NUMBER AND VALUE OF CATTLE, STOCK, ETC., RETURNED UNDER THE ACT. 4,758,384 1,587,760 3,232 $114,492,636 $59,145,767 152,766 The following is a condensed statement of the commerce of Massachusetts, from July 1st, 1844, to July 1st, 1845: Total exports of dom. produce in American and Foreign vessels,... $7,756,396 Total value of foreign produce exported in Am. and For. vessels,. $2,594,634 Total value of domestic and foreign produce exported,............ $10,351,030 Total value of imports in American and Foreign vessels,............. $22,781,024 CONDENSED STATEMENT OF THE TONnage of the several districts IN MASSACHUSETTS; ALSO A STATEMENT OF THE NUMBER AND CLASS OF VESSELS BUILT, AND the tonnage thEREOF IN EACH DISTRICT, IN TONS AND NINETY-FIFTHS. Of this number 42 were ships, 16 brigs, 54 schooners, 1 sloop, 2 steamboats. ABSTRACT OF THE TONNAGE OF THE SEVERAL DISTRICTS IN MASSACHUSETTS, IN TONS AND ABSTRACT TONNAGE OF THE SEVERAL DISTRICTS IN TONS AND NINETY-FIFTHS-CONTINUED. The Diario of the 1st publishes a review of the exportations of the island during the past year; they appear from the following table to be considerably below the exportations of 1844. The defalcation in the export of sugar is attributed to the hurricanes which have swept over the island and laid desolate many plantations; while many of the planters, it is stated, are giving up the cultivation of coffee, complaining that the price it realizes does not remunerate them, owing to the great competition in Rio. EXPORTS FROM THE PORT OF HAVANA, from Jan. 1 to the 31st of December, 1845. Italy,......... Other Ports,... Total,...... 4,030 7,712 1,833 .261,341 159,052 19,301 21,626 906 3,335 134,240 855 30,757 2,498 120,355 1,621,889 COMPARATIVE STATEMENT OF ARTICLES REGISTERED FOR EXPORTATION, AT THE PORT OF HAVA YEARS. 1834,.... 292,207 NA, FOR TWELVE YEARS. RUM. WAX. arrobas. SEGARS. TOBACCO. pounds. 540,357 23,303 3,583 1841,.... 346,890 742,570 42,909 1842,.... 427,947 1,081,468 37,459 1843,.... 461,307 773,043 35,711 1844,.... 534,582 579,248, 33,812 1845,.... 267,595 170,466 20,075 1,974 2,643 2,198 1,963 847 64,733 660,915 20,489 3,009 94,564 1,293,803 35,414 2,497 143,705 1,119,185 20,251 3,976 171,413 1,528,125 29.535 6,670 153,370 1.359,029 24,447 8,472 137,067 1,025,262 28,815 8,753 159,450 1,452,989 29,351 6,785 130,728 1,018,990 37,048 6,223 152,009 2,138,802 31,759 4,966 149,583 1,286,242 31,409 2,727 119,271 1,663,073 COMPARATIVE STATEMENT OF THE ARRIVALS AND CLEARANCES OF VESSELS, (OTHER THAN COASTWISE,) AT THE PORT OF HAVANA, FOR THE YEARS 1844 AND 1845. The following statement of clearances from the port of New York, during the year 1845, was carefully compiled from the books of the Custom House : The following statement shows the number and class of vessels which arrived at the port of New York from foreign ports, during the year 1845 :- ARRIVALS AT THE PORT OF NEW YORK FROM FOREIGN PORTS, DURING THE YEAR 1845. Barks. Brigs. Sch'rs. Galleys. Steamers. Total. American,... Ships. ..479 530 364 805 327 6 SUGARS, MOLASSES, COFFEE, AND TEA, IMPORTED INTO U. STATES. We have compiled, with care, from the voluminous document of the Secretary of the Treasury, the following tabular statement of the quantity of Sugars, Molasses, Coffee, and Tea, imported into the United States in each year, from the organization of the government, in 1790, to 1844, inclusive. The rates of duty given below, are derived from the same source. MOLASSES.-Rates of duty in 1790, per gallon, 2 cents; from 1791 to 1796, 3 cents; from 1797 to 1799, 4 cents; from 1800 to 1811, 5 cents; from 1812 to 1815, 10 cents; from 1816 to 1827, 5 cents; in 1828-29, 10 cents; from 1830 to 1832, 5 cents. The compromise act existed from 1832 to 1843. In 1842, the duty was 4 mills per pound, equivalent to 5 cents per gallon. Genuine molasses weighs from 10 to 12, and usually but 11 pounds per gallon. COFFEE. Rates of duty in during the war of 1812, 1813, 1830, 2 cents; in 1831, 1 cent. free of duty. TEA.-Rate of duty in 1790, per pound, on tea from China, was 10, 18, 20, and 32 cents; from Europe, 12, 21, 24, and 40 cents; from any other place, 15, 27, 30, and 50 cents. In 1812, from China, 20, 36, 40, and 64 cents; from Europe, 24, 42, 48, and 80 cents; from any other place, 30, 54, 60, and 100 cents. In 1816, from China, in ships or vessels of the United States, 12, 25, 28, and 50 cents; from any other place, 14, 34, 38, 56, and 68 cents. In 1830, from China, in United States ships, 40, 10, 12, 18, and 25 cents; from other places, in other vessels, 6, 18, 20, 27, and 37 cents. Since 1832, tea has been admitted free of duty. 1790, per pound, 4 cents; in 1794, and to 1811, 5 cents; 1814, and 1815, 10 cents; from 1816 to 1829, 5 cents; in From 1832 to the present time, it has been admitted 1 5 |