HORTICULTURE, GARDENS, NURSERIES, 1840. 5. A Table, showing the value of produce of market gardening; also, the value of produce of nurseries and florists, number of men employed in the same, and capital invested, of the state of New York, as ascertained by the census of 1840; derived from official documents. Lewis, 9,400 Ulster,.............. 850 7 475 Livingston,.. 2,389 28 19 1,440 Washington,. 600 TOTAL,...... 462,308 76,550 525 258,608 AMERICAN BUTTER. Considerable shipments of butter, mostly of inferior quality, have been made this season, from Philadelphia and also from New York, to England. In referring to a public sale of some of this butter, the London Journal of Commerce, of March 27, says:— "At a public sale of American butter at Liverpool, it fetched, for best sorts, 84s.; seconds, 728. to 74s., duty paid; while inferior only sold at 43s. to 448., in bond, of which the parcel chiefly consisted. The quantites arrived at the London market show the same results, the principal part being sold for grease purposes. The American makers of butter are very far behind the Irish, English, or Dutch; from the first operation to the last all seems to be done without system or care: the same materials would, if managed by experienced hands, fetch in this market 25s. to 30s. more money. There is no atten tion paid to the making, salting, putting down, or packing." STATISTICS OF MANUFACTURES. LEATHER, TANNERIES, SADDLERIES, &c., IN NEW YORK. A Table, exhibiting the number of tanneries, sides of sole and upper leather tanned, number of men employed, and capital invested; also, all other manufactories of leather, saddleries, the value of manufactured articles, and capital invested in each county of the state of New York; derived from the official report, as ascertained by the census of 1840. LEATHER, TANNERIES, SADDLERIES, ETC., IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK.-Continued DISTILLED AND FERMENTED LIQUORS IN NEW YORK. A Table, showing the number of distilleries in the state of New York, and gallons pro duced; number of breweries, and gallons produced; number of men employed, and capital invested, in each county. Derived from the official report, as ascertained by the census of 1840. DISTILLED AND FERMENTED LIQUORS IN NEW YORK.-Continued. DISTILLERIES IN THE UNITED STATES. A Table, showing the number of distilleries in the United States, and the number of gallons distilled in 1840; copied from the records of the Department of State, at Washington, by the Hon. William Slade, of Vermont. If the population of the United States be correctly estimated at 17 millions, the above quantity of distilled spirits will furnish each person with 2 14-100 gallons nearly. COMMERCIAL STATISTICS. COMMERCE, TRADE, AND NAVIGATION OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN, IN 1840. A document of great importance to those interested in trade and navigation has been prepared and laid before parliament, by Mr. Porter, in charge of the statistical department of the board of trade. The following abstract of this interesting document is derived from the London Journal of Commerce. It exhibits the extent of our trade with Great Britain, and its vast importance. The returns show that the quantity of foreign wheat imported in 1839, to make up for the deficient harvest of 1838, was 2,634,557 quarters, which, calculated on an average of 60s. per quarter, gives £7,903,671 as the price, which may be said to have been paid to foreigners in hard bullion. The duty received on that amount was only £631,698, while for less than two millions of quarters the duty received last year was £725,045. The duty on sugar has also fallen off, notwithstanding the increased amount of foreign sugar entered for home consumption. In 1840, 4,031,913 cwts. of sugar were imported, against 4,678,219 cwts. in 1839. The quantity of foreign sugar imported in the former year was 806,073 cwts., against 722,777 cwts. in the latter. Of this foreign sugar 2,444 cwts. were entered for home consumption in 1840, against 51 cwts. in 1839. The following are the particulars of the importations : The gross amount of duty received on sugar since 1840 was £4,465,020, against £4,628,355 in 1839. In coffee there has been a considerable increase of duty, which in 1840 was £922,862, against £779,853 in 1839. The importations were in 1840, 69,534,071 lbs., against 41,003,316 in 1839, and were thus made up : 1839. Of British possessions in America, and Africa,............pounds 11,469,600 1840. 12,780,080 4,260,095 8,261,503 Of Foreign Indian,... 20,802,086 35,815,815 4,471,535 12,726,673 Of other foreign,. In tea, the duty has fallen off; in 1840 it was £3,473,951, against £3,660,053 in 1839; the quantities imported were, in the former year, 27,462,893 lbs., against 38,158,009 lbs. in the latter. The duty on foreign spirits has also decreased. On rum there was received, in 1840, £1,154,544, on 2,510,668 gallons, entered for home consumption, against £1,273,765, on 2,830,612 gallons in 1830. The quantity actually imported was, in 1840, 4,310,101 gallons, against 5,447,669 gallons in 1839. In brandy, the duty in 1840, was £1,259,769, against £1,309,201, and the quantities imported 3,389,861 gallons, against 2,271,172 gallons. The duty paid on unmanufactured tobacco, in 1840, was £3,525,956, against £3,431,908 in 1839. The quantities imported were in 1840, 35,637,826 lbs., against 35,605,223 lbs. in 1839. The duty paid on foreign wines, in 1840, was £1,872,110, against £1,915,364 in 1839; the quantities imported were, in 1840, 9,316,650 gallons, against 9,909,056 gallons in 1839. |