Lumber and staves, Liverpool.
" Black Hawk, Staves, London.
Schr R. H. Harmon, Staves, Liverpool.
" J. F. Warner, Staves, Liverpool.
" Gold Hunter, Staves, Cork.
" Dousman, Staves, London.
" Valeria, Lumber and staves, Liverpool.
" Vanguard, Staves, Liverpool.
" Grand Turk, Lumber, Hamburg.
" St. Helena, Lumber and staves, Cork.
" Chieftain, Lumber and staves, London.
" C. H. Walker, Lumber and staves, Liverpool.
" M. S. Scott, Lumber, Hamburg.
" E. Bates, Lumber and staves, Liverpool.
" H. Barclay, Staves, London.
" Republican, Lumber and staves, Cadiz.
" Messenger, Staves, &c. Calais.

Of the above, Messenger cleared from Buffalo; the Pierson and
Republican hailed from Milan, Ohio; the Massillon and Valeria from
Cleveland; the Scott loaded at St. Joseph, and was sent out by a
Milwaukee house; all the others either loaded at this port, or were
owned or chartered here. Eight of the number were chartered by Messrs.
Aspinwall & Son, and two of the others were owned here.

The following is the aggregate amount of lumber and staves shipped to
Europe the past year, exclusive of the cargoes from Cleveland, Milan,
and Buffalo:--

West India staves No. 692,057
Standard pipe staves, No. 142,662
Lumber, feet 474,693

[A Quebec standard pipe is equal to four West India staves.]

The Lily of Kingston, was the first vessel that ever passed down from
the lakes to the ocean, bound to an European port. Her destination was
Liverpool. This was about the year 1847. She afterward sailed in the
Quebec and Liverpool trade, but was lost, we believe, on her third
ocean voyage.

As collateral to this trade, an important commerce has sprung up
between the lake cities and the Atlantic ports which promise to
increase rapidly. Prior to 1857, the passage of vessels from the
Welland Canal to the ocean was of very rare occurrence. As a matter of
curiosity, we present a complete statement of the vessels which have
passed through the canal bound for Atlantic or European ports, with
the year of sailing, avoiding a repetition of the list above given.
The Dean Richmond, and those clearing in 1857 and 1858, a