The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-04-19

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rnmmercial and Financial Matters.
rhe steamship City Of Mexico arrived herr
....o,day from Vera Cruz with 1850 balel
I'd oos sacks 81 coffee.
ma consolidated annuities Of England
xnoun as "eonsols.' pay per cent pei
snnuirl. -
rhe Illinois House of Representatives
- missed The bill requiring receivers 81
.saIu,,ees Of lnsolvent banks To make detailet
statenents whenever 50 requested by ten de-
zbostors. -------------------
IL IA stated that the largest area Of FAX has
Nam sown ever known In this country. Farm
n. who have been sowing largely OF oats ant
snrlpg wheat have this season paid consider
able attention to this crop.
MIR. Fawcett's Handbook OF Finance
ciyes the amount Of gold and silver money Ii
Ial5.so In the world as 3D. t0O,O0O000 and II
1916 Of IA, tO0,ooO,O0O, showing OH increase II
thirty-one years Of st.O00.0OO, 600.
The imports of fruit yesterday were extra
J ordinarily large. The steamship Leverson
from Messina, brought 1898 boxes Of oranges
md 1883 boxes 81 lemons. The same shir
brought from Palermo 72s boxes OF lemons
md 400 boxes Of oranges.
State Consols yesterday closed Arm At
/ ta1 S@52s1, against b1h@51I On Thursday.
Premium Bends were strong at 255sD2e1Ss,
/ against 35H02eM OH the previous day. The
gales OF the Cotton Exchange footed up
100000 Of States.
The United States Treasury Department
has placed $2,000,0O0 to the credit Of the Com
missioner Of Pensions, with which to pay the
claims under tho arrears Of pensions act
During tho current fiscal year the total
amount that can be paid out Is $3,5O0,OO0. The
Commissioner will commences at once to send
checks to claimants whose claims have been
passed upon and allowed.
The expense account of the United States
Senate for the eight months ending March 4,
1879, as shown by the report Of the out
going Senate, foots up s5s2s36 90, the prIn-
cipal items being salaries and mileage, $3o1,-
OO0;,salaries Of officers, $134 10, and "contin-
gent expenses" which, no doubt, covered
multitude OF extravagant expenditures, $l43,-
G57 SO.
The Scientific American says that the pro-
posed Huron and Ontario ship canal, after
making due allowance for tolls, would save In
the cost OF shipping from Chicago to Liver
pool close upon 80 ton. A cargo Of grain
sent from Chicago through. Saulte st. Marie
canal, Lakes Huron and Erie and the Eric
Canal by New York to Liverpool would
traverse distance of 1900 miles. The same
cargo passing through the proposed canal
and going by the st. Lawrence canals by way
u Quebec would only have to traverse dis
tance OF 3766 miles, saving Of no less than
1874 miles, The Times-Journal says st. Louis
mustbe looking after the barge system, or
Chicago will get away with the grain of the
West after oil the money put into the jettles.
The New York Journal of Commerce has
full returns of the foreign commerce of that
port for the month OF March. The imports
show q gain Of over one and o half millions
upon the corresponding figures of last year,
when this trade was much depressed, but are
nearly fifteen millions below the figures
reached five or six years ago. Last years
total for the month under review was the
smallest OF any similar month for ten years
The increase compared with last year, dur
Ing the last month brings the total for the
three months up to 5000 $40, which Is
nearly four millions above the corresponding
quarter Of last year, although far below the
previous average. The first three months Of
1873 gave New York $119, O42, 249 In foreign inn
ports almost SO per cent above the current
fguresD, and the opening quarter OF 1875
brought to New York 500 S66 1884, so that New
York has not yet recovered any considerable
portion OF the old decline. The exports are
still large, and there is no reason to complain
when New York sends out twenty-eight mil
lions OF domestic produce and merchandise
In single month, n sum equal to her total OF
foreign imports for the same period.
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The values of the various kind of sugar and
molasses imported last year, including that
s.sich came from the Hawaiian Islands free
Of duty under the reciprocity treaty, was as
Value. |
Observation-Disclosures 6.77s56s
Melado and syrup OF sugar eane-..... 1.1235i3
Refined. 7469
1Ottl- .SiHSl6.44S
J. Or this amount about 63 per cent came from
Cuba, T12 per cent from other Spanish pos
sessions, 4.61 per cent from British West In
lies, 1897 per cent from Brazil, and 2s7 per
cent from the Hawaiian Islands.
Most Of the home supply Of sugar comes
rom Louisiana; that has been falling off