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118    NEW    YORK STATE GAZETTEER.

As the only avenue to the sea which Canada possesses is closed by ice during about five months
in the year, the foreign trade of that country in winter must seek other avenues; and, from the
acknowledged superiority of New York as a commercial point, a large part of the trade is through
that port. Over half the vessels that arrive in Quebec come in ballast; while none leave port
without cargoes of timber or other commodities of the country. This renders the outward freights
disproportionately high; and, although vessels may load in the upper lakes and pass without tran¬
shipment down the St. Lawrence, the difference of ocean freights makes it cheaper to send by the
canals to New York.    ^    .

The number of vessels and amount of tonnage employed upon the great lakes have been
rapidly increasing for the last 10 years. In the several collection districts of this State, the
ratio of increase has been much greater in ports where railroads terminate.1

1 Arrivals and Tonnage of the several Districts bordering upon Canada during a series of
*    nine    years.


1854.


Buffalo Creek..
Dunkirk.........

1855.

1856.

1857.

1858.

District.

1

S ■
£

H *

iS

Tons.

1

Tons.

£

Tons.

Champlain..........................

397

25,129

852

54,367

1,053

74,710

1,100

78,256

Oswegatchie........................

500

249,909

636

320.834

644

320,505

398

170,667

Cape Vincent......................

1,278

557,840

1,240

749,787

1,128

661,025

1,018

555,408

Sackets Harbor..................

209

125,496

193

135,442

174

128,685

263,007

110

80,417

Oswego..............................

1,517

166,641

1,866

314,657

1.815

1,543

193,691

57,330

Genesee..............................

286

85,063

338

109,881

363

116,411

208

‘Niagara.............................'.

536

209,646

563

166,893

671

2:38,019

616

254,195

Buffalo Creek.....................

816

152,540

1,002

166,020

837

118,377

1,153

448,786

Dunkirk.............................

2

476

3

300

6

1,180


Champlain........

Oswegatchie.......

Cape Vincent.....

Sackets Harhor..


' 1
I

563

1,001

959

139

2,243

295

696

1,037


107,957

196.915

156,351

153.169

195,793

40,077

173,286

108,337


22,538

341,188

95,548

145,169

234,625

38,903

213,613

106,464


89,842

250,492

208,186

166,748

216,444

46,924

220,528

96.290


31,836

701,560

451,587

87,758

274,307

53,660

219,241

149,356


340

798

197

218

1,731

264

691

759


57,721

273,272

471,577

54,670

65,213

51,571

236,051

137,088


585

482

1,034

77

593

285

584

792


536

318

230

1,599

232

624

654


380

281

279

1,657

215

981

722


Commerce, of Canada with, the United States since 1850, as shown
by the Canadian Official Reports.

Years.

Value of Exports from
Canada.

Value of Imports into
Canada.

In 1850

$4,951,159.58

$6,594,860.49

“ 1851

4,071,544.65

8.365.765.25

« 1852

6,284,521.75

8,457.693.27

« 1853

10,725,455.15

11,782.147.40

“ 1854

10,418,880.69

15,533,097.94

“ 1855

20,002,290.95

20,825,432.44

“ 1856

20,218,652.66

22.704,509.05

“ 1857

13,206,436.10

20,224,650.97

Commerce of United States with Canada for a series of years, as
shown by the U. S. Official Reports.

Years.

Exports.

Imports.

Foreign.

Domestic.

Total.

1852

1853

1854

1855

1856

1857

1858

$3,853,919-
5,736.555
9,362,716
11,999,378
' 6,314,652
4,326,369
4,012,768

$6,655,097

-*W404!J87

15,204,144

15,806,642

22,714,697

19,936,113

19,638,959

$10,509,016
13,140.642
24,566,860
27,806,020
29,029,349'
24,262.482
23,651,727

$6,110,299

7,550,718

8,927,560

15,136.734

21,310,421

22,124,296

15,806,519


Arrivals and Clearances for the several Collection Districts for 1858.

District.

NUMBER OF VESSELS.

TONNAGE.

Entered.

Cleared.

Entered.

Cleared.

American.

8

,§s

£

£

American.

Foreign.

American.

Foreign.

American.

Foreign, j

Champlain...........................................

623

477

623

477

44,690

33,666

44,590

33,666

Oswegatchie..........................................

150

248

153

248

119,649

51,018

131,727

51,018

Cape Vincent.....................................

439

579

434

579

356,972

198,436

354,943

198,436

Sackets Harbor...............................

110

106

80,417

75,191

Oswego................................................

410

1,133

382

1,129

,60,367

133,324

60,999

132,055

Genesee...............................................

31

177

39

175

1 3,207

54,123

3,602

52,826

Niagara.................. ...........................

128

488

104

488

101,817

152,378

77,440

152,318

Buffalo Creek.......................................

680

473

.721

450

369,433

79,353

375,432

77,448

Dunkirk...........................1.................

1

5

2

3

80

1,100

117

1,000

The above indicates but a part of the commerce of these dis- I not entered upon the custom house books is much larger in
tricts. It is probable that the amount of coasting trade which is [ each district than that here given.


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