polis proper, quite as
conveniently occupies the Long Island or Jersey warehouses as those on
the New York shore. The warehouses properly belonging to New York
commerce--containing her property and living on her business--received
during 1861 imports to the value of $41,811,664; during 1862,
$46,939,451; and during 1863, $61,350,432. During the year 1861, the
total imports of New York amounted to $161,684,499,--paying an aggregate
of duties of $21,714,981. During the year 1862, the imports amounted to
$172,486,453, and the duties to $52,254,318. During 1863, the imports
reached a value of $184,016,350, the duties on which amounted to
$58,885,853. For the same years the exports amounted respectively to
$142,903,689, $216,416,070, and $219,256,203,--the rapid increase
between 1861 and 1862 being no doubt partly stimulated by the
disappearance of specie from circulation under the pressure of our
unparalleled war-expenses, and the consequent necessity of substituting
in foreign markets our home products for the ordinary basis of exchange.
In 1861, 965 vessels entered New York from foreign ports, and 966
cleared for foreign ports. In 1862, the former class numbered 5,406, and
the latter 5,014. In 1863, they were respectively 4,983 and 4,466. These
statistics, from which the immense wharfage and warehouse accommodation
of New York may be inferred, are exhibited to better advantage in the
following tabular statement, kindly furnished by Mr. Ogden, First
Auditor of the New York Custom-House.

_Statistics of the Port of New York._

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| | | 1861. | 1862. | 1863. |
|--+-----------------------+--------------+--------------+--------------|
| | | $ | $ | $ |
|1 |Total value of Exports |142,903,689 |216,416,070 |219,256,203 |
|2 |Total value of Imports |161,684,499 |172,486,453 |184,016,350 |
|3 |Value of Goods | | | |
| | warehoused during | | | |
| | the entire year | 41,811,664 | 46,939,451 | 61,350,432 |
|4 |Amount of Drawback | | | |
| | allowed during the | | | |
| | entire year | 57,326.55| 275,953.92| 414,041.44|
|5 |Total amount of Dutie