600,600 commercial effects were discounted in 1840 by the central bank; that is, 27,800 less than in 1839. Their average amount declined from 1,639f. to 1,517f.; and the average of the periods at which they became due from 57 days two thirds to 56 days four fifths. In this number 266,024 bills of from 1000f. to 200f., and 63,247 of 199f. and under, were admitted. The bills due at the end of the different months varied from 34,200f. to 40,600f. Those payable on demand amounted to 891,000,000f., or 16,000,000f. more than in 1839. The various current accounts underwent great fluctuations. From the month of Janu ary to that of October they rose from 54,000,000f. to 90,000,000f. In December they had fallen to 61,000,000f. On the 6th of January, 1840, the treasury was creditor to the amount of 170,000,000f., and on the 21st March, of 193,000,000f. From March to the 6th of November, this account progressively decreased to 105,000,000f. On the 30th of December, it again rose to 114,000,000f. The 6th of January, 1840, was the date of the minimum of the reserve, which was then 206,000,000f.; on the 21st of March it had reached 248,000,000f.; on the 17th of April, 249,600,000f.; on the 6th of November, it still offered the sum of 237,000,000f.; and on the 30th of December it had fallen to 225,000,000f. In comparing the movements of the reserve with those of the Treasury account, it will be found that between the 6th of January and the 21st of March, the Treasury account increased by 23,000,000f., and the reserves augmented in a nearly double proportion, having risen to 42,000,000f.; that between the 21st of March and the 6th of November the treasury withdrew 88,000,000f., and the reserves declined only 11,000,000f.; that, finally, on the 30th of December, the cash on hand exceeded nearly by 20,000,000f. that existing on the 6th of January, 1840, although at the first of those periods the treasury was creditor of 170,000,000f., and at the second its credit only amounted to 114,000,000f. The average of the reserve of the year was 258,900,000f., and that of the circulation 221,900,000f. The circulation of 1840 exceeded by 9,000,000f. that of 1839. From the 19th day of March to the 31st day of October, it fluctuated between a minimum of 201,000,000f. and a maximum of 251,000,000f. The commercial bills unpaid in 1840 amounted to 48,493f.; 32,707f. were reimbursed in the course of the year, and on the 1st of January last there remained due 15,785f. The movement of the shares was more considerable than during the previous years. In 1839, 6,454 shares changed masters. In 1840, the number transferred to new owners was 16,805. The ordinary administrative expenditures in 1839 rose to 1,020,000f.; in 1840 they were reduced to 971,000f. The diminution was 48,500f.; but, on the other hand, the administration in 1840 had to support an extraordinary expense of 101,800f., owing principally to the license duty, which the bank had to pay for the first time; to the stamp duty, imposed on the circulation of bills by the law of the 30th of June last; and some indispensable repairs. The branch banks in the departments were progressing satisfactorily. The operations of those established at Rheims, St. Etienne, St. Quentin, and Montpelier, had amounted, in 1838, to 83,000,000f., and to 138,000,000f. in 1839. They reached 179,000,000f. in 1840, having more than doubled in the space of three years. The gross produce of those four branches was 1,099,000f.; their expenses amounted to 253,000f., including 112,000f. for the cost of carriage of specie. The nett produce was 836,000f., representing a dividend of 12f. 30c. per share. The other branch banks were opened in 1840, at Grenoble and Angouleme, but hav ing commenced at a late period of the year, their operations had not covered the expenses of their establishment, the total loss having been 44,936f. Statement of the condition of the banks in the state of New York from 1819 to 1841. 1819 33 Jan. 1, 30*30 20,488,933 15,637,353 20,370,693 2 30,481,460 61,968,094 395,309 1,580,701 551,568 1,594,937 9,560,018 27,813 12,241,905 803,159 1,811,925 442,696 15,991,168 2 37,101,460 79,313,188 1,794,152 2,263,857 1,123,225 18,832,254 2 36,401,460 74,053,857 53,581 2,120,551 3,915,631 13,679,040 53,581 2,130,180 4,111,151 14,304,955 53,581 2,185,612 4,436,580 17,297,245 53,581 2,194,738 4,550,254 17,509,608 53,581 2,222,901 4,494,030 17,271,457 105,799 2,260,904 5,572,896 17,556,398 532,376 2,280,227 6,097,500 17,797,652 2 36,611,460 60,999,770 2,795,207 2,356,249 6,012,661 13,196,195 2 36,401,460 60,675,877 532,376 2,352,628 4,321,994 16,548,020 532,376 2,363,384 4,619,312 14,388,325 529,779 2,366,456 3,813,302 14,603,771 421,439 2,383,828 4,554,462 14,331,663 911,623 2,557,655 1,139,662 14,122,940 2 36,801,460 52,788,206 3,653,170 2,937,695 1,081,967 6,543,125 (15,227,321 15,268,861 1,810,950 2,600,622 2 36,401,460 54,691,163 (4,630,392 3,588,132 861,643 10,061,002 STATEMENT, ETC.-Continued. 1819 33 Jan. 1, '30*20 Jan. 1, '31 78 6,888,734 2,000,000 12,500,000| 1,560,291 7,959,280 10,354,500 2,657,503 17,820,402 19,119,338 10,590,265 6,805,045 670,363 7,169,949 16,199,505 20,088,685 16,551,841 10,237,574 1,277,886 6,224,646 21,127,927 29,532,616 19,783,482 12,487,610 3,268,648 6,557,020 24,198,000 30,883,179 20,462,823 5,413,877 1,492,768 3,033,209 15,422,127 23,440,374 12,019,034 5,888,127 1,459,623 3,018,173 15,278,300 22,072,094 14,186,056 6,323,062 1,356,203 2,972,570 15,471,667 20,463,992 15,990,813 5,115,3761,158,669 2,937,581 14,190,516 19,508,295 15,875,624 5,980,366 1,390,509 3,103,950 15,531,288 20,250,039 13,763,906 5,957,629 1,040,960 3,292,084 15,468,565 18,729,039 14,018,002 5,990,771 1,170,187 3,722,083 14,154,119 18,287,588|14,169,811 3,616,918 618,277 4,139,732 12,432,478 15,895,684 15,221,487 5,730,929 774,434 4,191,289 11,664,355 17,102,966 14,181,717 5,758,550 940,0134,359,813 11,220,450 16,533,444 13,228,860 6,175,645 794,636 5,117,063 11,057,935 16,503,123 13,812,266 7,327,834 960,037 9,355,495 12,960,652 18,411,860 14,307,517 3,907,137 2,838,694 6,602,708 19,373,149 18,370,044 15,344,098 4,401,400 2,310,161 5,864,634 10,629,514 16,473,235 7,055,584 1,135,895 3,590,790 3,587,999 3,119,582 4,922,764 2,188,565 5,429,622 15,235,05617,053,279 10,374,682 + Exclusive of Fulton Bank, and Delaware & Hudson Canal Company. All the banks in the state, except the Dry Dock Bank, the Brooklyn Bank, the Sackett's Harbor Bank, and the Lockport Bank. § Free banks. STATISTICS OF POPULATION. POPULATION OF THE UNITED STATES. The following table is the first official account of the census of 1840 yet published. It was furnished to the Senate by the Secretary of State, in obedience to a resolution of that body, and ordered to be printed. Statement, showing the aggregate in the population of the several states and territories, and in the District of Columbia, under the last census, distinguishing the number of whites, free persons of color, and all other persons, as nearly as can be ascertained at this time. Population, as per above table,........ Lafayette Parish, Louisiana, not included in the above,......... Seamen in the service of the United States, June 1st, 1840....... Total population of the United States,......... .17,051,180 7,832 3,000 17,062,012 6,100 ...17,068,112 CENSUS OF PENNSYLVANIA, 1830 AND 1840. A Table, showing the population and comparative increase of each county in the state, according to the census of 1830, and that of 1840; compiled from official documents, by SAMUEL HAZARD, Esq., of the United States Statistical Register. Including seven townships (population in 1830, 6,764) now in New county from Centre and Lycoming. Clarion county (new) is included in Armstrong and Venango. Washington county is the only county in the state which has diminished in population during the last ten years without losing territory. Aggregate of 1830. 1840. Increase. N. B.-The counties marked (e) are in the eastern district, the others in the western. Comparative view of the population of the principal cities in the state of New York, at the periods designated in the following table, with their increase per cent. The New Jersey railroad, from Jersey to New Brunswick, recently declared a semiannual dividend of three per cent. The Newark Daily Advertiser publishes, as a proof of the revival of business intercourse in the community, and as a testimony, (though not conclusive,) in favor of the policy of reduced prices in an active commercial society, the following statistics, furnished from the books of the company. The statement, it will be perceived, embraces the first six months of the years 1839, '40, and '41, and affords a comparative view of the travelling on the railroad during those periods. The state of New Jersey receives from $8,000 to $10,000 in transit duties. This road is in excellent condition; the conductors are obliging and attentive, the engineers careful, and more trustworthy subordinates are not easily to be found. It would afford us equal pleasure to speak in the same terms of commendation of the road from Trenton to Philadelphia, but the complaints by the cars occasionally running off the tracks are too general. Statement of Passengers carried on the New Jersey Railroad, for the first six months of the years 1839, 1840, and 1841. 1839-JANUARY 1st TO JULY 1st. 1,9474 Way passengers to and from places between Elizabethtown and New Brunswick, 3,192 New Brunswick,.. Between Newark and Elizabethtown,.. 66 66 1,870 Way passengers to and from places between Elizabethtown and New Brunswick, 2,773 ...109,217 .77,457 6,733 ........................... 8,973 .14,091 4,475) 1,682 |