February. March April.. May. warehouse. warehouse. $950,753 $902,965 717,662 856,157 561,653 1,003,383 1,788,997 1,240,329 899,438 Total....... 4,387,027 7,615,298 6,420,842 4,994,708 6,524,973 3,649,949 This shows the withdrawals for the first five months of the current year to be $3,500,000 in excess of the entries, which would leave the stock very small, as will be seen by the following calculation of the business since the 1st of January, 1850: The stock in warehouse on the 1st of April, which commenced the current quarter, amounted to only $6,199,630, including breadstuffs in bond. The falling off in the imports for May, as noticed above, added to the deficit for the four months previously given, leaves the total imports at New York since January 1st, nearly $11,000,000 behind the amount for the same period of the previous year, and about $7,000,000 less than the corresponding amount for 1850, as will be seen by the following comparison:— TOTAL IMPORTS AT NEW YORK FROM FOREIGN PORTS FOR FIVE MONTHS, ENDING MAY 31st. Entered direct. Ent'd wareh'se. Free goods. $6,281,838 4,468,928 Specie. 1,278,099 41,217,862 6,524,973 4,946,991 5,902,099 Total. $51,536,030 62,458,431 58,591,925 Of this decline from last year, $4,353,368 consists of dry goods, of which $504,349 has been realized since the first of May, as will be seen by the following comparison: IMPORTS OF DRY GOODS AT THE PORT OF NEW YORK DURING THE MONTH OF MAY. IMPORTS OF DRY GOODS AT THE PORT OF NEW YORK FOR FIVE MONTHS, ENDING MAY 28. The receipts for duties also exhibit a decline from last year:- RECEIPTS FOR DUTIES AT NEW YORK. Notwithstanding the decrease in the imports, the exports from this country to foreign ports, will compare favorably with the shipments for the corresponding period of any former year. The following will show the clearances from the port of New York: In the above it will be seen that the shipments of specie show a large decrease, while the amount of merchandise is about the same. The following is a comparison for five months: EXPORTS FROM NEW YORK TO FOREIGN PORTS FOR FIVE MONTHS, ending may 31st. Domestic produce. For'n dutiable. For'n free. 1852. 1851. 1850... $18,579,452 18,678,550 14,945,666 $1,936,981 1,716,452 1,555,414 $395,719 314,910 375,083 Specie. $9,067,654 12,631,148 1,573,290 Total. $29,979,806 33,341,060 18,449,461 We continue our monthly statement of the comparative exports of some of the leading articles of produce from New York to foreign ports, from January 1st to June 21st. 1851. 1852. 1851. 1852. Breadstuffs Ashes-Pots....bbls. 10,415 6,794 Naval stores....bbls. 167,990 199,590 Wheat flour..bbls. 324,418 525,527 Rye flour Corn meal. 20,276 23,731 Provisions- ........... 15,182 24,314 Cut meats.....lbs. 2,602,344 1,056,498 ...... .bbls. 24,698 18,307 Candles-Mould. bxs. 22,035 Sperm..... 1,285 1,604 Rice... ... 2,739,601 1,140,954 .tcs. 16,950 20,453 ..lbs. 1,210,560 259,537 Coal.... Cotton.. ...bales. 193,848 247,434 Tobacco-crude pkgs. 9,989 11,725 2,541 5,691 manu'd. lbs. 1,843,925 1,754,496 452 Whalebone...... 728,727 204,598 Hay. Hops 113 ..... This table exhibits many items of much interest. It will be seen that the exports of wheat, rye, flour, cotton, naval stores, and beef have largely increased, while our shipments of Indian corn, oils, cut meats, butter, cheese, lard, tallow and whalebone have largely declined. The increase in rye is owing to the demand for the continent, whither over 200,000 bushels have been sent within the fast three months. Cotton has of course gone forward more freely owing to a larger crop here, and increased production abroad. The shipments of corn have declined, this article not suiting the foreign taste as well as wheat. Oils have been high and scarce, but are now going forward more freely under recent orders. Beef is more in demand, and if our countrymen could be persuaded to take the proper pains to prepare it for a foreign market, would soon become one of our most profitable articles of export. There will be a large amount of money disbursed for dividends and interest on the 1st of July, which will tend to keep down the rates of interest in our larger Eastern cities to 4 a 5 per cent; while the large amount of railroad bonds and the like securities sold, and the money received for cereals and cotton, will make capital more abundant throughout the interior. JOURNAL OF BANKING, CURRENCY, AND FINANCE. FLUCTUATIONS OF STOCKS IN THE BOSTON MARKET. In the Merchants' Magazine for June, 1852, (vol. xxvi., page 727,) we gave a table of the fluctuations of forty different stocks in the Boston market, showing their highest and lowest points, and the date, with the market value, gain or loss for the month of April, 1852, &c., derived from the carefully prepared "money article" of the Boston Commonwealth. We now subjoin, from the same reliable source, a similar table for the month of May, 1852. This table shows the unusual feature of every stock having advanced or held its own, with the exception of the Vermont Central. The advance in dividend securities has been very large. FLUCTUATIONS FOR MAY IN FORTY DIFFERENT STOCKS, SHOWING THEIR HIGHEST AND LOWEST POINTS, AND THE DATE, WITH THE PRESENT MARKET VALUE, GAIN OR LOSS FOR THE MONTH, AND NUMBER OF SHARES SOLD IN EACH. It will be seen, by referring to the table in the June number of the Merchants' Magazine, that the amount of business in the fancies has not been so large as in the month of April, transactions being more confined to dividend-paying securities, which have been in active request, more particularly about the middle of the month. Northern now (June 1) sells, dividend off, at half a dollar per share less than on the 30th of April, but including the dividend, the actual gain for the month has been $2 per share. Essex Company has been very active throughout the month; May 1st it sold for 105, but reached 117 on the 7th, and then fell off to 108 May 13th. Again it started up, and touched 118 on the 19th, since which time it has been moving about between 115 and 118, sometimes varying $2 to $3 in one day. OF THE INCREASED AND INCREASING SUPPLIES OF GOLD. The following article on the increased supplies of gold from California and Australia, is condensed from a late number of the London Athenæum. Although many of the "facts and figures" it contains have already appeared in former numbers of the Merchants' Magazine, their repetition in this place is necessary for the purpose of elucidating the conclusions of the writer of the article in the Athenæum. "The estimates of the values of the quantity of gold and silver existing in Europe and America, at the commencement of the year 1848, are taken from the work of M. Chevalier, on money, published in 1850. "No supplies had been received from California till late in 1848. The total stock of gold and silver in the year 1500, when America was discovered, is computed at £40,000,000 sterling, of which the amount of gold was only £12,000,000. This sum, compared with the large amount received from the mines of America, subsequent to 1500, accounts for the great revolution in the value of gold, which took place soon after the voyage of Columbus. "In 1848, however, there was a large accumulation of gold and silver in the world, on which the new and large supplies could operate but slowly in any alteration of value, compared with the immediate effect produced in the value of money at the time of the discovery and first working of the South American mines. "In 1848, there was a mass of £1,727,000,000 sterling of both metals. ESTIMATE OF THE VALUE OF THE TOTAL QUANTITY OF GOLD AND SILVER EXISTING IN VARIOUS FORMS IN EUROPE AND AMERICA AT THE COMMENCEMENT OF THE YEAR 1848. Total pounds sterling ...... £1,790,000,000 Deduct for exportation, wear and tear, and losses by casualties.... 64,000,000 Leaving..... £1,726,000,000 "A third part of this was gold. And if we suppose, as we have reason to believe, that the new produce yielded by the sources of supply in California and Australia will amount annually to £20,000,000 sterling, or $100,000,000, a few years will lead to an important alteration in the present exchangeable value of gold. The new supply would then be at the annual increase of 3 per cent on the stock existing in 1848. In 1850 and in 1851 the increase was actually at the rate of 2 to 24 per cent on the stock of gold in 1848. "The annual supply of the precious metals in 1800 and 1848 is stated as follows: |