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 -- “By substituting steam navigation between Jamaica and England, the voyage from Great Britain to Peru could be performed in little more than a month.