blocks, free; black in sheets as iron in sheets. Tin, all manufactures of, or of which tin is a component material, not otherwise specified, 23 per ct. Tobacco, manufactured, other than snuff and cigars, 10 cents a lb.; leaf or unmanufactured, 15 do. Tongues and sounds, free. Tortoise shell, free. Toys, paper, 15; brass, iron, steel, tin, lead, pewter, or copper, 23; wood, 26 per ct. Turmeric, free. Turtles, free. Twine, tarred, 4; untarred, 5 cents a lb. Twist, cotton. See cotton, manufactures of. Types, printing, 23 per ct. Umbrellas, of whatever material, 23 per ct.. Vegetables, used for dyeing and in composing dyes, not otherwise specified, free; others, 15 per ct. Veils, lace, 12 per ct. Vessels, copper, 23 per ct.; cast iron, not otherwise specified, 14 cents a lb. Vices and screws of iron, called wood screws, same as adzes. Vinegar, 8 cents a gallon. Vitriol, blue, 4 cents a lb. Walking sticks or canes, 23 per ct. Wax, bees', free. Wearing apparel in actual use of persons arriving in the United States, free. Webbing, worsted, 38; silk, free; all other kinds, 23 per ct. Weld, free. Whalebone, product of foreign fisheries, 12 per ct. Wheat, 25 cents a bushel; flour, 50 cents a cwt. Whips, 26 per ct. Whetstones, free. in casks, cases, or bottles, 25 cents a gallon; wines of France, Germany, Spain, and Mediterranean, not specially enumerated, in casks, 74 cents a gallon; red wines of Spain and Austria, in casks, 5 cents a gallon. Wines of all countries in bottles or cases, unless specially enumerated, and all wines not enumerated, 15 cents a gallon. Wire, silver or plated, 5 per ct.; cap or bonnet, covered with silk, cotton or flaxen yarn or thread, manufactured abroad, 12 cents a lb.; iron or steel, exceeding No. 14, 9 cents a lb.; not exceeding No. 14, 5 cents a lb. Woad, free. Wood, unmanufactured, and for dyeing, free; manufactures of wood, unless otherwise specified, 23 per ct. Wool, Angora goats' or camels', free. at the place of exportation not above 8 cents a lb., free; exceeding 8 cents a lb., 4 cents a lb., and 40 per ct. ad valorem. Wool imported on skins is estimated, as to weight and value, as other wool. Wool, manufactures of, all milled and fulled cloth, known by the name of plain kerseys or Kendall cottons, of which wool is the only material, 38 per ct.; worsted stuff goods, shawls, and other manufac tures of silk and worsted, free; worsted yarn, 20 per ct.; woollen yarn, 4 cents a lb., and 50 per ct. ad valorem; mits, gloves, bindings, blankets, hosiery, carpets and carpetings, 23 per ct., except Brussels, Wilton, and treble ingrained carpeting, which is at 63 cents a square yard; all other ingrained and Venitian carpeting, 35 cents a square yard, and except blankets the value whereof at the place of exportation shall not exceed 75 cents each, the duty levied upon which is 5 per ct.; flannels, bockings, and baizes, 16 cents a square yard; coach laces, 29 per ct.; merino shawls, made of wool, all other manufactures of wool, or of which wool is a component part, and on ready made clothing, 38 per ct. White lead, dry or ground in oil, 5 cts. a lb. Yams, free. Wines, of France, in casks, red, 3 cents, and white, 5 cents a gallon; in bottles, 11 cents a gallon. Madeira and Sherry, Yarn, cotton. See manufactures of cotton; worsted, 20 per ct.; woollen, 4 cents a lb., and 50 per ct. ad valorem. Zinc, unmanufactured, free; in sheets or nails, free. The following allowances are made by law for drafts on articles subject to duty by weight, by Act of 2d of March, 1799, Section 58: On any quantity of 1 cwt... On any quantity above 1 cwt. and not exceeding 2 cwt.. ........... 1 pound. 2 do Woollen Cotton A Table showing the per cent. of duty upon the import value or manufac tured cost of certain articles in general use, under each tariff, since the organization of the government, and extended to 1842. Cost Kind of Goods. pr. sq. yard. Years in which different duties were laid from Years of reduction IMPORTS AND EXPORTS UNDER EACH TARIFF FROM 1816 TO 1838. The following table was recently introduced, in the course of a speech, on the floor of congress. It shows the aggregate exports and imports of the country under each tariff,-also, the aggregate excess of imports consumed over the aggregate exports of domestic products for each period, from 1816 to 1838, inclusive, and of gold and silver, from 1828 to 1838 also. Tariff of Under what inclusive. Tariff. Time Aggregate Aggregate * 1816 1817 to 1824 514,102,563 1824 1825 1828 247,184,036 1828 1829 1832 274,470,881 1832 1833 1836 489,129,019 1833 1837" 1838 220,399,059 Excess of GOLD AND SILVER. Excess imports over of exports. Ag.imports. Ag. exp'ts. imports. 436,197,398 77,905,165 Tot. yr's 221,745,285,558 1,456,421,849 288,863,709 137,223,485 71,871,633,65,351,852 Compromise of. TERMS OF CREDIT. When the amount of duties does not exceed $200, by one vessel, and by one per son or firm, they must be paid in cash without discount. When they exceed $200, (except on woollens,) a credit is allowed of three and six months, in equal instal. ments, and secured by bonds. Or, at the option of the importer, if the cash is paid at the time of entry for duties thus entitled to a credit, an allowance of discount will be made at the rate of four per cent. per annum upon an average of time. Upon the duties upon wool, and upon all manufactures of which wool is a compo. nent part, no credit nor discount is allowed; but six per cent. interest is charged from the date of importation until the payment, which cannot be deferred beyond three and six months, one moiety at each period; in which case the goods must remain in the PUBLIC STORES, under bond, for the amount of the duties. BANK STATISTICS. BANK OF ENGLAND RETURNS. A Table, showing the circulation of the Bank of England at different dates, between October, 1833, and April, 1840, compiled from the Bankers' Cir Statement of the situation of the Banks in Rhode Island, on Monday, July 6, 1840, as the same appears from the returns made to the Bank Commis STATEMENT OF BANKS IN THE UNITED STATES. The whole number of banks in the country at the present time, is 901, including 179 branches. banks and 40 branches are estimated, for lack of fresh returns. In the column for 1840, of the annexed table, 61 In 1834, 5, 6 and 7, more or less banks or branches were estimated, for the same reason. For 1838 and 1839, the returns appear to be complete. The estimated banks for 1840 are about one-ninth of the whole number, and comprise about one-tenth of the banking capital. The variation from fact cannot be material; as the estimates are based upon the returns of the previous year. Comparative view of the condition of all the banks in the United States, near the commencement of each year, from 1834 to 1840, inclusive. |