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

fire and marine mutual insurance, 1845.. 43
savings banks,....

transactions in real estate, 1836-45..

66

43

by land, law,
Caravan trade in Berberah,.

44

Casco Brig......

44

valuation of real and pers'l estate, 1800-45 46
city debt, 1823-45

48

Cast iron, first manufac. in Michigan,..
Carbonates of the alkaline earths,....
Causes of failure among men of business,.
Census of London,.......

556

267

139

290

212

... 174

266

103

49

Braider, Tuscan straw......

319

Breadstuffs received from Buffalo, Oswego and

British Empire, vessels,ton. men empl'd 1820-45. 117

110 Chapters from the experience of a merchant..... 339
96 Chemistry applied to commerce,.

171

Check memorandum,..

188 Cincinnati steamboat tonnage, 1844,..
exports, declared value of, 1844-6.......

distances between it and Norfolk,.
Mercantile Library rooms,.....
freight on flour to St. Louis,.
imports and exports, 1845-46,.
statistics of the cotton trade............ 112 Claims for French spoliations,..
trade and commerce, statistics of....... 116 Clearance bond,......

government revenue and disb'ts, '45-46.. 315

silk goods exported from the United King-
dom, declared value of, 1826-45..... 120
export of woollen goods,....
............ 121
rates of toll, &c., Reading & Phil. R. R.,. 99
first quarter, '46 121 product of, in Virginia and Penn.......... 286
121 Cochin China,...
...... 139
Coins, foreign, value in the United States,....... 100
398 Coinage
of the U. S. Mint and branches,....... 202
commercial marine, from 1821-45,...... 413]
American land company....
421

mines of Prussia, .

316

trade, British,.

121

205
of the Branch Mints, from 1838 to 1845,. 205
imported into U. S. from Netherlands,.... 402
consumed in Belgium and France,....... 426
voyages from 1840-46..... 320 Colonial trade, vessels and tonnage, 1832-45..... 117

post office returns, for 1846,............ 422 Coffee
mail steamers between Liv'l and Boston. 320

Broker's commission on houses sold for an adv'e

on mortgage,....

Commerce and progressive wealth of Boston,.. 34 Cotton,comparative prices, from middling to fair, 410

and industry of Italy, present state of, 19
of France of Belgium,....

monthly import into New York......... 396
exported from New Orleans, 1845-46,... 404
compar. ann. exports, at N. O., 1837-46,.. 406
press......
331

law, elements of.........

44

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

46

111 Counterfeiting labels, etc....................... 484
Commercial code of Spain, No. 2,.............. 556 Counting-house of a Hamburgh merchant,...... 177

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
regulations,... 92, 495, 398, 300, 194, 613 Croton Aqueduct, finances of... .... ... ... .... ... ·
statistics.............. 517, 326, 214, 603 Cured provisions imported into the U. States,... 411
sketches of Sierra Leone,...

572 Currency of Sierra Leone.......

relations bet'n U. S. and Mexico, 250,310
code of Spain,.........

267

46

banking and finance, 100, 202, 419, 312,

colonial,.....

treaty between France and Belgium, 94
statistics of the U. S. Macgregor's,. 60 Customs, nett revenue of, 1839-45,..

interc'e bet'n Amer. and Ger.States, 51

industry.......

value of insects,........

absurdity,.....

agency, London,..

Commission brokers,.............

315

574

497, 615

497

... 119

208

109

35 Custom duties, British, in India.....
110 64 house bond, action to recover on,...... 84
217

D.

Connecticut, productive industry of............ 565
manufactures and produce of...... 106
in 1845,...

Contract,..

66

602

imprisonment for abolished in Louisiana,.. 73
of the State of New York,............. 419
and revenue power of European nations,.. 505
Debtor fraudulent, a creditor's liberality to..... 218
66 and creditor in Louisiana,..

66 and creditor,.......

70, 471
........... 425

290 Denmark, reduction of tariff,.................. 307
618 Deposits of the U. S. Mint, 1845,... 202
in Savings Banks, Lowell, 1841-45,.... 212
44 United States, amount and location,... 192

63

66

319

smelting, in the west,.................. 105 Devil's Rock, Western Islands,................. 507
426 Diamond dust, increased demand for............ 418
66 mines of Sincura,...

Cordage and cables manufactured at Manilla,... 317

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,.......... 492

in sacks, prices at New Orleans, 1842-46.... 411 Docking ships and steamboats at New Orleans,.. 413
compar. prod. of Ky, Va., Tenn., and Md., 286 Drawback on merchandise imported into U. 8,

decline of at Bombay,........... 607 Duties, British Custom, in India,.........

of Lucca,
of Tuscany,

64

"... 21

"... 23

British export of, 1844-45,. 602 EAST INDIA Co., revenue and disbursements of... 314

44

average price per pound, 1790-1844,...... 380 Economist, Canadian...................

220

282

and imports of Sierra Leone,..
F.

........573

Edinburgh merchant, anecdote of.............. 522 Exports of Virginia, 1838-40,...
66
381
Education of a man of business,..
131
Elements of commercial law,..............................
Enterprise of Massachusetts manufacturers,..... 213
Endorsers,.........................................................................
England, revenue and expenditure of........... 100
summary of savings banks in......... 102
population of all the cities, 1841....... 103

64

82

FACTORY, cotton, in Florida,.
whip, in Camden....

417

418

....... 260

Factories, wages of women in................. 212
trading, at Sierra Leone,............ 573
Failure in business, causes of..
Fair, national, at Washington,
Ferries, Brooklyn steamboat..
Fever, yellow.....

Fieri facias, writ of....

county towns, '41, 104
108
Yankee notions in........
accidents on railways, 1840-45,....... 97
reduction of National Debt of........ 313
duty on tobacco in..................
premium for exchange on........... 217
tobacco smuggling in,............... 521 Finances of the Croton Aqueduct,.
Bank of.................................. 397, 422

54

181

513

160

.....

74

497, 615

315

208

Finance, currency and banking, 100, 202, 312, 419,

of the United States, 1844-46,.

securities and deposits,. 588 Fire and Marine mutual insurance, Boston, 1845,. 43
Spanish flour in,........

income and expenditure,............. 616 Fires in Boston, 1838-45,..
and Wales, av. price of corn,........ 591 Fish, Preserved, biography of........
English railroads, receipts, 1843-45... 97, 460 Fisheries, Marblehead..........
Erie Canal and Western Railroad,..
Fishkill Creek manufactories,.....
359 Flax manufactured in U. S., 1821-45,..

109

42

582

112

376

113

transportation of milk on........ 210 compar. prod. in Va., Ky., Tenn., and Md., 286

Europe, production of coal in.................

quotation of wheat in............. 397 Flour, Spanish, in England...........

barrels of, exported from U. S., 1840-45,.. 90

British and Irish produce, etc., 1827-44... 118 Foreign banking establishments...

from New Orleans and Mobile, 1844,.... 65
compar. of Boston and U. S., 1824-45,... 39
of teas from China,.....

215
of lard and cheese from the U. S., 1844-5, 216
from Great Britain to the U. S.......... 219
declared value of British, 1844-46,...
of the port of New York,..

419

ports, passengers arr. at N. Y., 1827-45... 161
nations, relative naval power,.....

France, consumption of coffee in..

average rates of railroad fare,.

duty on tobacco in.........

exports to, 1845,. . . . . . . . . .

......

commercial treaty with Belgium,...
commerce of, with Belgium,....

.. 151
.... 426

246

54

94

111

488 French islands of St. Peter and Miquelon,..... 216

518

spoliations,.....

Francs and sterling in New York, 1843-46,.
480 Fraudulent debtor,.......

520 Free trade association at Montreal,.

of cotton goods from Boston, 1845-46,...
of cotton from the U.S., 1844-46....... 395 Freights arrived at St. Louis, 1844-45,.

366

492-3

218

...... 220

1841-46,.... 405
on coal, Phila. and Reading Railroad,.. 99
1841-46..... 405 Fulton, Robert, first voyage,....
1837-46,.... 406 Fur trade, Western,.......
1844-46,.... 406

468

217

G.

of bread-stuffs from New York, 1845-45,. 392 Georgia Railroad and Banking Company

296 Georgia iron mines,...

256 German Zollverein,..............................................

...... 406 GENESSEE flour, prices in New York..
357 Genoa, Bank of...........

319

255

257

258

Population in each State..........
Duties on imports........

255

.............

256

2581 Imports and exports, 1844-45.............. 256

Hardware trade, frauds in...................

Harsimus curled hair & h'rcloth manuf'y.

average price of....................

monthly export from New York, 1843-45.
Grand Duchy of Tuscany, com'ce and industry of
Great Britain, grain in bond in......................

import of tobacco from U.S. '41-5. 296
grain trade of...........
....... 216
export of goods to U. S., 1845.... 190

Greenbush and Troy Railroad
Gronskars, light-house on.........
Guadaloupe, Pointe-a-Petre........
Gull Stream,...

Gunpowder, law for dealers in....

HAMBURGH, Bank of..

H.

of New York and Virginia, 1821-32.... 281
into Europe and America, from places

66

beyond the Cape of Good Hope..... 480
at Cincinnati, 1845-46.....
of Sierra Leone........
Imprisonment for debt, policy of.........
abolished in Louisiana.. 73
98 India, British, custom duties in.......
201
culture of cotton.....
96 Indian Archipelago....
96, 507 Indian corn (see Corn).
92 Indian mounds......

Industry, manufacturing, in Pisa..

419

109

.. 112

.. 140

480

and commerce of Italy....
manuf'g, in the State of New York.. 369

merchant in his counting-house,... 177 Insects, commercial value of.....

Hanse Towns, exports to........

110

58 Inspection of tobacco in Virginia........

... 518

.....

519

......

573

330

Hartford and New Haven Railroad.............................. 512

.......

Havana, department of Hydrography. ......... 506 Institute, American, Nineteenth exhibition..... 514
Hemp, comparative product of Virginia, Ken- Institution, Provident, for savings in Bos'n, '29-45 43
Insurance, marine........

new light on Island of........................................ 507
Hops and malt, concentrated extract of........ 319
Hort, Dr., his views on contagious diseases.. 158, 159 Internal improvements of Virginia...
Hospital, marine, patients treated in 1799-45.... 161 Internal improvement...
Hudson River steamers, speed of.........

Hudson River, aggregate receipts of leading arti-
cles at tide-water, 1845-46,.....
Hudson and Berkshire Railroad......
Hydrography, department of, at Havana..

I.

ICE TRADE of Boston, 1845-46................
Illinois, lead mines in......

migration into the United States............ 210
Import duties on cotton, Spanish.............. 496
Imports into the United States from Canada.... 309)
Canadian,.......
............................. 219
of United States, 1821-45............................... 327|
cotton manufactures...........
...... 327 JAPAN

46

66

J.

141

iron and steel manufactures, 1821-33... 328 Java, production and exports of....................................... 328
unmanufactured, '21-45. 328 Jersey City, its resources and manufactures..... 597
and duties at New York.............. 393' 66 iron foundry.....
........ 598

Journal of m'ng & manuf's, 105, 514, 316.416.212,597 | Malt and hops, extract of.....

319

bank'g and currency, 100,202,312,419,497 Manilla, manufactures of cables and cordage.... 317
Judiciary of Louisiana.....
71 Manufacture of cotton goods in Germany, 1843.. 257

Jury trial in Louisiana.....

Switzerland..... 265
of wool imported into U. S. '25-45. 326
of silk in New England........

318

of cotton imp'd into U. S. 1821-45. 327
of iron and steel into U. S. 1821-33. 328
of wool in Turkey,..

317

95 Manufactures and mining, journal of.. 105, 212,
316, 416, 514, 597
and cotton-growing, profits of............ 376
and products of Connecticut... 565, 106
British and Irish exports, 1827-44... 118
of hemp and flax imp'd in U.S. '21-45 113
of silk ret'd for home cons'n.. '26-32 120
of cast iron in Michigan........... 212
American iron and steel...

of Dutchess Co....

of Jersey City..

.........

in Tennessee ......

.. 213

522

597

598

599

66

of iron in Great Britain.

exported from United States, 1844-45..... 216 Manufacturers of Massachusetts, enterprise of... 213
Law cases, mercantile.... 585, 82, 185, 289, 384, 485 Manufacturing industry of New York State..... 369
"maritime....

44 of debtor and creditor in Alabama........ 580
"of creditor and debtor, Louisiana...... 70, 471
"commercial, elements of................. 131 Marblehead fisheries..
" of beef and pork inspection....... 185 Marine insurance......
of carriers by sea......... .................................... 556 46
Laws and regulations, quarantine............. 152
Lead mines of Illinois....

64

increase of Lake, 1845..

hospital of N. York, patients, 1799, 1845. 161
society, British.........

96

66

.................... 487
mutual insurance of Boston, 1845...... 43
290 Maritime law.........

75

Liberality to a fraudulent debtor............... 218 Maryland tobacco....

Life insurance, profits and premium of......... 227 Massachusetts railroads, 1845..

424
administrations of..... 234
311 Matteawan manufacturing company........... 370
46 Island of Honduras............................................ 507 Maxims for merchants and business men....... 482
on the Gronskars..
201 Mechanic, art of the......................................................... 108
96 Memphis, convention at..............

44

63
506 Mercantile miscellanies.. 109, 217, 330, 423, 521, 617
law cases..... 82, 185, 289, 384, 485, 585
library rooms of Cincinnati......... 330
and naval biography........

law, chances of success in.......... 475

46

44

582, 446

44

414 Merchandise imp'd into the U. S. drawback on.. 398
foreign, drawback on..................................... 399
imp'd, re-exp'd and cons'd, 1821-45. 115
foreign, re-exp'd from U.S. 1821-45. 116
patron of fine arts...............

80

the British........

331

British, voyages of 1845. 39 Merchants' bank, John Randolph..

64

Mail steam packet company, Royal.......

66

benevolent Chinese.

521

83

82

110

103

320 Merchants and business men, maxims for......

480

509 Merchant service of Sierra Leone..

572