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Sugar, brown, 12,186,113 lbs.,. . 476,905 
« white, 1,680,874 “ . 111,202 
« loaf, 286,078 “ . 17,223 
Iron—Sheet iron, 90,129 lbs.,. 3,120 
Pig iron, 6,450 cwt.,. 5,679 
Bar, rolled, 9,835, “ . 15,130 
Manufactured otherwise, 3,657, cwt.,. 13,676 
Coal, 6,480 tons,. 13,776 
Brandy, 66,443 gallons,. 59,550 
Spirits from grain, 32,282 gallons,. 15,177 
“ other materials 180,288 gallons,. 26,306 
Cordials, 638 gallons,. 1,068 
Salt, 31,046 bushels,. 9,668 
Total of exports, $151,898,720. - 
Imports for the same period. 
The following table exhibits the imports for 
the fiscal year, ending June 30th, 1850. 
Iron and steel—muskets and rifles, value,. $27,424 
Other fire arms,. 354,877 
Side arms,. 1,542 
Drawing and cutting knives,. 10,808 
Hatchets,. 2,477 
Chisels,. 9,914 
Steelyards and scale beams,. 6,584 
Vices,. 29,088 
Sickles,. 1.082 
Scythes,. 14,358 
Screws,. 161 
Spades and shovels,. 8,120 
Squares,. 2,091 
Needles,. 231,325 
Cast-iron bolt hinges,... 20,998 
Cutlery,. 4,284,838 
Other merchandise of iron,...... 3,427,180 
Irons,. 736 
Bonnet wire,...3,714 
Iron and steel wire,. 78,055 
Nails, 2,656, 786 lbs.,. 119,786 
Spikes, 51,311 lbs,,... 2,08.6 
Chain cables,. 599,811 
Saws,.. 7,942 
Anchors,. 43,028 
Anvils,. 76,822 
Hammers and sledges,.. 6,000 
Castings,... 83,882 
Round and square iron,. 54,874 
Nail and spike rods,.... 10,058 
Band and scroll iron,....'. 31,847 
Hoop iron,. 176,938 
Sheet iron,,. 659,058 
Pig iron, 1,497,487 cwt.,.. . .. 385,870 
Old and scrap, 202,090 “. 161,981 
Bar,rolled, 4,959,022 “........ 7,397,166 
Bar otherwise, 294,132 “. 744,735 
Cast steel, 101,876 “. 1,106,800 
Other steel, 25,641 “. 225,362 
Lead—Pig, bar, sheet and old, 35,997,084 lbs.,. 1,182,597 
Bullion—Gold,. $9,257,240 ) Q 
Silver,.$26,316 \ J ’^ 3 ’ 5ob 
Specie—Gold,.1,600,722 t . . Q6 542 
Teas—28,752,817 lbs.,. 4,588,373 
Coffee—144,986,895 “. ........ 11,215,070 
Guano—3,940 tons,....... 91,948 
Woolens—Cloths and Cassimeres,. 6,184,190 
Merino shawls,. 935,348 
Blankets,....... „.. 1,244,3 35 
Worsted stuffs................... 5,004,250 
Hosiery,............... 718,135 
Other articles not specified,. 1,880,526 
Cottons—Printed, &c.,. 13,640,291 
White, &c.,. 1,773,302 
Tambored,. 1,267,286 
Hosiery,. 1,558,173 
Yarn and thread,. 799,156 
Unspecified,. 858,422 
Silks—Piece goods,. ....,. ...14,459,560 
Hosiery,. 616,217 
Tambored, &c.,. 1,131,462 
Unspecified,.. 872,380 
Silk and worsted,... 1,653,809 
Flax—Linens,...$7,063,184 { p nnc a 2 o 
Unspecified,... 1,031,838 f 
Spirits—Brandy, 4,145,802 galls.,. 2,659,537 
From grain, 751,183 “ .. 361,073 
Other materials, 339,169 “ 113.779 
Cordials, 28,897 “ 32,447 
Sugar—Brown, 197,651,819 lbs.,. 6,659,543 
.White, 19,977,312 “ 846,939 
itj&af, 796,217 “ 48,664 
Salt—11,224,185 bushels,. 1,237,186 
Coal—189,439 tons,.... 378.,817 
Total value of imports for the year ending Jupe- 
30th, 1850,. $187,217,574 
It will be seen by the foregoing, that we are 
at the same game we played in 1835 and ’36. 
Our imports have exceeded our exports by the 
snug little sum of $30,000,000 in a single year, 
and after all due allowance for profits accruing 
to our commercial interests, from exchange 
freights, &c., the result of our last year’s finan¬ 
cial operations will leave us a debt of over $20- 
000,000, which we have temporarily provided 
for by sales of stocks of every hue and de¬ 
scription. We trust our countrymen will come 
to their senses in time, and check this most in¬ 
ordinate importation before it is too late. 
Look at the enormous quantity of silk im¬ 
ported, about $19,000,000 ; cottons, $19,000,000 
more; woolens, about $16.000,000; linens, over 
$8,000,000 ; brandy, 4,000,000 gallons; bar iron, 
over $8,000,000 ; and this, too, while more than 
half the furnaces and forges in this country are 
lying still, and many of our cotton and woolen 
mills are idle for want of adequate protection 
from the pauper labor of Europe. 
What an immense difference would result 
were all these articles made at home, and our 
beef, butter, grain, &c., consumed by our own 
manufacturers; and while our farmers were ob¬ 
taining larger prices for their products, by the in¬ 
creasing home consumption thus secured, the 
competition in agricultural products would be 
lessened by the large quantity of labor with¬ 
drawn from their over production. 
CULTIVATION OF CRANBERRIES. 
From the Barnstable Patriot, we .copy the 
subjoined statement from the Report of the 
Committee on Fruit, of the Barnstable-County 
Agricultural Society:— 
The following is a statement of the course 
pursued by me in the cultivation of the cran¬ 
berry. July 12th, 1845, I purchased for $40, 
one and a half acres of land—about one half 
a sandy beach, and the remainder a low peat 
meadow covered with water. A rim of about 
six feet in width around, the bog and between 
the water and the beach, had a few cranberry 
vines on it, which had been closely fed off. In 
the spring of 1846, I drained the bog and co¬ 
vered about one eighth of an acre with sand 
three inches thick, and set it with cranberry 
vines in rows two feet apart, and hoed them 
four times in the season of 1846, and once in the 
spring of 1847. The grass then got advantage 
of me, and I left the vines to work their own 
way. They have now nearly overcome and 
worked out the grass and rushes. On the re¬ 
mainder of the bog, I strewed vines, and trod 
them into the mud, by walking over them. These 
