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1st, exceed those of any preceding year for a corresponding period, except 1859, and about the same quantity imported has been put upon the market :—

IMPORTS

OF FOREIGN DRY GOODS AT THE PORT OF NEW YORK, FOR FIVE MONTHS,
FROM JANUARY 1ST.

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Total thrown on market.... $38,560,730 $24,986,006 $48,376,460 $45,370,020

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Total......

Add entered for consumption

$8,451,474 $3,962,460 $2,403,656 $4,170,462 83,631,112 15,807,181 45,396,200 40,949,970

Total entered at the port... $42,082,586 $19,769,641 $47,799,856 $45,120,432

The

exports of domestic produce from New York to foreign ports have been rather more than for last year. On the other hand, the shipments of specie, which were remarkably large, have declined more than half. The shipments of specie for May last year were larger than for any previous month in our history; and this year, although less, are still considerable:

EXPORTS FROM NEW YORK TO FOREIGN PORTS FOR THE MONTH OF MAY.

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Thus the exports from New York to foreign ports, exclusive of specie, since January 1st, are larger than ever before in the same period. The specie shipments for the same time show an immense decline as compared with last year, and are moderate in respect of former ones:

EXPORTS FROM NEW YORK TO FOREIGN ports FOR FIVE MONTHS, FROM JANUary 1.

1857.

1858.

1859.

1860.

Domestic produce.....

Foreign merchandise (free).......
Foreign merchandise (dutiable)...
Specie and bullion..........

Total exports......

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$46,480,633 $36,516,465 $52,116,081 $47,311,052 Total, exclusive of specie... 82,021,925 24,750,680 26,415,091 34,573,380

This shows an aggregate far in excess of any previous year, including specie, of which the movement has been very large. Exclusive of specie, the shipments have not been exceeded any year except 1857, when the high prices of cotton during the first months swelled the amount. There is now some improvement in the exports of breadstuffs :—

EXPORTS, EXCLUSIVE OF SPECIE, FROM NEW YORK To foreign ports for ELEVEN MONTHS

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The cash duties received at the port were, for the first six months of the fiscal year, higher than last year or the previous one, and are second only to the large revenues of 1857 :

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JOURNAL OF BANKING, CURRENCY, AND FINANCE.

CITY OF NEW YORK FINANCES.

The report of the Controller of the city gives the following items :

Amount in the bureau of collection of taxes, December 31, 1858.. The amount of the general tax levy for 1859, according to the apparent footings of the tax books, extended and added under direction of the members of the Board of Supervisors, and placed in the hands of the Receiver of taxes, was.....

Amount of interest on taxes collected during the year...

The amount of remissions and abatements during
the year was

Amount refunded for payments in error.
Amount of discount on taxes....

Amount of taxes on real estate for the year 1858
transmitted by the Clerk of Arrears for collec-
tion...

Amount paid over to the county treasurer during

the year

$2,719,966 87

9,863,002 24 50,406 53

$12,633,375 64

$108,058 96

2,952 77

87,620 51

668,960 73

8,858,494 35

$9,676,087 32

Amount remaining uncollected December 31, 1859, as per account by the Receiver of taxes

2,957,288 32

It was estimated at the beginning of the year 1859, that of the large amount of personal taxes then due, not more than $300,000 would ever be realized, and the results of the year show that said estimate was not far from correct; the amount of such taxes at the above mentioned date was $1,744,649 28; and there was remaining on December 31, 1859, as stated above $1,502,996 87; amount settled in 1859 $241,652 39.

The following is a statement of the amount of taxes uncollected December 31, 1858, the amount of the general tax levy for 1859, and the portions of said taxes belonging to the city and county respectively :

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The collections made during the year 1859 by the Receiver of Taxes, and interest thereon, and the respective proportions of such collections belonging to the city and county, were as follows :—

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The proportion of the collections made by the Receiver of Taxes belonging to the city as above stated is as follows:-

On account of interest on taxes..

On account of taxes....

$48,071 50 5,970,552 40

$6,018,623 90

The amount transferred from the county treasury to the city treasury on account of the above collections, was-

On account of taxes.....

On account of interest on taxes

Balance due to the city, December 31, 1859...

$5,468,195 84
48,071 50

$5,516,267 34 502,356 56

VALUATION OF PROPERTY AS ASSESSED FOR TAXES.

The returns of the Commissioners of Taxes and Assessments for the year 1859, show a continual increase in the valuation of property within the county subject to and assessed for taxes. The following table completed from the annual reports of the Controller, exhibits the amount of such valuation for the last twentyone years :

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According to the first annual report of the State assessors, just published, the aggregate valuations of real and personal property of the whole State, as assessed for taxes for several years, is as follows:-

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M. KOLB, a North German professor of statistics, tells us that the recent war in Italy cost Austria, France, Sardinia, and Germany 450,000,000 of Prussian dollars, (about 1,700.000,000 f.) Austria expended 166,000,000 of dollars, France about 190,000,000, Sardinia 48,000,000, and Prussia, Bavaria, Wurtemberg, Baden, Darmstadt, etc., 50,000,000.

CITY WEEKLY BANK RETURNS.

NEW YORK BANK RETURNS.—(CAPITAL, JAN., 1860, $69,333,632; 1859, $68,050,755.)

Jan. 7

14

21

28

Feb. 4

11

18

25

Mar. 3

10

17

Average Actual Loans. Specie. Circulation. Deposits. clearings. deposits. 124,597,663 17,863,734 8,539,063 97,493,709 22,684,854 74,808,855 123,582,414 18,740,866 8,090,548 99,247,743 28,363,980 75,883,763 1-23,845,931 19,238,194 7,880,865 99,644,128 22,813,547 76,830,581 123,088,626 20,063,789 7,760,761 98,520,793 21,640,967 76,879,826 124,091,982 19,924,301 8,174,450 99,476,430 21,898,736 77,577,694 123,336,629 19,787,567 8,185,109 98,146,463 21,674,908 76,471,055 124,206,031 20,591,189 8,050,001 100,387,051 22,061,811 78,325,240 124,398,239 20,773,896 7,928,595 100,622,481 22,151,504 78,470,977 125,012,700 23,086,812 8,165,026 103,663,462 22,787,290 80,876,172 127,302,778 21,861,180 8,419,633 104,813,906 23,791,958 81,021,948 127,562,848 23,171,833 8,380,999 108,560,981 25,562,858 82,998,123 127,613,507 23,286,204 8,335,266 107,505,395 25,397,976 82,107,419 128,388,223 23.420.759 8,444,327 106,311,554 22,889,528 83,422,031 130,606,731 22,599,132 8,929,228 109,193,464 25,656,629 83,536,835 129,919,015 23,626,982 8,775,297 109,153,863 24,256,270 84,897,593 21 128,448,868 23,233,314 8,790,459 108,145,233 25,758,735 82,386,498 127,085,667 23,279,809 8,749,048 108,206,723 21,391,290 81,815,433 127,479,520 23,815,746 9,391,861 108,505,388 26,546,063 81,959,325 126,184,532 22,780,387 9,153,811 108,038,848 27,802,174 80,236,674 19 124,938,389 23,735,193 9,035,522 106,229,724 25,339,444 80,890,280 125,110,700 23,431,773 8,826.473 104,433,136 24,309,496 80,123,640 124,792,271 24,535,457 8,774,063 104,268,785 81,380,678 125,431,963 23,785,581 8,999,948 103,386,091 22,776,108 80,609,983 BOSTON BANKS.- —(CAPITAL, JAN., 1859. $35,125,433; 1860, $36,581,700.)

24

31

Apr. 7

14

28

May 5

12

26

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61,585,669 6,192,455 6,800,711 20,656,295

PHILADELPHIA BANKS.-(CAPITAL, JAN., 1860, $11,687,435.)

9,197,894 8,241,899 9,057,822 8,272,557 9,172,878

8,366,511

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