121 casks and pipes and 881 pkgs wine 8,012 00

5,564 02

50 pkgs mdz

7,987 00

2,328 75

Gross amount of Receipts of Customs at the Custom House, Port of St. Louis, from September, 1842, to December 31st 1847:

The following tables have been made up with great care from the report of the Commissioner of the General Land Office. And we take this occasion to say that the report from that department, by Commissioner YOUNG, published during last year, is in our opinion, among the most complete and satisfactory public documents that we have ever examined.

Areas of the States,
Square Acres.

mi es.

Ohio,

Indiana,

Illinois,

Missouri,

up to January 1, 1849.

16,770,984

21,359,707-45

39,964 25,576,960 16,770,984 33,809 21,637,760 21,487,760 35,459 25,459,200 35,429,234.59 29,965-45 35,397,921.22 67,380 43,123,200 41,440,556.28 1,682,643-72 39,635,609.30 Alabama, 50,722 32,462,080 31,993,813-46 33,677-05 28,224,757-05 Mississippi, 47,147 30,174,080 30,174,080 30,174,080 Louisiana, 46,431 29,715,840 18,843,212.84 10,872,627.16 17,322,962-94 Michigan, 56,243 35,995,520 27,858,503.06 8,137,016-94 27,455,761-70 Arkansas, 52,198 33,406,720 38,842,661.87 564,068 13 32,258,257-70 Wisconsin, 53,924 34,511,360 14,423,055.13 20,088,304.87 13,427,189.27 50,914 32,584,960 14,571,131.20 18,013,228.80 12,887,298.55 59,268 37,931,520 18,540,765-64 19,390,754-35 15,047,425-29

Iowa,

Florida,

Total,

8,280 1,078,845.31 62,400 1,600 79,858.17 736,080 3,840 19,115.06 462,360

8,474,475.30 1,971,339.68 38,315-72 4,650,930.51 2,533,429||

Table showing the quantity of land sold in each year by the General Government, in the twelve States containing government land, from

1,120§

80

1,301,326-32 acres of land were located in Ohio under claims growing_out of the revolutionary war. This item includes 10,000 acres selected in the Detroit district for public buildings at Detroit-leaving of the grant 3,200 acres to Michigan for seat of government. Of the grant of 6,400 acres to Wisconsin for seat of government 4,800 are yet unselected. Of the grant of 6,200 acres to Florida, for seat of government and public buildings, 5,120 acres remain unselected. According to the report of the Commissioner of the General Land Office 2,496,560 acres were located by land warrants in the first three quarters of 1849.

aAll the land sold anterior to this date were situate in Ohio. The first public

sales in Indiana and Mississippi were in 1807.

bThe first public sales in Alabama were in 1809.

c The first sales in Illinois were in 1814.

dThe first sales in Missouri; Louisiana and Michigan were in 1818.
eThe first sales in Arkansas were in 1821.
fThe first sales in Florida were in 1825.

gThe first sales in Wisconsin were in 1831.
hThe first sales in Iowa were in 1838.

The following Tables show the quantity of lands disposed of for cash, Mexican war warrants, and other purposes in

three quarters of 1849.

1848, and the first

Quantity of land disposed of in the first three quarters in 1849.

+8,805,976 acres were reserved in Ohio for companies, individuals and corporations. $181,115,48 acres, New Madrid and new locations in Missouri.

COMPARATIVE COST OF WIRE AND PLANK FENCES.

THE following statement of the comparative cost of wire and plank fences has been furnished by a highly intelligent and practical farmer of St. Charles county, Missouri, whose estimates, as we understand, are based upon the cost incurred by himself in both modes of fencing.

EDITORS.

Comparative Expense, at and near St. Charles, of strong rough plank, and strong rough wire fencing-both proof against cattle, horses, hogs, pigs, and sheep:

A strand of No. 9 wire 1800 feet long will weigh just 100 pounds, and cost $8 00. A strand 1760 pards, or a mile long, (sufficient to enclose just 40 acres in a square,) will weigh 321 pounds, and cost at St. Louis $25 68-100.

So nine strands will weigh 2889 pounds, and cost $231 12-100.
A string of 6 inch plank a mile long will contain 2640 feet.

A string of 12 inch plank, same length, will contain 5280 feet.

The foregoing estimates are not PRECISELY correct, of course; but will be found probably to approximate very nearly to the truth-near enough, at any rate, to show on which side economy and utility may be found.

NOTE. If the plank can be had on the ground at $1 25c per hundred, it will reduce the cost to $567 30-100, or about 128 cts. a pannel. If 8 strands of wire will be sufficient, then the wire fence will not cost over ninety cents per parnel.