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Institute, for encouraging agricultural improvement, that the ex- 
traction of gum is no longer procurable in the village of Para. 
Measures therefore have been adopted to promote the cultivation 
of the tree which abounds in the forests. This increase of trade 
is thus shown. In 1825 the exports did not exceed 20,000 lbs.; 
in 1816 it exceeded 800,000 lbs., besides 415,953 pairs of shoes. 
A laborer engaged in procuring the gum can earn what is equiva- 
lent to three dollars a day in our country. 
Wheal in' Oregon. — It is stated on what is considered authentic 
information that not less then 150,000 bushels of wheat were 
raised in Oregon during the year of 1848. 
Wheat appears to be the principal crop, and this year, it is 
said, it will be much more abundant than it was last year. The 
inhabitants complain much on account of the scarcity of vessels. 
They would export considerable grain if they had the means. — 
Alick. Farmer. 
Eggs: — It is stated in the Farmer's Advocate, that "the egg 
trade of Cincinnati amounts to two million, nine hundred and for- 
ty-five thousand five hundred dozen, annually. Of these, about 
one half are consumed in the city and sold to steamboats on the 
Ohio; the balance are shipped to New-Orleans and other south- 
ern markets. At eight cents a dozen they wouhl be worth two 
hundred and thirty -five thousand, six hundred and forty dollars!!! 
Commercial Skdhtics. — By a statement in the New-York Her- 
ald, we learn that the tonage entered and cleared at the several 
districts in the Union, within the year ending on the 30th of June 
last, the number of vessels entered at all the ports was 14,229; the 
tonage 3,321,705; and the number of seamen 163,889. The ves- 
sels were 7,730 American, and 0,199 foreign. Tonage 2,101,359 
American, and 1220,346, foreign. 
The number of clearances was 14,378, measuring 3,378,393 
tons, and the crev.'s numbered 165,792. The number of entries 
at ports in Massachusetts was 2,874, the tonage of which was 
420,854 tons. More than tv/o thirds of the tonage entered from 
and cleared to ports of Great Britain and her ibreign possessions. 
7'Ae Whale Fishenj. — The Whaleman's Shipping List contains 
the annual statement of the importations of oil and whalebone and 
general statistics of the whale fishery for the past year. The im- 
portation of sperm oil, in 212 ships and 27 brigs, &,c., has amoun- 
ted to 120,753, barrels of sperm, 313,150 barrels whale oil, and 
3,341,680 lbs. of whalebone. The price of sperm oil has ranged 
from 93 to 107 cents per gallon; v/hale oil from 24 to 40 cents; 
and whalebone from 26 to 35 cents per pound. The whole ton- 
age employed in the whale fishery January 1st, 1848, was 210,- 
541 tons; showing a diminution of 19,677 tons the past year. 
