234 Statistics. 
STATISTICS. 
Mew York Canal Tolls. — The following table shows the gross 
amount of tolls, &c., collected on each canal, during the years 
1S46 and 1847, and also the gross increase: 
Canal. 1846 1847. Increase. 
Erie, - - $2,499,275-58 $'3,333,347-36 $834,071-78 
Champlain, 108,094-67 120,097-80 12,003-13 
Oswego, - 58,185-43 77,933-34 19,747-91 
Cayuga and Seneca, 27,282-11 28,925-95 1,643-84 
Chemung, - 13,503-44 16,677-70 3,174-26 
Crooked Lake, 1,912-81 1,946-50 33-69 
Chenango, - 23,492-86 28,570-33 5,077-47 
Genesee Valley, 23,448-57 26,707-25 3,258-68 
Oneida Lake, 542-80 624-74 81-94 
Seneca River Tow- 
ing path, - 368-10 372-96 4-86 
Oneida River Imp't, 14-52 176-07 161-55 
Total, $2,756,120-89 $3,635,380-00 $879,259-11 
The following table shows the aggregate amount received for 
tolls, &c., on all the canals in the state, from 1824 to 1848,- also 
the yearly receipts from 1837 to 1848: 
Amounts collected from 1824 to 1837, - 
- $14,960,709-18 
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in 1838, - 
1,590,911-07 
ee 
1839, 
- 1,616,382-02 
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1840, - 
1,775,747-57 
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1841, 
- 2,034,882-82 
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1842, - 
1,749,197-52 
cc 
1843, 
- 2,081,590-17 
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1844, - 
2,446,374-52 
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1845, 
- 2,646,181-87 
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1846, - 
2,756,120-89 
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1847, 
Total receipts, 
- 3,635,380-00 
$34,637,356-74 
»/3 Curious Fact. — It is stated by some statistical hunter, that 
the sum annually expended for bread by the population of Great 
Britian and Ireland, amounts to twenty -five millions sterling — 
(about $120,000,000) — while the money expended in distilled 
and fermented drinks amounts to upwards of fifty millions sterling 
annually. 
