THE PRODUCT OF GOLD AND SILVER FOR 383 YEARS. 55 



SEVENTEENTH CENTURY. 

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Years. Gold. Silver 



1601 to 1620 $5,662,392 ^18,134,837 



1621 to 1640 5,516,180 16,875,600 



1641 to 1660 4,828,542 15,705,112 



1661 to 1680 6,154,196 14,448,875 



1681 to 1700 7,154,419 14,658,962 



The total production in the one hundred years, from 1601 to 1700, amount- 

 ed to $606,314,580 gold, an average of $6,063,145 per annum; and $1,596,- 

 407,750 silver, an average of $15,964,077. 



EIGHTEENTH CENTURY. 

 Years. Gold. Silvtr. 



1701 to 1720 $ 8,520.172 $15,246,350 



1721 to 1740 12,680,568 18,487,700 



1741 to 1760 16,355,806 22,858,591 



1761 to 1780 13,760,543 27,986,227 



1781 tOiiSoo 11,823,234 27,689,697 



In the hundred years, 1701 to 1800, the production aggregated $1,262,806,- 



400 gold, an average of $12,628,064; and $2,445 371,337 silver, an average of 



$24,154,713. 



NINETEENTH CENTURY. 

 Years. Gold. Silver. 



1801 to 1810 $ 11,815,258 $38,336,681 



1811 to 1820 7,606,347 23,185,513 



I82I to 1830 9,447.953 19,746,510 



1831 to 1840 13,484,069 25,572,793 



1841 to 1850 36,392,831 33,460,293 



1851 to i860 134,107,307 38,396,813 



1861 to 1870 . 125,284,742 52,312,537 



1871 to 1878 112,081,628 82,400,000 



In the seventy-eight years, 1801 to 1878, the production aggregated $4,278,- 

 938,135 gold, an average of $54,846,642 per annum; and $2,969,306,913 silver, 

 an average of $38,068,037 per annum. 



