The total value of the Gold coined was 3d. more than its cost. The current value of the Silver coined was 462,5287., and the cost was 434,6097. Os. 11d.; a gain of 27,9181. 9s. The cost of the Copper coinage was 6,4221. 17s.; the current value, 11,4181. 8s.; a gain of 4,995/. 11s. GOLD.- In the year 1856 there were exported from New South Wales 42,463 ozs., of the value of 138,0071.; of which 32,883 ozs. came to England, and the remainder went to our East India possessions. In the same year there were exported from Victoria 3,003,806 ozs., of the value of 12,015,2241.; of which 2,702,413 ozs. came to England, 193,624 ozs. went to India and China, 340 ozs. to America, and the remainder were distributed among the Australian colonies. SILVER COINAGE, EAST INDIES.-At the mints of Calcutta, Madras, and Bombay, silver was coined in the year 1853-4 to the amount of 5 crores 2 lacs 34,365 rupees, and in 1854-5 to the amount of 1 crore 36 lacs 59,015 rupees, or 5,253,4361. in the first twelvemonth, and 1,365,9017. in the last. III.-Trade. IMPORTS of the PRINCIPAL ARTICLES of FOREIGN and COLONIAL MERCHANDISE into the UNITED KINGDOM in the Year ended 31st December, 1856. Entered for |