Southern States, with a free population of eight millions, produce only thirty-five million pounds. Of the former, New York produces forty-nine million, and of the latter, Ohio produces twenty-one million. The Southern States produce a very small quantity in proportion to their population, and as it is not now, nor is not likely to become a profitable business in those States, the consumptive demand must be supplied from Ohio, and hence we may look for a steady increase in the trade at this point, Cincinnati being, as already remarked, the distributing market for the South and West, and as railroads are extended, the area of country supplied from this place will increase. Before many years elapse, North and South Carolina and Georgia will be connected by railroads with Cincinnati, and, indeed, already the merchants of that city are receiving orders from Georgia, the Chattanooga Railroad having connected some por. tions of that State with the western rivers. When the statistics of this trade in the United States are fully considered in connection with the facts presented, our prediction that the yearly trade at the port of Cincinnati will in ten years have increased to thirty million pounds, will not be regarded as too large an estimate. This increase would be greatly less than that experienced in New York. The receipts at that port in 1834 were 6,340,000 pounds; in 1844, 29,672,000; and in 1850, 43,097,000. COMMERCE OF SWEDEN. The following table of the Commerce of Sweden during the year 1850, is derived from official tables just published. It will be seen from this table that Sweden imports more from Brazil than any other country, and that her exports to Great Britain and Ireland are double what they are to any other country. The trade of Sweden with the United States, in exports and imports, amounts to Rd. bko. 4,157,000. The import of coffee was, in 1841, 5,300,000 lbs.; in 1850, it was about 8,000,000 lbs. Raw sugar was imported in 1841 in the quantity of 14,500,000 lbs.; in 1850, it reached 25,000,000 lbs. Arrac, rum, and cognac, in 1846, 290,000 cans; in 1850, 890,000 cans. The commercial fleet consisted, in 1840, of 2,171 vessels, of 175,558 tons; in 1850, of 2,744 vessels, of 225,966 tons. The merchant fleet of Stockholm decreases annually, while that of Gothenburg and Gefle increases rapidly. In 1850, 841 vessels were engaged in foreign trade, with a burden of 141,746 tons, their crews amounted to 1,283 officers, and 8,050 men, an increase, since 1840, of 283 officers and 1,106 men. The Navigation act was used in Sweden in 1850 by 7 English ships, of 2,522 tons; in England, by 112 Swedish vessels, of 26,032 tons. MARINE DISASTERS ON THE NORTHERN LAKES. JOHN C. DODGE, Esq., agent for the New York Board of Underwriters, has sent us a tabular statement of marine disasters, losses to vessels, &c., on the Northern Lakes in 1851, and also a cor parative statement for the years 1848 to 1851, inclusive, a summary of which we here subjoin : LOSS OF LIFE, DAMAGE TO VESSELS, ETC., IN 1851. Tot'l dam'e to Eng. cargoes 22,850 Tot'l dam'e to Amer. ves'ls 366,420 The timber forming this trade consists of white pine, red pine, oak, elm, tamarac and spruce. White pine forms three-fourths of all the timber received at Quebec. The aggregate amount of all kinds, in cubic feet, exported from there to Great Britain, for two seasons, has been as follows: 1850. 22,128,203 1851. 23,951,393 Increase. 1,823,195 The vast amount of commerce made by this amount of timber, with the staves, sawed lumber, and articles of produce exported from Quebec, is indicated by the arrivals at that port. The arrivals by sea at Quebec have been, for two seasons, as follows: COMMERCE OF CEYLON. STATEMENT SHOWING THE VALUE OF IMPORTS AND EXPORTS INTO AND FROM THE ISLAND CLEARED OUTWARDS. THE STATEMENT SHOWING THE EXPORTS OF THE PRINCIPAL ARTICLES OF COLONIAL PRODUCE DURING THE LAST FIFTEEN YEARS. 129,457 NAVIGATION OF THE UNITED STATES AND THE UNITED KINGDOM. The following table will show the amount of tonnage which entered the ports of Great Britain and the United States for nine years: RAILROAD, CANAL, AND STEAMBOAT STATISTICS. COMMERCE OF THE NEW YORK CANALS. The following tables, derived from the official report of the Canal Commissioners, show the the total quantity of each article which came to tide-water on all of the canals, and the estimated value of each article during the years 1849, 1850, and 1851: STATEMENT SHOWING THE TOTAL QUANTITY OF EACH ARTICLE WHICH CAME TO THE HUDSON RIVER ON ALL THE CANALS DURING THE YEARS 1849, 1850, AND 1851. |