COMMERCIAL STATISTICS. COMMERCE AND NAVIGATION OF BRAZIL. WE give below several tables of the commerce and navigation of Brazil, prepared from official documents for the Merchants' Magazine by L. H. F. D'AGUIAR, the Consul General of Brazil to the United States; to whom, also, we are indebted for a statement of the debt, expenses, and revenue of that empire, which will be found under our "Journal of Banking, Currency, and Finance," in the present number of this Magazine. The Brazilian government possess in Mr. Aguiar an intelligent and efficient representative of the interests of that empire, and the citizens of New York a courteous and worthy resident. No foreign government is more acceptably represented here. In the following table we have the value of the principal imports into Brazil, in the currency of that country, for the years 1843-44 and 1844-45: STATISTICAL VIEW OF THE COMMERCE OF BRAZIL, EXHIBITING THE VALUE OF EXPORTS AND IM Countries. Italy.. Belgium.... 'Austrian ports...... YEAR ENDING JUNE 20, 1845. 29,502: 705,836 10,546:876,489 30,503:430,156 11.356:847,987 6,976:210,182 2,671:368,646 7,441:342,993 2,42:116,380 6,551:424,861 10,928: 201,654 5,703:780,194 9.210:313,227 4,369:552,059 4,097:143,108 4,552:409,663 4.216:262,975 2,565: 399,647 3,174:545,786 1,725:010,988 2,351:913,447 2.725:82.068 4,844:389,509 1,711:688,414 2,427:945,967 737: 330,555 697:016,017 250: 377,942 225: 560,670 868:782,739 1,612:618.175 475:705,295 3,125:936,598 145:578,927 Holland 102:566,320 21:286,777 126: 329,440 125:769,567 Turkey....... 198:075,526 193: 791,920 Not specified...... 353:268,211 1,053:364,374 1,111: 193,982 2,096:740,117 Total............ 55,289: 342,527 43,800:283,526 57,228:019,580 47,054:397,940 IMPORTS AND EXPORTS, AND DUTIES ON BOTH, OF BRAZIL. IN 1844 AND 1845. IMPORTS AND EXPORTS, AND DUTIES ON BOTH, OF BRAZIL IN 1844 AND 1845-CONTINUED. 57,223:019,580 47,054:397,940 4,036: 370,424 18,848:526,778 Maranhao..... Para ...... Alagoas........ Espirito Santo.... Rio Grande............. Total......... Duties received on.............................................. 14,812: 156,354 NAVIGATION OF BRAZIL FROM 1843 TO 1845 INCLUSIVE. BRAZILIAN SHIPPING REGISTERED AT THE port of RIO JANEIRO, INCLUDING COAST WISE. The receipts of wool annually increase, and yet the price is well maintained. For the last three years the quantity which arrived at tide-water from the Erie Canal has been as follows, distinguishing that coming from other States: This is a pretty bad show for the State clip, but speaks proportionably better for the products of other States. The western crops have greatly increased, and even Wisconsin has begun to add important items to the trade. In 1840, she exported 10,562 lbs., and in 1847, 141,592. The receipts via Whitehall are mostly Vermont wool. The importations of foreign have, however, been much less under the tariff of 1846. The quantity imported for several years has been as indicated in the following table. The tariff of 1842 raised the rate of duty on coarse wools, that is, wool valued under 8 cents per lb., from free to 5 per cent ad valorem, and the finest wools, that compete with American growth, were imported in a dirty condition and much undervalued, in order to save the duty. Thus, in 1842, coarse wool was free; in 1845, it paid 5 per cent; and in 1847, 30 per cent. The quantity imported from each destination at these rates was as follows. We have given the year 1847 in two parts, because the first six months was under the tariff of 1842, and the second six months under the present tariff. It is observable that the importation in 1845, with the tariff of 1842, was more than double that of 1842, and nearly three times as much as that of 1847. In the above table of the receipts at tide-water, it is seen that the quantity fell off in 1846, because of the low prices, occasioned by the large importation of 1845. The prices have been at different periods as follows: The low point in wool was August, 1845, since when prices have been well advanced, and the large receipts at tide-water last year were supported in prices by the absence of imports. It will be seen that the change in the tariff made but little difference, and the reason is, that the inordinately high freights all over the world caused by the demands of England for food, prevented the movement of other bulky articles. In the present year, the price of wool flattens by reason of the large supply of cheap cloths from England and Germany. PRODUCE RECEIVED AT NEW ORLEANS FROM THE INTERIOR. The following comparison of the value of the principal products of the interior, received at the port of New Orleans from 31st August to 1st September, 1845, 1846, and 1847, is compiled from a series of tables which the editors of the New Orleans Price Current have yearly prepared for their “Annual Statement." It will be found to exhibit some interesting facts in regard to the commerce of New Orleans with the south and west. TRADE OF THE UNITED KINGDOM WITH THE UNITED STATES. It appears from Wilmer and Smith's (Liverpool) Times, that some interesting particulars have been given in a British Parliamentary paper, printed on the 14th of June, 1848, respecting the trade of the United Kingdom with the United States. By the account it is shown, for thirty-two years, (1815 to 1846, inclusive,) the official value of imports from the United States, and the official value of our exports. The declared value of the exports are given, and they considerably exceed the official value. For the last twenty years the imports and exports were (official value) as follow: |