Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1875-08-20
FACTS AND FIGURES.

THE typographical survey Of Great Brit
ain is to take 100 years and cost SOL ,000,-
600.
EXPERIMENTS with boiled linseed oil
ahd hardwood shavings show spontaneous
combustion after exposure in draught
ten hours at a temperature of sixty.five de-
grees.
THE valuation of New York city forpur-
poses of taxation has fallen offjust about 5
per cent. in the past year, and now stands
at 81 100, ,043, ,000-a reduction of $54 ,000,-
600.
THERE were 2,076 national banks in op-
Grafton at the close of the fiscal year, hav-
ing an aggregate of individual deposits on
hand of $6S6,47S, ,G30.4S. The surplus
fund of the banks amounts to $133, ,100,-
096 10; the capital stock paid in 1901 $685.
563.50; national bank notes outstanding,
$31S, 14S, ,406; specie on hand, $19,959,-
1920; whole amount of business done,
$1,013,2 ,239, ,201.16
WONDERING what becomes of all the
lead pencils Is in order. In one week Of last
month a firm near this city received orders
for 445 miles of lead pencils. To make
these only $4,000 feet of cedar lumber are
required, and after they are made they
will load six freight cars. This immense
consumption of lead pencils is doubtless
caused by the attempts of women to
sharpen them with pair of scissors or a
dull case-knife. Persons who have wit
messed these efforts need no longer wonder
at the demand.-N. y Sun.
AN official statement of the foreign com.
merce of the United States for the twelve
months ended June 80 shows the imports
for that period to have been, merchandise,
$533, ,000,309; specie, 500, ,994 ,217; total,
$553, ,S94 ,526. The exports for the same
period were, merchandise, $513, 1858;
specie, 500, 1872, ,142; total, $605, ,475, ,760.
Comparing that year with the previous
one the imports of merchandise show a
decrease of 1874, ,406, ,033 or about 6 per
cent, while the exports of merchandise
show a decrease of $72, ,038, ,422, or about
124 per cent.
The domestic export trade of Philadel-
phia for July foots up SO, ,039, ,252, a slight
decline as compared with the correspond
ing month of the year 1874; of the present
total 81, 156,579 being in American vessels
and $1,882,673 in foreign vessels There
is an increase of the exports in American
vessels and decrease in foreign vessels.
During the month, says the North Amerj-
can, from which we derive these figures,
VIC 0ApOTlGu pJ,OlO WOIbu vi COlJOn SOOuS
from the port of Philadelphia to foreign
countries without making any stir on the
subject, as was done at the East. Tie
shipment of these goods is a real nov
city"
THE first issue of stamped envelopes was
made by the Postoffice Department June
81, 1858, and during the following year
the entire product of this kind of envelopes
was only j,000,000 The second year the
product increased to 81, 1884, 900, the third
year to %, 3,451, ,725, the fourth to 80, ,764, $50
and the yearly product averaged within
about 6,000,0 900 of the latter number until
1867, when the demand suddenly in
creased, and the product for that year was
63, $50. Since that time the demand
has steadily increased until the product in
1870 reached SO, ,2S9 500; 1871, 164,675 ,275
1872, 113,925, ,750; 1878, 131, ,172 800; 1874
1856, ,418,500, and during the past year, end
ing June 30, 149, ,766,40O were produced
The production promises to be fully a thirC
larger than the last figures the presen
year. which shows that the demand i.
steadily and rapidly growing. The aggre
gate production of stamped envelopes
during the twcnty-three years since th,
first issue has | l,th 1,319, 500, 300