The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1847-05-07
ports and duties port Of New York. fire months, ending
4,si5,0i4 0,9l5,s76


Increase s. 72o 500 4sisot4 0ol5,s76 Gd,4ss
Including the duties due warehoused goods the
than $3OOOO0 in of the period
last year, Notwithstanding importation of &c. S6i of
specie. The amount arrived Boston and New York,
Janu airy down May l. is $l2 33O252 This is less than
the of importation for the year 1873 but it arises from
different The first operation of the tariff of 1872
prohibitory. 1t came into operation September, 1872,
before September, lS43 23 ZOO Of the precious
metals arrived here in lieu Of dutabe goods, the import of
which suppressed by the tariff This year the impor-
tato grows large exports The amount of dutabe
goods imported increased 20 per cent, and in addition
thereto has the specie.
The effect of the independent treasury law upon the
banks has been looked for with considerable interest," in
quarterly made up May l, and the results
have, degree astonished the natives. The dire
orbodng in relation to the runous influence of the specie
clause vanished into hn airs iii discovered that
Notwithstanding $1,000 600 hard dollars in the treasury
vault and the large away. The amount held by
the banks Sll 900 O00 being increase of
50 during the quarter. With this increase of the
shard all the features of the banks show higher figure.
Loans eposite and circulation all higher than for the
February return, Tile increase of deposites is the result of
the increase SPECIE the quantity OF which, now in the
city, in banks and treasury, is greater than ever be-
FORE In 1913, when the importation was so large, the
banks here held $I4, 100000. With much less impor-
tation the quantity here is larger. The loans of the
banks also unusually extended, is also the srcua-
ton city institutions, which has increased some ten
per cent in the quarter The country circulation is also
very large and this comes down in great quanti
ties The bills the banks of the city taken by
the CITY banks hence merchants and others who receive
them sell them the brokers for bankabe money when
the influx is great Therefore, corresponding increase in
the quantity of city money requisite for redemption The
OF the city has, thus far in the spring. been good,
and prices have been well maintained. The large impor-
tatons affected prices of certain descriptions of goods,
but materially The OF bills have been supported
arrival of the Sarah Sands but lower than the
packet of the LIST. The quotations follows:
Rates of bills IN NeW York.
Sterling, 6 81 prem. Antwerp, 39s a 39a
Paris, 5.364 5.35 Hamburger, 354 Bog
Amsterdam 39a Bremen, ~ a 7S2
The exports of the four articles of -four corn, meal
and wheat the United States have formed very i'm
poran item in the supply of bills An approximate idea
of the may be formed from the quantities. prices,
and of freight shipped Great Britain and Ireland,
September to April n, as follows:
Produce shipped Great Britain, September to Apr a.
Quantity. Average value. Freighs Total
Flour bbls, l,5077o2 $lOO70063 $2Oi2,l03 $l2OS266
Corn bush, e7626oo 7,salsso 4.ssl,soa ialos aea
Corn meal bush, sso4sa l.7S.S44 $4,000 ass sosa
Total S2l 1903 $s,sa95t a9576,4l5
The value of the exported in the whole of last year
only $42 O00 and 1t is probable that the value of
the four articles will this year exceed that of
last year 1t is interesting observe the progress
export trade in certain articles from the United States,
as follows,