.Maine Wiscasset Bath.... A STATEMENT EXHIBITING A CONDENSED VIEW OF THE REGISTERED, ENROLLED, AND LICENSED TONNAGE OF THE SEVERAL DISTRICTS OF THE UNITED STATES, JUNE 30, 1851. ... Districts. ........ ..... Total tonnage. 11,668 47 25,349 38 2,884 03 19,992 85 22,876 88 2,041 94 32,857 87 34,899 86 6,173 52 34,635 68 40,809 25 11,909 01 82,926 21 44,835 22 11,130 72 16,440 87 27,571 64 46,258 90 57,334 56 108,593 51 6,782 90 12,935 31 19,718 26 78,130 12 Portland 25,665 27 103,795 91 69,857 28 Saco... 27,714 42 97,571 70 1,165 58 Kennebunk. 1,660 30 2,825 88 8,366 36 York.. 2,838 08 11,204 44 Portsmouth... 1,263 66 1,263 66 Burlington 25,427 54 Vermont Ipswick... Newburyport. Gloucester. Salem... 3,932 31 3,932 31 7,940 69 26,706 80 492 55 492 55 23,436 11 21,190 22 9,308 14 30,498 36 ........ 3,948 78 3,948 78 860 68 Boston.. Plymouth 3,490 78 4,351 51 296,657 51 46,278 53 342,936 09 Fall River. New Bedford. Barnstable.... 2,989 56 7,733 40 10,723 10 2,030 50 10,040 00 12,070 50 122,530 90 8,878 51 131,409 46 Edgartown.. 8,035 46 64,961 93 72,997 44 5,907.61 2,171 53 8,079 19 23,583 19 Providence 3,169 52 26,752 71 .Rhode Island Bristol... 8,183 25 7,369 30 15,552 55 Newport 10,229 39 1,948 24 12,177 63 Middletown.. 5,784 78 4,535 36 10,320 19 .Connecticut New London. 12,757 53 12,757 53 Stonington. 23,073 52 17,334 15 40,407 67 13,191 37 New Haven. 7,111 14 20,302 51 Fairfield. 5,541 00 12,767 44 18,308 44 Champlain.. 24,403 60 24,403 60 .New York Sackett's Harbor 4,207 70 4,207 70 Oswego 7,105 93 7,105 93 Niagara.. 26,323 21 26,323 21 ... Genesee 605 94 605 94 686 01 686 01 Newark... .... Oswegatchie.. Buffalo Creek.. Sag Harbor... Greenport Cold Spring. Perth Amboy.. Burlington. Camden... 1,985 34 1,985 34 43,603 13 43,603 13 8,672 52 4,135 43 12,808 00 3,088 18 504,809 27 4,302 88 7,391 11 436,884 47 931,193 74 2,496 19 2,496 19 .... 2,608 12 22,551 45 22,765 89 14,835 07 14,885 07 6,797 05 6,797 05 15,663 41 15,663 41 Little Egg Harbor... 5,773 33 5,773 33 6,639 26 6,639 26 Presque Isle 16,421 79 153,003 48 222,428 90 Pittsburg. Wilmington. New Castle. 8,210 35 53,734 34 8,210 35 53,734 34 6,152 44 6,816 67 5,064 19 5,064 19 EXPORT OF COTTON FROM UNITED STATES IN 1851-52. We compile for the Merchants' Magazine, from the report of the Register of the Treasury, the subjoined statement of the quantity and value of cotton exported from the United States for the year ending June 30th, 1851, distinguishing the countries to which the same was exported : We give below a tabular statement of the arrivals and clearances, the value of imports and exports at the port of Portland, for the last five years : The importations of salt into Portland in 1851 were 144,656 bushels; of bituminous coal 1,320 chaldrons; sugar, 2,057,663 pounds. SUGAR AND MOLASSES IMPORTED INTO PORTLAND. TRADE BETWEEN ENGLAND AND HER COLONIES. A return to Parliament has been printed, showing the exports to, and imports from, the British colonies. It appears that in 1846 the declared value of British and Irish produce and manufactures exported from the United Kingdom to the colonies and dependencies was £17,895,220; in 1847, £15,919,976; in 1848, £13,691,483; in 1849, £16,507,714; and in 1850, £19,432,559. COASTING TRADE OF FRANCE. The French Government has just published the usual statistical tables of the coasting trade of France during the year 1850. From these it appears that the number of vessels which cleared out from the various French ports, bound to other French ports, amounted, in 1850, to 71,853, carrying 2,069,851 tons of goods; showing, as compared with 1849, an increase of 78,282 tons. Of the above 2,069,851 tons, 1,419,000 tons were conveyed from port to port on the Atlantic or channel coasts; 457,000 from port to port on the Mediterranean coasts; and 194,000 from the Mediterranean to the Atlantic, or vice versa, by what is called grand cabotage, or the voyage through the Straits of Gibraltar. The total amount of tonnage representing the grand cabotage trade in 1845 was 236,000 tons, and the subsequent diminution may be ascribed to improved means of internal transport between the south and west coasts of France. The largest exporting ports in 1850 were, Marseilles, which figures for 271,000 tons, Havre for 205,000, Nantes for 171,000, and Rouen for 163,000. The largest receiving ports were, Marseilles, which imported 305,000 tons; Bordeaux, 242,000; Havre, 189,000, and Nantes, 136,000. The goods sent by coasting trade were, in the order of their importance, timber, 333,000 tons; building materials, 239,000 tons; wine, 224,000 tons. Of the remaining articles, were, iron goods, salt-fish, manures, pitch and tar, empty casks, pottery, and glass. STATISTICS OF THE SLAVE TRADE. A return to the British House of Commons has been printed, showing the number of slaves embarked on the coast of Africa and landed in Cuba and Brazil in each year from 1842 to 1851. IMPORT OF ANTHRACITE COAL AT BOSTON. The following table of the receipts of hard coal at Boston and its vicinity, in each year 1843 to 1851, inclusive, is derived from a statement in the Boston Traveler : HOPS IMPORTED INTO THE UNITED KINGDOM. A return has just been printed by order of the British House of Lords, showing that in the year ending the 5th of January, 1852, there were 97,042,919 lbs. of hops, paying duty amounting to £236,623 1s. 10d. Last year there were 48,537,669 lbs., paying as duty £424,702 38. A return has also been printed by order of the House of Lords, showing the quantities of foreign hops charged with duty for home consumption in the United Kingdom for the last twelve years. In the year ending January 5th, 1851, the quantity was 5,412 cwt. 3 qrs. 24 lbs., and in the year ending January 5th, 1852, the quantity was 100 cwt. 1 qr. 26 lbs. GALENA LEAD TRADE. We give below a statement of the number of Pigs of Lead, exported from Galena, for each of the last six years :— This shows a falling off, which is not accounted for by the source from which we derive the foregoing figures. RAILROAD, CANAL, AND STEAMBOAT STATISTICS. STATISTICS OF RAILROADS IN MASSACHUSETTS. The Report of the Investigating Committee upon the Western (between Boston and Albany) Railroad furnishes some instructive tabular statements, which are of sufficient importance to place on record in this department of the Merchants' Magazine :— COST OF MAINTENANCE OF WAY AND OF REPAIRS OF ENGINES AND CARS, ON EACH OF THE FOLLOWING ROADS, PER MILE RUN BY TRAINS, FROM 1846 To 1850 INCLUSIVE-FIVE YEARS. The above table contains the cost of maintenance of way, and repairs of engines and cars, per mile run, in five years, (1846 to 1850 inclusive,) on the Western, Boston and Worcester, Boston and Maine, Boston and Lowell, Fitchburg, Eastern, Boston and Providence, and Old Colony Railroads. It will be seen by this table that, during the five years specified, the aggregate of miles, run by all the trains, on all the roads named, amounted to 13,755,550 miles and that the aggregate sum expended by all for maintenance of way, was $2,004,563; and for repairs of engines and cars, $1,879,330; and that the total expenditure, for both these objects, was $3,883,893. The table will further show the average amount expended by each road, per mile run, during the five years. The general result furnished by this table is this: The average sum paid for maintenance of way by any one road, per mile run, by trains, during the five years, was 22.41 cents. The least average of the same was 8.17 cents; and the mean of the whole was 14.57 cents. The largest sum paid for repairs of engines and cars, for the same time, per mile run, was 24.65. The least average of the same was 9.39; and the mean of the whole was 13.66 cents. The largest average sum paid by any one road, in any one year, for maintenance of way and repairs of engines and cars combined, was 49.8 cents; and the least sum paid by any one road for both 11.4 cents; and the mean of the whole was 28.28 cents per mile, run for both. In the case of the Western, its maximum (1847) for both was 39.4 cents, its maximum (1850) was 30 cents, and its average for the five years 33.22 cents. |