STATISTICS OF THE TRADE AND COMMERCE OF CINCINNATI.

In a former part of the present number of the Merchants' Magazine we have published the usual annual statement of the Trade and Commerce of Cincinnati, for year ending August 31, 1854; and in subsequent pages, under our “ Journal of Banking, CURRENCY AND FINANCE," will be found a statement of the money and exchange market of Cincinnati for the year ending as above. For similar statistics, &c., for previous years, our readers are referred to former volumes of this Magazine.*

QUANTITY AND VALUE OF PRINCIPAL EXPORTS FROM PORT OF CINCINNATI, FOR YEARS ENDING AUGUST 31, 1853 AND 1854.

• See Merchants' Magazine, vol. xxv., pages 485–489; also, vol. xxvii., pages 613-617; also, vol.

5

96,977

170,289

700

72,380

98,320

xxix.. pages 743-751, and previous volumes.

VALUE OF IMPORTS INTO THE PORT OF CINCINNATI DURING THE YEARS ENDING AUGUST 31ST, 1853 AND 1854.

$45,432,780

AVERAGE PRICES OF BACON SIDES, SHOULDERS, PRIME LARD, AND BACON HAMS FOR THE YEARS ENDING AUGUST 31ST, 1853 AND 1854:

AVERAGE PRICES OF NEW ORLEANS MOLASSES, PRIME WESTERN RESERVE CHEESE, FLOUR AND WHEAT, FOR EACH MONTH OF YEARS ENDING 31ST AUGUST 1853 AND 1851.

N. O. MOLASSES.

W. R. CHEESE.

FLOUR.-

--WHEAT.-

1852-3. 1853-4. 1852-3. 1853-4. 1852-3. 1853-4.

51

91

91

88

51

101

10

9

8

101

10

91

8

108

961

AVERAGE PRICES OF RIO COFFEE, NEW ORLEANS SUGAR, CORN, AND MESS Pork, for TWO YEARS ENDING 31ST AUGUST, 1853 AND 1854.

SYNOPSIS OF CANADIAN COMMERCE IN 1853.

It appears from the Trade and Navigation Returns of Canada for 1853, recently submitted to the Canadian Parliament, that the exports for the last year amounted to $23,801,30%, and the imports to $31,981,436. The exports to Great Britain were $11,465,408, and the imports therefrom $18,489,121; exports to the United States $10,725,455; imports $11,782,147. Exports to North American colonies $1,880,465; imports 8632,660; exports to British West Indies $20,184; imports $3,479; to other countries $209,791; imports from other countries, $1,074,029. The increase of the aggregate imports and exports, since the preceding year was fifty-seven per cent.

EXPORT OF COTTON, RICE, AND LUMBER, FROM CHARLESTON, IN 1852-54.

We give below a tabular statement of the exports of Cotton and Rice, from the port of Charleston, (South Carolina,) for the year commencing on the 1st of September, 1853, and ending the 31st of August, 1854, compared with the previous commercial year, commencing and ending at the same time:

COMPARATIVE EXPORTS OF ROUGH RICE AND LUMBER FROM THE PORT OF CHARLESTON, FOR YEARS ENDING 31ST OF AUGUST:

400

....

36

41,050

1,931 117,354

44,730

4,735

18,346

9.630

10,197

11,682

5,011

16,176

....

17,683

547

49

480

1,326

79,461