CONTRIBUTORS TO THE NINETEENTH VOLUME OF THE MERCHANTS' MAGAZINE. A. D. BACHE, Superintendent of U. S. Coast Survey. DAVID M. BALFOUR, Merchant, of Massachusetts. G. F. SECCHI DE CASALI, Esq., late of Italy, now of New York. Hon. H. A. S. DEARBORN, Mayor of Roxbury, Mass. J. F. ENTZ, Esq., Accountant, of New York. R. B. FORBES, Esq., Merchant, of Massachusetts. JAMES WILLIAM GILBART, F. R. S., of London, England. THOMAS PRENTICE KETTELL, Esq., of New York. JAMES H. LANMAN, Author of the History of Michigan. C. F. M'CAY, Esq., Professor in the University of Georgia. ALANSON NASH, Esq., of the New York Bar. Hon. BENJAMIN F. PORTER, of Georgia. GEORGE W. SAVAGE, President of the Eagle Life and Health Insurance Company. J. W. SCOTT, Esq., of the Ohio Bar. HENRY GRATTAN SMITH, Esq., of the Memphis (Tenn.) Bar. Hon. GEORGE TUCKER, Author of "The Progress of the United States in Wealth and Population." GEORGE A. WARD, A. M., Merchant, of New York. A. WHITNEY, Esq., of New York. Hon. J. R. WILLIAMS, of Michigan. FREEMAN HUNT, the Editor and Proprietor. To find the exports, imports, trade, &c., of different places in the Index, see the name of the country, State, city, or ports; and for particulars relating to the commerce, &c., &c., of the United Kingdom, see "Great Britain," " England," "British," " English," &c. The names of the contributors are appended to the titles of the several articles, in the table of contents on the first page of each number, except such as have been prepared or adopted by the Editor. Bamford's improved stocking frame..... 664 345 Bank of France, condition of.............219, 104 99 66 in certain trade........ 102 213 Banks Act in relation to navigation of East River by steamboats..... " of U. S. concerning Spanish steam vessels... 218 to prevent imp. of adulterated medicines, etc. 326|| condition of................ 406 415 America, N. and S., geographical division of... 625 Belgian commercial regulations..... 441 232 482 ...... 331 617 Book trade........... 122, 235, 347, 457, 571, 679 46 price of bills on........ Austria, mineral produce of......... .......... 110 Boots, revolving heels to........ Averages, marine, Spanish law of... B. 541 562 453 453 BALTIMORE banks, dividends of.... 109 exports of, from 1843 to 1845........... 321 iv Brazil, coins and currency of..... 438 Christmas Island, description of....... 554 Breadstuffs, import into Great Britain of....... 405 Chronology cotton goods from 1252 to 1846, 171–173 44 exports of, from Cronstadt....... 203 Cinnabar mines.................. Bremen, price of bills on.......................................... 664 Cities, Atlantic and interior... born subjects, rights of children and grand- N. American Colon's, Baltimore exp'ts to 197 regulations of ship-tores.. iron and steel trade..... 44 44 ..... 649 ....... 453 384 385 ........ 396 340 Clerks, merchants, comfort of London......... 120 ...... 342 76 Coal, production of anthracite, from 1820 to 1847 293 ... 430 234 cotton trade, statistics and history of.... 275 Coin, copper, of the U. States........................... Brooms manufactured from white ash......... 341 Coins and currency of Norway.... Buckwheat, product of, in the U. States....... 484 Brushes manufactured from quills.. Business, true man of....... Indiana, Wabash, and Erie............. 437 Commercial cities and towns of the U, States Chilian ports, Baltimore exports of produce to.. 199 Connecticut, condition of banks of.. 46 shoals in the...................... 432 Contracts made on Sunday void......... ... ... .... ... ... ... ... ... ..... Copper mines on Lake Superior...... ......... 450] Deal Island, Kent's Group..... ore, British sales of... 431 80 coin of the United States.............. 109 Debt of the United States in 1848... Corn, product of, in U. States........ 46 484 Dimities, British export of........ ...... 95 669 170 75 District of Columbia, vessels built in, in 1847... 95 consumed in the German Zollverein..... 86 Discount tables, Aiken's..... 440 114 Dividends of Philadelphia Banks in 1847-48.... 106 trade, statistics and history of the British 167 of New York Banks in 1847-48..... 107 receipts and exports of, at New Orleans. 645 Docks, St. Catharine, London..... ་་་་ exports of English manufactures of..... English exports from East India of...... 599 Drugs and medicines, importation of adulterated 326 600 continental consumption of............ 600 E. ........ 649 value of export of, from 1803 to 1848.... 191 E. and West India, English imp'ts of cotton from 599 production of, in Texas...... wool, first brought to Liverpool....... 344 113 ............. culture and trade, effects of............ 344 Egypt, commerce of ancient.. Britain from 1697 to 1830............ 279 Emigration, British....... exports of cotton manufactures........ 599 notes of interest of the bank of........ 318 561 ......... 425 exports from N. Orleans of... 512 44 170 Cuba, exports of sugar and molasses from...... 548 coals, cinders, etc., exported from..... 549 103 64 ......... 102 importation of cattle in.............. 650 railroad dividends in................ 556 668 Erie Railroad, progress of New York and...... 436 337 112 Europe, commercial cities of......614, 375, 265, 161 Days of grace on drafts and bills.. draining the everglades of............ exp. 489 HAMBURGH, rate of bills on..........302, 189 95 401 196 treaty of U. S. with kingdom of...... 411 427 Hartlepool,, port of................... ... 429 from Philadelphia from 1790 to 1847. 200 Hay, product of, in United States............. 488 inspections in Richmond of.... 516 Health insurance and benefit societies.......... 601 prices of, in New York for last 25 years.. 547 636 66 import and export of, at Liverpool....... 640 Henry, A. & S., description of the house of....63, 67 fisheries of, from 1842 to 1846.......... 201 Hides, process of hardening... imports into, in 1847-8.... lights on the coast of......... specie in Bank of.... Francs, value of, in New York.. Fraudulent trust, (law case,). ... 562 301 Hist. and prin. of ancient commerce.. 131, 355, 447 Frauds, statutes of, in Tennessee..... Funds, Savings, among charitable associations.. 173 G. GENOA and its commerce.. exports of..... navigation of.... I. 535 INDIA, customs regulations of.... 375 381 Insolvent assignment, (law case,).. mutual, companies of New York.... 330 Georgia gold region..... 112 95 German prose writers...... 41 maritime, Spanish law of..... 619 46 usurious, suits to recover back........ 299 440 332 338 313 669 112 Iron, wear of cast, rails..... 218 แ workers, song of the.. แ produce of, in Russia... Grand Haven (Mich.) imp. and exp. of, in 1847. 26 Granada, New, treaty of commerce, etc., be- tween U. S. and.. 561 "and steel trade, British.. "foreign railroad.... method of welding.. works of Wheeling, Virginia..... "cheapness of railroad... "manufactory at Poughkeepsie.................... 666 659 205 399 405 562 |