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EDITOR OF THE LIBRARY OF COMMERCE, ETC.; CORRESPONDING MEMBER OF THE AMERICAN
STATISTICAL SOCIETY; MEMBER OF THE NEW YORK HISTORICAL SOCIETY; HONOR-

ARY MEMBER OF THE MERCANTILE LIBRARY ASSOCIATIONS OF NEW YORK,

BOSTON, BALTIMORE, AND LOUISVILLE, ETC., ETC.

VOLUME FIFTEEN.

FROM JULY TO DECEMBER, 1846.

NEW YORK:

PUBLISHED AT 142 FULTON-STREET.

1846.

CONTRIBUTORS

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TO THE

FIFTEENTH VOLUME OF THE MERCHANTS' MAGAZINE.

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J. K. ANGELL, Esq., of Rhode Island, author of several standard
Law Works.

Rev. J. N. BELLOWS, of Massachusetts.

J. E. BLOOMFIELD, Esq., of New Jersey.

Hon. THOMAS G. CARY, Merchant, of Massachusetts.

CALVIN COLTON, ESQ., author of the "Life and Times of Henry Clay."
PETER CLARK, Esq., of New York.

Gen. H. A. S. DEARBORN, of Massachusetts, author of a "Memoir
of the Commerce and Navigation of the Black Sea, &c."

E. HASKET DERBY, ESQ., of Massachusetts.

ISRAEL DILLE, Esq., of Ohio.

FRANCIS O. DORR, ESQ., of New York.

V. M. DRAKE, Esq., of New Jersey.

GEORGE GORDON, F. S. S., late of London, England.

ABIJAH INGRAHAM, M. D., of New York.

JOHN B. JERVIS, Esq., Civil Engineer, of New York.

THOMAS PRENTICE KETTELL, Esq., of New York.

JAMES H. LANMAN, ESQ., author of the "History of Michigan." CHARLES LANMAN, ESQ., of New York, author of "Essays for Summer Hours."

Prof. C. F. McCAY, of the University of Georgia.

A. NASH, Esq., of New York.

Hon. Judge B. F. PORTER, of Alabama.

HENRY G. RICE, ESQ., Merchant, of Massachusetts.

JUNIUS SMITH, Esq., of New York.

Prof. J. L. TELLKAMPF, LL. D., of Columbia College, New York.
FRANCIS H. UPTON, Esq., of New York.

GEORGE ATKINSON WARD, A. M., Merchant, of New York.

Hon. F. WHITTLESEY, of New York; and

FREEMAN HUNT, sole Editor and Proprietor, etc.

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.

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ACTION to recover amount of clearance bond,.. 289 BACON exported at New Orleans, 1845-6,..
Administration of Railroads of Massachusetts... 234 64 trade in, at St. Louis,..

Advertising Liabilities,..

African Slave Trade,..

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"of New York and Virginia,. 281 46
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of England, leading features of........... 397

weekly returns,............. 422
securities and deposits.... 588
Merchants', and John Randolph...

Alkali, manufacture, improvements in.......... 601 of New York dividends, 1845-6.......... 492
Almaden, Silver Mines of........
316
immed. means & liabilities, 392
218 Banking, Currency and Finance, Journal of, 100,
202, 419, 312, 615

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....................................... 140 Banks' Strait, Light in.................................................................... 311
.......... 141 Banks of New Orleans paying specie........... 86
of Boston, dividends 1844 to 1846........ 491
in Ohio, movements of.......... 102
of the State of New York.............. 312

Indian Archipelago,.

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States, 1843-4,.....
duty on,
Tobacco in Germany,...... 54
Consumption of Tobacco in Germany, 54
Duty on, Tobacco in France& England 54 Benevolent Chinese Merchant.....

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Report of Post Master General,...
Tobacco Crop of Ohio,..

Exports to France, Netherlands, and
Hanse Towns, .... ... ... .... ... ... ....
Imports and Exports from and into
Ports beyond Cape of Good Hope,.
Pottery manuf'g co., Jersey City........

Anecdote of Edinburgh Merchant,.
Aqueduct, Croton, Finances of,..

Archipelago, Indian,........

Architecture, Naval,..

Aromatique Vegetable Distillations,....

Arno, Navigation of the....................

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46 Railroads, receipts per day, 1838 39... 247

56 Berberah, caravan trade at......
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Boston, foreign vessels arrived and cl'd, 1840-45.. 37, Buffalo robes furnished by the western fur trade, 217

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ish mail steamers, 1840-5.......... 37
comparative tonnage of Boston, Massa-
chusetts, and the United States, '25-45 38
comparative imports, exports and reve-
nue of Boston and U. S. 1824-45....
relative per centage of all the commerce

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66 breadstuffs received from.............. 298

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receipts and shipments of produce, '44-45 353
Buoyage on the East coast,........
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CABLES, manufactured at Manilla,.
Camden whip factory,.....

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Canada, imports from.............
Canadian imports,..

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of U. S. belonging to Boston & Mass.,
voyages of British mail steamers, '40 45.
revenue of goods imported in '40-45.... 40
ice trade in '45-6...

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66 Economist,..

export of domestic cotton, 1845-6....... 40 Canal, railr'd and steamb't statistics, 609,508,209, 414
Canals, tolls on N. Y., and Penn. 1845-46,.............. 490
....... 598
Candle manufactory, sperm, Jersey City,...
Canton, deliveries of Bombay cotton, 1843-45... 605
Carriers, by sen,........

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statistics of the cotton trade............ 112 Claims for French spoliations,..
trade and commerce, statistics of....... 116 Clearance bond,.....

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" Irish produce and manufactures export-

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Coal, product of, in the several states of Europe,. 515
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rates of toll, &c., Reading & Phil. R. R.,. 99
product of, in Virginia and Penn.,........ 286
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............ 422 Coffee imported into U. S. from Netherlands,.... 402
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consumed in Belgium and France,.......
mail steamers between Liv'l and Boston. 320
Colonial trade, vessels and tonnage, 1832-45..... 117
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estimated sales in New York, 1845-46,... 396
monthly import into New York......... 396
exported from New Orleans, 1845-46,... 404

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compar. ann. exports, at N. O., 1837-46,.. 406
press,....

111 Counterfeiting labels, etc.............

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556 Counting-house of a Hamburgh merchant,..
131 Cred. and debtor in Louisiana, law of... 71, 471, 580
legislation respecting laws of,.. 425
188, 587 Creditor's liberality to a fraudulent debtor,...... 218

Chronicle& Review, 85,488,389,296,

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regulations,... 92, 495, 398, 300, 194, 613 Croton Aqueduct, finances of....

sketches of Sierra Leone,..

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statistics,......... ....517,326, 214, 603 Cured provisions imported into the U. States,... 411
572 Currency of Sierra Leone,.......
banking and finance, 100, 202, 419, 312,
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statistics of the U. S. Macgregor's, 60 Customs, nett revenue of, 1839-45,.............. 119
interc'e bet'n Amer. and Ger.States, 51 66 receipts, 1845-46,.
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industry,.....
35 Custom duties, British, in India,............... 109

value of insects,,............................. 110 66 house bond, action to recover on,...... 84
absurdity,......

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426 Diamond dust, increased demand for............ 418
Cordage and cables manufactured at Manilla,... 317
mines of Sincura,...... .......... 600
Corn exported at New Orleans, 1845-46,.. 406 Distillations, aromatique vegetable...........
.......... 417
av. price in England and Wales, 1845-46,.. 591 Dividends, New York Bank, 1845-46,..
Docking ships and steamboats at New Orleans,.. 413
compar. prod. of Ky, Va., Tenn., and Md., 286 Drawback on merchandise imported into U. S.

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