NEW JERSEY BANKS. Below we give the principal items of the last returns of the New Jersey banks, and also the returns for January, 1861. By comparing the two it will be seen that there is an increase of $4,000,000 in circulation, and over $2,500,000 in deposits: There are in New Hampshire fifty-two banks. We give the returns of these banks for June and December, 1861, and June 1862. Up to the date of the last returns there had only been an increase of about $200,000 in the circulation: The returns of the Bank of England the past month, show a continued decrease in bullion each week: On the 29th of October the bank rate of discount was raised to 3 per cent. This change was made on account of the higher value of money over the continent, and the consequent exportation of bullion from England, and also because of the unusually large shipments of silver to India, promoted, as they have been, by the increased cotton purchases of late. The other changes are immaterial. 66 46 22.. "29. Feb. 5.... 12... 19.... Circulation. Public Private Securities. Coin and Rate of Discount. 3 pr. ct. Date. Jan. 1... £20,818,190 £7,845,833 £15,036,062 £30,419,730 £15,961,439 8.... 21,086,675 4,542,974 18,206,488 31,022,505 16,046,017 21 15.... 21,460,925 4,583,353 16,480,452 29,509,864 16,291,626 2 21,697,928 5,467,340 15,366,081 29,464,720 16,350,939 24 21,183,376 5,753,063 14,751,486 28,696,456 16,280,369 21 21,427,554 5,788,441 14,179,917 28,834,352 15,956,903 24 21,236,312 4,884,989 15,526,334 29,010,241 16,042,949 24 20,772,726 5,897,144 15,085,843 28,771,812 15,894,405 2 20,786,715 5,762,849 14,989,742 29,024,962 15,749,065 2 21,217,246 6,755,287 13,737,507 29,692,441 15,673,898 24 20,013,685 7,527,911 13,763,718 29,489,795 16,027,111 24 20,483,509 8,011,694 13,340,928 28,953,089 16,548,586 24 20,814,655 8,413,275 13,154,258 29,140,207 16,812,798 24 21,501,595 8,456,468 13,622,532 30,398,790 16,849,198 21 21,822,105 5,625,314 16,336,169 29,981,793 16,881,940 24 " 16... 22,048,463 5,225,132 15,710,260 29,325,888 16,743,434 24 "23... 21,655,553 5,584,973 15,915,247 29,022,128 17,172,204 21 "30.... 21,946,997 6,867,375 14,357,007 29,164,075 17,089,446 21 May 7.... 21,752,884 7,503,991 13,866,643 28,961,214 17,265,745 24 ❝ 26.... Mar. 5.... ❝ 12. 19. "26. April 2. 66 9. 14... 21.... " 28. June 4. 11.. "18.... 46 25.... July 2.. 66 9. 66 ❝ 16. 23.... 46 80 “13.... ... 21,618,780 6,304,683 14,948,308 29,076,079 16,919,147 24 21,539,430 6,557,811 14,567,671 29,433,044 16,344,940 3 21,265,561 6,937,808 14,685,087 29,824,704 16,178,815 3 21,515,263 7,518,007 13,188,136 29,841,864 15,489,723 3 21,329,641 8,825,516 18,156,662 $1,396,492 15,036,100 3 21,076,059 9,322,949 18,085,271 31,342,547 15,268,453 3 21,172,057 9,629,594 13,399,245 31,424,661 15,909,638 3 22,242,361 9,672,345 13,851,869 32,709,039 16,220,771 3 22,504,490 5,429,939 17,199,715 31,287,912 17,055,537 21 23,085,409 5,223,380 17,063,630 30,942,358 17,671,890 24 22,942,503 5,291,213 17,202,923 30,631,501 18,060,617 2 22,933,036 5,895,840 16,903,068 30,542,050 18,448,443 2 Aug. 6.... 23,378,393 6,157,358 15,232,959 30,162,297 17,956,938 2 22,920,727 6,838,546 14,594,854 29,929,352 17,778,846 2 22,900,555 7,150,252 14,568,007 30,309,703 17,674,604 2 22,079,890 7,508,882 14,865,006 30,106,295 17,678,698 2 22,348,918 7,671,934 14,978,470 30,808,748 17,825,220 2 21,895,385 8,768,329 13,809,643 30,504,527 17,611,538 2 21,610,987 9,074,279 13,733,905 30,700,116 17,365,753 2 21,300,731 9,268,106 13,825,230 30,874,552 17,166,742 2 22,365,351 8,486,834 13,595,337 31,140,897 16,949,137 2 22,187,670 8,333,779 13,580,122 $1,101,260 16,548,156 2 15.... 22,395,352 6,253,982 15,712,485 31,192,688 16,230,260 2 22.... 22,271,497 5,944,238 15,197,661 30,566,930 15,912,699 2 29... 21,733,522 6,091,697 16,455,543 31,839,976 15,516,854 3 Nov. 5.... 21,878,952 6,271,105 14,797,889 30,788,184 15,425,810 3 "20... "27.... Sept. 3.. 10. AMERICAN CURRENCY IN CANADA. The following order has been issued under date of October 31, ORDER AUTHORIZING COLLECTORS OF CUSTOMS TO MAKE CERTAIN DEDUCTIONS FROM AMERICAN INVOICES. His Excellency the Governor-General, in council, was pleased to lay be fore the council a memorandum of this day's date from the Hon. the Minister of Finance, stating that it has been represented to his department that the paper currency authorized and made a legal tender by the United States Government has become greatly depreciated in value, and that the market value of goods in the several markets of the United States is based upon the nominal value of the said paper currency, and that the levying of duty upon this value so based is injurious to trade, and has the effect of making the duty so imposed greater than it would be if imposed upon the fair market value thereof, if such value was expressed in the standard currency of the United States, which was the only legal currency in that country where the customs laws of this Province were enacted. His Excellency was pleased to order, and it is hereby ordered, that, with a view to remedy as far as possible the evils complained of, all invoices of goods purchased on and after the 1st day of November prox., in the United States, the prices of which are based upon such depreciated paper currency, shall, upon the entry thereof, be accompanied by a certificate, under the hand and seal of a British Consul, showing the percentage of depreciation of American paper currency as compared with gold, on the day of the date of such invoice; and that collectors of customs in this province be authorized to deduct the amount of such percentage from the invoice, and compute the duties upon the amount remaining after such deductions. CIRCULAR TO COLLECTORS OF CUSTOMS. Quebec, November 11, 1862. SIR: With reference to the order of the Governor-General in Council, of the 31st October last, published in the Canada Gazette extra of November 3d, of which a copy was inclosed to you for your guidance, I have further by desire of the Finance Minister to inform you that all invoices of goods purchased in the United States must be made out and presented at the Custom-house, in the prevalent current prices of the United States markets, and as they would be paid for in the depreciated paper currency of that country at the time of the transaction; and should invoices of goods purchased in American markets be presented showing the value of such goods in gold instead of such depreciated currency, it will be your duty in such cases to consult the prices current in New York, and otherwise ascertain by any means in your power, the current value, in such depreciated currency, of the goods mentioned in such last mentioned invoices, and thereupon to make such additions to the gold invoices as will be justified by the prices current as quoted in the New York Spectator or Journal of Commerce. The deduction is then to be made from the amount of the invoice in accordance with the percentage of depreciation shown by the consular certificate. I am, sir, your obedient servant, R. S. M. BOUCHETTE. STATISTICS OF AGRICULTURE. 2. THE 1. POPULATION AND AGRICULTURAL AND MINERAL PRODUCTS OF THE UNITED STATES. THE following is a tabular statement which was appended to a recent circular from the Commissioner of Agriculture, on the present agricultural, mineral, and manufacturing condition and resources of the United States: POPULATION, AREA, AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIONS, &C. Population, white...... 26,975,575 free colored... 487,996 3,953,760 Agricultural implements produced in the United States 17,802,514 Number of patents issued for improvements and inventions in agriculture in 1861... 5,605,345 .....dollars 521 Newspapers and periodicals, 1860... 4,051 Value of steam engines and machinery. . . . . . . . dollars 47,118,550 Coal oil, daily flow from wells in Pennsylvania..barrels 5,717 2,265,302 |