WHEAT. Statement of the quantity of wheat left at Rochester, by canal, during the navigation season of 1844. Erie Canal. Gen. Valley. Besides this, a large quantity has been received by rail-road and purchased from wagons; this quantity cannot be ascertained, but will probably amount to 1,000,000 bushels. OSWEGO CANAL. The business of the Oswego Canal, for the last season, shows an increase over former years. The amount of tolls collected at that village, for the last five years, is as follows: 1840, $51,899 00 1841, 68,007 00 1842, 57,588 03 1843, 1841, 79,089 13 133,544 32 Increase of 1844 over 1843, $51,425 19, or nearly 70 per cent. The amount of merchandize arrived by canal for 1843 and 1844, is as fol 1844. The receipts of salt by canal for the years 1843 and 1844, are as follows: 1843. Increase. 200,314 barrels. 274,524 barrels. 74,210 The flour shipped by canal, same periods, is as follows: 1843. 209,269 barrels. 346,842 barrels. 137,573 WELLAND CANAL, CANADA. The tolls collected on the Welland canal, during the year 1844, amounted to $102,293. In 1841, the tolls were $80,840; in 1839, $51,484; in 1835, $23.228; in 1834, $17,200; in 1833, 14,472, and in 1832, $9,728. Among the articles transported by the canal the past season, were the following: TRADE OF THE GREAT WESTERN LAKES. Extract from the Buffalo Commercial Advertiser, dated Jan. 25, 1845. VESSELS BUILT IN 1844-LAKE MARINE, &c. "The list of new vessels built in 1844, and other facts embodied below, exhibit the mighty influences at work along the vast chain of lakes. In 1830, the tonnage of this port was only 2,300, and the whole registered and enrolled in all the districts amounted to 6,462 tons. The amount of exports from Michigan was $12,400, and the total of her imports $27,300. Now her surplus grain and agricultural products amount to millions. Ohio, too, has become the great granary of the west, and in population and influence now holds second rank to the Empire State. "In 1938, the lake tonnage consisted of 15 steamers, 3 ships, 3 brigs, and 52 schooners, many of which were quite small; and now we have evidence before us that the total tonnage afloat exceeds 60,000 tons. Cleveland and Buffalo alone have over 36,000 tons. The whole amount of tolls taken at the Canal Collector's office in this city, in 1830 and 1831, was $115,000. In 1843 and 1844, they amounted to $1,017,000. In 1830, our state canal produced $1,057,000; in 1844, $2,350,000. Numerous towns and thickly inhabited cities have sprang into existence near every bay or inlet, and a hardy and enterprising population of many thousands now guide and give effect to our unlimited resources." The following is a list of American vessels built on Lakes Erie, Huron and Michigan, during the year 1844: Of which 716 tons, the two iron boats, are for Government, at an expense of $150,000; leaving an outlay by private individuals of $392,580 in new vessels. Enrolled and registered tonnage in the U. S. District of Buffalo Creek, January, 1845. Steamers. Propellers. Brigs. Schooners. TOTAL. "The introduction of iron vessels on the lakes is a new feature, and has given rise to much speculation as to their practicability for inlahd marine. The material for the Abert was manufactured at the Cold Spring Works, on the Hudson, near West Point, and those of the Michigan at Pittsburg, and put together on Lake Erie, the former at Buffalo, and the latter at Erie, Penn. The former is of light draft, designed for the topographical service; and the latter is of greater bulk, and designed for general lake commission. The following is a pretty general outline of her build, &c. Length of keel,. ..... 156 ft. 4 in. "The wheel-house, guard and hull are entirely of iron, with the exception of the gun deck. She has four bulkheads athwart ship, all water tight; four kelsons for the frames of the engines to rest upon, and one main kelson of 17 inches in depth. The planking is of different thicknesses; the bottom is inches thick, the keel inches. Although pierced for 16 guns, her present armament will consist of two 64 Paixhan guns on pivots, and four 32 pound carronades. She is schooner rigged, and has two low pressure inclined engines, each of 85 horse power; the cylinder is 36 inches diameter, and eight feet stroke; her boilers are 10 by 19 feet. Either coal or wood can be used for fuel, but the former will be preferred," WESTERN TRADE. A Statement of the Tons and different Classes of Property coming from other States, and shipped at Buffalo, Black-Rock, and Oswego, during the last nine years, is as follows: Tons of Property coming from other States, by way of Buffalo and Black-Rock. Tons of Wheat and Flour shipped at Buffalo and Oswego, from the year 1835 to 1844, and at Black-Rock from 1839 to 1844, inclusive, and the Total Tons of Wheat and Flour which arrived at the Hudson River, were as follows: Tons of Merchandize going to other States by way of Buffalo, from 1837 to 1844, inclusive. By way of Oswego, States not specified,. Total,..... 32,086 29,699 18,840 25,551 20,525 32,798 32,747 2,542 4,498 3,192 5,489 3,538 4,537 9,648 34,628 33,197 22,032 31,040 24,063 37,335 42,395 Tons of Furniture going to other States, by way of Buffalo, from 1838 to 1844, 281 281 26 26 619 692 575 25 38 671 377 Michigan,. 1,339 776 Indiana,... 132 Illinois, NEW-YORK CITY STATISTICS. FINANCIAL CONDITION OF THE CITY OF NEW-YORK, From the City Comptroller's Annual Report. PERMANENT CITY DEBT, JAN. 1, 1845. 1,158,544 00 69,512 64 4, 5 and 6 Temporary Water Loan, before 1847 Nominal amount of City Debt,............ $14,476,986 00 $776,434 74 Less In addition to the foregoing assets to meet debt, the Commissioners of the Sinking Fund hold securities in bonds and mortgages and property foreclosed on, amounting to 299,200, which are specially pledged for the redemption of the Fire Loan Stock. WATER DEBT. The principal portion of the City Debt, as the above exhibit shows, consists of the moneys borrowed, on the credit of the City Corporation, for the construction of the Croton Aqueduct and its appendages, and it is denominated the "WATER DEBT." This debt, as thus far incurred, amounts to $12,636,898.00, as shown by the items of "Water Loan Stock" in the foregoing statement, and the Corporation bonds for which, are payable at various periods, from before 1847 up to 1880. The "Water Commissioners" estimate the sum yet required to complete the "High Bridge" over Harlem river and to settle all outstanding accounts, at $589,750. Of the whole amount of Water Stock which the Corporation has already been authorized by various laws to create, stock to the amount of somewhat more than $100,000 remains yet uncreated. It is estimated, therefore, that a further amount of $500,000 of new stock will be sufficient to cover all remaining cost and charges on account of the great work in question. TEMPORARY DEBT. Besides the whole permanent or funded deb', above stated, and including the Water Debt, there is another city debt, denominated Temporary Debt, which amounted on the first of January, 1845, to $1,147,914.80, and the means to meet |