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FINANCES OF THE UNITED STATES. 



The following table, from the office of the prices of articles of produce in the New York 

 Journal of Commerce, shows the comparative market for each of the last twelve years : 



The following tables show the price of gold 

 for each day of the year, and the highest and 

 lowest prices of shares at the N. Y. Stock Ex- 

 change in each month the same period. By 



be seen that there are no reports of sales on 

 September 25th, 27th, 28th, and 29th. This was 

 the period since known as the "gold panic," 

 which was made a subject of investigation at 



reference to the table of prices of gold, it will the ensuing session of Congress. 



