450 ALBANY, WEST TROY, AND WATERFORD MARKETS. 



Staves. 



Besides the above articles, from 4,000 to 5,000 cords of wood have ia 

 recent years been left annually at the places mentioned in the headings, 

 chiefly Albany and West Troy, and in about equal quantities at each. 



The materials left at Waterford are wholly from the Champlain Canal. 

 The relative amount brought by the Erie and Champlain Canals to the 

 other two places, varies considerably one year with another, but may 

 be stated approximately as follows : 



Of boards and scantling. — From the Erie Canal, about three-fifths at 

 West Troy, and from a third to a half at Albany, and from the Cham- 

 plain Canal the remainder. 



Of shingles. — The much greater part by the Erie Canal, although in some 

 years, as in 1873, the Champlain Canal delivered a nearly equal amount 

 at West Troy. 



Of timber. — The greater part, in some years the whole, by the Erie 

 Canal. 



Of staves. — Much the greater part at both places, by the Erie Canal. 



Offre-u-ood. — The greater part by the Chami^laiu Canal. 



In the absence of data for continuing these tables since 1873, we ap- 

 pend the following totals for 1874 and 1875, from the official reports on 

 tolls and tonnage for these years, giving the total of these three places, 

 and the amount going through to New York by the Hudson Kiver. 



