"Navigation this season opened on the 18th of April. The Lady Franklin arrived on the evening of that day from Galena. Previous to her arrival, there had been eighteen arrivals at our landing from the head of Lake Pepin, and twelve arrivals at the foot of the lake, from Galena and Dubuque.

"During the present season, seventy-eight different steamers have arrived at our wharf, from the points mentioned in the following table. This table we draw mainly from the books of the City Marshal, and by reference to our files.

FROM ST. LOUIS.

Boats

No. of Trips.

Ben Coursin

19

A. G. Mason

8

Metropolitan

13

Audubon

5

Golden State

8

Laclede

11

Luella

8

Cheviot

1

James Lyon

7

Vienna

5

New York

1

Delegate

1

Mansfield

7

Forest Rose

1

Ben Bolt

2

J. P. Tweed

1

Fire Canoe

2

Carrier

1

Julia Dean

1

Resolute

2

Gossamer

4

Thomas Scott

6

Gipsey

2

W. G. Woodside

1

York State

5

Mattie Wayne

4

Brazil

4

Dan Convers

1

Henrietta

4

Editor

5

Minnesota Belle

8

Rochester

2

Oakland

7

Grace Darling

4

Montauk

3

Fairy Queen

1

Saint Louis

1

Americus

2

Atlanta

1

Jacob Traber

6

White Bluffs

1

Arcola

8

Conewago

10

Lucie May

8

Badger State

5

Sam Young

4

Violet

1

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Total arrivals from St. Louis,

212

FROM FULTON CITY.

Falls City

11

Diamond

1

H. T. Yeatman

11

Time and Tide

5

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Total from Fulton City,

28

FROM GALENA AND DUNLEITH.

Lady Franklin

23

Galena

30

Alhambra

21

Royal Arch

6

Northern Belle

28

Banjo

1

War Eagle

17

City Belle

30

Golden Era

29

Ocean Wave

28

Granite State

12

Greek Slave

3

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Total from Galena and Dunleith,

228

FROM DUBUQUE.

Excelsior

23

Kate Cassel

29

Clarion

11

Tishimingo

3

Fanny Harris

28

Flora

29

Hamburg

12

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Total from Dubuque,

135

FROM MINNESOTA RIVER.

H. T. Yeatman

4

Globe

34

Clarion

12

Reveille

40

H. S. Allen

10

Time and Tide

11

Wave

29

Equator

46

Minnesota Valley

20

Berlin

10

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Total from Minnesota River,

216

RECAPITULATION.

Number of arrivals from

St. Louis

212

Fulton City

28

Galena and Dunleith

228

Dubuque

135

Minnesota River

216

head of Lake Pepin

18

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Whole number of boats, 78.
Whole number of arrivals, 837

"It will be seen from the above, that ten more steamers have been engaged in this trade during the present year than last; while in the whole number of arrivals the increase has been two hundred and sixty-seven.

"The business on the Minnesota has greatly increased this year. This was to have been expected, considering the great increase in the population of that flourishing portion of our Territory.