AMOY.-T. HART HYATT, Consul.

OCTOBER 1, 1861.

In accordance with the act of Congress of August 18, 1856, requiring that consular officers should make an annual report of trade and commercial information to the Secretary of State, I have the honor hereby to lay before you the condition of American trade at this port, as well as such statistics concerning the commerce of other nations as I have been able to procure.

In recording the state of trade at this port in American vessels, and the general condition of our commerce here, for the statistical year closing September 30, just past, we are met at the outset with an unusual, and, partly on that account, a great obstacle to its present advancement and success. 1 allude to the unhappy civil war prevailing in our beloved country. It is this cause that, without doubt, has led to the decrease, both in tonnage and amount of trade, at Amoy, for the year past, and as is shown more particularly by appendix A, herewith transmitted.

The year closing September 30, 1860, shows a most gratifying increase in our trade over previous years, particularly in the article of teas, the supply of which for the American market, this season, has been carried by British or continental vessels. Three or four large vessels have already sailed with full cargoes for New York, and two are now loading for the same destination, the most of which teas, if not all, would probably have been carried in American bottoms, under the usual peaceable passage of the seas for our noble ships. The portion of last season's tea exported during the three months closing the year 1860 was, I believe, shipped entirely in American bottoms. The "Snow Squall," although not leaving until January, was loaded during the previous months; her cargo, with that of the "Maury" and " Kathay," amounted to $404,000 Since then have left the Hamburg ship "Mary Ross," and British ships "John Bull" and "Miletus," the three exporting $352,263, and as more particularly shown in appendix B, to which I would most respectfully draw your attention.

A gratifying evidence of the increasing importance of Amoy as a tea mart, and the value attached to its under ordinary circumstances increasing trade with the United States, is the establishment at this port, during the past half year, of a branch of the large American mercantile firm of Augustine Heard & Co., who intend engaging in the tea trade, chiefly shipping the black teas of this market to the United States, where they are in great demand, and although, from the reasons above stated, not doing much this year, when the pirates of the south shall be driven from the sea, and peace again beam upon a prosperous, happy, and undivided country, they will doubtless be the means of a great annual export of teas to America.

The trade of Great Britain and the continental nations, as far as it has been possible to ascertain, it will be observed by reference to appendix A, is about the same as last year, bearing, however, slightly in favor of increase.

7,90588

Netherlands

38

12,527

Danish

27

5,660

Prussian.

22

13

3, 196

(?)

814

(?)

8,000 00

(?)

(?)

1,535

(?)

(?)

18,000 00

(?)

(?)

[Appendix B to despatch No. 6, 1861.]

Export of teas to the United States from Amoy, China, for the year closing September 30, 1861.

The business at this port has materially increased since my departure from here in February last. The settlement of land for foreigners and foreign use has given a great impetus to business, and extensive preparations have been commenced for the erection of foreign houses. Already twenty steamers are running on the Yangtsze river, to be increased to fifty within twelve months. *

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OCTOBER 1, 1862

I have the honor to enclose herewith the following reports for the quarter ended September 30, 1862: No. 1. Arrivals and departures of American ves sels. No. 2. Imports and exports in American vessels. No. 3. Fees received. No. 4. Teas exported in American and European vessels.

Statement showing the arrivals and departures of American steamers from the port of Kiukiang, during the quarter ended September 30, 1862, with their aggregate tonnage.

Statement of teas exported from Kiukiang in American and European vessels during the quarter ended September 30, 1862.

Statement showing the imports at the port of Kiukiang, in American vessels, during the quarter ended September 30, 1862, together with their quantity.

Statement showing the exports from the port of Kiukiang, in American vessels, during the quarter ended September 30, 1862, together with their quantity and value.

Tea...... chests and half chests.. 39,515 value...

taelst 575,000

Summary of arrivals and departures of American vessels at the United States consulate at Honolulu, H. I., from the 1st October to the 31st December, 1861; also of the inward and outward crews and cargoes for the same period of time.

Entered: Ships, 37; barks, 25; brigs, 4; schooners, 2; total 68. Cleared: Ships, 34; barks, 23; brigs, 4; schooners, 2; total, 63.

Of those entered there are in the merchant service: Ships, 6; barks, 3; brigs, 4; schooners, 2; total, 15. Whaling service: Ships, 31; barks, 22, total, 53.

Tonnage of merchant vessels entered....
Tonnage of whaling vessels entered.

Total tonnage entered....

Number of seamen arriving in merchant vessels..
Number of seamen arriving in whaling vessels..

8, 198

20, 298

28, 496

Total arrivals....

Number of seamen departing in merchant vessels....
Number of seamen departing in whaling vessels.

Total departures...

"One picul = 133
†One tael silver

lbs. avoirdupois.

$1 48. 717 taels reckoned as $1,000.

230

1,742

1,972

284

1,426

1,710

Number of seamen discharged.
Number of seamen shipped...

800

INWARD CARGOES.

89,145 gallons sperm oil, at 95 cents per gallon... 2,244,7173 gallons whale oil, at 30 cents per gallon.. 295,912 pounds whalebone, at 45 cents per pound.

Total value of oil and bone, inward,. Merchandise, per merchant vessels, inward..

Total inward cargoes..

OUTWARD CARGOES.

88,074 gallons sperm oil, at 95 cents per gallon.... 1,990,611 gallons whale oil, at 30 cents per gallon.. 545,873 pounds whalebone, at 45 cents per pound..

Total value of oil and bone, outward...... Merchandise, per merchant vessels, outward..

Total outward cargoes...

Inward cargoes of merchant vessels, consisting of general merchandise, chiefly the production of the United States... Outward cargoes of merchant vessels, consisting chiefly of Hawaiian produce, viz: sugar, sirup, coffee, puhe, fungus, salt, hides, goatskins, tallow, wool, arrowroot, &c.....

Difference between actual imports and exports.....

674

$84, 687 75

673, 265 25

133, 160 40

891, 113 40 67,860 66

958, 974 06

$83,670 30

597, 183 30 245, 642 85

926, 496 45

54,097 24

980, 593 69

$67,860 66

54, 097 24

13,763 42

HAYTI.

AUX CAYES.-B. F. SANFORD, Commercial Agent.

MARCH 31, 1862.

I enclose to you herewith a paper for the statistical bureau of the State Department, in reference to the commerce and navigation between this port and the United States for the quarter ending March 31, 1862.

Owing to the existing civil war there has been some transfer of commerce, naturally belonging to the United States, to the British provinces. Formerly considerable lumber came here from Wilmington, N. C., which character of lumber now comes from Nova Scotia, and the same vessels that are engaged in this new lumber trade come also partly freighted with fish, an article of commerce heretofore principally supplied by the Boston merchants, and which they continue to furnish here in large quantities. It will be also seen, by reference to the paper enclosed, that the carrying trade between this and American ports has been done to a considerable extent under the British flag.

There is at this time only a limited amount of dry goods of American manufacture consumed here. And yet the strong cotton fabrics from American looms enjoy a high degree of popularity. The absence of any American mercantile house here, and the fact that the English, German, and French houses lend