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NEW-YORK GAS LIGHT COMPANY.-No. 176 Centre-street. Chartered March 26, 1823; charter perpetual. Capital, $1,000,000. Shares, 50 dollars. Wm. W. Fox, President. E. E. Head, Secretary. MANHATTAN GAS LIGHT COMPANY.-179 Mercer-st., N, York. Incorporated February, 1830; charter perpetual. Capital, $500,000. Shares, 50 dollars-27 dollars on each share now paid. David C. Colden, President.

Samuel H. Howard, Secretary.

BOARD OF TRADE.

Office in Clinton Hall, corner of Beekman and Nassau-streets.
John W. Leavitt, President. T. Denny, Corresponding Sec.
PERU IRON COMPANY.-Office 32 South-street.
A. T. Van Boskerck, Secretary.

Francis Salters, President.

SEAMENS' RETREAT.-Office 71 Wall-street.

Benjamin Strong, President.

R. Brumley, Secretary.

B. Hart, Secretary.

NEW-YORK STOCK AND EXCHANGE BOARD.

David Clarkson, President.

TABLE,

Showing the market price, at different periods, of some of the principal stocks sold in the city of New-York, during the year 1842.

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CUSTOM HOUSE-New-York.

Nassau-street, between Wall and Pine. Open daily, (Sundays excepted,) from 10 A. M., to 3 P. M.

Edward Curtis, Collector.
Thomas Lord, Naval Officer.
William Taggard, Surveyor.

Deputy Collectors.

Isaac S. Hone,

Mathew L. Davis,

George Davis,

Charles P. Clinch,

James T. Tallman.

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Located in the Park, on the south side of Chambers-street, in the building formerly called the Rotunda. The Branch Post-Office is situated in the Merchants' Exchange, corner William-street and Exchange Place.

Office Hours,

April 1st, to November 1st: from 71⁄2 A. M., to 71⁄2 P. M. November 1st, to April 1st: from 8 A. M., to 7 P. M. Sundays: from 9 to 10 A. M., and from 12 to 1 P. M. John Lorimer Graham, P. M.

FOREIGN CONSULS,

Resident in the city of New-York.

Austria.-Baron Louis Lederer, 72 Greenwich-street.

Baden.-C. F. Koger, Consul General, 301 Broadway; J. W. Schmidt, Vice do., 34 Broad.

Bavaria.-George H. Siemon, 39 Nassau.

Belgium.-Henry W. T. Mali, 41 Beaver

Brazil.-Louis H. F. De Aguiar, Consul General; Louis F. Depiganiere, Vice-Consul, 34 Platt.

Bremen-Herman Oelrichs, 42 Broad.

Chili.-Franklin H. Delano, 78 South.

Denmark.-Benjamin Aymar, 34 South.

France.-Charles De Laforest, 93 Greenwich.

Frankfort-Frederick Wissman, 23 South William.

Great Britain.-Anthony Barclay, 26 Broad.
Greece-Eugene Dutilli, 39 Beaver.

Hamburg.-J. W. Schmidt, 34 Broad.

Hanover.-Lewis H. Meyer, 9 Broad.

Hesse Darmstadt.-Anthony Bollerman, 5 William.

Hessian-Conrad W. Faber, 44 Broad.

Lubec.-George W. Kruger, 42 Broad.

Meclenburgh.-Charles a Heckscher, 45 South.

Mexico.-J. Granja, 49 Liberty.

Montevideo.-John L. Darby, 71 Wall.

Nassau.-William A. Kobbe, 164 Pearl.

Netherlands.-John C. Zimmerman, 44 Broad.

Norway.-Ernest Zachrisson, 43 Broad.

New-Grenada.-Mortimer Livingston, Vice-Consul, 22 Broad.
Portugal.-Philip N. Searle, Vice-Consul, 20 Broad.
Prussia.-J. W. Schmidt, 34 Broad.

Roman States.-Martin Mantin, 32 Platt.
Russia-Alexis Eustaphieve, 407 Fourth.
Sardinia.-Louis Mossi, 522 Broome.

Saxe Altenburg.-Charles Hinrichs, 46 Beaver.
Suxe Wiemar.-Lewis H. Meyer, 9 Broad.
Saxony.-John R. Mahler, 129 Pearl.

Sicily-Rocco Mortuscelli, Consul General, 132 Greenwich; Wm. H. Aspinwall, Vice do., 54 South.

Spain. -Francisco Stoughton, 115 Leonard.
Sweden.-Ernest Zachrisson, 43 Broad.

Switzerland.-Henry C. DeRham, 44 Broad.

Texas-John H. Brower, 75 Wall.

Tuscany.-Baron Louis Lederer, Consul General, 72 Greenwich;

Wm. H. Aspinwall, Vice-Consul, 54 South.

Trinidad De Cuba.-Hiram P. Hastings, 27 Broadway.
Venezuela.-John B. Purroy, 4 Wall.

AUCTION DUTIES.

Statement of the amounts paid into the State Treasury by New-York Auctioneers, on account of vendue duty, for the fiscal year ending 30th September, 1842:

L. M. Hoffman, $40,637 57 A.J. Bleecker..
David Austen,.. 26,407 67 L. L. Forman
W. C. Haggerty 26,037 99 Robt. I. Gerard
David C. Porter 19,879 45 John B. Glover
Geo. Timpson.. 15,891 34 Royal Gurley..
S. Draper, Jr... 12,380 10 E. H. Ludlow..
Chas. W. Foster 9,688 11 S. P. Ingraham
T. R. Minturn.. 9,234 26 Lucas F. Hough
John Rudderow 9,033 00 H. A. Carter...
Walden Pell... 7,348 48 Thomas Bell...
Robt. Haydock. 6,035 71 G.W. H. Rogers
R. Lawrence... 5,772 12 Michael Henry
K. D. Smith.... 3,303 65 David Parks...
Wm. Gerard... 2,290 94 Chas. Yeoman..
Geo. B. Rollins 2,160 24 John Crowe....
W. H. Franklin
R. H. Timpson
Wm. J. Bartow
Josiah Richards
Henry E. Riell
Edw. F. Hyde

930 93 Benj. Mooney..
345 31 Francis Fleet..
296 92 F. J. Bearns...
282 63 A. E. Bushnell
194 63 J. R. Wheeler..
188 97 W.G.M'Laughlin
Total,..

$179 27 H. L. Seixas...
170 50S. H. Stuart..
125 12 H. C. Tallman
94 99 Ansell Edwards
90 17 Wm. Brainerd..
73 58 Wm. R. Merritt

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6 85

6 62

52 80 A. M. Christaler

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37 50 J. W. Haven...
32 48 R. M. Baker...
32 36 Jno. Buxton, jr.
30 61 Francis Colton
27 68 Joseph Daymon
27 36 R. Ainslie, Jr..

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22 89 Steph. Crowell

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17 24 N.N.M'Laughlin
17 06 Terrence Boyle
15 92 J. P. Beckwith
14 78 Peter Fairchild
12 76 Pat. D. Moran
12 57 Gilbert Lewis..
11 62 G. O. Bartlett..

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STATE CANALS.

The Canals constructed, or in course of construction by the State, and belonging to it as public property, are nine in number; and in the following general account of them, the statutory designations of them are adopted:

ERIE CANAL.

This Canal as first built, was commenced with public ceremonies, July 4, 1817; and it was finished, ready for navigation in its whole extent, from Lake Erie at Buffalo, to the Hudson River at Albany, in October, 1825, at the total cost, including interest and loans, and all other disbursements, of $10,731,595. Its main trunk, 40 ft. wide at top, 28 ft. at bot. tom, and 7 ft. in depth, with 4 ft. depth of water, is 363 miles long, exclu. sive of feeders and side-cuts. It had only 84 lift locks, both ascending and descending, giving a rise and fall of only 692 ft.; and but 3 summit levels, viz: the Rome level, 69 miles long, extending from Frankfort, 9 miles east of Utica, nearly to Syracuse; the short Jordan level, between the valley of the Onondaga Creek at Syracuse, and that of the Seneca River at Montezuma; and the Lake Erie level, extending from Buffalo to Lockport. The Oak Orchard level, also, though not a summit, is 60 miles long, extending from Rochester to the foot of the Mountain Ridge, at Lockport. The lowest level on the line, from which the canal ascends each way, is at the Montezuma Marshes. The heights of the more important levels above the Hudson, at Albany, are as follows:

The Rome level, 425 ft.; the Oak Orchard level, 506 ft.; and the Lake Erie level, 561 ft. The principal Aqueducts on the original work, were as follows: Two, consisting of wooden trunks supported by stone piers, across the Mohawk river, between the Cohoes Falls and Schenectady; one, made wholly of stone, across the Mohawk at Little Falls; and the other, consisting wholly of stone, also, and much the most massive and costly, across the Genesee river at Rochester. The other features of the original work most remarkable, either for difficulty of execution, or, for their imposing aspect when finished, were, the section crossing the great marshes at Montezuma, traversed by the Seneca and Clyde rivers, and during the excavation of which, it was necessary to keep pumps driven by horse power at work night and day, for a distance of several miles; the great Embankment, 72 ft. in perpendicular height, with a base of about 250 ft. in width, across the ravine of the Irondequoit creek, a few miles east of Rochester; the rock excavation through the Mountain Ridge, at Lockport; and the pier and dam at Black Rock, in the Niagara river.

On the 11th of May, 1835, the Legislature passed an act for the enlargement of this canal. By that act, the size of the enlargement and the general outlines of the work, were submitted to the determination of the Canal Board, a body, composed of the Board of Canal Commissioners, and the Commissioners of the Canal Fund. After such investigation as was deemed sufficient, the Canal Board in 1836, decided, that the dimensions of the enlarged canal should be, as follows: Width at top, 70 ft., at bottom, 42 ft., perpendicular depth, 10 ft., with 7 ft. depth of water; the locks to be in pairs, each lock having its chamber, 110 ft. long, by 18 ft. wide.

The enlargement having been determined on, operations were commen. ced in 1836, and a great amount of work has been done. The Commissioners have wisely availed themselves of the occasion, to improve the location of the canal in many places; straightening the curves wherever practicable, shortening the distance, and diminishing the total quantity of lockage. In this way, the whole length of the enlarged canal will, when done, be about 360 miles, instead of 363; and taking each pair of locks as one rise, or fall, the number of locks will be 71, instead of 84. This

saving of lockage is effected among the short levels, the long ones remaining essentially as before.

The number of other structures of masonry will be increased. will be 37 aqueducts, and 5 weigh locks.

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The cost of the enlargement is estimated at about 23 millions. The boats chiefly employed for transportation on the original canal, average about 55 to 60 tons. The enlarged canal will accommodate boats of the average capacity of about 150 tons; and, as the cost of towing will be increased in a much smaller ratio than that of the tonnage, the price of freights will be very materially diminished. This diminution is estimated at about 50 per cent.

The amount of business done on this canal, and the annual revenue it has yielded, are exhibited in the tables that follow these general remarks.

CHAMPLAIN CANAL.

This canal connects with the Lake Champlain, at Whitehall, and with the Hudson river, at Waterford. It was commenced in October, 1817, and completed in November, 1819, at a cost of $1,179,872. It is 64 miles long; of the same dimensions in other respects as the original Erie canal, with a total quantity of 188 ft. of lockage, and 21 locks, of which 54 ft. distributed in 7 locks, include the rise from the lake to the summit level, extending from Fort Ann to Fort Edward, and 134 ft. distributed in 14 locks, include the descent to the Hudson at Waterford.

On its summit level this canal receives a navigable feeder 13 miles long, drawing its supply from the Hudson at a point about 2 miles above Glen's Falls, and called the Glen's Falls Feeder.

At Waterford, where the canal unites with the Hudson, the river is converted into a spacious basin 3 miles long, by means of a dam situated at the northern limit of Troy, and at the easterly end of which is a sloop-lock, by which the navigation of the Hudson is preserved to Waterford. From Waterford, also, a canal called the Junction canal, 3 miles long, and crossing the Mohawk a little below the Cohoes Falls, connects with the Erie canal at Cohoes village; thus completing the links that unite the northern and western trade with each other, and with that of the Hudson.

OSWEGO CANAL.

This canal, connecting with the Erie canal at Syracuse, and with Lake Ontario at Oswego, was commenced in 1826, and completed in 1828, at a cost of $525,115. It is 38 miles long; about half its length, however, being in the Oswego river, converted into canal, or slack-water, by means of 8 dams and a tow-path on the river bank. The total quantity of lockage is 123 ft. distributed among 18 lift-locks, all descending from Syracuse to Oswego. So far as the canal is wholly an excavated work the dimensions of its cross-section are the same as those of the Erie canal.

There is, also, a towing path made by the State along the bank of the Seneca river, from its junction with this canal to Baldwinsville, by which the navigable waters of that stream are made available; and a similar work has been recently done on the Oneida river, to connect the navigable waters of that stream and the Oneida lake with the Oswego canal.

CAYUGA AND SENECA CANAL.

This work begins in the village of Geneva, at the outlet of the Seneca lake, and following the valley of the Seneca river, is fed by its waters, till, after sending off a side cut of 2 miles to the Cayuga lake, at East Cayuga, it enters the bed of the river, and so continues to Montezuma, where it joins the Erie canal on the marsh level. The whole distance from Geneva to Montezuma is 21 miles, about half of which consists of canal proper, and the other half of slack water navigation in the river. The whole descent from Geneva to Montezuma is 74 ft. divided among 12 locks. The

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