THE TONNAGE OF THE UNITED STATES ON THE 30TH JUNE, 1851. Aggregate amount of the tonnage of the United States.... 8,772,439 43 Whereof Permanent registered tonnage... Temporary registered tonnage.. 1,351,193 14 375,114 09 Total....... Of the enrolled and licensed tonnage, there were employed in the— 3,772,439 43 1,854,317 90 Of the registered tonnage, amounting, as stated above, to 1,726,307 23 tons, there were employed in ɛteam navigation.... 87,475 89 1,992,332 86 62,390 13 Of the enrolled licensed tonnage, amounting, as stated above, to 1,992,332 86 tons, there were employed in steam navigation.. 521,216 87 Total tonnage in steam navigation...... 583,607 05 EXPORT OF COTTON FROM UNITED STATES IN 1851-52. We compile for the Merchants' Magazine, from the report of the Register of the Treasury, the subjoined statement of the quantity and value of cotton exported from the United States for the year ending June 30th, 1851, distinguishing the countries to which the same was exported:Russia.....lbs. 10,098,448 $1,297,164 | Brit. Am. Col.lbs. 902 Prussia 523,288 20,820 France...... 139,166,581 $127 18,124,509 Sw'd'n & Norw'y 5,160,974 517,616 Spain.. 34,272,625 4,387,262 Hanse Towns... 16,716,571 2,060,979 Cuba, &c.. 154,104 19,938 We give below a tabular statement of the arrivals and clearances, the value of imports and exports at the port of Portland, for the last five The importations of salt into Portland in 1851 were 144,656 bushels; of bituminous coal 1,320 chaldrons; sugar, 2,057,663 pounds. TRADE BETWEEN ENGLAND AND HER COLONIES. A return to Parliament has been printed, showing the exports to, and imports from, the British colonies. It appears that in 1846 the declared value of British and Irish produce and manufactures exported from the United Kingdom to the colonies and dependencies was £17,295,220; in 1847, £15,919,976; in 1848, £13,691,483; in 1849, £16,507,714; and in 1850, £19,432,559. COASTING TRADE OF FRANCE. The French Government has just published the usual statistical tables of the coasting trade of France during the year 1850. From these it appears that the number of vessels which cleared out from the various French ports, bound to other French ports, amounted, in 1850, to 71,853, carrying 2,069,851 tons of goods; showing, as compared with 1849, an increase of 78,282 tons. Of the above 2,069,851 tons, 1,419,000 tons were conveyed from port to port on the Atlantic or channel coasts; 457,000 from port to port on the Mediterranean coasts; and 194,000 from the Mediterranean to the Atlantic, or vice versa, by what is called grand cabotage, or the voyage through the Straits of Gibraltar. The total amount of tonnage representing the grand cabotage trade in 1845 was 236,000 tons, and the subsequent diminution may be ascribed to improved means of internal transport between the south and west coasts of France. The largest exporting ports in 1850 were, Marseilles, which figures for 271,000 tons, Havre for 205,000, Nantes for 171,000, and Rouen for 163,000. The largest receiving ports were, Marseilles, which imported 305,000 tons; Bordeaux, 242,000; Havre, 1820Ə, and Nantes, 136,000. The goods sent by coasting trade were, in the order of their importance, timber, 333,000 tons; building materials, 239,000 tons; wine, 224,000 tons. Of the remaining articles, were, iron goods, salt-fish, manures, pitch and tar, empty casks, pottery, and glass. STATISTICS OF THE SLAVE TRADE. A return to the British House of Commons has been printed, showing the number of slaves embarked on the coast of Africa and landed in Cuba and Brazil in each year from 1842 to 1851. IMPORT OF ANTHRACITE COAL AT BOSTON. The following table of the receipts of hard coal at Boston and its vicinity, in each year 1843 to 1851, inclusive, is derived from a statement in the Boston Traveler:— HOPS IMPORTED INTO THE UNITED KINGDOM. A return has just been printed by order of the British House of Lords, showing that in the year ending the 5th of January, 1852, there were 97,042,919 lbs. of bops, paying duty amounting to £236,623 1s. 10d. Last year there were 48,557,669 lbs, paying as duty £124,702 53. A return has also been printed by order of the House of Lords, showing the quantities of foreign hops charged with duty for home consump tion in the United Kingdom for the last twelve years. In the year ending January 5th, 1851, the quantity was 5,412 cwt. 3 qrs. 24 lbs., and in the year ending January 5th, 1852, the quantity was 100 cwt. 1 qr. 26 lbs. GALENA LEAD TRADE. We give below a statement of the number of Pigs of Lead, exported from Galena, for each of the last six years : This shows a falling off, which is not accounted for by the source from which we derive the foregoing figures. RAILROAD, CANAL, AND STEAMBOAT STATISTICS. STATISTICS OF RAILROADS IN MASSACHUSETTS. The Report of the Investigating Committee upon the Western (between Boston and Albany) Railroad furnishes some instructive tabular statements, which are of sufficient importance to place on record in this department of the Merchants' Magazine :— COST OF MAINTENANCE OF WAY AND OF REPAIRS OF ENGINES AND CARS, ON EACH OF THE FOLLOWING ROADS, PER MILE RUN BY TRAINS, FROM 1846 TO 1850 INCLUSIVE-FIVE YEARS. The above table contains the cost of maintenance of way, and repairs of engines and cars, per mile run, in five years, (1846 to 1850 inclusive,) on the Western, Boston and Worcester, Boston and Maine, Boston and Lowell, Fitchburg, Eastern, Boston and Providence, and Old Colony Railroads. It will be seen by this table that, during the five years specified, the aggregate of miles, run by all the trains, on all the roads named, amounted to 13,755,550 miles; and that the aggregate sum expended by all for maintenance of way, was $2,004,563; and for repairs of engines and cars, $1,879,330; and that the total expenditure, for both these objects, was $3,883,893. The table will further show the average amount expended by each road, per mile run, during the five years. The general result furnished by this table is this: The average sum paid for maintenance of way by any one road, per mile run, by trains, during the five years, was 22.41 cents. The least average of the same was 8.17 cents; and the mean of the whole was 14.57 cents. The largest sum paid for repairs of engines and cars, for the same time, per mile run, was 24.65. The least average of the same was 9.39; and the mean of the whole was 13.66 cents. The largest average sum paid by any one road, in any one year, for maintenance of way and repairs of engines and cars combined, was 49.8 cents; and the least sum paid by any one road for both 11.4 cents; and the mean of the whole was 28.23 cents per mile, run for both. In the case of the Western, its maximum (1847) for both was 39.4 cents, its maximum (1850) was 30 cents, and its average for the five years 33.22 cents. COASTING TRADE OF FRANCE. The French Government has just published the usual statistical tables of the coasting trade of France during the year 1850. From these it appears that the number of vessels which cleared out from the various French ports, bound to other French ports, amounted, in 1850, to 71,853, carrying 2,069,851 tons of goods; showing, as compared with 1849, an increase of 78,282 tons. Of the above 2,069,851 tons, 1,419,000 tons were conveyed from port to port on the Atlantic or channel coasts; 457,000 from port to port on the Mediterranean coasts; and 194,000 from the Mediterranean to the Atlantic, or vice versa, by what is called grand cabotage, or the voyage through the Straits of Gibraltar. The total amount of tonnage representing the grand cabotage trade in 1845 was 236,000 tons, and the subsequent diminution may be ascribed to improved means of internal transport between the south and west coasts of France. The largest exporting ports in 1850 were, Marseilles, which figures for 271,000 tons, Havre for 205,000, Nantes for 171,000, and Rouen for 163,000. The largest receiving ports were, Marseilles, which imported 305,000 tons; Bordeaux, 242,000; Havre, 189,000, and Nantes, 136,000. The goods sent by coasting trade were, in the order of their importance, timber, 333,000 tons; building materials, 239,000 tons; wine, 224,000 tous. Of the remaining articles, were, iron goods, salt fish, manures, pitch and tar, empty casks, pottery, and glass. STATISTICS OF THE SLAVE TRADE. A return to the British House of Commons has been printed, showing the number of slaves embarked on the coast of Africa and landed in Cuba and Brazil in each year from 1842 to 1851. The following table of the receipts of hard coal at Boston and its vicinity, in each year 1843 to 1851, inclusive, is derived from a statement in the Boston Traveler: HOPS IMPORTED INTO THE UNITED KINGDOM. A return has just been printed by order of the British House of Lords, showing that in the year ending the 5th of January, 1852, there were 97,042,919 lbs. of hops, paying duty amounting to £236,623 18. 10d. Last year there were 48,537,669 lbe, paying as duty £424,702 83. A return has also been printed by order of the House of Lords, showing the quantities of foreign hops charged with duty for home consump tion in the United Kingdom for the last twelve years. In the year ending January 5th, 1851, the quantity was 5,412 cwt. 3 qrs. 24 lbs., and in the year ending January 5th, 1852, the quantity was 100 cwt. 1 qr. 26 lbs. |