be glad to give it up. It is a very illiberal construction that requires the execution of the law in this way; and if the Secretary intends to pursue this course of construction, he will find in all the disbursing officers of the Government fit subjects for his displeasure and the execution of the law. It is notorious that they are not permitted by law to keep their funds in any bank or banking-house, but they are in the constant, universal habit of doing it. What will Mr. Guthrie do in such case? CIRCULATION OF MONEY IN THE UNITED STATES. The Railroad Record says that it has materials to ascertain very nearly the propor tion of money to people in the United States, at different periods during the last half century, and from these materials it makes up the following table :— Small gold coin is selling in New York for one half per cent premium. There is such a demand for the gold dollar that the mint fails to supply it. Its energies are directed toward meeting the demands of large depositors, to whom it can return $20 pieces, quicker than it can return any other coin. COMMERCIAL STATISTICS. COMMERCE AND NAVIGATION OF THE UNITED KINGDOM FOR THE YEARS ENDING JANUARY 5, 1852 AND 1853. We are indebted to a correspondent for the official accounts relating to the trade and navigation of Great Britain for the 12 months ended January, 1853, from which we compile the following tables. In a future number of the Merchants' Magazine we shall give the export trade and navigation tables. IMPORTS INTO THE UNITED KINGDOM, AN ACCOUNT OF THE IMPORTS OF THE PRINCIPAL ARTICLES OF FOREIGN AND COLONIAL MERCHANDISE IN THE TWELVE MONTHS ENDED 5TH JANUARY, 1853, COMPARED WITH THE IMPORTS IN THE CORRESPONDING PERIOD OF 1852. Coffee, of whatever growth, having, since 15th April, 1851, been chargeable with the same rate of duty, the distinction between the Produce of British Possessions and Foreign Produce has, by a necessary consequence, ceased in the entries at the Custom-house. In accounts rendered for the future, therefore, that distinction can only be approximately indicated by showing, under separate heads, the quantities imported from British and Foreign Territories respectively. Hides, tanned, tawed, or curried, (except Russia hides) lbs. £ LEATHER MANUFACTURES: boots, shoes, and calashes, viz: TRADE BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND CHINA. We give tables of the leading articles of import and export between the countries during twenty-one years, from official returns. A STATEMENT EXHIBITING THE VALUE OF ARTICLES OF DOMESTIC PRODUCE AND MANUFACTURES EXPORTED TO CHINA ANNUALLY, FROM 1831 TO 1851, INCLUSIVE, YEARS ENDING SEPTEMBER 30TH. Total Skins Sperma. and Tobacco candles. Ginse'g. furs. manufac. 1831.... $2,103 $115,928 $42,396 $7,764 1832. 512 99,803 129,570 1833.... 1,444 182,437 109,695 Cottons, Beef, Biscuit, value. $244,790 1,330 336,162 4,161 537,774 565 1834.... 1,252 1826.... 230 246,401 34,888 1837.... 675 108,548 561 655,581 3,991 262,335 1,028 1,816 430,464 469,186 844 1,203,997 28,628 27,632 1,485,961 3,291 1,894,418 13,538 15,236 2,155,945 A STATEMENT EXHIBITING THE VALUE OF IMPORTS FROM CHINA ANNUALLY, FROM 1831 TO 1851, INCLUSIVE. Cottons. 1832..96,407 Silks. Chinaware. Raw Silk. Teas. Sugar. Cassia. Tot. value. 1831..87,214 1,306,322 6,276 76,141 1,416,045 16,374 21,528 2,783,488 16,022 89,935 1833..39,089 1834..55,765 1835.. 6,433. 2,027,503 16,642 43,570 1836..28,360 1,297,770 26,516 3,660 4,517,775 29,841 77,251 8,753 5,331,486 121,381 89,210 98,534 5,893,202 120,337 88,202 8,965,337 9,723 15,702 3,494,363 20,346 35,632 4,764,536 2,413,283 103 31,667 3,678,509 5,414,548 10,888 49,023 6,640,829 1,275,766 32,320 93,287 6,217,111 20,920 79,585 8,083,496 5,513,735 6,593,462 ..... 7,065,144 |