Brimstone. Ports. Brimstone. Sumac. Corkwood. Statement showing the totals of exports from Palermo to the principal ports of the United States in vessels of all nationalities for the quarter ended December 31, 1861. Statement showing the totals of exports to the United States from the port of Palermo during the quarter ended March 31, 1862. Maccaroni. Manna. Fruit. Value. Almonds. Licorice. Canary seed. Fruit. Value. Ports. Brimstone. Statement showing the totals of exports from Palermo to the principal ports of the United States in American vessels for the quarter ended March 31, 1862. Rags. Walnuts. Statement showing the totals of exports from Palermo to the principal port of the United States in vessels of all nationalities for the quarter ended March 31, 1862. Walnuts. Almonds. Contars. Bags. Bags. Bales. Bags. Bags. Bags. Pipes. 5,450 5, 147 19 180 141 22 650 100 50 4,440 $95, 100 10, 625 Maccaroni Fruit. Value. New York Port. Brimstone. Sumac. Statement showing the totals of exports from Palermo to the United States for the quarter ended June 30, 1862. Bags 200 Lemon cil. 29, 105 Statement showing the totals of exports from Palermo to the principal ports of the United States in American vessels for the quarter ended June 30, 1862. Corks. Pumice stone. Maccaroni. Maccaroni. Pipes. Boxes. 50 Wine. Fruit. Value. $58,250 Statement showing the totals of exports from Palermo to the principal port of the United States in vessels of all nationalities for the quarter ended June 30, 1862. Statement showing the totals of exports from Palermo to the United States for the quarter ended September 30, 1862. Brimstone. Lemon juice. Pumice stone. Boxes. Jars. Casks. Pipes. 50 25 20 310 Lemon oil. Wine. Fruit. Boxes. 27,005 Statement of the number of vessels of all nations arrived at and departed from the port of Palermo during each quarter of the year ended September 30, 1862, together with their aggregate tonnage and value of cargoes. During the quarter ending this day I have no arrivals nor departures of American vessels to mention, it being the season of the year during which our island, or, at least, this section, has no business to transact. The time for the arrival of American vessels begins by the end of October. * TARANTO.-ALBERT J. DE ZEYK, Consul. SEPTEMBER 30, 1862. The harbor of Taranto is a beautiful basin of nearly circular form, gently inclining towards an oval, of about thirty miles in circumference, and of four miles in diameter, and consequently vast enough to hold any number of vessels; has all the necessary qualities of a first-class port, and does likewise abound in the requisites of a great naval station, which, as an important consideration, will necessarily secure her the constant care of the government, providing for the facilities of navigation and for the improvements of safety. Encompassed by the walls of the city and hills of some elevation, it is only open on the part of the gulf a length of four miles, from the Point of St. Vito to the Point of Rondinella, (see chart No. 1.) There are two islands along this line. On one of them, the island of St. Paolo, rises a fort built by Napoleon the First, and commands the only access to the port, and can with a cross fire from the Point of St. Vito, on the opposite side of the channel, dispute the entrance of any fleet to the port. To the defences which this harbor can afford to men, is to be added another more potent shelter against the wrath of the winds, from one side being defended by the walls of the city and the surrounding hills, as above remarked, and on (the side opening in the gulf) being sheltered by the shallow water of only two fathoms average, between the Point of Rondinella, the island of St. Petro, and that of St. Paolo; so that the waves dashed by the furious libeccio, (southwest wind,) prevailing in this port are broken, and but slightly disturb the uniform calm of the port. The safety of the vessels increases by securing their anchors easy and with much firmness, the bottom being composed of a solid sandy compact, to which |