639 23,667,659 39,470,063 100,670,640 76,032,702 45,301,750

Total, Specie Funds, $3,603,739—Total, other Liabilities, $50,236,361.

Incomplete. Maryland: no returns from seven banks and two branches. Kentucky: returns embracing only loans and discounts, specie and circulation. No returns from Connecticut, New Jersey, Delaware, Mississippi, Illinois, Ohio, Michigan, and Florida.

Contparative View of the condition of all the Banks, near the commencement of each year, from 1836 to 1838.

Comparative View of the condition of all the Banks.-(Continued.)

A statement of the number of Banks formed under the General Banking Law of New York, the amount of securities deposited with the Comptroller, and the amount delivered to the Banks for circulation.

TREASURY NOTES.

Official statement from the Treasury Department, August 1, 1839, of the aggregate of Treasury Notes outstanding.

Amount issued under the provision of the act of

October 12, 1837, viz.:

Of that issue there has been redeemed,

Leaving outstanding,

In lieu of those redeemed there has been issued, under act of 21st May, 1838,

Of that issue there has been redeemed,

$10,000,000 00
9,627,105 46

COMMERCIAL STATISTICS.

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COMMERCE AND NAVIGATION OF THE UNITED STATES, FOR THE COMMERCIAL YEAR OF 1838. We are indebted to the Secretary of the Treasury for a copy of the luminous report of that department, with the annual statement of the commerce and navigation of the United States, for the commercial year ending the 30th of September, 1838. This report is dated at the treasury department, May 18, 1839, and is made in conformity with the provisions of the act of Congress of the 10th of February, 1820, entitled, act to provide for obtaining accurate statements of the foreign commerce of the United States." It presents, in distinct tables, general and summary statements of the quantity and value of merchandise imported- of foreign merchandise exported-of domestic produce and manufactures exported-general statements of the quantity of American and foreign tonnage entered into the United States, and of the quantity of American and foreign tonnage cleared a statement exhibiting the aggregate number of each description of foreign vessels, with their tonnage and the number of seamen, that entered into and cleared from the United States - a statement of the number of vessels which entered each district from, and cleared each district for, foreign countries — and a statistical view of the commerce and navigation of the United States, and of the commerce and navigation of each state and territory.

From this report we are enabled to condense and concentrate the following interesting statistical facts:

The value of imported merchandise from foreign countries was, free of duty, $60,860,005 paying duties ad valorem, $27,030,486; paying specific duties, $25,766,919-Total, $113,717,404: of this amount, $103,087,448 was in American vessels, and $10,629,956 in foreign vessels.

The exports of goods, wares, and merchandises, of the growth, produce, and manufacture of foreign countries, were, free of duty, $7,986,411; paying duties ad valorem, $2,518,329; paying specific duties, $1,948,055-Total, $12,452,795: in American vessels, $9,964,200; in foreign vessels, $2,488,595.

The exports of the goods, wares, and merchandise, of the growth, produce, and manufacture of the United States, were $96,033,821; in American vessels, $79,855,599; in foreign vessels, $16,178,222. The domestic exports are classified: 1. Of the sea, $3,175,576-2. the forest, $5,200,499-3. agriculture, including animal and vegetable food, tobacco, cotton, and all other agricultural products, $78,194,447-4. Manufactures, $8,033,821.

The number of American and foreign vessels, which entered into the United States, was 9,775 vessels, with a tonnage of 1,895,084, with crews of men, 96,796, and 3,149 boys.

The number of American and foreign vessels, with their tonnage and crews, which cleared from the United States for foreign countries, was, vessels, 10,144; tons, 2,012,927; with crews of 99,489 men, and 3,018 boys.

The following table exhibits the number, tonnage, crews, and national character, of the foreign vessels that entered into and cleared from the United States during the commercial year of 1838:

The registered tonnage of the United States, for the commercial year 1838, as corrected at the Register's office, is stated at 822,591 86-95— the enrolled and licensed tonnage at 1,041,105 18-95- and the fishing vessels at 131,942 71-95-Making a total of 1,995,639 80-95 tons. Of the registered tonnage, 119,629 89-95 tons were employed in the whale fishery.

The total tonnage of shipping built in the United States during the year ending on the 30th of September, 1838, was, Registered, 41,859 56-95-enrolled, 71,275 83-95-Total, 113,135 44-95 tons.

The following table presents a condensed comparative statement of the commerce of each State and Territory, for the commercial year of 1838, commencing October 1st, 1837, and ending September 30th, 1838;

A comparative View of the registered, enrolled, and licensed Tonnage of the United States, in tons and ninety-fifths, from 1815 to 1838, inclusive. From the Treasury Department, Register's Office, April 2d, 1839.