276          JOURNAL OF PROCEEDINGS            [Feb. 8,

Your committee next proceeded to examine Warehouse No.
2, under the guidance of the Inspector, Mr. Duvall, and find
said warehouse in bad order; its roofing, spouting, and
sky-lights, are exceedingly out of repair, and the entire build-
ing in other respects damaged, indicating great want of at-
tention, if not neglect, on the part of the inspector; part of
this building appears to have been used by private individuals
for keeping goods.

The condition of the above warehouse certainly demands
immediate attention, as it affords but little, if any, protection
from the weather, and your committee would recommend dor-
mer windows in the place of sky-lights.

Your committee find, from the information furnished by
the inspector, that, in the year 1856, 12,276 hhds. of tobacco
were inspected; that the number shipped during the year,
was 13,143; the scraps of tobacco for said year, amounted to
119 hogsheads, and the proceeds arising therefrom, amounted
to the sum of $3,107 74; and the average number of hands
employed during the year aforesaid, was 21. The number
of hogsheads inspected during the year 1857, amounted to
12,240, and the number shipped during the year, amounted
to 12,162; and the scraps for said year, amounted to 103
hogsheads; and the proceeds thereof, amounted to $3,792 ;
the number of hands employed during the year, was 22.

Your committee have also examined Warehouse No 3, and
find it in a very delapidated condition, being very old, the
foundation having given away, and the walls are in many
places cracked and warped; the building being otherwise in
a condition that your committee would not advise the expend-
iture of any great amount of money for repairs, believing that
the interest of the State would be greatly promoted by having
the house entirely re-built; the roofing, spouting, flooring
and walls, are in a condition that almost renders it a perfect
wreck; this warehouse appears to have been neglected in the
same manner as that of No. 2. It appears from an examina-
tion, that the number of hogsheads of tobacco inspected during
the year 1856, amounted 7,745, and the shipments for said
year amounting to 7,728 hogsheads; the number of hogsheads
of scraps for the same year, amounted to 23, and the proceeds
from the sale thereof, was $1,004 38; and the hands employed
during the year, was 12.

The hogsheads inspected in the year 1857 were, - -   9,145

The hogsheads shipped " " " " - -    9,869

The scraps for " " " " - -        27
And the proceeds thereof amounted to - $562.50

And the average number of hands employed during the
year was, - - - - - - - - 14