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From the silver districts, (included in the Northern mines,) the total receipts for the past year were $12,433,915, against about $6,000,000 in 1862. were divided as follows:

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The following table shows the value and destination of treasure shipment from the port of San Francisco during the past ten years-1854 to 1863 :

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Total...$341,659,147 $88,306,054 $24,957,524 $5,267,602 $3,516,010 $463,706,338

QUICKSILVER.

The usual statistics of this metal have been witheld, and nothing is given but the comparative statement of exports, as follows:

EXPORTS OF QUICKSILVER FROM SAN FRANCISCO.

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EXPORTS OF THE PRODUCTS OF CALIFORNIA.

Including the export of treasure, the entire exports of the productions of the State of California, during the past three years, may be classified as follows:

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The aggregate value of exports of all descriptions, from the port of San Francisco, for the past three years, was as follows:

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DEPOSITS AND COINAGE AT THE BRANCH MINT.

The deposits and coinage at the United States branch mint, San Francisco, during tho year 1863, were as follows:

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Expenses for the calendar year 1863, $301,511. This is an increase of $32,248 over the expenditures of the previous year, arising mainly from the fact that considerable amount of claims belonging to 1862 have been liquidated during the latter half of 1863, and also from the necessity of extensive repairs, If we add to this explanation the fact of the depreciation of Treasury notes, with which incidental and contingent expenses are paid, and the addition of twenty per cent to the wages of employees during the last part of 1863, it will be seen that the expenditures have been small in comparison with the amount of work done.

84,309 2,389,309 26,000

RECEIPTS OF PRODUCE AT THE CITY OF NEW YORK, FOR TEE YEAR ENDING APRIL 30, 1864.

PRODUCE.-MONTHLY RECEIPTS, EXPORTS AND PRICES AT THE CITY OF

NEW YORK.

York, for the year ending April 30, 1864 :—

found the total receipts, shipments and prices of produce, at the City of New the year 1863, at tide water and throughout the Western cities. Below will be WE gave, in our April number, the receipts and shipments of Produce, for (Prepared by JAMES BOUGHTON, Clerk of the New York Produce Exchange.)

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May, 1863.

8,193

454,363 21,838

10,331

18,614

1,789,952

1,904,490

808,333

28,729

24,034

June...

16,299

636,501 26,925

19,283

7,989

July....... 13,080

451,004 19,627

9,995

10,430

Aug.

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11,043 298,097
Sept...... 12,874 319,923
19,332 451,762 17,656
26,902 530,096 20,098
24,870 429.641 39,594
Jan., 1864.. 22,010 266,240 32,346
233,822

18,083

9,875

9,226

15,781

16,481 4,715

2,853,755 2,262,825 1,442,979
2,409,184 3,049,126
1,989,839 2,343,899
1,132,588 2,196,157
8,673 13,020 3,051,968 1,205,793
8,833 22,835 3,164.759

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16,301 45,627
7,987 43,990
84,475 12,489 47,137
35,575 14,135 40,510
22,873 10,889 27,097

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MONTHLY EXPORTS OF PRODUCE FROM THE PORT OF NEW-YORK, FOR THE YEAR ENDING APRIL 80, 1864.

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2,748

198,614

848,967

949,619

5,337

20,728

228,246

124,397

5,532

246,610

1,779,362

1,605,352

3,432

16,981

126,533

86,903

July

August.

September.

1,112

260,805

2,453,995

1,541,601

3,245

14,558

40,801

67,113

120

259,189

1,658,009

588,170

3,721

14,698

23,393

52,152

454

278,196

1,665,698

254,751

3,601

16,653

80,122

62,045

October

...

2,941

233,376

1,510,205

70,072

5,303

12,412

63,075

116,574

November

675

127,263

516,233

54,150

12,837

17,340

59,034

68,773

December.

1864.January

210

214,530

1,239,011

25,844

27,842

16,926

. 75,625

84,509

461

241,064

1,237,138

394,754

18,127

15,368

298,716

February

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267

204,826

1,490,427

21,225

2,853

12,821

144,550

148,726 37,092

6,200

152,173

915,499

43,230

16,283

17,054

275,726

44,164

6,841

155,198

508,292

28,004

10,420

14,190

185,509

85,387

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MONTHLY AVERAGE PRICES OF PRODUCE AT NEW YORK PRODUCE EXCHANGE, FOR THE YEAR ENDING APRIL 80, 1864.

Corn,

Western

Pork, Mess.

Lard,

State. Per Bbl.

Wheat,
Milwaukie
Club.
Per Bush.

Oats, Canal.

Beef, Mess.

Whiskey.

No. 1.

Mixed.

Per Bush.

Per Bush.

Per Bbl.

Per Bbl.

Per Pound.

1863.May.

55 c.

$6.10

$1 37

$0 761

741 c.

$12 75

$11 87

9 c.

June

604

5 65

1881

0754

78

10 621

11 50

94

July..

631

5 26

1 22

0 68

76

11 00

11 75

94

August

66

4.90

1 05

0 69

57

11 871

11 75

92

Per Bbl. $0.441 0 44

0451

0454

September.

701

5 00

1 11

0 78

68

11 871

11 871

10

0 51

October..

86

5 95

1 34

0.98

80

12 25

14 00

114

059

November.

842

6 25

1 41

1 12

85

12 75

16 25

111

0651

December

801

6 52

1 42

1 26

90

13 061

17 75

12

0861

1861.January

821

6 95

153

1261

911

13 25

19.00

131

0911

February

81+

6970

1 59

1 271

90

13 25

20 00

184

087

March.

754

6 81

1 64

1 82

891

14061

22.00

131

086

April

771

7 55

1 71

1 88

88

15 87

24 75

184

1 181

RAILWAY, CANAL, AND TELEGRAPH STATISTICS.

THE RAILWAYS OF PORTUGAL.

PORTUGAL has been behind all other states of Europe in the construction of railroads; but it appears from a just published official report that this delay is to be repaired by immense exertions to be made from the present time. On the 5th of May, 1860, a concession was granted to M. J. DE SALAMANCA for the construction of two great lines, the one running from Lisbon to Oporto, and the other from Lisbon to the Spanish frontier, near Badajos, in continuation of a projected railway from Madrid to the latter place. M. DE SALAMANCA undertook to complete both lines at a cost of 132,350 francs, or £2,294. per kilometre, at his own risk, but under the condition that the government should pay six per cent on the paid-up capital of the company formed by him; while he himself engaged to pay two per cent additional interest till the period of the opening of the railway. Notwithstanding this offer of eight per cent interest, the shares and debentures of M. DE SALAMANCA's company sold but slowly, the whole paidup capital of the concern amounting on the 31st of December, 1863, to the sum of 75,006,209 francs, or £3,000,248, divided as follows:

70,000 shares of 500 francs each..... 167,920 debentures...

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.35,000,000 francs .40,006,209

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The entire cost of the conceded lines was calculated at 83,000,000 of francs, or £3,320,000, so that M. DE SALAMANCA would be a loser to the extent of £319,752, if unable to raise a larger sum either in the shape of loans or in shares. But, on the other hand, a considerable gain accrues to him by the working of such parts of the line as are already finished, the whole profits of which go to him, with the sole obligation to pay two per cent to the shareholders. The latter enter into the possession of the two lines only when they are entirely finished.

From the just published report of the company, or rather M. DE SALAMANCA, it appears that the line from Lisbon to the Spanish frontier has been completed in its whole length, over 275 kilometres, and is now open for traffic. The second line, however, from Lisbon to Oporto, of a length of 231 kilometres, is as yet in a backward state, though great efforts are made to open it partially, from the capital to the southern bank of the Douro, by the end of August, 1864. The building of a railway bridge over the Douro is calculated to take at least another year, or, perhaps, two; but it is hoped that this will not interfere with the actual conveyance of passengers and merchandise between the two most important towns of the kingdom.

Bitter complaints are raised in the report of the slow progress made in the Construction of the line from Badajos to the Spanish capital, without which the road from Lisbon to Badajos is believed to be all but useless. It is said that the works here are nearly at a standstill, there being only about twenty-five kilo

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