of the consignee or person making rewarehousing entry, at port of destination, unless he be the same person who originally entered the merchandise for transportation.

When merchandise embraced in one entry is transported in various vehicles and at different times, on the arrival of the last parcel showing a full compliance with the transportation bond, the collector, in his weekly return, will state, opposite such parcel, under the name of the person who made the entry for transportation, and the date of his bond, the words "full compliance," as per form D appended.

To prevent embarrassments to merchants and officers of the customs, where merchandise is withdrawn for transportation, if, from any cause, the transportation papers cannot be forwarded by the first mail after its withdrawal, notice will be given by the collector at the port of withdrawal by the first mail thereafter, to the collector at port of destination of the fact of such withdrawal, accompanied by a statement of the description, quantity, consignee, and invoice value of the merchandise so withdrawn, in the form E, appended, to be followed by the second mail, by the triplicate entry and certified invoice in due form.

JAMES GUTHRIE, Secretary of the Treasury.

OF UNIFORMITY IN GAUGING IMPORTS.

GENERAL REGULATIONS. NO. 30.

TREASURY DEPARTMENT, July 25, 1854.

It is represented to this Department that a diversity of practice prevails at the several ports in the mode of gauging imports, and with the view of producing and securing uniformity in that respect, the attention of officers of the customs is called to the following regulations, and a faithful compliance with the same is hereby enjoined :

The instruments hereafter to be used at the several ports for all gauging purposes shall be those known as the Calliper's and Gunter's Scale, or the Sliding Scale.

A marking or scoring iron must also be used in all cases of gauging, for the purpose of marking or scoring the capacity and outs, as prescribed in the 39th section of the General Collection law of the 2d March, 1799.

The practice of allowing fractional gallons in noting the outs of casks when gauged, is represented to differ at the several ports; and for the purpose of producing uniformity in that respect, the following regulation will be observed, to wit:

On all casks exceeding the capacity of fifty gallons, no fractional gallons shall be marked; and on all casks of fifty gallons or less, (molasses excepted,) the fractional one-half (3) shall be used, as 1, 14, 2, 24, &c.

In order to facilitate the gauging of imports, the discharging officer must cause all casks, &c., required to be gauged, to be placed at suitable distances from each other -say two feet-with bungs up; and no city gauger, cooper, or other person can be permitted to interfere in any way with the merchandise until the United States gauger has performed his duty; and no person other than a sworn United States gauger shall be permitted to perform the duty of gauging imports, as prescribed by law, unless in the presence of the gauger, as his assistant, and by direction of the proper officer of the customs. Very respectfully,

JAMES GUTHRIE, Secretary of the Treasury.

OF THE TRANSPORTATION OF MERCHANDISE BETWEEN THE ATLANTIC AND PACIFIC PORTS.

GENERAL REGULATIONS. NO. 31.

TREASURY DEPARTMENT, August 1, 1851.

The following regulations are prescribed, under the provisions of existing laws, in regard to the transportation of merchandise between the Atlantic and Pacific ports of the United States by the Isthmus of Panama, the route by Juan de Nicaragua, and the Isthmus of Tehuantepec:

When merchandise in warehouse is withdrawn for transportation in bond, in such cases, on due entry and bonding in pursuance of law and regulations of the Department, one copy of the entry with the duties estimated thereon, and a certified copy of the invoice, with the appraiser's report thereon, must accompany the goods, and another copy be forwarded by the collector by the first mail to the collector at the port of destination.

It will also be the duty of the naval officer to examine, from tir as may be convenient, the goods in all the bonded warehouses at stationed, and thus ascertain whether they agree with the accor of such merchandise in bond.

The accounts of the officers in charge of bonded war general regulations No. 26, of the 26th June, after being accounts in the collector's office, and before their tra must, in all cases, be attested by the naval officer. Very respectfully, your obedie

JAMES

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JAMES GUTHRIE, Secretary of the Treasury.

REMOVED FROM WAREHOUSE AFTER THE PAYMENT OF DUES.

GENERAL REGULATIONS.

NO. 33.

TO COLLECTORS AND OTHER OFFICERS OF THE CUSTOMS.

TREASURY DEPARTMENT, August 8, 1854.

The attention of collectors and other officers of the customs is called to the proami charges thereon, the officers of the United States having no authority, under exchandise to be withdrawn at once from warehouse, after payment of the legal duties the United States have been fully discharged. isting laws, to assume or continue the custody of merchandise on which all claims of

a circular new series, No. 67, dated February 9, 1852, which requires ther

It being represented that in some cases merchandise has been permitted, since the fully paid, it is deemed necessary further to instruct the proper officers of the customs, issuing of that circular, to remain in warehouse after the duties and charges have been

that importers, owners or agents of any goods, wares, or merchandise now remaining in bonded warehouse, and on which the legal duties have been paid, must be forthwith notified, in writing, by the collector to remove the same from warehouse and custody of the officers of the customs within one month after the issuing of such writ ten notice; and if not so removed, the goods, wares, and merchandise so remaining in the custody of the officers of the customs at the end of three months from the date of such notice, shall be treated and disposed of as is required by law and regulations in the case of unclaimed goods. In all cases hereafter where goods, wares, and merchan dise shall be suffered by the importer, owner, or agent thereof, to remain in the cus tody of the officers of the customs for the period of five days after the payment of legal duties and charges thereon, and the issuing of the permit for their delivery, they will be treated as unclaimed, and will, at the close of one month from the date of such permit, be disposed of in the mode prescribed by law, and regulations in the case of unclaimed goods.

The special attention of collectors and other officers of the customs is called to the provisions of circular No. 34 of the 17th February, 1849, in regard to the exclusive use of warehouses for the storing of bonded merchandise. All bonded warehouses must be appropriated exclusively to the storing of goods, wares, and merchandise

nder the law and the regulations of the Department, and also such un-
may from time to time be duly deposited therein on proper order.
rter shall be permitted to use his store as a warehouse of class 2,
lar 34 of the 17th February, 1849, he must, in addition to the
d in that circular, enter into bond, in such sum and with such
ved by the collector at the port and this Department.
ited in a warehouse under bond, and entitled under the
e Department still to remain in bond, can be removed to
without the previous and special authority of this De-
may have expired and is not to be renewed, or when
ouse insecure, or where importers may obtain the
and may desire to remove thereto merchandise
Dosited in stores of other classes. In all such
lue permit of the collector, countersigned by

g regulations is enjoined on collectors and other
JAMES GUTHRIE, Secretary of the Treasury.

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COMMERCIAL STATISTICS.

STATISTICS OF THE TRADE AND COMMERCE OF NEW ORLEANS.

In preceding pages of the present number we have given the usual annual statement and review of the Commerce of New Orleans for the year ending August 31st, 1854. The subjoined tables of exports, imports, arrivals and clearances of shipping, prices of Western produce, merchandise, &c., are derived from the same reliable source. In the Merchants' Magazine for November, 1840, volume III., we published tabular statements of the trade and Commerce of New Orleans in each year from 1830 to 1840, which, in connection with similar statistics in the volumes of each subsequent year, form a complete statistical and historical view of the commercial progress of New Orleans for the last twenty-five years.

The following table shows the receipts of the principal articles from the interior during the year ending 31st of August, 1854, with their estimated average and total value, as compared with the previous year:—

AMOUNT AND VALUE OF PRODUCE FROM THE INTERIOR INTO NEW ORLEANS.

On arrival of the merchandise at the foreign port on the route at which the same is to be shipped for its port of destination in the United States, the revenue agent or inspector stationed at such port, or, if there be no such agent or inspector, the United States consul will, with a view of ascertaining its identity with that described in the entry, inspect the merchandise and certify, on the copy of the transportation entry, the result of such examination, and the fact of the shipment of the same for its port of destination in the United States, to the collector of which the copy of the entry, so certified, must be presented on arrival of the merchandise, and the same must be entered for re-warehousing in the mode prescribed by law and the instructions of this Department.

In order to identify merchandise as of the growth, production, or manufacture of the United States, or of foreign origin and duty-paid, transported otherwise than in bond between the Atlantic and Pacific ports of the United States as aforesaid, manifests of the kind prescribed in the 11th section of the Statistical act of the 10th February, 1820, must be provided in duplicate, as required by the instructions of the 27th February, 1850--one to be retained by the collector of the port whence the the transportation takes place, and the other will accompany the goods.

At the last foreign port on the route whence the goods are to be shipped to their port of destination, the United States agent, if there be such agent there, and if not, the United States consul at said port, will inspect and examine the merchandise, and certify upon the manifest the due shipment of the same from the port. Upon arrival at the port of destination, the appraiser or appraisers, if practicable, shall examine the merchandise, and if not, the collector shall direct some proper officer of the revenue to examine the same; and if the collector shall be satisfied that the goods are those described in the manifest, he may grant a permit for their delivery to the parties entitled to receive the same; but if he be not satisfied on this point, he will exact the duty.

JAMES GUTHRIE, Secretary of the Treasury.

OF GOODS NOT REMOVED FROM WAREHOUSE AFTER THE PAYMENT OF DUes.

GENERAL REGULATIONS. NO. 33.

TO COLLECTORS AND OTHER OFFICERS OF THE CUSTOMS.

TREASURY DEPARTMENT, August 8, 1854.

The attention of collectors and other officers of the customs is called to the provision of circular new series, No. 67, dated February 9, 1852, which requires merchandise to be withdrawn at once from warehouse, after payment of the legal duties and charges thereon, the officers of the United States having no authority, under existing laws, to assume or continue the custody of merchandise on which all claims of the United States have been fully discharged.

It being represented that in some cases merchandise has been permitted, since the issuing of that circular, to remain in warehouse after the duties and charges have been fully paid, it is deemed necessary further to instruct the proper officers of the customs, that importers, owners or agents of any goods, wares, or merchandise now remaining in bonded warehouse, and on which the legal duties have been paid, must be forthwith notified, in writing, by the collector to remove the same from warehouse and custody of the officers of the customs within one month after the issuing of such written notice; and if not so removed, the goods, wares, and merchandise so remaining in the custody of the officers of the customs at the end of three months from the date of such notice, shall be treated and disposed of as is required by law and regulations in the case of unclaimed goods. In all cases hereafter where goods, wares, and merchandise shall be suffered by the importer, owner, or agent thereof, to remain in the custody of the officers of the customs for the period of five days after the payment of legal duties and charges thereon, and the issuing of the permit for their delivery, they will be treated as unclaimed, and will, at the close of one month from the date of such permit, be disposed of in the mode prescribed by law, and regulations in the case of unclaimed goods.

The special attention of collectors and other officers of the customs is called to the provisions of circular No. 34 of the 17th February, 1849, in regard to the exclusive use of warehouses for the storing of bonded merchandise. All bonded warehouses must be appropriated exclusively to the storing of goods, wares, and merchandise

duly bonded under the law and the regulations of the Department, and also such unclaimed goods as may from time to time be duly deposited therein on proper order. Before any importer shall be permitted to use his store as a warehouse of class 2, as designated in circular 34 of the 17th February, 1849, he must, in addition to the requirements prescribed in that circular, enter into bond, in such sum and with such sureties as may be approved by the collector at the port and this Department.

Merchandise duly deposited in a warehouse under bond, and entitled under the law and the regulations of the Department still to remain in bond, can be removed to another warehouse at the port, without the previous and special authority of this Department, only when the lease may have expired and is not to be renewed, or when the collector may deem the warehouse insecure, or where importers may obtain the privilege of using stores of class 2, and may desire to remove thereto merchandise imported or owned by them and deposited in stores of other classes. In all such cases merchandise may be removed on due permit of the collector, countersigned by the naval officer.

A rigid enforcement of the foregoing regulations is enjoined on collectors and other officers of the customs.

JAMES GUTHRIE, Secretary of the Treasury.

COMMERCIAL STATISTICS.

STATISTICS OF THE TRADE AND COMMERCE OF NEW ORLEANS.

In preceding pages of the present number we have given the usual annual statement and review of the Commerce of New Orleans for the year ending August 31st, 1854. The subjoined tables of exports, imports, arrivals and clearances of shipping, prices of Western produce, merchandise, &c., are derived from the same reliable source. In the Merchants' Magazine for November, 1840, volume III., we published tabular statements of the trade and Commerce of New Orleans in each year from 1830 to 1840, which, in connection with similar statistics in the volumes of each subsequent year, form a complete statistical and historical view of the commercial progress of New Orleans for the last twenty-five years.

The following table shows the receipts of the principal articles from the interior during the year ending 31st of August, 1854, with their estimated average and total value, as compared with the previous year:

AMOUNT AND VALUE OF PRODUCE FROM THE INTERIOR INTO NEW ORLEANS.