The total cost of a soldier's ration is 9 cents and 1 mill per diem.

WALTER BICKER,
A. C. S. U. S. A.

H. R. Schoolcraft, Esq., U. S. I. Agent.

(E.)
Statement of the Returns of Copper Ores Smelted at the Mines of Cornwall (Eng.) from 1726 to 1775.—[Rees's Cyclopedia.]

Periods.Tons of ore.Average price
per ton.
Amount.Annual quantity
of fine copper.
1726 to 1735 64,800£ 7 15 10£ 473,500700 tons
1736 to 1745 75,520 78 6560,106830
1746 to 1755 98,790 78 0731,457 1,080
1756 to 1765169,699 76 61,243,045 1,800
1766 to 1775264,2736 14 61,778,337 2,650

(F.)
Statement of the Produce of the Mines of Cornwall and Devon (Eng.) for a period of four years, ending with 1811.

Tons of ore.Fine copper.Average
standard
per ton.
Annual amount
after deducting
charges of smelting.
Tons.cwt.qrs.Tons.cwt.qrs.lbs.££s.
1808Cornwall73,434217,1185117107781,34816
Devon3,725007,1185117
1809Cornwall72,0381226,97217017122875,7842
Devon3,21000365103
1810Cornwall80,2381437,0061325141969,37619
Devon
1811Cornwall73,57016,272002125769,3794
Devon

(G.)
Table of the Annual Quantity of Copper raised from the Earth in Different Countries, in Quintals—the Quintal valued at 100 lbs.

1. England200,000
2. Russia67,000
3. Austria, including Bohemia, Gallicia, Hungary, Transylvania, Styria, Carinthia, Carniola, Salzburg, and Moravia60,000
4. Sweden22,000
5. Westphalia, in 180817,229
6. States of Denmark8,500
7. Bavaria, including the Tyrol3,000
8. France2,500
9. Saxony, in 18081,320
10. Prussia, as left by the treaty of Tilsit337
11. Spanish European mines309
Total,382,186