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FUNCHAL, (MADEIRA.)-GEO. TRUE, Consul.

JANUARY 1, 1862.

I avail myself of the general regulation requiring consuls to send information of a statistical character, to forward to the department the following items respecting the district embraced in my consulate.

The commerce of this port has been almost entirely prostrated during the past ten years. Up to 1851 wine was the great article of produce and export. The failure of the wine in that and the succeeding years was a great calamity to this island and to its commerce, and to no part of the latter more than to the prosperous trade then in existence with the United States.

In the following table I have compared the entries of vessels at this port in 1861 with the entries in 1855.

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It will be noticed that the number of vessels reported is the same in both years. The total number of American merchant vessels is nearly the same;, but it will be noticed that there is a marked increase in Portuguese vessels, and a slight falling off in the number of other foreign vessels. Another item is noticeable: While the merchant vessels calling here from or belonging to England have fallen off from 117 to 76, the number of war vessels of that nation calling here has increased from 3 to 29.

The only United States man-of-war which has touched here duing the past year was the Richmond, which cleared hence for New York on the 6th of June. Referring again to the table of commercial arrivals, I notice that the total number of arrivals this year is 245, while the average yearly arrivals from 1841 to 1851 was 354. The actual difference in the business transacted here is very much greater than these figures show. A large proportion of the entries now reported are those of ships putting in for supplies, water, or merely standing off and on before the harbor.

In conclusion, I have to report that during the quarter ending December 31, 1861, no American vessel has entered at this port, and only one has touched

here.

OCTOBER 30, 1862.

In transmitting my annual report, as required by section 153, general regu lations, I beg leave to call the attention of the department to my remarks in

despatches Nos. 3 and 13 of the current year; and especially to the doubts I therein expressed as to the possibility of forwarding the statistics of the trade of my consular district as promptly as I could desire. I can only add that my anticipations in this respect have been fully realized, and that I consider myself fortunate in being able to forward at this time any statistics for the year 1861. I have endeavored to make the returns as comprehensive as the materials would allow. As to their accuracy, they are classified, arranged, and compiled from the records of the custom-house here; and although these sources of information were often not of the clearest or most exact, yet I believe the tables will be found in the main correct.

ANNUAL REPORT FROM UNITED STATES CONSULATE, FUNCHAL.-GEORGE TRUE, Consul.

OCTOBER 30, 1862.

1. The trade of this consular district during the year 1861 was less than the average of the past five years.-(See despatch No. 3, current year.)

I have deemed it proper, in order to show clearly the present state of the commerce of this district, to collect more accurate statistics of the shipping, tonnage, crews, and cargoes entered and cleared at the custom-house, excluding men-of-war and vessels not anchoring, which will be found in the tables marked Nos. 1a and 16.

Funchal being the only port of entry in this district, the following statistics are to be considered accordingly.

The proportion of the shipping of each flag arriving here directly from, or clearing for, their respective national or colonial ports is shown in table No. 2.

No. 1a.

Tabular statement of the shipping, tonnage and crews, entered at the port of Funchal, Madeira, during the year 1861, together with tonnage, crews, and aggregate value of cargoes.

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CLEARED.

No. 1b.

Tabular statement of the shipping, tonnage and crews, cleared from the port of Funchal, Madeira, during the year 1861, with the aggregate value of cargoes.

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Nationality.

Vessels.

No. 2.

Tabular statement of shipping and tonnage engaged in direct and indirect trade at the port of Funchal in the year 1861.

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Direct trade.

Indirect trade.

Total.

Direct trade. Indirect trade.

Total.

Tons.

Vessels.

Tons.

Vessels.

Tons.

Vessels.

CLEARED.

Tons.

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