The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1845-10-10
(referring TO the amount expended on IN.
ment Of the lake harbors, says Col. Aha, 'al'
formity with the appropriation laws W., ~
lows. was d

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GAS the object OF these expend;,n4O, ~
protect the commerce of the lakes !, a d
embarrassing to ascertain the value 81 %
merce. In order to determine this ou.. %A
some accuracy, circulars were written su %
the agents OF this bureau, and to thoss o. ,ou
tom-house upon the lakes, for such info.,,nle
could elucidate il, and for returns, which 'balS
hibit the kinds and quantities Of which
mercc was composed, extending throuoh u'
years, from 1885 to 1912. These cIrcnls s'a
duly answered, and returns furnished f,a
places, giving all desirable details. From i.
turns, the consolidated statements ANNEXED y
report were made, exhibiting the mopevsS 70
the commerce, and the kinds and quantities or s -
il consisted. VII
San examination of the statem.0,
nioit many imperfections, but will also clearS
that these do not occasion any errors of ~ a9
that, from deficient returns, and from, 'a ~
towns not named, because no returns s.. "' m,i
from them,) the errors are Of kind onlv :. ''c
less than the real amount Of the comm,,.. 'A ~
lakes. e'u
1.-THE detailed returns from each Ma.
in the consolidated statement, exhibit wiz
mlnuteness, the kinds and quantities of s,,;, ax
ported and imported, as well as the rnons,'s y
Of the same. H
ITO have furnished copies of b,,. :
have perplexed, rather than elucidated ,bs ,a Soa
and, therefore, the form of the Consolidate
ments now unlimited was adopted. 'As
"Ihese etAtements are of two kinds. A..
hibin the moneyed value of exports and i ;m,' :
from 1885 to l64l, inclusive; the other n. 'Tp''
could be ascertained, the kinds and ousns,..
articles of which the trade consisted for ,Ss
lS4I. ~ w
"The series of years enumerated in The ~.
ed-value statement, furnish data to iudge oi@.
crease Of the trade; and the zimmerman If tas
the statement Of kinds and quantities sbow.l
great a proportion of this trade consists 4 n,oJ
of the soil. r~S
taking the year 1886 as an examine a
returns of 1885 being imperfect,) the Who'll INV
trade was then fourteen million one HUNDRED II
thirty-seven thousand and twenty-six dollar
the whole export trade was two million three Ss'I
dred and twenty-four thousand two hundred !,
forty-eight dollars Now, referring to the yesr ID
the returns of 1912 being very incomplete, nv
be found that the import trade had increased \
thirty-three million four hundred and eiehy.Ir(
thousand four hundred and forty-one doIlan ~
the export trade to thirty-two million three huud,
and forty-two thousand five hundred and e,b,,I
one dollars-about sixteen times greater H., M
export trade of 1886: exhibiting the epormm, Il
crease in exports of about thirty millions n nj
years; and an increase, in the same period oi,r,
nineteen millions of imports. The progress nm
increase can be traced through the several v,,rl
the statement of moneyed value; and, ALTHOUGH
articles of which this commerce consisted s.n
hibited in the various returns in this Office h,
same years, yet, as before remarked lbe coDsll
dated statement is confined to the articles n n
year lS4l. The examination of this statement ' /
show the kinds and quantities of these srtcs, n
that year. From these returns, it will appear arl
the commerce of the lakes amounted, in he vsl
184l, to sixty-fve million eight hundred and ,vvI
ty-six thousand and Twenty-Five dollars And n
this, well as for all of the years Of the saem.
there is no account of the export trade Of Buffalo,
no returns of the export trade of that place hsrr
been received. will beg leave, also, to rema
that by export and import trade, it ia intended tod,
press the amount Of trade at the several haba
named, by means of the shipping of the lakes
where can be no doubt that, since lSlL III
trade has experienced great increase; but the d
formation in this Office terminates with thai veal
There Is not upon thssS Lakes being sv
which is found upon our Atlantic coast, and vhil
enables the government to obtain SO readily The moi
accurate knowledge Of the trade of the coast b
the vast importance Of this lake trade, as now a
posed, and the extreme value ola correct knowles
of ii to the commercial statistics Of our country, vii
no doubt attract to it the requisite attention and
pervision.
"ThG whole extent of lake coast is abs
five thousand two hundred miles; Of which, abc
two thousand is the coast of foreign power. Ih4
however, includes the coast of Lake Superior, ffu
which there are no returns of its trade And hls
includes the coasts of connecting rivers-such
Straits of Niagara, Detroit, and 81. Mary, or Sd
Ste. Marie.
"lst The whole amount which has been ar}
priated and expended in efforts (and with na
success) to improve certain harbors upon IA
lakes, from the commencement Of the system 10 Y
present time, is no more than S2,A52, $685.
''2d. The commerce of these lakes announce |
1S41, TO SOS, $4,000.
I'D. The coast of these lakes equals aboatl
thousand two hundred miles, whereof nbouHl
thousand miles is a foreign coast.
"4th The population (American) lmmedahl
connected with, and depending upon, the navlsaH
Of the lakes, is 2, $4,000. i
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