RATES of Freight and Passage on Lake Erie, to November 1st. COUNTRIES. Heavy. Light. Barrel. Bulk. cents. cents. cents. cents. 25 Detroit Down Freight from Ports upon Lake Erie to Buffalo, to pay as follows: BUFFALO TO Mackinac Milwaukie Racine Southport Chicago CLEVELAND TOMackinac ..... Chicago, &c. ................ DETROIT TOMackinac.. Chicago, &c. PASSAGES to the Upper Lakes, until October 1st. Cabin. Steer- Horse. Waggon. COUNTRIES. Heavy. Light. Barrel. Bulk. 100lbs. 100lbs. dls. cts.dls. cts. dls. cts. dls. cts. dls. cts. PRICE OF FREIGHT, cents. cents. cents. dirs. 16 00 8 00 15 00 Down Freight from the Upper Lakes are charged as follows : The charges upon wheat are subject to variations. In the early part of last season, wheat in sacks was brought from the upper lakes to Buffalo, for twelve cents and a half per bushel; but in the autumn, when the demand was good, and when a full supply was in store at the west, double that price was paid. On flour shipped at Rochester, two cents is charged for storage; making the whole cost at Albany fifty-six cents per barrel. 0 0 0 0 0 2 dirs. cts. dirs. cts. dlrs. cts. 0 0 34 20000 0 55 0 33 0 33 0 39 00002 JIN* ** ** ARTICLES arriving by the Canals at Tide Water, on the Hudson, during the Year 1844. * See Table of Articles for previous years, under the head of New York Canals, &c. 135,616 ARTICLES arriving from other States, in 1844, at the Ports of Buffalo, Oswego, and One-half the quantity of flour which arrived at tide-water, came from other states; and a large quantity of wheat also came, which was ground in the flouring-mills of New York. Of 2,222,204 barrels of flour which arrived at the Hudson, 1,484,900 barrels were of western produce. 868 Going from tidewater:- VEGETABLE Food (chiefly Wheat, Flour, Indian Corn, &c.), Imported into New York; Total moving on all the Canals, and arrived at Tide-water. "The internal trade of the state has greatly increased in the last two years-that is to say, the quantity of vegetable food moving on all the canals increased, in 1842, but 12,000 tons; while the quantity coming from other states increased 13,000 tons, and the surplus delivered at tide-water increased 29,000 tons-showing that New York furnished 16,000 tons of the increase of vegetable food delivered at tide-water, In 1843, however, the reverse took place; and the movement on all the canals was raised 44,000 tons over the previous year, while the deliveries at tide-water rose but 37,000 tons. In 1844, an increase of 46,000 tons in the whole movement, and of 35,000 tons only, in the deliveries; showing that the internal receipts and deliveries increased thirty per cent more than the external trade. How far this effect has been produced by the carrying of freights upon the railroads, cannot, perhaps, easily be determined. It is, no doubt, true, that considerable quantities were taken off the canals by the railroads, and they would swell the sum of the internal trade without appearing in the deliveries at tide-water. The changing current of the trade is also apparent in the significant fact that the tonnage at Buffalo actually decreased, while that at Oswego increased seventy per cent, and at Whitehall fifty per cent. In those figures, we have doubtless the influence of the Welland canal upon the course of the western trade. Western vessels, coming through the Welland canal, deliver their freights at Oswego, 120 miles in the rear of Buffalo; by which means, that distance of canal tolls is saved. The sagacity of New England capitalists has already detected the route by which the western produce may reach Boston without incurring the tolls levied by the New York canals. The Boston and Burlington railroad, and the Champlain and Ogdensburgh railroads, are in active progress. By this means, the flank of New York will be completely turned. Vessels laden with the produce of the western lakes may avoid New York canals, by passing the Welland without breaking bulk, and delivering their freight at Ogdensburgh; whence, accumulating the products of northern New York, it may pass, without tolls, over a favourably constructed railroad, to Boston, whose large and grown capital has already, by its facilities, attracted a large portion of the trade, over the Western railroad." COMPARATIVE View of the Value of Real and Personal Property in Boston and "This is a remarkable change in the face of affairs. Boston, since the completion of its railroad, has advanced more than New York has diminished. was finished, and its effects in New York were as follows:: REAL and Personal Estate, New York City. In 1825, the Erie canal "In the ten years prior to the construction of the canal, the valuation increased twenty-five per cent in the ten years succeeding its completion, it increased 117 per cent; in the last ten years, it has increased but eight per cent. This is a very marked result. Boston has increased, in the last four years, twenty per cent; at which rate her increase, for the ten years succeeding the completion of her railroads, is as great as that of New York in the decade commenced by the completion of the Erie canal. These are the marvellous results of rival public works upon the currents of trade and the value of property, at the great centres of business. The political divisions of a country have very little to do with its real interest, when it is divided into artificial or real routes for commerce. New York has expended large sums for the construction of canals: and has, in consequence, imposed a tax upon the northern counties of New York, which are in nowise benefitted by them; but will now, by the expenditure of New England capital, have all their material interests connected with Boston."-Official Reports and Tables, Hunt's Merchants' Magazine. WELLAND CANAL TOLLS.-LEGAL RATES. The first column of figures represents the amount to be paid for passing through the whole line; the second for passing between St. Catharine's and Port Dalhousie. In calculating the amount to be charged for passing between Port Maitland (the entrance from Lake Erie), and St. Catharine's, the collector deducts the amount of the last column from the first, except in the case of vessels which are charged as for the whole line. There is a reduction from the old rates of toll on nearly every article, amounting to seventy-five per cent in one or two instances; and on the principal articles of traffic, the reduction is twenty and twenty-five per cent. EMIGRATION from the United Kingdom to the United States, North American Colonies, &c., during the twenty Years, from 1825 to 1844, inclusive. The following are additional particulars, not contained under the trade of each port, which see PHILADELPHIA Charges for American Vessels, or for those of States having Reciprocity Treaties. NEW ORLEANS.-Customs' fees for entrance and clearance of vessels are from five to ten dollars. Harbour-master's fees, three cents per ton, American measurement. NEW YORK. Light Money.-Not charged to any vessels. Entry Fee.-Every vessel, under any flag, pays this charge, being three dollars, if under 100 tons; and five dollars fifty cents, if of 100 tons or over. Measurement.-Every foreign vessel upon entering a port in the United States for the first time pays this charge, which is, if under 100 tons, one dollar; over 100 tons, but less than 200 tons, one dollar fifty cents; if 200 tons or over, two dollars. Telegraph.-Paid only by vessels which use it by contract, having private signals. Permits. These, being for passengers' luggage, are charged to the vessel, twenty cents for every five passengers. United States Hospital Money.-This is a charge made exclusively to American vessels, being twenty cents per month for master, officers, and crew, each, for the time absent from the United States. The above are the fees paid upon the entering of a vessel, and for which a voucher is given by the cashier of the customs. Upon clearing for a foreign port, the only charge to a foreign vessel is, if under 100 tons, one dollar fifty cents; if 100 tons or over two dollars fifty cents. The same charge to American vessels, with these additional: crew-list, sixty-five cents; articles certified, twenty cents; bill of health, when required, twenty cents; and certified manifest, when required, twenty cents. No voucher is given for these charges.-See all other particulars under the head of New York. |