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COMMEECE OF THE UNITED STATES. 



The total custom receipts for the year amonnt 

 to $128,079,761, as given in above table. This is 

 a large increase over previous years, and prob- 

 ably larger than it will be for years to come. 



The arrival of vessels at the port of New 

 York from foreign countries during the calen- 

 dar year 1866, were 4,892, an increase of 230 

 beyond those of the year 1865. Of these large 

 arrivals, 1,658 were American, or about thirty- 

 four per cent. ; the foreign were 3,234, or about 

 sixty-six per cent, of the whole. The various 

 nationalities were- as follows : 



The coastwise arrivals during the same pe- 

 riod, were: 



The whole amount of tonnage transported on 

 the canals of the State of New York during the 

 last season of navigation, ascending and de- 

 scending, was 5,775,220 tons, and is composed 

 as follows : 



Products of the forest 1,769,994 



Products of animals , 18,810 



Vegetable food 1,763.931 



Other agricultural products 3,319 



Manufactures 302,241 



Merchandise 179,878 



Other articles 1,737,047 



Total.year 1866. 5,775,220 



The value of such tonnage is as follows : 



Products of the forest $28,754,821 



Products of animals 7,377,796 



Vegetable food 77,854,997 



Other agricultural products 1,878,141 



Manufactures 18,389,992 



Merchandise 100,169,21 1 



Other articles 37,038,713 



Total, year 1866 $270,963,676 



The total movement of freight, or number of 

 tons carried one mile during the last season of 

 navigation, was 1,012,448,034 miles. The total 

 movement of the several classes composing such 

 tonnage is as follows : 



Products of the forest 233,798,859 



Products of animals 2.190,916 



Vegetable food 475,550,914 



Other agricultural products 483,500 



Manufactures 42,096,332 



Merchandise 40,031,747 



Other articles 218,289,766 



Total miles, 1866 1,012,448,084 



The following statement shows the number 

 of tons of each class of property carried on the 

 canals during the season of navigation, in. the 

 year 1866, and on all the railroads in the State 

 from October 1, 1865, to September 30, 1866 : 



Mileage on the canals 1,012,448,034 



Mileage on the railroads 1,048,363,225 



The mileage on the canals, or number of 

 tons moved one mile, has increased, since 1865, 

 168,532,255 tons, and the mileage on the rail- 

 roads has increased during the same period 181,- 

 715,685 tons. "Whole amount of tolls received 

 was $4,436,639, which is composed as follows : 



On boats and passengers $223,468 



On products of the forest 940,688 



On products of animals 10,366 



On products of vegetable food 2,512,286 



On other aericultural products 1,998 



On manufactures 153,372 



On merchandise 131,021 



On other articles 458,440 



Total, year 1866 



The whole amount of tonnage arriving at 

 tide-water by way of the Erie Canal, from the 

 "Western States and Canada, during the last 

 season of navigation, was 2,235,716 tons. The 

 whole amount of tonnage arrived at tide- water, 

 the products of this State, during the same pe- 

 riod, was 287,948 tons 



The -whole number of barrels of flour, arriving 

 . at tide-water through the canals, during the last 



season of navigation, was 590,704 



The whole number of bushels of wheat arriving 

 during the same period, was 7,584,166. which, 

 turned into flour, calculating five bushels to the 

 barrel, would make 1,516,883 



Total in barrels 2,107,537 



