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Mint of the United States. — Editorial Notices. Vol. XII. 



fluctuations than any other of our domef^tic 

 fabrics. Some idea of the vast importance 

 of this portion of British Commerce, may be 

 formed from the follo\vin<T statement: 



The value of the whole export of British 

 and Irish produce and manufactures, for the 

 last three years, has been as follows : 



1844. 1845. 1846. 



£50,648,306. £53,298,026. £51,279,735. 

 Of which cotton manufacture and cotton 

 yarn formed — 



1844. 1845. 1846. 



£25,805,338. £26,119,331. £25,000,693. 



So that one-half of the value of all our ex- 

 ports consists of cotton manufactures, and 

 not more than one-third or one-fburlh of this 

 large amount arises from the cost of the raw 

 material, which Enwiand pays to foreisjners; 

 60 that the remainder is annually enriching 

 the country, through the skill and labor of 

 her manufacturers and factory operatives. 



In reference to the embellishment of cot- 

 ton goods, the principal features are printing 

 and dyeing, the art of which had also been 

 long known in the East, previous to its intro- 

 duction into England, in 1675. In the year 

 1690, it was commenced on the banks of the 

 Thames, near London, but the goods there 

 printed were confined to muslins and calicoes 

 imported from India. In 1700, an act was 

 passed, (as an encouragement to the trade of 

 Great Britain,) forbidding the sale or use of 

 foreign printed goods, and this branch of her 

 trade has also been further protected by se^ 

 veral subsequent acts, as in 1782, prohibit- 

 ing the exportation of any materials used in 

 printing, &.c. ; and in 1783, giving bounties 

 on the export of British printed goods; and 

 several other acts were enacted on the same 

 principle, until 1787, when an excise duty 

 of 3"^-d. per square ya^^ was imposed upon 

 all printed cottons, but the same was al- 

 lowed as a drawback when exported; this 

 act was wholly repealed in the year 1831. 

 Export of printed goods bear a very dispro- 

 portionate amount to that of plain calicoes, as 

 in 1846, the amount of the former was only 

 267,000,000 yards, while that of the latter 

 was 619,000,000 yards. — Hunt's Magazine. 



Mint of the United States. 



ANNUAL REPORT FOR 1847 



Of the Directors of the Mint at Philadelphia, show- 

 ing the operation ol' the Mint and Brancli Mints 

 tor the year 1847. 



The letter of the Director of the Mint 

 shows that during the past year the coinage 

 was: 



At Philadelphia— In Gold . 813,269,080 

 In Silver . . 990,450 



In Copper . . 61,837 



il4,348,367 



The number of pieces coined, 

 11,545,278. 



The deposits amounted to. 



In Gold $13,670,896 



In Silver 962,781 



$14,633,677 



At New Orleans— In Gold . $6,085,000 



In Silver . . 1,384,000 



$7,469,000 



The number of pieces coined, 

 3,659,500. 



The deposits amounted to, 



In Gold $6,252,228 



lu Silver 1,487,278 



$7,739,506 

 At Charlotte, N. C. it amount- 

 ed to $478,820 



No. pieces — In ^ eagles, 84,151 

 In i eagles, 23,266 

 The deposits (in gold) amount- 

 ed to $344,054 



At Dahlonega, Geo. it amount- 

 ed to 361,485 



No. pieces — In ^ eagles, 64,405 

 In I eagles, 15,784 

 The deposits (in gold) amount- 

 ed to $352,366 



At the several Mints— In Gold 20,221,305 

 In Silver 2,374,450 

 In Copper 61,827 



$22,657,662 

 The deposits amounted to, 



In Gold 20.619,544 



In Silver 2,450,0'9 



$23,069,603 



THE FAR]»ERS' CABINET, 



AND 



Philadelphia, Fourth Month, 1848. 



The Editor of the Parmer's Cabinet will relinquish 

 its publication at the close of the current volume in 

 the seventh month next. He will dispose of the con- 

 cern upon terms that may be advantageous to any one 

 who may incline to continue it. 



The New Vork State Agriculttiral Society, will hold 

 its Exhibition in the coming autumn at BufTulo. The 

 am lunt of the premium list i« upwards of $6000. 

 Extensive preparntiona will be made by the citizen* 

 of Buffalo, to accommodate the vast cruwda wbich at- 

 tend these annual Exhibitions. 



