RATES OF COMMISSION AT NEW-YORK.

Recommended by the Chamber of Commerce, January 8th, 1857, to be charged where no express agreement to the contrary exists.

BANKING.

On purchase of Stocks, Bonds, and all kinds of Securities, including the Drawing of Bills for payment of same, one per cent.

On sale of Stocks, Bonds, and all kinds of Securities, including remittances in

bills and guarantee, one per cent.

On purchase or sale of Specie and Bullion, half of one per cent.

Remittances in Bills of Exchange, half of one per cent.

Remittances in Bills of Exchange, with guarantee, one per cent.

Drawing or endorsing Bills of Exchange, one per cent.

Collecting Dividends on Stocks, Bonds, or other Securities, half of one per cent. Collecting interest on Bonds and Mortgages, one per cent.

Receiving and paying moneys on which no other Commission is received, half of one per cent.

Procuring acceptance of Bills of Exchange payable in Foreign countries, quarter of one per cent.

On issuing Letters of Credit to Travellers, exclusive of Foreign Bankers' charge, one per cent.

Where Bills of Exchange are remitted for Collection, and returned under protest for non-acceptance or non-payment, the same commissions are to be charged as though they were duly accepted and paid.

GENERAL BUSINESS.

On sales of Sugar, Coffee, Tea, and General Merchandise, usually sold in large quantities, and on credit under six months, or for Cash, five per cent.

On sales of Manufactured Goods, and other articles usually sold on long credits, for Commissions and Guarantee, seven and one-half per cent.

On sales of Manufactured Goods, and other articles usually sold on long credits,

for Commissions and Guarantee, for Cash, five per cent.

On purchase and shipment of Merchandise with funds in hand, on cost and charges, two and one-half per cent.

Collecting delayed and litigated Accounts, five per cent.

Effecting Marine Insurance, on amount insured, half of one per cent.

No charge to be made for effecting Insurance on property consigned.

Landing and re-shipping of Goods from vessels in distress-on value of invoice, two and one-half per cent.

Landing and re-shipping of Goods from vessels in distress-on Specie and Bullion, half of one per cent.

Receiving and forwarding Merchandise entered at Custom House, on Invoice value one per cent., and on expenses incurred, two and one-half per cent.

On consignments of Merchandise withdrawn or re-shipped, full Commissions are to be charged, to the extent of advances or responsibilities incurred, and onehalf commission on the residue of the value.

On giving Bonds that passengers will not become a burthen on the City-on the amount of the Bonds, two and one-half per cent.

The risk of loss by robbery, fire, (unless insurance be ordered,) theft, popular tumult, and all other unavoidable occurrences, is, in all cases, to be borne by the owners of the Goods, provided due diligence has been exercised in the care of them.

SHIPPING.

On purchase or sale of Vessels, two and one-half per cent.

Disbursements and Outfit of Vessels, two and one-half per cent.

Procuring Freight and Passengers for Europe, East Indies, and Domestic Ports, two and one-half per cent.

Procuring Freight and Passengers for West Indies, South America, and other places, five per cent.

Procuring Freight and Passengers for Foreign Vessels, in all cases, five per cent. Collecting Freight, two and one-half per cent.

Collecting Insurance losses of all kinds, two and one-half per cent.

Chartering Vessels on amount of Freight, actual or estimated, to be considered as due when the Charter Parties are signed, two and one-half per cent.

But no Charter to be considered binding till a memorandum, or one of the copies of the Charter, has been signed.

On giving bonds for Vessels under attachment in litigated cases-on amount of Liability, two and one-half per cent.

The foregoing Commission to be exclusive of Brokerage, and every charge actually incurred.

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PUBLIC DEBT OF THE UNITED STATES.

Statement of outstanding principal of the Public Debt of the United States on the 1st of January of each year, from 1791 to 1843, inclusive, and on the 1st of July of each year, from 1844 to 1879, inclusive. Compiled from the Annual Report of the Secretary of the Treasury for the fiscal year ending June 30th, 1879.

DETAILED STATEMENT OF THE PUBLIC DEBT OF THE UNITED STATES, ON THE 31ST DAY OF DECEMBER, 1879.

NOTE. In the amount stated on the preceding page as the outstanding principal of the public debt, are included the certificates of deposit outstanding on the 30th June, issued under act of June 8, 1872, amounting to $31,730,000 in 1873; $58,760,000 in 1874; $58,415,000 in 1875; $32,840,000 in 1876; $54,960,000 in 1877; $46,755,000 in 1878, and $30,370,000 in 1879, for which a like amount in United States notes was on special deposit in the Treasury for their redemption, and added to the cash balance in the Treasury. These certificates, as a matter of accounts, are treated as a part of the public debt, but being offset by notes held on deposit for their redemption, should properly be deducted from the principal of the public debt in making comparison with former years.

PUBLIC DEBT OF THE STATE OF NEW-YORK.

THE following statement exhibits the Public Debt of the State of New-York at the close of the fiscal years ending September 30th, 1877, 1878 and 1879. Compiled from the Annual Report of the Comptroller of the State:

September 30th, 1877. September 30th, 1878. September 30th, 1879.

REAL AND PERSONAL ESTATE OF THE STATE OF NEW-YORK.

THE following table exhibits the assessed valuation of the real and personal property of the State of New-York for each year, from 1864 to 1879, both inclusive: