Decrease In Customs Receipts

Washington-, Aug. 4,.- A statement prepared at the treasury department shows that the receipts from the customs at the port of New York for the seven months of tho present calendar year have fallen off, as compared with the corresponding1 months of the calendar year 18'JO, 8:22,444,378. The receipts for July, 1891, were $11,303,169, while for July, 1890, they were $17,173,010, showing a falling off of nearly S0, 000. 000.