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Receipts by Canal, Steamboats, Railroads.
&c., for the month of November, 1860.

By James River and Kanawha Canal.--63,005 bushels wheat 961 hhds. tobacco 3,463 pkgs. manufactured do., 312 hhds. stems, 4,519 bbls. flour, 61 bushels corn. 209 tons pig iron. 36 tons copper ore, 1,806 tons coal. 1,117 tons stone. 438 bales hay, 654 cords wood. 266 bbls. apples. 2,373 lbs. bacon, 82 empty barrels, 925 empty flour barrels, 17,109 lbs. butter 3,687 bushels flaxseed. 74,991 lbs. dried fruit, 2,144 lbs. lard 3,656 lbs. leather. 3 cattle, 3 calves, 23 bushels potatoes 59 bbls. whiskey, 4,283 lbs. wool. &c.

By Virginia Central Railroad.--33,019 bushels wheat. 161 bbls., tobacco, 4,200 feet lumber, 661 lbs. ginseng 49 tops pig iron. 7 tons copper ore. 4,405 lbs., bacon. 44,370 lbs. butter, 79 cattle, 11 calves 42 horses 1,078 hogs 450 sheep, 58 doz. fowl, 28 pkgs. eggs, 583 lbs. lard, 4,235 lbs. tallow 3,086 lbs. dressed poultry, 497 lbs. wool 823 bbls. apples. 10 bushels peas, 133 pkgs buckwheat meal, 5,96 bushels corn, 324 bushels corn meal, 6,178 lbs. dried fruit 2,754 bbls. flour 166 bushels potatoes. 66 bushels rye. 580 bushels oats, 152 bushels flaxseed. 14 do clover seed 422 bales hay, 541 pkgs manufactured tobacco 35 bales domestics 8 pkgs. leather, 100 reams paper. 177 bbls. whiskey, 19 hhds stems 139 empty barrels. 18 pkgs mineral water, 33 pkgs rags.

By Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad.--4,476 bus wheat; 8,444 bus corn 286 bus. meal 1,776 bus oats 296 bus rye, 72 hhds. bacon. 107 empty bbls 18 tons coal. 6 pkgs eggs, 33,000 feet lumber, 215 lbs., butter 2 sheep, 6 calves, 1 horse, 300 lbs., bacon 579 cords wood 12 barrels flour, 4 do. cider, 15 bbls, apples, 7 bbls. leather, etc.

By Richmond and Petersburg Railroad. 334 hhds. tobacco; 31 hhds. stems; 564 bushels wheat: 56 bushels meal; 30 bbls. flour; 31 bbls. turpentine; 159 bales cotton; 182 lbs. leather; 9 boxes tobacco; 326 empty liquor barrels; 26,350 lbs. iron and castings; 10,000 feet lumber; 33 bales waste; 28,000 staves, 27,327 lbs. miscellaneous.

By Richmond and Danville Railroad.--46,390 bushels wheat; 475 hhds. tobacco; 8,316 pkgs mfd, do.; 1 9 hhds stems: 243 bars fruit; 40 bags wool 19 bags chestnuts; 72 kegs butter; 16 cars staves; 26 rolls leather; 43 bags flaxseed: 1 horse; 12 boxes wax; 59 boxes pipes; 15 bbls.flour; 25 cars cattle; 16 empty barrels; 62 bags bran; 1 hhds bacon; 23 bags roots; 9 pails lard; 5,051 kegs nails. etc.

By the Dock.--Inward: 90,600 bricks; 5,444 tons coal; 700 bbls. cement; 1,900 bbls. fish; 2,62 bales hay; 3 0 tons ice; 157 tons iron ore; 828 tons iron; 1,274,000 feet lumber; 730,000 laths; 7,157 casks lime; 550 kegs nails; 2,000 bus. oats; 113 bbls. oats; 3,100 bus potatoes; 144,000 staves; 13,691 sacks salt; 98,500 shingles; 16,964 bus. wheat; 165 cords wood; 150 pkgs. mdze. utward: 26,030 bbls. flour; 4,119 pkgs, tobacco; 2,196 hhds. do.; 20 bales mdze.; 8,828 bus mill ; 230 tons iron; 300 empty barrels; 3 000 bus wheat; 36 tons copper ore; 200 kegs nails; 8 saw mills; 600 pkgs. mdze.

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