SMITH, and published in Hazard's "Register of Pennsylvania," Volume I. page 407.

Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company, on

their works, exclusive

of the purchace of land, stocks, &c. (to July 1, 1828)

Union Canal

2,028,600 00

2,490,176 29

1,100,718 79
1,600,000 00

Delaware and Hudson

Canal and Rail-road

(the part in Pa.) . 440,000 00

It thus appears that more than twenty two millions of dollars have been expended since the year 1791, by the State of Pennsylvania, and by corporations, on canals, rivers, turnpike roads, rail-ways, and bridges, exclusive of the sums expended by counties on roads and bridges.

The works now in progress, estimated to cost twelve millions more, it is supposed will be finished by the end of the year 1831; thus making an expenditure of thirty four millions for internal improvements in forty years.

The number of companies incorporated by the legislature for effecting those purposes has been 265. Some of these have not gone into operation.

Schuylkill Navigation.

STATEMENT of ARTICLES, which ascended and descended the SCHUYLKILL NAVIGATION in the year 1828.

Coal Trade.

TABLE showing the Number of Tons of Lehigh and Schuylkill Coal imported and exported at Philadelphia, for Nine successive Years, its Value, and the Number of Vessels employed.

723 4,338 3,255 19,530

1825 28,393 5,000 33,393 200,358 13,520 5,000 18,520 111,120 150 1826 31,280 16,767 48,047 268,282 12,769 11,596 24,365 146,190 200 1827 30,305 31,360 61,665 369,990 13,000 21,004 34,004 204,024 320 1828 30,111 47,284 77,395 464,370 || 23,156 23,039 46,195 277,170 503

It appears by the last report of the Schuylkill Navigation Company, that the amount of Tolls received from Coal in 1828, was 46,242 dollars, while those from all other articles than Coal, amounted to only 40,969 dollars.

The consumption of coal in the city of Philadelphia for the same year is stated at 34,721 tons, and of other towns on the Delaware, 5,844 tons. The total amount of the Anthracite coal business for the year, in Philadelphia and on the river, is estimated at $520,560.

Prices of Flour.

STATEMENT of the Average Price of Flour in Philadelphia for each Year,

Schools.

TABLE showing the number of children educated at the public charge, in thirty one counties, from which returns have been made, and the annual expense.

NAMES of the Governors, Deputies, and Presidents of Pennsylvania, and the Dates of their Appointment to Office, from the First Settlement to

A large portion of the preceding facts, respecting Pennsylvania, have been collected from Hazard's Register, one of the most valuable statistical works in the country.

DELAWARE.

Chesapeake and Delaware Canal.

THIS Canal commences at Delaware City, a point on the river of that name, 46 miles below Philadelphia; it crosses the peninsula, in the states of Delaware and Maryland, in a direction nearly west, and enters Back Creek, a navigable stream which runs into Elk River, a large branch or arm of Chesapeake Bay.

It is calculated for the navigation of sea vessels of a draught not exceeding ten feet.

Its length is 13 miles.

Its breadth at top is 60 feet, at bottom 40 feet.
Its highest level is 8 feet above tide.

Its locks are 100 feet long, and 22 feet wide.

From the river Delaware, it passes for 4 miles to St. George's on the level of high tide, through a light marsh. The embankments through this were formed at great expense, by permitting upland earth to sink until it reached a firm foundation. It is supposed this sinking frequently exceeded fifty feet in depth.

From St. George's to the Deep Cut, 3 miles, the Canal is excavated along the bed of a creek, which is considerably deepened, a towpath being made on one side, and the natural shores forming the other.

The Deep Cut is four miles in length. At the highest point the depth is not less than ninety feet, and it is crossed by a bridge of more than 200 feet span. Its sides are secured by thick stone walls fourteen feet high.

From the Deep Cut to Back Creek, 24 miles, the Canal is made chiefly by excavating the bed of a small stream.

At each extremity a town has been laid out, and houses are already erected.

The cost of the work will somewhat exceed two millions. The government of the United States have subscribed $450,000 towards it; the state of Pennsylvania $100,000, Maryland $50,000, Delaware $25,000.