ERRATA.

In page 10, 2d line under the head of "France," for a direct read an indirect commercial, &c. In page 37, thirteenth line from the bottom, for 80 cents read 60 cents.

In page 67, tenth line from the bottom, for compeadores read compradores.

In page 70, second line of note explanatory of duties on importation into Great Britain, for wool read wood, as being among the articles exempt from the additional duty of five per cent.

In page 73, duty on arrow root, imported into Great Britain from the colonies, for 24 cents per pound read per cwt.

In page 74, bagging cotton,

In page 97, cotton bagging,

for 20 per cent. ad valorem read 10 per cent. ad valorem.

In page 85, burr stones, for $2 40 per cwt. read per 100 stones.

In pages 98 and 104, cut and plain glass wares, &c, for correct duty see page 147, which is $19 20 per cwt. in addition to the 20 per cent. ad valorem duty.

In pages 112, 131, and 135; iron, round, slit, hammered, rolled, &c., for $1 20 per ton read $1 20 per cwt.

In pages 113 and 126, plains, kerseys, or Kendall cottons, for 15 per cent. read 10 per cent. In page 114, lead, in pigs, for 7 per cent. duty on importation into the British colonies from foreign nations, read 15 per cent.

In page 115, logwood, for 96 cents per ton read $1 08 per ton.

In page 116, marble busts, for correct duty, see Busts.

In page 121, oil of vitrol, for correct duty, see Acid, sulphuric.

In

page 152, white oak staves and heading, imported into the British colonies from foreign nations, for $2 per 1,000 read $3 per 1,000.

In page 175, bullion of gold and silver, (For per hectolitre, or 22 gallons, (which rendering of In page 199, gold leaf and gold coin, and all articles composed wholly or chiefly of gold,

In page 207, jewelry,

the duty was occasioned by a typographical error in the copy of the French tariff used in preparing the table,) read per hectogramme, or 3 527-1000 oz. avoirdupois. Gold and silver coin, free.

In page 417, total value of merchandise, for $3,999,966 read $2,999,966.

In page 474, bottom line, for 641,550, read 727,250.

In page 477, bottom line, for 647,531, read 771,142.

In

page 480, bottom line, for 689,685, read 778, 644.

In page 486, value of cotton exported to Prussia, 1838, for $6, read $600.

In page 532, after Mexico, third line from bottom, for 40 per cent. ad valorem, read 25 per cent. on the sum of the invoice value, and 40 per cent. thereon added.

2d Session.

State Dept.

COMMERCE-UNITED STATES AND FOREIGN NATIONS.

LETTER

FROM

THE SECRETARY OF STATE,

TRANSMITTING

A statement showing the nature and extent of the privileges and restrictions of the commercial intercourse of the United States with all for eign nations, &c.

MARCH 31, 1842.

Read, and laid upon the table.

To the House of Representatives of the United States:

On the 3d day of September last, the House of Representatives passed a resolution in the following terms:

"Resolved, That the Secretary of State be required to report to this House, as soon after the commencement of the next session as practicable, a statement of the privileges and restrictions of the commercial intercourse of the United States with all foreign nations, similar to that communicated to the Senate December 18, 1837, (Doc. 8, 1st session, 26th Congress,) only changing the denominations of the foreign money, weights, and measures, into those of the United States, according to the custom-house entries of domestic exports, and adding columns showing the average amount and value of the articles exported to each country for the years 1838, 1839, and 1840, and of the duties on the same; together with a summary of the average aggregate value of exports to each country for those years, of articles the growth, produce, or manufacture of the United States, with the average amount of duties thereon accruing to each country."

And on the 31st day of January last, it also resolved, "that, in addition to the information required of the Secretary of State, by the resolution of this House of the 3d of September, 1841, he be required to give a table exhibiting a comparative statement between the tariffs of other nations and that of the United States."

Upon the passage of the first of these resolutions, all means, supposed to be necessary and proper for obtaining the information, were adopted. Circulars were written to the American consuls in the principal commercial nations, their tariffs obtained, so far as practicable, existing treaties examined, and recent commercial authorities extensively investigated. Competent persons have been employed in arranging the information thus obtained,

and in complying with that part of the first resolution which requires the denominations of foreign moneys, and foreign weights and measures, to be changed into those of the United States. This part of the duty has been found to require great labor.

Notwithstanding the diligence and assiduity bestowed, by those employed on the work, in collecting and arranging materials, and the degree of personal attention, not inconsiderable, given to it by the' head of the Department, it is not improbable that, in a matter so extensive and various, some omissions and mistakes may be found.

It is believed, however, that not only have inaccuracies in the former publication been, in many instances, corrected, but subsequent regulations in the commercial codes of foreign nations stated with a good degree of accuracy. In some cases, indeed, it has been found impossible to obtain the most recent changes of tariff laws, but these cases are supposed not to be numerous or very important.

The tables exhibiting a comparative statement between the tariffs of other nations and that of the United States, prepared in obedience to the resolution of the 31st of January last, are believed to be essentially correct, and to present a mass of important information in a plain manner. DANIEL WEBSTER.

MARCH 29, 1842.

REPORT.

ENGLAND.

BRITISH TERRITORIES IN EUROPE AND THE EAST INDIES.

A convention to regulate commerce between the territories of the United States and His Britannic Majesty, was concluded on the 3d of July, 1815; the principal provisions of which are:

1st. There shall be a reciprocal liberty of commerce between the territories of the United States and all the territories of His Britannic Majesty in Europe.

2d. No higher duties are to be imposed on articles the growth, produce, or manufacture of either country, when imported into the other, than "are payable on the like articles, being the growth, produce, or manufacture of any other foreign country; nor shall any other duties or charges be imposed, in either of the two countries, on the exportation of articles to the one country or the other, respectively, than such as are payable on the exportation of the like articles to any other foreign country. Nor shall any prohibition be imposed on the exportation or importation of any articles, the growth, produce, or manufacture of either country, respectively, which shall not equally extend to all other nations.

3d. The same duties shall be paid on articles the growth, produce, or manufacture of either country, when imported into the other, and the same bounties on exportation, whether such importation or exportation be in the vessels of one of the two countries or the other; and the same drawbacks allowed, on re-exportation, in the vessels of whichever country the goods. may have been originally imported; but when such re-exportation shall take place from the United States, in a British vessel, or from the territories of His Britannic Majesty in Europe in an American vessel, to any other foreign nation, the two contracting parties reserve to themselves, respectively, the right of regulating or diminishing, in such case, the amount. of the said drawback.

4th. The intercourse between the United States and the British possessions in the West Indies, not to be affected by these provisions; but each party to remain, in respect to such intercourse, in the complete possession of his rights.

5th. Vessels of the United States of America to be admitted and hospitably received at the principal settlements of the British dominions in the East Indies, viz: Calcutta, Madras, Bombay, and Prince of Wales's island; and citizens of the United States freely to carry on trade between the said principal settlements and the said United States, in all articles of which the importation and exportation, respectively, to and from the said territories, shall not be entirely prohibited; provided, only, that it shall not be lawful for them, in any time of war between the British Government and any State or Power whatever, to export from the said territories, without the special permission of the British Government, any military stores or naval