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Recapitulation of deposits and coinage, at the Mint of the United States and its branches, in the year 1840:

Recapitulation of the amount of coinage at the Mint of the United States and its branches, from the commencement of operations to Dec. 21, 1840.

Complaints are made in Great Britain of the number of light sovereigns now in circulation. Of a parcel of 18,000 lately sent into the Bank of England, 1,000 were rejected as short weight; and the loss upon the rejected portion was from toper cent. It may be stated in general that all the sovereigns issued in the reign of George III. are light; they are distinguished by having an effigy of St. George and the Dragon on the reverse. Those of George IV., with the arms of England on the reverse, are generally of weight.

COMMERCIAL STATISTICS.

A Table, showing the comparative arrivals, exports and stocks of Cotton and Tobacco at New Orleans, for ten years, commencing 1st October, to Feb. 13th, 1841.

BILL CIRCULATION IN GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND.

At the late meeting of the British Association, in Glasgow, Mr. Leatham, a banker in Yorkshire, made some statements in regard to the bill circulation of Great Britain and Ireland, which excited much attention, and caused no little surprise. According to Mr. Leatham's statements, who seemed to have taken unwearied pains to get at the real facts in the case, the following is the total amount of the bills in circulation during five years:

After Mr. Leatham had concluded his remarks, the chairman proposed thanks to Mr. Leatham, for the invaluable statements he had made; and expressed his astonishment at the amount of bill circulation, which, upon evidence incontrovertible, he had shown was in existence. It was a thing of which he had no conception.

COMMERCE OF HONOLULU.

The Sandwich Islands comprise eight inhabited islands, between Mexico and China. Honolulu, the residence of the king, has a fine harbor, and is situated in the fertile island of Oahu. It has a population of about 8,000. The Polynesian, published at Honolulu, of Sept. 12th, 1840, contains some statistics of the trade of the island. The whole amount of imports into Honolulu for the last four and a half years, is stated at $1,567,000, of which $742,000 in value was from the United States. The value of exports of native produce in the same period was $1,388,100, of which to the value of $65,000 was sandal wood, $59,500 bullock hides, and the rest goat skins, salt, sugar, and various other articles. There are ten vessels owned by residents of the islands, of an aggregate tonnage of 1,317 tons, valued at $65,500. Seven of these vessels are owned by citizens of the United States, and three by English subjects.

1. A Table, showing the AMOUNT of $1, improved at Compound Interest, at the end of every year from 1 to 32.

2. A Table, showing the PRESENT VALUE of $1, receivable at the end of any given year from 1 to 21, reckoning Compound Interest.

3. A Table, showing the AMOUNT OF AN ANNUITY of $1 per annum, improved at Compound Interest, at the end of each year from 1 to 32.

4. A Table, showing the PRESENT VALUE OF AN ANNUITY of $1 per annum, to continue for any given number of years from 1 to 21, reckoning Compound Interest.

TO COMPUTE INTEREST AND ANNUITIES BY THE FOREGOING TABLES.

Rule. Multiply the sum for which you wish to know the amount, or present worth, by the number found under the rate per cent, and opposite the given years. Point off agreeably to the rules of decimals, and the product will denote the number sought in dollars, pounds, francs, &c., with their decimal parts.

Example. What will be the amount, at the end of 10 years, of an annuity, rent, or salary of $500, payable at the end of each year, if improved at compound interest at 6 per cent per annum ?

Amount of an annuity of $1 for 10 years, at 6 per cent, by Tab. 3,.... 13.180795 Multiply by annuity,..

Amount,...

BEET-ROOT SUGAR TRADE OF FRANCE.

500

$6590.397500

In France, says the London Journal of Commerce, in 1837, there were 542 beet-root sugar manufactories in operation, and 39 in construction. It has been recently stated in the public journals, that the states composing the German Customs' Union possessed, in 1838, eighty-seven factories in operation, and sixty-six in construction. The production of the beet-sugar factories averages about 200,000 lbs. each, so that we may reckon for the 203 factories known to exist in other parts of the continent besides France, 40,600,000 lbs. of sugar, making the total annual production of beet sugar in Europe about 150,000,000 lbs. It remains to be observed, that in Austria and Italy the business has been commenced with great zeal. The sugar manufactured in France has invariably increased from year to year, unless it has fallen off in 1838-9, of which we have not yet the returns.

Recently the duties on sugar imported from the French colonies have been reduced, so that the protection of the beet sugar in France, which used to be about 44 cents, is now inconsiderable.

BEET PAPER.

The value of this vegetable has hardly begun to be known. We find from English journals just received, that the pulp of the beet is worth for paper making just five times its value as an article of food. A Mr. Ryan has obtained a patent in England for making paper of beet-roots after the juice is extracted and crystalized into sugar. The manufacturers have commenced with the coarsest kinds of paper and pasteboard, and have not yet attempted any fine writing-paper. But, thus far, their success is complete. Good printing-paper is produced out of what remains after the saccharine matter is expressed, and they have no doubt that the same almost worthless pulp will soon furnish the finest writing-paper.

If it be true that Europe alone manufactures every year the immense amount of 150,000,000 lbs. of beet sugar, there can be no want of material to experiment upon to an indefinite extent.

FEATHERS.

The Augsburg Gazette mentions that at the late fair of Frankfort-on-the-Oder, feathers fell two thirds in price, and it is known that this fair regulates the price of that article all through Germany. It is remarkable that whilst Great Britain and France are inundating Germany with metallic pens, the latter country exports a considerable quantity of goose quills to those two countries.