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The following is a statement in detail of the various articles, the growth, produce, or manufacture of the United States, imported into the port of St. John during the year 1850, with the value of each description of articles:

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The following is a detailed statement of the principal articles imported from the United States at the port of St. John, in the year 1851, with their value:

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From the two preceding tables it will be seen that the value of imports from the United States at the port of St. John in 1850 was $1,120,582; and in 1851, was $1,422,930; showing an increase in the latter year of $302,348.

An examination of these tables will also show that the imports of coals and timber at St. John from the United States, both in 1850 and 1851, far exceeded the value of similar articles exported to the United States in those years.

The quantity of coals of colonial produce exported to the United States from St. John in 1850 was only 65 tons, while in that year the quantity of coals imported from the United States at the same port was 2,321 tons. The coals exported were of the soft, bituminous description, while those imported were anthracite, the use of which in this colony for steamboats and foundries, and also for domestic use, to which they have not yet been applied, would be largely increased if they were imported free of duty. In 1851 the coals exported amounted to 195 tons, and the import from the United States to 1,816 tons.

It will also be observed that New Brunswick imports from the United States large quantities of pitch-pine and other timber, which are in much request for ship building and other purposes. In 1851 no less than 4,228 tons of pitch-pine timber, valued at $20,290, was imported at St. John from the United States. The demand for pitch-pine, oak, locust, hickory, and black walnut, none of which are found in New Brunswick, would be greatly increased if they were free of duty; and various other descriptions of wood for cabinet work would also be sought after under the like circumstances.

The coals and timber of New Brunswick and the United States, differing, as they do, so widely in character and uses, may be fairly exchanged with each other, each having its own peculiar advantages for certain purposes.

The number of vessels belonging to the United States which entered at the port of St. John during the year 1851 was 92, of the burden of 37,308 tons. The largest of these vessels took cargoes of timber and deals from St. John direct to ports in the United Kingdom, earning fair freight. The number so employed in 1851 was 41, of the burden of

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