DEPOSITS AND COINAGE AT SAN FRANCISCO MINT FOR AUGUST. The following will show the receipts for cash duties at New York, Philadel phia, and Boston, since the date of our last:- CASH DUTIES RECEIVED AT THE PORT OF NEW YORK. The receipts for duties at the custom-house, Philadelphia, for the month of September, amounted to $325,077, against $521,811 in the corresponding month last year. The following is a comparative statement of the receipts for nine months in the present and past two years: RECEIPTS AT THE BOSTON CUSTOM-HOUSE FOR THE MONTH AND QUARTER ENDING SEPTEMBER 30, AS COMPARED WITH THE SAME PERIOD LAST YEAR. The foreign imports have fallen off at nearly all of our ports during the month of September. The total at New York for the month is $3,025,816 less than for September, 1853; compared with former years, however, there has been an increase, the total for the same month being $1,646,669 greater than for September, 1852, and $4,536,097 greater than for September, 1851. IMPORTS OF FOREIGN MERCHANDISE AT NEW YORK FOR THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER. Total entered at the port ..... Withdrawn from warehouse.... $9,730,791 $12,620,219 $17,292,704 $14,266,888 1,669,304 1,254,358 1,709,052 3,181,316 It will be seen that the warehousing business has largely increased, while the direct entries for consumption have diminished. The imports for the current year at New York down to the close of August, as shown in our previous report, were about the same as for the corresponding eight months of last year; hence it follows, that the difference, as shown above, is about the same as for the expired portion of the year. Thus, the total imports at New York since January, are $3,008,762 less than for the first nine months of 1853. They show, however, a gain of $50,225,955 over the same period of 1852, and of $42,304,618 over the first nine months of 1851, as will appear from the following summary: IMPORTS OF FOREIGN MERCHANDISE AT NEW YORK FOR NINE MONTHS, FROM JANUARY 1ST. Total entered at the port...... 110,088,128 102,166,791 155,401,508 152,392,746 Withdrawn from warehouse... 9,801,534 12,206,926 11,682,018 17,537,217 . Taking the comparison by quarters, we find that the first quarter of the year was the only one which showed any decline in comparison with the corresponding period of last year:- QUARTERLY STATEMENT OF FOREIGN IMPORTS. Jan. 1st to Sept. 30.... $110,088,128 $102,166,791 $155,401,508 $152,392,746 The following will show what portion of the September imports consisted of dry goods. It will be seen that they show a greater falling off than the total imports:- IMPORTS OF FOREIGN DRY GOODS AT NEW YORK FOR THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER. Total thrown upon the market. $5,179,139 $6,722,136 $10,121,781 $6,820,644 Total entered at the port..... $5,106,054 $6,659,318 $10,282,104 $6,402,804 This proves the imports of dry goods for the month to have been unusually light, the total, as above, being $3,819,300 less than for September, 1853; $256,544 less than for September, 1852; and only $1,396,750 larger than for September, 1851. We also annex a comparative table showing the receipts for nine months: IMPORTS OF FOREIGN DRY GOODS AT NEW YORK FOR NINE MONTHS, FROM JANUARY 1ST, Total... 311,647 296,552 281,733 331,562 $4,970,334 $5,407,932 $4,333,721 $9,603,342 Add entered for consumption.... 48,492,285 45,263,107 72,318,996 61,965,266 Total thrown on the market. $53,462,619 $50,671,039 $76,652,717 $71,568,608 ENTERED FOR WAREHOUSING. ... .... Manufactures of wool Total....... $6,054,577 $4,270,386 $5,311,113 $11,335,619 Add entered for consumption.... 48,492,285 45,263,107 72,318,996 61,965,266 Total entered at the port... $54,546,862 $49,533,493 $77,630,109 $73,300,885 The exports from some of the southern ports show an increase, but at New York for September, the total, exclusive of specie, is $1,851,589 less than for September, 1853, but $582,126 greater than for September, 1852, and $1,273,323 greater than for September, 1851, as will appear from the following comparative summary: EXPORTS FROM NEW YORK TO FOREIGN PORTS FOR THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER. Domestic produce.. Foreign merchandise (free)...... Total exports...... Total, exclusive of specie ..... $6,534,446 $5,857,996 $7,413,407 $18,864,731 3,044,304 3,735,501 6,169,216 4,317,627 The exports of specie have been very large, being greater than ever before shipped from any port of this country during a single month of the year. Notwithstanding the falling off in exports during the last month or two, the total shipments to foreign ports from New York, exclusive of specie, since January 1, are $3,170,513 greater than for the first nine months of 1853, $13,389,375 greater than for the same period of 1852, and $13,295,704 greater than for the same period of 1851. EXPORTS FROM NEW YORK TO FOREIGN PORTS FOR NINE MONTHS, FROM JANUARY 1ST. Domestic produce... $31,498,446 $30,741,612 $40,424,718 $43,225,844 530,901 716,626 1,153,996 3,392,559 Foreign merchandise (free). 1,316,299 3,599,643 31,261,271 20,653,836 15,007,758 30,203,743 Foreign merchandise (dutiable)... 2,916,735 3,284,173 Specie Total exports.... Total, exclusive of specie ..... $66,207,353 $55,396,247 $59,979,031 $78,345,529 34,946,082 34,752,411 44,971,273 48,141,786 The shipments of specie although larger than for either of the last two years, it will be seen are not as large as for the same time in 1851. The exports must continue to decline for the remainder of the year, as the quantity of produce at the seaboard is very light, and the foreign demand will be quite limited unless at a decline in price which cannot reasonably be expected. The increase as shown above was all during the first quarter of the year, as will appear from the following comparison: QUARTERLY STATEMENT OF THE EXPORTS OF DOMESTIC PRODUCE FROM NEW YORK TO FOREIGN PORTS. We also annex a comparative statement of the exports of some of the leading articles of domestic produce from New York to foreign ports from January 1st to October 21st: EXPORTS FROM NEW YORK TO FOREIGN PORTS OF CERTAIN LEADING ARTICLES OF DOMESTIC PRODUCE, FROM JANUARY 1ST TO OCTOBER 21ST. Barley. .1,487,352 1,790,898 Corn Candles--mold...boxes 40,281 Coal. Cotton. Hay. Hops. sperm..... 4,150 ..tons 26,328 ...bales 339,594 4,138 299 ..5,318,532 9,165,429 621,739 2,798,245 Cheese. 43,649 Lard. .5,690,646 11,957,967 7,961 Rice .tres 20,212 20,553 18,361 Tallow..... .lbs2,402,588 4,607,672 259,128 Tobacco, crude...pkgs 20,472 29.572 3,316 Do., manufactured.lbs4,978,067 2,831,510 2,480 | Whalebone.........2,641,677 1,240,362 The shipments of breadstuffs have all largely declined since the opening of the year, but the exports of provisions have largely increased. There will be a moderate demand for cereals for Europe, notwithstanding the abundant harvests there, but it now looks as if the supply from this country must be limited, for want of stock at the seaboard. The farmers frightened by rumors of short supplies and predictions of famine prices, which have been industriously circulated, have many of them refused to part with their wheat, and the receipts of grain at the ports have thus been greatly diminished. In addition to this, the drought has prevented many of the mills from running, and the production of flour has thus diminished. The farmers will awake to their mistake when the Spring opens, and they find the wheat on hand worth 90 cents or $1 00 per bushel, when they might have sold it for twice that amount this fall. Any cause beyond the necessities of his own family, which induces a farmer to hoard his produce, is only productive of evil. THE NEW YORK COTTON MARKET FOR THE MONTH ENDING OCTOBER 20TH. PREPARED FOR THE MERCHANTS' MAGAZINE BY UHLHORN & FREDERICKSON, BROKERS, 148 PEARL STREET, NEW YORK. The transactions for the month ending October 20th, have been on a limited scale, and prices, with the exception of the week closing at date, have been without any material variation. Our stock has gradually decreased, (owing to the difficulty of shipping from the fever-infected distributing ports at the South,) until the amount on sale consists of but little more than a few unimportant parcels which are held at limits. Exporters and speculators have operated to a fair extent, but the market has been chiefly sustained by the demand from our own spinners. For the week ending September 22d, we estimate the sales at 3,500 bales. At the commencement holders obtained a slight improvement, but the foreign advices being less favorable, the market closed without sustaining the advance at the following: |