DOMESTIC EXCHANGES IN THE UNITED STATES. QUOTATIONS OF DOMESTIC EXCHANGES, JULY 1ST AND 8TH, 1854, RECEIVED AT THE TREASURY DEPARTMENT FROM ASSISTANT TREASURERS AND DEPOSITARIES. Upon Boston. At Boston..... New York. 1-10 dis........ Philadelphia. dis......... dis.......... Washington. Richmond. ........ to 14 dis... . . . Nothing doing on to I dis... to dis.......... Charleston. 1 dis......... 1 dis........... to 1 dis....... ....... to dis... If dis...... 14 dis......... No sale.................. 1 dis... Baltimore. dis. dis......... dis.. to dis... 10 1-10 prem. Par to prem..... Par Par to 1-10 prem... Par to 1-10 prem... dis. to par prem... 4 prem. dis.. Par to prem..... Par prem........... Par 1 prem.. dis....... 11 prem..... dis.... prem......... Nothing doing on any other point any other point prem..... 1 prem....... None........ San Francisco. Par 5 dis.. 5 dis. 2 to 5 dis. 2 dis., nominal.. No sale....... Par 2 to 9 dis. None .......... ......... 4 to prem. 1 dis.. Jeffersonville Chicago........ San Francisco. Sixty days' drafts on London, at New York, 1091; Sixty days' drafts on Paris, at New York, 5.114; 8th July quotation. DEPOSITS IN THE UNITED STATES TREASURY. The following table, derived from the Economist, will show the amount at the several depositories, subject to the draft of the United States Treasury on the 26th of June, being the close of each fiscal year, after paying the interest on national debt :— Net am't subj't to draft $13,004,092 88 $15,960,735 94 $22,896,306 76 $28,888,812 73 ASSAY OF AUSTRALIAN GOLD. E. DAVY, Assay Master at Melbourne, has made an experimental assay of Australian gold. It shows an extraordinary difference in value, being no less than 11s. 2d. per ounce between the highest and lowest samples. The following is the official return:— SIX PARCELS OF GOLD MELTED AND ASSAYED-TOTAL QUANTITY 64 oz. 13 Dwтs. 6. GRS. Average value per oz., £4 18.; government charge, 1 o. 10 dwts.; value £6 18. 6d. Neponset... Canton Salem........ Amount of Dividends..$557,665 $604,630 $630,720 $687,070 $725,836 EXTRA DIVIDENDS.-The following banks made extra dividends (not included in the table) during the five years: In 1848, the Central Bank of Worcester, 9 per cent, amounting to $9,000; Chicopee Bank, of Springfield, 6 per cent, $12,000; Dedham Bank, 4 per cent, $6,000; Brighton Bank, 5 per cent, $10,000; Framingham Bank, 5 per cent, $7,500. In 1849, the People's Bank, of Roxbury, 6 per cent, $6,000; in 1850, the Bay State Bank, of Lawrence, 3 per cent, $2,582 69; in 1852, the Dedham Bank, 4 per cent, $8,000.-Boston Daily Courier. EXTRAORDINARY COUNTERFEIT OF MEXICAN DOLLARS. Some months since the Secretary of the Treasury gave instructions to the United States Mint, to collect specimens of counterfeit coins in circulation, for the purpose of examination and report. This has led to the discovery of one of a very singular character. The Washington Union, which makes the affair public, states that the piece purports to be a Mexican dollar, coined at the city of Mexico in 1851. Two pieces have been assayed, and give an average fineness of 776 thousandths, and a consequent value of 914 cents in silver: but strange to say, the amount of gold contained in them is sufficient to add 12 cents to the value of each, after paying the charge of separating, making a net value of 103 cents; and if to this the usual premium on silver is added, the worth of this counterfeit coin is actually 109 cents. The quality of the silver in these dollars proves them to be a spurious issue. There is also an irregularity in the letters MEXICANA, which is regarded as a test for throwing them out, as we learn from a source familiar with them in Mexico, where they appear to have had at times a considerable circulation. The silver produced by the Mexican mines is understood to contain gold, but generally too small an amount to defray the expense of parting. In making the coins in question, it would seem that silver more auriferous than usual had fallen into hands capable of the double dishonesty of cheating the public and themselves at the same time. Though there are probably some specimens of this singular counterfeit among the Mexican dollars in circulation, it is not at all probable that they are sufficiently numerous in this country to excite attention other than as curiosities. CONDITION OF THE BANKS OF WISCONSIN, JULY 3, 1854. The preceding tables we have compiled from the official statement of William M. Dennis, Bank Controller of the State of Wisconsin. We have given only the leading features of each bank, but in the summary below we give the totals of all the banks, embracing those included and those omitted in the tables: LIABILITIES OF ALL THE BANKS, $1,250,000 00 | Due to depositors on demand $1,211,111 83 Capital.... Registered notes in circulation Total liabilities of the nineteen banks. $3,782,466 08 535,138 75 SHIPMENTS OF GOLD AND COIN FROM SAN FRANCISCO. The San Francisco Price Current and Shipping List furnishes a statement of the shipments of California gold dust and coin from San Franciso, for the six months commencing January 1st and ending June 30th, 1854. From the Price Current, &c. we condense the following statement: The manifest of coin shipped from the port of San Francisco, for the quarter ending July 1st, 1854, is as follows: The statements of coin shipped cannot be considered as thoroughly accurate, inasmuch as the clearances of American vessels for Callao have been very considerable, and but few have taken less than $2,000 for ship's expenses. The shipments of quicksilver during the six months ending July 1, 1854, amounted to 7,943 flasks. Of this amount 3,500 flasks were shipped to San Blas, 1,050 to Callao. 1,500 to Valparaiso, 400 to Mazatlan, and 1,493 to Hong Kong; total as above, 7,943, Same time in 1853, the shipments of quicksilver amounted to 9,297 flasks, showing a decrease in the six months of 1854 of 1350 flasks. |