The stock on hand in the United States 1 October 1832, was 33,158 bales less than at the same period in 1831. XXIII. WHALE FISHERY IN 1830. 46,371 ditto Sperm oil. The average length of a voyage is thirty months. The outfits of each vessel amount to $20,000. Common oil. The average length of a voyage is from eight to twelve months. Outfits of each vessel about $9,000. Note. From Nantucket alone, 62 vessels were sent out in 1831-value $2,000,000. XXIV. AMERICAN FUR TRADE, ON THE MISSOURI AND ITS WATERS AND THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS, FROM 1815 TO 1830. From an official Report of 5th March, 1832, on the Fur or inland Trade with Mexico. The greater part of this trade is carried on by the American Fur Company, with a capital of upwards of 1,000,000 dollars, the annual return of which are about 500,000 dollars. Annual returns of the company, taken on the average of the years 1829, 1830, and 1831. There is of late years no falling off in the annual supplies on account of the rapid increase of population in the western countries, for although on the immediate frontiers of the inhabited part of this vast extent of country, deer and other large animals have nearly disappeared, the deficiency is amply made up in what is called the Indian country, and further by the extension of the company's trading ports. It is asserted by the Americans that the British possess in this fur trade a great advantage over them, on account of the high import duties imposed by the American tariff on all the necessary articles for barter. XXV. THE CHINA TRADE OF THE UNITED STATES. 619,335 $4,650,230 Do. do. tails,. Cotton yarn,.... Total Exports from the United States to China in 1828-29.... * Including bills of exchange. Dollars, 900,000 It is assumed that one-third of the cotton goods manufactured in the U.S. are bleached. 6.00 per week. Coal Aggregate wages, Starch used,.. Bleaching salts used, lbs. 429,600 tons, 19,250 lbs. 520,000 Copper rollers 22,500 Other articles, chiefly of American production or manufacture, as iron boilers, cast iron, lime, quercitron bark, acids and other chemical preparations, value, dollars, 430,000 |