currency

of.

438 Christmas Island, description of....

554

Brazil, coins and
Breadstuffs, import into Great Britain of....... 405 Chronology cotton goods from 1252 to 1846, 171-173
exports of, from Cronstadt........ 203 Cinnabar mines.......
export from U. S. of, in 1847-8.... 423 Cincinnati, population of ...
process for preserving..

44

"

664 Cities, Atlantic and interior.....

189, 302 Clapp, life of the Hon. Asa.......
565 Clasp coupling joint, a new......

born subjects, rights of children and grand-
child'a of, to inh'tance of land in Great
Britain......................

........

453

384

385

396

340

Clerks, merchants, comfort of London........................... 120
Clock, improvement in the.......
342
76 Coal, production of anthracite, from 1820 to 1847 293
"region, Lackawanna and Wyoming.... 290
"mines, the Blackstone......

N. American Colon's, Baltimore exp'ts to 197
duty on magnesia.

regulations of ship-tɔres.

emigration......

railroad statistics.....

sales of copper ore........

649

.....

649

677

452

"fields in England and Wales............. 561
"Taylor's work on, statistics of........... 122
555 Coals exported from England from 1842 to 1847 548
665 Coast Survey, discoveries of..........
666 Cochineals, value of different........

iron and steel trade........................
cotton trade, statistics and history of.... 275 Coin, copper, of the U. States........
produce and manufacture, exports of.... 546
and bullion, statistics of, England..
Broadcloth factories in America.............. 341 Coinage of the British mints in 1847.......
Brooklyn, morocco dressing in... 341 of the Dutch mint.....
Brooms manufactured from white ash......... 341 Coins and currency of Norway....
Buckwheat, product of, in the U. States....... 484
Brazil....
331 Collection district of Brunswick....
451 Collision of vessels, (law case)..
119
steamer's lights, to prevent..

430

234

570 Commerce of the West, internal...............

46

....... 337
19
ancient Greece.............. 243
85

Zollverein.......

U. States with all nat's in 1847 90
of Tyre and Carthage....

355
literature and statistics of........... 669
hist. and prin. of ancient 131, 243, 355, 467
131
of ancient Egypt.......

651

44

46

431

170

453

648

66

prejudices against it............... 392
of Honolulu in 1847................ 543
influence of war upon.......

...... 470
extended empire beneficial to....... 474
promoted by the markets and fairs... 250
security of private prop. 245
impartial adm. of justice 246
extended by means of maritime power 357
promoted by establ'ment of manuf'res 357
planting colonies....... 364
the acc'lation of capital. 364

44

44

51, 287, 385, 503
code of Spain... 59, 178, 619
Chronicle and Review 81, 188, 301,

405, 536, 632

facilities of the two Americas..... 625
statistics.... 87, 196, 321, 417, 543, 640
regulations.. 99, 205, 326, 411, 549, 647
cities of Europe......614, 375, 265, 161

Indiana, Wabash, and Erie... 437 Commercial cities and towns of the U. States
"ship, from Atlantic to Pacific............ 676
Canals, opening and closing of New York...... 657
116
Cape Cod branch railroad............................................................
San Lucas, the Pacific from Monterey to. 214
Carbonic acid as a motive power.............. 228
Cardiff grounds, Bristol Channel.............. 213
355
Carthage, commerce of Tyre and..............
Carthagenians, commercial character of....... 371
Cattle, importation of, in England............
... 650
Census of the U. States in 1830...............
Ceylon, revenue of the island of.......... 105
Channel, Buttermilk.............. ......... 651
Charleston, (8. C.,) condition of banks of...... 224
Charter party, case of....

66 shoals in the...................... 432 Contracts made on Sunday void...............................
................................... 319 Copake or Ancram iron works...

300

450

Chilian ports, Baltimore exports of produce to.. 199 Connecticut, condition of banks of....
China Sea, newly discovered reef in the....... 429
vessels built in, in 1847.

Copper mines on Lake Superior.......
.......... 450| Deal Island, Kent's Group....

coin of the United States.............. 109 Debt of the United States in 1848............. 226
ore, British sales of................... 665 of the Spanish government to England.... 564

mine, process of work'g a Lake Superior 559 Decision to owners and lessees of wharves.....

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

80

95

669

170

region, singular discovery in...... 340 Delaware, vessels built in, in 1847........
Cords, British export of....................... 170 Detroit, vessels ent. and cleared port of, in 1847. 24
Corinth, its situation favorable to commerce.... 249 Dictionaries, commercial.......
Corn, product of, in U. States. · · · · · · · · ....... 484 Dimities, British export of................
Corporations, moral and religious duties of..... 75 District of Columbia, vessels built in, in 1847... 95
Cotton planters and factors, a suit of........... 78 Discoveries of U. S. coast survey.............. 430
consumed in the German Zollverein..... 86 Discount tables, Aiken's......

k

....

440

duck, manufacture of................. 114 Dividends of Philadelphia Banks in 1847-48.... 106
trade, statistics and history of the British 167
of Boston Banks in 1845-1848........ 106
goods, British manufacture of.......... 167

of New York Banks in 1847-48..... 107
of the Baltimore Banks in 1847-48... 108

423

receipts and exports of, at New Orleans. 645 Docks, St. Catharine, London....
cultivation of, in India..................
666 Doings of the U. S. Patent Office in 1847....... 110
goods, chronology of.......
............... 171 Dollars and cents.......
exports of English manufactures of..... 599 Drafts and bills, days of grace on.........
American exports, value and price of... 599 Drafts at sight.........

English exports from East India of...... 599 Drugs and medicines, importation of adulterated 326
stocks of, on hand.....................
600 Dutch, coinage of the, mint
320
consumption in Great Britain of............ 600 Duties, reduction of in Mexican ports.......... 212
British exports of, to the U. S.......... 600 Duty on magnesia in England..
649

American consumption of..........

continental consumption of.....

value of export of, from 1803 to 1848.... 191 E. and West India, English imp'ts of cotton from 599

factory, cost of the machinery of a......
production of, in Texas.....

culture and trade, effects of......

wool, first brought to Liverpool.....

227 Eckle's Steam Gauge............

344

233 Education, commercial......................................................... 346
344 Egypt, commerce of ancient.................. 131
the cradle of Grecian Arts............. 261
English imports of cotton from......... 599
Electric decomposition of metals.............. 665
Elba, new light at Fort Focardo, Isle of........ 431
Emigration, British.......

wool, Great Britain export and import of 280
manufactures and yarn exported from G.
Britain from 1697 to 1830....

279

trade, statistics and history of British... 275
goods, British, manufacture of.....
.......................... 275 English
exp'ed from G. Britain 1832 to 1846 277
prices of British, from 1831 to 1846 277
crop of the U. States, 1847-8........... 417
export to foreign ports in 1847-8........ 417 England,
growth of, in U. S. from 1828 to 1848... 417
consumption of, from 1828 to 1848...... 418
wool, imp. into England and Scotland of 425
price of, in England and Scotland from

and the cotton trade, review of......... 594
supply and demand of, from 1847 to 1849 598
Counterpanes, British export of.... 170
Cuba, exports of sugar and molasses from...... 548)
Current chart, Maury's....

677

668

218

432

exports of cotton manufactures........ 599
imports of cotton from East India..... 599
loans contracted by, since 1793....... 225
American provisions in.............. 345
price of wheat in........................................... 306, 405
notes of interest of the bank of........ 318
voyages of vessels from Honolulu to... 430
new duties on spirits in.............. 416
trade of N. American colonies with... 421
exports to North American colonies.. 421
import of breadstuffs into.............. 405
condition of the banks of............ 406.
coal fields in........................ 561
coals, cinders, etc., exported from..... 548
specie in Bank of........

103
Custom of merchants at New York............ 403
Customs regulations of India.................................................... 102
Creditor, unfortunate and criminal............ 569
Cronstadt, export of breadstuffs from.......... 203
Croton acqueduct, finances of........................................... 668 Erie Railroad, progress of New York and...... 436
"Canal, tolls collected on the............. 638
Espichel, lantern on cape...................... 337
DAHLONEGA, or Georgia gold region........................... 112 Europe, commercial cities of......614, 375, 265, 161
Damasks, British exports of..... ........... 170 Everglades, draining of the Florida.................................... 401
Days of grace on drafts and bills...... 223 Exchange, bills of..................................

D.

......... 404

Fishery, the Salmon..........

"C extent of the north-west........
Flax, product of, in United States........
Floating lights in Prince's Channel...........
Florida, vessels built in, in 1847...............
draining the everglades of............
vessels wrecked on coast and reef of

46

..

88

201

145

H.

645

489

95

HAMBURGH, rate of bills on.......
441 Hanover, Baltimore exports to........
treaty of U. S. with kingdom of....
Harwich harbor lights.....
427 Hartlepool,, port of........

.302, 189
196

411

429

103

401

Flour exp. from Philadelphia from 1790 to 1847. 200 Hay, product of, in United States............. 488
exports from New Orleans of............ 516 Health insurance and benefit societies.......... 601
inspections in Richmond of.............. 546 Hemp, export of Manilla to U. S. 1838 to 1847. 424
prices of, in New York for last 25 years.. 547

import and export of, at Liverpool....... 640 Henry, A. & S., description of the house of....63, 67
France, condition of Bank of..
219, 104 Heugh, light on..................

J.

Java, import and export trade of..................................

Jealousy of Trade...........................

644

Manufacture of nails, improvement in the...... 342
of American parchments......... 341
343 Mansfield and Sandusky railroad.......................................... 216
Journal of mining and manufactures...227, 338, 110 Manilla, export trade of, from 1838 to 1847..... 424
447, 558, 659 Marine averages.....

Journal of banking, finance and currency..105, 219
309, 438, 563, 667

insurance........

59

185

implements, patents for.................................. 428
Marble, substitute for

46

114
Maritime contracts, limitation of.............. 180
insurance, Spanish law of........... 620
Marietta, Ohio, ship-building at....... 426
Maryland, vessels built in, in 1847

95

Massachusetts, vessels built in, in 1847.........

95

L.

LACE, British export of.....

Lackawanna and Wyoming coal region....... 290

condition of railroads of........ 636

307 Mauritius, port charges and tariff of....... 101, 550
commercial regulations of.......... 549

170

271

... 230 Maury's wind and current chart....

Lights, steamers, to prevent collision.......... 337 Measure, short........

454

floating, in Prince's channel........ 431, 553 Mercantile miscellanies. 118, 231, 343, 454, 569, 670

Loans contracted by England since 1793....... 225 Method of welding iron and steel............

Locomotive engine, a new.............

120

669

665

229

117 Mexican ports, reduction of duties in........... 212

val. of exp. of, from 1803 to 1848. 191 Mining district of the United States............

manual dexterity in............. 660

Manufacture of saltpetre......

produce of ores of Raritan Co.......... 111
Co., Raritan Manufacturing and....... 111
and Manf. Jour. of 227, 110, 338, 447, 558, 657

national productions of....
progress of...

...

32

40

vessels built in, in 1847.........................

95

tolls on canals of...

434

32

ship-building in...............................

642

166

NAILS, improvement in the manufacture of..... 342
Nantes, France, situation of............
...... 161
commercial history of................ 162
navigation of.......................................... 163
imports and exports of................ 163
manufactures of..................... 163
ship-building of................................................................ 164
lead manufactures at................. 164
sugar refineries of................... 164
salted provisions, trade in, at............ 164
glass and pottery factories at.......... 165.
tanneries of.........
........... 165
wool, hemp and flax, manufactures of.. 166,
Bank of.........

44

44

66 hats manufactured at......

insurance at........

Nankeens, British export of.

Nashville Insurance Company....

city, personal and real estate of...... 669
canals, opening and closing of...... 657
185 North Carolina, vessels built in, in 1847.....

Nautical intelligence.... 103, 213, 337, 427, 551, 651 Norway, coins and currency of.......
Navigation of the U. S. with all nations, in 1847. 92 Norwegian tariff....

95

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

and marine implements........... 428 North-west coast fishery, extent of...
Newburgh, (N. Y.,) location and settlement of. 51

steamboats and vessels belonging to. 54 OATS, product of, in United States.........
agricultural statistics of....

482

55 Ohio, vessels built in, in 1847.......

95

condition of banks of......... 195 Oils imported into the U. States in 1848........ 204

56

New Jersey, vessels built in, in 1847........... 95 Orange powder works.......

New Orleans and New York, steamers between. 116 Oregon, regulation of mails of................. 648

export trade of, in 1847-8........ 419 PALM leaf hats, improvement in............... 296
export of breadstuffs in 1847-8.... 423 Paper making, improvement in.................. 349