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Tin, all manufactures of, or of which tin is a component material, not otherwise specified, 23 per ct.

Tobacco, manufactured, other than snuff and cigars, 10 cents a lb.; leaf or unmanufactured, 15 do.

Tongues and sounds, free.
Tortoise shell, free.

Toys, paper, 15; brass, iron, steel, tin, lead,

pewter, or copper, 23; wood, 26 per ct. Turmeric, free.

Turtles, free.

Twine, tarred, 4; untarred, 5 cents a lb. Twist, cotton. See cotton, manufactures of.

Types, printing, 23 per ct.

Umbrellas, of whatever material, 23 per ct.
Frames or sticks for, 23 per ct.
Vanilla beans, free.
Varnishes, free.

Vegetables, used for dyeing and in composing dyes, not otherwise specified, free; others, 15 per ct.

Veils, lace, 124 per ct.
Vellum, 23 per ct.

Vessels, copper, 23 per ct.; cast iron, not otherwise specified, 14 cents a lb.

Vices and screws of iron, called wood screws, same as adzes.

Vinegar, 8 cents a gallon.

Vitriol, blue, 4 cents a lb.
Wafers, 23 per ct.

Walking sticks or canes, 23 per ct.
Watches, and parts of, 12 per ct.
Water colors, free.

Wax, bees', free.

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in casks, cases, or bottles, 25 cents a gallon; wines of France, Germany, Spain, and Mediterranean, not specially enumerated, in casks, 74 cents a gallon; red wines of Spain and Austria, in casks, 5 cents a gallon. Wines of all countries in bottles or cases, unless specially enumerated, and all wines not enumerated, 15 cents a gallon.

Wire, silver or plated, 5 per ct.; cap or bonnet, covered with silk, cotton or flax. en yarn or thread, manufactured abroad, 12 cents a lb.; iron or steel, exceeding No. 14, 9 cents a lb.; not exceeding No. 14, 5 cents a lb. Woad, free.

Wood, unmanufactured, and for dyeing, free; manufactures of wood, unless otherwise specified, 23 per ct.

Wool, Angora goats' or camels', free. Wool, unmanufactured, the value whereof at the place of exportation not above 8 cents a lb., free; exceeding 8 cents a lb., 4 cents a lb., and 40 per ct. ad valorem. Wool imported on skins is estimated, as to weight and value, as other wool. Wool, manufactures of, all milled and fulled cloth, known by the name of plain kerseys or Kendall cottons, of which wool is the only material, 38 per ct.; worsted stuff goods, shawls, and other manufac tures of silk and worsted, free; worsted yarn, 20 per ct.; woollen yarn, 4 cents a lb., and 50 per ct. ad valorem; mits, gloves, bindings, blankets, hosiery, carpets and carpetings, 23 per ct., except Brussels, Wilton, and treble ingrained carpeting, which is at 63 cents a square yard; all other ingrained and Venitian carpeting, 35 cents a square yard, and except blankets the value whereof at the place of exportation shall not exceed 75 cents each, the duty levied upon which is 5 per ct.; flannels, bockings, and baizes, 16 cents a square yard; coach laces, 29 per ct.; merino shawls, made of wool, all other manufactures of wool, or of which wool is a component part, and on ready made clothing, 38 per ct.

White lead, dry or ground in oil, 5 cts. a ib. Yams, free.
Window glass. See Glass.
Wine lees, free.

Wines, of France, in casks, red, 3 cents,
and white, 5 cents a gallon; in bottles,
11 cents a gallon. Madeira and Sherry,

Yarn, cotton. See manufactures of cotton; worsted, 20 per ct.; woollen, 4 cents a lb., and 50 per ct. ad valorem. Zinc, unmanufactured, free; in sheets or nails, free.

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A Table showing the per cent. of duty upon the import value or manufac tured cost of certain articles in general use, under each tariff, since the organization of the government, and extended to 1842.

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IMPORTS AND EXPORTS UNDER EACH TARIFF FROM 1816 TO 1838.

The following table was recently introduced, in the course of a speech, on the floor of congress. It shows the aggregate exports and imports of the country under each tariff,—also, the aggregate excess of imports consumed over the aggregate exports of domestic products for each period, from 1816 to 1838, inclusive, and of gold and silver, from 1828 to 1838 also.

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229,591,845 17,592,191 28,672,602 28,110,515 239,576,749 34,894,132 28,773,025 20,837,113 7,935,912 359,457,622 129,671,397 51,514,328 14,723,228 36,791,100 191,598,235 28,800,824 28,263,530 8,200,777 20,062,753

Tot. yr's 221,745,285,558 1,456,421,849 288,863,709 137,223,485 71,871,633,65,351,852 Compromise of.

TERMS OF CREDIT.

When the amount of duties does not exceed $200, by one vessel, and by one per. son or firm, they must be paid in cash without discount. When they exceed $200, (except on woollens,) a credit is allowed of three and six months, in equal instal. ments, and secured by bonds. Or, at the option of the importer, if the cash is paid at the time of entry for duties thus entitled to a credit, an allowance of discount will be made at the rate of four per cent. per annum upon an average of time.

Upon the duties upon wool, and upon all manufactures of which wool is a compo. nent part, no credit nor discount is allowed; but six per cent. interest is charged from the date of importation until the payment, which cannot be deferred beyond three and six months, one moiety at each period; in which case the goods must remain in the PUBLIC STORES, under bond, for the amount of the duties.

BANK STATISTICS.

BANK OF ENGLAND RETURNS.

A Table, showing the circulation of the Bank of England at different dates, between October, 1833, and April, 1840, compiled from the Bankers' Cir

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Statement of the situation of the Banks in Rhode Island, on Monday, July 6, 1840, as the same appears from the returns made to the Bank Commissioners..

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