PROJECTED CONFEDERATION OF THE BRITISH PROVINCES. The new confederation, which is said to find favor with the Imperial Government as well as with the majority of the inhabitants of the Provinces, would embrace, if fully carried out, six provinces and three territories, as follows: The government of Nova Scotia has opened negotiations with those of the other provinces, for such confederation, and the subject is now under consideration. In addition to the above immense Territory, there are unexplored Arctic Lands estimated to contain 500,000 square miles. Making a total area of about 3,500,000 square miles. Coal, gold, and other precious metals, are found in abundance in the western portion of this territory. DIVISIONS. Europe EXTENT AND POPULATION OF THE WORLD, FROM THE MOST AUTHENTIC SOURCES. Africa.. *The population of North America is divided about as follows: 25,000,000 whites; 5,000,000 Indians, or Aborigines; 6,000,000 blacks, or Africans; and the remainder, 4,000,000, mulattoes, mestizoes, or other mixed bloods. CENSUS OF THE UNITED STATES.--1790 to 1850. Maine, 737,699 994,514 97,199 108,830 147,545 370.792 3,097.394 489.555 96,540 151,719 228,705 298,335. 399,955 501,793 583,169 2,311.785) North Carolina, 737,987 753,419 869.039 South Carolina, 581,185 594,398 668,507 Georgia, 516,823 691,392 906,185 Florida,. 34,730 54,477 87,445 Alabama, 590,756 771.623 40,352 75,448 136,621 Louisiana, 352,411 517,762 30,388 97,574 209,897 681,904 829,210 1,002,717 687.917 779,828 982.405 937,903 1,519,467 1,980,329 8,896 31,639 212,267 397,654 Illinois... 12,282 55,211 157,455 476,183 851,470 697,897 893,041 1.191,364 1,538.064 2,009,031 2,487,355 3,204,313 *On board vessels of war, and in the naval service, June 1, 1840, 6,100; making the total population, 17,068,666. COMMERCE OF THE UNITED STATES. THE Commerce of the United States with Foreign Nations and their colonies, for the fiscal year 1857, ending 30th of June last, reported officially to Congress by the Secretary of the Treasury, is as follows: Gross Exchanges of Treasury Year 1857. The total Imports of foreign goods for the year as above....$348,428,342 Of which re-exported.... Left for American market. Left for American market in 1856. Apparent excess 14,905,509 .$333,522,833 295,650,938 $37,871,895 We may here note that nearly if not the whole of this excess was held in bond at the close of the fiscal year, June 30. The amount bonded in New York alone was then $37,054,152, or an excess of twenty-six millions over the amount in bond at the close of the previous year; and the amount in bond has since been increased for the want of a market. The Export of Domestic Produce for the year, as above.... $278,906,713 Against the Export of 1856... 266,438,051 $12,468,662 The Gold and Silver Exchanges of the two years compare as follows: Excess in Export of Produce .... The following Official Tables are convenient for reference, and interesting as showing that the Foreign Trade of the United States has more than tripled in the brief period of twelve years, both in Exports and Imports: POPULATION AND FINANCES OF THE SEVERAL STATES OF THE UNITED STATES. COMPILED BY RICHARD S. FISHER, ESQ. Alabama Arkansas 851,896 $279,233,027 $5,888,134 278,428 64,240,226 1,506,017 $1,813,579 3,319,596 $5,888,134 Kentucky. 117,442 5,993,576 612,722 299,996,176 4,380,591 6,322,551 10,703,142 641,911 131,128,186 669,000 306,430 975,430 657,918 261,243,660 10,669,856 4,279,732 14,949,588 1,189,755 597,936,995 2,134,000 5,049,555 7,183.555 561,819 116,593,580 2,274,936 2,274,936 714,228 251,525,006 2,271,707 5,000,000 7.271,707 863,544 223,948,731 602,000 15,930,000 16,532,000 |