Table showing the total product of Cotton, with the receipts at New Orleans, and the total crop of each year. 1856-57..... 1857-58.... cts. per lb. 1858-59. 1859-60. 1860-61. 1861-62. 1862-63. 1863-64. 1864-65... 1855..July 26. 1857..Aug. 15. 1858..July 25. Rec'ts of new crop to Sept. 1. 1866..Aug. 7.... These figures include, as near as possible, only Cotton which really came to market, or was taken for home consumption. 1854..July 25.... 1,391....1854-55..1,284,768. 1856..July 15.... 1,166....1856-57..1,513,247... 5... 1859..July 28. 1861..Aug. 11.. 1862.. 1863..Sept. 7. 1864..Aug. 14. 1865..Aug. 11.... 22. ..1865-66.. 787,386. 800,000 Total Receipts Total Crop. 2,847,339 In regard to the prospects of the growing crop the able editors of the Prices Current entertain similar opinions with those which we have expressed, viz: As we go to press, the accounts of the growing crop continue to be very unsatisfactory. The severe drought which succeeded the copious rains of June has extended in some sections of the northern cotton region to the latest dates. The plants have shed their forms and stopped growing. In various portions of the more Southern region, caterpillars are doing more or less damage. On the overflowed lands the prospect is more encouraging, the result depending on the character and duration of the fall weather, without frost. Where rains have fallen to revive the drooping fields, and fresh bolls are coming out, it must be remembered that only two weeks remain to complete the period (15th Sept.) beyond which not much reliance can be placed on the maturing of newly formed bolls. Among those best informed, the estimate of 1,500,000 bales is considered a full one; it may possibly be less, and only very favorable circumstances can increase it. SUGAR TRADE AND PROSPECTS. We have compiled from our records the annexed statement of the Sugar crops of Louisiana since 1828, giving the details of the past thiry-two years. Up to 1848 the product was estimated in hhds. of 1,000 lbs., which was presumed to be the average weight, but for the crops since that date we have taken the figures of Mr. P. A. Champomier, as we find them in his annual statements. In last February our senior editor devoted several weeks in collecting statistics of the crop, and we published the results of his researches on the 24th of that month. We now give a recapitulation of the details compared with those of the previous year and of 1861-2. 1865-6. 64-5. 61-2. Parish of Orleans and St. Bernard... 1,024.... 387.... 8,430 66 Plaquemines.. 4,217. .2,301. 22,433 66 Lafourche Int'r.. 407. 118.... 29,781 .1,285. 30,721 Rapides. Pointe Coupee. West Baton Rouge. East 66 60.... 10,949 St. Mary. 61.... 48,799 St. Martin. The following gives a comparative view of the number of plantations in cul tivation for the seasons specified: Parishes. Orleans St. Bernard. Plaquemine 1864-5, 1861-2. Number of Plantations. 7,983 907 1,348 6,121 5,712 716 11,677 746 14,790....6,668....459,410 1865-6. Assumption Lafourche St. Charles. St. John the Baptist. St. James.. COMPARATIVE ARRIVALS, EXPORTS, AND STOCKS OF COTTON AND TOBACCO AT NEW ORLEANS. For ten years-from 1st September each year. Cotton-Bales. Tobacco-Hhds. Years. Arrivals. Exports. Stocks. Arr'ls. Exp'ts. Stock. 1865-66.. 787,386.. 768,543..102,082..15,412. 6,921. 8,707 1861-62.. 38,880.. 27,678.. 120.. 1,063. 2,224.12,711 |