2,010,644 $6,060,341 We are now enabled to complete many of our statistical tables for the calendar year, 1851, and the review is full of interest. The imports at New York show a considerable increase over the previous year. In the annexed comparison they would seem to be less, owing to the fact that during most of the year 1850, the receipts of gold dust from California were included among the imports, and it is now difficult to separate them. In the imports for 1851, the item of specie includes only the receipts from Foreign ports. The California gold dust entered upon manifest in addition was $29,416,252, but even this does not include all of the receipts, as much was brought in private hands. This has been already seen in the deposits at the Mint. In the foregoing tables we have included in the imports under the head of Dutiable, the goods entered for consumption, and the amount withdrawn from warehouse, which makes the total thrown upon the market, and comprises all which will pass into consumption. The goods which are entered for warehousing are either included in the withdrawn, or re-exported. We annex a comparison of all the particulars exclusive of specie :— IMPORTS AT NEW YORK, INCLUDING GOODS WAREHOUSED. In the exports we included the dutiable and free foreign goods under one head as most of the dutiable were exported from bonded warehouse, and paid no duty. In the following summary we have separated all of the items :: EXPORTS AT NEW YORK-SHOWING DUTIABLE AND FREE FOREIGN GOODS. The exports exhibit a falling off in every item, except specie, the shipments of which have largely increased. The increase of imports at New York during the last year amounting, as seen above, to about $14,000,000, consist chiefly of general merchandise, as the imports of dry goods are only $2,027,831 greater for 1851, than for the previous year. The following tables will be found very interesting in this connection. The first shows the value and description of goods entered directly for consumption, to which the totals of the second table are added to make the entire value thrown upon the market. The third table exhibits the value and description of goods warehoused, from which the goods withdrawn are taken when wanted for consumption. Part of these are comprised in the foreign goods re-exported. VALUE OF DRY GOODS ENTERED FOR CONSUMPTION AT THE PORT OF NEW YORK DURING THE YEARS 1850 AND 1851. January February April 1,266,968 $1,585,186 $1,600,098 $1,774,838 $1,843,441 $2,061,815 $4,032,002 May 768,810 586,350 556,829 237,349 1,030,895 918,399 Total entered.. 14,708,779 13,358,493 9,908,938 9,618,425 19,128,766 21,802,279 Add withdrawn 1,856,237 1,893,535 1,229,457 1,409,510 1,152,268 1,684,177 Total passed to Consumption. 16,565,016 15,252,028 11,138,395 11,027,935 20,281,034 23,486,456 VALUE OF DRY GOODS ENTERED FOR CONSUMPTION-CONTINUED. Total....... $1,856,237 $1,893,535 $1,229,457 $1,409,510 $1,152,268 $1,684,177 VALUE OF FOREIGN DRY GOODS WITHDRAWN FROM WAREHOUSE-CONTINUED. Total..... ... $468,963 $627,812 $203,628 $487,225 $4,910,553 $6,102,259 Months. January February VALUE OF FOREIGN DRY GOODS ENTERED FOR WAREHOUSING DURING THE SAME PERIOD. March... 44,481 126,591 96,299 170,125 112,051 211,348 April.. Total...... $2,119,699 $2,369,710 $1,954,114 $1,862,458 $1,383,859 $2,607,326 VALUE OF FOREIGN DRY GOODS ENTERED FOR WAREHOUSING-CONTINUED. Total...... 49,068 101,206 45,597 $743,097 $963,147 $217,590 $519,949 $6,418,359 $8,322,590 We see by the foregoing that the value of woolens thrown upon the market at New York for the year 1851 is $1,312,988 less than for the year 1850: of cottons 110,460 less; of linens $981,869 less; while silks have increased $3,205,422; and miscellaneous goods $1,227,726, the latter including straw goods, artificial flowers, kid gloves, and similar unclassified dry goods. The exports from New York show an increase in the item of domestic cotton goods over any former year since 1848. We annex a comparison showing the destination of the shipments: EXPORTS OF DOMESTIC COTTONS FROM THE PORT OF NEW YORK. In this particular branch of trade, Boston averages quite as large a business as New York, as the following comparison will show : We also annex a statement of the quantity of certain leading articles of produce shipped from New York to foreign ports for the year 1851 :— The above shows a large export business; but the prices of many articles of produce have so far declined that the relative value has not been equal to the relative quantity. The following is a comparison of the Exports from the same port of some of the principal articles for the last two years : 289,645 Tobacco-Crude .pkgs. 302 Whalebone.. 1,802,526 It will be seen that the shipments of wheat have largely increased, while Indian corn has been less in request. The Secretary of the Treasury, and others who are honestly and earnestly endeavoring to regulate the course of trade by rules of their own making, are troubled in view of the possible falling off in the value of our exports, and the probable continuation of our large imports. It |