TABLE SHOWING THE NUMBER OF ACRES OF LAND, THEIR VALUATION, ETC.,-CONTINUED. Total..... 23,769,160 58,468,385 6,418,713 194,920 60,984 132,355 1,581 156,923 128,102 The cents in the above table are omitted for the sake of convenience, which will make a slight difference. The population of North Carolina, according to the census of 1850, is as follows:— Whites... Slaves 553,775 | Free colored SPECIE IN NEW YORK CITY BANKS AND SUB-TREASURY. 27,567 The amount of specie held by the banks was counted on the 13th of December, 1852, and found to $9,800,000, which is exclusive of the $2,500,000 received by the Illinois. There have been some large payments by the banks for California drafts, which will be returned to them out of the mint deposits; but these do not alter the position of the banks, or limit their disposition to grant such facilities to borrowers as they otherwise feel authorized to do, as mint certificates are always considered and counted as specie. UNITED STATES TREASURER'S STATEMENT, NOVEMBER 22, 1852. TREASURER'S STATEMENT, SHOWING THE AMOUNT AT HIS CREDIT IN THE TREASURY, WITH ASSISTANT TREasurers and DESIGNATED DEPOSITARIES, AND IN THE MINT AND BRANCHES, BY RETURNS RECEIVED TO MONDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1852; THE AMOUNT FOR WHICH DRAFTS HAVE BEEN ISSUED, BUT WERE THEN UNPAID, AND THE AMOUNT THEN REMAINING SUBJECT TO DRAFT. SHOWING, ALSO, THE AMOUNT OF FUTURE TRANSFERS to and fROM DEPOSITA RIES, AS ORDERED by the SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY. Total..... Depositary at Pittsburg, Pennsylvania.. ...... Depositary at Jeffersonville, Indiana .$2,386 66 Mint of the U. S., Philadelphia, Pa.. Total..... Deduct suspense account.. Add difference in transfers 16,578,073 65 1,159,898 78 15,420,561 53 Transfers ordered to treasury of the U. S., Washington, D. C.......... 2,386 66 $15,418,174 87 1,617,500 00 $17,035,674 87 $700,000 00 300,000 00 500,000 00 180,000 00 $1,680,000 00 2,211 66 Transfers ordered from Assistant Treasurer, New York, N. Y.... $60,000 00 2,500 00 Total.... $62,500 00 UNITED STATES TREASURY NOTES OUTSTANDING, DECEMBER 1, 1852. Amount outstanding of the several issues prior to 22d July, 1846, as per records at this office $107,111 64 Amount outstanding of the issue of 22d of July, 1846, as per records of this office.. 11,600 00 Amount outstanding of the issue of 28th January, 1847, as per records of this office... 2,750 00 Deduct canceled notes in the hands of accounting officers, all under acts prior to 22d July, 1846 .. Total... $121,461 64 150 00 $121,311 64 DEBT OF CALIFORNIA. A writer in the San Francisco Herald makes the indebtedness of that State to be as follows: Civil indebtedness.... War loan according to limitation. Total civil and war indebtedness.. $2,192,506 66 800,000 00 $2,992,506 66 DEBT, FINANCE, AND PROPERTY OF ARKANSAS. The debt of the State of Arkansas in October, 1852, was as follows: In regard to the prospects of the State creditors, the Auditor remarks:— "The State is not now prepared to meet either the principal or the interest on these bonds; but from an intimate acquaintance with the citizens, and some knowledge of the resources of the State, the Auditor hazards nothing in saying that both the principal and interest of these bonds will be eventually paid." The receipts and expenditures of the State for the last two years have been as follows: The progressive resources of the State are exhibited in the subjoined table of the taxable property in several years, since 1838: -Number of tan yards taxed.. Household furniture over $200 taxed 87,860 83,370 147,006 Money loaned at interest beyond amount on which interest is paid taxed.... Capital in steamboats, ferries, and toll-bridges BANK CAPITAL, CIRCULATION ETC., IN THE UNITED STATES FOR TEN YEARS. The following table exhibits the amount of capital, specie, loans, and circulation of the Banks in the United States, for the ten years succeeding 1841 BANKS OF The United STATES. The Courier and Enquirer gives an abstract of the annual statement of the condition of the banks of the United States, as communicated to Congress by the Secretary of the Treasury in August, 1852, at the close of the session. From this table it appears that there were in January, 1851, 737 banks and 128 branches, making 865 banking institutions, of which returns were received at the Treasury Department:— Eastern States Middle States..... 293 317 Southern States... 87 85 South-West'n States 73 73 Western States.... 74 77 Total....... The annexed table exhibits the leading items in the comparative statistics of the banks in different sections of the Union which have made returns nearest to January 1st, in the years 1850 and 1851 1851. 1850. Loans and discounts. 1851. 1850. 1851. 1850. 864 217,317,211 229,084,496 $364,204,078 $412,710,315 824 Circulation. 1851. $32,414,891 47,329,993 Total....... 824 864 $45,379,345 $51,907,501 $131,366,526 $153,968,383 REVENUE OF VIRGINIA IN 1851-52. The statement annexed shows the contributions, under the various items, to the rev enue of the State of Virginia, for the fiscal year, 1851-2: Taxes on lands, slaves, horses, etc..... Licenses and taxes on collateral inheritances. |