Statement of the tonnage and value of all the property which went from the Hudson river on all the canals in 1849 and 1850:

Aggregate movement from and to the Hudson river during the years 1849 and 1850, and the aggregate value of the property transported :

IMPORTS AT NEW YORK FOR THE FIRST FIVE MONTHS OF EACH YEAR, FROM 1849 to 1851.

(From the N. Y. Journal of Commerce.)

ENTERED FOR CONSUMPTION.

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.

NEWSPAPERS PUBLISHED IN THE STATE OF
NEW YORK.

(From the collection made by the Secretary of State, Hon. C. Morgan, in 1851.)
Number of newspapers published in 1833

66

66

66 in 1851

254
458

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

Increase of daily papers

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:

Semi-monthly

72,000 24,000

STATISTICS OF BOSTON.

(From a report of the Valuation Committee of that city.)

NUMBER of Iron Works and Furnaces, 16; Oil Factories, 13; Glass Factories, 4; Superficial feet of wharf, 5,410,088; tons of vessels of five tons burthen and upwards, 300,324; acres of tillage land, 20; tons of hay produced, 248; acres of salt marsh, 426; acres of land owned by the city, 162; horses 1 year old and upwards, 4308; oxen, 13; cows, 296; sheep, 863; swine, 238; number of dwelling-houses, 13,173; shops, 1897; distil houses, 8; breweries, 3; warehouses and stores, 1726; rope-walks, 4. State valuation of the city, $214,000,000.

Amount expended for the support of schools, $295,000.

Water to East Boston cost $313,000. Aqueduct is three miles in length, and crosses three great estuaries. Whole cost of the aqueduct to Jan. 1 is $4,321,794.-Length 96 miles of pipes, not including the service pipes, of which there are 15,143 in number. The number of hydrants is 1005, of which 791 are in the city proper. The distribution pipes laid the past year, including East Boston, is 13 miles. The receipts of the Water Department, from Jan. 4, 1850, to Jan. 4, 1851, were $105,114. Number of water takers, 13,463, not including those who were cut off, of which there were 161. The whole expenditure the past year was $342,886 22. The main supply pipe to East Boston is a 20-inch pipe. The reservoirs there hold 5,591,816 wine gallons. The amount of waste water at the Lake is estimated at 15,000,000 wine gallons per day. If all was saved, the Lake would have afforded the past season 20,000,000 gallons daily. The average daily consumption this year is estimated at 6,000,000 gallons.

The number of dwelling-houses supplied with water was 10,407, paying $60,843 37; 12 boarding-houses, $269 40; 2020 stores and shops, $8,304 10; 54 offices, $253; 11 banks, $159 55; 65 hotels, $2,549 23; 56 restaurants, $366 85; 12 eating-houses, $116 25; 57 saloons, $336 33; 15 bowling-saloons, $81. 50; 13 oyster shops, $52 67; 2 markets, $372 92; 9 bath-houses, $406 50; 33 cellars, $104 75; 320 stables, $4,306 33; 37 printing-offices, $372 87; 35 bakeries, $214; 15 churches, $98 75; blind asylum,

$25; schools, $87; theatre, Melodeon, Tremont temple, museum, halls, &c., $84 50; 2 club-rooms, gymnasium, 3 billiard-rooms, $39 17; 1 hospital, medical college, custom-house, post-office, State-house, $235; 20 fountains, $199 83; hose-pipes, $3,620 08; 9 distilleries, $594 32; 8 breweries, $146; 3 dye-houses and 2 bleacheries, $80 50; 8 iron works, turpentine, and chemical works, $329 67; gas light company, $300; 9 railroad companies and depôts, $2,831 18; 2 ferry companies and 8 steamboats, $1,121 75; 22 factories, $277 56; 3 foundries, $23 33; 40 steamengines, $3,968 32; 17 shops and engines, $800 25; 8 factories and engines, $292 26; 3 foundries and engines, $446 41; 1 sugar house, $1,080; shipping contractors, $1,571 05; street waterers, $357 17; besides the above, the city buildings, 183 school-houses, 16 engine-houses, 2 city stables, 5 watch-houses, the city buildings at South Boston, Faneuil Hall, City Hall, &c., are supplied, which, estimated at the tariff of 1849 and '50, amount to $2,405 20.

Sales of Public Lands at private and public sales in 1850, $312,000. City debt, Jan. 1, 1851, $1,756,000, exclusive of Water debt; increase in 1850, $216,600, principally on account of the new jail, which will be more than balanced by the sales of public lands, as above. Total expenditures from the City Treasury, 1850, exclusive of those for water, $4,940,000.

Foreign arrivals, 2,828. Foreign clearances, 2,671. Coastwise arrivals, 5,978. Coastwise clearances, 3,086. Clearances for California, 166.

Export of cotton goods, 34,307 bales; value, $1,896,148. Export of boots and shoes, 147,769 cases.

Arrival of Flour per Western Railroad, 367,808 barrels. Arrivals from other sources, 76,148 barrels.

Valuation of Real Estate of the city, $105,093,400. Personal Estate, $74,907,100. Total, $180,000,500. Number of polls, 28,018. Tax for 1850, '51, $1,266,030-rate per $100 is 68 cents. Population by the State census, 138,788; by the U. S. census, 136,884; City census not yet published.

Number of insurance companies 32, of which 12 are on the mutual principle; number of banks 30, with a capital of $21,700,000; number of wharves 118; streets, lanes, courts, &c., 830. Number of deaths in 1850, 3,667. The fire department contains 625 men-have been called out the past year 304 times; amount of loss, $284,772; insurance, $119,427; number of street lamps 2,202, of which 959 are for gas. The Jail, House of Correction, House of Reformation, &c., contain 573 persons; the Insane Hospital at South Boston contains 204 patients; House of Industry and Deer Island contain 1,254 paupers.