SEPTEMBER 30, 1862.

Statement of goods, wares, and merchandise exported from this consular district to the United States, on consignment, with invoices authenticated at this consulate, during the quarter ended September 30, 1862.

I have the honor to transmit herewith a general statement of Swiss commerce and emigration for the year ending September 30, 1862, enclosed.

A. Imports of Switzerland during the year ending September 30, 1862. B. Exports of Switzerland during the year ending September 30, 1862. C. Exports from this consular district to the United States under authenticated invoices during the year ending September 30, 1862.

D. Emigration from Switzerland to the United States during the years 1859, 1860, 1861, and till November 20, 1862.

A.-IMPORTS.

The imports of Switzerland during the year ending September 30, 1862, shows a decrease in flour and grain of 963,637 quintals.

The principal articles of import are:

Flour and grain imported during year ending September 30, 1861,
Flour and grain imported during year ending September 30, 1862,

Deficit in 1862...

Cotton imported during year ending September 30, 1861.
Cotton imported during year ending September 30, 1862.

Quintals.

3, 911, 944 2, 948, 307

963, 637

Quintals.

258, 569 199, 976

58, 593

Quintals. 7, 250, 466

8, 431, 051

7, 272, 413

B.-EXPORTS.

The principal articles of export of Switzerland during the year ending Sep

tember 30, 1862, are:

Export from this consular district to the United States, under authenticated invoices, during the year ending September 30, 1862.

Total export from this consular district during the years 1860, 1861, and 1862.

Emigration to the United States from Switzerland.

The following is a statement of Swiss emigrants leaving via Havre for the United States for the year ending December 31, 1861:

Ninety-one Swiss taken passage at Antwerp for South America, Brazil, and the La Plata states; sixty Swiss taken passage via Hamburg to the United States, except six to South America. The emigration from Switzerland has increased during this year, 1862. The present emigration is composed mostly of young laborers, many of these emigrated with the intention to enlist in the army of the United States; others are mechanics, farmers, &c.

I had offers every day from persons dictated by Union-loving sentiment and patriotism for enlistment in the army. I believe an army of 20,000 could have

been raised without much trouble.

962

322

249

1,533

1,082

392

248

1,727

120

70

194

To encourage emigration, I travel occasionally, whenever I have time, in the surrounding country, and have a conversation with the country people. If the people would understand the facilities offered to emigrants, the emigration would doubtless increase. It is only a want of knowledge; and if the proper means are used, I believe the emigration could be brought to half a million per annum, and would contribute to advance the prosperity of our country.

A pamphlet, with the description of our country, with all the popular measures to meet the "Homestead Law," &c., printed in the German language, (I speak for my district, and for Germany,) would be very expedient. Such a pamphlet should be distributed in every house.

Through the kindness of the two emigrant forwarding houses here I am enabled to furnish you the following statement of the emigration for the years 1859, 1860, 1861, and to November 20, 1862:

I hereby have the honor of transmitting to you the return and statement of fees received at the United States consulate at Zurich in the fourth quarter of 1861, together with the amount and qualifications of goods for which the invoices have passed this consulate.

The astonishing feature in looking over this statement cannot escape your observation, that while in October the whole amount of goods sent to the United States was only 269,000 francs, and in November not more than 83,000 francs, it rose in December to over 1,000,000 francs.

In a former despatch I gave you, sir, the reasons of this rapid change. Since the last days of December the silk manufactories again began to hope in peace; and when the importers and commissioners of New York had, by their circulars, assured their Swiss correspondents that in the present session of Congress, probably, no change of duties on silks will take place, then business began to H. Ex. Doc. 63- -32