first Monday in January. The wheels of legislation, however, move slow, and we should be thankful that so much has been accomplished in a right direction, and that, instead of waiting a year for this important document, we have the promise of getting it some six months earlier. These reports are susceptible of being rendered more useful in other respects to the merchant, statesman, and political economist. We do not mean by this remark, to say that the present Report is not, in every respect, equal to any that have preceded it, for it is merely a copy of a plan adopted in the Report of 1821, the first of the kind, which has been continued annually from that time to the present, with little or no variation, either in the arrangement of the materials, or by the introduction of new matter, calculated to illustrate more clearly the rapidly increasing commerce of the Union. The admirable reports of the British Board of Trade, and Customs' Department of the French Government, particularly the latter, are models which, if not copied entire, are, nevertheless, replete with suggestions worthy of being adopted by our own Government. VALUE OF THE DOMESTIC EXPORTS OF THE UNITED STATES. SUMMARY STATEMENT OF THE VALUE OF THE EXPORTS OF THE GROWTH, PRODUCE, AND MANUFACTURE OF THE UNITED STATES, DURING THE YEAR COMMENCING ON THE 1ST DAY OF JULY, 1849, AND ENDING ON THE 30TH OF JUNE, 1850. Vegetable food- PRODUCTS OF THE SEA. $643,745 7,098,570 $788,794 Indian corn. Whale and other fish oil 672,640 3,892,193 Whalebone 646,483 Spermaceti candles... 260,107 Dried or smoked fish.. Rye, oats, and other 365,349 Pickled fish....... 91,445 small grain and pulse 121,191 Biscuit or ship bread.. 334,123 Potatoes 99,333 $2,824,818 2,631,557 VALUE OF THE DOMESTIC EXPORTS OF THE UNITED STATES TO EACH FOREIGN COUNTRY, AND TO DOMINIONS OF EACH FOREIGN POWER, DISTINGUISHING THE AMOUNT SHIPPED IN AMERICAN AND FOREIGN VESSELS, FOR YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 1850. In American In foreign To each vessels. $433,311 $666,435 Prussia. 70,645 70,645 70,645 766,756 |