STATEMENT SHOWING THE NUMBER AND CLASS OF VESSELS BUILT AND THE TONNAGE THEREOF IN EACH STATE AND TERRITORY OF THE UNITED STATES, FOR THE YEAR ENDING JUNE 30TH, 1850. PORK PACKING IN 1850-'51. As usual, we have looked to Cincinnati for a complete statement of pork, brought to the Western markets during the season of 1850-51; but we have met with no statement even up to the present time, which can be regarded as complete. The following statistics are taken from the Cincinnati Price Current of the 28th ult., and although not as complete as could be desired, are, perhaps, sufficiently full for all commercial purposes. We find no account of the number of hogs packed on the Missouri river, where 46,300 were slaughtered in 1848-9. Towns on the Mississippi river and probably in other parts of the valley have also been omitted in the statement given below. The statement as revised in the Cincinnati Price Current, stands as follows: 1850-'51. 1849-'50. The number packed in Cincinnati, in 1850–51, was 343,529, against 401,755 1,332,867 319,353 the preceding year. In addition to this the deficiency in weight is supposed to be 10 per cent. The average weight of hogs in 1850 being set down at 185 lbs. against 205 as the weight of the preceding year. The author of the article estimates the decrease in weight, when compared to the amount of pork brought to market the preceding season, 105,360,370 lbs., or one third less than the amount of 1849-'50. He further says that "in addition to the falling off in the number packed in the West, there is a deficiency of 69,000 in the hogs driven south, as follows: It is proper to remark that although the foregoing tables may in general be correct in respect to the amount of pork received at the points designated, yet it should be remembered that the aggregate of 1,332,869 falls considerably below the number of hogs slaughtered for market during the season of 1850-51. The packing points in Missouri, Illinois, and Iowa not included in the above, must have slaughtered 200,000 head at least, which should be added to the stock produced for market; making the crop of last year 1,532,869. This is an important item in the commerce of the country, and if overlooked by the dealers, may occasion serious blunders in trade. COINAGE AND MOVEMENT OF SPECIE. [From the Merchants' Magazine.] One of the most important features connected with commercial transactions, since our last, has been the movement of specie large quantities of which have been received from California, and an unusual quantity exported from New York from January 1st to May 15th: January. February. March. April. May 1 to 15. Total. The imports and exports at Boston for the month of April were as follows: |