There were three stages a day, each way, and I have seen the out-going stages carry away a third of a ton of bullion each, and more than once I saw them divide a two-ton lot and take it off.

However, these were extraordinary events.
[Mr.Valentine, Wells Fargo's agent, has handled all the bullion shipped through the Virginia office for many a month.

To his memory--which is excellent--we are indebted for the following exhibit of the company's business in the Virginia office since the first of January, 1862: From January 1st to April 1st, about $270,000 worth of bullion passed through that office, during the next quarter, $570,000; next quarter, $800,000; next quarter, $956,000; next quarter, $1,275,000; and for the quarter ending on the 30th of last June, about $1,600,000.

Thus in a year and a half, the Virginia office only shipped $5,330,000 in bullion.

During the year 1862 they shipped $2,615,000, so we perceive the average shipments have more than doubled in the last six months.