REVENUE AND EXPENDITURES OF MEXICO. According to the Report of the Ministers, and other official Mexican documents, the expenses of the General Government are as follows: Interest on the Domestic or Interior debt, $75,000,000, at 3 per cent Total.. REVENUE. 2,250,000 00 $12,525,956 This proceeding almost entirely from indirect imposts, it is not possible to fix ext its precise amount, on account of its being subject to alterations. Nevertheless, accord ing to the result produced in former years, it may be set down at $8,450,000 a year. and is as follows: Sealed Paper... Pawnbrokers' Shops. Duties on the assays of Silver in the District and Territories, Tolls, Letters of Security, Patents for Navigation, Passports, and smaller imposts..... 600,000 N 20,000 90,000 t 450.000 N 50,000 100,000 # 60,000 0 150,000 30,000 @ 229,000 N $8,450,000 0 $12,525,956 & 8,450,000 0 $4,075,956 We see by this calculation, that although there is no reduction of the revenue, the annual deficit is considerably over four millions of dollars. STATISTICS OF BANKRUPTCY IN ENGLAND. In Lord Brougham's bill for the extension of county courts jurisdiction some inter esting information is given as to the number of bankruptcies from the year 1843. L the year ending the 11th of November, 1843, there were 658 bankrupts in Lond and 712 in the country, making 1370; in 1844, 596 in London and 511 in the county making 1107; in 1845, 611 in London and 529 in the country, making 1140; in 1846 there were 706 in London and 787 in the country, making 1493; in 1847 there we 824 in London and 892 in the country, making 1816; in 1848, 850 in London 1080 in the country, making together 1930; and in 1840, 613 in London and 731 the country, making 1844; making in the seven years 10,100 bankrupts, consisting « 4858 in London and 5242 in the country, being an average of 694 a year in London and 749 in the country, or 1443 bankruptcies a year. In the year ending the 11th November last there were 412 in London and 425 in the country, making 837, or a falling off in the year as compared with the average of seven years 282 in London and 324 in the country or 606 a year. SEMI-ANNUAL DIVIDENDS OF BANKS IN BOSTON. The banks in Boston made their dividends semi-annually; that is, on the first Monday in April and October of each year. The following dividends were declared, payable at the Banks in that city, on Monday, April 7, 1851:— UNITED STATES TREASURY NOTES OUTSTANDING MAY 1, 1851. Amount outstanding of the several issues prior to 22d July, 1846, as per records of this office.. $136,911 64 Amount outstanding of the issue of 22d July, 1846, as per records of this office.... 22,200 00 Amount outstanding of the issue of 28th January, 1847, as per records of this office.. 21,450 00 Total...... Deduct Cancelled Notes in the hands of the accounting officers, all under acts prior to 22d July, 1846... $180,561 64 150 00 Balance.... $180,411 64 ISSUE OF A NEW COIN IN CALIFORNIA. We have seen an impression in wax of the new fifty dollar gold pieces, manufactured under the act of Congress, appointing a United States Assay Office in California. The impression was from a coin issued by Moffatt & Co., of San Francisco, in March, 1851. From the Alta Californian, we learn that about three hundred of these fifty dollar pieces have already been struck off. The larger ones, of one and two hundred dollars, will be of the same stamp and size, differing only in thickness. Those over two hundred dollars will contain the same stamp, but will be struck in the form of bars. These coins are of course a legal tender, and are the coin of the United States (a) Eight months. (b) For five months and two-thirds of a month. (c) Of this amount, $957,459 has been paid in. Government to all intents and purposes. The coin is peculiar, containing upon one face an eagle in the center, around which are the words "UNITED STATES OF AMERICA," Just over the eagle is stamped "887 thous.," signifying the fineness of the gold. At the bottom is stamped "50 dolls." The other face is ornamented with a kind of work technically called "engine turning," being a number of radii extending from the com mon center, in which is stamped, in small figures, "50;" around the edge is stamped the name of the United States Assayer. COMMERCIAL STATISTICS. VESSELS BUILT IN THE UNITED STATES FROM 1815 TO 1850. STATEMENT SHOWING THE NUMBER AND CLASS OF VESSELS BUILT, AND THE TONNAGE THEREOF IN THE SEVERAL STATES AND TERRITORIES OF THE UNITED STATES, FROM 1815 TO 1850 VESSELS BUILT IN THE UNITED STATES IN 1849-50. A STATEMENT OF THE NUMBER AND CLASS OF VESSELS BUILT, AND THE TONNAGE THEREOF IN EACH STATE AND TERRITORY OF THE UNITED STATES, FOR THE YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 1850. Class of vessels. IMPORTS AND EXPORTS OF CANADA IN 1850. The following is the value of Canadian imports for 1850, in Halifax currency, (four dollars to the pound):— The value of the exports from Canada during the same period was as follows: We give below a tabular statement showing the number of vessels arriving at the port of New York, with the tonnage of the same, distinguishing American and foreign; and also the value of foreign imports into, and exports from, New York, in each yer, beginning on the 1st of January, and ending on the 31st of December, from 1821 to 1850, inclusive:— |