sippi, Louisiana, Tennessee, Kentucky, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Missouri, Florida. By the returns of 1845, Kentucky produced 63,310,000 lbs. ; Tennessee 37,100,000; Virginia 30,210,000; Maryland 17,920,000; Missouri 13,744,000; North Carolina 10,373,000; Ohio 7,576,000, &c. And the whole crop for 1845 was put down at 187,422,000 lbs. In 1840 the crop was estimated at 219,163,319 lbs., or 182,636 hogsheads (1200 lbs. each). The tobacco crop of 1847 is estimated at 220,164,000 lbs., worth at 5 cents a pound, $11,000,000. Thus tobacco, a mere luxury, has become one of the largest and most important productions of the soil. It finds its way to almost every part of the world, and is enjoyed by people of all countries. Humboldt derives its name from the Haitine language, signifying the pipe used by the natives. Some curious facts are connected with its history. In 1620, ninety young women were sent over from England to America, and sold to the planters for tobacco at 120 lbs. each. In 1690, the pope excommunicated all who took snuff or tobacco in church. In 1719, the culture of tobacco was prohibited in Strasburgh, as tending to diminish the growing of corn. In 1732, tobacco was made a legal tender in Maryland, at one penny a pound. PATENTS. The patent office of the United States has become one of the most interesting and useful departments of the government. From the transactions of the year 1847, the following tables have been extracted and published. Finances of the Patent Office. Balance from 1846, in the treasury, to the credit of the Patent Amount of receipts from all sources during the year ending Dec. 31st, 1847 $186,565 14 63,111 19 $249,676 33 Payments made from Jan. 1st, 1847, to Dec. 31st, 1847, as follows: During the year 1847 there were 1,531 applications for patents. During the same period there were 533 caveats filed, and 576 cases were rejected. The patents granted were Renewed patent Extended do. Disclaimers entered Re-issued 338 578 The cost of a patent in the United States is, to a citizen, $30; to a British subject $500; to all others $300-a caveat costs $20. In Great Britain, patents must be obtained separately for England and Wales, Scotland and Ireland. The average ordinary cost is, for England and Wales Scotland Ireland Deposit required Cost for the three kingdoms £110 80 130 320 30 350 A specification costs £15, and £1 for every 1,080 words after the first 1,080. A patent, taken out in England, may include all the colonies and plantations abroad, at an extra expense of £7. The time of obtaining a patent is from four to six weeks. Patents are granted for fourteen years. France.-Patents are granted for five, ten, or fifteen years. The tax prescribed is five hundred francs for fifteen years, to be paid by annuities of one hundred francs each, under penalty of forfeiture for a year's default. Foreigners may obtain patents; but the duration of a patent, already patented abroad, cannot exceed that of the foreign patent. The writings and description of the patent must be in French. Austria.-Inventions from abroad are confined to those already patented abroad, and to the term of the foreign patent, and cannot exceed fifteen years, except by special grant. The cost or fees are ten guilders (forty-five cents each) each year for the first five years, and increasing five guilders each year afterward, so that the fifteenth year is sixty guilders, or for the whole fifteen years four hundred and twenty-five guilders; the fee to be paid every year in advance. Prussia. Patents granted for from six months to fifteen years. Expense about one hundred and fifty dollars. The patentee must put his patent into use within six months. Russia. A foreign invention cannot be patented for more than six years. The fee to be paid is sixty silver rubles (seventy-five cents each) for each year, making three hundred and sixty for the whole time. Belgium.-Patents are granted for five and ten years, and may be extended. Fee, for five years, one hundred and fifty florins (a florin is about forty cents); ten years, three or four hundred florins; fifteen years, six hundred or seven hundred and fifty florins. In introducing a foreign patent the articles fabricated must be made within the realm. The patent must be put into use within the time fixed by law. The patent laws of Holland are the same as in Belgium. AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS. After the census of 1840 was taken, the commissioner of patents commenced a series of tables and calculations, for the purpose of determining the amount of the agricultural productions of each state of the Union. These tables are probably, in the main, correct, though, in some particulars, their accuracy may be questioned. Estimate of the crops of the United States in 1845, in bushels. Mass. 241,000 3,098,000 3,028,000 594,000 162,000 1,856,000 Penn. Del. Md. Va. N. C. S. C. 8,184,000 2,520,000 | 48.000 1,050,000 7,314,000 1,757,000 2,954,000 8,500 4,912,000 12,580,000 17,126,000 5,497,000 11,929,000 141,000 19,826,000 4,500 828,000 2,700 1,691,000 Total 10,268,000 14,065,000 187,422,000 936,088,000 89,765,000 486,530 226,026,000 Aggregate Summary of the Estimates of the principal Crops-1840 to 1845-from the Patent Office Reports. We have been promised the report of the commissioner of patents for the year 1847 as soon as published. It has not come to hand in time for the present Statistical Register. We have, however, obtained from other sources, tables which purport to have been prepared by Mr. Burke, and are given on his authority. Although portions of them belong strictly to other subjects, we print them all under this head, as they present the amount of products, labor, landed and personal property, in the whole Union, with the population by whom the labor has been done and the property is owned. Tables, exhibiting an estimate of the value of the products of labor and capital in the United 2. Products of the Orchards.-Value in 1840, $7,256,904; estimated increase of 22 per cent., $1,596,518; total, $8,853,422. 3. Products of the Gardens.-Number estimated 3,000,000; annual value estimated at $15 per garden; total, $45,000,000. 4. Products of the Nurseries.-Value in 1840, $593,534; increase of 22 per cent., $130,577; total, $724,111. Total products of orchards and gardens, $54,577,503, 5. Live stock and its products: Sheep.-Number in 1847, 25,000,000; estimated value of lambs and mutton sold, $12,500,000; wool, 60,000,000 pounds, at 30 cents per pound$18,000,000. |