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. Total thrown on market.... $38,560,730 $24,986,006 $48,376,460 $45,370,020 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. 1860. $5,182,190 309,921 248,270 5,529,935 : 169,451 294,839 5,789,266 1,790,275 $12,300,199 $6,397,353 $17,335,782 $11,900,317 6,370,381 Total exports....... 5,914,750 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. Domestic produce..... Foreign merchandise (free).... . . . Total exports...... $46,480,633 $36,516,465 $52,116,081 $47,311,052 Total, exclusive of specie... 32,021,925 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 Total exports... 4,884,170 4,689,739 4,114,008 6,022,462 5,938,786 4,173,577 3,735,633 6,675,870 8,128,754 9,015,891 5,180,860 5,876,001 $75,618,426 $59,453,121 $54,409,925 $70,944,438 36,409,114 33,727,897 39,342,463 49,265,566 ... 112,027,540 $93,181,108 $93,752,388 120,200,004 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: JOURNAL OF BANKING, CURRENCY, AND FINANCE. CITY OF NEW YORK FINANCES. $2,719,966 87 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 Amount refunded for payments in error..... Amount of taxes on real estate for the year 1858 Amount paid over to the county treasurer during the year $108,058 96 2,952 77 9,863,002 24 50,406 53 $12,633,375 64 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 :- $13,735,063 31 $10,395,171 33 $3,339,891 98 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 :— 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 $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 :- 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:- 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.) 21 28 Feb. 4 11 18 25 Mar. 3 10 17 Average Actual Loans. Specie. Circulation. Deposits. clearings. deposits. Jan. 7 124,597,663 17,863,734 8,539,063 97,493,709 22,684,854 74,808,855 14 123,582,414 18,740,866 8,090,548 99,247,743 23,363,980 75,888,763 123,845,931 19,233,194 7,880,865 99,644,128 22,813,547 76,830,581 123,088,626 20,063,739 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 28,791,958 81,021,948 127,562,848 23,171,833 8,380,999 108,560,981 25,562,858 82,998,123 24 127,613,507 23,286,204 8,335,266 107,505,395 25,397,976 82,107,419 31 128,388,223 23,420.759 8,444,327 106,311,554 22,899,523 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 84,897,593 128,448,868 23,233,314 8,790,459 108,145,233 25,758,735 82,386,498 28 127,085,667 23,279,809 8,749,048 103,206,723 21,391,290 $1,815,433 May 5 127,479,520 23,815,746 9,391,861 108,505,388 26,546,063 81,59,325 126,184,532 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 26 125,110,700 23,431,773 8,826.473 104,433,136 24,309,496 80,123,640 June 2 124,792,271 24,535,457 8,774,063 104,268,785 22,888,107 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.) Apr. 7 Jan. 14 21 12 9 2.. 16 23 6,848,374 7,784,169 6,516,532 7,383,370 6,517,541 Due Due Loans. Specie. Circulation. Deposits. to banks. from banks. 59,807,566 4,674,271 6,479,483 18,449,305 7,545,222 60,068,941 4,478,841 6,770,624 17,753,002 7,867,400 6,735,283 59,917,170 4,182,114 6,486,139 17,378,070 59,491,387 4,172,325 6,199,485 17,483,054 50,705,422 4,249,594 6,307,922 17,900,002 59,998,784 4,462,698 6,364,320 17,271,596 60,113,836 4,577,834 6,305,537 17,597,881 59,927,917 4,714,034 6,411,573 18,020,239 59,993,784 5,034,787 6,396,656 18,645,621 59,885,196 5,328,610 6,430,643 18,393,293 60,258,208 5,446,840 6,405,084 18,660,205 60,180,209 5,627,961 6,328,273 18,742,817 60,050,953 6,045,703 6,340,268 19,262,894 60,668,559 6,320,551 7,753,491 20.469,893 61,189,629 6,289,719 7,267,165 20,291,620 61,035,965 6,315,952 7,152,766 20,266,917 61,259,552 6,317,999 6,992,903 20,195,951 61,614,199 6,311,714 7,322,813 20,810,086 61,744,290 6,263,535 7,076,071 20,758,862 61,724,621 6,268,919 7,031,306 20,726,996 61,258,986 6,201,113 6,660,595 61,585,669 6,192,455 6,800,711 20,656,295 9,172,878 PHILADELPHIA BANKS.- —(CAPITAL, JAN., 1860, $11,687,485.) |