(Census Table 39, p. 238.) The
estimated value of the freight on the Pennsylvania canals is ten times
that of the freight on the Virginia canals.
TONNAGE.--The tonnage of vessels built in Pennsylvania in 1860
was 21,615 tons, and in Virginia, 4,372. (Census, p. 197.)
BANKS.--The number of banks in Pennsylvania in 1860 was 90;
capital, $25,565,582; loans, $50,327,127; specie, $8,378,474;
circulation, $13,132,892; deposits, $26,167,143;--and in Virginia the
number was 65; capital, $16,005,156; loans, $24,975,792; specie,
$2,943,652; circulation, $9,812,197; deposits, $7,729,652. (Census Table
35, p. 193.)
EXPORTS AND IMPORTS, ETC.--Our exports abroad from
Pennsylvania, for the fiscal year ending 30th June, 1860, and foreign
imports, were of the value of $20,262,608. The clearances, same year,
from Pennsylvania, and entries were 336,848 tons. In Virginia the
exports the same year and foreign imports were of the value of
$7,184,273; clearances and entries, 178,143 tons. (Table 14, Register of
U. S. Treasury.) Revenue from customs, same year, in Pennsylvania,
$2,552,924, and in Virginia, $189,816; or more than twelve to one in
favor of Pennsylvania. (Tables U. S. Commissioner of Customs.) No returns
are given for the coastwise and internal trade of either State; but the
railway and canal transportation of both States shows a difference of
ten to one in favor of Pennsylvania.
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