Besides the above, 47 steamers have arrived during the year, and 46 have cleared. The coastwise arrivals and the clearances, as far as known, as many are not entered at the Custom-House, have been as follows: FISH INSPECTION IN MASSACHUSETTS. Mackerel Fishery.-The inspection of mackerel in Massachusetts, as per returns of the Inspector-General, is as follows: The quantity of mackerel re-inspected during the year has been as follows: The inspection of other kinds of pickled fish, in 1861, has been as follows: Imports of Mackerel.-The imports of mackerel into the United States from the provinces have been as follows: The imports of other kinds of fish from the provinces have been as THE COMMERCE OF PHILADELPHIA. The following tables show the number of arrivals at the port of Philadelphia of foreign and coastwise vessels during the years 1860, 1861: transporta'n, A very slight diminution, considering the general depression of business during the year. We have from the Custom-House, at Philadelphia, a statement of the cash duties received for the month of December, during the years 1859, 1860 and 1861: 1859. Merchandise in warehouse, December 1,.... $ 683,010 Received in warehouse from foreign ports,. 56,828 " in other districts,... Withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, Remaining in warehouse, December 31,.. Dutiable mdse, ent'd for consumption, direct, 38,244 107,126 16,810 2,323 1860. 86,437 " free goods entered,.... Domestic productions exported,. The following is a statement of the principal exports at Bombay, as passed the Custom-House from January 1st to September 30th, in 1861, compared with the same period in 1860: MOLASSES TRADE OF THE UNITED STATES FOR 1861. According to the annual statement of the molasses trade of the United States, (exclusive of California and Oregon,) for the year 1861, prepared by the editors of the Shipping and Commercial List, "The receipts of molasses at this port, both foreign and domestic descriptions, have been smaller than before in several years, and the average prices have also been below those of former years, notwithstanding the largely increased duty. The fluctuations in prices have been considerable; the lowest point was reached at the close of May and in the early part of June; since then, values have been steadily advancing, the highest range being attained, on foreign descriptions, in October, and on Louisiana in December. The consumption of foreign descriptions at this port the past year was 6,249,797 gallons, against a consumption in 1860 of 7,893,722 gallons, being a decrease of over 20 4-5 per cent., while the total consumption of foreign and domestic in 1861 was 8,406,269 gallons, against a total consumption in 1860 of 10,836,519 gallons, being a decrease of over 20 2-5 per cent. The total receipts of foreign molasses into the United States for the year ending December 31, 1861, were 22,133,906 gallons, against a total import in 1860 of 31,126,615 gallons, and the consumption of foreign descriptions was 20,383,556 gallons, against a consumption in 1860 of 28,724,205 gallons, while the total consumption of foreign and domestic in 1861 was 40,191,556, against a total consumption in 1860 of 47,318,877 gallons, being a decrease in the consumption of foreign of over 20 per cent., and in the consumption of foreign and domestic over 15 per cent. If to the above figures be added the quantity of sugarhouse syrups made by the refiners, which is estimated at some twenty millions gallons, and syrups gathered from the maple tree and Sorghum, say ten millions gallons, the total consumption of molasses in the country the past year would be over 70,000,000 gallons. The consumption of foreign molasses has been hitherto governed entirely by the extent of the domestic crop, but for the present no part of that is available beyond the immediate region of its growth, and the wants of the bulk of the consumers of the country must be entirely supplied from foreign markets. The West has taken annually direct from New-Orleans from nine to twelve millions gallons-that source of supply is not now accessible, and their wants can only be met in the markets on the seaboard. The high cost of the article laid down in most of the western cities, owing to the expensive transportation, will militate greatly against the usual consumption; besides which, the present high price of molasses and syrups has given a great impulse to the culture of the Sorgho and Impheo in several of the Western States; the crop made the past year was considerable, sufficiently large in Iowa and Illinois to interfere greatly with the sale of other syrups, and there is no doubt but that the present year will witness a very extended culture of these saccharine canes, which was found a more profitable crop than corn, even when prices of molasses were much lower than they will be the current year. The crop of Louisiana, Texas, &c., now being made, is large, and cannot fall much, if any, short of twentythree to twenty-five millions of gallons, only a small portion of which can be used in that region. The extraordinary yield of the cane fields of Louisiana, and the high prices that rule for their products, and which |