This brings the total deposits at the Philadelphia mint for nine months of the current year up to about $40,800,000, showing an increase upon last year of $4,500,000, and of $8,700,000 over the corresponding period of 1851. The great depreciation in the value of gold which was predicted by many, has not yet been realized, and the fluctuations in the value of property affected by the relative scarcity of coin, have not been greater than in former years.

The imports into the United States from foreign ports show a farther very important increase. At New York, where two-thirds of the receipts are landed, the total for September is $4,672,485 greater than for the same month of last year; $7,561,913 greater than for September, 1851; and $4,851,594 greater than for September, 1850, as will appear from the following comparison :—

FOREIGN IMPORTS AT NEW YORK FOR SEPTEMBER.

Total Imports......

Withdrawn from Warehouse. 1,117,262 1,669,304 1,254,358 1,709,052

The specie entered under that head in 1850 embraces a large amount of California gold, which was received by Chagres, and cleared from thence as from a foreign port, although it was of domestic and not foreign production.

This continued increase in the receipts of foreign merchandise, as shown above, has, as we have already hinted, excited the serious attention of our financiers. The total increase in the imports at New York for the first nine months of the year, has now reached $53,234,717, as compared with last year; $45,313,380, as compared with 1851, and $40,282,206, as compared with 1850, notwithstanding that the statement for the last named year includes nearly $14,000,000 of California gold.

FOREIGN IMPORTS AT NEW YORK FOR NINE MONTHS ENDING SEPTEMBER 30.

Total imports................

Withdrawn from warehouse.

$115,119,302 $110,088,128 $102,166,791 $155,401,508 8,211,418 9,801,534 12,206,926 11,682,018

It will be seen that there is a very large increase in the stock of goods entered for warehousing, and that this has not been withdrawn for consumption at this port, but has been distributed in bond to other ports. The three quarters

of the calendar year which have now expired have witnessed the largest imports which the country has ever known. We annex a quarterly statement showing during what portions of the year this increase is the most noticeable :

QUARTERLY STATEMENT OF FOREIGN IMPORTS AT NEW YORK,

34,954,052
48,096,524 37,698,771 40,871,164

57,564,985

Total 9 months...... $115,119,302 $110,088,128 $102,166,791 $155,401,508 It will be seen from this that the receipts were comparatively heaviest during the quarter ending the 30th of June, and that although they have since continued to increase, the comparative increase for the last quarter is less than for either of the two preceding months. Of the increased receipts for the last month, three-fourths have been in dry goods, the total for September being $3,622,786 greater than for September, 1852, $5,176,050 greater than for September, 1851, and $4,990,411 greater than for September, 1850. The increase for the month, as compared with last year, is greatest in silks and woolens, as will appear from the following comparison:

IMPORTS OF FOREIGN DRY GOODS AT NEW YORK FOR SEPTEMBER.

Total thrown on the market.... $5,322,052 $5,179,139 $6,722,136 $10,121,731

ENTERED FOR WAREHOUSING.

44,778 56,955

43,844

23,491

Total entered at the port...... $5,291,690 $5,106,054 $6,659,318 $10,282,104

For the last nine months the increase has been very evenly divided between dry goods and general merchandise, and in the former has been greatest in woolens:

IMPORTS OF FOREIGN DRY GOODS AT NEW YORK FOR NINE MONTHS, FROM JANUARY 1ST.

Total......

120,851 311,647 296,552 281,733

$4,065,004 $4,970,334 $5,407,932 $4,333,721

Add entered for consumption.... 48,041,820 48,492,285 45,263,107 72,318,996 Total thrown on the market. $52,106,824 $53,462,619 $50,671,039 $76,652,717

Total...

1850. 1851.
$1,903,973 $1,939,209

1,654,493

1,342,205

1,208,605

1,794,881

600,197

620,107

358,675

358,675 312,799

314,533

$5,467,678 $6,054,577 $4,270,386 $5,311,113 Add entered for consumption.... 48,041,820 48,492,285 45,263,107 72,318,996

Total entered at the port... $53,509,498 $54,546,862 $49,533,493 $77,630,109 This makes the total for the last three quarters of the year, $28,096,616 greater than for the same period of last year, $23,083,247 greater than for the same period of 1851, and $24,120,611 greater than for the same period of 1850. The exports are now increasing more rapidly than the imports. The increase at New York for September (exclusive of specie) is $2,433,715, or 66 per cent, over the same month of last year; $3,124,912, or more than 50 per cent, over the corresponding period of 1851; and $600,257 over even the large total for the same period of 1850.

EXPORTS FROM NEW YORK TO FOREIGN PORTS FOR THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER.

The exports for the first nine months of the year, exclusive of specie, are $10,218,862 greater than for the same period of last year, $10,025,191 greater than for the same period of 1851, and $8,440,124 greater than for the same time in 1850.

EXPORTS FROM NEW YORK TO FOREIGN PORTS FOR NINE MONTHS, ENDING SEPTEMBER 20.

Total exports... . . . . .

Total, exclusive of specie

......

$42,978,615 $66,207,353 $55,396,247 $59,979,031 36,531,149 34,946,082 34,752,411 44,971,273

This increase has not been uniform throughout the year, but has been greatest during the last quarter, during which the shipments have been nearly doubled, while for the whole year, the aggregate increase is only 33 per cent. The shipments of specie have declined $5,646,078 as compared with last year, and $16,253,513 as compared with 1851. The following will show the quarterly shipments of produce:

QUARTERLY STATEMENT OF EXPORTS OF DOMESTIC PRODUCE FROM NEW YORK TO

Total 9 months.......... $32,273,100 $31,498,446 $30,741,612 $40,424,718 We also annex a comparative statement of the shipment of certain leading articles of domestic produce from New York to foreign ports, from January 1st to October 15th:

EXPORTS FROM NEW YORK TO FOREIGN PORTS OF CERTAIN LEADING ARTICLES OF

DOMESTIC PRODUCE, FROM JANUARY 1ST TO OCTOBER 15TH.

If the expectations of those who profess to be best acquainted with the European harvests are fulfilled, the increased exports of wheat and flour, as shown in the above table, will be swelled to an amount beyond any former precedent, since the famine years of 1846-7. How far this will be realized it is of course 38

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23,276 19,671

365,115 2,371,163

20,841 20,457

impossible to predict; but prices of breadstuffs have greatly advanced throughout the whole of the United States, as well as in Europe, and but for the stringent money market which has compelled holders and speculators to realize, they would have remained still higher. In this respect the pressure for capital has produced a happy effect. Speculations in articles of food are always odious, when they lead to a garnering of stores to enhance the price. Operators who try such experiments, cause much distress among the poor by the artificial scarcity which they create, while they not unfrequently lose their anticipated profit, by holding until the highest wave has passed by. It is better for this country that the produce which is to be shipped, should be sold abroad as near as possible to the price which the producer is paid for it. If a large additional profit is made on it by the shipper and speculator, beyond the cost of transportation and a fair commission for doing the business, the consumption is greatly lessened, while no legitimate interest is benefited. In this connection it will be very interesting to note the progress of this trade in England; and for this purpose we have carefully compiled a comparative table of the imports and exports at Liverpool, down to the very latest dates to which the returns are completed.

COMPARATIVE IMPORTS OF THE FOLLOWING ARTICLES, AT LIVERPOOL, FOR THE YEAR ENDING 31ST AUGUST.