We have prepared, from the reports of the commissioners of 1841, 1842, and 1843, the following table, which exhibits a comparative view of the amount of toll received on each canal, during the season of navigation, in each of those years, as follows: CANALS. Quantity. .... There is an increase in the tolls of 1843, compared with the year 1842, of 332,394 dollars. Of this increase, 209,820 dollars, or sixty-three per cent, is on descending, and 122,574 dollars or thirty-six per cent, is on ascending freight. The total movements of property on all the canals, for the year of navigation, of 1843, showing the value at the place of shipment, the tons of, and tolls on each article, is given in the following statement: TONS and Value of Articles transported on the Canals, in 1843. ARTICLES. Toll at two cents.... Total boats..... PASSENGERS. Statements, and reported.. Total passengers THE FOREST. 150,825 .... .... 5,179 5,179 . The total tonnage of all the property transported on the New York canals, ascending and descending, its value and the amount of tolls collected for 1843, was 1,512,430 tons, 76,276,909 dollars value, 2,081,599 dollars tolls. The whole quantity of wheat and flour, that came to the Hudson river, with the aggregate market value of the same, and the amount of tolls received on all the wheat and flour transported on the canals, for 1843, as follows:-248,780 tons, 10,283,454 dollars value, 731,816 dollars tolls. The number of tons going upwards from tide-water, in 1843, was as follows, viz. : The number of tons coming to tide-water, in 1843, is as follows, viz. :— One hundred and eighty-seven tons came over the railroad from Schenectady, which is not included in the above. There is an increase of merchandise going up the canals, of 19,473 tons, and an increase in the quantity of other articles of 828 tons; making a total increase in the ascending quantity, comparing 1842 with 1843, of 20,301 tons. The tons coming to tide-water have increased 170,235, comparing 1843 with 1842. The merchandise cleared at Albany, West Troy, and Schenectady, in 1843 (113,686 tons), was left on the several canals in the following proportions, viz: Large quantities of the products of the western states, pass over the canals of New York, by way of Buffalo, Black Rock, Oswego, &c. The amount for 1843, coming from other states, by way of Buffalo and Black Rock, was as follows: The tonnage of property coming from other states, by way of Oswego, in 1843, was as follows:: The number of tons of wheat and flour shipped at Buffalo and Oswego, in 1843, and the total tons of wheat and flour, which arrived at the Hudson river, were as follows: The following is a statement of the quantity of merchandise and furniture going to other states, by the way of Buffalo, in 1843, were:-merchandise, 32,798 tons; furniture, 3613 tons. The merchandise and furniture passing to other states, by way of Buffalo, during the year 1843, was distributed as follows, viz: The following table, compiled from the returns of the collector at Buffalo, shows the quantity of wheat, flour, beef and pork, and pot and pearl ashes, coming from other states, and cleared at that office, on the Erie canal, during the year 1843: The total movement of articles on all the canals, from 1836 to 1843, is as follows: The annual average of the tons of the total movement of articles on all the The average increase or decrease of each class of articles, which results in the above total increase, is as follows: The tolls paid on the "total movement" of articles, and upon boats and passengers annually, from 1837 to 1843, both years inclusive, are as follows: The particular articles which are classed as "other articles," in the foregoing statement, are as follows: The annual average of the tolls paid on the total movement of articles, and |