BANK OF ENGLAND RATES OF DISCOUNT. From 1694, the year of its Foundation, to 1877. NOTE.-It is to be understood in all cases that the discount rate against any given date was the rate charged until the next succeeding date. For example, April 20th, 1876, the Directors fixed the minimum rate of discount on first-class bills at 2 per cent, which continued until May 2d, 1877, when it was raised to 3 per cent. Oct. 17th, 1877, it was raised to 5 per cent, at which rate it long continued. [From Crump's Key to the London Money Market, 6th ed., 1877.] Population of all Cities and Towns in the United States having a Population of over 10,000 in 1870, with Population by State or Local Census of Later Date. Biddeford. Me.... 10,282 Hartford Conn... 37,180 Binghamton.. 14,590 Bridgeport Brookhaven.. Brooklyn Buffalo N. Y.... 12,692 15,550 Haverhill. Bloomington... Ill.. Conn.. 18,969 Mass.. Hoboken. N. J... 20,297 24,766 Mass... Indianapolis.. Ind. 48,244 11,447 13,859 8,789 10,115 N. J.... 82,546 109.227 OCCUPATIONS OF THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES. THE tables of the Census of 1870 exhibit interesting statistics on the employments which divide the industry of our people. The population of the United States over ten years of age was shown to amount to 28,228,945, of which number 14,258,866 were males. There were returned as engaged in all classes of occupations a total of 12,505,923, of which number 10,669,635 were males, and 1,836,288 females. In the census of occupations it will be seen that by far the greater number of inhabitants over ten years of age were returned as engaged in some class of labor. Grouping the results of the more detailed table of diversified occupations to be found below, it is shown that they were distributed in the following four great classes of occupations, namely: Engaged in Agriculture..... 5,922,471 Engaged in Manufactures and Mechanical and Mining Industries. 2,707,421 2,684,793 1,191,238 .12,505,923 Total........ It will be seen that the pursuits of agriculture occupy 46.31 per cent, or something less than half the population; manufacturing industries, 21.64 per cent of all classes of occupations; professional and personal services, 21.46 per cent; and trade and transportation 9.53 per cent of the whole, or less than one tenth. I.-OCCUPATIONS OF THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES. [From the Returns of the United States Census, 1870.] |