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increase in gold value in 1864 is 4 per cent, over tbe increase in the value of the 

 crops of that year, the one being 54 per cent., the other 50 per cent. This 

 comparative decrease in the value of the crops may be attributed to the de- 

 creased foreign demand, as seen in the decreased exports. 



The total increase from November, 1862, to January 1, 1865, in gold value 

 is 73 per cent., and of the value of crops 103 per cent., showing the war demand 

 chiefly has added about 30 per cent, to the value of the crops, and the increased 

 value of gold over currency about 73 per cent. 



IMPORTS AND EXPORTS. 



The more complete returns of imports and exports than published in the 

 last monthly report are as follows, taken from the New York Journal of Com- 

 merce : 



Imports at New York. 



1862. 



1863. 



1864. 



Dry goods 



General merchandise 

 Specie 



Total imports 



$.56,121,227 



117,140,813 



1,390,277 



$67, 274, 547 



118,814,219 



1,525,811 



174,652,317 



187,614,577 



$71,589,752 



144,270,386 



2, 265, 622 



218, 125, 760 



Exports at New York. 



It will be remembered that the values of the imports are gold values as fixed 

 on the merchandise at the ports from whence imported, and the values of the 

 expoits of produce and merchandise are currency values at the port of New 

 York. 



