| British | 12,000,000 | dollars. |
| North American | 2,500,000 | |
| French | 1,500,000 | |
| Peninsular | 1,000,000 | |
| Germany, and other places on the continent | 1,250,000 | |
| China, Bengal, and Manilla | 750,000 | |
| Brazil and Buenos Ayres | 300,000 | |
| Total | 19,300,000 | dollars. |
“Of which there is consumed
| In Chile | 4,500,000 | dollars. |
| Peru and Bolivia | 7,500,000 | |
| Equador and New Granada | 1,500,000 | |
| Central America | 2,000,000 | |
| Mexico and California | 3,800,000 | |
| Total | 19,300,000 | dollars. |
“The whale fishery of the Pacific may be estimated as follows:
| North American | 12,500,000 | dollars. |
| British | 5,000,000 | |
| French | 3,000,000 | |
| Total | 20,500,000 | dollars. |
“The whole interest involved, including the Pacific whale fishery, amounts to nearly forty millions of dollars.
“The beneficial influence of steam navigation along the shores of the Pacific, and the opening a communication with Europe and North America, viâ Panama, are subjects of deep interest, not only to those engaged in commerce with the Pacific, but also to the whole commercial world.
“The present state of communication is long and tedious between Peru and Great Britain; it may be averaged at about four months; while, by the proposed route, it will be reduced to little more than one-third that period, viz.
| Lima to Panama | 6 | days. |
| Pacific to Atlantic | 1 | |
| Isthmus to Jamaica, by steam, | 3 | |
| Jamaica to England | 36 | |
| Total number of days | 46 |