exported to Great Britain from Ireland 743 66 K. 425 production of hogs in.. 506 tobacco trade of, in 1854. 747 265 66 import and cons. of, in U. Kingdom.. 361 Key to mercantile character... 66 Great Britain, families and houses in 367 L. 756 results of census of, 126, 252, 274, 637 Lading, bills of... Lace and muslin, priuting for......... 769 80 932 Guano, inspection law of Maryland..... Guarantors.. Gum arabic of commerce, the.. Hamburg money changers Havana port regulations 66 cost of transport to..... Havre, cost of transport to.. Hist'y of commerce of U. States 159, 275, 531, 659 I. Iceland a field of commercial enterprise the Pacific mill at... Letters by the British mail packets. Liabilities of railroads Lakes, length of navigation on minor... 248 377 46 768 389 .... 742 of goods.... 78 Liability of surety. 715 455 finances of..... 429 Liquor trade, of the United States. 289 367 97 Literature of commerce.. 518 66 condition of banks of. Imports-See "Com. Chron. and Review," each month; also name of place. India, growth of cotton in Indiana, progress of railroads in..... 66 finances of...... 66 free banks of, capital, &c., of............. Insolvency.. cost of producing sugar in....... 640 Insurance Co. Massachusetts Life Company. 487 112 420 767 Manufactures, Am'n and European comp'd. 258 66 arrival of Irish emigrants at 368 432 738 New York monthly exports at 463 insurance,suggestions of underwriters 623 712 66 progress of Charleston, S. C...... 359 66 Maryland coal region... 516 66 66 new inspection law of.. Massachusetts, condition of banks in.. 66 nav'n, commerce and fisheries of 747 66 66 66 66 66 66 66 railroads, dividends of... 378 divid's of banks in, out of Boston 348 and clerks, a word to the former. Mercantile blindness, ten years......................... 66 character, key to... 66 66 PAGE 88,217, 342, 466, 598, 721 123, 227, 374, 496, 629, 748 204 84, 212, 339, 463, 595, 721 522 773 Ocean, mysteries of the.. 391 transport, cost of.. 261 Ohio law on adulteration of liquors.. 648 66 finances of.. 66 565 66 650 91 265 "bank taxation in.... 231 66 565 law of relating to bank notes. 617 229 504 260 754 Ottoman Empire, commerce of the.. 327 403 136 132 P. law cases,&c. 74, 202, 328, 454, 584, 712 Mexico, New, quicksilver in value of lands in....... Millionaires of St. Louis 110, 232, 352, 467, 607, "37 318 117, 247, 374, 496, 629, 748 of lands in Ohio.. 504 66 of population, 126, 252, 367, 511, 637, 754 of agriculture, 469 458 66 497 758 128, 255, 371, 504, 640, 756 Russia, commerce with, in peace and war... 521 St. Louis chamber of com'ce, resolutions of. 261 66 finances of..... 66 commerce of United States with Russian vessels, on the sale of...... 66 Empire, pop'lat'n & geog. position of 370 66 66 66 Steamboat navigation on western rivers. 376 ..... ... Sail, improvement in shortening. 367 19 626 66 66 66 352 held as security for free bank in Ind. 491 102 611 Separate property of husband and wife..... 579 Tea and coffee trade. Ship-owners, liability of.... Ship, contract for sale of......................................................... 79 owners Ships, composition for sheathing.... cleared from London to Australia.... 107 66 Shoal off New Point Comfort discovered.... 510 Tonnage of New York and Boston compared 360 135 642 Tea, the material for adulterating........ 776 328 66 finances of.. 425 332 600 642 79 707 66 PAGE PAGE Trade and commerce of Cincinnati in 1854.. 544 United States, moneys appro. by Congress of 731 66 66 66 cotton. Transcript, Freeman Hunt to ed. of Boston.. 518 reciprocity, between U. States & G. B. 607 progress of population of.... 675 361 Unseaworthiness of vessels..... 206 195 520 V. Underwriters of New York with reference to 623 63 Vermont, issue of fraudulent stocks of 732 636 133 91, 222 Victoria railroad bridge at Montreal.. 501 768 66 66 tobacco and flour trade in 1853-54. 600 251 238 66 and U. Kingdom, trade betw. 360 Warehouses, duties of officers in U.S. bonded 471 714 93 16 347 Wealth, true basis of national.. 195 treasury, deposits in the... general post-office in the..... 305 1790 to 1850.. 220 funded debt of..... production and exportation of U. S.: 507 Wisconsin, condition of the banks of.. 66 Wives and daughters of merchants. 72 289 66 66 46 66 66 66 642 116 349 432 384 522 640 295 branch mint at S. Francisco.. 228 356 Wool-growing in South Carolina. 762 606 642 386 and cleared.... 355 World, iron manufactures of the.... ART. CONTENTS OF NO. I., VOL. XXXI. ARTICLES. PAGE I. SAIL AND STEAM COMMERCE. Desiderata of Sail Commerce-Obvious Advantages of their Reformation-The Desiderata of steam Commerce-Inefficiency of Collins' Steamer "Pacific's " Wheels-Her Unavailable Motive Power-River Steamers......... II. THE FIELD OF THE AMAZON. Fractional Aspect of the Mississippi-Relations with the Amazon-Atlantic the Natural Outlet of Western South America-The Permanent Region of Commercial Supremacy-Description of the Amazon-Population, Products, and Trade of its Valley-Peru, Bolivia, Brazil, upon its Free Navigation. By ENOCH HALE, Jr., Esq, of New York..... III. THE ELEMENTS OF BUSINESS SUCCESS.-By MATTHEW Hale Smith, Esq., of the Suffolk Bar, Massachusetts.. 19 39 56 ..... IV. A UNIFORM SYSTEM OF Coinage for COMMERCIAL NATIONS. By Dr. J. H. GIBBON, of the United States' Branch Mint, North Carolina............... V. ELEVATED RAILROAD TERRACE FOR BROADWAY. By J. B. WICKERSHAM..... JOURNAL OF MERCANTILE LAW. Ship-owners-Specific Performance of a Contract... .......... Liability of Railroad Companies for the Delivery of Goods, etc 74 78 79 79 Carriers by Sea-Bills of Lading-Robbers-Dangers of the Road.-Ship-owners-Insurance.... 80 COMMERCIAL CHRONICLE AND REVIEW: EMBRACING A FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL REVIEW OF THE UNITED STATES, ETC., ILLUSTRA TED WITH TABLES, ETC., AS FOLLOWS: Condition of the Money Market throughout the Country-Prospects of the Fall Trade-State of the Manufacturing Interests-Building and other Improvements-Receipts of Railroad Companies, and Pecuniary Effect of Careless Management-Explosion of the Parker Vein Coal Co. -Necessity of Guarding against Fraudulent Issues of Stock-Condition of the Banks at New York and Boston-Comparative Receipts of Leading Railroads for May-Deposits and Coinage at United States Mint for May-Foreign Imports at New York for May, and since January 1st -Causes of Increased Receipts-Comparative Imports of Dry Goods for May, and during the last Five Months-Revenue of the Country, with a Statement of Receipts at New York and Philadelphia-Exports from New York to Foreign Ports for May and since January 1st-Exports of Leading Articles of Domestic Produce to June 17th-Imports and Exports for Eleven Months of the Fiscal Year, etc., etc.... ..... 81-88 89 |