EXPORTS, PORT OF NEW YORK. 256,680 Specie. -Foreign. Free. Dutiable. Domestic. Total. 3,776,919 49,066 208,757 10,078,101 8,985,176 14,112,848 11,980,714 9,837,693 10,048,832 15,342,097 20,332,375 449,948 14,050,437 23,684,915 13,046,389 17,833,701 September.... October.. November. December... Total, 1862.. 44 1861.. $59,437,021 2,853,848 $4,901,383 $149,179,591 $216,371,843 4,236,250 2,154,947 5,203,959 131,285,995 142,931,151 The exports were nominally maintained down to the close of the year. The domestic exports were about the same in December as in July; but the rate of exchange was 20 per cent higher in December, representing to that extent a fictitious export value. The bonus conferred upon shippers by the rise of bills was counteracted to some extent by the decline in prices abroad. The average price of wheat in England fell in the last six weeks of the year from 60s. per quarter to 45s. 7d., and on the 1st of January stood 15s. per quarter, or 46 cts. per bushel, lower than at the same date last year, while in New York it is 16 cts. higher in paper, making a difference of 62 cts. per bushel against the shipper. The exports of specie for the year from the ports of New York and Boston amount to $62,213,122-a net export, in round numbers, of $61,000,000. * * In reply to a correspondent, we may say that the imperial quarter is eight imperial bushels, or about eight and one half Winchester or American bushels. Thirtythree American bushels are equal to thirty-two imperial bushels. The English shilling is 24 cts. 2 mills; hence to reduce London rates to New York cash prices, divide the shillings per quarter by 33, and the result is the price per bushel. STATISTICS OF TRADE AND COMMERCE. TRADE AND COMMERCE OF THE PORT OF NEW YORK. WE gave last year, (Merchants' Magazine, vol. 46, page 274.) the returns for the years 1858, 1859, 1860, and 1861, and now add the figures for 1862. In the receipts, comparing them with the previous year, it will be seen that flour, meal, wheat, oats, and provisions have largely increased, and there is only a slight falling off in Indian corn; while in the exports the shipments of breadstuffs are not up to last year, although very large: RECEIPTS OF CERTAIN ARTICLES OF DOMESTIC PRODUCE AT THE PORT OF NEW YORK FOR TWO YEARS. The receipts of tobacco during the year was 63,362 hogsheads. EXPORTS FROM NEW YORK TO FOREIGN PORTS OF CERTAIN LEADING ARTICLES OF DOMESTIC PRODUCE FOR ELEVEN MONTHS OF THE YEAR. |