320 



out the country is very light — a number of cargoes which were on 

 their way at the close of navigation, not having arrived. 



The following table shows the shipments from this port by steam 

 and sail vessels and by the Great Western Railway during the years 

 1854 and 1855: 



1854. 1855. 



Ashes.casks, 1,905 1,983 



Ale and beer, bbls 3,800 2,747 



Apples, bbls 2,394 2,275 



" bugs 73 887 



Barley, bushels, 2,529 2,07l 



Beans, bags 228 582 



" bbls 383 80 



Beef, bbls 4,679 11,070 



" tierces 2,284 



Butter,bbls 70 73 



« kegs and firkins 2,279 5,124 



Beeswax, lbs 1,000 



« casks 8 11 



Buckwheat flour, bags 40 69 



Buckwheat, bbls _' 17 



Broomcorn, bales 382 4,679 



Bones, tons 44 



Brick, number 46,000 



Corn, bushels 587,489 629,895 



Com meal, bbls 1,880 1,942 



« bags 956 2,620 



Clover and grass seed, bags 3,079 13,821 



« " bbls 482 205 



Cheese, boxes 782 795 



« casks 38 43 



Candles, boxes 2,103 



Cement, bbls 50 125 



Crackers, bbls 62 79 



Cranberries, bbls 341 364 



Cider, bbls 55 



Cedar posts, number 125 



