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MERCHANTS' MAGAZINE

AND

COMMERCIAL REVIEW.

ESTABLISHED BY FREEMAN HUNT IN 1839.

VOLUME THIRTY-EIGHT.

FROM JANUARY TO JUNE, INCLUSIVE, 1858.

New York:

GEO. W. & JNO. A. WOOD, 142 FULTON-STREET.

1858.

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THE THIRTY-EIGHTH VOLUME OF THE

MERCHANTS' MAGAZINE AND COMMERCIAL REVIEW.

ABBOTT BROTHERS, Counselors-at-Law, New York.

DAVID M. BALFOUR, Esq., of Boston.

W. W. BATES, Esq., Naval Architect, of New York.

A. N. BELL, M. D., of New York, late of the United States Navy.

E. B. BISHOP, Esq., of Louisiana.

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

CHARLES H. CARROLL, Merchant, of Massachusetts.

BEN CASSEDAY, Esq., Editor Louisville "Commercial Review."

J. S. DE AGREDA, Consul of Venezuela at New York.

GEO. DUTTON, Merchant, of Rochester, New York.

EDMUND DWIGHT, Esq., of New York.

CHARLES W. Frederickson, Broker, of New York.
FRANKLIN B. HOUGH, A. M., M. D., of New York.

THOMAS P. KETTELL, Esq., of New York.

J. PIERCE, Jr., of the United States Legation at St. Petersburg.

EZRA C. SEAMAN, Esq., of Michigan.

RICHARD SULLEY, Esq., of Indiana.

GEORGE TUCKER, LL. D., of Pennsylvania.

AMASA WALKER, late Secretary of State of Massachusetts.

H. M. WHITNEY, Esq., Editor Pacific Commercial Advertiser."

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INDEX TO VOLUME XXXVIII.,

FROM JANUARY TO JUNE, INCLUSIVE, 1858.

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production of cotton in..........
British exports to

Australian Colonies, sales of public lands in. 375

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Austria, population of the empire of...

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Baltimore. imports & prices of salt at, for 1857 437
66 prices of corn at, for two years.... 425
exp'rts of tobacco fr'm, for 13 years 426
prices of wheat at, for four years.. 424
imports & exports from, for '56-57 418
receipts of grain at, for four years. 423
inspec. of wheat & flour at, 14 years 423
receipts of cotton at, for four years 427
imp'rtations molass's at, for 18 yrs.. 430
prices of provisions at, for 2 years. 431
imports of sugar at, for 18 years... 428
export of provisions from, for 4 yrs. 43!
commerciai regulations at..

causes of the commercial crisis... 722
clearing-house at....

Bottomry bond on vessel and cargo, action
banks, weekly returns of...

to enforce

66

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Bottomry on vessel, cargo, and freight..
Bread, manuf. and cost of, in Lynchburg, Va. 504
antecedent debt, power of master 322
Breadstuffs, prices of, in N. York for 10 years 92
Bremen, United States treasury letter on ves-
sels clearing for

Brick, requisites for making good..
British bankruptcy statistics..

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99

246

602

236

wreck register for five years...
ship lett'r postage, reduction of rat's of 495
India, trade and production of

provinces, circular on exports to the

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annual report of banks of....

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receipts of coal at, for seven years. 434
prices of whisky at, for 1857..

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ships in the fourteenth century...... 772
Post-office, statistics of, for ten years. 750

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discount, rates of, in European cities.. 472 Brooklyn mercantile library association...

436
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Broad Sound, west coast, England, rocks in. 104
Broker, magnanimous act of a...

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dividends of Massachusetts country... 211
and the merchants.

Buenos Ayres, changes in tariff of
Buffalo, New York, commerce and manuf. of 689
330
Bullion, exports of, from California.........
Business, choice of a
258
why merchants are liable to fail in 61
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Calcutta, exports from, in 1856-57.

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of Phila., capital and dividends.

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of Penn., liabilities and resources of 473
of Baltimore, annual report of...
of the U. States. By David M. Balfour 34 i
of New Hampshire, condition of...... 473
or no banks. By Geo. Tucker, LL. D. 147
in the United States in 1837, '47, & '57. 88

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produce bro'ght down to, in '34 & '56 95
Calicoes, cleansing of printed...
763
California and Australia, gold exported from,
in 1847-57, inclusive...
California, exports of bullion from...

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of Apia, Navigator's Islands...

265

Dutch banker of Louisville...

137

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regulations at Baltimore

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Commercial architecture in N. Y., progress of 523 Duties of customs of New Zealand.

enterprise in Holland.......... 263

morality in Ireland............ 264 East India trade, usance of bills in.......... 483

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770 Goods delivered, action to recover balance for 582
Electrotyping and galvanoplastie............ 508 Grain, receipts of, at Baltimore for four years 424

Eleventh hour people....

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132 66 and flour, exports of, from U. States... 94
measurement of, in Philadelphia..... 477
Grape, (Isabella,) history of.......

Emigrants to U.S., governm't regulations for 517
England and Wales, facts ab't family names in 256
industrial population of

railroads in......

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Great Britain, who originated the railway
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Great Britain, imports of specie and bullion
into, from 1855-57..

474

500

Europe, marine insurance in.

492

European cities, rates of discount in......... 472
Example worthy of imitation...

66

137

Exports--see "Com. Chron. and Review"
each month; also name of place.
Exports and imports from 1789 to 1857......
Exposition of the crisis of 1857. By George
Dutton...

Great Britain, imports & exp'rts of specie fr'm 734
railroads in..
Grocer and his apprentice, the.
Groomsport new life-boat..

756

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Hanover coast, Germany, Borcum lighth'se at 489
Havana, commerce of, for ten years....
Hawaiian or Sandwich Islands, ports of. By
H. M. Whitney..

Failures caused by want of self-reliance..... 524 ide and leather business in Philadelphia... 346

Farm, description of a Roman.......

Health bills for Spanish ports...

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Fire brick, requisites for making good..
"and life insurance, the importance of..
Fires, lives lost in United States by, in 1856-57 231
16 in the U. S., losses by, in 1856-57..... 230
Fish and oyster trade of Baltimore..
Fishery (whale) in 1857...

a great commercial enterprise in... 263
Honolulu, notice of marine telegraph at..... 487
Human progress; its elements, impediments,
and limits. By Ezra C. Seaman..

610

344

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Illegitimate population, etc....
Illinois, railroad system of....

613
355

Fisheries in the Gulf of St. Lawrence........ 393
Florida Reef, lighthouses on...

66

Flour and wheat, exports of, from Toronto
Flour, price of, in Philadelphia for 1855-57.. 354
and grain, exports of, from U. S...... 94
prices of, for eleven years....
Forests of the United States, consumption of,
France, production of wine in..

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coasting trade of...

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641

643

102

386

756

Illinois and Michigan canal, business of..... 383
66 debts and finances of the State of.... 275
66 bank, picture of an........
264
Immigrants, measures of Jamaica for obt'ning 646
Immigration into United States for 15 years. 767
Immigration into Canada from Europe in 1852 128

66 how much the U. S. owe to it... 645
Imports-see "Com. Chron. and Review"
each month; also name of place.
Imports and exports from 1789 to 1857...... 91

748

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French mercantile marine, losses by accidents
at sea....
French ports, American vessels going into..
Fresnel light, the improved........

imports and exports of gold and silver
from.....

96

India, British, trade and production of....

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companies in State of New York. 228
George's bank, decrease in depth of water on 103 Investments in real estate, safety of.... 266

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companies of Philadelphia.

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of lives upon railroads..

66 and China, the overland mails to..... 627
Indorsing and lending, reckless
262
Insurance, marine, average and arbitration.. 624
66 life and fire, the importance of... 625
company, damages against a fire.. 626
commissioners, the Mass, board of 627
journal of... 107, 228, 359, 489, 624, 747
increased rates of.

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separating it from foreign substances.. 639
"exports of, from San Francisco.... 471 Journal of mercantile law,

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