COMMERCE. 



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in 1865, the successful completion of which 

 will considerably lessen the distance between 

 Colorado and the East and the West. The 

 one is a new road from Denver to Leaven- 

 worth, known as the Smoky Hill route, one 

 hundred miles shorter than that previously 

 used, and much better ; and the other, a short 

 and expeditious route from Denver to Salt Lake 

 City, over Boulder Pass and the Middle and 

 North Parks, on which, in August, large forces 

 of laborers were employed, commencing at each 

 terminus. 



COMMERCE. The restoration of peace, after 

 four years of domestic war, gave a fresh im- 

 pulse to the movements of commerce, and to 

 her sisters, manufactures and agriculture. The 

 official returns of the general commerce of the 

 country include the movements to the 30th 

 June only, the termination of the fiscal year of 

 the United States ; hence but little of the in- 

 crease experienced during the calendar year of 

 1805 is indicated by the official tables of the 

 Treasury Department at "Washington, thus end- 

 ing in June, 1865. The following are the gen- 

 eral results for the last official year (July, 1864, 

 to June, 1865, both inclusive) compared with 

 the three previous years : 



Statement of the value of domestic and foreign produce 

 and manufactures exported, from the United States 

 during tKe fiscal years ending June 30, 1862, 1863, 

 1864, and 1865, respectively, reduced to gold value ; 

 including specie, amount of reduction, and value of 

 exports in gold for each year. 



RECAPITULATION. 



Comparative statement of Imports and Exports (re- 

 duced to gold value) during the fiscal years ending 

 June S0t)i, 1862, 1863, 1864, and 1865, and exhibit- 

 ing the excess of importations over exportation^ each 

 year. 



Total' $1,092.179,676 I $892.211,393 | $199.968,283 



reduction of the tonnage owned throughout the 

 country between the years 1861 and 1865, from 

 an aggregate of 5,539,813 tons to 4,986,401 

 tons, including steam vessels, while the tonnage 

 employed in foreign trade was reduced from 

 2,642,000 tons in 1860, to 1,092,000 tons in 

 1865, a falling off equivalent to about sixty per 

 cent. The following are the official returns for 

 the past six years : 



In order to illustrate the commercial move- 

 ments of the country since the discovery of 

 gold in California, and the effects of such dis- 

 covery, the following comparative table is 

 useful : 



It should -be stated that the years 1862-'63- 

 '64-'65 were those in which specie payments 

 were suspended. The imports above are given 

 in the gold valuation, while the exports of 1862 

 and 18G5 are estimated upon a depreciated pa- 

 per valuation. 



Tonnage of the several districts of the State of Neio 

 York on the SQtJi June, 18G5, and the total' of the 

 United States under the old admeasurement. 



The effects of civil war upon commerce can- 

 not be more clearly demonstrated than in the 



* Admeasurement 



