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Cheese Trade in the United States.—In order to 
show the increase of this branch of agriculture in this 
country, we give the following statistics of the amount 
of cheese that arrived at tide water, on the Hudson, 
from the canal collector’s books : — 
Year lbs. Exported. 
1834. 6,340,000 . 
1835-....... 9,586,000 . 
1836 . 14,060,000 . 
1837 . 15,560,000 . 
1838 . 13,810,000 . 
18*. 14,530.000 . 
1840 . 18,820.000 723,713 
1841 . 14,170,000 1,748,781 
1942. 19,004,000 2,456,677 
1843. 24.334,000 3,440,144 
1841. 26,672,500 7,433,145 
1845 . 29,371,000 7,841,187 
1846 . 34,812,513 8,675,390 
Madeira Nuts Raised in Western New York.— 
We were presented yesterday with some Maderia nuts, 
raised on the farm of Mr. Zadock Warfield, of Far¬ 
mington, being rare and curious productions, for this 
climate. The trees from which they were taken, were 
planted about fourteen years ago, and are now ten 
feet high, with a trunk five or six inches in diameter. 
The nut arrives at maturity some time in October. Mr. 
Warfield gathered some, two years ago, that were as 
well filled, sweet, and palatable to the taste, as any 
lhat are imported .—Exchange Paper. 
Commerce of the N. Y. Canals. —Statement 
showing the aggregate value of the property which 
came to the Hudson River on all the Canals in 1846 
and 1847. 
1846. 1847. 
The Forest. $8,589,291 $8,798,373 
Agriculture. 33,662,818 54.624,849 
Manufactures. 4.805,799 6,024,518 
Merchandise. 276,872 517,594 
Other articles. 3,770,476 3.127,080 
$51,105,256 $73,092,414 
Tonnage going from tide water for the last fourteen 
years, and also the total tons arriving at tide water, 
and the aggregate value thereof in market, during the 
same period: 
Years. 
Tons from 
Tons to 
Value. 
tide water. 
tide water. 
1834. 
553.593 
$13,405,022 
1835. 
... 128.910 
753.191 
20.225',446 
1836... 
696:347 
26,932.470 
1837. 
611,781 
21,822,354 
1838. 
640,481 
23.038,510 
1839. 
... 142.035 
602,128 
20463,199 
1840. 
... 129,580 
669,012 
23,213,573 
1841. 
774,334 
27,225.322 
1842. 
... 123;294 
666,626 
22,751^013 
1843... 
836.861 
28,453,408 
1844. 
1.019.094 
34,183,167 
1845. 
1,204.943 
45,452,321 
1846. 
1,362.319 
41,105,256 
1847. 
1,744,283 
73,092,414 
Amount and Value of Wool.— An Albany corres- 
pondent of the Detroit Advertiser, gives the following 
statement of the amount and value of wool which 
arrived in Albany, by the canals from the year 1834 up 
to the close of the navigation in 1847:— 
ARRIVED AT TIDE WATER, HUDSON RIVER. 
Year. • lbs. Value. 
1834 . 984,000 $446,787 
1835 . 1,730.000 752,254 
1836 . 2,510,000 1.377,542 
1837 . 146,000 338,454 
1838 . 3.216.000 1,400,719 
1839 . 2472,000 1.038.753 
1840 . 2!880.000 1,150,490 
1841 . 3.316,000 1,410,659 
1842 . 3.356.000 1,006.544 
1843 . 6,034,000 1.678,428 
1844 ..... 10,182.000 3.424.015 
1845 . 12,1431000 3;75i;002 
1846 ....... 10,574,000 2.829,796 
1847, to Nov. 30 . 11,224,384 3,336,407 
Canal Tolls.— Amount of tolls received on all the 
New York State Canals, in each of the following 
year, viz:— 
4th week in Nov. Total to 1st Dec, 
1840 .$20,190.37 $1,773,582.51 
1841 . 21,734.11 2,033,264.77 
1842 . 5i3S0.09 1.748,869.88 
1843 . 14'746.67 2,082.145.60 
1844.4. 13,449.02 2,416,037.94 
1845 . 25,584.88 2.646,117.55 
1846 . 21,707.46 2;754.4G7.25 
1847 . 24,654.75 3.634,'847.53 
The increase over the season of 1846 may be stated 
in round numbers at $880,000. To the gross amount 
Buffalo has contributed more than any other office on 
the lineofthe canal— the sum of $1,216,700 — being about 
one third of the whole. 
Turpentine.— The North Carolina Newbernian fur¬ 
nishes some statistics in relation to the manufacture of 
turpentine in North Carolina. The number of bar¬ 
rels of this article annually made in the state is esti¬ 
mated at 800,000, not more than 200,000 of which were 
shipped in its crude state, the largest portion being dis¬ 
tilled in the state. The estimated value to the maker 
is over $1,700,000 annually. About 4000 or 5000 labo¬ 
rers are engaged in making it. There are now in ope¬ 
ration 150 stills, valued at $225,000. This number of 
stills, to have steady work, would require 600,000 bar¬ 
rels annually, more than is now made, an indication 
that the still houses are overdone. 
Great Yield of Cane.— 74,400 lbs. of sugar from 50 
acres of cane were produced upon the plantation ofJ, 
H. Madison, in Marion county, Florida, last season. 
