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Rh The increase for the five months has been almost exclusively in silk goods; woollens show a positive decrease of $103,801, and cottons exhibit but the trifling difference of $36,752. The miscellaneous goods include straw plait, artificial flowers, and all dry goods not embraced in the other classes specified.

Number of newspapers published in 1833 254

in 1851 458

number of daily papers published is as follows, compared with 1833, viz.:

No. in

No. in

City of New York

No. in 1833.

No. in 1851.

New York city, 13 18

Albany, 3 6

Troy, 2 3

Rochester, 2 4

Buffalo, — 6

Brooklyn, — 5

Williamsburgh, — 2

No. in 1833.

No. in 1851.

Utica, — 3

Syracuse, — 3

Oswego, — 2

Auburn, — 1

Binghamton, — 1

Lockport, — 1

Hudson, — 1

Total 20 56

20

Increase of daily papers 36

The number of newspapers printed in the city of New York, in 1832, was 64, and in the State, 258; and the whole number of copies issued was computed, in William's Register, for 1832, as follows:

City of New York.

Copies Issued.

Total. Average.

Yearly.

Daily 13 18,200 1400 5,623,800

Semi-weekly 12 19,200 1600 1,996,800

Weekly 33 56,000 2,912,000

Semi-monthly 3 3,000 72,000

Monthly 3 2,000 24,000

Total New York city 64 10,628,600

Out of the city 194 Estimated 5,400,000

Total in the State 258 Copies annually 16,028,600