It will be seen that at Boston the specie has slightly increased, and is larger than at previous periods since April 23d. From most other parts of the country there has been a flow of specie towards the seaboard, while the balance in the Sub-Treasury has also decreased. From California the receipts continue large, but are less easily summed up, owing to the fact that since the second suspension of Messrs. Page, Bacon & Co., large sums have been brought in the hands of passengers, not entered upon the ships' manifests. The following will show the deposits at the New York Assay Office during the month of May : DEPOSITS AT THE ASSAY OFFICE, NEW YORK, FOR THE MONTH OF MAY. Gold bars stamped..... 1,364,704 43 Transmitted to the United States Mint at Philadelphia for coinage.. 37,085 62 The deposits at the Philadelphia mint for the month of May were $496,000 in gold, and $372,200 in silver, the latter purchased by government, making a total of $868,200. The coinage was $355,756 in gold, and $440,000 in silver, including 1,635,845 pieces. Nothing was coined at New Orleans. The deposits were $79,256 20 in gold, and $818,246 63 in silver-making a total of $897,502 83. The government has now coined about $20,000,000 of the new silver coin made under the law of Congress of February 21st, 1853, which reduced the weight of half dollars, quarters, dimes, and half dimes, about 7 per cent. This coin is not a legal tender in payments of over five dollars, and only about $15,000,000 is in the hands of the people, the remainder being in go.ernment depositories and not wanted for convenience. The stock market has been buoyant both for railroad stocks and State bonds, and prices of nearly all descriptions have steadily improved. There has not been, however, much fever of speculation, and but little sustained animation is expected until after the summer holidays. Foreign exchange has been firm at rates above the specie point, and there has been a steady flow of specie to London and the continent. The average for the month has been 110 for 60-day bills on London, and 5.12 for Paris. The heavy rains have given hope of an increased supply of cotton bills, but no per manent relief is now expected until we shall renew our shipments of breadstuffs to Europe. The imports from foreign ports continue to decline. At New York the total for May was $5,535,195 less than for May, 1854, $2,894,257 less than for May, 1853, and $3,926,251 more than for May, 1852, as will appear from the following comparison: This leaves the total imports at New York since January 1st, $25,071,725 less than for the corresponding five months of last year, $24,421,855 less than for the same period of 1853, and $4,417,787 more than for the same time in 1852. We annex a comparison, including the several dates specified : FOREIGN IMPORTS AT NEW YORK FOR FIVE MONTHS FROM JANUARY 1ST. Total entered at the port... $51,536,030 $80,375,672 $81,025,541 $55,953,817 Withdrawn from warehouse. 7,615,198 5,343,258 9,285,872 10,936,450 The warehousing business has been less in May, but during the last five months it shows an increase upon the total for the same time last year. Of the decline in the imports, as shown above, not quite one-half has been in dry goods; the total of this description for the month is $2,030,562 less than for May, 1854, $1,512,244 less than for May, 1853, ard $414,563 more than for May, 1852, as will appear from the following summary:— Total entered for consumption. $1,703,427 $3,506,417 $3,278,485 $2,160,777 Total thrown on the market ... $2,017,690 $3,717,155 $3,660,546 $2,603,810 Total entered at the port ..... 1,703,427 3,506,417 3,278,485 2,160,777 $2,010,888 $3,937,195 $4,455,513 $2,424,951 The receipts of dry goods at that port since January shows a decline of $16,451,103 as compared with last year, $15,177,024 as compared with 1853, and $2,231,515 as compared with the same period of 1852: IMPORTS OF FOREIGN DRY GOODS AT THE PORT OF NEW YORK FOR FIVE MONTHS, FROM Total... 4,295,267 6,718,790 7,948,364 3,362,233 8,156,557 13,395,311 12,149,433 6,529,639 2,643,389 8,799,591 3,436,496 2,051,548 ...... 1,858,522 2,539,874 2,588,771 1,936,325 $21,542,604 $34,948,683 $33,699,611 $18,288,395 WITHDRAWN FROM WAREHOUSE. Total thrown upon the market. $25,275,567 $36,992,716 $38,359,072 $23,696,120 Total...... Add entered for consumption.... $3,029,757 $2,566,187 $5,092,338 $4,052,451 21,542,604 34,948,683 33,699,611 18,288,395 Total entered at the port..... $24,572,361 $37,517,870 $38,791,949 $22,340,846 The exports for the month of May from New York to foreign ports have been large, both in specie and general merchandise. Exclusive of specie, the total is only $624,437 less than the very large amount shipped in the same month of last year, when breadstuffs were going out freely; and is $777,694 more than for May, 1853, and $772,161 more than for May, 1852. The exports of specie are not larger than has frequently been cleared from New York in one month VOL. XXXIII.—NO. I. 6 since the discovery of gold in California. Thus, in September, 1854, the exports of specie were $6,547,104; in June, 1851, $6,462,170; and in July, 1851, $6,004,170. The exports of foreign goods have slightly increased. We annex a cumparison of the several items: EXPORTS FROM NEW YORK TO FOREIGN PORTS FOR THE MONTH OF MAY. Total exports...... $4,249,924 $4,165,954 $5,824,427 $5,071,890 106,818 243,598 132,449 244,254 1,834,893 487,670 7,162,467 342,437 3,651,626 5,320,152 358,732 $6,737,608 $7,059,649 $9,950,939 $10,995,028 Total, exclusive of specie...... 4,902,715 4,897,182 6,299,313 5,674,876 The total exports from New York to foreign ports, exclusive of specie, since January 1st, are only $1,893,256 less than for the corresponding five months of 1854, and are $4,590,332 more than for the same period of 1853, and $6,277,987 more than for the same time in 1852, as will appear from the annexed summary: EXPORTS FROM NEW YORK TO FOREIGN PORTS FOR FIVE MONTHS FROM JANUARY 1ST. Domestic produce.. Foreign merchandise (free).. Foreign merchandise (dutiable).. ..... Total exports..... Total, exclusive of specie We are now within one month of the close of the fiscal year, and as there is much interest felt in regard to the result of the year's foreign Commerce, we have carefully compiled a comparative statement showing the exports of specie, and the total exports and imports at New York from July 1st to May 31st:FOR EIGN IMPORTS AND EXPORTS AT NEW YORK FOR ELEVEN MONTHS, ENDING MAY 31ST. Exports of specie. Total exports. Total imports $29,979,806 $27,990,507 $40,101,079 $40,402,541 20,912,152 22,599,807 29,083,395 27,190,139 1855. 1854. Difference....... $34,195,941 29,116,058 $5,079,883 $91,278,827 97,175,348 $5,896,521 $142,511,914 177,286,671 $34,774,757 From this it will be seen that the exports of specie from that port for the last eleven months have increased $5,079,883; the total exports of all descriptions to foreign ports have decreased only $5,896,521, while the total imports from foreign ports have decreased $34,774,757. The exports from the gulf ports have doubtless declined in a greater proportion, but this is a very favorable showing for the Commerce of New York, considering the times through which we have passed. Nearly all of the exports have paid a profit to the shipper, while that portion of the imports which has been sent to us on foreign account, being chiefly a refuse of stock unsaleable to other markets, has mostly sold for less than the invoice price. The revenue has of course declined with the imports, but the receipts are ample for all the wants of government, and there is still a handsome balance in the Treasury. The following will show the comparative receipts at New York:-. CASH DUTIES RECEIVED AT NEW YORK FOR FIVE MONTHS, FROM JANUARY 1st. .... 2,286,955 47 2,730,369 61 Total 5 months.. $12,017,632 65 $17,326,606 17 $17,385,353 93 $11,983,480 91 The total cash receipts at New York for the eleven months of the fiscal year are $30,342,408 23, against $39,206,250 26 for the same time of the previous year, showing a decline of $8,863,842 93 at that port. We also annex a comparative statement of the receipts for cash duties at Philadelphia and Boston since January 1st:- This shows a falling off since January 1st of $490,672 at Boston, and $675,537 at Philadelphia, equal to a falling off in imports at those ports of nearly five millions and a half of dollars. We annex a summary comparison of the shipments of certain leading articles of domestic produce from New York to foreign ports. The weekly exports continue large, although there is little of breadstuffs or cotton to go forward. Had the crop of cereals in this country last year been a large one, the exports hence would have been nearly as large as during the famine year nearly ten years ago. EXPORTS OF CERTAIN ARTICLES OF DOMESTIC PRODUCE FROM NEW YORK TO FOREIGN PORTS FROM JANUARY 1ST TO JUNE 18TH : |