Nails, wrought 14 10a 45a 52 14 Linseed Provisions-Pork, mess, Pork, prime 138388 10a 14| 52a 54 1 50a 1 62 10a 14| 10a 14 10a 14 10a 14 By the tariff act of 1833 a large number of articles before taxed were placed on the free list, and it provided for a home valuation of the twenty per cent. duty after 1842. The enstom-house duties collected in the year 1829 were $22,681,965; in 1830, $21,922,391; in 1831, $24,224, 441; in 1832, 928,465,237; in 1833, $29,032,508; in 1834 they had declined to $16,214,957; in 1835, $19,391,310; in 1836, $23.409.940. The range of prices of staple articles in the New York market at the beginning of each month, in each year, from 1825 to 1863. Zine 48 48 48 За 4 5 5 40a 50 50a 50a 68 54 52a 50a 53 4a 5 4a 5 40a 50 40a 50 40a 50 40a 50 40a 50 40a 50 40a 50 40a 45 68 50a 68 50a 68 50a 68 50a 68 50a 68 50a 68 50a 68 .do.. ..do... *In the year 1836 was observable a material rise in prices, following the rapid increase in the number of banks and in the volume of paper money as created in the years 1833-136 The foreign importations of the year 1835 reached $189,980,000, being an increase of 88,950,003 (or 87 per cent.) beyond those of the year 1832. The customs duties of the year 1836 exceeded by 44 per cent. those of the year 1834, and the sales of public lands of the year 1836 were, for the first and only time in the history of the country, in excess of the custoin-house receipts. 52a 54 52a 58 52a 58 52a 58 52a 58 50a 64 5 5 5 5a 6 5a 6 5 464 50 5 .... The range of prices of staple articles in the New York market at the beginning of each month, in each year, from 1825 to 1863. Iron-Scotch Pig. .ton. .... 3 37a 4 00 3 62a 3 87 10 50a10 75 10 50 10a 11 lla 12 За 10 9a 10 1 20a 1 35 1 05a 1 20 15 Ва 8 5a 8 4 00a 5 00 275a 3 00 3 25a 5 75 3 50a 6 25 3 50a 6 25 9 12a 925 4 00a 5 004 00a 5 004 00a 5 004 00a 5 00 275a 3 00 3 25a 575 3 50a 6 25 275a 3 00 3 25a 575 3 50a 6 25 13а 14 7a 8 80a 1:30 60 00a70 00 (65 00a70 00 62 5065 00 57 50a60 00 50 00a52 50 40 00a45 00 275a 3 00 3 25a 575 3 50a 6 25 13a 14 7а 8 804 1.30 275a 3 00 3 25a 5 75 3 50a 6 25 12a 13 5a 6 80a 130 4 00a 500 275a 300 3 25a 575 3 50a 6 25 12a 14 5a 6 80a 1.30 4 00a 5 00 13a 15 275a 3 00 325a 575 3 50a 6 25 3 25a 5 75 3.50a 6 25 13а 14 26a 27 26a 27 8a 13 lla 9 12 3 12a 3 25 9 50a 9 62 lla 12 4 00a 5 00 4 00a 500 275a 3 00 5a 6 80a 1 15 80a 1 10 In 1837 the imports of the United States for consumption fell to 113 millions of dollars, and the sales of public lands to 6 millions. In 1836 the imports were 158, and the sales of public lands 243 millions of dollars. The "specie circular," requiring specie to be paid for the public lands, was issued on the 11th of July, 1836. The average sales of public lands from 1824 to 1833 amounted to $2,086,000 per annum. The average annual sales from 1843 to 1853 was $2,199,000. The suspension of speeie payments by the banks occurred in May, 1837. |