No. 3.

Statement showing importation of principal articles at the port of Pernambuco during the

year

ended June 30, 1862, with the average price for same period.

4,320

3,200
1,842
114

80
2,470

569
279

180

68 120 1,706 1,602

5

14,822

12,719

318
128

158
1,191

92 999

80 2,281

639 3,069 3, 436

514 20,410

560 389 110

658 1, 545 1,369

330 1,000 2,468 1, 456

448
228

150
1,319

150 1, 460

158 2,320

563 2,703 5, 844

932 33, 208

814 109 330

59 1,258 1,425

367 1,806 5, 202 1,341

195

170

No. 4.- Comparative statement of importation of principal articles in the port of Pernambuco during the years 1857, 1858, 1859,

1860, and 1861, and the respective quantities received from each country in 1861.

3,684

952

1,044

100
13, 923

5,584
825

955 2,600
1,790

1,033 110
72 12, 459 199

141,814
50

9,603

1,958
6,078 5, 172

2,034
67 9,411
7,631
1,688

301

240
6 590 100
2,372 16,362

610
5 544 17
28 157 53
141 85 19
760

1, 187 258

218 10
89
431
768 80 556
127 170 30

23
100 1,253 200

1,936

905

865

81

1

1,380

610

Ale and porter... barrels, &c. 11,019 9,823 21,628 11,548 9,603
Beef, jerked........ arrobas.. 368, 937 354,422 501, 139 698,565 665,315
Bran ............. .... bags. 5, 125 8,574 16,635 20,944 11, 430
....firkins.. 22, 450 22,886 30, 108 | 18,061

20, 427
Candles, sterine.......boxes.. 7,676 4,674

6,367
Cheese, Dutch......... cases.. 6,198 4,579 5, 930 3,570

3,414
Coals................... tons.. 7,568 10, 378 11, 206

15,562 | 12,760
Cod fish...............drums. 202,919 248, 944 242, 276 162, 117 142, 122
Crackers............... kegs.. 5, 926 8, 269 11, 102

4,790
Demijohns............. each.. 10,304 7, 258

9,653
Earthenware......... crates..

1,958
Gin, in jugs..........
Flour................barrels.. 99,330 123, 322 128, 515 95, 257 121,839

900 2, 434
Gin, in cases, &c..cases, &c.. 3,605 5, 425

2,932 7,678 Gunpowder.... ....... ..... kegs.. 13, 235 8, 459

2,531 1.085 1, 746 Manufact'd cottons.. packages. 36,533 23,673 27, 457

19, 829 21,072 Do..... linens......do...

2, 444 Linseed oil...... .... barrels..

3,421 6,088
Rice...................

5,347
Balt............... alqueires.. 23, 009
............ barrels..

20,785 14,762 | 14, 445 26, 293

1,577 889 640 115 775 Soap...................bores. 12,176 11,862 15,842 10, 131

3, 920
Steel .................. do.... 160 726 639 507

120
barrels.. 340 527 406

305 679
Tea..............half chests. 2,977

2, 761 1,653 2, 220 Tin plates.............boxes.

436 Wine.............. ...do..

308

20
1,050

1
32

3
10
50

12

3

268

122

10

13
57
26

....

20

2,119
5 5
316

4,160

50 1,235

243

792
250

26

........

4,800

3,642

94
197

199
3,553
17,851

10
3,761

10
50
432

130

635

1

29

129

......

759

62

2, 479

2, 439

40

426 165 2,015

4,270

869

721 232

21 50

10
467
11

12 15

..........

No. 5.

Statement of goods imported from the United States in American vessels, and

entered for consumption at the port of Pernambuco, during the year ended June 30, 1862.

Articles.

Quantity.

Value at Pernambuco.

Flour .........
Lumber..
Ice .....
Sundries.

barrels.
...feet.
..tons.

63,006 333, 770

90

$629, 276 16, 600

No. 6.-Statement of foreign shipping entered in the port of Pernambuco, Brazil, during the year ended June 30, 1862.

To what country belonging.

Ships. Tonnage. Barks. Tonnage. Brigs. Tonnage. Schooners. Tonnage Polaccas. Tonnage. Smacks. Tonnage.

Total
tonnage.

MARANHAM.-WILLIAM H. EVANS, Consul.

OCTOBER 10, 1862. I have the honor to lay before the department the following remarks upon this port, its commerce, &c., during the three months since I entered upon my consular duties, to which I have added such information as I have been able to obtain for the previous portion of the year, and ending September 30, 1862.

There remain in this port ten American vessels, making sixteen arrivals from the United States during the year, the aggregate measurement of which amounts to 4,476 tons. Seven of these vessels were despatched direct to the United · States. The American trade has increased considerably in general amount over previous years; the balance being, as heretofore, in our favor. Total value of trade, $186,222; of which $143,158 were imports from, and $44,064 were exports to, the United States; showing a balance in our favor of $98,094.

The exportation of hides to the United States has increased the past year nearly three hundred per cent. over previous year, the aggregate value of which is $36,834.

The exportation of cotton to our country from this port commenced during the present year. The total amount of exports of this article has increased more than twenty-four per cent. over last year. The crop, I am informed, will reach 65,000 bales, of which a small amount (431 bales, of the value of $6,000) has been exported to the United States. The present high prices have done much to develop the natural advantages of the country for its production.

As to imports, there is no special change. American flour, the principal article, has a reputation here that places it above competition. The total amount received from the United States direct is 5,050 barrels, which has been sold at prices ranging from $12 to $15 per barrel. It is worthy of remark that no inconsiderable quantity of flour, produced in the United States and sold in England at a profit during this year, has eventually found its way to Brazil, where a second, and in some instances a very handsome, profit has been realized upon * it. Several cargoes have thus reached Maranham.

I take pleasure in announcing the arrival at this port of Messrs. Battin and Williams, citizens of Newark, New Jersey, accompanied by some twenty-eight American mechanics, having in charge the necessary appurtenances for introducing gas into this city. The contract for building the works, &c., was awarded these parties irr March last by the provincial government, and by imperial decree noticeable liberality has been extended to them. The capital stock of the company is $200,000, owned equally by American and Brazilian citizens. This is probably the first American enterprise of importance ever introduced here, and, promising success, may be the means of encouraging the offer of other and more valuable privileges to our countrymen.

It is probable that in the course of the ensuing year a number of steamers, owned in this city by a company known as the “Maranham Steam Navigation Company,” will be placed on a regular line between Para and (French) Cayenne. Such an arrangement will complete steam communication between the United States and Brazil, and much facilitate travel and commerce.

It is a matter of some surprise that American capital has not ere this been employed in establishing a direct line to the mouth of the Amazon. Especially at this time does such an enterprise promise a reward, since it is evident that this great river must soon be opened to the commerce of the world. The discovery of gold in this province during the past year has led to extended explorations; and abundant proof having been deduced that mining would be lucrative, a large tract of land has been purchased by an English company, and the arrival of a number of miners is daily expected to commence active operations.