Statement showing the aggregate value of the property which came to the Hudson river, on all the canals, during the years 1849, 1850, 1851, under the divisions, as specified in the above table.

BUSINESS OF RAILROADS.

Michigan Central Railroad.

The report of the Michigan Central Railroad for the six months ending 30th November, 1851, shows the following table of receipts and expenditures, as well as the present financial condition of the company:

This table shows that the gross receipts for the six months were $703,080 45, and the running expenses $187,267 59-leaving a balance of $516,812 86; from which deduct the interest and miscellaneous expenses, and the net income of the company is $385,051 97, against $288,569 65, in the corresponding six months in 1850-being an increase this year of $96,482 32. This gain is entirely in the passenger and miscellaneous receipts-there being a diminution of $9,208 21 in the freight receipts, which is attributed to the low price of breadstuffs; the Western owners of which have preferred holding to forwarding this year. The company, therefore, anticipate a large freight business next year, as the crop of 1851 is the largest ever raised in Michigan and the States of the vicinity.

The assets and liabilities of the company on the 1st December were:

As has been previously mentioned, a dividend of 14 per cent. (four in cash and ten in stock) has been made from the income balance. This dividend amounts to $404,138; leaving a standing balance to the credit of the income account of $57,226 80. This large reserve has been deemed expedient on account of the late disaster to the Mayflower.

The road is rapidly approaching Chicago, and will be completed to that city early in the coming season. Cars are now running 30 miles west of Michigan city.

New York and Erie Railroad.

The receipts of this road for the month of December, 1851, were as follow:

The following are the gross receipts of this road for each month of the

New York and Harlem Railroad.

The receipts of this road for the month of December, 1850 and 1851, were as follow:

December, 1851

December, 1850

Increase

- $49,151 60 40,770 92

8,380 68

The opening of the road to Chatham will give it a much more extended area of traffic; and its extension to Troy will give it a connexion with the northern web of roads, which must prove of great value.

Northern Railroad.

The earnings of this road for the month of December were as follow:

The earnings of this road for the month of December were

COMMERCE OF NEW YORK.

EXPORTS FROM NEW YORK FOR 1851.

We have compiled from our record, corrected weekly from official entries at the custom-house, says the Journal of Commerce, the following statement of the quantity of some of the principal articles of produce exported from New York to foreign ports for the year 1851: