1,112

3,245

14,558

40,801

67,113

588,170

8,721

14,698

23,393

52,152

28,004

10,420

14,190

185,509

85,387

$0.441

June

604

5 65

1881

0754

86

5 95

1 31

0.98

80

12 25

14 00

11

0 59

1 26

90

13061

17 75

12

0861

1534

1 261

911

13 25

19 00

131

0911

814

6 70

1 59

1 271

90

13 25

20 00

13

0 87

RAILWAY, CANAL, AND TELEGRAPH STATISTICS.

THE RAILWAYS OF PORTUGAL.

PORTUGAL has been behind all other states of Europe in the construction of railroads; but it appears from a just published official report that this delay is to be repaired by immense exertions to be made from the present time. On the 5th of May, 1860, a concession was granted to M. J. DE SALAMANCA for the construction of two great lines, the one running from Lisbon to Oporto, and the other from Lisbon to the Spanish frontier, near Badajos, in continuation of a projected railway from Madrid to the latter place. M. DE SALAMANCA undertook to complete both lines at a cost of 132,350 francs, or £2,294, per kilometre, at his own risk, but under the condition that the government should pay six per cent on the paid-up capital of the company formed by him; while he himself engaged to pay two per cent additional interest till the period of the opening of the railway. Notwithstanding this offer of eight per cent interest, the shares and debentures of M. DE SALAMANCA'S company sold but slowly, the whole paidup capital of the concern amounting on the 31st of December, 1863, to the sum of 75,006,209 francs, or £3,000,248, divided as follows:

The entire cost of the conceded lines was calculated at 83,000,000 of francs, or £3,320,000, so that M. DE SALAMANCA Would be a loser to the extent of £319,752, if unable to raise a larger sum either in the shape of loans or in shares. But, on the other hand, a considerable gain accrues to him by the working of such parts of the line as are already finished, the whole profits of which go to him, with the sole obligation to pay two per cent to the shareholders. The latter enter into the possession of the two lines only when they are entirely finished.

From the just published report of the company, or rather M. DE SALAMANCA, it appears that the line from Lisbon to the Spanish frontier has been completed in its whole length, over 275 kilometres, and is now open for traffic. The second line, however, from Lisbon to Oporto, of a length of 231 kilometres, is as yet in a backward state, though great efforts are made to open it partially, from the capital to the southern bank of the Douro, by the end of August, 1864. The building of a railway bridge over the Douro is calculated to take at least another year, or, perhaps, two; but it is hoped that this will not interfere with the actual conveyance of passengers and merchandise between the two most important towns of the kingdom.

Bitter complaints are raised in the report of the slow progress made in the Construction of the line from Badajos to the Spanish capital, without which the road from Lisbon to Badajos is believed to be all but useless. It is said that the works here are nearly at a standstill, there being only about twenty-five kilo

metres of earth-work finished between Badajos and Merida. This inactivity appears to be more the result of political calculation than of any other cause. The Spanish Government is evidently unwilling to raise Portuguese commerce by a line of railway which, when completed, must have the immediate effect of making Lisbon the port of Madrid, and, to some extent, the metropolis of the Iberian peninsula.

CANALS OF NEW YORK STATE.

The Auditor of the Canal Department, in his report submitted to the Legislature, gives in detail the expenditures on account of the several canals of New York State, for the year ending September 30, 1863, and the tables for previous years.

The following is a summary statement of the amounts so expended by the several Canal Commissioners during the fiscal year 1863, the particular items of which are fully exhibited in the tables appended to the report:

EXPENDED BY THE CANAL COMMISSIONERS, INCLUDING THEIR SALARIES, FOR THE FISCAL YEAR, ENDING 30TH SEPTEMBER, 1863.

The following sums were in the hands of the Canal Commissioners at the

The expenses of the engineer corps on the several canals in this State during the last fiscal year, amount to the sum of $36,892 29. distributed among the several canals, as follows:

Such expenditures are

$5,190 91

8,305 87

$1,168 67

3,255 36

4,424 03

$592 95

1,579 21

2,172 16

$908 09

901 46

1,809 55

The expenditures of the Engineer Corps on the several canals of the State for the last eleven years, has been as follows:

8,162 84

$36,892 29

The following statement gives the amount of expenditures for repairs by the Superintendant and Canal Commissioners, including payment to contractors for repairs on each canal, &c., for the years ending Sept. 30th, 1862 and 1863:

REPORT OF HON. SAMUEL B. RUGGLES, SUBMITTED TO THE INTERNATIONAL STATISTIQAL CONGRESS.

(MR. RUGGLES TO MR. SEWARD.)

BERLIN, September 14, 1863.

SIR: In pursuance of your instructions accompanying the appointment of the undersigned as representative of the United States of America. at the international statistical congress at Berlin, in September, instant, he embarked for Europe in the German steamer, after receiving his commission, and reached Berlin, after some detention on the Atlantic, on the afternoon of the 6th of September. No business of importance had been transacted in the congress up to that time, except the presentation of the credentials of the delegates.

On the 7th of September, the credentials of the undersigned were presented and approved, at which time representatives from the following countries, stated in alphabetical order, had been duly admitted, viz:

The United States of America, Anhalt-Dessau, Austria, Baden, Bavaria, Belgium, the Danubian Provinces, Denmark, France, Frankfort, Great Britain, Hamburg, Hanover, Holland, Holstein, Hesse-Cassel, Hesse Darmstadt, Italy, Lubeck, Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Norway, Oldenburg, Portugal, Prussia, Russia, Saxe-Coburg, Saxe-Weimar, Saxony, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, and Wurtemburg.

The representatives of most of the nations above specified made reports to the congress on the statistics of their respective countries, which will be duly published in German and in French, in the official proceedings or " Comte Rendu " of the congress. In general, the proceedings and debates were in the German language, but to some extent in French and English.

Through some accidental and unintentional omission, none of the States of South America, or of Central America, sent delegates to the congress, although Brazil, especially, had been represented in preceeding sessions of the congress. The name of the undersigned was erroneously entered in the printed and published lists as delegate from" North America," but on his application the error will be corrected in the official report of the proceedings.

On Friday, the 11th of September, being the sixth day of the session, a statia