proceedings of the polytechnic association. 461 

 Commerce of New York. 



ARRIVALS AT THE PORT OF NEW YORK DURING 18G4. 



We do not g-ive the nationalities of the vessels arriving- during 1864, for 

 the reason tliat a large number of Americans are temporarily sailing under 

 foreign flags: 



Vessels. 1863. 1864. 



Steamships 364 402 



Ships 774 588 



Barks 1,238 1,143 



Brigs 1,695 1,578 



Schooners ! 1,011 1,098 



Total 5,082 4,809 



The number of passengers arriving during 1854, was 198,342 



Transactions in Gold at New York. 



The receipts of gold at this port for the last ten years, compare as 

 follows: 



1S61 $12,952,967 



1863 11,847,286 



1862 24,882,846 



1861 34,379,647 



18G0 33,499,400 



1S59 39,975,750 



1858 31,179.344 



1857 34,222,903 



1856 40,319,929 



1855 41,682,524 



The monthly receipts of gold at the New York Custom House in 1864, 

 were as follows: 



1864. 1863. 



January $6,180,536 $4,127,607 



February 7,474,228 3,590,714 



March 5,659.771 4,554,461 



April.. 13,982,666 3,857.198 



May 3,885,187 3,873,866 



June 3,311,148 3,738,934 



July 3.585.848 4,912,718 



August 6,2:i7,364 6,332,334 



September 4,084,492 7,270,543 



October ; 3,670,188 6,2:i8,943 



November 3,456,156 5,075,846 



December 3,467,368 5,248,189 



Total ; $66,993,842 $58,921,638 



Increase $8,072,204 



It will be observed that while the receipts of the early months were 

 largely in excess of those of tlie business year, the amount for the closing 

 months were much below the same periods of 1863. For the last four 

 months of 1863, the receipts were S23,833,52i; for the same months of 

 last year, the aggregate was only 614^677,204, or at the rate of $42,000,- 

 000 per annum. 



The export of specie from New York for the past and twelve preceding 

 years, has been as follows: 



1864 $50,113,809 1857 $44,.360,174 



1863 49,754,066 1856 37,326,297 



1862.. 59,437,021 1855 27,671,813 



1861 4,216,250 1854 37,157,288 



I860 42,161,909 1853 26,753,356 



1859 G9,64S,528 1852 24,912,345 



1858 25,973,006 



