COMMISSIONS FOR LOADING MERCHANDISE IN CARS AND BOATS. On store goods and merchandise generally, 75 cents per ton. In all cases where acceptances are made on produce, in anticipation of sales, the commission merchant shall be at liberty to sell, in order to meet the drafts at maturity. Delivery will be accomplished, on the part of the seller, when he places at the door of his warehouse, flour or meal, in a position to be removed by the purchaser's porters or stevedores; and grain, when pointed out to purchaser or his agent. The expenses of towing and wharfage of boats and vessels shall be paid by the purchaser of the cargo, when moved for his accommodation. BUFFALO BOARD OF TRADE ON THE MEASUREMENT OF GRAIN. The following report and resolutions adopted by the Board of Trade at Buffalo, in relation to the method now prevalent in New York, of receiving and delivering grain by measure, embrace a subject of deep interest to dealers throughout the entire West, and we hope will receive that attention its importance demands: REPORT. Whereas, it is the custom in this city, and also with dealers at all Western ports, to buy, sell, and ship all kinds of grain by weight; and whereas, it is the custom in the city of New York to sell and deliver grain by measuring in sealed half bushel measures; be it therefore Resolved, That this Board of Trade strongly disapprove of the practice of measur ing grain as now existing in the city of New York, and view it as detrimental to the interest of produce dealers generally, and particularly to those making shipments direct to that market, occasioning thereby unnecessary delays in unloading boats, and vexatious disputes and losses to shippers and owners of grain. Resolved, That this Board view the antiquated custom of measuring grain as prac ticed in the city of New York as an incorrect and illegal method of ascertaining the number of bushels, and the practice ought to be abolished and a uniform system of selling and delivering by weight adopted. Resolved, That this Board respectfully recommend to shippers here and elsewhere, that they instruct their consignees and agents in the city of New York to sell and deliver grain by weight, according to the statute law of the State regulating the number of pounds to the bushel; and furthermore, that shippers be requested to note the instructions in this regard on their bills of lading. Resolved, That a copy of this preamble and resolutions be sent to the President of the Corn Exchange in New York, and also to the President of the Board of Trade at Albany and Oswego, requesting them to co-operate in establishing a uniform system of delivering all kinds of grain by weight. A committee consisting of Rufus C. Palmer and Cyrus Clark, was appointed to correspond with the Board of New York city in relation to the subject of lighterage, and with instructions to report thereon at an early day. REDUCTION OF SPANISH TONNAGE DUTIES. DEPARTMENT OF STATE, WASHINGTON, July 17. By the following royal order of the Queen of Spain, recently transmitted hither. from the United States legation in Madrid, it will be seen that a considerable reduction has been made in tonnage duties and port charges upon vessels of the United States in the Peninsula and adjacent islands: MADRID, June 14, 1854. The Queen has been pleased to direct that Anglo-American vessels be considered in the peninsula and adjacent islands like national ones, as regards the port and navigation duties, in reciprocity for what is practiced with Spanish vessels from the same places, in the ports of the United States as regards the same duties. TO THE GENERAL DIRECTOR OF CUSTOM-HOUSES AND TARIFFS. VOL. XXXI.-NO. II. 23 DOMENECH. VENEZUELA TARIFF ON FLAX, ETC. IMPORT DUTIES ON FLAX, LINEN YARNS, AND LINEN MANUFACTURES.-FURNISHED TO THE BELFAST (IRELAND) LINEN-TRADE COMMITTEE BY THE board of trade. Sheetings, (Russian,) real or imitation, not exceeding vara in width.. 0 17 3 varas in width, 1 0 8 Drills, bleached, or unbleached, mixed or not, or not exceeding 1 vara, 2 1 5 Lawns, plain, from 8 to 9 varas in length, not over 1 vara in width.... 1 14 6 3 1 71 6 42 Cambric, of greater width, in proportion. Cambric, of light quality, embroidered, not exceeding 1 vara in width. Irish linen bleached, pure or mixed with cotton, not exceeding 1 vara,. Linen checks, not exceeding three-fourths of a vara in width. Sailcloth and canvas, not exceeding one vara in width... Towels Linen or cambric handkerchiefs, embroidered or not 3 9 1 1 11 6 1 4 21 1 12 1 1 0 81 SANITARY REGULATIONS OF THE TWO SICILIES. DEPARTMENT OF STATE, Washington, July 15, 1854. Information has been received at this department, from the legation of the United States at Naples, of a recent modification of the sanitary laws of the Two Sicilies. The decree announcing this change is dated on the 15th of May last, and sets forth that the time employed in the voyage shall be hereafter reckoned as a part of the allotted period of quarantine for vessels coming from places suspected of yellow fever or plague, or Asiatic cholera, provided they have furnished themselves with a certificate from the proper Sicilian consul or consular agent, that there are not in the vessel, goods or effects of any kind coming from infected places; and provided also that the voyage has been a fortunate one, and that there have not occurred during the same the incidents provided against in articles fifty-two and fifty-three of the former decree, on this subject, of May, 1853; which incidents are, the having communication during the voyage, either with vessels coming from suspected or infected ports, or with vessels of whose condition and place of departure they have no information, or with a vessel having on board goods or effects of susceptible character coming either directly or originally from infected or suspected places, and which goods and effects have not been opened or purified in the port whence the said vessel last cleared; or, finally, if the vessel herself have such goods or effects on board not having been thus opened or purified. ON THE SALE OF RUSSIAN VESSELS. The Baltimore Sun learns from the French Consul at Baltimore, that every ship or vessel built in Russia, or having a Russian owner, which shall be purchased by any subject or subjects of any one of the allied or neutral powers during the present hostilities in Europe and Asia, will, notwithstanding such purchase, continue to be regarded by the French government as still belonging to the enemy. HAVANA PORT REGULATIONS. DEPARTMENT OF STATE, WASHINGTON, April 27, 1854. The following notice has been received at this Department from W. H. Robertson, Esq., acting Consul of the United States at Havana : Notice is given to Commerce, by order of the Superintendency, that the 3d article of the royal order of the 24th of December of the year last past, published in the Official Gazette of 10th of February last, is to be understood as follows: That vessels which, besides the coal in less quantity than their measure, import other cargo to any amount, shall be in the same case respecting the tonnage dues, but subjected to the payment of the ponton, health visit, registering, and other usual dues. COMMERCIAL STATISTICS. NATIONALITY OF FOREIGN VESSELS ENTERED AND CLEARED THE U. STATES. Statement of the National character of the Foreign vessels entered and cleared from the United States, for foreign countries, during year ending June 30th, 1853 compiled from the Report of the Register of the Treasury :— |