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STATE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
TONNAGE EMPLOYED IN THE MILWAUKEE TRADE. 
[No return on file for 1850.] 
In the year 1860,.1,290,175 tons of vessels arrived. 
“ “ “ .1,292,150 “ “ departed. 
TOTAL VALUE OF IMPORTS, 
From May, 1858 to Dec. 31, 1860,. $38,592 free goods. 
“ “ “ “ . 142,275 dutiable goods. 
TOTAL VALUE OF EXTORTS, 
During the same period,.$2,327,643 
Racine and Kenosha are also towns of considerable com¬ 
mercial importance. They both have good harbors and are 
supplied with railroads which directly connect them with the 
interior and with the Mississippi. Large quantities of wheat 
and other agricultural products centre there for export and a 
vast amount of timber, shimgles and lumber of various kinds, 
together with the ordinary articles of merchandise are annually 
imported. In 1851, the total imports and exports of Racine 
were §2,507,715; ship arrivals, 1462. TJie arrivals of Keno¬ 
sha for the same year are 730; total of exports and imports, 
$2,629,334. Since that time they have had a steady commer¬ 
cial growth, and their trade now amounts to 
On the lake shore north of Milwaukee several flourishing 
towns are fast becoming ports of considerable importance. 
Their exports at first consisted chiefly of lumber in its various 
forms, shingles, staves, &c.; but the rapid agricultural devel¬ 
opment of the section of country of which they are the outlets, 
has furnished them them with a large amount of grain and 
other agricultural products. Ozaukee, Sheboygan, Manitowoc, 
Two Rivers, and Green Bay, are referred to. The total of 
their exports and imports ranges from two to ten millions each. 
Of the inland and river towns which deserve mention among 
the commercial towns of the State, Oshkosh, Berlin, Portage, 
Prairie du Chien, Prescott and Hudson are prominent. 
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INTERNAL IMPROVEMENTS. 
The internal improvements of Wisconsin have already as¬ 
sumed considerable magnitude and are every year becoming 
more extensive. The system of railroads, as projected, is very 
