might be issued at one-half its present weight with a seigniorage profit, and without tempting the counterfeiter, because the profits on their issue would be too small to undergo the risk of detection. STATISTICS OF TRADE AND COMMERCE. COMMERCE AND NAVIGATION OF THE UNITED STATES. In the Merchants' Magazine for February, 1857, (vol. xxxvi, pp. 355–359,) we commenced the publication, in a condensed form, of tabular statements of the commerce and navigation of the United States, for the year ending June 30th, 1856, derived from returns made to the Treasury Department, and made up under the direction of the Register of that Department. We gave first, the usual statement of the value of the exports of the growth, produce, and manufacture of the United States, during the fiscal year ending 30th June, 1856. It would add much to the value of that table, if the quantities were added. We also published in the same number a second table, exhibiting the value of exports to, and imports from, each foreign country, distinguishing, in the value of exports, those of domestic and foreign produce. And third, a statistical view of the tonnage, American and foreign, of vessels arriving from, and departing to, each foreign country. We now compile, from the report of the Register of the Treasury, the statement below, of the registered, enrolled, and licensed tonnage of the United States, together with the kinds of tonnage employed in the foreign and coasting trade, and the different fisheries, (cod, mackerel, and whale,) and the aggregate tonnage of the United States on the 30th June, 1856:- ENROLLED AND LICENSED TONNAGE OF THE UNITED STATES. ......tons & 95ths. Enrolled vessels in the coasting trade................ .... 2,211,935 45 85,728 29 2,247,663 74 whale fishery.... Enrolled vessels in the cod fishery..... Licensed vessels under twenty tons employed in the cod fishery... 95,816 08 29,886 54 247 78 6,635 59 132,586 04 Licensed tonnage under twenty tons employed in the coasting trade. cod fishery... Of the enrolled and licensed tornage there were employed in the Coasting trade... Cod fishery. .... 35,728 29 6,635 59 42,363 88 2,211,935 45 95,816 08 Mackerel fishery. 29,886 54 Whale fishery. 247 78 2,337,885 85 Of the enrolled tonnage, amounting as above stated, to 2,337,885 85, there were in steam navigation.... Of the registered tonnage, amounting as above stated, to 2,491,402 63, there were in steam navigation..... 89,715 38 583,362 16 673,077 54 From this table, it appears that the aggregate tonnage of the United States on the 30th of June, 1856, was 4,871,652. The total enrolled and licensed vessels in the coasting trade amounted to 2,247,663 tons; and the various fishing vessels to 132,568 tons. STATEMENT EXHIBITING A CONDENSED VIEW OF THE TONNAGE OF THE SEVERAL DISTRICTS OF THE UNITED STATES ON THE 30TH OF JUNE, 1856. No re The above table shows the following aggregate, viz. :-Registered tonnage, 2,491,402 63; enrolled licensed tonnage, 2,380,249 78; and a tonnage for the several districts in the United States, of 4,871,652 46 tons and 95ths. turns are given for the following districts, viz. :--Sunbury and Hardwick, in Georgia; St. Augustine, Florida; Vicksburg, Mississippi; Astoria and Puget's Sound, Oregon. GENERAL STATEMENT OF THE DOMESTIC EXPORTS OF THE UNITED STATES. The following table shows the exports to each foreign country, and to the dominions of each power; also the value exported in American and foreign vessels : |