_Table showing the trade of France that would pass through the Isthmus Canal, if now finished. Taken from the official returns for 1857._ ═══════════════════════════════════╤═════════════╤═══════════════ │ │ │ EXPORTS AND │ COUNTRIES TRADED WITH. │ IMPORTS. │ TONNAGE. ───────────────────────────────────┼─────────────┼─────────────── Chile │ $10,000,000 │ $25,688 Peru │ 13,160,000 │ 35,096 Half of Mexico │ 2,790,000 │ 10,004 Half of New Grenada │ 1,090,000 │ 2,389 Ecuador │ 440,000 │ 1,651 Bolivia │ 100,000 │ 1,000 California │ 2,073,859 │ 8,997 ┐ ┌ │ │ China ├ Outward only ┤ │ 2,180,000 │ 2,028 Dutch East Indies ┘ └ │ 4,440,000 │ 20,400 Sandwich Islands │ 2,000,000 │ 4,119 Philippine Islands │ 1,000,000 │ 1,463 Australia │ 19,800,000 │ 50,000 ├─────────────┼─────────────── Value of cargoes │ $59,073,859 │ $162,735 Value of ships at $50 per ton │ 8,136,750 │ ├─────────────┼─────────────── Total value │ $67,210,609 │ $8,136,750 ───────────────────────────────────┴─────────────┴─────────────── The value of the tonnage which would take the Darien route is, according to the above table, $152,475,750, and the total value of exports and imports passing the same way is: England $193,168,939 United States 190,649,584 France 67,210,609 ———————————— Total value of trade passing the Isthmus $451,029,132 But the aggregate amount of British imports and exports from and to India and China is $378,587,122, giving the value of the trade which would pass through the Suez and Darien Canals $636,447,315, yearly. The rapidly growing trade between Levantine ports and India would take the Suez route, but between the European ports and the Pacific coast of North and South America, and between the east and west coasts of these two continents, the American route would be exclusively employed.