TABLE No. 6. Showing the values in United States money of the pure gold or silver representing, respectively, the monetary units and standard coins of foreign countries, January 1, 1876. TREASURY Department, WASHINGTON, D. C., January 1, 1876. The estimate of values contained in the following table has been made by the Director of the Mint, and is hereby proclaimed in compliance with the provisious of law. TABLE No. 7.-PRICES OF A DOZEN ARTICLES FROM 1821 TO 1874. In the New York market, on the first day of January in each year. Av. $11 30 $16 26 $3 35 $6 48 $0 77 $4 61 $0 122 $0 49 $6 60 $0 18 $0 18 $0 21 TABLE No. 8.-TABLE OF PRICES FOR FIFTY YEARS. The following table was prepared by Hon. Jeremiah M. Rusk, of Wisconsin, and used as part of his argument Statement of wholesale prices of provisions and other staple goods in the New York market on the 1st day of January in each year from 1825 to 1876, inclusive. (The quotations are for first qualities of goods, excepting cotton middlings.) |