COMMERCE. 



Table — Continued. 



353 



Jrroducts, 



(Quantities. 



V alue. 





12, 800 alquiers. 



$ 6, 400 





400 pounds. 



388 





406, 900 



20, 345 





3, 450 pounds. 



1,500 





300 



4,500 





349 





De fer 



113 



1,084 





1,535 



1,534 





52,217 feet. 



1,468 





15,000 



19, 445 





228 



456 





192, 000 



38, 400 





2, 888 



2, 888 







$1,171,514 



To this sum is to be added the value of 7,338 canadas of balsam 

 copaiba, worth when I was there three dollars, now worth seven and a 

 half dollars ; besides that of pots of oil made from the turtle, the 

 alligator, and the andiroba-nut, which M. Chaton has not included in 

 his list. These last, however, are inconsiderable. 



Extracts of letters from Henry L. Norris, esq., United States consul at 

 Para, to the Department of State : 



"Merchandise, the produce of this country, is usually bought for cash, 

 or in exchange for the products of foreign countries by way of barter. 

 There are no allowances made by way of discount, nor is brokerage 

 paid for purchasing. Cash usually has the advantage over barter on the 

 price of produce to the amount of from five to ten per cent. The 

 American business is done chiefly for cash, while English, French, and 

 Portuguese, is chiefly for barter ; dry goods, &c, are sold on long credit, 

 and produce taken in payment. With the latter the profits of trade are 

 on the outward cargo ; while with the former, the profit, if any, is with 

 the homeward. 



"There are no bounties or debentures of any kind allowed here. 

 "The usual commission for the purchase and shipment of goods 

 is two and a half per centum, and is the same on all description of 

 produce. 



"The American trade, with few exceptions, is conducted either by 

 partners or agents of houses at home ; consequently brokers are never 

 employed to buy produce, and no brokerage is paid. When foreign 

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