THE FOLLOWING TABLES will give a view of the business of Toledo, Defiance, Cincinnati, and Cleveland, by Canal, for each of the fiscal years ending November 15, 1854, 1855, and 1856, in tons of 2.000 pounds each.

ARTICLES.

1854.

TOLEDO.

1855.

1856

Arrived. Cleared. Arrived. Cleared. Arrived, Coeared.

Arrived. Cleared. Arrived. Cleared. Arrived. Cleared.

Arrived. Cleared. Arrived Cleared. Arrived. Clearee.

THR FOLLOWING TABLES exhibit the comparative aggregate tonnage of the Ohio and the Miami and Erie Canals for the years 1854, 1855, and 1856, in tons of 2000 pounds each.

OFFICES.

OHIO CANAL.

1854.

1855.

1856.

Arrived. Cleared. Arrived. Cleared. Arrived. Cleared.

Cleveland
Akron

Massillon..

16,521

Dover.

1,587

320,947 54,773 309,696 42,607 286,517 42,414
27,279 199,105 23,349 217,407 29,712 203,420
35,868 35,047
3,891 41,875

22,246

35,789 35,363

35,291

1,658

29,855

Cincinnati.

Hamilton...

Middletown..

Arrived. Cleared. Arrived. Cleared. Arrived. Cleared.

122,227 61,764 93,310 50 893 6,889 11,744 6,364 10,399 No return No return No return No return

69,441 35,739

9,200 10,618

7,714

16,051

Dayton

41,579 26,441 38,178 21,583

45,132 31.162

21,955

St. Marys.

2,211 13,749

Delphos

*Defiance

56,468 139,303

41,140

115,787

869

27,824 101,197

15,188

Maumee City

17,088 2,186 21,870

Toledo....

Total.............

59,831 151,720

489,569 524.982 340.490 321,98 317.695 324,126

56,597

Formerly Junction.

CLEVELAND-OHIO CANAL.

A Comparative Statement of the Principal Articles transported on this Canal in