The Washington union. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1859, 1857-07-18

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The Trad # A,uluia. The following communication
has been received from correspondent residing ut AK
YAH seaport of farther India in the presidency OF Ben
gal and in the province Of Arakana. ltbears date Of
April 22, 1851
The trade OF Arakana is under the same general regu-
lations as that OF Calcutta firearms and munitions Of
war being the ony interdictcd articles Of IL
consists in the export Of rice almost exclusively an inco-
siderable quantity of tobacco, deer and buffalo horns,
hides and cutcb generally secured by the coasting trade
The export from this port Of 1000 tons OF rice during
the Of 1854 55 and Of little short Of 500 600 tons
in 1880 Sc, shows the great and growing importance OF
this trade. Three-quarters of this quantity is grown In
the neighborood OF Akyab the creeks and rivers COM
muncting with the harbor giving great facility for the
conveyance of produce In late official return, the pop
ulation Of the district Of Akyab rated at 20 600
though when annexed by the British in 1925 that of the
whole province estimated only 100 900 The in
Of population of revenue and of the export trade
has been satisfactory it is remarkable Vast tacts
Of land are stl uncuitivated but, with remuneative
prices, there is every prospect of rapid extension
''Ihe climate of the province, may be inferred from
its product is exceedingly lamp for considerable part OF
the year The average fall Of rain in the season is 240
inches, which falls almost wholly during the months
of June, July, August, and September.
The first rice shipped to Europe from Arakana was IN
l845 After having been cleaned in Calcutta 1t was sent
to Liverpool EAST India Carolina " il sold well and
obtained good name in the English market. The sue
OF this and following shipments led TO the opening OF
the trade in ls4S since which it has progressed rapidly
Export duty, anna per maund Of e2 II port charges,
"a annas per ton of ships register The currency Of Ara
kama is Company rupees. Soyereigns dollars not
exchanged formerly at the government treasury and
not readily negotiable Specie for the purchase Of
cagoes is brought from Calcutta by steamers In commu
Imports arc inconsiderablc the natives themselves
manufacture colored cloth, which is usually worn
DEPARTMENT.
The la Crosse and Miratkee Railroad The Commission
Of the General Land Office recently received letter
from Milwaukee, enclosing plat of the line Of route
of The La Crosse and Milwaukee railroad through
section g. township IL, range cast Wisconsin, and
questng be allowed under the act Of August 1852
strip hundred feet in width for the track Of that
road through lot No g. which lot the only vacant tract
in that section In reply the Commissioner states that the
section referred TO is alternate section reserved to the
United States by the act of August 1896 making the
Fox and Wisconsin grant. The statutes bearing upon
the present application the act of August 1852,
concedng with limitations the Of way and the act of
June B. 1885, making railroad grants TO Wisconsin The
act Of 1852 allows for the track hundred feet in width
with the proyiso that in case where deep excavations
or heavy embankment required for the grade of such
road then such places greater width may be taken
by such company if necessary exceeding in the
whole two hundred feet The restriction in the last
proviso of the act of 1852 would exclude the right OF
way over this alternate section but that restriction is
moved by the last provso in the act of 1856 yet before
the railroad company be allowed to take than
the usual uantity of hundred feet, they must show
satisfactorily by transcript of tho survey of the
road accompanied by the affidavit of the engineer, that
such deep excavations heavy establishments re-
auired for the grade Of such roads will justify the
department in treating IL entitled to the maximun,
width 1.-TWO hundred fec contemplated by the law. When
this is DONE and the extent Of the right Of way deter
mined the law renders the approval of the President ne
cessary to give efficacy to the concession
The Patent O6ce Reports IN France. The Commissioner
of Patents has received interesting letter from NJ
Vatemare, Of the Paris central agency for international
exchanges in which the latter acknowledges the receipt
Of containing the annual reports Of the United
States Patent Office for the year 1855. Nj. Vattemare
commenced Immediately the distribution Of the books
destined for the different institutions of Paris, These
books (ds NJ Vattemare) received everywhere with
the greatest qualification they crcdabe to the
patriotism of the learned commissioner they hon
orabe to your noble and generous country they arc
creating in the bosom of the agicutusts and mechanics
OF this country sentiments of love and gratitude which
the United States moral and peaceful conluess
which will survive all those obtained by the most splendid
victories achieved by the brutal art of war The only
greet by agriculturists is that they reached them
so late in the