“ Its importance is to be measured by its shipping trade and not by its population. It is a bonding port with a well-equipped harbor, a large coasting trade, and bi-diurnal communication with Dieppe, France, 64 miles to the southeast. The average annual value of its imports and exports is $70,000,000. The principal articles of export are woolen, cotton, silk, and hat manufactures, leather, silver plate, pictures, paper, machinery and mill work, cycles, hardware and cutlery, chemical products, etc. ”