EXPORTS OF TOBACCO FROM NEW ORLEANS FOR TWO YEARS COMMENCING 1ST SEPTEMBER AND ENDING 31ST AUGUST.

EXPORTS OF SUGar from new orleans for two yYEARS, (UP THE RIVER EXCEPTED,) from

EXPORTS OF MOLASSES FROM NEW ORLEANS FOR TWO YEARS, (UP THE RIVER EXCEPTED,) FROM

EXPORTS OF FLOUR, PORK, BACON, LARD, BEEF, LEAD, WHISKY, AND CORN, FOR THE YEAR
ENDING 1ST SEPTEMBER, 1852.

COMPARATIVE PRICES OF MIDDLING TO FAIR COTTON AT NEW ORLEANS ON THE FIRST OF
EACH MONTH DURING A PERIOD OE FIVE YEARS.

COMPARATIVE PRICES OF SUGAR, MOLASSES, FLOUR, CORN, AND PORK, ON THE FIRST OF EACH

COMPARATIVE ARRIVALS, EXPORTS, AND STOCKS OF COTTON AND TOBACCO AT NEW ORLEANS,
FOR TEN YEARS, FROM 1ST September EACH YEAR.

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men from various sources, to which we invite the attention of all who are interested. The production of coffee at sundry times is estimated by various authorities to be as follows:-

The consumption of coffee in Europe by the average of various authorities in 1848, was 400,000,000 lbs.; the consumption of the United States and British America in 1848, was estimated to be 150,000,000 lbs. ; total consumption in 1848, 550,000,000 lbs.

The increase of consumption in Europe is estimated to be 24 per cent per annum, which would give for 1852, 440,000,000 lbs.; the increase in the United States is estimated to be 7 per cent per annum, which would give for 1852, 200,000,000 lbs. ; total consumption 1852, 640,000,000 lbs.

The stock of coffee in Europe in first hands on July 1st, was 125,000,000 lbs., or about 3 months' supply.

The stock of coffee in the United States in first hands, on July 1st, was 25,000,000 lbs., or about 1 months' supply.

AMERICAN TRADE WITH CADIZ, SPAIN.

We are indebted to ALEXANDER BURTON, United States Consul, for the following statement of American vessels arriving at the port of Cadiz, for the six months ending June 30th, 1852:

During the last six months 15 foreign vessels have arrived at Cadiz from the United States (8 English, 4 Swede, 2 Sicilian, and one Russian,) with cargoes consisting of 343,000 staves, six cargoes of ship timber, and 118 barrels of rosin, the rosin and timber for account of government contractors. Within the same period 12 vessels (11 English and 1 Swede,) have touched at Cadiz for the Atlantic ports of the United States, with salt 603 lasts, or 43,416 bushels, 324 pipes wine, 355 cases liquorice, 736 bales cork and corkwood, and 1,752 pigs lead; and for California, two cargoes of English, French, and Spanish merchandise.

COMMERCIAL REGULATIONS.

OF IMPORTS IN ORIGINAL PACKAGES EXPORTED TO MEXICO.

AN ACT AUTHORISING IMPORted goods, waARES, AND MERCHANDISE, ENTERED AND BONDED FOR WAREHOUSING IN PURSUANCE OF LAW, TO BE EXPORTED BY CERTAIN ROUTES TO PORIS OR PLACES IN MEXICO.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That any imported goods in the original packages, which shall have been duly entered and bonded, in pursuance of the warehousing act, of sixth August, eighteen hundred and forty-six, may be withdrawn from warehouse at any time within two years from the original importation for immediate exportation without payment of duties, under the provisions of the act aforesaid, to Chihuahua in Mexico, by the routes designated in the first section of the act of third March, eighteen hundred and forty-five, or by such other routes as may be designated by the Secretary of the Treasury; and likewise, that any imported merchandise duly entered and bonded at Point Isabel, in the collection district of Brazos de Santiago, or imported and bonded at any other port of the United States, and transported thence in bond and duly re-warehoused at Point Isabel, in pursuance of the warehousing law of August sixth, eighteen hundred and forty-six, may be withdrawn from warehouse at any time within two years from the date of original importation into the United States for immediate exportation, without payment of duties under the provisions of the warehousing act aforesaid, to ports and places in Mexico, by land or water, or partly by land and partly by water, or by such routes as may be designated by the Secretary of the Treasury.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That any imported merchandise duly entered and bonded at any port of the United States, may be withdrawn from warehouse at any time within two years from the date of importation, without payment of duties, in pursuance of the provisions of the warehousing law of sixth August, eighteen hundred and forty-six, for immediate exportation to San Fernando, Paso del Norte, and

Chihuahua, in Mexico, through the port of La Vaca, in the collection district of Saluria in the State of Texas, and be transhipped inland thence to San Antonio in said State, and from the latter place to the destinations in Mexico aforesaid, either by way of Eagle Pass, the Presidio del Norte, and San Elizario, all on the Rio Grande; and the Secretary of the Treasury shall be, and is hereby authorized, to prescribe such regulations, not inconsistent with law, as he may deem proper and necessary, respecting the packing, marking, inspection, proof of due delivery at their foreign destinations, of the imports authorized by this and the foregoing sections of this act, to be exported from warehouse to ports and places in Mexico, and for the due protection in other respects of the public revenue.

SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That the Secretary of the Treasury shall appoint inspectors of the customs to reside at San Antonio, Eagle Pass, the Presidio del Norte, and San Elizario, or at such other points on the route as he may designate, not exceeding four in number, who shall each receive an annual salary of two hundred and fifty dollars, and who shall make a report semi annually to the Secretary of the Treasury, of all the trade that passes under inspection, stating the number of packages, the description of goods, their value, and the names of the exporters.

SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That no goods, wares, or merchandise, exported out of the limits of the United States, according to the provisions of this act, shall be voluntarily landed or brought into the United States; and on being so landed or brought into the United States, they shall be forfeited, and the same proceedings shall be had for their condemnation, and the distribution of the proceeds of their sales, as in other cases of forfeiture of goods illegally imported; and every person concerned in the voluntary landing or bringing such goods into the United States, shall be liable to a penalty of

four hundred dollars.

SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That all acts and parts of acts inconsistent with the provisions of the foregoing act, be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved August 30, 1852,

Since the passage of the foregoing act, the following circular from the Treasury Department, has been forwarded to the collectors and other officers of customs, explanatory &c. of the provisions of said act:

CIRCULAR INSTRUCTIONS TO COLLECTORS AND OTHER OFFICERS OF THE CUSTOMS. TREASURY DEPARTMENT, September 13th, 1852.

The attention of the collectors and other officers of the customs, is called to the following instructions, to be pursued in carrying into effect the provisions of the annexed Act of Congress, approved 30th August, 182, entitled "An Act authorizing imported goods, wares, and merchandise, entered and bonded for warehousing in pursuance of law, to be exported by certain routes, to ports and places in Mexico."

1st. Directly by water to ports or places in Mexico lying on the sea coast or Rio

Grande.

2d. By land or water from Point Isabel to Brownsville, or Loredo; thence by water to places in Mexico lying on the Rio Grande. No goods, under transportation, to be allowed warehousing privileges at either Brownsville or Loredo.

The first section of the before-mentioned act, modifies so much of the act allowing drawback on goods exported to Chihuahua, &c., approved 3d March, 1845, and likewise so much of the act to establish the collection district of Brazos de Santiago, as requires the duties to be paid prior to exportation thereof, and authorizes any imported goods, in the original packages, which shall have been duly entered and bonded in pursuance of the Warehousing Act of 6th August, 1846, to be withdrawn from warehouse, at any time within two years from date of original importation, for immediate exportation, without payment of duties. The section mentioned also modifies the provisions of the Act of 1849, respecting the transportation of goods by land from Point Isabel to Fort Brown, and authorizes their transportation from the first mentioned place to ports and places in Mexico, by land or water, or partly by land and partly by water, or by such routes as may be designated by the Secretary of the Treasury.

Until otherwise directed by the Department, the exportation of warehoused goods for immediate transportation, from Point Isabel to Mexico, will be by the following

routes, to wit:

Goods, wares, and merchandise, proposed to be exported to San Fernando, Paso del Norte, and Chihuahua, by the routes indicated in the second section of the Act, VOL. XXVII-NO. IV.

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