The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-08-31
Commercial and Financial Matters.

Commercial and Financial Matters.
Georgia has 1896 miles Of railroad completed
and In operation, or about one mile OF roao W
4gg inhabitants.
Tn 1878 we exported only 100000 yards Oh
cotton goods; last year we exported IL 'ooo''oV
yards. -----
The Russian provinces have q, 57o,ooo norses'
the United States 9,500,00o, Turkey l,ooo'ooo'
Austria 3.5O0.0O0, Germany s,352,ooo' france
100000. --- ...-.
The Treasury estimate Of United States
honds held abroad at the present time IS
1886. oOo, 0oC. The banking estimate those
who handle the bonds is s250,0O0,00o.
The estimated value of real estate in Mil
waukee. Wis, for 1878, is $40,621,984 an IN
crease during the past year OF 81 ,4O1 ,056. Inc
value OF personal property Is sl4,434,lof d
decrease Of $1,000.
During the week securities have ruled IL
regular and quiet. Yesterday the movement
was very slight State Consols closed firm at
72gl5m72sl. against 7124@72 on Thursday
Premium Bonds ruled steady at 3o5s@3oIs
against 305s013OA Oh the previous day
Boston's total valuation is 1851, 100000, q
shrinkage Of $55,OO0.000 from last year q val
tration. The rate of taxation will be a little
less than $13 on $1,000, against Sl3 III on slooO
last wear. The tax covers both personal anu
real property.
The value of the exports from Boston last
week was 81 ,142,927, most OF which went to
Great Britain. These figures are almost
double those of the same time in 1876 So far,
this year the exports have been 1874, 291, 1913,
against S27 7O3 $50, and S28,773,526 in the cor
responding periods Of 1877 and 1876 respect
lively. -
Tn connection with the Chinese question the
following statistics of the Chinese population
in San Francisco and their callings will be Of
interest: Merchants and professional men
1000: cigarmakers, 5000; laundrymen 1900
servants 7OOO boot and shoemakers 1000
slipper-makers, 800; gamblers, 14oO; makers
of clothing, 5000; peddlers, $500; fishermen
1000; laborers 1000; other occupations $500
women, 1000. Total, $4,000.
The writer of a paper recently read before
the British Iron and Steel Association esti
mates that 3O,204,OOO tons of iron rails hav
been laid down during the past ten years, AM
chat the quantity annually required for re
nairs is 3,02O400 tons; for new lines, etc
.O9O,OOO-a total Of 4,110.400 TONS The write
estimates that the current production OF rail-
ia 2.745,ooo TONS $4,000 tons of which ar
turned out in the United States. This show
n deficiency of production to meet the prope
demands Of 10000 tons. That orders 10
that amount have not been given is attribute
to that economy or necessity which has force
railroad companies to postpone repairs a
long as possible and somewhat to the subst
tuition of steel rails, which have longer LII
These statistics are regarded as encouragln
to the iron interests.
It is the prevailing opinion among mel
chants in the dry goods trade that cuisines
this fall will be better than it has been tC
Years. The notion that trade Is stagnant /
laughed at in the leading commission an
ioLbing houses and it is the universal test
mony that it was never better at this seaso
of the year than it is now. During the las
few DAYS business has been depressed
some extent by the yellow fever In the South
but 1t is not thought this depression wi
have any marked effect upon the market u
loss the endemic should spread toward tf
North and East, In the West the crops al
excellent, and 1t is believed by merchant
that the people will have money TO spend 4
goods. On every hand there are hopet
signs of prosperous season, and It IS co1
fidently expected that New York will hold az
old rank in the distributing commercial cent
of the country.-[N. Y. Herald, 25th.