S. Stockholm, bank, 419 SAFETY FUND LAW, insolvent banks under,.... 313 Stockholders in insurance companies, rights of.. 585 Saltpetre, law for dealers in................. Savings Banks in Boston,............ 92 Straw braider, Tuscan,.... 506 ...... 43 provident institution for Boston, 1829-45, 43 46 in the United Kingdom,... 44 .... 106 compar. prices on the Levee, 1842-46,.... 410 at Lowell, deposits, 1841-45,...... 212 Superior, Lake, mines of........ of Denmark, reduction of... 307 46 66 306 Silk goods, imports and exports of Germany,.... 258 Tariffs of the U. S., chronology of......... Small-pox, deaths by in city of N. Y. 1805-45,... 160 Teas exported from China,.. 219 215 200 extension of magnetic.. 513 598 64 201 Virginia, Maryland and Kentucky, 510 556 Tobacco, duty in Germany, France and England, 54 consumption in Germany,.... smuggling in England,.. 54 58 inspection and exports of Virginia..... 518 exported from New Orleans, 1841-46,.. 405 ..... 603 ........... 331 496 crop of Ohio,..... 46 366 612 201 .. 419 66 ... 355 604 exported from the U. S., 1821-45,. .......... 195 Steam, application to paddle and propeller,...... 67 Toll on coal, Philadelphia and Reading Railroad, 99 II. MINERAL REGION AND RESOURCES OF MISSOURI. BY ISRAEL DILLE, of Ohio,.. 28 III PROGRESSIVE WEALTH AND COMMERCE OF BOSTON,.. IV. AMERICAN ATLANTIC MAIL STEAMERS: With Reference to the Increase of Commer- cial Intercourse between the American and the German States. By Prof. J. L. TELLKAMPF, V. MACGREGOR'S COMMERCIAL STATISTICS OF THE UNITED STATES,.......... VI. THE SOUTHWESTERN CONVENTION, AT MEMPHIS: With Reference to the Com- merce, Manufactures, Internal Improvements, and Resources of the South and Southwest,... 63 VII. FIRST APPLICATION OF STEAM TO THE PADDLE-WHEEL AND PROPELLER. VIII. THE LAW OF DEBTOR AND CREDITOR IN LOUISIANA. By FRANCIS H. UPTON, IX. MARITIME LAW, NO. XI-RESPONDENTIA LOANS. By A. NASH, Esq., of N. Y.,.. 75 Notes-Endorsers--Power of Attorney,... Action of Assumpsit-Commission Merchant,.. Action of Assumpsit on a Memorandum Check-Merchantable Goods,. Counterfeiting Foreign Labels by Manufacturers in the United States, EMBRACING A FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL REVIEW of the united stATES, ETC., ILLUSTRATED WITH TABLES, ETC., AS FOLLOWS: Commercial Affairs disturbed by diplomatic difficulties-Settlement of the Oregon Question-Com- mercial Importance of Peace between England and the United States-Mexican War-Rate of Bills at different periods-Condition of Banks of New Orleans-Prices of Produce in New York market- Grain and Flour in Bond in Great Britain-Average Price of Grain in Great Britain, two last years- Export of Wheat Flour and Corn in New York-Condition of the Provision-market-Finances of 2 Knoll near the West End of the Pan Sand.-Buoyage on the East Coast,... Light-House on the Southern part of Bermuda.-British Marine Society.-Point-a-Petre, Guadaloupe,. 96 Buoyage of the Gull Stream.-Port of Wilmington, North Carolina,.. Accidents on Railways in England.-Receipts of English Railways, from 1843 to 1845,.. Reduction of Fares on English Railways.-Troy and Greenbush (New York) Railroad,.. Rates of Freight and Toll on Coal on the Reading Railroad,................ Manufactures of Hemp and Flax imported into the United States, from 1821 to 1845, inclusive,....... Imports, Exports, and Consumption of the United States, from 1789 to 1845,... Statistics of British Trade and Commerce, in 1845,....... Value of British and Irish Produce and Manufactures exported from the United Kingdom to different British Revenue of Customs in each year, from 1839 to 1845,. Silks entered the United Kingdom for Home Consumption, in each year, from 1814 to 1844,.. British Silk Goods, value exported from U. Kingdom to different countries, from 1826 to 1845,. JOURNAL OF BANKING, CURRENCY AND FINANCE. Savings Banks in England, Scotland, Wales, and Ireland,.. Movement of the Ohio Banks, Resources and Liabilities, May, 1846,. Manufactures and Products of Connecticut, in 1845.-Manufacture of Potato Sugar,................. 106 American Manufactures in Russia.-French Gobelin Manufactory.-Lead Mines of Illinois,........... 107 Commerce and the Art of the Mechanic.--Gold Printed Muslins,..... Invention of an Extraordinary Scarf Shawl. Yankee Notions in England,... The Wines of Syria.-British Customs Duties in India.-Fire Insurance in New York,.. African Slave Trade.-British Merchant Seamen.-Commercial Value of Insects,.. Louisiana Law of Debtor and Creditor.-Commerce of France and Belgium,.... British Statistics of the Cotton Trade.-Marblehead Fisheries,....... Decrease of the Madeira Wine Trade.-First Importation of American Poultry into England,.. HUNT'S MERCHANTS' MAGAZINE. JULY, 1846. Art. I.-PRESENT STATE OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY IN ITALY.* DUCHY OF MODENA-POPULATION OF THE ITALIAN STATES-PRODUCTS-MANUFACTURING AND AGRICULTURAL INDUSTRY-MARINE-COMMERCE OF MODENA BY LAND AND SEA-DUCHY OF LUCCA, ITS POPULATION-EMPLOYMENTS of the PEOPLE-MARITIME COMMERCE-EXPORTSGRAND DUCHY OF TUSCANY-ITS POPULATION, COMMERCE, AND INDUSTRY-MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY IN THE DEPARTMENT OF PISA-NAVIGATION OF THE ARNO-RAILWAYS IN TUSCANY, ETC., ETC. DUCHY OF MODENA. Population. Consumption is the vital element of all traffic. And if we wish to inquire into the commercial condition of a state, we must first regard its foundation in the amount of the population. According to the most recent data, the duchy of Modena contains 396,000 inhabitants, divided as follows: Province of Modena, 230,000; Reggia, 100,000; Garfagnana Estense, 30,000; Lunigiaria Estense, 14,000; Massa Carrara, 22,000; total, 396,000. Nearly one-half of the soil is jagged by the Appenines, which divide it into two districts, altogether distinct. The most populous portion of the duchy, situated in the plains of Lombardy, contains 330,000 inhabitants, while the maritime provinces, ultra-Appenine, contain only 60,000. These last named provinces are comprised in the vice-consular district of Viareggio, extending from the mouth of the Magra to that of the Arno, and form the subject of the following observations. Garfagnana is mountainous and sterile. Lunigiana, which forms part of the valley of Magra, is richer in culture and products. The duchy of Massa Carrara is blessed with a sky so mild, a climate so soft, and a soil so fruitful, that it may well be said to be an abode of delights. Products. Chesnuts are the principal production of Garfagnana. In the plains of Lunigiana, and in Massa, are cultivated grain, legumes, fruits, garlick, onions, wines, and, in some parts, the mulberry. In the provinces of Massa, thick woods, entirely of oranges and lemons, forming the principal fortune of the owners, are to be found. In other parts, the • Translated from “Giornale del Lloyd Austriaco,” for the Merchants' Magazine. |