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YEARS.
NO.OF VESSELS ARRIVED
AGGREGATE TONNAGE.
AVERAGE TONNAGE PER VESSEL.
1850-51
2054
768,028
374
1851-52
2266
910,855
402
1852-53
2383
986,975
414
1853-54
1972
885,486
490
1854-55
1973
998,585
506
1855-56
2313
1,155,136
499
1856-57
2179
1,082,735
497
1857-58
2023
1,079,904
533
1858-59
2062
1,182,082
573
1859-60
2052
1,212,029
590
The resources of our trade extend into our vast interior, through the channels af- forded by the Great Mississippi and its many tributaries, to regions nearly as distant as those reached by the products carried away by the ships which come from all quar- ters to our port for supplies. Steamers, which ply on the waters of the farthest navi- gable branches of the Great River, still bring to us a large proportion of the products of their trade, but it is from regions near home that the great wealth of our commerce is derived. The advancing prosperity of the city is well exemplified by the annual increase in the value of the staples arriving from the Great West and Southwest and finding a market at this port, as shown by the following table, which is made up from the records of the New Orleans Price-Current, the statistics of which are of the most reliable character :
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GARDNER'S NEW ORLEANS DIRECTORY.
Table Showing the Value of the Southern Staples and Western Produce Received at New Orleans Each Year during the Last Eleven Years.
YEARS.
COTTON.
SUGAR.
MOLASSES.
TOBACCO.
OTHER PRODUCTS.
TOTAL.
1849-50
41,885,156 12,396,150
2,400,000
6,166,400
34,049,173
96,897,873
1850-51.
48,756,764|
12,678,180
2,625,000
7,736,600
35,127,539 106,924,083
1851-52.
48.592,222
11,827,350
4,026,000
7,196,185
36,409,951
108,051,708
1852-53
68.759.424
15,452,688
5,140,000
7,938,650
37,442,973
134,233,735
1853-54
54,749,602
15,726,340
3,720,000
4,228,100
36,912,756
115,336,798
1854-55
51,390,720
18,025,020
4,255,000
7,111,370
36,424,713
117.106,823
1855-56.
70,371,720
16,199,890
4,582,242
7,982,800
45 119,429
144,256,081
1856-57.
86,255,079
8,137,360
2,685,300
11,892,120
49,091,510
158,061,369
1857-58.
88,127,340
17,900,609
4.601,015
13,628,327
42,798,256
167,155,546
1858-59.
92.037,794
24,998,424
6,470,817
9,161,750
40,283,879 172,952.664
1859-60.
109,389,228
18,190,880|
6,250,335
8,499,325
42,881,486
185,211,254
It is thus seen that the total value of the products received here has been doubled within the last eleven years, the greatest increase being shown in Cotton, while in Western Produce, etc., the increase has been comparatively small. Going back eight years further we find an equally remarkable growth of trade :
In 1841-42 the total value was
· $45,716,045
In 1842-43 the total value was.
53,782,054
1n 1843-44 the total value was
60,094,716
In 1844-45 the total value was.
57,196,122
In 1845-46 the total value was
77,193,464
In 1846-47 the total value was
90,033,256
In 1847-48 the total value was.
79,779,151
In 1848-49 the total value was.
81,989,692
The following table, compiled from the records of the Price-Current, presents a state- ment of the Receipts and Exports of Cotton and Tobacco at the Port of New Orleans in each year, from 1822-23 to 1859-60, a period of thirty-eight years :
BALES OF COTTON.
HHDS. TOBACCO.
BALES OF COTTON.
HHDS. TOBACCO
Years.
Receipts.
Exports.
Receipts.
Exports.
Years.
Receipts.
Exports.
Receipts
Exp'ts
1822-23
161,959
171,872
16,292
28,624
1841-42
740,155
749,267
67.555
68,058
1823-24
141,524
143,843
25,262
25,910
1842-43
1,089,642
1,088,870
92,509
89,89I
1824-25
206,358
203,914
17,759
16,849
11843-44
910,854
895,375
82,435
81,249
1825-26
249,881
259,681
18,242
18,231
1844-45
979,238
984,616
71,493
68,679
1826-27
336,573
326,516
29,681
26,540
1845-46
1,053,633
1,054,857
72,896
62,045
1827-28
295,853
304,073
29,443
35,098
1846-47
740,669
724,508
55,588
50,376
1828-29
268,639
367,736
24,637
25,288
1847-48
1,213,805
1,201,807
55,882
60,364
1829-30
362,977
351,237
32,438
28,028
1848-49
1,142,382
1,167,303
52,335
52,896
1830-31
429,392
423,942
32,098
33,872
1849-50
837,723
838,591
60,304
57,955
1831-32
345,646
358,104
31,174
35,056
1850-51
995,036
997,458
64,030
54,501
1832-33
403,833
410,524
20,627
23.637
1851-52 1,429,183
1,435,815
89,675
93,715
1833-34
467,984
461,026
25,871
25,210
1852-53|
1,664,864
1,664,981
75,010
64,075
1834-35
536,172
536,991
35,059
33,801
1853-54
1,440,779
1,429,180
48,905
53,043
1835-36
495,44
490,495
50,555
41,604
1854-55
1,284,768
1,270,264
53,348 64,100
1836-37
605,813
588,969
28,501
35,821
1855-56
1,759,293
1,795,023
56,090
59,074
1837-38
742,720
738,313
37,588
35,555
1856-57
1,513,247
1,516,921
55,067
50,181
1838-39
578,514
579,179
28,153
30,852
1857-58
1,678,616
1,659.707
87,141
72.215
1839-40
954,445
949,320
43,827
40,436
1858-59 1,774,298
1,777,171
75,925
79,974
1840-41
822,870
821,288
53,170
54,667 1859-60
!2,255,448 2,214,296
80,955 82,689
-COTTON, BALES .-
-TOBACCO, HHDS .-
Receipts.
Exports.
Receipts.
Exports.
Total for 38 Years .... 32,910,228 32,833,043
1,886,582
1,860,459
Taking the moderate estimate of $ 40 per bale for Cotton, and $ 70 per hhd. for Tobacco, as the average value for the thirty-eight years, we have a total value for these two staples alone of $ 1,448,469,860.
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The following table shows the receipts and exports of our leading staples, and of the principal articles of Western produce, during the last two years :
RECEIPTS.
EXPORTS.
ARTICLES.
1859-60. | 1858-59.
1859-60. 1 1858-59.
Cotton, bales
2,255,448 1,774,739
2,214,966
1,777,168
Tobacco, hogsheads
80,955
74,915
82,689
79,854
Sugar, hogsheads
175,219
257,821
45,626
107,119
Molasses, barrels.
312,343
353,492
119.587
146.298
Flour, barrels
952,174
1,081,318
379,928
592,527
Wheat, sacks
12,378
30,927
5,936
27.106
Corn, saeks.
1,702,847
753,292
649,398
178,529
Pork, barrels and tierces.
212,320
267,184
51,462
89,381
l'ork, in bulk, pounds,.
5,279.658
6,011,220
Beef, barrels and tierces.
35.119
51,108
22.775
25.236
Bacon, hogslicads and easks.
42,886
35,589
23,146
18,248
Bacon, barrels, boxes. &c .....
4,629
3,927
3,288
2,175
Bacon, hams, casks and tierces
35,127
37,104
14,167
26,118
Lard, barrels and tierces.
57,014
78,116
34.277
65,206
Lard, kegs.
86,587
64,302
61,019
53,323
Whiskey, barrels.
185,098
152,326
68,929
58.466
Ilides ...
159,129
112,621
137,101
98,102
Hemp, bales
4,422
11,385
1,121
5,114
Lead, pigs
81,992
74,309
82,826
78,387
The following table shows the receipts of the principal articles from the interior dur- ing the year ending August 31st, 1860, with their average prices in this market and their total value :
ARTICLES.
AM'T.
Ave- rage Price
VALUE. Dollars.
ARTICLES.
AM'T.
Aver- age Price
VALUE. Dollars.
Apples, bbls. .
67416
$5 00
337080
Lead, pigs.
80964
5 00
404820
Bacon,as'd,hhds. & csks.
45015 90 00
4051350
Lead, bar, kegs & boxes ..
1658
17 50
29015
Bacon, as'd boxes .. .. Bacon, hams, hds & tres.
5987 15 00
89805
Lead, white, kegs.
1842
3 00
5526
Bacon in bulk, lbs.
39000
3120
Oats, sacks
659550
2 00
1319100
Bagging, pieces.
21427
15 00
321405
Onions, barrels ..
26401
6 00
158406
Bale Rope, coils.
125429
9 00
1128861
Oil, Linseed, barrels ..
1020
30 00
30600
Beans, barrels
8889
4 50
40000
Oil, Castor, barrels
571
44 00
25124
Butter, kegs & firkins
38345
10 00
383450
Oil, Lard, barrels.
9333
34 00
317322
Butter, barrels.
1506 35 00
52710
Potatoes, barrels
207698
2 75
571169
Bran, sacks
216677
1 25
270846
Pork, tierces & barrels ...
216523
17 00
36S0891
Beef, barrels
35318 12 00
423816
Pork, boxes.
71
40 00
2840
Beef, tierces
9616 18 00
173088
Pork, hhds ..
1874
70 00
131180
Cotton, bales ...
2255448
48 50 109389228
Porter and Ale, barrels ..
20940
10 00
209400
Corn Meal, barrels
53S
3 00
1614
Packing Yarn, reels.
3748
6 00
22488
Corn in car, barrels
36092
1 00
36092
Rum, barrels.
475
20 00
9500
Corn, shelled, sacks ..
1722039
1 75
3013568
Skins, Deer, packs
1542
20 00
30840
Cheese, boxes.
35596
3 50
124586
Shot, kegs
4001
20 40
81620
Candles, boxes
110405
7 00
772835
Soap, boxes
12202
7 00
85414
Coal, Western, barrels. Dried Apples&Peach. " Feathers, bags.
1121 |12 00
13452
Shingles, M.
7000
4 00
28000
Flaxseed, tierces
375 12 00
4500
Spanish Moss, bales ..
8604
14 00
120456
Flour, barrels.
965860 6 25
6036625
Tallow, barrels ..
1025
30 00
30750
Furs, hhds, bdls & bxs
151 15 00
2265
Tobacco, Leaf, hhds ......
67883
95 00
6448885
Glassware, packages ...
6SS79
5 00
344395
Tobacco, Strips, hhds ....
2164
15 00
32460
Ilides .
163568
3 00
490704
Tobacco, Chew. kgs&bxs.
14544
15 00
218160
Ilay, bales
152659 4 70
717497
Twine, bundles & boxes .. Vinegar, barrels
1206
4 00
4824
Lard, barrels & tierces.
65784 30 00
1973520
Wool, bags
3753
5 00
131355
Lard, kegs
90699 6 00
544194
Whiskey, barrels
185042
9 00
1665378
Leather, bundles
6115 30 00
183450
Wheat, sacks.
13116
2 25
29511
Lime, Western, barrels
33143 1 65
54685 Other articles'estim'td at
7750000
Total Value.
$ 185211254
The subjoined table gives the imports at New Orleans, generally direct from for- eign ports, of Sugar, Molasses, Coffee and Salt, during the last two years :
ARTICLES.
1859-60
1858-59.
Increase.
Decrease.
Sugar, West India, hogsheads ..
3,129
636
2.493
Sugar, West India, boxes and barrels.
16,914
10,604
6,310
Sugar, Brazil, bags. &c.
332
470
148
Molasses, Cuba, hogsheads and tierces,
17,419
1,205
16,214
Molasses, barrels ..
5,604
842
4,862
Salt, Liverpool, sacks ..
849,327
636,218
212,109
Salt, Sicily, &c., bushels.
371,182
185,398
185,784
Coffee, Rio, bags.
280,926 4,615
3,218
1,397
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123,957
Coffee, Cuba, bags
10
1160000
Staves, M.
10178
50 00
508900
936| 22 00
20592
Sugar, (esti'd crop,) hds.
221840
82 00
10908 185 00
2017980
Ilemp, bales
4883 21 00
102543
Tobacco, Stems, hhds ....
350S
9 00
31572
Iron, pigs, tons
643 30 00
19290
Pork in bulk, ponnds ...
3803500
7
266245
Beef, dried, pounds
93726
10
9372
Molasses, (esti. crop) gls.
17858100
35
6250335
37814 55 00
2079770
8
2900000
18190880
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404,883
GARDNER'S NEW ORLEANS DIRECTORY.
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GARDNER'S NEW ORLEANS DIRECTORY.
. The value of Foreign Imports of all descriptions at this port during the year end- ing June 30, 1860, is shown by the following table :
Value of Imports of Foreign Merchandise, Specie and Bullion into the Port of New Orleans for the fiscal year ending the 30th June, 1860-
DATE.
Dutiable.
Free.
Specie and Bullion.
1859-July
595,491
115,499
733,201
August ..
771,750
79,042
118,214
September.
1,494,057
613,795
26,432
October
1,090,894
104,772
127,905
November.
1,025,935
638,748|
192,373
December.
1,018,794
846,483
841,851
$5,996,921
$2,398,339
$1,439,976
1860-January
2,194,314
868,588
391,689
February.
1,420,262
1,120,191
161,083
March
2,121,675
429,997
154,205
April
1,487,064
322,605
6,750
May.
1,060,792
121,182
50,918
June
915,490
176,973
81,835
$15,196,518
$5,437,875
$2,286,456
For the quarter ending September 30, 1859.
$4,547,481
66
December 31, 1859
5,287,755
66
March 31, 1860
8,862,204
June 30, 1860.
4,223,609
Total for the year
$22,920,849
Comparative Statement of Imports through the Custom House of New Orleans for the fiscal years ending the 30th of June of each of the past six years:
YEAR ENDING JUNE 30.
1855.
1856,
1857.
1858.
1859.
1860.
Dutiable.
$6,939,002
$8,990,583
$16,417,035
$10,248,002
$9,952,646
$15,196,518
Free ..
4,297,170
6,417,596
6,637,076
4,818,015
6,725,446
5,437,875
Specie and Bullion
1,687,436
1,775,148
1,927,039
4,621,246
1,671,424
2,286,456
Total
$12,923,608|
$17,183,327
$24,981,150|
$19,687,263
$18,349,516
$22,920,849
RECAPITULATION-TOTAL VALUE OF IMPORTS.
For the year ending June 30, 1855
$12,923,608
66
66
1856
17,183,327
"
66
1858
19,687,263
1859
18,349,516
22,920,849
Receipts of Cash Duties on Importations from Foreign Countries into the Port and District of New Orleans, for the fiscal years of 1859-60 and 1858-59.
1859-July
.$ 95,966
1858-Jnly $ 44,190
August.
124,371
August ..
175,096
September.
240,773
September
221,099
October
287,923
October
193,259
November
270,734
November
189,534
December.
268,852
December
280,077
1860-January ..
346,468
1859-January ..
192,557
February
224,252
February.
146,125
March
336,086
March.
152,555
April
183,007
April
188,451
May.
130,558
May
127,977
June
111,266
June ..
192,142
$2,620,665
$2,103,062
2,103,062
Increase
$ 517,603
1857.
24,981,150
1860
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Receipts for the Fiscal Year Ending
June 30, 1853
$2,158,172
June 30, 1857.
$3,595,420
1854
2,647,336
1858,
2,034,554
1855
2,131,001
1859
2,103,062
185G.
3,543,341
66
1860.
2,620,665
The following table exhibits the exports of Cotton from New Orleans during the last two years and designates the countries and ports receiving, and the amounts taken by each :
Exports of Cotton during the Last Two Years.
COUNTRIES.
1859-60.
1858-59.
UNITED STATES.
Boston.
132,122
155,206
New York.
62,279
25,415
Philadelphia.
4,682
5,608
Baltimore
1,165
1,129
Providence
5,819
7,112
Other Ports.
2,223
1,714
207,290
196,184
GREAT BRITAIN.
Liverpool.
1,349,877
951,443
Glasgow, &c.
16,392
8,993
London.
105
Falmouth, Cowes, &c.
24,085
14,615
Queenstown, &c
43,669
12,568
FRANCE.
Havre
303,466
247,129
Marseilles
3,696
1,193
Bordeaux.
2,204
3,075
Other Ports.
4,126
4,519
256,416
N. OF EUROPE.
Gottenburg.
6,626
5,902
Rotterdam, &c.
5,100
9,939
Bremen ...
61,221
66,788
Antwerp
16,369
17,314
Amsterdam
3,059
4,825
Hamburg
9,061
9,440
Other Ports.
34,124
68,518
135,560
182,726
S. OF EUROPE.
Genoa, &c.
51,618
39,128
Trieste and Venice
9,026
16,004
55,132
Spain
49,929
75,983
Mexico.
20,119
16,108
Other Ports.
3,973
131,845
92,091
Total bales.
2,214,966
1,777,168
The general movement of the Staple for the year was as follows :
Statement of Cotton for the Year 1859-60.
Stock on hand Ist September, 1859, bales .....
.. 26,445
Arrived during the year ...
2,255,458
Made from waste, damaged, &c.
12,000-
Exported during the year ...
2,214,315
2,293,903
Burnt ..
.5,490
2,219,805
Stock on hand, not cleared Ist September, 1860.
74,098
1,427,779
994,611
312,492
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GARDNER'S NEW ORLEANS DIRECTORY.
The crop of the past year was much the largest ever produced, amounting to 4,650,- 878 bales, against 3,851,481 bales last year, showing an increase of nearly 800,000 bales. The quality of the Staple, however, was not fully equal to that of previous years, and the price was rather lower, the average rate for Middling being 105g cts. per pound, against 1112 cts. last year. The following table shows the prices of mid- dling Cotton, at New Orleans, on the first day of each month during a period of five years-together with the total receipts at New Orleans and the total crops of the United States :
59-60.
58-59.
57-58.
56-57.
55-56.
CENT8.
CENTS.
CENTS.
CENTS.
CENTS.
September
11 @1114 1112@1134
15 @1514
1012@1034
834@ 9
October
11
@11141214@1238
1418@1414
115g@1178
878@ 978
November
1034@11
1134@1178
934@10
11}%@1134
8 e 814
December
1034@11
1178@113%
11}%@1134
11}%@1134
834@ 918
January.
105%@1079 1114@113%
914@ 91%
117%@1218
814@ 812
February.
1034@11}g1138@11}2 1012@1034
March
1012@11
1078@1118
11
@1114
1278@1318
978@ 934
April
101%@11
1134@12
11}g@1138|1312@1358
938@ 998
May.
1012@11
12 @1218
11}@1134
13%@14
1012@1034
June
a
11
@1114|1114@1112
1334@14
1018@1038
July
10
@1012
1114@1115
1134@12
141g@1438
1034@11
August
10
@-
11/2@1134
11}@1134 1434@15
1072@1034
BALES.
BALES.
BALES.
BALES.
BALES.
Receipts at New Orleans.
2,255,448
1,774,298
1,678,616
1,513,247
1,759,293
Crop ....
4,650,000
3,851,481|
3,113,962|
2,939,519|
3,527,845
The average prices of Cotton per bale, and the total value of the receipts of the staple at this port for the last thirteen years, as made up by the New Orleans Price Current, is shown by the subjoined table :
Receipts
Av. price
TOTAL VALUE. .
SEASONS.
New Orleans.
per bale.
VALUE.
1847-48
1,113,895
$29 00
$35,200,345
1854-55
$1,284,768
$40 00
$51,390,720
1848-49
1,142,382
27 90
30,844.314
1855-56.
1,759,293
40 00
79,371,720
1849-50
837,723
50 00
41,886,150
1856-57.
1,513,947
57 00
86,294,979
1850-51.
995,036
49 00
48,756,754
1857-58.
1,678,616
52 50
88,127,340
1851-52
1,429,183
44 00
48,592,222
1858-59.
1,774,298
53 00
92,037,794
1852-53
1,663,864
41 00
68,259,424
1859-60.
2,255,448
48 50
109,389,228
1853-54.
1,446,779
38 00
54,749,602
Total receipts in 13 years, 18,989,442 bales. Total value $825,860,702.
The movement in TOBACCO has again been large during the past year, the receipts having amounted to 80,955 hhds., and the exports to 82,689 hhds. The following table shows the receipts and exports at this port since 1835.
Receipts and Exports of Tobacco at New Orleans each year for twenty-five years.
RECEIPTS.
EXPORTS.
1835-36.
.bhds. 50,558
1835-36
hhds. 41,604
1836-37
28,501
1836-37
.35,821
1837-38.
37.288
1837-38.
.. 35,555
1838-39
28,153
1838-39
.30,852
1839-40
43,827
1839-40
40,439
1840-41 ..
53,170
1840-41.
54,687
1841-42
.67,555
1841-42.
.68,086
1842-43
.93,505
80,891
1843-44
.82,435
1843-44.
80,249
1844-45
71,493
1845-45
58,579
1845-46
72,896
1845-46
.62,045
1846-47
55,588
1846-47.
.50,366
1847-48
55,882
1847-48
90,364
. Receipts.
Av. price
TOTAL
SEASONS.
New Orleans. per bale.
1218@1214
834@ 9
1842-43.
13
1848-49.
52,335
1848-49
52 899
1849-50.
60,304
1849-50
51.955
1850-51.
64,112
1850-51
54.501
1851-52.
88.995
1851-52
91.814
1852-53
74.650
1852-53
64.268
1853-54
48,564
1×53-54
54.317
1854-55
53,611
1854-55
65,102
1855-56
56,367
1855-56
59.193
1856-57
54,961
1856-57
50,229
1857-58
86,784
1857-58
72.387
1458-59
74.915
1858-59
79 854
1859-60
৳0,955
1859-60
82.689
The rates for all qualities of Tobacco during the past year are shown by the follow- ing table :
Prices of Tobacco during the year 1859-'60.
DATE,
Lues.
INFERIOR TO COMMON.
FAIR to FINK
Сногск AND SELECTIONS.
September
3
5
5
6
>2010
October.
3
5
@ 524
6
6
8% @ 10
December
3
4%
8 4 9
January
3
(a
4
43,0 5%
53.0
8
84@ 9
March.
2.3 32
23@ 324
422 0, 51
52210
7 34
8
(@ 92
May.
21@ 344
438 0 54
5 ha
8 @ 94
July
2
@ 3%
44 @
5
5%@ 7%
August.
.
24 @ 3%21
6
84 9%
The crop of SUGAR for the past year fell short of the average production of the last 18 years, having amounted to 221,840 hhds., against 362,296 hhds. the year previous, and the average of the crops during the period named, up to 1858, was about 233,000 hhds.
From 1828 to 1833 the production of Sugar in Louisiana amounted (o about 281,000 hhds., equal to 281,000,000 pounds. The crops since, with their weight, the average price per hhd and the total value, are shown by the following table :
YEAR.
TOTAL CROP.
Average Price per Hhd.
Total Value.
Hhds.
Pounds.
1834
100.000
100.000.000
$60 00
$6.000,000
1835.
30.000
30.000.000
90 00
2.700.000
1836
70.000
70.000.000
60 00
4.200,000
1837
65 000
65 000.000
62 50
5,062 500
1838
70,000
70,000.000
62 50
4.375 000
1839
115,000
115.000.000
50 00
5.750.000
1840
87.000
87.000,000
55 00
4.785.000
1841
90,000
90.000,000
40 00
3.600,000
1×42
140,000
140,000.000
42 50
4 750,000
1843
100,000
100,000,000
60 00
6 000 000
1844
200,000
200.000.000
45 00
9.000.000
1845
186,650
186 650.000
55 00
10.265.730
1846
140,000
140,000.000
70 00
9,500,000
1847
240.000
2440.000.000
40 00
9,600,000
1848
220,000
220.000.000
40 00
8,800.000
1849
247,923
269,769.000
50 00
12,396,150
1850
211.303
231.194,000
60 00
12.678 180
1851
236.547
257,138.000
50 00
11.827.350
1852
321,931
36%,129,000 '
48 00
15.452 688
1853
440,324
405.156.000
35 00
15.726.340
1854
346,635
385 726,000
52 00
18 025 020
1855
231.427
254 569,000
70 00
16.199.890
1856
73.976
81.373.000
110 00
8,137.360
1857
279,697
307.666.700
64 00
17,900,608
1858
362,296
414,796,000
69 00
24.998,424
1859
221,840
255,115,750
82 00
18,190,850
Total
4,836,549
5.174,282,450
58 50
266.321.140
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
·
·
.
.
..
2
@ 3%
5 %(a
7 3%
8
a. 9%
June.
November
3
5
5
53,14 74
February
1 3.
April.
.
29
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GARDNER'S NEW ORLEANS DIRECTORY.
It is thus seen that the total production of sugar during the last thirty-one years has amounted to 5,117,549 hhds., weighing over 5,455,000,000 pounds. The Exports du- ring the last twenty-six years have been as follows :
YEAR.
Exported to Atlantic Pts. Hogsheads.
Exported to West. States. Hogsheads.
YEAR.
Exported to Atlantic Pts. Hogsheads.
Exported to West. States. Hogsheads.
1834
45.500
44.500
1847
84,000
115,000
1835.
1,500
23.500
1848.
90,000
108,000
1836
26.300
35 000
1849.
90.000
125,000
1837
24,500
32.500
1850.
45,000
123.000
1838.
26,500
32,500
1851.
42,000
149,000
1839.
42,600
58.000
1852
82,000
206,000
1840
38,500
46,500
1853.
166,000
185.000
1841
28,000
50,000
1854
122,000
143,000
1842
63,000
60.000
1855
39,133
131.027
1843
34.000
52,000
1856.
1,850
39.576
1844
101,000
70,000
1857
73,885
153.012
1845
79,000
75,000
1858.
93,885
187,339
1846.
45,500
70,000
1859
33,553
133,423
Total
1,519.206
2,447,877
The average price of the last year's crop of Sugar was 71g cents per pound, or $82 per hhd. of 1,150 pounds.
The yield of MOLASSES for the past year was estimated at 17,858,100 gallons, falling short of the production of the previous year about 7,029,000 gallons, and the average price was 35 cts. against 26 cts. per gallon last year. The total value was $6,250,335 against $6,470,817 last year.
In BREADSTUFFS, PROVISIONS and WESTERN PRODUCE generally, the business of the past year has been of a moderate character, the demand being confined chiefly to our do- mestic trade, in which, however, a large increase has been shown, especially in the di- rection of Texas. In a previous table we have given the receipts and exports of the various articles, the differences between which represents the consumption of this city and neighboring places.
The imports of Specie at New Orleans during the past year were $8,444,857.
During the year ending August 31st, 1859,
. $15,627.016
66
1857
6,560.015
1856.
4,913.540
66
66
66
66
1852
6,278,523
=
66
66
1850
3,792,662
66
66
1849.
2,501,250
1848
1,845,808
The following is a statement of the Deposits and Coinage at the Branch Mint, New Orleans, from the 1st of August, 1859, to the 31st of July, 1860, inclusive :
GOLD DEPOSITS.
California Gold Bullion .$ 89,394 26
Other Gold Bullion .. 71,434 57 $ 160,828 83
Total Gold Deposits
SILVER DEPOSITS. $ 690 07
Extracted from California Gold.
Other Silver Bullion .....
1,310,927 21
Total Silver Deposits.
$1,311,618 28
Total Gold and Silver Deposits.
$ 1,472,446 11
1858-'59
3,145,880 10
Decrease
$ 1,673,433 99
GOLD COINAGE.
Pieces.
Double Eagles
.3,600
Value. $ 72.000 00 82,000 00
Eagles
8,200
Pieces
11,800
$ 154,000 00
4.
1858
13,268.013
1855.
.
3,746,037
1854,
6,967,056
1853
7.865,226
1851
7,937,119
15
GARDNER'S NEW ORLEANS DIRECTORY.
SILVER COINAGE.
Silver Dollars
Pieces. 245.000
$ 245.000 00
Half Dollars.
.2,012,000
1,006.000 00
Quarter Dollars.
388.000
97.000 00
Dimes
370,000
37,000 00
Half Dimes.
1.060.000
53,000 00
Pieces
.4,075,000
$1,438,000 00 29,209.41
In Silver Bars
4,086.800 pieces.
$ 1.621,209 41
Total Coinage.
66
in 1858-'59
3,578,996 47
Decrease
$1,957.787 06
The BANKING CAPITAL of the city somewhat exceeds twenty millions of dollars, upon which the old chartered and free banks are working, besides large amounts employed in private banking houses. Upon this basis the immense amounts of domestic produce are kept in movement with a degree of regularity to be seen in but few of the great marts of the world. The following table shows the capital of the several banks, with the amount of dividends paid by cach during the year ending August 31st, 1860.
BANKS.
CAPITAL.
Pet.
DIVIDENDS PAID.
Bank of Louisiana
$2.793,000
15
418,950
Louisiana State Bank
2,000,000
15
300,000
Canal Bank
3.164,000
10
316.400
Citizens' Bank
1,500,000
16
240.000
Bank of New Orleans.
2,000.000
8
160.000
Southern Bank
1,250.000
8
100.000
Union Bank
1,500.000
8
120.000
Merchants' Bank.
852.200
8
68,176
Mechanics' and Traders' Bank.
1.500.000
S
120,000
Crescent City Bank
1,020,300
8
81,640
Bank of America,
507,800
13
66,014
$18.087,300
$1,991,180
Besides this capital of eighteen millions and upward, some of the banks hold large reserves, that of the Citizens' Bank alone amounting to about one million and a quar- ter of dollars, making an actual working capital of $2,750,000. ʻ
The condition of the banks on the last Saturday of each month during the year end- ing August 31st, 1860, is shown by the following table :
1859.
SPECIE.
CIRCULA- TION.
DEPOSITS.
SHORT DISO'NTS.
DISCOUNTS AND TOTAL LOANS.
EXCHANGE
DUE DISTANT BANKS.
September 24 ..
12,601.590
9,306.694
15,596,759 22,228,245
28.329,509 28.974 693
3,960.983
1.787.709
November 26 ..
12.438,190
9,237.325 18,432,608 25,045.141 28,802,654
5.542.706
1.861.009
December 31 .. 12, 115,425 11,579,313 19,777,806 15,905,428 30,301,394
7,301,377
1,402,875
January
28 ..
12,818,159 12.882,194 19,677,121 24.916.431 29,891.908
8.144,581
1,603.503
February
25 ..
12.945,204 13,600,419 19,218.590 24:397,286 30.064.248
8,0×3.929
1.635.256
March
31 ..
12,437,195 13,975 €24 18,681,020 23,674,714 30.520,984
8.149,061
1,610.490
April
28 ..
12.100.687
12.999,204 |18,380,033 |22.312,376 30 450.775
7.647,069
1.649.060
May
26 ..
11.593.719 11.900,864 17.038 774 18.588.492 29.919.526
6 599,676
1.596.210
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