 J u n e
7 Jan.
10 J a n ,
6 Dec,
.1 02 Dec,
2 12 Feb,
1 30 Feb,
6 Dec,
6 Dec.
8 Dec.
9 Dec,
8 Jan.
70 Oct,
43 Nov.
80 D e c
9 Dec,
20 D e c
'- 38 Nov
3 00 May
3 00
30 00
32 Oct,
40 Oct.
32 Nov,
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37*a
10 a
17
91*a
62*a
S}o
74 a
91 a
22 a
21 a
7*a
10*0
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26 a
24 a
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71 o
96 a
3 o
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6
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19 a
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25 a
. 31.ia
29 a
4*a
12*a
32*a
47 a
77 o
17 00 o
28*o
35 a
27 a
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30
1 06*
do
96
42
-do .
43
do
1 10*
1 15
do
1 30
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90
65 20 per cent, ad val
65
6}
do
6
10 83
10 00
do
8 09
do
8 35
12 15
do
8 00
8 79
do
4 35
9}1
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6
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do
8
61
do
6
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do
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6* 30 per cent, ad v a l
1
3 14 20 per cent, ad val
2 25
. 1 32
do
1 15
24*
do
31
6*
do
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6
18 50
do
14 00
10 21
do
0 75
g 71
do
9 00
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3
do
9
do
6
051 40 per cent, ad v a l .
00
2 02, 100 per cent, ad val.
1 .33
do
1 24
1 00
5* 30 per cent, ad v a l .
•
4
do
5
do
--.
7
do
9
7} 10 per cent, ad v a l .
634
70 F r e e
38 F r e e
133
. 74 F r e e
33
8 30 per cent, ad val .
5
1.3* 40 per cent, ad v a l .
17
32* SO per cent.^ad v a l .
30
2 54 40 per cent."^ad v a l .
43
3 00 .:...-do .-.-.
63
30 00 -.-..do
17 00
30* 30 per cent, ad val.
30
37
do
37*
31
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July
Apr.
Apr.
Jan.
Mar,
July
June
Mar.
Sept,
Nov.
Nov.
Aug,
Nov.
Mar,
Oct,
July
Jau,
June
May
July
Sept,
Mar,
Mar,
July
Jan,
June
June
Jau,
Jan.
Jan.
Jan.
June
Jan.
INlay
Jan.
June
Jan.
Apr,
Jan,
Aug.
June
Jan,"
May
37
1 38
55
1 S3
1 37
1 00
93
7
11 87
8 87
9 75'
6 75
11
10
7
18
8
3 37
1 75
30
8
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10 35
9 75
6
10
0
1 35
2 00
1 20
7
7
0
10
8
75
45
SO
14
30
33
3 00
3 00
30 00
35
43
35
Jan. 1
Nov
Oct,
Nov 1
Nov
Apr
Apr.
Jan.
Jan.
June
Feb
Jan.
May
Oct,
Mar
Mar
Mar
Apr
Oct,
Dec
Mar
Sept,
Sept,
.Jan.
]\Iar
Oct,
Jan.
Jan,
Nov
Nov
Oct,
Oct.
Jan.
May
Sept,
Apr
Dec
Dec
Dec
Mar
Dec.
Dec
33 20 per cent, ad val.
32*a
do
1 13 a 1 21
do
50
47 a
do
1 18 a 1 10
do
133 a 1 24
06* 30 per cent, ad v a l .
93 a
70 20 per cent, ad v a l 78 a
do
7
6 a
-do .
10 60 a 10 65
-do .
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-do .
8 56 a 9 61
-do .
5 49 a 6 10
7 a
8}
6*a
14 a
-do .
-do..
6*
do
16*
do
7 30 per cent, ad val.
5ia
3 08 a 3 30 20 per cent, ad val.
1 34 {I 1 30 .......do
23*
do
S3*a
7*1
do
6ia
do
16 33 a 18 20
do
9 75 a 10 25
do
9 00 a 0 75
6 30 per cent, ad v a l .
3 a
,
do
9
do
7*0 * " 7 *
1 08*0 1 11 40 per cent, ad v-al*.
1 25 a 1 87 100 per cent, ad v a l .
do . - - .
1 07*0 1 08}i
51 30 per cent, ad v a l .
4I-0
5}|
do
4ia
71
do
7*a
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9*
6*o '"7*1 10 per cent, ad v a l .
71* F r e e
---28 a
44 F r e e
36 a
77 F r e e
40 a
10* 30 per cent, ad v a l 6 a
23* 40 per cent, ad v a l .
18*0
34* 20 per cent, ad val 34 a
51 a .2 00 40 per cent, ad v a l .
do
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do .17 00 a 30 00
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The range of prices at New York f o r thirty-nine years—Continued.
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YEAR 1851.
Articles.
Breadstuffs—TMieat
flour
bbl.
Rye
flour
do..
C
Corn meal, northern
do..
Wheat, Genesee
bush.
Rye, northern
do Oats, northern
do -.
Corn, northern
do Candles—Mould
lb
Sperm
do..
Coal—Anthracite
ton,
Liverpool
chaldron
C offee—B ra z il . :
-. 1 b,
J a v a , white
do..
• Copper—Pig
doSheathing
do.
Cotton, middling
do.
Fish—Dry cod
cwt
Mackerel
bbl
F l a x , American
lb,
Fruit—Raisins
box,
Alraonds
lb.
Currants, Zante
do..
F u r s , beaver, northern
do.
Glass, American
box.
Guuposvder—Araerican
25 lbs.
Enghsh
lb.
Hides—Buenos Ayres
do.,
Mexican
do..
Hop,s, 1850
do..
Indigo, Manilla
do -.
Iron—English pig.
ton.
Common English b a r
do..
Sheet, R u s s i a n . . :
lb
Lead, pig
100 lbs
Leather, hemlock
"
lb.
Liquors—Cognac b r a n d y
gall
• Domestic wliiskey. - :
do..
Molasses—New Orleans
do.,
Muscovado
do..
Matanzas
do.,
Nails—Cut
lb
Wrought
do.
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Lowest.
$4 OO
3 25
2 03
93
65
35
53
10
44
4 25
6 50.
7
10
17
20
8
1 75
8 SO
8
1 70
13
5
2 00
2 62
2 SO
65
12
10
24
SO
10 00
33 SO
10
4 25
13
1 95
20
28
20
18
3
6
Sept,
Oct.
July
Nov,
Sept,
Oct,
Aug,
June
June
Nov,
Sept,
Highest,
$5
4
3
1
12
00
37
22
80
51
68
13
Jan,
Mar,
Dec
Feb,
Feb,Mar,
Apr.
7 'ob J a n .
8 25
11
13
18
21
Nov,
14
Aug.
3 SO
Aug,
11 75
Jan,
0
Dec
2 35
Nov-,
10
Dec
7
' 2 50
3 SO
3 00
• 75
Nov.
14
Dec.
13
May
63
.June
1 00
July
25 00
Oct,
41 00
Dec,
14
Oct,
5 12
Oct,
16
Sept,
3 50
Dec,
27
Feb,
33
Oct,
30
Nov,
23
4
12
Oct,
Feb,
Feb.
Jan.
June
Sept.,
ijec
June
Jan,
Jan,
Average.
$4
3
3
1
4
7
2
9
1
2
2
2
Jan,
May
July
Sept,
Mar,
Mar.
Apr,
Feb,
20
36
4
1
Jan.
Oct,
June
Feb,
47 a
43 a
01 a
OS a
72 a
43 a
61 a
10 a
44
00 a
28 o
8*a
11 a
17 a
20 a
0}o
61 a
SO a
8 a
01 a
16 a
6*o
00 o
62 a
SO a
6* a
i:;*a
ll*a
35 a
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77 o
04 a
13 o
64 o
14 o
96 o
23 o
29*o
31}a
19 o
$4
3
3
1
Duties.
57 • 20 per cent, ad val
52
do -..?
16
do
10
do
74
do
44
do
62*
do
• 13 .-.---do
do
5 54 30 per cent, ad val
7 53
do
0* F r e e
12 F r e e
18 5 per cent, ad val 21 ' F r e e
10} F r e e
,
2 87 20 per cent, ad val
10 08 '
do
,
8*
2 12 40 per cent, ad v a l .
17
do
6-5do
2 50 10 per cent, ad val .
3 SO . 20 per cent, ad v a l .
3 00 i
do
75 i
do
-14 • 5 per cent, ad v a l . .
'
11}
do
40 20 per cent, ad v a l .
92 10 per cent, ad v a l .
21 85 30 per cent, ad v a l .
36 95 . - - - - - d o -14
do
4 73 20 per cent, ad v a l .
15
do . - 3 .ro 100 per cent, ad val.
23}
do
32 I30 per cent, ad val.
26*
do
20 1
do
4
do
• 3 a
12 I
do
6 a
Highest.
$4-25
3-00
3 00
1 03
75
37
62
10
35
5 00
7 00
7
"10
17
20
8
2 75
8 37
8
1 30
13
4
2 00
2 62
2 SO
65
. 11
10
17
SO
10 00
34 00
10
4 42
121 05
20
27
17
17
12 75
4
Aug,
Jan,
Jan.
Jan,
Mar,
May
June
June
Nov,
Nov,
Apr,
Feb,
.June
Jan,
Jan,
Jan,
Jan,
Jan.
July
Jan,
Apr,
$6
4
3
'1
7
10
.
4
12
2
•
.;
Jan,
Jan.
Nov,
Aug.
JSly
Apr.
Jan.
Jan,
Jan,v
Jan,
July
.Jau,
Feb,
Apr,
June
Dec
00
37
87
15
86
48
78
14
43
00
50
10
12
22
27
10
25
50
9
75
15
9
3 50
3 50
3 00
75
17
13
47
1 00
31 00
55 00
12
5 00
18
3 50
25
'35
26
21
t4 12
12
Mar,
Nov,
Sept.
July
Oct,
Jan,
Dec
Oct,
May
Feb,
Dec
IMay
Nov.
Oct,
Nov,
July
May
Aug,
Dec
Sept,
Oct,
Sept,
Sept,
Sept,
Aug,
Nov.
Nov.
Nov,
Dec
Nov,
June
Dec,
Sept.
Dec
Nov.
Nov,
Nov.
Mai*.
Average.
82 a
52 a
38 a
08 a
70 o
42*a
67 o
]0*a
-39 o
5 14 a
7 S3 a
8 a
$4
3
3
1
$5 10
3 69
49
13
84
43*
68
13
40
5 75
8 16
0
10 a
11}
10 a 20
23 o
24
0
3 20 o 3'00
0 85 a 10 27
0
8 o
1 87 o 2 03
14*
13*a
6
4*0
2 00 o 2 SO
2 62 d "3 50
2 50 o 3 00
65 a
75
14*0
15
ll*a
12
20 a
32*
51 a
03
22 20 a 23 14
39 16 a 40 45
10*0
11*
4 68 a 4 78
14*a
16
2 08 a 3 45
22 a
23
28 a
30*
20 a 25
18 o
19
t3 15 a 3 31
5 a
9
20 per cent, ad val.
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do
do -.:
do
do
do ...^
^
f
g
do
p
30 per cent, ad val.
do
^
• ,
Free
Free
5 per cent, ad v a l . .
^
^
±J
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20 per cent, ad v a l .
^
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Free
•...
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g
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40 per cent, ad v a l .•
,.
10 per cent, ad v a l .
20 per cent, ad v a l .
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clo
clo
g
s
m
20 per cent, ad v a l .
5 per cent, ad v a l . .
do
20 per cent, ad v a l .
10 per cent, ad v a l 30 per cent, ad v a l .
do
do
20 per cent, ad val.
do
100 per cent, ad val.
do
30 per cent, ad vai .
do
do
,
do
43 J a n , 1
33 J u l y
N a v a l stores—Spirits turpenthie
gall. 2 00 J a u ,
4 50 May
Rosin, w h i t e
bbl. 40 Mar,
56 Dec.
Oils—Whale
gall-.
1 20 Sept,
1 30 Apr.
Sperm, summer
do.-- 1 27 Feb,
1 33 Oct.
Sperra, w i n t e r
do. - 82 J u l y
03 J a n ,
Olive
do -. Linseed-.
..do-..
64 Dec,
02 J a n ,
5
6
Paints, red lead
.'
lb. 15 50 Dec,
Provisions—Pork, mess
b b l . . 12 06 Feb",
8 00 J a n ,
13 75 D e c
Pork, prime
do...
7 50 Dec,
0 75 May
Beef,
raess
do.. .
Beef, prime
d o . -.
4 00 D e c
5 75 J a n ,
7 Sept,
11 J a n ,
Smoked h a m s :
lb - 0 Aug, •
10 J a n ,
Beef, smoked
do. - Lard
do.. .
7 Jan,
10 l\::ay
10 J u l y
18 J a u ,
Butter, State
do...
8 May
Cheese
do.. .
4 Sept,
Rice, ordinary
cwt-.
2 75 Dec.
3 12 J a n ,
1 02 D e c
1 60 J a n ,
Salt—Liverpool
sack -.
20 D e c
36 J u n e
T u r k ' s Island
bush.. i
10 Sept,'
Seeds—Clover
lb.. i
8
Timothy
tierce. - 13 00 J u n e
20 00 Mar, 1
1
Sheetings—Russia white
piece. - 1 0 75 . Aug. 10 25 U
8 75 Oct.
Russia b r o w n —
do.. .
,, 9 75 J a n .
3
6
Soap—New Y o r k
lb. 9
9
Castile
do...
7 Jan.
9 Dec
Spices—Pepper
d o . -.
85 Nov.
1 15 ai.ar.
Nutraegs
do. - 1 00 J u n e
1 87 D e c
Spirits—Jaraaica rura
gall - SO Oct.
1 05 J a n ,
Gin, Meder's S w a n
do. -4 Sept.
6
Sugars—New Orleans
.lb - Muscovado
do. - 4
6
6 Dec
8 Jan,
H a v a n a white
'..do...
8 Doc
10 J a n ,
Loaf
.do. - 6 Sept,
7 May
TaUow, American
do. - Teas-^Young Hyson
do. - 30 J a n ,
70 Oct,
45 May
Ning-yong
do — 1
18 Nov,
Imperial
do. - 37 Apr,
75
Tobacco—Kentucky
d o . -.
3 Nov.
14 iiar.
20 .June
30 Sept.
Manufactured, No, 1
d o . -. 1
Whalebone, N. W . C
- . d o . -.
20 Apr,
46 Dec,
Wine—Port
gall..
55 J a u .
2 00
Madeira
do.. 80
3 00
Claret, Bordeaux
,
cask-- 17 00
30 00
Wool—Common
lb. .30 Nov.
41 Mar.
Merino
do - -.
38 Oct.
48 Feb,
Pulled, N o . 1. -.- do...
. 30 Dec,
38 Mar,
35 a
37 I 20 per cent, ad val 1
60
1
34 J a n ,
2 04 a 2 03 !
do
2 00 J a n ,
5 12
47*'
do
,
56 J a n ,
76
45 a
1 32.
1 23 a 1 36 1
do
,
1 35 Sept.
1 20 o 1 31 \
do
1 35
1 30 J u n e
84 a
88 ' 30 per cent, ad val
87 J a n .
1 20
72 a
76 20 per cent, ad vai
50 J u l y
77
5 a
6
do
5
6
10 75
14 63 J a n ,
13 87 a 14 16
do
11 36 o 11 64
do
13 37 J a n ,
17 75
8 64 a 0 08
do
8 35 J a n ,
17 00
4 03 a 5 36
do
• 4 00 J a n ,
6 50
7*a
10
do
8 Mar,
8}
9 a
do
Jan,
13
10 i
-9
8 a
9 Jan.
12
do
8*
13 a
20
15 J a n ,
do
15*,
5*a
6 Sept,
9
6* 30 per cent, a d val
5 00
2 94 a 3 11 20 per cent, ad val 1 2 75 J a n ,
1 31 a 1 37
-do
1 05 Aug,
1 55
• 23 a
do --10 Mar,
24
33
do
7 July
10
8 a
0
14 95 a 18 SO
do
13 00 May
21 00
9 75 a 10 35
do
0 75
10 25
9 00
8 93 o 0 37
do
8 SO J u l y
G 30 per cent, ad v a l .
3 a
3 Jan,
7
9 Jan,
10
9
do
10
8 a
do
8 Feb,
97 o 1 03 40 per cent, ad v a l .
83 Mar,
05
1 10 a 1 80 100 p e r c e n t , ad val.
1 00 J a n ,
2 25
80 a
do
85
87
03
3 MiXY.
5
4ia
6 30 pet- cent, ad v a l .
4 a
do
3 Mar,
6
• 6
8
6 Mar,
7 a
do
8
8
8*a
do
0*1
10
7 Jan,
6ia
7 10 per cent, ad v a l .
33}a
70
30 Mar,
70 F r e e
34|,a
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16 Feb,
40
44 F r e e
75
30 J u n e
40 a
Free
75
0
5}a
3 Jau,
1 * 30 per cent, ad v a l ,
11
• 25
S3 a
16 .June
30 40 per cent, ad v a l .
62
.34 a
48 Mar. •
35 20 per cent, ad v a l .
67 a 2 00 40 per cent, ad v a l .
75
2 00
3 00
SO a 3 00 ,
do
SO
17 00 o 30 00
17 00
30 00
do
42
34 a
36 M a y
37 30 per cent, ad val.
41 o
do
35 J u n e
46
44
34 a
36
do
30 • J a n ,
35*!
4P}| 20 per cent, ad val.
44 a
do
2 20 a 4
do
67 o
7C*1
do
1 26 o 1 2g
do •
1 30*0 1 33
1 03 a 1 07 30 per cent, ad val 65*1 20 per cent, ad val.
62 o
do
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6
5 o
do
Sept, 17 01 a 17 30
do
15 44 a 15 66
Aug,
do
::-..
10 30 a 11 14
Aug,
do
5 14 o 5 55
June
.0*1
do
9 a
Sept.,1
10*
do
10 a
Aug,
10*1 ,
do
9*0
Dec
21
17.Jo
do
Apr,
7* 30 per cent, ad v a l .
6*a
Nov,
3 60 o 3 83 20 per cent, ad v a l .
Sept,
1 15 a 1 25
do
Nov,
21 o
-do .
July
7*o
-do .
8*1
INTar,
.do .
15 00 o 18 00
Mar,
-do .
0 75 o 10 25
-do .
8 60 a 0 00
3*o
6*1
Dec
9*a
0* 30 per cent, ad v a l .
Nov,
do
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Sept,
Sept,
87 a " 9 3 40 per cent, ad val.
June
1 05 a 1 94 100 per cent, ad val.
87
do
85 o
5 30 per cent, ad v a l .
Sept,
3|a
S}1
do
Nov,
3}o
7*
do
July
6*o
do 8* 10 per cent, ad v a l .
Oct,
31 o
70 F r e e
21 a
Free
33 a
75 F r e e
4 a
9 30 per cent, ad v a l .
Nov,
17 o
22 -. -.- do
Jan,
S3 o
55 20 per c6nt. a d v a l .
Julyl
75 o 2 00 40 per cent, ad v a l .
80 o 3 00
do
17 00 O.30 00
do
31 a
33 30 per cent, ad v a l .
Oct,
38*o • 41*1
do
Nov,
do
32 o
33*
Nov,
Dec 1
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.June
May
Aug,
July
Oct,
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$37,000,000. E x p o r t s of tobacco. $10,000,000: of cotton. 1,093,000.000 ofpomid?, average price S. 03 cents. T h e largest export Avas in 1860, 1,767,000,000 po'ands, (3,812,345 bales,)
averaa-e price 10. 85 cents ; total value. $193,000,000. In ISCl cotton exported, 125,000,000 pounds, average price 16. 3 cents per pound,
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Breadstuffs—Wheat
flour
Ryeflour.'
Corn meal
W h e a t , Genesee
Rye, northern
Oats, northern
Corn, northern
Candles—Mould
Sperm
Coal—Anthracite
Liverpool
Coffee—.Brazil
1
J a v a , white
Copper—Sheathing
Pig
Cotton, middling
Fish—Dry cod
Mackerel, No. 1
F l a x , American
Fruit—Raisins
Alraond,s
Currants, Z a n t e
F u r s , beaver, northern
Glass, Araerican window
Gunpowder—Sporting
Coraraon
Hides—Buenos Ayres
Mexican
Hops
Indigo, Manilla
Iron—English pig
Araerican bar, rolled
English bar
Sheet, Russia
Lead, pig
.'
Leather, heralock
Liquora^-Cognac bran'dy
Domestic whiskey
Molasses—New Orleans
Muscovado
Matanzas
Nails—Cut
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bbl
do.
...do.
bush
do.
do.
do.
lb
". - do.
ton
chaldron
lb
-. d o .
do.
...dodo.
cwt
bbl
lb
box
lb
do.
do.
SO feet
SS lbs
do.
lb,
do.,
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do.,
ton
do.,
do.
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100 lbs.
lb,
gall.
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$4
3
3
1
87
35
00
33
77
41
64
11
38
5 00
7 50
8
10
36
S3
10
2 50
11 50
8
2 70
12
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1 50
2 50
4 00
2 50
15
11
18
45
28 50
50 00
55 00
11
6 00
17
2 60
23
,36
19
18
4
Highest.
July
$7 SO
Aug,
5 00
May • 4 13
Apr,
1 80
Aug,
1 13
July
53
Apr,
S3
Apr,
13
Dec
33
Jan.
7 00
May
10 SO
Jan,
13
Aug,
13
Jan.
36
35
11
June
3 80
Jan.
16 00
Dec.
0
.July
3 35
Apr,
15
Jan,
SO
Dec
S SO
3 35
D e c ' 5 00
3 00
Jan.
31
Jan.
18
June
40
July
1 00
June
33 CO
Jan,
90 00
July
75 00
Jan,
13
Jan.
8 00
Jan,
31
Jan,
6 50
May
33
Aug,
33
Feb,
37
Feb,
23
Jan.
6
Average prices.
Jan.
Dec
June
Nov.
Kov.
Nov.
Jan,
70 a
10 o
33 a
37 a
00 a
47 a
70*0
11*0
31 a
5-43 a
9 54 o
8*o
10}a
20 a
23f
10*0
3 16 a
13 15 a
8*o
2 75 o
13 a
13 o
1 75 a
Jan,
Jan,
Dec
Dec
Dec
Feb,
Dec
Dec
Mar,
Dec
Mar,
Dec
June
Nov,
Dec
Apr.
Oct,
Apr.
4 04 a
2 50 a
17 a
14*a
24 a
51 a
33 54 a
63 37 a
63 37 o
11 o
6 56 o
•lS*a
3 04 a
24 a
27 a
21 o
20*0
4*o
Nov,
Dec
Nov.
Dec
June
Dec
Dec.
Dec
May
Dec
Jan.
Dec
Dec.
Apr.
$5
4
3
1
2 SO o
$5
4
3
1
86
20
47
41
04
48
71*
13*
33{
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9 73
10
11}
30*
Duties, J a n . , 1853.
20 per cent, ad val
do
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.do .
.do .
.do .
-do .
-do .
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30 per cent, ad val
Free
Free
Free
......
5 per cent, ad val " *]"6} F r e e
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3 48 20 per cent, ad val
13 76
do
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2 91 40 per cent, ad val
14 30 per cent, ad val
13^ 40 per cent, ad val
2 25 10 per cent, ad val
3 35 20 per cent, ad v a l .
4 58
do
2 79
do
18 5 per cent, ad v a l . .
15*
do
26* 20 per cent, ad val
98 10 per cent, ad val
35 .30 30 per cent, ad val
66 96
66 87 30 per cent, ad val
11*
do
6 80 20 per cent, ad val
18t
do
6 50 100 per ct. ad val .
35
30 30 per cent, ad val
34
do
'21*
do
5
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Lowest.
$7
4
3
• 1
6
8
3
15
25 Oct,
50 A p r ,
57 A p r .
75 Oct,
Apr,
98
45 Aug,
76 Aug,
13 F e b ,
SS Oct,
00 A p r .
00 D e c
8 Dec
13 J a n ,
39 D e c
Nov,
Dec
00 F e b .
13 J a n ,
2 00
14
Apr.
Juiie
1 00
July
2 SO
4 00
2 SO
17
13
S3
SO
33 00
85 00
'63 SO
11
6 00
18
3 65
S6
10
SO
19
4
Sept.
Sept.
Aug.
Jan.
Nov,
Dec
Jan,
Jan,
Oct,
Jan,
Jan.
July
Apr,
Apr.
May
Highest.
$10 75
7 :?0
• 4 SO
2 SO
1 30
75
98
16
33
7 50
14 00
13
14
32
31
10
4.00
19 00
9
3 20
16
1
3
4
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50
50
75
24
10
46
1 10
43 50
90 00
77 SO
15
7 35
35
7 SO
41
30
37.
25
5
June
Dec
Dec
June
Dec
June
Feb,
Juue
Jau,
Aug,
Feb,
Jan,
June
Feb,
Feb,
Jan,
Aug,
Dec
Feb,
Jan,
A v e r a g e prices.
$8
5
3
2
1
6
11
3
16
76 a $g
72 a 5
96 a 4
17 a 2
10 a 1
53 a
84 o
14 o
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2 a
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34 a 3
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27 30 per cent, ad v a l .
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13* F r e e .
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20* 5 per cent, ad v a l . .
Free
57 20 per cent, ad v a l .
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14 o
15
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July
Feb.
June
Jan,
Aug,
Apr.
May
Oct.
IMar,
Feb,
Oct.
Oct,
Feb,'
Mar,
Dec.
Sept,
2 SO o 3
4 00 o 4
2. 50' o 2
21 o
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32*0
56 o 1
37 79 a 30
85 00 a 90
60 79 o 72
12*o
6 69 o 6
20 o
3 93 o 6
32 a
23 a
22 a
22 a
4 a
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25
50
75
21*
16*
35
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16
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22
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32*
26
25
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val.
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5 per cent, ad v a l . .
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20 per cent, ad v a l .
10 per cent, ad v a l .
30 per cent, ad v a l .
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20 per cent, ad v a l .
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100 per ct. ad val . .
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Sperm, summer
do...
Sperm, winter
do...
Olive . - - ,
:
do... •
Linseed
do...
Paints, red lead
lb..
Provisions—Pork, mess
bbl.. .
Pork, prime
: - - do - . .
Beef, mess
do - . .
Beef, prime
I
do - . .
Hams, pickled
lb..
Beef, smoked
do - . .
Lard
do-..
Butter, State
do - . .
Cheese
do-..
Rice, ordinary
cwt..
Salt—I/iverpool
sack..
T u r k ' s Island
bush..
Seeds—Clover
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lb..
Tiraothy
tierce..
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Russia broAvn
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Soap—New York
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Castile
do...
Spices—Pepper
do...
Nutraegs
do...
Spirits—Jaraaica
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Gin, Meder's .Swan
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lb..
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H a v a n a , white
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do...
Loaf
do...
Tallow, American
d o - . -1
Teas—Young Hysoii
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Ning-yong
do - . .
Imperial
do-..
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do...
Manufactured, No. 1
do...
Whalebone
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Wine—Port
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Madeira
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12
26
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7
8
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20
25
4
18
75.
85
17 00
38
48
38
11 30 per cent,ad val 1
6 a
11
62 30 per cent,ad val
60 a
73 Feb, 1
2 41 o 5 18
do ...
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50
57 a
do ...
73 Nov,
1 31*o 1 31*'
do .. 1 35 Nov,
1 34 o 1 37 '
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1 40 Dec,
1 22 a 1 27 30 per cent.ad val
1 30 D e c
67 30 per cent,ad val
64 a
76 Feb,
7*!
7 a
do -.8 Dec
16 01 o 16 18
do ...
10 75 J a u ,
13 56 a 13 75
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8 35 a 10 30
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20
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10 Nov,
3 11 a 4 10 30 per cent.ad val
4 30 Oct,
1 31 a 1 38
do ...
1 63 Dec,
35
33 a
do ...
1
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13 Apr,
14 00 a 18 70 Free
34 50 Mar,
2 15 a 10 25 30 per cent.ad val 1
10 35
8 SO o 0 00
do .. 0 00
5 o
7 30 per cent.ad val
Jan.
7 Dec
lOio
do . -.
11
Jan.
13 Dec.
do .-.
10*
Jan.
11 J i m e
1 01 o i"66 40 per cent ad val, 1
Feb.
1 30 Nov,
1 04 a 1 75 100 per ct,. ad A-al .,
Dec.
1 73 J a n ,
do --.
Jan.
1 33 Nov. 1 1 15 o 1 30
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June
6 Dec
5* 30 per cent,
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do .-Jan.
6 Dec.
5*
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8 Dec
7*
do ...
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0 Nov.
0 10 per cent.
8}o
June
• . 1 3 Nov,
56 Free
34 a
1
Jan.
70 J u n e
33* Free
3l*a
Sept,
40 J u n e
55
33 a
Jan,
75 J u n e
30 per cent. ad val
.3*0
Jan. .
10 Aug,
02.V 40 per cent. ad val
lS*o
33
Aug,
IMay
May
Aug,
Jau.
Jan,
Feb,
Jan,
Dec,
Dec,
Sept,
Sept,
Dec
Dec
A-p*.
Juue
Aug.
Nov,
Jan,
Feb.
June
Aug.
Apr.
Jan.
Jan.
Dec
Jan.
3 00
3 00
30 00
44
S3
43
76 a 3 00
84 a 3 00
17 00 a 30 00
.Feb.
IMar.
June
30 a
48*o
30 a
43
53
41
8 May
53
2 S3
53
137
1 40
• 1 13
63
7
13 13
10 37
8 00
5 00
6»
9
0
15
6
4 13
1 47
43
8
13 00
Aug,
Feb,
Aug.
Jan,
Jan,
Dec,
Jan,
Dec
Aug,
Aug,
Dec,
Jan,
Aug,
Jau,
July
Jau.
July
May
Sept,
Mar,
June
Mar,
9 75
Jan,
Oct
Sept,
Feb.
Aug.
Jau.
1 30 Jau,
3 June
- 4 .June
6 Juue
0
10 J a n ,
8 SO
4
10
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90
1 00
40
17
18
5
14
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40 per cent, ad val
75
do
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17 00
do
:30 per cent, ad val
35
do
1
35
33
do
Dec,
Dec
Aug,
May
Apr.
Jan.
Jan,
Jan,
Dec,
Dec
Dec,
11
70
4 75
70
1 70
1 00
1 35
85
8
16 00
13 50
13 00
8 00
0
11
11
34
13
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1 70
55
11
30 00
10 35
9 00
8
13
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1 35
3 00
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6
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7
0
13
45
37
33
11
33
38
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3 00
50 00
40
48
40
Sept,!
Jan,
June
Jan,
Nov,
Dec
A p *,
Apr,
Jan,
Feb,
Feb.
Aug.
July
Jan.
June
Sept.
Dec
Ma *.
Dec
A p •.
Aug.
Feb.
Sept.i
10} 30 per cent, ad val.
8 a
57 30 per cent, ad val.
56 a
do
4 33
2 30 a
do
50
57 a
do
1 57
1 55 a
do
1 60 o 1 60*1
37 30 per cent, ad v a l .
78 30 per cent, ad v a l .
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8
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2 15 a
do
8 68 o 0 00
7
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5 a
10}1 30 per cent, ad v a l .
Jan,
10-}a
10*! ..-•-.-do
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Apr,
'10*0
Apr,
1 06 o 1 09 40 per cent, ad v a l .
1 91 100 per ct, a d val . :
Dec 1 1 33 a
do
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Dec
6*0
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Jan,
Apr,
Apr,
Aug.
Dec
Oct
Dec.
Jan.
Jan.
Jan,
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11' 80 a 13
10 00 a 11
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73 per cent, beyond the average exports of the pre ' '
preceding ten years, (1844-53.) Of: . exports of the fiscal year 1853-'S4, those of breadstuffs and provisions were $65,041,333, or nearly
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Articles.
Breadstuffs—Wheat flour, State
bbl.
Ryeflour
do..
Corn meal
do..
A'Yheat, Genesee
bush.
R y e , northern ,
do..
Oats, northern
do..
Corn, n o r t h e r n
do..
Candles—Blould
lb.
Sperm
do..
Coal—Anthracite
ton.
Liverpool
chaldron.
Coffee—Brazil
lb.
J a v a , white
do..
Copper—Pig
do..
Sheathing
do..
Cotton, middling
do..
F i s h — D r y cod
cwt.
Mackerel
bbl.
F l a x , American
lb.
Fruit—Almonds
do..
Raisins
box.
F u r s , beaver, n o r t h e r n
lb.
Glass, American, w i n d o w
50 feet.
Gunpowder—Sporting
35 IbsCommon
do..
Hides—Buenos Ayrgs
.lb.
Mexican
do..
Hops, 18.34
do..
Indigo, Manilla
do..
Iron—Scotch pig
\
ton.
English b a r
do..
Sheet, Russia
lb.
Lead, pig
100 l b s .
Leather, hemlock
lb.
Liquors—Cognac b r a n d y .
,.. gall.
Domestic whiskey
do..
Molasses—New Orleans
do..
Muscovado
do..
Matanzas
do..
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$7
6
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1
1
5
7
3
18
50
00
35
06
00
43
03
14
38
50
00
8
13
33
38
7
00
50
15
2 35
1 00
Sept. $10 18
Sept.
7 87
Jan.
5 35
Sept.
3 SO
Sept.
1 73
Oct.
83
Aug,
1 15
Jan,
17
Jan,
40
Dec
7 50
Feb,
10 50
Jan,
13
Jau,
14
July
35
May
33
Jan,
11
Jau,
4 37
Feb,
S3 00
June
Jan,
June
June
June
May
June
Dec
Dec,
Jan,
Nov,
Sept,
Nov,
MarDec
July
Aug.
Nov,
Sept,
Feb,
Jan,
July
Nov,
Apr,
2 SO
2
26
55
6
4
00
75
10
15
5
55
50
00
13
13
10
50
30
S3
S3
31
4
8
40
Highest,
Jan,
Jan,
Jan.
Jan.
Dec
July
June
June
Feb,
May
Jan,
Jan,
April
Mar.
Mar,
April
July
18
70
SO
35
00
SO
36
31
37
1 15
37 00
65 00
3
1
3
7
5
S3
7 00
35
7 50
43
40
40
30
4
11
47
Dec
Dec
Dec
Dec,
July
Dec,
Oct,
Nov,
Nov,
Nov,
Dec
Dec,
Sept.
Dec,
Dec
Dec
Oct.
Lo-west.
Average prices.
$8 68 a $8 84
6 43 a 6 89
4 63 a 4 66
2 41 a 2 46
1 3 2 a 1 35
60
50 a
98 o 1 00
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30 per cent, ad val,
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5 per cent, ad val..
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do
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2 SO
3 00
1 30
75
35
48
12
38
5 SO
6 00
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13
23
28
0
3 00
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8
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30 per cent, ad val,
40 per cent, ad val.
2
10 per cent, ad val.
1
20 per cent, ad val.
2
,
do
5
do
3
21* 5 per cent, ad val.
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do'
21* 20 per cent, ad val,
08 10 per cent, ad val,
25 30 p e r cent, ad v a l
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50
17
do
46 20 p e r cent, ad val,
6
23
do
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38
do
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30
do
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do
30 per cent, ad val.
do
43 i 20 per cent, ad val,
15*
74
35
25
51
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SO
25
50
00
50
24
18
4
55
20
00
11
40
24
75
25
42
33
30
3
6
37
June
Aug,
Juue
Aug,
May
June
June
Juue
June
Jan,
July
Jan,
Nov,
Sept.
Jan.
Dec,
Dec,
Dec
Apr,
Feb,
Mar,
Jan,
Dec,
Dec
June
June
Dec,
Dec,
Aug.
Sept.
Oct,
Jan,
Sept.
June
Apr,
May
May
Sept,
Dec
July
Highest.
Average prices.
31
87
25
17
31
50
04
17
40
Jan,
Jan,
Jan.
Jan.
Jan,
Sept.
Jan.
Jan.
$6
3
3
1
6 SO
Mar.
Nov,
Jau,
June
Juue
IMar,
Dec
Mar,
Mar,
Oct,
Dec
Oct,
.June
Dec,
Jan,
Jan,
Dec,
Dec,
Jau,
Jan,
Mar,
May
Jan,
July
Dec,
Sept,
.Jan.
Dec,
Dec
DecJan,
July
July
5
7
$8
5
4
2
1
0 25
12
15
28
34
12
4 SO
23 00
12
10
00
75
50
00
50
30
26
13
1 15
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65 00
22
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30
8 00
36
73
53
50
4
7
45
4
1
3
7
5
3
20
3
1
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6
4
31
58
6
4
46 20 per cent, ad val.
do
21
do
61
do
S3
do
07
do
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do
72
15* . - . . - d o
do
40
30 per cent, ad val.
do
8 06
11* F r e e
14* F r e e
25} 5 per cent, ad v a l . .
31* F r e e
Free
4"68 20 per cent, ad val,
do
21 37
g*o
11*
1.5-*o
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23 o 3 40 40 per cent, ad val.
36 a 1 48 10 per cent, ad val.
54 o 3 20 20 per cent, ad val.
do
06 o 6 17
do
41 o 4- 52
5 per cent, ad v a l . .
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26 a
do
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10 per cent, ad vtd,
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20 per cent, ad val,
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26
25 a
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32 o
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50 a
43 . - . . . - do
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39 . . . . - - do
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do
3*
do
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7
40 a
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70 a
48 a
68 a
95 o
42 a
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gal..
63
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do - . .
1 85
Sperm, winter
do - - 1 90
Olive do
1 12
Linseed. . - . .
do..
77Paints, red lead
lb 7
Provisions—-"Pork, mess
.'-. . b b l .
12 SO
P o r k , prime
.-.. . - d o . - .
12 25
Beef, mess
..do-.8 25
Beef, prime
..do...
6 00
H a m s , pickled
...Ib.
7
Beef hams, in pickle . . . b b l . 13 00
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Lard
0
.do.
B u t t e r , State . 17
Cheese
do.6
Rice, ordinary
cwt2 SO
Salt—Liverpool
sack00
T u r k ' s Island
bush -.
30
Seeds—Clover
Ib10
Tiraothy, reaped
bush.
2 75
Soap—New Y o r k
lb.
4
Castile
do..
10
Spices—Pepper
do.-10
Nutmegs
do..
90
Spirits—Jamaica ritm
gal.
1 SO
Gin, Meder's S w a n
do. .
1 25
Sugars—New Orleans
lb 4
Muscovado
do..
4
6
H a v a n a , white
do...
8
Loaf
do. Tallow, Araerican
do - 11
Teas—Young Hyson
do. 34
17
Ning-yong
do..
. 18
Imperial
do..
6
Tobacco—Kentucky
do.. 16
Manul'actured, No, 1
d o . -.
33
Whalebone, N. W , C
do...
00
Wme—Port
gal..
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do.. .
Claret, Bordeaux
c a s k . . 30 00
24
Wool—Common
.lb -.
35
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do. - 21
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,
do.--
Mar,
Feb,
July
Jau,
Jan,
IMar,
Jan,
Feb,
Jan.
Jan,
Jan,
Feb,
Feb,
Mar,
Feb
Aug,
Jan,
June
June
June
Nov,
Dec,
May
May
Dec
Dec
July
Jan,
Apr,
Apr:
Apr,
Apr,
June
Nov.
Feb,
Jan,
.Jan,
Feb.
July
.Jan.
Jan.
Jan.
.Jan.
Jan,
5 00
2 10
1 25
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21
14
12
21
5
1
3
1
2
1
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25
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11
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12
28
12
37
22
58
13
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8
11
11
02
50
62
0
10
13
40
25
30
13
24
45
3 50
3 00
60 00
34
42
31
July
Nov,
Nov,
Sept.
Sept.i
Oct,
Dec
Nov,
Nov!
Oct,
Oct,
Sept,
May
Dec,
Dec
Apr.
June
Nov,
Oct,
Nov,
NOV,
Jan,
Nov,
Apr,
Apr,
Jan,
Feb.
Dec.
Dec
Oct.
Oct.
Oct.
Dec
July
Dec
Oct.
May
Nov.
Nov.
Dec
Dec
Dec
Dec
Dec
2
.
1
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1
15
16
10
8
16
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05
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20 per cent,
do
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20 per cent,
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Free
ad val,
ad val.
ad val.
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ad val.
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ad val,
1 04
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101 30 per cent, ad val,
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2 12 100 per cent, ad val,
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do
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do
,
12
39 F r e e .
23* F r e e .
26 F r e e .
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22* 40 per cent, ad vul.
41i 20 per cent, ad val,
3 12 40 per cent, ad vtd,
3 00
do
S3 33
do
31-§- 30 p e r cent, ad v a l
38
do
26 . - - - - . d o
2 00
71
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1 65
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14 25
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6 00
8
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6
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4
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1 40
1 50
6
6
8
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10
32
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6
17
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1 SO
2 00
40 00
30
40
20
Feb,
July
Nov,
Dec
Nov,
May
Dec
Mar,
Feb,
May
Sept,
Feb,
Feb,
Apr,
July
July
Dec
Dec,
Dec
Dec,
Dec
Apr,
July
Jan.
July
Sept,
June
June
Jan,
Jan,
Mar,
Dec
Jan,
July
Jau,
Jau,
Jan,
Jan,
Jan,
.Jan,
Jan,
Jau,
G 00
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1 05
3 05
1 37
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8
31 00
18 35
13 00
10 00
10
22 00
14
28
11
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1 05
34
17
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8
11
13
05
2 SO
1 60
10
10
12
13
13
40
20
30
16
30
65
4 00
^4 00
60 00
38
54
35
June
Oct,
June
Mar,
Apr.
Nov.
Jan,
Nov.
Nov.
Jan,
Jan,
Dec
Oct.
Oct.
Mar.
Jau.
Feb.
July
Sept.
May
Apr.
]\Iay
Jan.
Dec
Mar,
Dec.
2 52 a 5 20 20 per cent, ad val.
do
78 a
70
do
1 81 o 1 S3
do
1 go a 1 91
30 per cent, ad val,
1 18 o 1 24
87 SO per cent, ad val.
85 a
do
lia
8
do
18 44 o 18 69
do
16 15 a 16 32
do
8 12 a 10 14
do
7 33 a 8 13 ,
do
2 a
9*1,
do
14 50 a 17 33
do
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do
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7*a
34 30 per cent, ad val,
4 04 o
2\\
do
01 o 4 39
do
28 a
94
Free
13 a
30*
'-•
•3 32 a
13* F r e e
4 a 3 50 30 per cent, ad val,
do
10*0
7*1
do
•..--10*0
40 per cent, ad val.
87 a
11* 100 per cent, a d val,
1 46 o
90*
do
1 50 o
7 a 5 31 Sd^per cent, ad val,
1 60 .Y-. - - do
7 a
8:
do
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8*1
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10
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11* F r e e
35 a
11* F r e e . . - - '
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22ia
10* 30 p e r cent, ad val,
7*0
SS}1 40 p e r cent, ad val.
19 o
14} SO per cent. ad. val.
56 a
35 40 per cent, ad val.
1 89 a
57*
do
2 31 a
3 71 ,
do
40 00 a
31 o 3 43 30 per cent, ad val.
43 a 60 00
do
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* A t the closeof the year 1854 the public debt of the United States h a d been reduced to less than $45,000,000, redeemable a t different periods during fourteen years, with a surplus in
the treasury of $30,000,000, a portion of which w a s applied to the governmeut debt due in 18G7-'6S, at a premium of 16 o 19 per cent. T h e recommendation of the President of a reduction
of the tariff" w a s n o t adopted. During the t w o years 1S53-'S5 the sum of $34,935,883 Avas applied to the public debt. T h e Crimean w a r occasioned a large demand for breadstuffs aud provisions from the United States, the foreign exports of which, in the t w o years ending J u n e 30, 1855, were $104,836,000, T h e foreign imports for the same period were $566,030,901. T h e
exports of coin and bullion for the t w o years were $87,065,803 beyond the imports, notwithstanding the a p p a r e n t balance of trade iu favor of the United States.
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YEAR 1858.
YEAR 1857,"
Articles.
. Breadstuffs—Wheat
flour
bbl.
Rj.'^e
flour
do..
Corn meal
do..
W h e a t , Genesee
bush.
Rye, northern
--do..
Oats, northern
.-do..
Corii, northern
do..
Candles—Mould
lb .
Sperra
•-. do.-.
Coal—Anthracite
ton.
Liverpool - . - 1
chaldron.
Coffee—Brazil
.lb.
J a v a , white
do..
Copper—Pig
do-.
Sheathiug
db..
Cotton, middling
do - F i s h — D r y cod
cwt.
Mackerel, No, 1
bbl.
F l a x , American
lb.
Fruit—Almonds
do..
Raisins
box.
Fur.s, beaver, n o r t h e r n :
Ib.
Glass, American w i n d o w
50 ft.
Gunpowder—Rifle
35 l b s .
Shipping . . .
do..
Hides—Buenos A y r e s . . . '
lb.
Mexican
,
do. .
Hops, 1856 . . . . ;
do..
Indigo, Manilla
do. .
Iron—Scotch pig
ton.
Common English bar
do. .
Sheet, Russia
lb..
Lead, pig
100 l b s . ,
Leather, heralock
lb.,
Li luors—Cognac b r a n d y
gall.,
Domestic -xvhiskey.
do..,
Molasses-^New Orleans
.•
do-..
Muscovado
.do...
Matanzas . do...
Nails—Cut
lb..
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Wrought
do...
Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
Lowest.
$4
3
3
•1
6
6
3
10
Oct,
Jan,
Apr,
Oct.
Oct,
Dec,
7 1 •• Mar.
13 J a n ,
40 F e b .
00 • Aug.
50 i May
10 i J a n ,
14 ! J a n ,
S3 i Oct,
38 j Sept,
13 ! J a n ,
00 : D e c
00 I J a n .
35
50
SO
35
70
40
10
2 30
1 50
2 75
5 00
3 50
38
SO
3
55
38 00
52-00
11
6 73
33
5 00
31
33
SO
SO
;3
5
Jan,
Nov.
Apr,
Jan.
Jan,
Jan,
Nov,
Dec,
Dec
Jan,
Oct,
July
Oct,
Jan.
Dec
Jan.
Oct.
Dec
Nov.
Dec
Dec,
Dec
Highest.
$6
5
4
1
1
70
00
S3
03
S3
66
08
17
• 43
7 00
0 00
13
17
38
35
15
4 63
23 00
11
35
4 SO
3 00
3 75
6 35
4-00
37
31
13
June
July
June
July
June'
July
Jline
Mar.
Dec.
Feb.
Oct.
July
Sept.
Feb.
Mar.
Sept.
Aug.
June
Apr.
JuneSept.
Dec
Mar.
Dec.
Apr,
Apr,
Apr.
1 OS Sept.
3 7 SO M a y
6 3 SO M a y
13 00 Jan.
7 SS J u l y
Feb.
33
8 00 J u l y
37 J u u e
80 J a n .
63 M a y
Feb.
Mar.
Mar,
Average.
Duties, J a n . , 1857,
75 a %5 83 ! 30 per cent, ad val
do
S O o 4 39 •
do
61 a 3 64 '
do
63 a 1 73 j
do
93 a • 95 ;
54 ;
do
51*a
do
83*
79}a
do
13 i
11 a
do
4114l*o
6 06 o 6 16 I 30 per cent, a d ' v a l
do
7 S3 o 7" 87
10*0
ni- F r e e
15*a
ls*; F r e e
S4*a
35 ! 5 p e r cent, ad v a l .
30 a
30* F r e e
14 F r e o
• 14 a
3 44 o 4 11 SO per cent, ad val
do
20 00 o 31 00
11
8 a
33 30 per cent, ad val
3.3 a
4 03 a 4 07 40 per cent, ad val
1 69 a 1 88 10 per cent, ad val
2 82 a 3 57
5 25 a 5 50 SO per cent, ad val
do
-,
3 60 a 3 70 ,
33 5 per cent, ad. v a l .
:i2*a
37 - - - - - d o
.26*o
6*a
10* SO per cent, a d val
51 a 1 01 10 per cent, a a v a l
30 54 a 31 71 30 per cent, ad val
do
,
55 62 a 56 66
12 a
13 - - - - . d o
7 03 a 7 03 30 per cent, ad val
S6*o : 37 . . . . . d o
5 01 o 7 37 100 per cent, ad val
do
37 o
67 30 per cent, ad val
64 a
40
do
43 o
41 j
do
39 a
do .3*a
3*
do-.
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6*:
$5
3
3
1
Lowest,
$3
3
2
1
75
00
35
SO
65
40
58
tlO
39
5 00
7 00
9
13
33
34
9
3 63
9 SO
1
1
2
5
3
22
41
5
3
15
03
00
75
00
00
10
15
4
35
GO
00
11
00
21
00
31
36
10
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Highest,
Oct,
Sept,
Oct,
Oct,
Aug.
Sept.
Aug.
Dec
Sept,
Jan,
Mar,
Nov,
Apr,
Apr,
Mar,
Oct,
Dec.
May-
July
July
Mar.
June
June
June
Jan,
Jan,
J.an,
Dec,
Dec
Feb.
Nov,
June
Sept,
Jan.
July
Jan,
SS
75
30
50
81
S3
1 03
133
40
6 00
8 35
13
SO
35
30
13
4 50
14 00
Jan,
Nov,
July
.June
Dec
Jan.
Jau,
June
Feb.
July
Oct,
Jan,
Jan,
Feb,Dec
May
Feb,
Feb,
Jan,
63 Apr.
SO F e b .
75 J a n .
35 J a n .
00 J a n ,
38 Sept,
S3 D e c
10 JTan,
1 30 Nov,
37 00 Mar.
55 00 Feb,
13 00 Oct,
6 35 M a y
36 D e c
7 00 .June
35 Aug,
53 Sept,
35 Sept,
J30 Aug,
3
$5
3
4
1
5
1
3
6
4
Average.
$4 35 a
3 11 a
3 54 a
128 a
71 a
44 a
70 a
tl7 a
30 a
5 00 a
7 14 a
g}o
lS*a
£3 a
25*o
14 *a
3 14 a
11 50 a
$4
3
3
1
34
36
66
37
73
46
82
t20
40
5 45
7 54
11
16*
23*
26*
11*
3 62
11 86
15
2 23 a 2 30
1 08 a 1 16
2 87 a 3 62
5 16 a 5 41
3 16 a 4 00
24 a
24*
ig}a
30*
8
5 a
45 a 1 01
23 01 o 35 04
50 83 a 53 05
13*
11*0
5 64 o 5 '
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3 88 a 6 S3
22 o 33*
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Duties, Jaii., 1858.
15 per cent, ad v a l .
do
do
do
do
do
do
do .*.
do
24 per cent, a d v a l .
,.--.do
Free
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15 per cent, ad val.
do
30 per cent, ad val .
8 per cent, ad val..
do
15 per cent, ad val.
.---•-do
4 per cent, ad val..
-----do
15 per cent, ad v a l .
8 per cent, ad val - .
34 per cent, ad v a l .
,
do
----.do
15 p e r cent, ad val do
30 per cent, ad v a l .
do
34 p e r cent, ad val .
do
do
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gall..1
Rosin, white-..380 l b s . .
Oils—Whale
gall..
Sperm, sninraer
do.. Sperra, winter
do. --Olive
do...
Linseed
do...
Paints, red lead
-.
lb. .
Provisions—Pork,
raess
bbl. Pork, prime
.do...
Beef, mess
do...
Beef, prime
do...
H a m s , pickled
lb-.
Beef hams in pickle
bbl -.
Lard
...Ib-Butter, State
do...
Cheese
do...
Ricc, ordinary
cwt- Salt—Li vei'i^ool
sack - T u r k ' s Island
bush -.
Seeds—Clover
lb..
Timothy, reaped
bush..
Soap—Brown
lb- Castile
do.. Spices—Pepper
do.. Nutraegs
do -. Spirits—Jaraaica .rura
gall..
Gin, Meder's S w a n
do. - Sugars—^^New Orleans
,
lb -.
Muscovado
do...
H a v a n a Avhite
do...
Loaf.
do..Tallow, Araerican
do-. Teas—Young Hyson
.•. d o . : .
Souchong,
fine
do...
Imperial
do...
Tobacco—Kentucky
do...
Manufactured, No. 1 - . .
do...
V'vjhalebone—-NW. C
do - . .
Wine—Port..'.
gall..
Madeira
do.. .
Claret, Bordeaux
cask..
Wool—Common
lb. , Merino
do. :
Pulled, No, 1
do..-
42 Deo.
4 00 Nov,
66 Mar.
1 35 Sept.
1 45 Nov.
1 SO J a n ,
58 •Dec
7 Dec,
16 50 Nov,
16 00 Nov,
0 SO Nov,
6 00 Nov,
0 Jan,
17 00 J a n .
10 Dec,
16 Oct,
5 Aug,
3 35 D e c
70 Feb,
SO Feb.
10 Dec,
3 00 J a n ,
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1
3
3
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10
10
55
35
00
0
5
10
11
0
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18
33
7
33
64
00
75
00
30
40
35
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Nov.
Nov.
June
Dec,
Dec
Dec,
Dec.
Dec,
Jan,
Feb,
,Jan,
Dec
Dec,
Jan.
r)'ec
Dec
Dec
53
8 00
811 45
1 60
1 40
87
8
35 70
31 60
15 00
13 75
13
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.
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14
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11
11
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14
13
48
43
37
30
31
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4 00
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58
37
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Juno
Jan,
June
Jan,
Aug.
Mar.
Mar.
Sept.
Sept.
July
July
Oct.
July
Sept.
May
Apr,
Aug,
Mar.
Apr.
Apr.
Aug,
Dec
Apr.
Mar.
.Nov.
Jan,
June
June
June
Mar,
July
Aug.
June
Aug.
Mar.
Oct,
Apr,
Apr,
Apr,
4/
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3 00
do
:.
4 77 a 6 60
74
40
do r
71 o
1 15
do
1 40 a 1 41
do
1 SO o 1 SO
1 25
SO
1 34 a 1 28 30 per cent, ad val
77 20 per cent, ad val
54
76 a
7
do
7 a
7*
15 .35
do
31 65 a 22 14
12 00
do
18 41 a 18 54
9 00
do
,
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10 a
do
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14
8
do
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13
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10* 30 per cent, ad val
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2 75
80
62
do
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16
do
22 a . 22*
ree
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3 61 a
2 00
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7
do
11 a
10
11*
8
do
11-}a
11* 40 per cent, ad v a l .
SO
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75 100 per cent, ad val.
1 00
1 45 a
05
do
1 21-a 2 46
5
2 a 1 31 30 per cent, a d v a l .
11
5
do
lia
0*
7
do
ll*a
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9
12-^
8
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22
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30 F r e e
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-25
34* 30 per cent, ad val
0-*o
6
18} 40 per cent, ad val
22
26 a
29* 20 per cent, ad val
70
88*o
2 00 a 89* 40 per cent, ad val 1 1 00
t 2 50
2 75 a 4 00
do
30 00
40 00 o 4 00
do
27
35 o 60 00 30 per cent, ad val
35
47 o 38}
do
5
20
31*a
do
34*
Jan. 1
Jan. \
Aug. '
Sept,
Feb.
Aug.
Feb.
Ferb".
Feb.
Dec
Feb,
Jan.
Jan,
Jan.
Feb.
Sept,
Jan,
Aug,
Jan,
July
Jan,
riec
Jan,
Feb.
Nov.
Nov.
Juue
June
Feb,
Dec
Aug,
Sept,
May
Jan,
" Sept,
.Jan,
Feb,
Jan.
Dec
Jan,
Jan,
Jau.
O.i 1 iNOV, 1
8 25
65
1-30
1 35
1 16
75
7
10 00
15 50
12 00
8 SO
10
10 00
12
25
10
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80
23
10
2 75
7
15
0
65
200
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8
0
11
10
10
38
35
35
18
26
1 12
4 00
4 00
85 00
32
.45.
32
May
Jan,
May
June
Jan,
Sept,
May
May
Sept,
June
May
Mar,
May
May
Apr,
Apr,
.Jan,
July
Nov,
Apr,
May
Mav
Mar,
Feb,
.Jan,
Dec
Aug.
Aug.
Ja'n,
Oct,
Dec
Jan,
M:xy
Feb,
Dec
June
Jan,
Dec
Dec,
ID U
6 23
do
55
52 a
do
1 15 a 1 26
do
1 20 a 1 33
1 0 2 a 1 07 34 per cent, ad v a l .
64 15 per cent, ad val 63 a
do
7 a • 7
do
16 80 o 17 13
do
13 70 a 13 05
10 OS a 10 89 - - . . . . d o
do
6 73 a 7 58
4 42 a
8ia
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10 a
15 a
5}o
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10
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7
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25 a
31
27 a
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88 a
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2 58 o 4 00
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33
28 a
41
37 o
35}
24 a
do
do
do
do
34 per cent, ad v a l .
15 per cent, ad v a l .
do
do
Free
Freo
34 per cent, ad v a l .
do
4 per ceiit, ad val - -do
30 per cent, ad v a l .
do .34 per cent, ad v a l .
..-..do
do
do
8 per cent, ad v a l . .
Free
F r e e .'Free
34 per cent, ad v a l .
30 per cent, ad v a l .
15 per cent, ad v a l .
30 jjer f'.ent, ad v a l .
do
do
34 per cent, ad v a l .
do
do
* T h e total foreign imports for the fiscal year 1857-'58 w e r e $333,613,150 u n d e r t h e new tariff of 1857, T h e domestic export.^ for the same period were $334,644,4*31, T h e exports of
gold aud silver beyond t h e i m p o r t s for the year w e r e .$33,358,651, T h e suspension of specie payraent b y the banksof New York, New England, Pennsylvania^ & c , occurred in September .
and October, 1857; the resumption w a s effected in December and early in 1858, T h e custom-house duties for the year wei*e $41,780,630, or one-third'less t h a n those of the previous year.
T h e deficiency of revenue for the two following years w a s estimated b y the treasury a t $7,914,576. A revision of the tariff w a s recommended, a n d also provision to supply the probable
deficiency,
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The range ofprices in New York f o r thirty-nine years—Continued.
YEAR 1800.
YE.4K 1850,
Articles.
Lowest,
Breadstuffs—Wheat flour
.'bbl-.
B y e flour
do...
Corn meal
do...
W h e a t , Genesee . bu.sh-Rye, northern
do...
Oats, northern
do..Corn, n o r t h e r n - . . .
do.-.
Candle.s—Adamantine
Ib.Sperm
do-.Coal—Anthracite
ton-Liverpool
. chaldron.Coffee—Rio-.
lb
do--Copper, sheathing
do...
Cotton, middling
do.-F i s h — D r y cod
cwt..
Mackerel
bbl..
Fruit—Almonds
Ib.Raisins
box..
F u r s , beaver, northern
Ib.Glass, American w i n d o w
. - . 5 0 feet.Gunpowder—Rifle
...-35 lbs.Shipping
do..Hides—Buenos A y r e s
lb..
do...
Hops, 1858
do...
Indigo, Manilla
do..Iron—Scotch pig
Coraraon English b a r
do.-.
Sheet, Russia
lb-.
Lead, pig
-.100 l b s . Leather, heralock . .v-.
lb
Liquors—Cognac b r a n d y
galLDomestic whiskey
do...
Molasses—New Orleans
do..Cuba clayed
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N a v a l stores—Spirits
Rosin, white
Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
•
$4
3
3
1
5
7
3
15
S
1
3
5
3
22
42
5
2
•
do--.
do...
lb
do...
gall.bbl..
8
00
35.
40
30
75
36
76
18
38
35
35
10
13
36
11
37
35
12
30
00
75
00
00
S3
10
8
SO
00
50
10
55
20
25
23
36
21
18
3
3
44
00
Sept.
Jan.
Jau.
Oct,
Aug.
Aug.
Jan,
July
Dec
Oct.
Jan.
Jan.
Jan.
Oct.
Nov.
Apr.
Jan,
Feb.
Sept.
Dec
Apr,
Apr,
Dec,
Dec
Dec
Jan.
Oct,
Dec
May
Jan,
Dec
Oct,
Jan.
Jan,
Jan,
Sept,
Sept,
Aug.
Dec
Highest,
$6
4
4
1
1
5
10
4
16
2
1
3
6
3
1
31
50
6
7
7
SO
75
25
65
09
58
05
23
43
50
00
13
16
27
13
75
75
13
40
75
50
00
50
20
24
18
20
50
00
12
00
27
00
20
51
34
26
3
5
54
23
Average,
Duties,
Lowest,
J u n e ^ $4 03 \ a $5 20 15 per cent, ad val . i $4 35 Feb,
\
3 50 J u n e
do
3 70 a 3 92
June
1 3 50 D e c
do
3 84 a 3 04
.June
IMS D e c
do
IMar.
1 37 o 1 SO
do
68 D e c
June
85 a
86
37 Nov,
-do
Feb.
47 o
40
64 Aug.
do
Nov.
84 o
88*
16 Aug.
- do .
Jan.
10*o
20}
do
33 D e c
Jan.
40 o
41*
5 30
Mar.
5 31 34 per cent, ad v a l .
do
7 00 J u l y
Dec
7"07
Dec
10*0 ' " 1 2 F r e e
11 F e b .
do
Sept.
14 a
13 F e b .
15
do
Apr.
26 a
35 Sept.
26*
Mar.
L].*a
10 Sept.
IJ*
do - - . Oct.
3 00 D e c
3 81 0 4 42 15 per cent, ad v a l .
do
•June
15 00 D e c
IS 77 a 16 00
' Oct.
13 •June
12*o
13* 30 per cent, ad v a l .
Feb.
3 15 D e c
2 24 o 3 37 8 per cent, ad val . .
do
Mar.
1 00
1 24 o
3 75
2 75 o
5 00 'j'an.'
5 18 a 5 43 15 per cent, a d val .
'July
do
3 00 F e b .
July
3 00 a 3 13
31 Aug.
36 4 p e r cent, ad v a l . .
Apr,
25 a
do
17 Aug.
23
Apr,
22*o
6 July
14} 15 per cent, ad val .
Apr,
0 o
SO D e c
.June
56 a 1 15 8 pei* cent, ad v a l . .
30 50 D e c
J\lar.
24 58 o 35 06 34 per cent, ad v a l .
do
41 00 J u l y
Feb,
44 88 o 46 04
11 F e b .
Sept,
10*a
11 . . . - do .
5 63 Oct.
Mar,
5 65 o -5 74 15 p e r cent, ad v a l .
do
SO Sept.
Apr,
35
24 o
3 00
Mar,
2 80 a 7 08 30 per cent, ad v a l .
do
10 Dec.
Mar.
S7
26 a
Dec
43 34 per cent, a d v a l . > 36 D e c
36 a
do
IS D e c
June
30 :
23 a
do . 16 D e c
Mar,
34
22 a
3
do
'
3
4 Dec
. -.
3*o ' • " 4 . . . . d o .
Dec
30 Aug.
48 15 per cent, ad v a l .
47*o
Apr,
0 (^
(\c\'
Tnii
3 l o a 3 16 .
Highest,
$5
3
3
1
50
00
85
70
04
47
gs
6
13
4
18
3
1
3
5
3
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1
37
44
5
8
31
40
00
00
15
18
37
11
63
50
14
00
30
50
35
35
25
33
35
15
00
00
16
75
S3
00
37
55
36
37
3
5
40
Average.
36 15 per cent, ad val 70
do
63
do
54
do
84
do
4-3*
do
75
do
18}
.\lo
do
,-.
38*
5 54 34 per cent, ad v a l .
5
do
0 18
Feb.
8
14 F r e e
Aug.
16
do
Aug.
361do
Feb.
Feb.
do
3"87 15 per cent, ad val .
Mar.
3
do
Oct.
16
16 07
Nov.
13 .30 per cent, ad val .
Oct.
3
3 48 8 per cent, ad val - • 1
1 SO
do
3 50
S
5 35 15 per cent, ad val .
5
3 14
do
July
34 4 p e r cent, a d v a l . .
June
' '3.3 0
do
'.
31
/Nov,
30*0
16* 15 per cent, ad v a l .
Dec
10 a
Jan,
59 a 1 00 8 per cent, ad val . Mar.
S3 15 o 33 87 34 per cent, ad v a l .
Feb.
41 06 a 43 03
do
Nov.
13*
do
13 0
Mar.
5 67 "o .5 73 15 per cent, ad v a l .
Apr.
33
31 a
do
3 00 a 8 00 30 per cent, ad v a l .
33*
do
33 a
Jan.
40 34 per cent, ad val .
44 o
May
31
do
34 a
May
33
do
31 a
May
do
3
'"4*
do
Jan.
4 a
43 15 per cent, a d v a l .
INIar.
43 a
Sept.
Jau,
May
May
Jan,
Jau,
Jau,
Jan,
Feb.
T,,l^r
$5
3
3
1
0
13 o
56 0
S3 o
45 a
81 a
41*0
73 0
17 0
37 o
SO 0
36 o
13 o
13 o
25}o
1.0*
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lS*o
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75 0
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Duties.
C'T /»
$5
3
3
1
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Oils—Sperm, suramer
Sperm, winter
OlivG
Linseed
Paints, red lead. -'.
Provisions—Pork, mess
Pork, prime
Beef, mess
\
Beef, prime
Haras, pickled
Beef hams in pickle
Lard
Butter, State
Cheese
Rice, ordinary
Salt—Liverpool
T u r k ' s Island
Seeds—Clover
Tiinothy
Soap—Brown
Castile
Spices—Pepper
Nutraegs
Spirits—Jaraaica iniin
Gin, Meder's S w a n
Sugars—New Orleans
Muscovado
'
H a v a n a , white
Loaf
T.nllow, Araerican
Tea—Young Hyson
Souchong,
fine.
Imperial
Tobacco—Kentucky
Manufactured, No. 1
Whalebone, N W . C
Wine—Port
Madeira
Claret, Bordeaux
Wool—Common
Merino
:
Pulled, No. 1
gall..
do.. d o . .do. -^
lb - .". - - bbl - do. - .
d o . -.
do.. lb - bbl - Ib-do...
do.-cwt-.
sack-.
bush - Ib-bush- - 1
lb - do. - do. - do. - gall - do. - lb. do. - d o . -.
do. - do: -do - - . d o . -do. - do. - do. - d o . -.
gall - do. - cask - lb. do - - do.--
1 30
1 35
I 00
55
7
14 60
10 00
5 00
4 00
8
13 00
10
14
3
3 00
75
16
8
Sept,
Nov.
Aug,
Sept,
Oct,
Dec
Aug.
Jan.
Aug.
July
July
Jan.
Apr.
Oct.
Dec.
2 35 J a n .
4 Jan.
9 Dec
7 Dec,
43 D e c
1 00
00 D e c
5 Sept,
5 June
8 July
0 Nov
10 Sept,
18 J a n .
33 J a n .
35 Feb,
4 Oct.
30 Dec.
75 J u n o
1 SO Dec.
3 00
30 00
34 J u l v
46 J u l y
30 J u l y
1 40 • Mar. 1
1 45 Mar,
1 37 Feb,
60 Feb.
7
18 13 F e b .
13 75 Feb.
0 75 J u n e
7 50 J u n e
10 Dec,
18 00 Sept,
13 Feb,
37 Mar,
11 Apr,
4 SO J u n e
1 07 Dec,
" 31 Apr.
11 Mar,
2 75 J u l y
8 Sept,
10 Feb,
0 Feb,
58 Feb.
1 75
05 J a n ,
8 Feb,
8 Feb,
10 Feb,
10 J u n e
11 J u n e
26 Nov
35 J u n e
32 Nov
14 Feb,
26 Apr,
05 J a n .
4 00
4 00
75 00
45 A p r
58 A p r 1
35 A p r
' 1 30 a 1 37 15 per cent, ad val
1 35 a 1 43
do
:.
1 00 a 1 15 24 per cent, ad val
61 15 per cent, ad val
60 a'
do
7
do
16 24 a 16*53
do
11 87 o 12 12
do
.--.7 08 o 8 10
do
5 70 a 6 33
do-.
8*0
0
do
13 46 a 16 85
do
11
10*a
22 - - - - - - d o
16 o
24 per cent, ad val
7 o
3 54 a 3 79 15 per cent, ad val
do
S3
do
,
19
'is a
8*0
-...
9*1 F r e e
do
2 34 o 2 67
4*0
7 24 per cent, ad val
do
0*
8 a ""s* 4 per cent, ad v a l .
do
48 a
51:
1 00 o 1 75 30 per cent, ad val
.-....-do
04*
24 per cent, ad val
S*a
do
5 a
7
S}o
9 .-.--.do
d o . -:
0 a
10
10* 8 ijer cent, ad val "'2i*a
24 F r e e
do28 a
31
do
27 a
30}
4}a
1.3 24 per cent, ad val
21 o
25 30 per cent, ad val
78 o
81 15 per cent, ad val
1 85 o 4 00 30 per cent, ad val
do
3*00 a 4 00
d o . --.
30 00 o 75 00
36*a
391 24 per cent, ad val
do
48 a
50*
30*0
33* -.-:.-do
1
.1 27
1 45
1 12
50
6
16 12
11 SO
4 SO
3 75
9
10 00
10
10
0
3 00
68
17
6
2 37
5
8
7
40
• 1 00
• 90
6
4
7
9
10
!
-4
25
27
3
1
1
18
78
1 90
3 00
30 00
34
48
28
July
Jan,
Jan,
June
July
Jan.
Dec
July
Nov,
Jan,
Nov,
Jan,
Aug.
Dec,
Dec
May
Mar,
Jan,
Jan,
Feb,
May
Dec
Jan,
1 55
1 65
1 35
61
7
10 75
14 75
5 50
4 SO
11
16 00
13
'21
12
4 62
1 15
22
10
4 50
8
10
0
45
' 1 75
8
8
0
10
11
26
Jan,
34
Jan,
38
Mar.
•13
Aug,
23
86
Jan.
4 00
J a u . ^ 5 00
75 00
Dec
. 40
53
33
Dec
Dec.
Dec
Dec
May
Oct, 1 1 40 a 1 43 15 per cent, ad val.
1 50 a 1 53
do
Nov.
1 33 a 1 30 34 per cent, ad r a l .
June
57 a
S8}| 15 per cent, ad val May
6 a
6*
do
Dec
do
Sept, 17 73 a 18 35
13 61 o 13 84 . - . . : - d o
Oct,
4 05 a 5 30
do
Oct,
3 98 o 4 31
do
Jan,
9*0
do
Nov
0}
do
Mar
11 sg a 15 09
do
Sept,
11*
11 a
do
30
Feb,
13*o
11 34 p e r cent, ad v a l .
May
8}a
4 33 15 per cent, ad v a l .
Oct,
3 g3 o
do
Jan,
02
sg a
do
Oct,
- 18 a ig
Sept
7*a
8* F r e e
do
June
3 sg a 3 51
5 a . 8 34 per cent, ad val .
do
Oct,
8*a
8}
Feb.
7 a
7* 4 per cent, ad val . .
do...:
Jan,
43 a
44
Dec
1 0 6 a 1 75 30 per cent, ad val .
do
00
Jan,
Aug
Feb,
Mar.
Jan,
July
Oct,
Dec
Feb,
Mar.
Doc
Jan.
Jan.
6*a
S*a
8 a
g}a
10
34 a
30 a
31 a
3}a
18 a
7*
g
10
34 per cent, ad val .
do
do
do
36 Free
31
do
34
do- :
1 * 34 per cent,
31
3 * 30 per cent,
11
83 15 per cent,
• 80 a 4 00 30 per cent,
1 00 a 4 35
do
3 12 a 75 00
do
30 00 o 38*1 34 per cent,
35 a
53 ,
do
48 o 30*1 - - - : . d o
S8*a
g
h^
><
t—*
t^i
ad
ad
ad
ad
val.
val.
val.
val.
>
td
m
ad v a l .
* T h e foreign importation.'? for the fiscal y e a r lS58-'50 were $338,765,130, while the annual average for the ten years previous was about twenty-eight per cent, Ies?-, or $344,731,000,
T h e foreign export of coin and bullion the sarae y e a r reached $63,887,411, the largest export of any one y e a r to that period. T h e export of cotton for the sarae year Avas 1,-386,000,000
pounds, valued at $161,434,0*33, or an average of 11.64 cents per pound. T h e araount realized frora the loan act of J u n e 14,1858, was $10,743,000—an act to authorize a loan not exceeding
the sum of $30,000,000, T h e President, within twelve months, authorized to borrow not over $30,000,000, payable at any tirae after fifteen years from J a n u a r y 1, 1850, and the faith of
the United States is pledged for the due p a y m e n t of the principal and interest, stock to be is.sued therefor, bearing not over five per cent, interest, p a y a b l e semi-annually, Avith coupons
attached. T h e Treasury D e p a r t m e n t negotiated, in October, 1860, a loan of $10,000,000, bearing five per cent, interest, and repayable in ten years. T h e average rate of premium obtained
w a s 1* per cent. Some of the bidders forfeited their deposit of one per cent. T h e b a n k s of Baltimore, Philadelphia, Richmond, and other southern cities, suspended p a y m e n t in the
month of November, 1860. •. Tho bids for loans to the treasury, in the month of December, i860, ranged at rates from 6 to 36 per cent, per annuin.
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YEAR 1861,*
YEAR 1862,t
Articles.
Breadstuft's—"\^Tieat
flour
bbl.
R y e flour :
:....
do..
Corn meal
do..
Wheat, Genesee
bush.
Rye, northern
do..
Oats, northern
do..
Corn, northern
do. Candles—Adamantine
lb.
Sperm
"
do. .
Coal—Anthracite
ton.
Liverpool
chaldron .
Coffee—Rio
lb:
J a v a white
do..
Copper, sheathiug.
do..
Cotton, middling
do. .
F i s h — D r y cod
cwt.
Mackerel
bblFruit—Almonds
lb Raisins
box.
F u r s , beaver, northern
lb Glass, American window
50 feet.
Gunpowder—Rifle
35 l b s .
Shipping
...do..
Hides—Buenos A y r e s
lb.
Mexican
do. .
Hops, 1860
:
do..
Indigo, Manilla
do..
Iron—Scotch pig
ton.
Common English bar
...do..
Sheet, Russia
lb.
Lead, pig
100Ibs.
Leather, hemlock
lb.
Liquors—Cognac b r a n d y
g.all.
Domestic whiskey
do..
Molasses—New Orleans
do. .
Muscovado
do..
Cuba clayed
do..
NaUs—Cut
lb.
Wrought
do..
N a v a l stores—Spirits turpentine
gall.
280 l b s .
Digitized o n s -FRASER
for W h a l e Rosiu, w h i t e
gall.
Highest.
90
30
75
SO
63
30
48
16
38
SO
00
11
15
34
11
00
50
11
15
00
75
00
July
Sept;
July
July
Mar.
July
July
Oct.
Nov.
Dec
Jime
Jau.
Jan.
Mar,
Mar,
July
Sept,
May
July
16
13
6
50
SO 00
38 00
15
4 90
.17
3 00
15
30
15
13
3
4
36
2 SO
'38
July
July
Nov,
Jan,
Jan,
Mar,
Dec,
July
Sept,
Jan.
July
May
July
June
$3
3
3
1
4
5
3
7
1
1
3
5
Apr.
Jan.
June
65 Nov,
80 F e b .
15 .Jan.
60 Feb.
83 D e c
47 D e c
74 J a u ,
18 Feb,
35 J a n ,
6 00 J a n ,
7 50 Oct,
17 D e c
S3 Dec,
35 D e c
^38 D e c
3 87 May
14 75 Apr,
14 Oct,
3 35 D e c
1 SO
3 SO
5 35
3 35
S3 D e c
30 D e c
.33 Mar.
1 60 D e c
34 50 D e c
50 00 D e c
17 Mar,
6 50 D e c
S3 Dec,
8 00 Dec,
31 Oct..
55 Oct,
33 Nov.
36 Nov.
3
4
1 55 Nov.
9 00 .Dec
Feb.
$5
3
3
1
Average prices. Duties, Jan,, 1861,
$4 93 a $5 00
3 98 o 3 32
15 per cent, ad val
do
3 83 a 2 93
do
1 38 a 1 47
do
68 o
72
do
,
35 a
36 .-...-do
58 a
64 ---..do
16 a
17
do
30 o
32
do
4 95 a 5 54 24 per cent, ad val
6 00 a 6 39 ;
do
13*a
15 F r e e
.:..,
17 a
18 F r e e
24* F r e e
,
' 16 a
16* F r e e
,
2 57 a 3 53 15 per cent, ad val
11 38 a 11 89 ]
do
12 a
13 30 per cent, ad val
1 80 a 1 85 8 per cent, ad v a l . ,
1 00 o 1 20
do
2 75 o 3 SO
5 00 o 5 25 15 per cent, ad val
3 2;5
do
"'10 a
20 4 per cent, ad v a l .
16 a
17
do
17 a
24 15 per cent, ad val
66 a 1 00 8 per cent, ad v a l .
21 54 a 22 06 24 per cent, ad val
43 04 o 44 75
do
.16 a
do
16*1
5 43 a 5 58 15 per cent, ad
10 a
20 . - - i . - d o -..*
3 20 a 8 00 30 per cent, ad
18 o
do
18*1
37 o
42 24 per cent, ad
10 o
do
17 a
do
10}|
3
do
4 a ""4*
do
85 a
89 15 per cent, ad
4 50 a 5.48
do
43 a
46
do
Lowest.
$4
2
2
1
•
4
5
2
0
.
3
1
2
6
3
21
50
val
6
val
3
val
,
val
,
1
13
•
20
75
75
30
60
37
50
16
23
25
50
10
24
26
20
62
00
13
10
00
75
25
75
22
18
12
85
00
00
1362
20
40
19
32
20
18
3
4
00
00
47
Juue
July
May
Aug,
June
Apr,
June
June
May
Jan,
Apr,
Feb,
.June
July
Mar,
Jan.
Jan,
Jan,
July
Apr,
Jan,
May
May
Jan,
Jan,
May
June
Jan,
Jan,
Jan.
May
Jan,
Jan,
Jan,
Sept,
Mar,
Mar,
Jan.
Jan.
Apr.
Jan,
Jan.
Highest,
$5
5
3
1
8
7
4
16
3
2
3
7
4
1
33
70
8
8
2
20
85
25
75
55
95
67
75
21
35
SO
50
33
35
37
68
75
SO
22
90
50
75
25
25
20
27'
23
60
00
00
17
30.
31
00
30
55
40
33
4
6
60
00
87
Nov,
Nov,
Dec
Dec
Dec,
Dec
Dec,
Dec
Dec,
Dec
Aug,
Dec
Dec
Dec
Dec
Dec,
Mar.
Dec
Nov,
Nov,
Nov,
Jan,
Jan.
Dec
Dec.
Feb.
Jan.
Dec
Dec
Dec
Dec
Dec
Dec
Dec
Jan.
Nov,
Nov,
Dec
Dec
Dec
Dec
Average prices. Duties, Jan., 1862.
$5 11 a $5
3 54 a 3
3 16 a 3
1 35 a 1
75 a
47 a
. 61 a
22
86
10
43
84
40
64
10
17 a
20
5 43 c ,3"96
6 00 a 6 11
23
21 a
27i
26|-a
10 per cent, ad val.
do ..'
do
20 cents per bu.shel15 cents per bushel.
10 cents per bushel.
do
4 cents per p o u n d . .
8 cents per p o u n d - .
.30 cents p e r t o n . . . .
5 cents per p o u n d - .
do
30
2 cents per p o u n d . .
41 a "41^ F r e e
3 57 a 4 ig- SO cents per 100 l b s .
15 OS o 15 56 $2 per barrel.'
16 a
17 4 cents per potiBd..
3 33 a 3 35 5 cents per p o u n d - .
1 39 a 1 55 10 per cent, ad v a l .
2 77 a 3 52
6 33 a 6 58 30 per cent, ad v a l .
do .3 92
24 a "2s 10 per cent, ad v a l .
22
do
:
21 a
14 a
do
ig
99 a 1 33 F r e e
25 33 a 26 66 $6 per ton.
58 00 o 60 00 §15 per ton
15 a
16 2 cents p e r p o u n d . .
7 04*0 7 11 $1 SO per 100 l b s . . .
22fa
23*1 30 per cent, ad v a l .
3 77 a 8 00 $1 25 per gallon . . .
28 a
28}| 50 cents per gallon .
38 a
46 5 cents per g a l l o n . .
24 a
do . - - .
32
22 a
do
..--.
25
3 a
1 cent per p o u n d . . .
4-*a
2 cents per p o x m d . .
1 74 a
10 cents per gallon.
12 02 a 1 77 20 per cent, ad v a l .
do
58 a 15 50
Nov. 1
If
60
t=i
td
Q
td
O
hi
hi
td
H-l
o
t=j
m
Oils—Sperm, crude
g a l l . . 1 1 20 S'ept.
Sperm, winter
do...
1 45 Nov.
Olive. - - do.. 1 05 Sept.
Linseed
do...
50 J a n .
Paints, red lead
lb..
6
Provisions—Pork, mess
b b l . - 12 25 D e c
Pork, prime
do'...
8 50 D e c
Beef, mess
do.. 5 00 D e c
Beef, prime
do.-4 00 D e c
Hams, pickled
Ib-• 4 Dec
Beef hams in pickle
b b l . - 11 00 J a n
Lard
'.
lb..
8 Nov.
Butter, State
do...
8 July
Cheese
...do...
2 July
Rice, ordinary
c-\vt..
3 00 M a i .
Salt—Liverpool
<:
sack. SO M a y
T u r k ' s Island
bush -.
15 Mar.
Seeds—Clover
lb. 7 Mar,
Timothy
bush" -.
1 75 Oct,
Soap—Brown
lb. 5
Castile
d o . -.
0 Jan
Spices—Pepper
......do...
.7 June
Nutmegs
d o . -.
. 38 J a n .
Spirits—Jamaica r u m
gall - .
1 00 J u n e
Gin, Meder's S w a n
do...
00 J a n
4
Sugars—New Orleans
lb..
June
Muscovado
do...
4 Feb.
H a v a n a white
do.. 6 June
Loaf
do.. 7 Jan
Tallow—American
do..8 Aug,
Teas-^Young Hyson
dp...
38 J u l y
Souchong
fine
d o . .•21 Mar,
Iraperial
do..:
35 Feb,
Tobacco—Kentucky
do.. 3 Feb,
Manufactured, No, 1
do...
17 Apr.
AVhalebone, n o r t h w e s t coast
do.. .
65 Dec.
Wine—Port
:
:
gall..
1 50 J u n e
Madeira
do...
3 SO
Claret, Bordeaux
c a s k . . 30 00
Wool—Coramon . . . . ..'
.lb..
22 Aug.
Merino
do
34 Sept,
PiTlled, No. 1
: do...
22 Aug.
1 45
1 60
1 25
78
7
18 00
13 50
6 25
5 OC
0
17 00
10
22
10
7 25
05
25
g
3 50
6
13
^
12
50
1 75
1 25
g
8
10
10
10
50
3^
63
16
30
75
4 00
5 00
75 00
45
50
38
Apr.
Jan,
Mai,
Dec,
Oct
May
May
May
Mai,
Mai.
Nov,
Mai,
Dec
Jan
Nov,
Sept,
Oct, •
Oct,
Apr,
Dec
Dec,
Dec
Dec
Dec
Dec
Nov,
Nov,
Dec
Feb,
Dec,
Dec,
Dec
Dec
Dec
Feb.
Jan
Dec
Dec
Dec.
1 20 a 1 33 15 per cent, ad val II 1 20 J u l y
1 54
do
. 1 50 J a n ,
1 1 2 June
24 per cent, ad val r
1 11 a 'l"l6
60 15 per cent, ad val
58 a
80 J u n e
6 a
61
*
do
• 7 Jan.
15 73 a 16 06
do
11 00 J u l y
10 06 a 11 37
do
8 00 J a n
-do
5 00 J a n
, 5 43 a 5 01
4 25 a 4 66 ,
do
4 00 J a n
6 a . 6*
do
^ Jan
12 87 a 15 06 ,
do
13 SO Aug,
8*0
do
0*1
7 Mar,
10 Aug,
12*0
do
17*
6 a
S*i 24 per cent, ad val
4 Aug,
4 04 a 5 11 15 per cent, ad val
6 62 A p r .
71 a 75 . • - . . ; d o - - . . : . . . . ' .
85 J a n
10}a
20 J a n
do
20*1
7}a
7 Mar.
8 Free
2 56 a 2 04 F r e e
1 75 M a y
'
5 a
6 24 per c e n t ad val
5
lOla
13 J a n
11 . . . . . d o .'
-.
7*0
81 4 ,per cent, ad v a l .
42 o 45 - . • . . . d o \ '
1 04 o 1 75 30 per cent, ad val
1 OS a 1 10
do
5 a
7 24 per cent, ad val
4}a • 6 1. - . . . d o
• *
7*a
do
8
7*a
do
8*
8}a
0
41 a
¥vi^Q '.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.
45
26 a
28 F r e e . - . ' .
. 46 a 40 F r e e
4}a
13*1 24 per cent, ad val
22 o 26 30 per cent, ad val
68 a
71 15 per cent, ad val
1 60 a 4 00 30 per cent, ad val
3 50 o 5 00 ,
d o
•-..
30 00 o 75 00
do
...
31 a 34 24 per cent, ad val
42 a
44 - . . . . d o ....•..•...25 a
do
28
IC
60
1 00
1 25
7
5
9
10
8
s:;
38
70
. ' 28
^
67
1 50
3 SO
30 00
40
48
34
1
2
1
1
14
12
10
7
17
75
00
60
25
10
.30
25
75
00
7
50
1(1
26
13
7 75
1 52
30
1(1
2 50
6
15
Nov.
10
Jan
82
.Jan
2 25
Jan
2 50
Mai.
i:.
Mai,
10
Mar.
12
July
14
-Alay
11
Oct.
75
Jidy
50
Jan
.
85
Sept.
30
Jan
65
1 50
Feb.
4 00
5 00
75 00
Mar.
65
Jan.
62
50
Mai.
Dec
Dec
No\,
Dec.
Dec,
Mai,
NOA.
Sep .
Sep..
Dec
Apr
Nov,
Dec
Dec
Sept,
Nov,
Nov.
Dec
Dec
Aug.
Feb
Dec
Dec
Dec
Nov.
Nov,
Nov,
Nov.
Nov.
Mar.
Dec
Apr.
Nov.
Oct,
Dec,
Oct.
Oct.
Oct.
1 40 a 1 45 I 20 per cent, ad val.
do . - - . . 1 00 a 1 03 -.
1 31 a 1 35 30 per cent, ad v a l .
80 o 01 I 20 cents per g.allon$2 25 per 100 l b s . - .
7}a
12 12 o 12 45 I 1 cent per p o u n d . . .
do .-^
0 76 a 10 17
do
6 83 a 8 85
do,
4 06 a 6 12
5} 2 cents per pound..
5*a
do
15 04 o 16 10
8}
do
8o
20 4 cents p e r pound - .
15 a
0
do
6 a
7 08 a 7 33 * cent p e r p o u n d . - .
1 12 12al8cts. perlOOlbs
1 00 a
do
. "^
28 a 29
7}a
8* F r e e .1
O
td
1 g 3 a 2 14 F r e e
:
6 I ,30 p e r cent, ad v a l .
5 a
-----do
..-:..
h%
14
16 I 6 cents per pound - .
'^
loia
7.1*1 25 cents i>er p o u n d .
J-^
60 a
^
1 42 a 1 06 j 50 cents p e r gallon.
db
--.
^
1 67
^
g * 2 and 2* cts. per l b .
8*a
8*
6*o
do
S
10 a 10*
4 cents p e r p o u n d . .
^
11*
td
0*a " ' '9*!
64 15 cents per p o u n d .
• 50 a
--.:.
K^
43 a 45 - - - - - d o
80
clo
td
73 a
21 23 per cent, ad v a l .
^
9 a
45 30 per cent, ad v a l .
^
40 a
86 20 per cent, ad v a l .
CQ
83 a
4 00 50 per cent, ad v a l .
°
1 50 a
do
3 50 a 5 00
do
30 00 a 75 00
51 9 cents p e r p o u n d . .
40 a
54
do
52 a
do
1
40 a 42
*The y e a r 1861 being the first y e a r of the rebellion, it presents (with the y e a r 1S62) curious features as to the fluctuations'in value of both doraestic and foreign products. A n o w
tariff was*passed in March, 1861, and further changes w e r e made in A u g u s t and December, 1861, a n d ' i m p o r t a n t modifications wer«e made in July, 1862, to take effect from A u g u s t 1,
1862. T h e prices of the year 1861 w e r e upon a specie basis ; bvit, the b a n k s having suspended at the end of t h a t year, the prices of the following yeai* (1862) were gradually a d a p t e d t o
a paper currency. Prices w e r e also affected b y the excise l a w of 1S52, a n d b y the increased demand for consumption in the a r m y and n a v y .
. fA n e w tariff w e n t into operation A u g u s t 1, 1862.
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THE .EAKGE OF PRICES
The range of prices, at Neio York f o r thirty-nine f/^ar.?—-Continued.
YEAR 1863.*
Articles.
Lowest.
Highest.
Breadstuffs—AVhcat flour, sup
bbl.
W h e a t flour, O h i o . . . do -.
Rye
flour
do..
Corn meal
do..
Wheat, Genesee -. .bush.
Rye, northern
do..
Oats, western
do..
Corn, roun d y e l l o w . . d o . .
Candles—AdainautiuG
lb.
y perm
do..
Coal—Anthracite
ton,
Livei-pool
chaldron,
Coffee—Brazil
lb.
J ava
do -,
Copper, sheathing
do.,
Cotton, middling
do.
I'ish—Dry cod
cwt.
Mackerel
bbl,
Fruit—Almonds
.' - lb,
Raisins
box
Figs, Srayrna
lb,
Citron
do -,
Furs—Beaver, northern
do.!
Muskrat
do..
Araerican mink"
do..
Glass, American
50 feet.
Gunpowder—Rifle
35 lbs.
$4
5
3
3
1
00
10
SO
90
25
85
S3
68
17
33
00
00
26
33
35
54
37
SO
21
SO
12
30
00
18
SO
25
SO
Aug,
Sept.
Aug.
Jan,
Sept,
Sept,
Sept,
Aug,
June
Oct,
June
June
Sept,
Jan,
Jan,
June
Jan,
Jan,
Feb,
Jan,
Feb,
May
Dec,
Dec,
Jan,
Jan,
Jan,
$7
8
6
6
3
1
30
00
00
00
00
36
90
33
S3
40
00
50
33
40
46
87
87
SO
35
30
18
40
00
35
SO
35
SO
IMar.
Mar.
Dec
Dec.
Feb.
Dec,
Dec
Dec
Dec
Apr,
Dec
Dec.
Dec.
Dec
Dec
Nov,
Nov,
Dec
Nov,
June
Nov,
Jan.
Sept,
Sept,
Oct,
Oct,
Nov.
Shipping
do..
Hides—La P l a t a
lb.
Vera Cruz
do..
Hops
do..
ludigo, Manilla
do..
liOUr—English pig
ton.
Comraon Euglish bar
do.,
Sheet, Russia
lb,
Lead, pig
100 lbs.
Leather, lieralock, solo . lb,
Ijiquors—Otard brandy
gall.
Domestic whiskey
do-.
Molasses—New Orleans
do..
IMuscovado
do..
Cuba, clayed
do..
Nails—Cut
100 lbs,
Wrought
lb.
Naval stores—Spirits turpentine..gall
Rosin, common
bbl
Oils—Whale
gal
Sperm, crude
do.
Sperm, winter
do.,
Olive
do.,
Linseed
'
do.,
Paints, red lead
cwt,
Provisions—Pork, mess
bbl,
Pork, prime
do..
Beef, mess
do..
Beef, prime
do..
Pickled hams
lb.
Lard
do..
Butter
do..
Cheese
do..
Rice, ordinary
cwt.
SfUt—Liverpool
sack.
T u r k ' s Isl and
bush.
Saltpetre—Refined
lb.
Crude
do..
Seeds—Clover
do..
Timothy
bush.
Soap, Castile
lb.
Spices—Pepper
do..
Nutmegs
do..
Spirits—Jamaica rura
gal.
Gin, Meder's Swan
do..
Sugars—New Orleans
lb.
Muscovado
do..
Loaf. - do..
Tallow, American
do .\
4 00
25
22
15
80
32 50
65 00
16
7 40
26
4 35
44
35
33
34
4 75
38
3 50
13 50
83
1 45
1 75
1 30
1 03
0 00
11 50
10 00
5 00
3 50
6
9
14
8
3 75
1 SO
30
10
13
7
1 75
14
33
71
1 50
3 50
7
8
13
10
Jan,
June
Aug.
Aug,
July
June
Jan,
Jan,
Sept.
June
.Jan,
June
Aug,
Fob,
Jan,
Oct,
Jan.
,Jan,
Jan,
Jan,
Sept,
Oct,
June
Sept.
Jan,
Aug.
Aug.
Nov.
Dec
June
June
Sept,
Aug,
.Jan.
Jan.
J.an,
Jan,
Aug,
Aug,
June
Jan,
Jan.
Sept.
Jan,
Jan,
..June
J.an,
Jan,
Jan.
4 75
34
38
30
1 40
45 00
76 00
18
9 60
33
10 00
78
63
58
48
. 5 33
37
3 60
43 00
1 13
1 85
3 10
3 30
1 75
13 CO.
18 35
14 CO
0 00
6 00
11
13
30
16
8 SO
1 70
50
30
• 17
13
3 35
10
31
05
3 50
3 35
14
13
17
13
Nov.
Mar.
Mar.
Dec,
Mar,
Dec,
July
Oct,
Dec,
]\lar.
Dec,
Dec
Nov,
Dec.
Dec
July
Mar,
July
Nov,
Dec,
Apr,
Apr,
May
Mar,
Apr.
Dec
]Mar.
Jan,
Mar,
Dec,
Dec
Dec
Mar,
July
Dec
Dec,
Dec,
Dec,
Feb,
Feb,
Dec
Mar,
Mar.
Mar.
June
Oct.
Oct.
Dec
Apr.
.7
7
4
15
3
2
3
3
6
1
11
13
6
18
4
3
5
6
7
Duties; 1863, t
10 per cent, ad val.
do
•
do
4 34 a 4 40
do
1 57 a 1 71 20 cents per bushel.'.
1 OS o 1 08 15 cents per bushel.
76 a
771- 10 cents per bushel.
87}a
00*
do
19 a
22 5 cents per pound..
37 a
37* 8 cents per pound,..
$5 54 a $5 84
6 68 a 6 76
4 31 a 4 37
8 46 a 8 87
8 37 a 8 63
22ia
31
36 a
37
41*a
41}
74 a
741
5 63 a 5 95
17 31 o 17 71
. S3*a
24
4 05 a 4.08
16*
15 o
35*
34 a
60 cents per" ton
5 cents per pound..
do
3 cents per pound-.
* cent per pound...
SO cents per cwt ...
$3 per barrel
4 cents per pound-.
5 cents per p o u n d . .
.-.-•-.do
do
2 64 o 2 89 10 per cent, ad v a l .
31 a
do
31*
-do
4 75 a 5 25
3 08 o 5 37 3 cents per sq. foot6 70 a 7 04 6 cts. per pound and
30 per ct. ad val,
-do.
4 20
2S*a
24 o
10 o
29
24*
25
00 a 1 24
36 SO o 37 83
72 03 a 74 21
17 a38
8 70 a 8
28ta
5 58 a 9
51 o
43}a
30*a
:34}a
5 02 o 5
31*o
3 06 o 3
27 91 a 28
94}a
1 61 a 1
1 94 a 1
1 77 o 1
1 35 a 1
161-
29-|
10 per cent, ad val.
do
5 cents per pound-.
Free
$6 per ton
.$17 a $33 per t o n . - .
3 a 3*cents per l b . .
$1 .30 per .LOOlbs...
30 per cent, ad v a l .
$1 SO per g a l l o n . - . .
Si per gallon
•
6 cents per g a l l o n . .
do
do
1* cent per p o u n d . .
3 cents per p o u n d . .
13 cents per gallon.
30 per cent, ad v a l .
66°
51}
55
47*
39*
10
34}
12
64
97* • - ^ ' - • • f ^
•--64
do
95
do .*
S3 35 cents per gallon.
38 SO cents per gallon.
00 $3 50 per 100 l b s . . .
26 1 cent per p o u n d . . .
12
do
S3
do
10 50 o 11
13 54 a- 15
11 05 o 12
5 80 a 7
• 4 41 a 5 71
do
•7*a
• 8*3 cents per p o u n d . .
0}o
10{
do19*a
24* 4 cents per p o u n d . .
10*a,
13}
do
5 60 a 6 47 1* cent per p o u n d . .
1 47 a 1 40 34 cts. p e r l O O l b s - .
3S*a
41 1.8 cts. p e r l O O l b s - .
19* 3 cents per p o u n d . .
10 l-6a
14*o • 15 5 cents per pound -.
9 a
10 30 per cent, ad v a l .
2 26 a 2 54
do
16*a
16i 35 per cent, ad v a l .
26*a
'27 13 cents per pound.
82 a
86} 30 cents per pound.
2 46 a 3 I
$1 per gallou
do
2 98
0*a " i s * 3 cents per p o u n d . .
0-*a
do
11*
14-1
4 cents per p o n n d . .
11 l-6a "il*
f
FOR THIETY-NINE YEARS.
401
The range of prices at New York for thirty-nine years—Continued.
Articles.
Highest.
Teas—Young Hyson
Souchong
Imperial
Tobacco—Kentucky
Manufactured, No 1
Whalebone
Wine—Port
Madeira
Claret
Wool—Common
Merino
Pulled, No. 1
lb
do.
do..
do.
do.
do.
gall
do.
cask
lb
do.
do-
$0 63
$0 50 J a n .
48 J a n .
65
55 Sept,
70
8 Sept.
• 36
47 Sept.
1 00
1 70
1 45 Nov,
4 00
1 50 J a n .
5 00
3 50
30 00 J a n , 100 00
62 Aug,
80
90
60 J a n ,
70
45 J u l y
Apr,
Apr.
Apr,
Mar,
.Jan.
Mar,
Dec,
Apr.
Jlar.
Apr,
Average prices.
Duties, 1863,t
54 o ,$0
58 a
62 a
12*a
54}a
54 o 1
16 o 4
50 o 5
50 o 06
66*o
73 a
56*a
20 cents per p o u n d .
do
do
1
2
3
42
58*
60*
66
29}
60*
56*
00
00
66
69
76*
60}
25 cents per pound.
20 per cent, ad v a l .
50 per cent, ad v a l .
do
:
do
0 cents per pound. do.
do
* T h e tariff of July, 1862, took effect August 1, 1862, according to the rates annexed.
t Wherever the d u t y is named (in this and preceding tables) on articles of American production, it is appli.
cable only to a foreign article of a similar quality •when imported.
26 F
No. 28.
COMMERCIAL INTERCOURSE
W I T H AND IN
STATES DECLARED IN INSURRECTION,
AND T H E
COLLECTION OF ABANDONED AND CAPTURED PROPERTY,
EMBRACI^^G
THE TREASURY DEPARTMENT CIRCULARS AND REGULATIONS; THE
EXECUTIVE PROCLAMATIONS AND LICENSE; AND THE
WAR AND NAVY DEPARTMENT ORDERS REDATING TO TPIOSE SUBJECTS.
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COMMERCIAL INTERCOURSE
WITH AND IN
STATES-DECLARED IN INSURRECTION,
The collection of abdridoned and captured property, embracing the Treasury
Department circulars and regulations; the Executive proclamaiiohs and
license; and the "War and Navy Department orders relating to those subjects,
TREASURY DEPARTMENT CIRCULAR OF JULY, 1 8 6 3 .
(This letter, addressed to Supervising Special Agent Mellen, and sent to the other supervising special agents in July last, is republished, with some modifications adapting it to the
Revised Regulations, for the convenient information of all parties concerned.]
TREASURY DEPARTMENT, July 3, 1863..
S I R : I have received your letter of the 5th of June, from Memphis, and also
those of previous dates from Oincinnath^^^ative to the collection of abandoned
and captured property within the S|^^^hemtofore declared to he in insurrection.
In reply, I think it impo^^^r^^^l^im i\^our attention, in the first place, to
the general d i s t i n c t i o n ^ 0 ^ ^ - \ ^ S r ^^^^6perty, subject to the disposition of
national officers, withvu tb^^jfi«tn0::^^Ser your supervision may he arranged.
There may be said^^W^^^gr classes of such property,, viz., abandoned, captured, commercial, and \^;M[iscable.
First. Abandoned property is of two descriptions : (1st,) that which has been
deserted by the owners, and (2d) that which has been voluntarily abandoned by
them to the civil or military authorities of the United States. Such property
is to be collected or received by the special agents of this department and, sold,
under the authority of the act of March 12, 1863, and the proceeds, after deducting the expenses of transportation and sale, and other expenses attending
the collection and disposition thereof, are to be deposited in the treasury, subject to award by the Court of Claims. Before this court claimants to such
property, or the proceeds thereof, have- the right, under the act, to prefer their
claims at any time after the sale, and before the expiration of two years from
the close of the war. No guaranty can be given to owners pf abandoned property in respect to the time when, or the persons to whom, proceeds will be paid.
Second. Captured property is understood to be that which has been seized or
taken from hostile possession by the military or naval forces of the United States,
and'is to be turned over, with certain exceptions named, to the'special agents of
this department, in accordance with the provisions of the act of March 12, 1863.
All property takeii possession of by military or naval forcet^, and turned over to
special agents, must be regarded as prima facie captured property. Such
property you will receive ajid direct to be sold, and will cause the proceeds to be
deposited in the treasury, subject to the future award of the Court of Claims.
Captured property which is held as lawful prize b y t h e navy is not to be
turned over to the department agents, nor to be in any way controlled by them.
Third. Commercial property is that which has been or maybe sold and purchased under the license of the President, through permits granted by the officers
of the Treasury Department.
Fourth. Confiscable property is that which belongs to certain classes of persons, as recited in the confiscation act of July 17, 1862, and is liable to seizure
and condemnation by judicial proceedings iu the manner prescribed by that act.
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TRADE REGULATIONS.
• Great care must be exercised in properly classifying all property, that the
provisions of the law applicable to each class may be complied with; and it
must be remembered that with the property included in the fourth class, unless
found deserted and abandoned, the agents of the Treasury Department have no
authority to interfere. The execution of the confiscation act is confided, by its
express terms, to the President, by whom the Attorney General has been charged
with the direction of all seizures and proceedings under it.
It must be remembered, also, that all property^ coming from insurrectionary
districts into loyal States, or in reversed direction, or being transported within
or to insurrectionary districts, in contravention of law or departmental regulations, is forfeited or forfeitable • and that it is the duty of the agents of the department, as well as of other proper officers, to enforce the forfeitures thus incurred,- but property thus forfeited or forfeitable' m\ist not be confounded with
confiscated or confiscable property, which is to be proceeded against and disposed of under the act of July 17, 1862, or with prize property captured by the
navy, and subject to disposition under the direction of prize commissioners and
courts.
In respect to property embraced in the first class, namely, abandoned property,
it is to be observed that no agent is authorized to make any other assurances
than that property voluntarily abandoned shall be faithfully disposed of under
the law, so as to secure, as ' far as practicable in the existing condition of the
country, the rights of owners. No authority is given, or intended to be given,
to agents to make any promises of special immunities or advantages not specified
in the law.
In respect to both descriptions of abandoned property, whether found deserted
or voluntarily abandoned, the law authorizes the payment of such expenses as
must necessarily be incurred in its collection, or receipt and disposition.
You will therefore pay all such expenses, including fees, taxes, freights,
storage, charges, labor, and other necessary expenses, out of the general fund
arising therefrom; being careful to avoid all useless or indiscreet expenditures,
and to charge each particular lot or parcel with the specific or proportionate
amount of expense pertaining to it, and, unless unavoidably prevented, to take
vouchers therefor, to be filed with the account of sales in this department.
Where property is liable to be lost or destroyed, in consequence of its location
being unknown to the special agents, or from other causes, and parties propose
for compensation to collect and deliver it into the hands of the agents of this
department at points to be designated by them, you may contract for the collection and deMvery thereof, on the best possible terms, not exceeding twenty-five
per cent, of the proceeds of the property; whicli percentage must be full compensation for all expenses, of whatever character, incurred in collecting, preparing, and delivering such property at the points indicated. Prior to any
contract being entered into, each party proposing must submit, in writing, a
statement, as near as may be, giving the kind and amount of property proposed
to be collected, the location whence to be obtained, and all the facts and circumstances connected with it, particularly as to its ownership; and any contract
made in pursuance" of this authority will be restricted either to the collection
and delivery of particular lots at named localities, which is preferred, or, when
circumstances clearly justify, to the general collection and delivery of all abandoned property in limited districts, not greater, in any case,.than,one parish or
county, and not more than one district to be assigned to one contractor.
Before payment to any contractor for services in fulfilment of any contracts
made in pursuance of this authority, a bond equal to the amount stipulated, to
be paid must be given by him, indemnifying the United States against all claims
to the property delivered on account, of damages by trespass or otherwise,
occasioned by the act or connivance of the contractor, and against all claims
that may arise on account of expenses incurred in the collection, preparation,
Digitized andFRASER
for transportation of said property to the points designated in such contract.
TRADE REGULATIONS.
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407
Should cases arise justifying, in your opinion, the allowance of a larger per-,
centage than that herein authorized, you will refer such cases to this department,
accompanied by a statement of the facts and circumstances connected therewith,
together with such views and opinions of your own as you may think proper to
submit for my consideration.
.^
. If property of a perishable nature is found abandoned, and its immediate
sale is required by the interests of all concerned, it may be disposed of as
provided for by regulations. You will aim io mitigate, as far as possible, and
will in no case do anything avoidable to augment the calamities of war.
In relation to captured property you will observe the same directions, as far
as they may be applicable, as to its receipt and subsequent disposition, as are
prescribed in relation to abandoned property.
In relation both to captured and abandoned property, you will remember that
no release must be granted to persons claiming ownership of property which
has come to the possession of the agents of the department as abandoned,
captured, or forfeited; nor must any permits be granted to individuals to remove such property; nor must personal favors, in any case, be extended to one
individual or party rather than to another; nor must any liabilities be assumed
or contracts made on the part of the United States not clearly warranted by
law and the departmental regulations made in pursuance of law.
In case furniture, or other movable property of like character, is abandoned
or captured, you will cause it to be retained and left on the premises where
found whenever it can be done with safety; otherwise, if practicable, and not
attended with too great cost, you will have it safely stored and properly marked
and numbered, and will report the facts to this department and await further
directions.
Your principal emabrrassments will doubtless arise from questions relating to
property of the third class, or commercial property.
The general purposes which, under the acts charging me with the regulation
of the restricted commercial intercourse permitted by the President, I have
kept steadily in view, have already been sufficiently explained in general regulations and in letters.
They may .be briefly stated thus: (1) to allow within districts in insurrectionary States when the authority of the governnient is so completely re-established, in your judgment, sanctioned by that of the commanding general, as to
warrant it, and between such districts and loyal States the freest commercial
intercourse compatible with prevention of supplies to persons within rebel hues;
(2) to allow beyond such districts, but within the lines of our military occupation, such intercourse, sanctioned by the commanding general, as may be
required to supply the inhabitants with necessaries, but to allow no other until
the complete re-establishment of the national authority shall warrant i t ; and
(3) to allow no intercourse at all beyond the national and within the rebel lines
of military occupation; across these lines there can be no intercourse except
that of a character exclusively military.
The limits of the districts within which the most general trade may be allowed must necessarily be prescribed by you, after full conference with the
commanding generals of departments, whenever such conference is practicable,
and these should be so clearly and distinctly marked by known geographical
boundaries, or by the enumeration of counties, as to leave no uncertainty as to
their course or comprehension. The limits of the regions within which necessaries may be> supplied cannot be so clearly defined, but must be ascertained as
wxll as possible from the commanding generals, and the power to permit any
supplies within them must be exercised with great caution.
There does not seem to me to be so much danger in intercourse which does
not involve the furnishing of supplies. If, for example, any person desires to
bring cotton, tobacco, sugar, turpentine, or other property already purchased.
408
TRADE REGULATIONS.
or to be purchased for money only, from any place within the lines of our
military occupation, I can see no objection to his being perniitted to do so,
subject to the fees and obligations specified in the general regulations, on his
giving a bond in a sufficient sum, and with sufficient sureties, conditioned" that
no military, naval, or civil officers or persons, prohibited by law, or by orders
of the President, or of the Secretaries of War or Navy, or of military or naval
commanders having proper authority, from being interested in such property,
whether purchased or to be purchased, shall be so interested therein. Intercourse such as this might, it seems to me, be safely permitted, almost, if not
quite, coextensively with our lines of military occupation.
Should this view meet the approval of the generals commanding departments
within your agency, the question of intercourse within the doubtful region between what may be called the commercial and the military line would be reduced to a question of the quantity of supplies allowed to be furnished for
money.
It is impossible at once to arrive at the best possible ways of accomplishing
the great objects which Congress had in view in the several acts relating to
commercial intercourse; but if these objects themselves be kept steadily in
view, namely, (1st,) non-intercourse between loyal States or districts, and States
or districts controlled by insurgents; and (2d,) modified intercourse between
loyal States or districts, and States or districts partially regained to the Union,
the best, modes of accomplishing them will gradually disclose themselves.
You will diligently observe the course of events, and hear attentively all suggestions made by respectable and loyal citizens, aud report to me whatever
may seem to you proper for consideration in establishing or modifying the
regulations of the depaitment.
'
\
.
Nothing occurs to me as needing to be now added, except that hereafter the
supervising special agents may establish, in conjunction with, or obedience to,
the generals commanding departments, lines within which trade, more or less
limited, may be carried on Without awaiting my sanction, taking care, however,
'to give as general notice as practicable, through the press and otherwise, of tho
establishment or modification of such lines. All action under this authority
must be immediately and specifically reported to the department.
With great respect,
S. P. CHASE,
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Secretary of the Treasury.
WAL P . MiELLEN, Esq.,
Supervising Special Agent, ^c.
T R E A S U R Y DEPARTMENT CIRCULAR CONCERNING TRADE WITH AND IN ST-4TKS
DECLARED IN INSURRECTION,*AND CONCaRNING ABANDONED AND CAPTURED
PROPERTY.
.
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TREASURY DEPARTMENT, September 11,
1863.
To the Special Agents of the Treasury Department:
GENTLEMEN: The President of the United States having, by proclamation
of J u l y 1, 1862, declared and proclaimed that the States of South Carolina,
.Florida, Georgia, Alabama, Louisiana, Texas, Mississippi, Arkansas, Tennessee,
North Carolina, and the State of Virginia, except the following counties, Hancock, Brooke, Ohio, Marshall, Wetzel, Marion, Monongalia, Preston, Taylor,'
Pleasants, Tyler, Ritchie, Doddridge, Harrison, Wood, Jackson, Wirt, Roane,
Calhoun, Gilmer, Barbour, Tucker, Lewis, Braxton, Upshur, Randolph, Mason,
TRADE REGULATIONS.
409
Putnam, Kanawha, Clay, Nicholas, Cabell, Waylie, Boone, Logan, Wyoming,
Webster, Fayette, aiid^Raleigh, are in insurrection and rebellion :
And having also by proclamation on the 31st of March, 1863, revoked certain exceptions made by his former proclamation dated August 16, 1861, and
declared that the inhabitants of the States of Georgia, South Carolina, North
Carolina, Tennessee, Alabama, Louisiana, Texas, Arkansas, Mississippi, Florida, and Virginia, (except the forty-eight counties of Virginia designated as West Virginia, and except, also, the ports of New Orleans, Key AVest, Port Royal, and
Beaufort, in North Carolina,) are in a state of insurrection against the United
States, and that all commercial intercourse, not licensed and conducted as provided
in said act, between the said States and the inhabitants thereof, with the exceptions
aforesaid, and the citizens of other States and other parts of the United States,
is unlawful, and will remain unlawful until such insurrection shall cease or has
been suppressed, and notice thereof has been duly given by proclamation; and
all cotton, tobacco, and other products, and all, other goods and chattels, wares,
and merchandise coming from any of said States, with the exceptions aforesaid,
into other parts of the United States, or proceeding to any of said States, Avith
tbe exceptions aforesaid, Avithout the license and permission of the President,
through the Secretary of the Treasury, Avill, together with the vessel or vehicle
conveying the same, be forfeited to the United States.
And the act of Congress "further to provide for the collection of duties on
imports and for other purposes, approved July 13, 1861," having authorized
said proclamation, and the license and regulations referred to:
And the act of Congress supplementary to said act of July 13,1861, approved
May 20, 1862, having conferred additional powers on said Secretary, and prescribed further conditions of trade:
And the act of Congress approved March 12, 1863, entitled ''An act to pl'ovide for the collection of abandoned property and for the prevention of frauds in
insurrectionary districts Avithin the United States," having declared
''That it shall be laAvful that the Secretary of the Treasury, from and after
the passage of said act; as he shall from time to time see fit, to appoint a special
agent or agents to receive and collect all abandoned or captured property in any
State or Territory, or any portion of any State or Territory, of the United
States designated as in insurrection against the laAvful government of the United
States by the proclamation of the President of July 1, 1862: Provided, That
such property shall not include any kind or description Avhich has been used,
or Avliich Avas intended to be used, for Avaging or carrying on Avar against the
United States, such as arms, ordnance, ships, steamboats, or other Avater craft, and
the furniture, forage, military supplies, or munitions of Avar:"
And further, "That any part of the goods or property received or collected
by such agent or agents may be appropriated to public use on due appraisement
and certificate thereof, or forwarded to any place of sale Avithin the loyal States,
as the public interests may require, and that^aU sales of such property shall be
at public auction to>the highest bidder, and the proceeds thereof shall be paid
into the treasury of the United States:"
And further, "That any person claiming to liaA^e been the OAvner of any such
abandoned or captured property may, at any time Avithin t Ao years after the
A^
suppression of the rebellion, prefer his claim to the proceeds thereof in the Court
of Claims; and on proof, to the satisfaction of said court, of his OAvnership of
said property, of his right to the proceeds thereof, and that he has never given
any aid or comfort to the present rebellion, to receive the residue of such proceeds after deducting the expenses of transportation and sale of said property,
and a,ny other hiAvful expenses attending the disposition thereof:"
And further, " That it shall be the duty of any officer or private of the regular
or.volunteer forces of the United States, or any officer, sailor, or marine in the
naval service of the United .States, upon' the inland Avaters of the United
410
TRADE REGULATIONS.
States, Avho may take or receive any such abandoned property, or cottor, sugar,
ice, or tobacco, from persons in such insurrectionary districts, or have it under
•is control, to turn the same over to an agent appointed as aforesaid, Avho shall
ive a receipt therefor; and in case he shall refuse to do so he shall be tried by
i court-martial, and punished as said court shall order, Avitli the approval of the
w
President of the United States:"
, •
And the Secretary of War and the Secretary of the Navy having respectively
made and published orders for the enforcing of said acts—
The folloAviug regulations are prescribed for the government of the several
supervising, assistant, and local special agents and agency aids, appointed to
carry said acts and the regulations made under them, into effect, and for the
purpose of conducting the commercial intercourse licensed and permitted by the
President, and preventing the conveyance of munitions of war and supplies to
insurgents, or to localities declared to be in insurrection against the United
States, or in such quantities that there Avill be imminent danger of their falling
into the possession or under the control of insnrgents; and are published,
together with the proclamations and license of the President, the several acts
of Congress, and the orders of the Secretaries of War and of the Navy, for the
information of parties interested.
All officers charged Avith the execution of these regulations, Avhile using neces
sary vigilance to prevent supplies to rebels, either directly or by undue accumulation at points AA^here there Avill be imminent danger of their falling into their
hands, and in collecting abandoned or captured property, will be careful to
occasion as little inconvenience as possible to any legitimate trade or intercourse,
or to loyal people.
S. P. CHASE,
Secretary of the Treasury.
TREASURY D E P A R T M E N T , September 11,
1863.
EXECUTIVE MANSION,
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Washington, Scptemhcr 11, 1863.
The folloAving revised regulations of the Secretary of the Treasury having
been seen and considered by me, are hereby approved.
ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
Trade regulations j^rescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury for the government qf the limited commercial intercourse, licensed by the President, between
the citizens of loyal States and the inhabitants qf States and parts of States
heretofore declared to be in insurrection, as revised and republished September 11, 1863.
I. The States and parts of States declared to be in insurrection, between
which and the citizens of loyal States commercial intercourse has.been or'may
be licensed by the President, to be conducted and carried on in pursuance of
regulations and rules prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury, are hereby
divided into districts, called special agencies, to Avliich supervising special agents,
appointed by the Secretary, are assigned.
II. The special agencies are distinguished numerically, and described as
folloAvs:
The first special agency comprises the district of the United States west of
the Alleghany mountains, knoAvn as the Valley of the Mississippi, and extending southward so as to include so much of the States of Alabama, Mississippi,
Arkansas, and Louisiana, as is or may be occupied by national forces operating
from the north.
TRADE REGULATIONS.
411
The second special agency comprises the State of Virginia, and so much of
the State of West Virginia as lies east of the Alleghany mountains ; also the
territory north and east thereof, froni Avhich trade is carried oUpAvith the States
or parts of States declared to be in insurrection.
The third special agency comprises the State of North Carolina.
The fourth special agency comprises the States of South Carolina, Georgia,
. and Florida.
The fifth special agency comprises the State of Texas and so much of the
States of Louisiana, Arkansas, Alabama, and Mississippi, as is, or may be, Avithin
the lines of the national forces operating from the south.
Additional special agencies, if established, Avill be numerically designated in
the order of their establishment; and if the boundaries of agencies already established shall be changed, due notice thereof Avill be given.
I I I . Supervising special agents Avill supervise Avithin their respective agencies
the execution of these regulations; make and from time to time change such
local rules, not inconsistent Avith them, as may be proper for that purpose, and
temporarily suspend or qualify the authority to grant permits, if the public interest shall require it, subject to the approval of the Secretary of the Treasury;
and they Avill confer Avith generals commanding departments and naval officers
commanding Avithin their agencies, and obtain, as far as practicable, their sanction to such action as may affect their military or naval moA^ements, and carefully avoid all interference Avitli military or naval operations prosecuted by them.
IV. These regulations, and the local rules prescribed by the several supervising special agents, for their respective agencies, Avill 'be carried into effect by
assistant special agents, local special agents, and agency aids. Local special
agents will take the place and perform the duties of the boards of trade heretofore authorized. Assistant special agents Avillbe appointed by the Secretary of
the Treasury; local special agents and agency aids Avill be appointed by the
supervising special agents or assistant special agents, as under Regulation X X X ,
subject to the approval of the Secretary.
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V. No goods, wares, or merchandise Avill be allowed to be transported to,
from, or within any State or part of a State under restriction, or declared in insurrection, except under permits, certificates, and clearances, as hereinafter provided. ^
VI. The officers of the Treasury Department authorized to grant permits to
districts in States or parts of States heretofore declared to be in insurrection,
but Avhere commercial intercourse has been or may be licensed by the President
under regulations of the Secretary of the Treasury, are the surveyors of customs at Pittsburg, Wheeling, Cincinnati, Madison, Louisville, NCAV Albany,
Evansville, Paducah, Cairo, Quincy, St. Louis, Naslwille, Memphis, and Baltimore; the collectors of customs at Philadelphia, GeorgetOAvn, Beaufort in North
Carolina, and Port Royal in South Carolina, and the collector of internal revenue at NCAV Orleans. Other officers Avill be designated to grant permits should
the public interests require it; and no permit will be granted except by such
officers as shall be authorized by the Secretary of the Treasury, or such as are
approved by him.
VII. Commercial intercourse Avith localities beyond the lines of military occupation by the United States forces is strictly prohibited; and no permit will
be granted for the transportation of any property to any place under the control of insurgents against the United States.
V I I I . No clearance or permit Avhatsoever will be granted for any shipment
to any port or place affected by the existing blockade, except upon the request of
the Department of War, or the Department of the Navy, either directfy^ or
through a specially authorized officer, addressed to the Secretary of the Treasury,
or to some officer specially authorized by him, accompanied by a certificate that
the articles are required for military or naA^al purposes, and in the manner and
form prescribed by Regulation X X X I L
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I X . The several supervising special agents within their respective agencies
will, after conference Avith the generals commanding departments, Avhen possible, and withrtheir sanction, unless uhavoidable circumstances prevent the obtaining of it, designate by knoAvn geographical boundaries, or by enumeration
of counties, that portion of the territory included in their agencies, respectively,
Avith Avhich trade may be safely permitted, and report such designation to the
Secretary. The part of territory so designated shall be called the Trade District ; and no transportation of goods, except as hereinafter provided, shall be
permitted beyond the lines of such trade district.
X. If it shall appear that beyond the lines of the trade district, but Avithih
the lines of national .military occupation, there is some territory Avithin Avhich
the supply of necessaries is required by humanity and sound policy, Avhile} trade
cannot yet be safely re-established, then the supervising special agents, Av'ith the
sanction 'of the general comma^nding department, but in no case Avithout his
sanction, and subject to revocation or modification by the Secretary, may in like
manner designate the portion of territory in their respective agencies to Avhich
goods may be properly permitted for individual and family supply, but for no
other purpose. The territory so. designated shall be called the Supply District;
and no goods shall be transported thereto for resale except as provided in Regulation X V l I I . .
X I . All applications for permits to transport goods or property under these
regulations shall state the character and A^alue of the merchandise to be transported, the place to Avhich such transportation is to be made, the names of
the OAvncr or purchaser, and, if any, of the shipper and consignee thereof, and
the number and description of the packages, Avith the marks thereon.
X I I . Every applicant for a permit to transport goods, Avares, or merchandise
into or Avithin.any place or section Avhere such transportation may be jiermitted,
shall^present with his application the original invoices of the goods, Avares, and
merchandise to be transported, and shall file Avith the officer granting the permit
the certificate of the local special agent authorizing it, if any be necessary, and
an affidavit that the names of the owners, the quantities, descriptions, and values
of the merchandise are correctly stated in said invoices, true copies of AAdiich
shall be annexed to and filed Avith the affidaAdt; and that the marks on the
packages are correctly stated in the application, and that the packages contain
nothing except as stated in the invoices ; that the merchandise so permitted shall
not, nor shall any part thereof, be disposed of by him, or by his authority, connivance, or assent, in violation of the terms of the permit, and that neither the
permit so granted nor the merchandise to be transported shall be so used or disposed of by him, or by his authority, connivance, or assent, as in any Avay to
g'.ve aid, comfort, information, or encouragement to persons in insurrection against
the United States. All affidavits requiied by these regulations or by local rules
shall be taken before a supervising, assistant, or local special agent, or some
olhcr authorized officer.
X I I L No certificate shall be given by a local special agent in a State declared in insurrection, for purchase of goods for resale, except to parties having
trade stores under authority from the supervising special ageiit, or assistant
special agent designated by him, as hereinafter provided; and no permit shall
be granted to transport merchandise into any such State, unless authorize4 by
such certificate; except that fresh vegetables, fresh fruits, ice, poultry, eggs,
fresh butter, coal, Avood, hay, and other forage, beef-cattle, sheep, hogs, and
household goods of famihes moving; may be permitted by the officers named in
Ilegulation VI, to go to any not blockaded military post, fleet, or naval A'-essel,
of the United States forces, without such certificate, but under careful discretion
to prevent abuse of the exception.
X I V . After a trade district in any agency shall be designated, as aforesaid,
persons of Avell-ascertained loyalty, desiring to continue or establish trade stores
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therein,'may make application in writing to the proper supervising special agent
)r to such a.ssistant special agent as he shall designate for that purpose, setting
•"orth the locality of the proposed trade store, and will make and atta(di to such
ipplication an affidavit that he is in all respects true to the governnient of the.
United States; that he Avill faithfully conform to the proclamations and orders
pf the President of the United States and of the military governors and generals
exercising authority under him, and to departmental regulations authorized by
law, and that he will at all times by his conduct and conversation, and by every
other means he can properly use, aid in suppressing the rebellion and restoring
obedience to the Constitution and laws of the United States. The supervising
special agent, or the officer designated by him, Avill inquire into the character of
the applicant and circumstances of the locality, and if deemed expedient will
authorize him to sell at said trade store an amount of goods per month specified
in Tlie authority. A copy of the authority shall be filed Avith the local special
agent nearest the trade store, who shall thereby be authorized to give the trader
certificates amounting in the aggregate to the specified monthly sum, and upon
which goods, Avares, and merchandise, not prohibited by regulations or local
rules, may be permitted by the proper collector or surveyor to be transported
to such trade store. Great care Avill be exercised by the surpervising special
agent, and assistant special agent designated by him, to so limit the number of
stores and quantities of goods to be permitted as to prevent undue accumulation
of supplies at such stores ; and every trader, before receiving his authority, shall
be required to execute a bond to the United States in a penalty, and Avith sureties
to be approved by the agent granting the authority, conditioned that he will not
transport goods to, any place other than to said trade store, or engage directly
or indirectly in any prohibited trade; and that no part of the goods transported
by him shall, Avith his knowledge or assent, or by his conniA':ance, be so used or
disposed of as to give aid. or encouragement to the insurgents; and also conditioned that no military, naval, or civil officer or person prohibited by law or by
order of the President, pr of military or naval commanders having proper authority, frona being interested in the property purchased or sold by him, shall
be s.o interested therein.
XV. Authorized traders, (except in the cities of Memphis and Nashville, and
such other cities or toAvns as may be hereafter designated by the Secretary of
the Treasury, with the concurrence and approval of the general commanding
department,) shall not sell goods to others to be resold by them; but shall iiell
only to persons for their OAvn individual, family, or plantation use, upon presentation of the permit for transportation thereof of the proper local special agent,
as provided in Regulations X V I and X V I L In Memphis, Nashville, and other
cities after designation as above, authorized traders may sell goods to other traders for purpose of resale, upon the certificate of the proper local special agent.
Persons and families residing in Memphis, Nashyille, and other cities after designation thereof as above, may purchase supplies for their own consumption at
any trade store therein without any permit or certificate; but goods so sold shall
not be transported out of said cities, except under permit of the proper officer,
to be issued only upon the certifi^cate of the lo.cal special agent, as provided in
E/egulation X V L All authorized traders shall keep true accounts of all their
sales, with t^he name and residence of each purchaser and the datie and amount
of every sale, and shall file and preserve all cancelled permits under which goods
have been transported, and copies of all permits under Avhich sales have been
made; and their books, invoices, accounts, cancelled permits, and copies of permits, shall be open to inspection of the supervising special agent, or assistant
special agents, under his direction. If any such trader shall violate any regulation or local rule, his. authority shall be revoked by the supervising special
agent or assistant special agent by him designated, and said revocation reported
ot the Secretary, and his stock in trade seized and forfeited to. the United States..,
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X V I . The purchase and transportation of indiAddual, family, and plantatioi
supplies may be permitted by a local special agent, from any trade store in tha
part of a trade district for which he is appointed to the home of the applican
therein, upon application to him by the head of the family or such other persoi
as shall be authorized by him or her in Avriting: Provided, That the applican
shall make affidavit, and the agent shall be satisfied, that the supplies appliec
for are necessary for the use and consumption of such person or family during
the two months next ensuing the date of the affidavit; that no part thereof Avil
be sold or otherwise disposed of by him or her, or by his or her assent, excepi
for use of such person or family; and that, to the best of his or her knowledge
and belief, no application has been made for any permit for the same or like
supplies to any otlier officer or agent, and that no supplies for the period mentioned have been or are expected to be otherAvise obtained ;- and no one persor
shall be recognized as representing more than six families.
Such transportation may also be permitted by any authorized collector oi
surveyor out of the district for which the local special agent is appointed, upon
his ceriificate and recommendation, granted upon the same application and affidavit as above required.
X V I I . Persons or families residing without the lines of the trade district, but
within the lines of a supply district, may procure supplies on the certificate of
the nearest local special agent that the supplies specified therein are necessary
for the use and consumption of such person or family for a period of time not
exceeding the month ensuing. All applications for such certificate must be made
personally to the proper local special agent.by such person, or a member of such
family, or other person authorized by the head of the family; and the applicant
shall make and file with him an affidavit that the supplies applied for are necessary for the use and consumption of the person or family for the time specified,
not exceeding one month next ensuing; that no part thereof will be sold or
otherwise disposed of by him or her, or by his or her assent, except for the use
of such person or family, and that to the best of his or her knowledge and belief
no application has been made for the same or like supplies to any other officer
or agent, and that no supplies for the period mentioned have been or are expected
to be otherwise obtained; and no person shall be recognized as representing more
than six families. The certificate so obtained must be presented to the nearest
collector or surveyor, Avho, upon being satisfied that it has been properly
granted, will issue a permit to the holder for the transportation of the articles
specified therein; but in cases where the supplies are purchased at a trade
store, and there is no authorized collector or surveyor within 6.Ye miles thereof,
the local special agent nearest to such trade store may grant such permit,
retaining the certificate and delivering the permit to the apphcant. Except in
cases mentioned in this regulation and Regulation X V t , no permit will be
granted by any local special agent.
X V I I I . Upon the request of the general commanding department, the proper
supervising special agent may authorize the establishment of one or more trade
stores in any city or town of a supply district, under the same regulations as
trade stores are established in trade districts, and subject to military orders;
but the authority to establish any such store may be revoked, and the store
discontinued by the supervising special agent whenever the public interest may
require it.
X I X . After any trade or supply district shall have been established, loyal
and. well-disposed persons residing therein may bring their products to market,
unless prohibited by regulation, rule, or military order, and may be permitted
by the proper collector or surveyor, on payment of prescribed fejss, to sell the
same for money other than gold or silver, and to take back to their respective
homes so much of the proceeds of products so sold in individual, family, or
. plantation supplies, as shall be certified by. the local special agent nearest to the
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residence of such person to be necessary for the use or consumption of the individual, family, or plantation, for a period not exceeding tAvo months next
ensuing, if residing within the limits of a trade district, or one month if Avithin
the limits of a Supply district; and any attempt to take back more than the
quantity so certified Avill debar the party all further privilege to bring products
to market or to trade.
, X X . All proper and loyal persons may apply in the prescribed form to the
proper supervising special agent, or an assistant special agent designated by
him, for authority to purchase, for money other than gold or silver, or to bring
out, if raised Or already purchased by applicant, any of the products of the
country within the lines of national military occupation in his agency, except
AAdien prohibited by order of the general commanding department or other
special military order, and to transport the same to market; and—on making
and filing with such agent an affidavit, in the prescribed form, and executing a
bond with penalty and sureties to be approved by said agent, and conditioned
that he will pay or secure all fees required by regulations; that he Avill not purchase products at any place other than that named in the authority, or engage
directly or indirectly in. prohibited trade, and that no military, naval, or civil
officer or person prohibited by law or by order of the President, or of military
or naval commanders having proper authority, from being interested in the
property purchased by him, shall be so interested therein—the supervising
special agent, or assistant special agent designated by him, if he deems it expedient, may authorize the proper officer to permit, on payment or security of the
prescribed fees, the purchase and transportation of products as applied for, except articles prohibited. Upon presentation of such authority to any officer
named in Regulation VI, he may issue a permit for the purchase, transportation, and sale of products specified, in pursuance of the terms of the authority;
but, before delivering it, he will require the prescribed fees to be paid, or a bond"
therefor to be executed to the United States with penalty, and sureties approved
by him, conditioned that the fees for each shipment made under the permit
shall be paid to him or some other proper officer at the time or Avithin ten days
after such shipment shall be made; and that immediately after the making pf
any shipment by land or water under the permit, notice of such shipment shall
be forthwith given to the officer issuing the permit, which notice shall specify'
the date and place of shipment, and contain or be accompanied by a description
of the property and the marks thereon, and a statement of its destination and
the route thereto; and that upon its arrival at any port where there is an officer
of customs, a similar report shall be forthAvith made to him. If any person
obtaining a permit, and paying the fees therefor, shall purchase or transport no
merchandise under the same or a less quantity than is permitted, the fees paid,or the proper proportion thereof, shall be refunded on application and due
showing to the proper supervising special agent.
Any neglect on the part of the person permitted to purchase and transport,or of any one acting for him, to comply with regulations and local rules, or
with the conditions of the bond to the permit officer, shall work immediate forfeiture of all rights under the authority or permit, and any property purchased
or transported under the same af^er such neglect shall be forfeited to the;
United States.
X X I . Every permit to purchase or sell cotton, tobacco, or other merchandise
within any place or section in a State heretofore declared in insurrection, after
commercial intercourse therewith shall have been permitted by the Secretary of
the Treasury, and every permit to transport the same thereto, therein, or therefrom, shall clearly define the character and quantity of the merchandise so permitted to be sold, purchased, or transported, and the place or section Avithin
Avhich the same may be purchased or sold, and to and from Avhich the same
may be transported; and each person shall, before receiving such permil;^ make
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affidavit that he is in,all respects loyal and true to the government of the
United States; that he will faithfully conform to the proclamations and orders
of the President of the United States, and of the military governors and generals
exercising authority under him, and to deJDartmehtal regulations authorized by
law; and that he Avill at all times, by his conduct and conversation, and by
every other means he can properly use, aid in suppressing the iebellion and
restoring obedience to the Constitution and laws of the United States.
X X I L All transportation of coin or bullion to any State or section heretofore declared to be in insurrection is absolutely prohibited, except for military
purposes, and under military orders, or under the special license of the President.
And no payment of gold or silver, or foreign bills of exchange, shall be made
for cotton or other merchandise Avithin any such State or section. All cotton or
other merchandise purchased in any such State or section, to be paid for-therein,
directly or indirectly, in gold or silver, or foreign bills of exchange, shall be
forfeited to the United States.
- X X I I L Authorities to purchase products, unless renewed, and all certificates
of local special agents recommending permits for transportation, shall expire
thirty days after date. Permits for transportation shall expire ten days after
date; and all authorities, certificates, and permits will be liable to revocation
by the Secretary of the Treasury, or the proper supervising special agent, as
the public interests may require.
X X I V . Permits will be granted to sutlers to transport to the regiments sutlered by them such articles as they are authorized to sell, free of the ^ve per
cent, fee; but no permit will be granted to a sutler except on presentation to
the proper permit officer of the original certificate of his appointment from the
commanding officer of his regiment, countersigned b y t h e division commander
thereof, and an application and affidavit iri the form prescribed. Transportation
shall not be permitted to any sutler for ^ an amount of goods exceeding $2,500
per month; nor for over two months' supply at one time; nor for any goods
except such as he is by law and War Department orders allowed to deal in.
X X V . Supplies and other property,belonging to the United States for the
use of the army or navy, moving under military or naval orders, are excepted
from the operation of these regulations. Supplies for the army or navy, furnished under contract, will be permitted free of charge, upon the certificate of
the proper military or naval officer that such supplies are required and are to be
shipped in fulfilment of an actual existing contract Avith the government.
X X V I . In order to prevent, under the pretence of legitimate trade, the conveyance of supplies which there is reason to believe are ultimately intended for
persons in rebellion against the government, or for places under the control of
insurgents, and to prevent undue accumulation of gpods at points in dangerous
proximity to districts under control of insurgents, transportation of any goods,
wares, or merchandise, Avithout the permit of a duly authorized officer of this
department, is prohibited to any place on the , south side of the Potomac river,
or to any place on the north side of the Potomac and south of the Washington
and Annapolis railroad, or on the eastern shore of the Chesapeake, or on the
south side of the Ohio river below Wheeling, except Louisville; or on the Avest
side of the Mississippi river below the mouth of the Des Moines, except St.
Louis.
X X V I I . Permits for shipment of goods into districts or places with which
commercial intercourse is restricted, but Avhich have not been declared to be in
insurrection, may be granted by collectors or surveyors of customs, or other
specially authorized officers of the department located near the point of destination, in conformity Avilih regulations and local rules ;. and collectors or surveyors
at any other port or place, when applied to by parties wishing to make ship
ments into such districts or places, if satisfied of the loyalty of such parties and
the good faith of the proposed transaction, may furnish certificates to that effect.
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which will be receiA^ed as sufficient evidence on those points by the collector,
surveyor, or other proper officer near the point of destination, to Avhom application for permits Avill be made by the shipper, and by Avhom, on compliance
with regulations and local rules, such permits will be granted; and all questions
of detention or seizure of goods en route to points above indicated Avill be decided
by the collector or surveyor at the last port to be passed before entering a restricted district. Any information touching the character of any goods or
transaction in the possession of any officer of this department likely to be useful
in such decisions should be promptly forAA^arded to the officer on whom rests the
decision or who grants the permit, and also to the Secretary.
X X V I I I . No vessel, boat, or other vehicle, used for transportation from any
place in the loyal States, shall carry goods, wares, or raerchandise into any
place, section, or State not declared in insurrection, but with which commercial
intercourse has been or may be restricted, Avithout the permit of a duly authorized officer of the Treasury Department, application for which permit may be
made to such authorized officer near the point of destination as may suit the
convenience of the shipper. Nor shall any vessel, boat, or other craft, or vehicle
used for transportation, put off any goods, wares, or merchandise, at any place'
other than that named in the permit or clearance as the place of destination of
such goods, wares, and merchandise.
X X I X . Before any boat. or vessel running on any of the western waters
south of Louisville or St. Louis, or other Avaters within or adjacent to any State
or section, commercial intercourse with Avhich noAv is, or may hereafter be, restricted as aforesaid, shall depart from any port Avhere there is a collector or
surveyor of customs, there shall be exhibited to the collector or surveyor, or
such other officer as may be authorized to act in his stead, a true manifest of its
entire cargo, and a clearance, obtained to proceed on its voyage; and Avhen
freights are received on board at a place Avhere there is no collector or smweyor,
as hereinafter provided in Regulation X X X , then the same exhibit shall be
made and clearance obtained at the first port to be passed Avhere there is such
an officer, if required by him, and such vessel or boat shall be reported and the
manifest of its cargo exhibited to the collector or surveyor of every port to be
passed on the trip where there is such an officer, if required by him; but no
new clearance shall be necessary unless additional freights shall have been taken
on board after the last clearance. Immediately on arriving at the port of final
. destination, and before discharging any part of the cargo, the manifest shall be
exhibited to the surveyor of such port, or other officer authorized to act in his
stead, Avhose approval for landing the cargo shall be indorsed on the manifest
before any part thereof shall be discharged ; and the clearance and shipping
permits, of all such vessels and boats shall be exhibited to the . officer in command of any naval vessel or military post wdienever such officer may require it.
X X X . To facilitate trade, and guard against improper transportation, agency
aids Avill be appointed by the proper supervising special agent, or under his
direction by an assistant special agent, from time to time, on cars, vessels, and
boats, Avhen desired by OAvners, agents, or masters thereof, which aids Avill have
free carriage on therespectiv^e cars, vessels, and boats on Avhich they are placed,
and Avill allow proper Avay freights to be taken on board Avithout permit, keeping a statement thereof, and reporting the same to the first officer to be passed
on the trip Avho is authorized tp grant the permit desired, from whom a permit
therefor must be obtained, or the goods shall be returned to the shipper under
his direction. No permit Avill be granted for transportation into or within any
State or district under restriction, or declared in insurrection, except on cars,
vessels, and boats, carrying such aids, or by private conveyance specified in the
permit, or on boats, vessels, or cars bonded not to receive anything on board for
transportation during the trip, nor to land or discharge anything at any point
except that of ultimate destination Avithout proper permit.
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X X X I . Boats and A'-essels may be cleared, and merchandise not prohibited
may be permitted, from any port AAdiich has not been blockaded to any port
which has been blockaded but opened by proclamation, upon payment of such
fees only as Avere chargeable therefor before the blockade Avas declared, but subject to Regulations X X X V , X X X V I , X X X V I I , X X X V I I I , X X X I X , and
XL, and upon giving bond not to land or discharge any of such merchandise
at any intermediate point, except under permit authorized by these regulations.
^But no goods, Avares, or merchandise shall be shipped or transported from or
out of such opened port, except under permits granted upon compliance Avith
Regulations and local rules, and payment of the fees prescribed in regulation
XLII.
X X X I L Applicants for permits to ship to any port or place affected by the
existing blockade, but occupied by United States forces, must present, with their
application, a certificate from the Department of War, or Department of the
Navy, either directly or through a duly authorized officer, that the articles are
required for military or naA^al jDurposes, and a request that the transportation of
the same, may be permitted, together with invoices in duplicate of the articles
to be permitted, specifying their character, quantity, value, and destination.
On receiving such certificate and request, and duplicate invoices, the Secretary
of the Treasury, or some officer specially authorized by him, Avill transmit to the
proper officer one of the invoices, and direct the permitting of the transportation
requested, and forward the other invoice to the assistant or local special agent
at the port or place to which the goods are to be permitted. The assistant or
local special agent Avill, in all cases, on the arrival of any articles claimed to
have been permitted, examine and compare such articles Avith the duplicate inA^oice; and in case of any excess or eA^asiori of the permit, he Avill seize the
Avhole shipment, and report the facts forthAvith to the supervising special agent,
that proceedings may be taken for their forfeiture under the act of July 13,
1861, May 20, 1862, and March 12, 1863.
X X X I I I . Where ports heretofore blockaded have been opened by the proclamation of the President, licenses will be granted by the United States consuls,
on application by the proper parties, to vessels clearing from foreign ports to
the ports so opened, upon satisfactory evidence that the vessel so licensed will
convey no person, property, or information contraband of Avar, either to or from
said ports, Avhich license shall be shown to the collector of the port to which
the vessel is bound, and, if required, to any officer in charge of the blockade..
And on leaving any port so opened, the vessel must have a clearance from the
collector, according to law, shoAving no violation of the conditions of the license.
Any violation of the conditions will involve the forfeiture and condemnation of
the vessel and cargo, and the exclusion of all parties concerned from entering
the United States fbr any purpose during the Avar.
X X X I V . Vessels clearing from domestic.ports to any of the ports so opened
will apply to the custom-house officers of the proper ports, in the usual manner,
for licenses or clearances under the regulations heretofore established.
X X X V . Whenever application is made to a collector or surveyor authorized
to grant it, for a permit, license, or clearance, for either a foreign or domestic
port, if for satisfactory reasons he shall deem it necessary to prevent the cargo
of the vessel from being used in affording aid or comfort to any person, or parties
ia insurrection against the authority of the United States, he shall require a
bond to be executed by the master or owner of the vessel, in a penalty equal
to the value of the cargo, and Avith sureties to the satisfaction of such collector
or surveyor, conditioned that the said cargo shall be delivered at the destination
for which it is cleared or permitted, and that no part thereof shall be used in
affording aid or comfort to any person or parties in insurrection against the
authority of the United States, Avith the knowledge or consent or connivance of
the owner or shipper thereof, or AviJh the knoAvledge, consent, or connivance of
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the master of the vessel on Avhich the same may be ladqn, or of other persons
having control of the same, until after delivery to the proper consignee, and the
sale or other disposition by him, in good faith, of said cargo.
X X X V L Collectors and surveyors will refuse clearances and permits to all
vessels or other vehicles, whether with or without cargo, destined for a foreign
or domestic port, Avhenever they shall have satisfactory reason to believe that
such vessels or their cargoes, or any part thereof, AA^hatever may be their osten.sible destination, are intended for ports or" places in possession or under control
of insurgents against the United States. And if any vessel or other vehicle for
which a clearance or permit shall liaA^e been refused as aforesaid shall depart, or
attempt to depart, for a foreign or domestic port, without being duly cleared or
permitted, such collector or surveyor, or the supervising special agent or assistant
special agent, shall cause such A^essel or vehicle to be seized and detained, and
proceedings to be instituted for the forfeiture to the United States of such vessel
or other vehicle, with her tackle, apparel, furniture and cargo.
X X X V I I . When any collector, .surveyor, supervising, assistant, or local special agent, charged Avith the execution of these regulations, and the laws authorizmg them, shall find within his proper limits any goods, wares, or merchandise
which, in his opinion, founded on satisfactory evidence in writing, are in danger
of being transported to insurgents, he may require the OAvner or holder thereof
to give reasonable security that they shall not be transported to any place under
insurrectionary control, and shall not in any way be used to give aid'or encouragement to the insurgents.
If the required security be not given, such officer shall promptly state the
facts to the United States marshal for the dis.trict Avithin which such goods are
situated; or if there be no United States marshal, then to the commander of a
near ^military post, Avhose duty it shall be to take possession thereof, and hold
them for safe-keeping, reporting the facts promptly to the Secretary of the
Treasury, and awaiting instructions.
X X X V I I I . No clearance or permit will be granted for the shipment of prohibited articles, viz: cannon, mortars, fire-arms, pistols, bombs, grenades, powder,
saltpetre, sulphur, balls, bullets, pikes, swords, boarding-caps, (always excepting
the quantity of the said articles Avhich may be necessary for the defence of the
ship and of those Avho compose the crew,) saddles, bridles, cartridge-bag material,
percussion and other caps,' clothing adapted for uniforms, sail-cloth of all kinds,
• hemp and cordage, intoxicating drinks, other than beer and light native wines,
or other articles prohibited by the proper authorities, except upon certificate and
request under Regulation X X X I I , or by the special direction of the supervising
special agent sanctioned by-the general commanding department or district into
or from Avhich the shipment is to be made.
X X X I X . Every vessel, on approaching a gunboat or revenue cutter, or vessel
appearing to be such, before proceeding further, shall bear up and speak said
boat or cutter, and submit to such examination as may be required.
XL. All vessels, boats, and other vehicles used for transportation, violating
regulations or local rules, and all cotton, tobacco, or other merchandise shipped
or transported or purchased or sold in violation thereof, will be forfeited to the
United States. If any false statement be made or deception practiced in obtaining ah authority, certificate, or permit under these regulations, such authority,
certificate, or permit, and all ^others connected therewith or affected thereby,
Avill be absolutely void, and all merchandise purchased or shipped under them
shall be forfeited to the United States. • In all cases of forfeiture, as aforesaid,
immediate seizure will be made and proceedings instituted promptly for condemnation. The attention of all officers of the government, common-carriers,
shippers, consignees, oAvners, masters, conductors, agents, driA^ers, and other
persons connected Avith the transportation of merchandise, or trading therein, is
particularly directed to the acts of July 13, 1861, May 20, 186,2, and March
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12,, .1863, and to the orders of the Secretaries of War and of the Navy hereto
appended.
X L I . In cases where military or naval commanders shall have ordered all
packages sent by friends to the officers and soldiers of their command to be delivered only to designated regimental or vessel officers for delivery to the proper
parties, such packages may be transported, Avithout collector's or surveyor's
permits, by the Adams Express Company, or other carriers having authority
for that purpose from the Secretary of the Treasury, on such carriers giving
bond conditioned to render a true account of all such packages by them trausr
ported, and to carry no goods Avithout proper permits, other than such packages.
X L I I . The folloAving fees are prescribed :
Fees for administering oath and certifying affidavit
10 cents.
for each authority from agent
.'
— ..
3 dolls.
for certificate of local special agent—
10 cents.
for each permit for purposes of trade
20 cents.
for each permit to purchase cotton in any insurrectionary district,
and to transport the same to any loyal State, per pound
4 cents.
for permit so to purchase and transport tobacco per h h d . . .
2 dolls.
for permit so to purchase or sell and transport to or from such
district other products, goods, wares, or merchandise, Rve per
centum on the sworn invoice value thereof at the place of
shipment.
for each permit for individual, family, or'plantation supplies, on
every purchase over $20 and not over $50
5 cents.
"
over $50 and not over $100
^
10 cents.
over $100
15 cents.
For permits for individual, family, or plantation supplies, not over twentydollars in amount, no charge is allowed, except for revenue stamps, on affidavits
and certificates in districts under restriction; and no charge, except five cents
for permit and five cents for each revenue stamp on affidavit and certificate, is
allowed in States declared in insurrection. When purchases are less than ^ve
dollars, the permit officer may dispense with affidavits and, certificates when no
ground to suspect fraud or imposition appears.
X L I I I . Internal revenue stamps are required by law to be attached to affidavits, certificates, and bonds, but not to any other instruments or writings
provided for by these regulations. Stamps will be furnished by the proper
special agents at the rates fixed by the internal revenue act, namely:
For affidavits
i
5 cents.
For certificates of local special agents or collectors and surveyors.. 5 cents.
For bonds
25 cents.
X L I V . Every officer authorized by the Secretary of the Treasury to grant
permits under these regulations shall keep in his office a record of every permit
granted by him, showing the names of the OAvner, shipper, and consignee, the
place from and to Avhich each transportation is permitted, the character and invoice value of the merchandise permitted, and shall transmit to the Secretary,
and also to the proper supervising special agent, as near as possible*, on the first
day of every month, a transcript of such record; and will also at the same
time transmit to the supervising special agent an abstract statement showing
the permits granted daily to parts of States not declared in insurrection, but.in
which trade is restricted, and also shoAving the permits granted daily to States
declared in insurrection, Avith the invoice value of the merchandise permitted,
the fees received, and the disposition made of the same, together Avith the
names of all agency aids reporting to him, and the compensation paid to each.
XLV. All money received by each assistant or local special agent shall be
paid over as promptly as possible to the supervising special agent, or to aii
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assistant treasurer or designated depository as directed by him, and so that all
receipts during each month shall be paid over before the making of his required
monthly report; and all money received by each supervising special agent or
collector, surveyor, or other officer authorized to grant permits, under these
regulations, shall be promptly paid over to the assistant treasurer or designated
depository most convenient to him, and so that all receipts for each month shall
be so paid over before the making of his monthly report.
X L V I . Every officer authorized to receive money under these regulations
shall transmit .to the Secretary on the first of each month a report, stating in
detail all moneys so received by him during the preceding month, and from
what sources received, together with all expenses of his office incidental to the
execution of these regulations; and if any money has been paid out or otherwise disposed of by him -during the month, on account thereof, and by Avhat
authority, to whom, pr for what purpose it was so paid or disposed of, Avith the
Avouch ers therefor. A duplicate of this report and account shall at the same
time be transmitted to the. supervising special agent for the agency in Avhich it
shall be made, and a triplicate to the Commissioner of Customs.
. X L V I I . Assistant special agents shall keep a record of all their official
transactions, shoAving specifically and in detail every authority given to traders,
(Reg. X I V ; ) every authority for the purchase of products, (XX;) every inspection of trade store, and the result thereof, (XV;) all appointments of
agency aids on cars, vessels, and boats, and the coinpensation of each, ( X X X ; )
all seizures in cases of excess or evasion of permits to blockaded ports, ( X X X I I ; )
all seizures or detentions of vessels or vehicles departing, or attempting to depart, Avhen clearance has been refused, ( X X X V I ; ) all cases of security required
Avhen goods found in danger of being transported to insurgents, and if security
not given, the action taken by them, ( X X X V I I ; ) all fees received for affidavits,
authorities to traders, and cfor the purchase of products, and from Avhom, and
for Avhat received, (XIV, X X , XLII.) And they shall, on the first day of every
month, transmit to the proper supervising special agent a transcript of such
record, and all bonds or securities received by them under these regulations,
(XIV, XX, X X X V I I . )
X L V I I I . Local special agents shall keep a record of every authority to trade
or to purchase products presented by the holder thereof, and of all certificates
given to traders, or for permits to purchase and transport products, (Heg.
X I V ; ) of all permits for purchase and transportation of supplies from trade
store, arid certificates to buy supplies elsewhere than in trade district, (XVI;)
of all permits granted where there is no collector or surveyor within five miles
of trade store, ( X V I I ; ) of all certificates to persons bringing products to market and taking back supplies, (XIX;) of all excess or evasion of permits in
shipments to blockaded ports, and their action thereon, ( X X X I I ; ) of all cases
of bonds required of owners or holders of goods in danger of being transported
to insurgents, and their action where bond-not given, ( X X X V I I ; ) of all permits under regulations X V I and X V I I , showing aU that is required by those
regulations, and of all fees required for certificates, aflidavits, and permits, (XII,
X V I , X V I I , X I X , XLII.) And they will also, as nearly as possible on the
first day of every month, transmit to the proper supervising special agent a
transcript of such record, and will deliver to such agent all bonds or securities
received by them under these regulations, (XXXVII.)
• • X L I X . Supervising, special agents shall keep a record of all their official
ti'ansactions, showing fully the name and location of each local special agent
and agency aid appointed by them, and the compensation of each, (Reg. IV;)
of conferences Avith generals' commanding departments and designations of trade
and supply districts, (IX, X ; ) of all authorities given fbr trade stores, stating
the date, ^name of trader, locality, and amount of goods authorized, (XIV;) of
the inspection of trade stores and the results, (XV;) of all trade, stores author
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ized in any city or toAvn of a supply district, the date, name of trader, am
amount of goods authorized, and of the discontinuance of any such store
( X V I I I ; ) of all authorities given for the purchase of products, to Avhom given
•and the locality where purchases are to be made, (XX;) of all revocations-o
authorities, certificates and permits, (XXIII;): of all information touching an}
goods or transactions given to other officers of the department, ( X X V I I ; ) o:
all. appointments of agency aids upon cars, A^^esscls, and boats, ( X X X ; ) of al
seizures and detentions of vessels or vehicles departing, or attempting to depart
after clearance has been refused, ( X X X V I ; ) of all securities required anc
received of OAvners or holders of goods in danger of being transported to insur
gents, and of their action if security Avas not given, (XXXVII.) And on the
first day of every month, as nearly as possible, they shall transmit to this
department a transcidpt of such record for the previous month, together with '<
copy of the transcripts of records and a statement of all bonds and securities
received by them from assistant and local special agents.
L. These regulations shall supersede those of March 31, 1863,. and all others
conflicting herewith, a.flecting commercial intercourse with States declared ir
insurrection; and all permits hereafter granted by any officer of the Treasury
Department will be granted in pursuance of them and of the local rules authorized by them, or by virtue of authority hereafter given by the Secretary of th€
Treasury; but all permits granted and acts done in pursuance of former regulations shall be valid and effectual until the 15th day of October, 1863, unle-ss
the regulations shall have been sooner received and made known at the place
of such permits or acts.
Regulations prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury for the government oj
the several special agents and agency aids appointed in pursuance of the aci
of March 12, 1863, entitled ''An act to provide for the collection qfabandonea
property, and for the prevention qf frauds in insurrectionary districts withir*
the United States."*^
I. The territory of the United States designated as in insurrection againsi
the lawful government of the United States by the proclamation of the President, July 1, 1862, to Avhich special agents have been assigned to receive and
collect abandoned and captured prpperty, is divided into districts called special
agencies, numerically designated and described as folloAvs, viz:
The first special agency comprises the district of the United States west oi
the Alleghany mountains, knoAvn as the valley of the Mississippi, and extending sout.liAvard so as to include so much of the States of Alabama, Mississippi.
Arkansas, and Louisiana, as is or may be occupied by national forces operating
from the north.
The second special agency comprises the State of Virginia and so much oi
West Virginia as lies east of the Alleghany mountains.
The third special agency comprises the State of North Carolina.
The fourth special agency comprises the States of Sputh Carolina, Georgia)
and Florida.
The fifth special agency comprises the States of Texas and Louisiana, and
sp much of the States of Arkansas, Alabama and Mississippi as is or may be
within the lines of the national forces operating from the south.
If additional special agencies shall be estabhshed, they Avill be numerically
designated in the order of their establishment. And if the boundaries of agencies already established shall be changed, due notice thereof will be given.
I I . Supervising special agents and assistant special agents will bco appointed
by the Secretary of the Treasury, aud local special agents and agency aids will
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Q appointed by superAdsing special agents, or under their direction by assistant
pecial agents, subject to the approval of the Secretary, to carry into effect the
aid act and these regulations.
I I I . Supervising and assistant special agents are authorized and directed to
eceive and collect all abandoned and captured property found Avithin their repective agencies and Avithin the lines of military occupation by the United
states forces, except such as has been used or was intended to be used for
vaging or carrying on Avar against the United States, viz : arms, ordnance, ships,
steamboats, or other Avater craft, and their furniture, forage, military supplies,
md munitions of war.
IV. Abandoned property is of tAvo descriptions :
First. That Avhich has been or may be deserted by the owners; and.
Second. That which has been or may be voluntarily abandoned by the owners
:o the civil or military authorities of the United States.
Captured property is that which has been or may be seized or taken from aostile possession by the military or naval forces of the United States. .
V. Supervising and assistant special agents Avill exercise due diligence in receiving and collecting, Avithin the agency to which they have been respectively
assigned, all abandoned and captured property; and on taking possession of any
such property, will immediately make and keep a full and correct record of all
the facts or information in regard to each case, or lot knoAvn, or accessible to
them, including, as nearly as possible, the folloAving: 'the character and quantity
of the property received or collected; Avhere captured, or found, or received as
abandoned; under AA^hat circumstances; by Avhom owned or alleged to be OAvned;
noting, Avhere practicable, the name and address of one or more truthful residents of the neighborhood acquainted Avith the property and the owner or claimant thereof, and any statement they may make in connexion therewith; by Avhom
such property Avas captured or abandoned; by Avhom received or collected; from
Avhom received; all names, marks, signs, or devices, (Avhether distinct, indistinct,
or partially erased,) upon such property; together Avith all other information
which may in any Avay serve to identify or make knoAvn the history of any particular lot, or to trace the same, or the proceeds thereof, from the earliest period
possible to its final disposition.
They Avill also charge against each lot, and keep a true and detailed account
in triplicate of each item of expense incurred in its collection, transportation,
care, and sale; or Avhere two or more lots are treated together, a fiir and just proportion against each, as well as all fees due in any Avay to the goA^ernment thereon.
One copy of this record Avill be promptly transmitted to the supervising
special agent, to Avhom or to Avhose order the property so received and collected
will be delivered, another to the Secretary of the Treasury, and the third will
be retained by the assistant special agents for their files.
VI. Supervising and assistant special agents will receive within their respective agencies any property from persons Avho offer A^oluntarily to abandon the
same; and shall give a receipt therefor to the person so abandoning it, or to his
or her agent, in the folloAving form:
"Received of
, of the county of
, in the State of
, estimated at $ — :
, claimed by
- , as the OAAmer thereof, and numbered as
follows:
; Avliich, as special agent of the Treasury Department, at the
request of
, I have received as abandoned property, to be forAvarded
to
, and disposed of in accordance with the act of Congress approved
March 12, 1863."
And shall make three copies of said receipt, of Avhich he shall send one to
the Secretary of the Treasury, one to the supervising special agent, and keep
one for his files; and in all cases of sp receiving voluntarily abandoned property.
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the.agent shall require from, the OAvner, or person so abandoning it, a statemeni
and stipulation in triplicate in the folloAving form:
.
"
, special agent of the Treasury Department, has this day received
from me as abandoned property
•-, marked and numbered as follows:
, Avhich the said •
has received at my request, to be transported to
'the special agent of the governirient in the city of•_—, appointed to receive
and dispose of such property, subject to the deductions prescribed by the act
approved March .12, 1862, and the fees designated by Regulation X I V prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury, September 11, 1§63.
"And I hereby acquit and discharge the said
•—-, and all other officers oi
the government, from ,all personal liability on account of the said property, except such as may result frpm afi unfaithful discharge of their duties in transporting or disposing of it,
"And in case of any loss or damage to the said property in its transportation
or otherAvise, neither the government of the United States nor any of its agents
shall be held responsible therefor."
A record of all property sO received and of the expenses incurred in connexion thercAvith shall be made and copies transmitted, and the property shall
be disposed of in the manner prescribed in Regulation V.
VII.. Supervising and assistant special agents Avill receive and collect abandoned property from any officer.or private of the regular or volunteer forces of
the United States, or any officer, sailor, or marine in^ the naval service of the
United States, upon the inland AVaters of the United States, Avho may take or
receiA^e any such abandoned property from persons in such insurrectionary districts, or have it under their control, and such supervising or assistant special
agent will, in all such cases, give a receipt therefor in the following -form:
"Received
of
, estimated at $
, taken or received and
held by him as abandoned property in such insurrectionary district, and claimed
to be the property of —
, and turned OA^er to me by said
, which
property I have received as agent of the Treasury Department, appointed in
pursuance of certain acts, of Congress, approved J u l y 13, 1861, May 20, 1862.
ixnd March 12, 1863. The said property to be-transported and disposed of underthe regulations of the Secretary of the Treasury, prescribed in pursuance of the
authority conferred on him by said acts."
. Three copies of said receipt shall be made, one of which shall be transmitted
to the Secretary of the Treasury, one to the supervising special agent, and one
shall be retained by the agent giving the receipt; and a record of the property
.so collected and received shall be made, and copies transmitted, and the property
disposed of as dh'ected in Regulation V.
V I I I . Supervising and assistant special agents will collect and receive of any
officer or private, or person employeddn or Avith the regular or volunteer forces
of the United States, any property held by him Avhich shall have been captured
in any district declared to be in insurrection against the United States, except
such as shall be required for inilitary use of the United States forces; and all
property so held by them shall be received by the agent as captured property,
leaving all questions'concerning the class to Avhich it belongs for after considera
tion; and they shall also receive AAdth such property the necessary invoices
thereof, and all receipts, bills of lading, and other papers, documents, and
vouchers, showing title to such property, or the right to the possession, control,
or direction thereof, and such order, indorsement, or writing as the party has
power to make, to enable such agent to take possession of such property, or the
proceeds thereof.
And he Avill give to the officer, private, or person from Avhom any property is
B received, a receipt in the form folloAving:
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425
"Received of
, estimated at $
, captured by the forces of the
United States, and claimed to be the property of
, which property I have
received as special agent of the Treasury Department, appointed in pursuance
of certain acts of Congress approved July 13,1861, May 20,1862, and March 12,
1863. The said property to be transported and disposed of under the regulations of the Secretary of the Treasury prescribed in pursuance of the authority
conferred on him by said acts."
And a record of the property so collected and received shall be made, and
copies transmitted,- and the property disposed of as directed in Regulation V.
I X . When any part of the goods or property received or collected by any
supervising or assistant special agent is demanded for public use, and a requisition therefor is presented, signed by the general commanding department, or
by some other officer authorized by such commander of department, the special
agent having such property in charge shall select three competent and disinterested persons, to be approved by such officer, who shall make oath for the
faithful discharge of their duties, and Avho shall appraise said goods or property,
and make a certificate thereof in the folloAving form:
" The undersigned having been appointed by —
, supervising or assistant special agent, to appraise certain property alleged to have been collected
or received as abandoned or captured by
, supervising special agent
or assistant special agent of the Trisasury Department, having each of us made
oath for the faithful discharge of our duty as such appraisers, do certify that
we have carefully examined and appraised the following described property
to wit:
, and that said property is Avorth —
.
• Appraisers.^''
Which certificate shall be certified by the special agent and by the officer
receiving said property; and the goods or property so appraised shall be delivered over to the officer appointed to receive it; and the special agent shall in all
such cases require from the officer or agent receiving said goods or property a
receipt in the following form :
"Received of
, alleged to have been collected or received by him as
abandoned or captured, and Avliich has been this day appraised by
,
appraisers appointed Avith my approval, to be AVorth — — - dollars, which property has been delivered to me by said agent to be appropriated to the public
use, as provided in the second section of the act of Congress, approved March
12, 1863, entitled 'An act to provide for the collection of abandoned property,
and the prevention of frauds in insurrectionary districts within the United
States.' "
And he shall keep a record of all expenses incurred on account of said property ; and if he be an assistant special agent, he shall promptly transmit a full
report "of such appraisal proceedings and copies of all papers in the case, as
prescribed and directed in Regulation V.
X. In all cases where property of a perishable nature, Avhether captured or
abandoned, shall be collected or received by the proper agents of this department, and its immediate sale is required by the interest of all concerned, such
agent shall, Avhere practicable, forAvard it Avithout delay to the nearest place
designated by the.Secretary or by regulation as a place of sale within a loyal
State, consigned to the proper officer of this department, Avho shall forthwith
cause it to be sold at auction to the highest bidder; all such shipments to be
accompanied by a statement as required by Regulation V.
If, from the character of the property, it shall be impracticable so to transport it, the agent shall cause the same to be appraised by three disinterested
persons, and to be sold at public auction, and promptly transmit a full report
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as prescribed by Regulation V, together with the certificate of appraisal, taker
in triplicate, and the account of sales, and hold the proceeds subject to the
direction of the supervising special agent for that agency.
X I . In case of furniture, family pictures, equipage, clothing, or househoic
effects, abandoned or captured, and collected or received by special agents, the}
Avill cause the prescribed record thereof to be made and transmitted^ and Avi!
store such property on the premises Avhere found, whenever it can be done Avitl
safety; otherAvise they will cause it to be securely stored and properly niarked
and numbered, and report the facts to the supervising special agent, and await
further directions. If left on the premises they will take a receipt therefoi
from the agent, or person in possession, and transmit the same Avith the record,
When such property cannot be safely left on the premises or stored Avith safety
and due regard to economy, the special agent in charge shall cause the same to
be appraised, disposed of and reported, as provided in Regulation X, as to
untransportable property. In case such property is in use at hospitals, or fbr
any military purpose, they will cause such property to be.appraised and treated
as property required for public use, as directed in Regulation I X .
X I I . When property is liable to be lost or destroyed in consequence of its
location being unknown to the special agents, or from other causes, and parties
propose, for compensation, to collect and deliver it into the hands of such agents
at points designated by them, supervising special agents may contract, on behalf
of the United States, for the collection and delivery to them of such property
in their respective agencies, on the best possible terms, not exceeding twentyfive per cent, of the proceeds of the jDroperty, which percentage must be full
compensation for all expenses, of Avhatever character, incurred in collecting, preparing, and delivering such property at the points designated. Prior
to any such contract being made, the party proposing must submit, in Avriting, a
statement of the kind and amount of property proposed to be collected, the
locality whence to be obtained, and all the facts and circumstances connected
Avith it, particularly as to its OAvnership. And any contract made in pursuance
of this regulation must be in Avriting, and restricted to the collection and delivery
of particular lots at named localities; or, Avhen circumstances clearly justify it,
to the general collection and delivery of all abandoned property in limited
districts not greater in any case than one parish or county, and not more than
one district to be assigned to one contractor.
Before payment to any contractor under any contract made in pursuance of
this regulation, he shall execute a bond, with penalty equal to the amount stipulated to be paid to him, and Avith sureties satisfactory to the supervising special
agent, indemnifying the United States against all claims to the property delivered on account of damages by trespass, or otherwise occasioned by the act or
connivance of the contractor, and against all claims that may arise on account
of expenses incurred in the collection, preparation, and transportation of said
property to the points designated in said contract. '
Should a case arise, in the opinion of the supervising special agent, justify-.
ing the payment of^^a larger percentage than one-quarter of the proceeds of the
property, he Avill make a statement of the facts and circumstances, and the reasons, in his opinion, justifying such additional allo.Avance, and refer the same to
the Secretary for instructions.
And for the purpose of getting possession of, and trarisporting to market, as
much of the captured and abandoned property as possible, within the lines of
the military forces of the United States, supervising special agents, or assistant
special agents under their direction, will appoint and employ in their respective
agencies, at such per diem compensation as may be judged proper, subject to
approval of the Secretary of the Treasury, such local special agents and
agency aids as may be necessary therefor, instructing them fully as to the execution of the duties respectively assigned to them.
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X I I I . No property collected or received as captured or abandoned under the
ict of March 12, 1863, shall be released by any agent, except by special au:hority from the Secretary of the Treasury, to any persons claiming OAvnership
3f such property ; nor shall any permit be given by such agents to individuals
bo rdmove such property; nor shall any liability be incurred or assumed, or
contract be made on the part of the United States by such agents, except as
authorized by these regulations. No personal favor sliall in any case be extended to one individual or party rather than another.
X I V . Supervising special agents Avill pay, or cause to be paid, out of the
general fund arising from the sale of all property collected and received in their
respective agencies, all expenses necessarily incurred in collecting, receiving,
securing, and disposing of the same, including fees, taxes, freights, storage,
charges, labor, and other necessary expenses, being careful to avoid all useless
or indiscreet expenditures; and will charge each particular lot or parcel with
the specific or proportionate amount of all such expenses as can be made specific or proportionate charges to each lot or parcel; and Avill also charge and retain out of the proceeds of each lot or parcel one and one-half per centum
thereof for the payment of such expenses connected with the collection, transportation and sale-, or other disposition thereof, as cannot be made specific or
proportionate charges against each lot or parcel, or are not otherAvise provided
for, such as rents, coinpensation to clerks, or other employes, auctioneers, printing, and advertising, a carefully stated account of which will be kept by such
agents, shoAving in detail all expenses paid out of this fund arising from such
charge ; and unless unavoidably prevented, they will take vouchers for all expenditures made under this regulation, and transmit the same with their accounts. Of the balance, if any, of said one and one-half per cent, remaining
after defraying said expenses, the several supervising special agents may retain
as compensation for extra care and responsibility a sum not exceeding one-half
of one per cent.; and with the remainder, if any, may rcAvard extra services in
collection and c^re of property, rendered by agents and others.
XV. All property collected and receiyed, other than such is described in Regulations X and X I , and such as may be appropriated to public use, shall be
transported to such places in the loyal States as shall be designated by the Secretary of the Treasury as places of sale, consigned to the supervising special
agent of the agency in Avhich it is collected or received, or to such other person
as shall be specially authorized by the Secretary to receive the same, and shall
there be sold by such supervising special agent, or other person,' at public auction to the highest bidder, for United States notes, pursuant to notice previously
published of the time and place of sale.
.
X V I . Each supervising special agent, or other person, as aforesaid, shall
make a full record of each lot or parcel of property coming to his possession in
the manner prescribed by Regulation V, and report the same, and all sales or
other disposition thereof made by him, rendering a monthly account current of
all his transactions to the Secretary, accompanying the same Avith receipts or
other vouchers for all moneys paid out by him. All balances remaining in his
hands shall be deposited in the treasury from time to time, as directed by the
Secretary.
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PROCLAMATIONS.
/
AUGUST 16, 186L
By the President of the 'United States of America.
A PROCLAMATION.
Whereas, on the fifteenth day. of April, eighteen hundred and sixty-one, the
President of the United States, in vicAV of an insurrection against the laws,
Constitution, and government of the United States, Avhich had broken out Avithin
the States of South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Florida, Mississippi, Louisiana,
and Texas, and in pursuance of the provision of the act entitled " A n act to
provide for calling forth the militia to execute the laws of the Union, suppress
insurrections, and repel invasions, and to repeal the. act now in force for that
purpose," approved February twenty7eight, seventeen hundred and ninety-five,
did call forth the militia to suppress said insurrection, and to cause the laAvs of
the Union to be duly executed, and the insurgents have failed to disperse by the
time directed by the President; and Avhereas such insurrection has since broken
out, and yet exists, within the States of Virginia, North Carolina, Tennessee,
and Arkansas; and whereas the insurgents in all the said States claim to act
under the authority thereof, and such claim is not disclaimed or re]3udiated by
the persons exercising the functions of government in such State or States, or
in the part or parts thereof in which such combinations exist, nor has such insurrection been suppressed by said States :
NoAv, therefore, I, ABRAHAM LINCOLN, President of the United States, in
pursuance of an act of Cpngress approved July, thirteen, eighteen hundred and
sixty-one, do hereby declare that the inhabitants of the said States of Georgia,
South Carolina, Virginia, North Carolina, Tennessee, Alabama, Louisiana, Texas,.
Arkansas, Mississippi, and Florida, (except the inhabitants of that part of the
State of Virginia lying Avest of the Alleghany mountains, and of such other:
parts of that State and the other.States hereinbefore named as may maintain a
loyal adhesion to the Union and the Constitution, or may be, from time to time,
occupied and controlled by forces of the United States engaged in the dispersion of said insurgents,) are in a state of insurrection against the United States,
and that all commercial intercourse betAveen the same and the inhabitants thereof,
Avith the exceptions aforesaid, and the citizens of other States and other parts
of the United States is unlawful, and Avill remain unlawful until such insurrection shall cease or has been suppressed; that all goods and chattels, wares and
merchandise, coming from any of said States, with the exceptions aforesaid,
into other parts of the United States, Avithout the special license and permission
of the President, through the Secretary of the Treasury, or proceeding to any
of said -States, Avith the exceptions aforesaid, by land or water, together with
the vessel or vehicle conveying the same, or couA^eying persons to or from sa;id
States, Avith said exceptions, Avill be forfeited to the United States; and that,
from'and after fifteen days from the issuing of this proclamation, all ships and
vessels belonging in whole or in part to any citizen or inhabitant of any of said
States, with said exceptions, fo.und at sea, or in any port of the United States,
will be forfeited to the United States; and I hereby enjoin upon all district attorneys, marshals, and officers of the revenue, and of the military and naval
forces of the United States, to be Adgilant in the execution of said act, and in
the enforcement of the penalties and forfeitures imposed or declared by it, leaving any party Avho may think himself aggrieved thereby to his application to the
Secretary of the Treasury for the remission of any penalty or forfeiture, Avhich
the said Secretary is authorized by laAv to grant if, in his judgment, the special
(^'curnstances of any case shall require such remission.
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429
I n witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the
United States to be affixed.
Done at the city of Washington, this sixteenth day of August, in. the year
J 1 of our Lord eighteen hundred and sixty-one, and of the independence
• ' ' - ' o f the United States of America the eighty-sixth.
•
ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
By the President:
WILLIAM H . SEWARD, Secretary of State.
JULY 1, 1862.
By the President of the United, States.
A PROCLAMATION.
Whereas, in and by the second section of an act of Congress passed on the
7th day of June, A. D. 1862, entitled " A n act for the collection of direct taxes
in insurrectionary districts within the United States, and for other purposes,"
it is made the duty of the President to declare, on or before the first day of
July then next following, by his proclamation, in Avhat State and parts of States
insurrection exists:
• .
Now, therefore, be it known that I, ABRAHAM LINCOLN, President of the
United States of America, do hereby declare and proclaim that the States of
South Carolina, Florida, Georgia, Alabama, Louisiana, Texas, Mississippi,
Arkansas, Tennessee, North Carolina, and the State of Virginia, except the.
following counties: Hancock, Brooke, Ohio, Marshall, Wetzel, Marion, Monongaliai, Preston, Taylor, Pleasants, Tyler, Ritchie, Doddridge, Harrison, Wood,,
Jackson, Wirt, Roane, Calhoun, Gilmore, Barbour, Tucker, LcAvis, Braxton,
Upshur, Randolph, Mason, Putnam, Kanawha, Clay, Nicholas, Cabell, Wayne,
Boone, Logan, Wyoming, Webster, Fayette, and Raleigh, are now in insurrection and rebellion, and by reason thereof the civil authority of the United
States is obstructed so thatthe provisions of the "Act to provide increased
revenue from imports, to pay the interest on the public debt, and for other pur-;
poses," approved August fifth, eighteen hundred a^nd sixty-one, cannot be
peaceably executed, and that the taxes legally chargeable upon real estate under
the act last aforesaid, lying Avithin the States and parts of States as aforesaid,
together with a penalty of fifty per centum of said taxes, shall be a lien upon .
the tracts or lots of the same, severally charged, till paid.
In Avitness Avhereof, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the ^
United States to be affixed.
Done at the city of Washington, this first day of July, in the year of,
[L. S.]
our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-two, and of the inde,
pendence'of the United States of America the eighty-sixth.
ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
By the President:
F . W. SEVVARD,
^
Acting Secretary of State.
MARCH 31, 1863.
By the President of the United States of America,
A PROCLAMATION.
Whereas, in pursuance of the act of Congress approved July 13, 1861,1 did,
by proclamati'n, dated August 16, 1861, declare that the inhabitants of the
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States of Georgia, South Carolina, Virginia, North Carolina, Tennessee, Ala
bama, Louisiana, Texas, Arkansas, Mississippi, and Florida, (except the inhabit
ants of that part of Virginia lying west of the Alleghany mountains, andof suci
other pai-ts of that State, and the other States hereinbefore named as migh
maintain a loyal adhesion to the Union and the Constitution, or might be froi
time to time occupied and controlled by forces of the United States engaged h
the dispersion of said insurgents,) were in a state of insurrection against .th
United States, and that all commercial intercourse betAveen thesame and th
inhabitants thereof, with the exceptions aforesaid, and the citizens of othe
States and other parts of the United States, was unlawful, and would re'maii
unlawful until such insurrection should cease or be suppressed, and that all good
and chattels, wares, and merchandise coming from any of said States, with th
exceptions aforesaid, into other parts of the United States, without the licens
and permission of the President, through the Secretary of the Treasury, or pro
ceeding to any of said States, AAdth the exceptions, aforesaid, by land or watei
together Avith the vessel or vehicle conveying the same to or from said States
with the exceptions aforesaid, Avould be forfeited to the United States:
And whereas experience has shoAvn that the exceptions made in and by sai(
proclamation embarrass the due enforcement of said act of July 13, 1861, an(
the proper rcgulation of the commercial intercourse authorized by said act wit]
the loyal citizens of said States:
NoAv, therefore, I, ABRAHAM LINCOLN, President of the United States, dohereb
revoke the said exceptions, and declare that the inhabitants of the States o
Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Tennessee, Alabama, Louisiana, Texas
Arkansas, Mississippi, Florida, and Virginia (except the forty-eight counties o
Virginia designated as West Virginia, and except, also, the ports of New Orleans
Key West,.Port Royal, and Beaufort, in North Carolina) are in a state of insur
rection against the United States, and that all commercialintercourse, nothcensec
and conducted as provided in said act, between the said States and the inhabit
ants thereof, with the exceptions aforesaid, and the citizens of other States anc
other parts of the United States, is unlaAvful, and Aviil remain unlawful unti
such insurrection shall cease or has been suppressed, and notice thereof ha
been duly given by proclamation; and all cotton, tobacco, and other products
and all other goods and chattels, and merchandise coming from any of sai.(
States, with the exceptions aforesaid, into other parts of the United States, o
proceeding to any of said States, with the exceptions aforesaid, without th^
license and permission of the President, through the Secretary of the Treasury
Avill, together Avith the vessel or vehicle conveying the same, be forfeited to th<
United States.
In witness whereof, I have hereunto s.et my hand and caused the seal o
r
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the United States to be affixed. Done at the city of Washington, thi;
'- ' I - "
thirty-first day of March, A. D. 1863, and of the independence of th(
United States of America the eighty-seventh.
,
ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
By the President:
WILLIAM H . SEAVARD,
Secretary qf State.
License of trade by the President.
WASHINGTON, EXECUTIVE MANSION,
March 31, 1863.
Whereas, by the act of Congress approved J u l y 13, 1861, entitled "Anactt(
proAdde for the collection of duties on imports, and for other purposes," all com
mercial intercourse between the inhabitants'of such States as should by procla
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431
nation be declared in insurrection against the United States and the citizens of
die rest of the United States was prohibited so long as such condition of hostility
should continue, except as the same shall be licensed and permitted by the
President to be conducted and carried on only in pursuance of rules and regulations prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury; and whereas it appears that
1 partial restoration of such intercourse/between the inhabitants of sundry places
iind sections heretofore declared in insurrection in pursuance of said act and the citizens of the rest of the United States will favorably affect the public interest:
Now, therefore, I, ABRAHAM LINCOLN, President of the United States, exercising the authority and discretion confined to me by the said act of Congress, do hereby license and permit such commercial intercourse betAveen the citizens of loyal
States and the inhabitants of such insurrectionary States in the cases and under
the restrictions described and expresed in the regulations prescribed by the
Secretary of the Treasury, bearing even date with these presents, or in such other
regulations as he may hereafter, with my approval, prescribe.
ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
ACTS OF CONGEESS.^
AN ACT further to provide for the collection of duties on imports, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States
qf America in' Congress assembled, That AvhencA^er it shall, in the judgment of
the President, by reason of unlaAvful combinations of persons in oppo^sition to the
laws of the United States, become impracticable to execute the revenue laAvs and
collect the duties on imports by ordinary means, in the ordinary way, at any port of
entry in any collection district, he is authorized to cause such duties to be collected at any port of .delivery in said district until such obstruction shall cease;
and in such case the surveyors at said ports of delivery shall be clothed with all
the powers and be subject to all the obligations of/Collectors at ports or entry;
and the Secretary of the Treasury, with the approbation of the President, shall
appoint such number of weighers, gaugers, measurers, inspectors, appraisers, and
clerks, as may be necessary, in his judgment, for the faithful execution of the
revenue laws at said ports of delivery, and shall fix and establish the limits
within which such ports of delivery are constituted ports of entry, as aforesaid;
and all the proAdsions oflaAv regulating the issue of marine papers, the coasting trade,
the warehousing of imports, and collection of duties, shall apply to the ports of
entry so constituted in the same manner as they do to ports of entry established
by the laws UOAV in force.
SEC. 2. And he it further enacted. That if, froiri the cause mentioned in the
foregoing section, in the judgment of the President, the revenue from duties on
imports cannot be effectually collected at any port of entry in any collection
district, in the ordinary way, and by the ordinary means, or by the course proAdded inthe foregoing section, then and in that case he may direct that the custom-^
house for the district be established inany secure.place within said district, either
on land or onboard any vessel in said district, or at sea near the coast; arid in
such case the collector shall reside at such place, or on shipboard, as the case may
be, and there detain all vessels and cargoes arriving within or approaching said
district, until the duties imposed by law on said vessels and their cargoes are
paid in cash: Provided, That if the owner or consignee of the cargo on board
any vessel detained as aforesaid, or the master of said vessel, shall desire to enter
a port of entry in any other district of the United States Avhere no such obstructions to the execution of the laAvs exist, the master of such vessel may be permitted so to change the destination of the vessel and cargo in his manifest, whereupon the collector shall deliver him a written permit to proceed to the port so
designated: And provided, further, T h a t t h e Secretary of the Treasury shall.
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with the approbation of the President, make proper regulations for the enforce
ment on shipboard of such provisions of the laws regulating the assessment an
C( llection of duties as in his judgment may be necessary and practicable.
SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That it shall be unlawful to take any vef
scl or cargo detained as aforesaid from the custody of the proper officers of th
customs, unless by process of some court of the IJnited States; and in case (
any attempt otherAvise to take such vessel or cargo by any force, or combinatioi
or assemblage of persons, too great to be overcome by the officers of the cuf
toms, it shall and may be.laAvfulfor the President, or such person or persons a
he shall have empoAvered for that purpose,- to employ such part of the army c
naA^y or militia of the United States, or such force of citizen volunteers as ma
be deemed necessary, for the purpose of preventing the
or cargo, and protecting the officers of the customs in retaining the custod;
thereof.
SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That if, in the judgment of the Presiden
from the cause mentioned in the first section of this act, the duties upon import
in any collection district cannot be effectually collected by the ordinary mean
and in the ordinary Avay, or in the mode and manner provided in the foregoin,
section of this act, then and in that case the President is hereby empoAvered t
close the port or ports of entry in said district, and in such case give notic
thereof by proclamation; and thereupon all right of importation, Avarehousin^
and other privileges incident to ports of entry, shall cease and be discontinue
at such port so closed, until opened by the order of the President on the cessa
tion of such obstructions; and if, while said ports are so closed, any ship o
vessel from beyond the United States, or having on board any articles subjec
to duties, shall enter or attempt to enter any such port, the same, together witJ
its tackle, apparel, furniture, and cargo, shall be forfeited to the United States
SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That Avhenever the President, in pursu
ance of the provisions of the second section of the act entitled " A n act to pro
vide for calling forth the militia to execute the laAvs of the Union, suppres
insurrections, and repel invasions, and to repeal the act noAV in force for tha
purpose," approved February twenty-eight, seventeen hundred and ninety-five
shall have called forth the militia to suppress combinations against the laAvs o
the United States, and to cause the laws to be duly executed, and the insui
\ gents shall have failed to disperse by the time directed by the President, am
when said insurgents claim to act under the authority of any State or States
and such claim is not disclaimed or repudiated by the persons exercising th
functions of government in such State or States, or in the part or parts thereo
in Avliich said combination exists, nor such insurrection suppressed by said Stat
or States, then and in such case it may and shall be lawful for the President, b;
proclamation, to declare that the inhabitants of such State, or any section o
part thereof where such insurrection exists, are in a state of insurrectioi
against the United States; and thereupon all commercial intercourse by am
betAveen the same and the citizens thereof and the citizens of the rest of th
United States shall cease and be unlawful so long as such condition of hostility
shall continue; and all goods and chattels, wares and merchandise, coming fron
said State or section into the other parts of the United States, and all proceed
ing to such State or section by land or water, shall, together Avith the vessel o
vehicle eouA^eying the same, or conveying persons to or from such State o
section, be forfeited to the United States: Provided, however. That th
President may- in his discretion, license and permit commercial intercom's
Avith any such part of said State or section, the inhabitants of AAdiich are s
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declared in a state of insurrection, in such articles, and for such time, an(
by such persons, as he, in his discretion, may think most conducive to th^
public interest; and such intercourse, so far as by him licensed, shall be con
ducted and carried on only in pursuance of rules and regulations prescribed bj
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le Secretary of the Treasury. And the Secretary of the Treasury may
ppoint such officers, at places where officers of the customs are not UOAV authorJed by law, as may be needed to carry into effect such licenses, rules, and
3gulations; and officers of the customs and other officers shall receive for
ervices under this section, and under said rules and regulations, such fees and
ompensation as arerioAValloAved for similar service under other provisions of
a,w.
,
SEC. 6. And be it further macted. That from and after fifteen days after the
ssuing of the said proclamation, as provided in the last foregoing section of
his act, any ship or vessel belonging in Avhole or in part to any citizen or inlabitant of said State or part of a State whose inhabitants are sp declared in a
tate of insurrection, found at sea, or in any port of the rest of the United States,
hall be forfeited to the United States.
SEC. 7. And be it further enacted. That, in the execution of the provisions
)f this act, and of the other laAvs of the United States providing for the colection of duties on imports and. tonnage, it may and shall be lawful for the
President, in addition to the revenue cutters in service, to employ in aid thereof
inch other suitable vessels as may, in his judgment, be required.
SEC. 8. And. be itfurtlier enacted. That the forfeitures and penalties incurred
Dy virtue of this act may be mitigated or remitted, in pursuance of the authority
i'^ested in the Secretary of the Treasury by the act entitled "An.act providing
ibr mitigating or remitting the forfeitures, penalties, and disabilities accruing in
certain cases therein mentioned," approved March third, seventeen hundred
md ninety-seven, or in cases Avhere special circuiristances may seem to require
.t, according to regulations to be .prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury.
SEC. 9. And be it further enacted. That proceedings on seizures for forfeitires under this act may be pursued in the courts of the United States in any
listrict into Avhich the property so seized may be taken and proceedings instituted;, and such courts shall have and entertaiu as full jurisdiction over the same
IS if the seizure Avas made in that district.
Approved July 13, 1861.
i N ACT Riipplementary to an act approved on the thirteeath July, eighteen hundred and
sixty-one, entitled "An act to provide for the collection of duties on imports, and for
other purposes."
^
Be it enacted by the Senate and House r f Representatives of the United
States of America in Congress assembled, Thatthe Secretary of the Treasury,
in addition to the poAvers conferred upon him by the act of the thirteenth July,
eighteen hundred and sixty-one, be, gnd he is hereby, authorized to refuse a
clearance to any A^essel or other vehicle laden with goods, Avares, or merchandise,'
destined for a foreign or domestic port, AvhencA^er he shall have satisfactory reason to believe that such goods,, wares, or merchandise, pr any part thereof, Avha-tever may be their Pstensible destination, are intended for ports or places in possession or under control of insurgents against the United States; and if any
vessel or other vehicle for Avliich a clearance or permit shall haA^e been refused
by the Secretary of the Treasury, or by his order, as foresaid, shall depart or
attempt to depart for a foreign or domestic port Avithout being duly cleared or
permitted, such vessel or other vehicle, Avith her tackle, apparel, furniture, and
cargo, shall be forfeited to the United States.
SEC. 2. And be itfurtlier enacted. That Avhenever a permit, or clearance is
granted for either a foreign or domestic pprt,^,it shall be lawful fbr the collector
of the customs granting the same, if he shall deem it necessary, under the circumstances of the case, to require a bond to be executed by the master or the
owner of the vessel, in a penalty equal to the. value of the; cargo, and Avith sureties to l4ie satisfaction of.such collector, that the said cargo shall be delivered at
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the destination for Avhich it is cleared or permitted, and that no part thereof sha
be used in affording aid or comfort to any person or parties in insurrection again
the authority of the United States.
SEC. 3. And be it further enacted. That the Secretary of the Treasury b
and he is hereby, further empowered to prohibit and prevent the transportatic
in any vessel or upon any railroad, turnpike, or other road or means-of tram
portation Avithin the United States, of any goods, Avares, or merchandise, (
whatever character, and AvhatcA^er may be the ostensible destination of thesame
in all cases where there shall be satisfactory reasons to believe that such good;
Avares, or merchandise are intended for any place in the possession or under th
control of insurgents against the United States, or that there is imminent dang(
that such goods, Avares, or merchandise will fall into the possession or under th
control of such-insurgents ; and he is further authorized, in all cases where h
shall deem it expedient so to do, to require reasonable security to be given th?
• goods, Avares, or merchandise shall not be transported to any place under insui
rectionary control, and shall not, in any way, be used to give aid or comfort t
such insurgents; and he may establish all such general or special regulations a
may be necessary or proper to carry into effect the purposes of this act; and i
any goods, Avares, or merchandise shall be transported in violation of this ac
or of any regulation of the Secretary of the Treasury established in pursuanc
thereof, or if any attempt shall be made sb to transport them, all goods, Avares
or merchavudise so transported or attempted to be transported shall be forfeite
to the United States.
SEC. 4. And be it further enacted. That the proceedings for the penaltie
and forfeitures accruing under this act may be pursued, and the same may b
mitigated or remitted by the Secretary of the Treasury in the modes prescribe!
by the eighth and ninth sections of the act of July thirteenth, eighteen hundrec
and sixty-one, to which this act is supplementary.
SEC. 5. And be itfurtlier enacted. That the proceeds of all penalties anc
forfeitures incurred under this act, or the act to which this is supplementary
shall be distributed in the manner pi-ovided by the ninety-first section of the ac
of Marcli second, seventeen hundred and ninety-nine, entitled " An act to regu
late the collection of duties on imports and tonnage."
Approved May 20, 1862.
AN ACT to provide for the collection of abandoned property arid for the prevention oJ
frauds in insurrectionary districts Avithin the United States.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Unitec
States of America in Congress assembled. That it shall be lawful forthe'Secre
tary of the Treasury, from and after the passage of this act, as he shall fron
time to time see fit, to appoint a special agent or agents to receiA^e and collec
all abandoned or captured property in any State or Territory, or any portion o
any State or Territory of the United States, designated as in insurrection
against the laAvful government of the United States by the proclamation of th(
President of July first, eighteen hundred and sixty-tAvo : Provided, That sucl
property shall not include any kind or description which has been used, oi
which Avas intended to be used, for Avaging or carrying on Avar against the Unitec
Slates, such as arms, ordinance, ships, steamboats, or other Avater craft, and tin
furniture, forage, military supplies, or munitions of war.
SEC. 2. .Arid be it further enacted, That any part of the goods or propert}
received or collected by such agent or agents may be appropriated to public
use on due appraisement and certificate thereof, or forAvarded to any place oJ
sale Avithinthe loyal States, as the public interests may require ; and all sales oJ
such property shall be at auction tp the highest bidder, and the proceeds thereoi
shall be paid into the treasury of the United States.
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SEC. 3. And be it further enacted. That the Secretary of the Treasury may
require the special agents appointed under this act to giA^e a bond Avith such
securities ancl in such amount as he shall deem necessary, and to recpire the
increase of said amounts, and the strengthening of said security, as circumstances may demand; and he shall also cause a book or books of account to be
kept, shoAving from Avhom such property Avas received, the cost of transportation, and proceeds of the sale thereof And any person claiming to have been
the owner of any such abandoned or captured property may, at any time within
t V years after the suppression of the rebellion, prefer his claim to the pi'oceeds
AO
thereof in the Court of Claims; and on proof to the satisfaction of said court of
his ownership of said property, of his right to the proceeds thereof, and that lie
has never given any aid or comfort to the present rebellion, to receive the residue
of such proceeds, after the deduction of any purchase money Avhich may have
been paid, together with the expense of transportation and sale pf said property,
and any other laAvful expenses attending the disposition thereofSEC. 4. And be it further enacted. That all property coming in1:o any of the
United States not declared in insurrection as aforesaid, from Avithin any of the
States declared in insurrection, through or by "any other person than any agent
duly appointed under the provisions of this act, or under a laAvful clearance by
the proper officer of the Treasury Department, shall be confiscated to the use
of the government of the United States. And the proceedings for the con
demnation and sale of any such property shall be instituted and conducted
under the direction of the Secretary of the Treasury, in the mode prescribed
by the eighty-ninth and ninetieth s'ections of the act of March second, scA^enteen
hundred and ninety-nine, entitled " A n act to regulate the collection of duties
on imports and tonnage.". And any agent or agents, person or persons, by or
through Avhom such property shall come within the lines of the United States
unlawfully, as aforesaid, shall be judged guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conAdction thereof shall be fined in any sum not exceeding one thousand dollars, or
imprisonment for any time not exceeding one year, or both, at the discretion of
the court. And the fines, penalties, and forfeitures accruing under this act may
be- mitigated or remitted in the mode prescribed by the act of March three,
seA^enteen hundred and ninety-scA^en, or in such manner, in special cases, as the
Secretary of the Treasury may ^prescribe.
SEC. 5. And, be it further enacted, That the fifth section of the "Act to further provide for the collection of the revenue upon the northern, northeastern,
and northAvestern frontier, and for other purposes," approA^ed July fourteen,
eighteen hundred and sixty-two, shall be so construed as to allow the temporary
officers which had been or may be appointed at ports which have been or may
be opened or established in States declared to be in insurrection by the proclamation of the President on the first of July, eighteen hundred and sixt3^-tv70,
the same compensation AAdiich by laAv is allowed to perma,nent officers'of the"
same position, or the ordinary compensation of special agents, as the Secretary
of the Treasury may determine.
SEC. 6. Ancl be it further enacted. That it shall be the duty of cA^ery officer
or private of the regular or volunteer forces of the United States, or any officer,
sailor, or marine in the naval service of the United States upon the inland
waters of the United States, Avho may take or ^receive any such abandoned
property, or cotton, sugar, rice, or tobacco, from persons in such insurrectionary
districts, or have it under his control, to turn the same over to an agent appointed as aforesaid, AAdio shall give a "receipt therefor; and in case he shall refuse or neglect so to do, he shall be tried by a court-martial and shall be dismissed from the service, or, if an bfficer, reduced to the ranks, or suffer such
other punishment as said court shall order, with the approval of the President
of the United States.
436
TRADE REGULATIONS.
. SEC. 7. And be it further enacted, That none of the provisions of this act
shall apply to any hiAvful maritime prize by the naval forces of the United
States.
Approved March 12, 1863.
Order of the Secretary of War.
General Orders No..88.]
W A R DEPARTMENT,
Washington, March 31, 1863.
For the purpose of more effectually prcA^enting all commercial intercourse
Avith insurrectionary States, except such as shall be authorized in pm-suance of
. laAV, and of securing consistent, uniform, and efficient action in conducting such
intercourse as shall be so authorized, and for the purpose" of carrying out the provisions of an act of Congress entitled "An act to provide for the collec^tion of
abandoned property and for th-e prevention of frauds in insurrectionary States,"
approved March 12, 1863, it is hereby ordered—I. That no officer of the army of the United States, nor other person connected thercAvith, shall authorize or have any interest in the transportation of
any goods, Avares, or merchandise (except supplies belonging to or contracted
for by the United States, designed for the military or naval forces thereof, and
moving under military or naval orders, and except, also, sutlers' supplies and
other things necessary for the use and comfort of the troops of the United States,
and moving under permits of the authorized officers of the Treasury Department) into any State declared .by the President to be in insurrection; nor authorize nor have any interest in the purchase or sale therein of any goods or
chattels, Avares or merchandise, cotton, tobacco, or other product of the soil
thereof; nor the transportation of the same, except as aforesaid, therefrom or
" therein; nor shall any such officer or person authorize, prohibit, or in any manner interfere Avith any such purchase or sale or transportation, Avhich shall be
conducted under the regulations of the Secretary of the Treasury, unless under
some imperative military necessity, in the place or section Avhere the same sliall
be conducted, or unless recpiested by an agent or some other authorized officer
of the Treasury Department, in Avhich case all commanders of military departments, districts, and posts, Avill render such aid in carrying out the provisions of
the said act, and in enforcing due observance of the said regulations of the Secretary of the Treasury, as can be given Avithout manifest injury to the public
service.
I L It is further ordered that every officer or private, or person employed in
or Avith the regular or volunteer forces of the United States, who may receive or
have under his control any property Avhich shall have been abandoned by the
OAvner or OAvners, or captured in any district declared to be in insurrection against
the United States, including all property seized under military orders, excepting only such as shall be required for military use of the United States forces,
shall promptly turn over all such property to the agent appointed by the Secretary of the Treasury to receive the same, Avho shall giA^e duplicate receipts
therefor.
And every such officer or private, or person employed in or Avith the regular
or volunteer forces of the United States, shall also promptly turn over to such
agent, in like manner, all receipts, bills of lading, and other papers, documents,
and vouchers shoAving title to. such property, or the right to the possession, control, or direction thereof;, and he shall make such order, indorsement, or Avriting as he has poAver to make, to enable such agent to take possession of such
property or the proceeds thereof Arms, munitions of Avar, forage, horses, mules,
wagons, beef cattle, and supplies Avhich are necessary in military operations, shall
be turned over to the proper officers of the ordnance, or of the quartermaster, or
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437
of the commissary department, respectively, for the use of the army. All other
property abandoned or captured or seized, as aforesaid, shall be delivered to the
agent appointed by the Secretary of the Treasury.
The officer receiving or turning over such property shall give the usual and
necessary invoices, receipts, or vouchers therefor, and shall make regular returns
thereof, as prescribed by the army regulations. T h e receipts of the agents of
the Treasury Department shall be vouchers for all property delivered to them,
and whenever called upon by the agent of the Treasury Department authorized
to receive such abandoned or captured or seized property, as aforesaid, or the
proceeds thereof, all persons employed in the military service will give him full
information in regard thereto ; and if requested by him so to do, they shall give
him duplicates or^ copies of the reports and returns thereof, and of the receipts,
invoices, and vouchers therefor.
And every officer of the army of the United States, hereafter receiving abandoned or captured or seized property, or the proceeds thereof, or under whose
order it may be applied to the use of the riailitary forces, as aforesaid, shall, upon
request of a duly authorized agent of the Treasury Department, render a Avritten, report, Avith invoices thereof, to said agent, in which he Avill specify the arms,
supplies, or other munitions of Avar, retained for the use of the military forces, as
aforesaid, and also, separately, the property turned over to said agent, or which
may have been sold or otherwise disposed of.
And in case a sale of any such .property shall be made under his authority,
or under the authority of any one subject to his order, he Avill so state and
Avill describe the property so sold, and will state Avhen and where and by and
to Avhom sold, and the amount received therefor, and Avhat disposition was made
of the proceeds.
And all officers of the army of the United States will at all times render to
the agents appointed by the Secretary of the Treasury all such aid as may be
necessary to enable them to take possession of and transport all such property,
so far as can be done without manifest injury to the public service.
J I I . All commanders of military departments, districts, and posts, will, upon
receipt of this order, revoke all existing orders within their respective commands
conflicting or inconsistent herewith, or which permit or prohibit or in any manner interfere Avith any trade or transportation conducted under the regulations
of the Secretary of the Treasury; and their attention is particularly directed to
said regulations, prescribed March 31, 1863, and they Avill respectively make
such orders as Avill insure strict observance of this order throughout their respectiA'e commands.
All expenses of transporting property herein, referred to will be reported by
the officers of the quartermaster's department, Avho furnish such transportation,
to the agents of the Treasury Department, and also, through the ordinary channels, to the Quartermaster General at Washington, in order that the said expenses
may be reimbursed from the proceeds of sales of such transported property.
E D W I N M. STANTON,
Secretary of War,
W A R DEPARTMENT, September 11,1863.
The attention of all officers and soldiers of the army of the United States,
Avhether volunteer or regular, is specially directed to the revised regulations
of the Secretary of the Treasury, approved by the President, dated September
11, 1863, and superseding the regulations of March 31,1863; and they Avill in
all respects observe General Order of this department, numbered eighty-eight,
and dated March 31,1863, in regard to said revised regulations, as if the same
had been originally framed and promulgated Avith reference to them.
E D W I N M. STANTON,
Secretary of War,
438
TRADE REGULATIONS.
^ Order of the Secretary of the Namy. ^
NAVY DEPARTMENT,
Washington, March,Z\,\'^Qi'^.
For the purpose of more effectually preventing all commercial intercourse with
insurrectionary States, except such as shall be authorized in pursuance of law,
and of securing consistent, uniform, and efficient action in conducting such intercourse as shall be so authorized, arid for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of an act of Congress, entitled " An act to provide for the collection of
abandoned property and for the prcA^ention of frauds in insurrectionary States,"
approved March 12, 1863, it is hereby ordered—
I. That no officer of the naA^y of the United States, nor other person connected therewith, shall authorize or have any interest in the transportation of
any goods, Avares, or merchandise (except supplies belonging to or contracted
for by the United States, designed for the military or naval forces thereof, and
moving under military or naval orders, and except also sutlers' supplies and
other things necessary for the use and comfort of the naval forces of the United
States, and moving under permits of the authorized officers of the Treasury Department) into any State declared by the President to be in insurrection; nor
authorize nor have any interest in the purchase or sale therein of any goods or
chattels, wares, or merchandise, cotton, tobacco, or other products of the soil
thereof; nor the transportation of the same, except as aforesaid, therefrom or
therein; nor shall any such officer or person authorize, prohibit, or in manner
interfere with any such purchase or sale or transportation which shall be conducted under the regulations of the Secretary of the Treasury, unless under
some imperative military necessity in the place or section where the same shall
be conducted, or unless requestecl by an agent or some other authorized officer
of the Treasury Department, in Avhich case all officers of the navy of the United
States and other persons connected thercAvith Avill render such aid in carrying
out the provisions of the said act and of the laAV, and in enforcing due observance of the said regulations of the Secretary of the Treasury as can be given
AAdthont manifest injury to the public service.
'
I I . I t is further ordered that every officer, sailor, or marine in the naval serAdce
of the United States Avho shall receive or haA^e under his control any property
Avhich shall have been abandoned by the OAvner or owners, or captured- in any
district declared to be in insurrection against the United States, including all
property seized in any such district, under naval orders, excepting only such as
shall be required for the use of the naval forces of the United States, and as is
excluded by the act of March 12, 1863, shall promptly turn over all such
property to the agent appointed by the Secretary of the Treasury to receive
the same, Avho shall give receipts therefor, if desired.
And every such officer, sailor, or marine shall also turn over to such agent
in like manner all receipts, bills of lading, and other papers, documents, and
vouchers shoAving title to such property, or the right to the possession, control,
or direction thereof; and he shall make such order, indorsement, or Avriting as
he has power to make to enable such agent to take possession of such property,
or the proceeds thereof. Arms, munitions of AA^ar, forage, horses, mules, Avagons,
beef cattle, and supplies which are necessaiy- in naA^al operations, shall be turned
over to the proper officers for the use of the navy. All other property abandoned, captured, or seized, as aforesaid, shall be delivered to the said agent of
the Treasury Department.
The officer receiving or turning over such property shall give the usual and
necessary invoices, receipts, or vouchers therefor, and shall make regular returns thereof, as prescribed by the navy regulations. The receipts of the agents
of the Treasury Department. shall be vouchers for all property deliA^ered to
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439
them. And Avhenever called upon by the said agent of the Treasury Department authorized to receive such abandoned, or captured, or seized property, as
aforesaid, or the proceeds thereof, all persons employed in the naval service of
the United States Avi?i give him full information in regard thereto, and if requested by him so to do, they shall give him duplicates or copies of the reports and
returns thereof, and of the receipts, invoices, and vouchers therefor.
And every officer of the navy of the United States hereafter receiving abandoned, or captured, or seized property in any insurrectionary State as aforesaid,
or the proceeds thereof, or under Avhose order it may be applied to the use of
the naval forces as aforesaid, shall, upon request of an agent appointed by the
Secretary of the Treasury as aforesaid, render a written report, AAdth invoices
thereof, to said agent, in Avhich he will specify the arms, supplies, or other munitions of Avar retained for use of the naval forces, as aforesaid, and also.,
separately, the property turned over to said agent, or Avhich may have been sold
or otherAvise disposed of. And in case a sale of any such property shall be
made unde/ his authority, or under the authority of any one subject to his
order, he will so state, and Avill describe the property so sold, and Avill state
when and Avhere and by and-to Avhom sold, and the amount received therefor,,
and'Avhat disposition Avas made of the proceeds.
^ _
And all officers of the navy of the United States Avill, at all times, render to
the agents appointed by the Secretary of the Treasury all such aid as may be
necessary to enable them to take possession of any aloandoned, or ca,ptured, or
seized property aforesaid, and in transporting the same, so far as can be done
Avithout manifest injury to the public service.
All expenses of transporting property herein referred to will be reported by
the officers who furnish the transportation to the agent of the Treasury Department, and also, through the proper channels, to the Navy Departmenfat Washington, in order that the expenses may be reimbursed from the proceeds of sales
of such transported property.
I I I . All naval officers in command of squadrons, vessels, or stations will, upon
receipt of this order, revoke all existing orders throughout their respective commands conflicting or inconsistent herewith, or Avhich permit, or prohibit, or in
any manner interfere Avith any trade or transportation conducted under the regulations of the Secretary of the Treasury not understood as applying to any
laAvful maritime prize by the naval forces of the United States; and their attention is particularly directed to said regulations, prescribed March 31, 1863, and
they Avill respectively make such orders as Avill insure strict observance of this
order throughout their respective commands.
GIDEON W E L L E S ,
Secretary of the Navy.
NAVY DEPARTMENT,
September 11, 1863.
The attention of all officers, sailors, and marines of the navy of the United
States, is especially directed to the revised regulations of the Secretary of the
Treasury, approved by the President, dated September 11, 1863, and superseding the regulation of March 31, 1863; and they Avill in all respects observe
the order of this department, dated March 31, 1863, Avith regard to said revised
regulations, as if the same had been originally promulgated with reference
to them.
GIDEON W E L L E S ,
Secretary of the Navy.
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