Vessels employed in the Whale Fishery, January 1, 1862. EXPORTS OF SPERM OIL, WHALE OIL AND WHALEBONE FROM THE United States. SUGAR TRADE OF THE UNITED STATES. Annual Statement, showing the Import, Export, Stock and Consumption of Unrefined, for the year ending December 31st, 1861, (exclusive of California and Oregon.) From the Shipping and Commercial List and New-York Price Current. ......... Deduct stock, Melado included, Jan- 288,488 10,001 48,208 101,594 294,124 203,599 17,514 94,544 19,744 84,080 | 199,580 183,855 Weighing as above,.. tons, 183, 855-of which foreign, received direct and coastwise, tons, 171,544 Total consumption in 1860, 218, 235 Decrease in 1861,..tons, 29,380 46 66 66 ..... 199,432 Decrease in consumption of foreign in 1861,..tons, 27,888 *We have put down, as usual, the whole number of packages of MELADO, &c., received, but, in carrying out the weight, have deducted 40 per cent., to make it equal to ordinary grade of sugar. The same allowance has also been made in receipts, stocks and exports throughout the statement. Taken from this port for consumption, 304,998 12,916 70,481 152,560 | 148,071 213,235 Weighing as above,.. tons, 218,235-of which foreign, received direct and coastwise,.tons, 199,432 Total consumption in 1859, 190,135 Increase in 1860,...tons, 28,100 66 66 159,627 Increase in consumption of foreign in 1860, tons, 39,805 Notwithstanding the general falling off in the sale of sugars, the demand for clarified has been fully equal to that of last year; and though the largest refinery at the West has been idle, the deficiency has been more than compensated by the larger consumption of molasses for refining, here and at the eastward. We have taken some pains to ascertain, as near as possible, the quantity of sugar made from molasses the past year, and we estimate the total at 13,840 tons, yielded from 62,000 hhds. of molasses. Refiners still complain that Cuba molasses is getting less and less desirable for their purpose, planters being able, by improved machinery, &c., to obtain from their syrups more of their saccharine properties than in former years. * We have put down, as usual, the whole number of packages of MELADO, &c., received, but, in carrying out the weight, have deducted 40 per cent., to make it equal to ordinary grade of sugar. The same allowance has also been made in receipts, stocks and exports throughout the state ment. Consumption of foreign in 1861, ..tons, 241,420 296,950 ...tons, 55,530 ..tons, 241,420 Add crop of 1860-61 of Louisiana, Texas, Florida, &c., the bulk of which was distributed in 1861, and assuming the stock 1st January each year to be equal,.. 122,618 219 122,399 States in ..tons, 363,819 415,281 Less shipped to California, &c., not included in foregoing statement of exports,.. Would make the total consumption of cane sugar in the United 1861,... Total consumption of foreign and domestic cane sugar in 1860,.. Decrease in 1861,.................... ...tons, 51,462 The yield of maple sugar was again large, though we believe not so large as in the winter and spring of 1860; as near as can be ascertained, about 26,000 tons were gathered the past year from the maple tree. The causes that operated to diminish the consumption in the Atlantic States, were not felt in force on the Pacific, and the estimates of the consumption of California do not vary much from those of last year, and may be stated at 8,000 tons, making the total consumption of raw sugar of all kinds, 411,650 tons, against a total consumption in 1860 of 464,673 tons, being a decrease in the consumption of 1861, as compared with 1860, of say 53,000 tons, or 11 41-100 per cent. Consumption of foreign in 1860,... .tons, 296,950 Less shipped to California, &c., not included in foregoing statement of exports,.. Add crop of 1859-60 of Louisiana, Texas, Florida, &c., the bulk of which was distributed in 1860, assuming the stock 1st January each year to be equal, 119,046 715 118,331 Would make the total consumption of cane sugar in the United States in 1860,.. Total consumption of foreign and domestic cane sugar in 1859,. .tons, 415,281 431,184 Decrease in 1860,....... ..tons, 15,903 The above figures briefly illustrate the commerce of the country in this product of the cane for the past year. It will be seen that the total receipts of foreign raw sugars into the United States (California and Oregon excepted) from the year ending December 31, 1861, were 242,908 tons, against receipts in 1860 of 341,532 tons; in 1859, 262,829 tons; in 1858, 255,100 tons; in 1857, 269,180 tons; in 1856, 275,662 tons; and in 1855, 205,064 tons; and that the consumption of foreign in 1861 was 241,420 tons, against a consumption of foreign in 1860, of 296,950 tons; in 1859, 239,034 tons; in 1858, 244,758 tons; in 1857, 241,765 tons; in 1856, 255,292 tons, and in 1855, 192,604 tons; while the total consumption of foreign and domestic cane sugar in 1861 was 363,819 tons, against a consumption in 1860 of 415,281 tons, being a decrease in the consumption of foreign of 18 70-100 per cent., and in foreign and domestic, 12 39-100 per cent. These results reflect, in a measure, the se |