HUNT'S

MERCHANTS' MAGAZINE.

AND

COMMERCIAL REVIEW.

CONDUCTED BY FREEMAN HUNT,

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 THIRTEEN.

FROM JULY TO DECEMBER, 1845.

NEW-YORK:

PUBLISHED AT 142 FULTON-STREET

MDCCCXLV.

Francis Bowen, Preez. in Haro, Zenios 1853 July 2

THIRTEENTH VOLUME OF THE MERCHANTS' MAGAZINE.

ROCKAXY Econ P 13.1. 50

Hon. FRANCIS O. J. SMITH, of Maine.
M. CAREY LEA, Esq., of Pennsylvania.
BARNABAS BATES, Esq., of New York.

HENRY MIDDLETON, Jr., Esq., of South Carolina.
HENRY K. STRONG, Esq., of Pennsylvania.

George Atkinson Ward, A. M., of New York.

Mr. JOHN A. PARKER, of New York.

ISRAEL DILLE, Esq., of Ohio.

ROBERT VAUGHAN, D. D., of England.

J. W. SCOTT, Esq., of Ohio.

GEORGE DITSON, Esq., Vice-Consul of U. S. at Nuevitas.

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

W. DRUGULIN, Esq., of England.

CHARLES F. HOFFMAN, Esq., of New York.

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

PETER CLARK, Esq., of New York.

A. NASH, Esq., of New York.

JOHN SPARE, M. D., of Massachusetts.

Professor C. F. M'CAY, of the University of Georgia.

D. R. JAQUES, Esq., of New York.

Alexander JONES, M. D., of New York.
WILLIAM E. CRAMER, Esq., of New York.
Mr. E. MERRIAM, of New York.

JESSE CHICKERING, M. D., of Massachusetts.
Hon. WILLIAM W. CAMPBELL, of New York.
Mr. CHARLES F. OSBORNE, of Virginia.
FREEMAN HUNT, the Editor and Proprietor.

The names of the contributors are annexed to the titles of each article in the con tents of each number, except such as have been prepared or adopted by the editor.

INDEX TO VOL. XIII.

FROM JULY TO DECEMBER, INCLUSIVE, 1845.

A.

AGRICULTURAL Products exported from United States,

Alabama, Duties on Imports and Tonnage, 1804-43,

Annual Products of Industry, .

(South,) Cotton Crop of,

Exports, Imports, Duties on Imports, Tonnage, etc., 1811-44,

American and Foreign Tonnage entered and cleared the United States, 1844,

Balance of Trade in favor of and against the United States,

Page

559

. 197

418

. 419

420

203

. 299

192

335, 336

370

. 283

581

. 581
471
563, 474
266
. 266

New Orleans, "

Manufacture of Lace at Bruges-Linen Trade-Culture of Flax,

Joint Stock Companies,

Export of Flowers-Curious Fraud in the Sugar Trade,.

Raw Sugar imported and exported-Calico Printing,

Book Trade in Brussels,

Antwerp, Shipping,

Contrabandism-Maritime Trade-Silk and Cotton Manufacture,