occasioning a fall of 3 to 4 per cent in discount, and a rise in different stocks of companies, and the establishment of the Bank of Brazil, with a capital of 10,000 contos, ($5,000,000,) which went into operation in August. During the year 292 vessels arrived, and 279 cleared under the American flag. In the early part of the year discount was at the rate of 7 to 7 per cent, and in consequence of abundance of capital, in the latter part of the year, it was down at 4 to 4 per cent. The highest rate of exchange on London was 31, and the lowest 27} per cent. In Government stock the first transactions were made at 85 a 85§, and at the end of the year at 934 a 94. The Custom-House duties were 11,807,7018, and the export duties of 2,889:3588, or 14,697: 0598000, against 11,623:0668000 in 1850-being an increase of 3,073:993$000. COMMERCIAL BANK.—This bank, during the year, increased its capital to the amount of 5,000 shares, of the value of 500 mil reis, and such was the abundance of capital unemployed, that, in a few hours, all were taken for 600 mil reis. The amount taken upon interest was 31,098:1388, at a medium of 3 91-100, and discounts were effected to the extent of 40,717: 3068, and the yearly dividend of 9 per cent. Or a consumption of 174,830 bbls., or nearly 480 bbls. a day. COMPARATIVE DESTINATION OF COFFEE. HOGS PACKED IN THE WESTERN STATES. The Cincinnati Price Current-good authority-furnishes the subjoined statistics of the hogs packed in the States of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, Missouri, in 1851-52, compared with 1850-51:— 1851-52. 1850-51. The Price Current says:-" There are some points in Iowa and Missouri to hear from, and these returns we will give hereafter, as soon as received in a reliable shape. As we remarked in a previous number, most of the above returns were received from our correspondents at the several points, and while we do not claim for the figures enire accuracy, we believe the statements, upon the whole, to be as correct as it is possible to obtain." Capital Bushels Bushels States. invested. barley. corn. SPIRITUOUS AND MALT LIQUORS PRODUCED IN THE UNITED STATES AND TERRITORIES DURING THE YEAR 1850-ALSO, THE AMOUNT OF GRAIN &c., CONSUMED IN THEIR PRODUCTION, COMPILED FROM THE RETURNS OF THE SEVENTH CENSUS. Quantities and kinds of grain, &c. consumed. Bushels Bushels Bushels Hhds. Tons Hands rye. oats. apples. Quantities of liquor produced. molasses. hops. employed. Barrels ale, &c. Galls, whiskey, &c.t Maine.. 17,000 2,000 Gallons rum, &c. 220,000 Vermont. 7,000 2,500 1 2 800 Massachusetts 457,500 80,000 19,400 26,600 35,130 29 131 25,800 120,000 8,786,000 Rhode Island. 17,000 12,500 6 9 ..... 3,900 Connecticut 15,000 20,000 20,000 10 2 20 New York 2,585,900 2,062,250 1,647,266 909,067 6,707 60,940 24,500 581 1,380 644,700 130,000 1,200 9,231,700 2,488,800 New Jersey 409,655 103,700 254,000 58,400 409,700 42 197 34,750 1,250,580 Pennsylvania 1,719,960 550,105 1,483,555 517,180 24,700 51,200 10 263 911 189,581 6,548,810 1,500 Maryland... 247,100 76,900 166,100 54,300 460 25 126 26,380 787,400 Virginia 100,915 20,000 250,700 62,680 450 14 123 5,500 879,440 North Carolina. 21,930 64,650 4,700 .... 75 153,030 South Carolina. 3,475 18,100 83 43,900 Georgia.. 7,150 20,150 2,500 1,500 15 60,450 Alabama. 3,000 Louisiana.. 8,500 10,000 10 8 3,000 66,125 3,000 258,400 5,480 159 657,000 168,895 65,650 551,350 30,520 5,000 18 274 19,500 1,491,745 298,900 124,440 309,200 24,900 31 179 44,850 939,400 1,262,974 330,950 3,588,140 281,750 19,500 178 1,033 96,943 11,865,150 334,950 118,150 1,417,900 48,700 1,000 18 287 11,005 4,639,900 303,400 98,000 703,500 48,700 2,200 30 274 27,925 2,315,000 139,425 82,030 212,300 19,150 16 98 10,320 690,900 ... 160,600 98,700 91,020 29,900 200 28 98 31,320 127,000 7,300 2,000 *12,900 21 42,000 3,000 1,000 3 300 12,000 5,000 ....... ...... 2 5 1,350 8,834,254 3,787,195 11,067,761 2,148,927 56,517 526,840 61,675 1,294 5,487 1,177,924 42,183,955 6,500,500 Wheat. + This includes high wines. COMMERCE OF WESTERN TOWNS COMPARED. FREEMAN HUNT, Esq., Editor of the Merchants' Magazine, etc. :— DEAR SIR-Below you have the exports and imports, coastwise, of Cleveland, Sandusky, and Toledo, as valued by their respective Collectors of Customs, for the year 1851: Imports... Exports... Total... Cleveland. 9,262,657 $19,180,554 Sandusky City. 4,656,641 $18,301,311 Toledo. $22,987,772 7,847,808 $30,855,580 Great care was exercised by the Collector of Toledo to make a correct estimate, and, in regard to exports, the value of which could be known, he is, no doubt, quite accurate. By overvaluing merchandise, as it seems to me, he has swelled the imports to nearly three times the exports. It is likely that the Collector at Sandusky has committed the same error; I know he did, in past seasons. If one-quarter were added to the exports of each place, it would give a result, for the imports, more satisfactory to me than the estimates of the Collectors. The imports should exceed the exports in value, because they go to places whose exports are made through New Orleans. The quantities of corn, wheat, flour, pork and lard, bacon, and staves exported, and salt imported, in 1851, appear to be as follows, says the Toledo Blade : : DOMESTIC EXPORTS FROM DETROIT IN 1851 VALUE- -$4,846,919. By this table it will be seen that in wool, fish, and lumber, Detroit stands No. 1 among the upper Lake Erie ports. In flour No. 2, and in value of exports No. 3. The breadstuffs exported, as shown by the above table, from four lake ports, counting the flour at five bushels the barrel, exceed eighteen and a quarter millions of bushels. If Detroit and the other lake ports were included, the amount would probably be swelled to twenty-four or twenty-five millions shipped in 1851 from the upper lakes. If prices should encourage exports through this year, the amount for 1852 will be greatly in excess of that of last year. Yours truly, J. W. SCOTT. IMPORTS OF FRANCE IN 1851. The Moniteur publishes the returns of the principal articles imported into France, and the duties levied thereon, in 1851. Those duties produced f117,121,485, or f7,575,000 less than in 1850, and f10,735,000 less than in 1849. The salt-tax, reduced by two-thirds since 1848, gave, in 1851, 126,616,000, or about f1,000,000 more than last year. The number of vessels, French and foreign, which entered the ports of France in 1851, amounted to 17,406, measuring 2,188,556 tons, and those which cleared out to 17,035, measuring 1,870,094 tons. THE BRITISH TOBACCO TRADE. The official trade tables of the country show an increase in the importation of tobacco last year compared with the preceding. In eleven months, ending the 5th ult of manufactured tobacco there were 25,376,017 lbs. imported; and in the like period of the preceding year, 21,931,304 lbs; whilst in the eleven months ending the 5th ult., there were 25,490,154 lbs. entered for home consumption, and in the same period of 1850, 25,420,927 lbs. entered for home consumption, chargeable with duty. THE PORK TRADE OF THE WEST. The following statement, which we copy from the Cincinnati Price Current, shows the extreme and average prices for each day of the season of 1851-52, and the average for 1850-51, and also the weekly average for the three last seasons : |