168

MERCANTILE LAW DEPARTMENT-DECISIONS, ETC.
Copyright-Transfer of Bank Stock-Iinport Duties...

73, 74, 75, 76
Interesting Mercantile Law Case......
Fraudulent Entry of Goods......

170
Tariff Duties--Marine Insurance...

171
Seamen's Wages—A Letter of Credit

263
Marine Insurance-Jet.ison of Goods carried on Deck..

264
Action on ihe Bill of Lading, Custom of Russia.....

264
Damages on Protested Bills of Exchange in each State, etc....

265
General Bankrupt Law of 1841.....

360
Deci-jo:s in the United States Courts....

450
Maritime Assaults-Opinion of Judge Hopkinson..

452
Foreign Attachment-Insurance-Bills and Notes..

548
Accord and Satisfaction-Assumpsit......

549
BOOK TRADE-LITERARY NOTICES.
Nestorians, or the Lost Tribes-Rauch's Physicology.....

77
Dumas' Progress of Democracy-Pictorial Illustrations of the Bible..

78
Family Secrets - Sutton's Learn to Die....

78
Historical Sketches of the Old Painters-Works of Howitt, Milman, and Keats.. 79
Summer Journey in the West-Old Humphry's Addresses.

79
Stephen's Incidents of Travel in Central America....

80
Tyrolese Minstrels-Merchant's Widow, and other Tales..

80
Downing's Treatise on the Theory and Practice of Landscape Gardening.

173
Hilliard's Treatise on the Law of Sales of Personal Property.

173
Campbell's Life of Petrarch-Carlyle's French Revolution....

174
Bridge's Treatise on the Elements of Algebra.....

174
Collec ions of the New York Historical Sciety..

175
Vale's Life of Thomas Paine-Young's Chronicles of the Pilgrims..

175
Frontin's Selections from Bouilly's works...

176
Taylor's Lectures on Spiritual Christianity.

176
Tales of the Kings of England-Greenwood's Sermons for Children.

176
Miss Copley's Early Friendships...

176
Curtis's Rights and Duties of Merchant S-amen.........

267
Schlegel's Lectures on the History of Literature...

268
Dr. Channing's Complete Works—Marryatt's Masterman Ready.

269
James's Ancient Régime....

269
Mackenzie's Life of Paul Jones-Guy's Elements of Astronomy, etc...........

270
Prescott's Reign of Ferdinand and Isabella......

270
Bancroft's History of :he Colonization of the Uniied States.

271
Philips' Ladies Closet Library.

271
Peter Parley's Universal History, on the basis of Geography..

271
Miss Sedgwick's Letters from Abroad to Kindred at Home..

272
James's Widow directed to God- Mrs. Hofland's Farewell Tales.

272
Buckingham's America ; Historical, Statistical, and Descriptive..

368
Townsend's Facts in Mesnierism--The Dahlia, etc......

368
Appleton's Tales for the People— The Siege of Derry, etc....

308
Mrs. Osgood's Poetry of Flowers and Flowers of Poetry...

454
Robinson's Researches in Palestine-Davies' Sermons, etc..

455
McCulloch's Commercial Dictionary-Law and Lawyers-Mellen's Argument on
Slavery.......

456
Park's Pantology--Mrs. Osgood's Wreath of Wild Flowers, etc...

457
Stone's Life and Times of Red Jacket-Bulwer's Miscellaneous Writings.

458
Mrs. Griffith's Two Defaulters-Gems of Irish Eloquence......

458
Siebald's Manners and Customs of the Japanese-Buck's Anecdotes..

459
Crump's World in a Pocket-book-Sherwood's Motive Power, etc...

459
Howitt's Book of the Seasons-Plain Sermons......

460
Buck's Ruins of Ancient Cities--Rogers' Anti-Popery.

460
James's Happiness; its Nature and Sources....

460
Appleton's Miniature Classical Library-Confessions of an English Opium Eater... 461
Nelson on Infidelity--Hoskin's Astronomy for Schools Rocky Island, etc..... 461
Milman's History of Christianity— Miss Martineau's Settlers at Home....

462
Burnapis Lectures to Women and Young Men.........

462

Basil Montague's Life and Works of Lord Chancellor Bacon.........
Works of Lird Bolingbroke......
Go' l-mith'- Vicar of Wakefield.
Bradford's American Antiquities......
Livermure's Commentary on Matthew..
Autobiography, Reminiscences, and Letters of John Trumbull...
Whealun's Scandinavia-Olmsted's Whaling Voyage-The Mignionette...
Surah Austiu's Gerinan Fragmenis....
Theodore, or the Skeptic's Conversion....
Histurical Collec.ions of the State of New York............
D'Israeli's Anienities of Literature-Camp's Democracy..
Dana's Seaman's Friend.
Evenings with the Chronicles.
Roscoe's Lives of Eminent British Lawyers.....
Tuckerman's Rambles and Reveries~ Alcoti's Sabbath School..
The Glury and Shame of England— True Catholic Churchman.
Rollo Books Tie Gem...
The Gif-The Rue of Sharon—The Child's Gem.......
Washington Irving's Biography and Poetical Remains of M. M. Davidson........

550
550
550
551
551
551
552
553
553
553
554
554
554
555
555
556
556
557
557

COMMERCIAL REGULATIONS.

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

Regulations established by the Baltimore Board of Trade ........

81
Tant of the Province of New Brunswick..

83
Texas Customhouse Regulations......

85
Treaty of Coinmerce and Navigation between the United States and Hanover....... 177
Change in the Currency of Jamaica......

180
Treaty of Commerce and Navigation between the United States and Portugal....... 273
New Tariff of Duties al Venezuela ......

275
New Commercial Regulation of Peru....

276
Cutton-pres-ing in New Orleans....

276
Law of the Siate of New York in relation to Masters of Vessels and Non-residents, 276
Russian Moneys-Weights-Measures-Exchange-Bills of Exchange...... 369
Tariff of Charges, eic., at S. Louis.....

465
Tax on New Orleans Merchants.....

466
Inspection of Sule-leather in New York.

467
Modification of Danish Sound Dues...

468
The United States Tariff of 1841...

582
Silver Currency of Cuba...

584
Regulations for the Commerce of Yucatan..

584

NAUTICAL INTELLIGENCE.

88

Changes in the Sea-marks before Drago.....
Sriling Directions for Port Lincoln.....
Madeline and Charlotte Rock off Bonavista..
Lighthouse at Gibraltar....
Lighthouse at Hobson's Bay, Port Philip...
Westerly entrance of the River Weser..
Light of Carysfurd's Reef...
Port Regulations and Rates of Pilotage for the Harbor of Boston...
Pilotage of the Scheldt-Regulations for Spanish Ports....
Law rela'ing to Hospital Money at the Port of New York.
Laws in relation to the Harbor of Mobile
S.atistics of English Navigation....
Cau ion to Whalemen bound to the Indian Ocean..
Plynouih Breakwater ......
Directions for the Coast about Rottenest Island.
Method of manufacturing Ship ge......
Rock near Cape Bousa......
Pro'pction of Ships from corrosion-Graham Shoal-Bass Straits..
R:y's Life-preserving Buat...
Coquet Light and Buoys, Northumberland......
Comparative Naval furce of England, France, and America...

COMMERCIAL STATISTICS.
Commerce, Trade, and Navigation of Great Britain in 1840...

98
Navigation of Great Britain in 1840 and 1841.....

100
Exports of Calicoes from England to the United States for the last nine years.. 100
Trade of Great Britain with the United Sta es and France.......

195
Hops, Malt, Breweries, etc., of England......

197
Quantity of Soap made in Great Britain in 1840.

197
Exportation of Cocoa from Guayaquil.....

197
Production of Cofiee in the World...

198
Production of Sugar in the World...

198
Commerce of Cuba in 1840......

198
Importation of Grain and Flour into Great Briwin in 1840.

200
Wines imported into England......

200
Sugar imporied into England....

200
Commerce of Jamaica-Imports for 1838, 1839, and 1840

287
Commerce and Business of Oswego, 1840..

287
Trade, Commerce, and Navigation of Havana...

288
Tobacco, Snufi, and Manufactured Tobacco exported from the United States from
1821 to 1840........

289
Statenient, showing to what countries U. States Tobacco is principally exported.... 290
Exports of Tobacco from ihe United Sta es......

291
Iron Trade of Newport and Cardiff, (Wale: ;).....

292
Draji anu Tonnage of Vessels entering the Port of New York...

292
Nuruber of Arrivals and Tonnage of Vessels at New York, from 1810 to 1840...... 293
Anual Expurt of British Manufactured Cotton, Linen, Siik, and Woollen Goods... 385
British Cotion Trade....

385
British Wlie at and Flour Trade...

386
Commerce of ihe United Siales wish Great Britain..

3-7
linporis in o Great Britain and Ireland from the United States, froin 1831 to 1839, 387
Expur s from Great Britain and Ireland to the United States, fron 1831 to 1639.... 337
The British Coru Laws......

387
British Trade with the East Indies....

388
Cotiee Trade of the Unied Siates, fronı 1821 to 1840...

339
Table of Imporis, Exports, and Value of Coffee..

339
American Whale Fishery..

300
Exporis of Cotion from Mobile for the last four years,

471
Commerce of New Orleans....

471
Exports of Cotion from New Orleans for the last ten years.....

472
Exports of Tubucco from New Orleans for ihe last ten years.

473
Arrivals, Exports, and Stocks of Cotton and Tobacco at New Orleans fur ihe last
ten years.....

474
Exports of Sugar and Mulasses from New Orleans for the last five years.

474
Imports from the Interior intu New Orleans for the last ten years.

475
Arrivals of Square.rigged Vessels and Steamboats at N. O. for the last fuur years... 478
linportation of Cochineal into Great Britain, from 1815 to 1840......

478
Commerce and Navigation of the Uni'ed States for 1840....

479
Colton Exports of Great Britain to different Counıries für 1840.

482
Belgiuin Commerce and Navigation.......

482
Commerce and Navigation of ihe Unired States for 1840...

561
Value of Merchandise imported from fureign countries to the United States in 1840, 562
Free Goods impuried into the United States in 1840..

563
Merchandise paying duties ad valorem, imported by the United States in 1810...... 564
Merchandise paying specific duties, imported into the Uni'ed States in 1810... 565
Value & Furcign Merchandise exported from the United Sates in 1840..

568
Foreign Merchandise exported from the Unised Starts in 1840, free of duty.......... 569

ad valorem duty.... 570
specific duty

570
Domestic Exports of the United States to Foreign Countries in 1810....

571
Articles composing :he Domestic Exports of the United States in 1640.

572
Commerce of the United States with each Foreign Country in 1840...

574
Navigation of the United Statez, showing the Tonnage employed in 1845. 575
Cumnierce of each State and Territory in the United Stutes in 1840........

577

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66

66

Tonnage of the several Districts of the United States in 1840.......

578
Statement of Vessels built in each State and Territory of the United States in 1840, 580
Statement of the Tonnage of the United States, from 1815 to 1840, inclusive........ 580
Time.table for the Computation of Interest....

581
India Sugar and Rum.....

581
STEAMBOAT AND RAILROAD STATISTICS
East India Mail Steamers...

185
Receipts, Expenditures, and Dividends of Massachusetts Railroads, in 1840.. 185
New Jersey Railroad.....

283
Statistics of Western Steamboats...

284
Comparative Cost of Transportation on Railroads, Canals, etc...

284
Urica and Schenectady Railroads German Railways....

469
Comparative Passages of Cunard's British Steamers....

470
Cost of Transportation on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad...

470
Western Steamboats.........

470

BANK STATISTICS.

Condition of the State Banks in the United States.......

186
Condensed Statement, at different intervals, of all the Banks in the U. S..

186
Compara ive View of all the Banks in the U. S. from 1834 to 1840...

187
Condition of the Banks of the U. S. that have made returns near Jan. 1840. 188
Annual Report of the Governor of the Bank of France......

278
Condirion of the Banks in the State of New York, from 1819 to 1841.

280
Condition of the Bank of France on the 30th of June, 1841..

483
Savings' Banks in France....

483
Banks in Boston-List of Cashiers, Capitals, and Semi-annual Dividends.

484
Comparison of the Prices of Bank Notes in 1824 and 1841..

484
COMMERCIAL TABLES.
State Stock Table, exhibiting the comparative value of the various State Bonds.... 190
Pro Forma Table, or Tariff of British Custom Duties .......

191
Import Duties—Reason, etc., of the American Chamber of Commerce at Liverpool, 194
French Coins Weights and Diameters of the existing Coins of France....

379
Tables of Commercial Weights, computed by D. J. Browne....

380
Table for Converting Avoirdupois Weights into French Weights.

380
Table for Converting French Weights into Avoirdupois.....

380
Bullion Tables, computed by D. J. Browne......

381
Table for Converting Troy Weights into French Weights.....

381
Table for Converting French Weights into Troy Weights......

381

STATISTICS OF POPULATION.
Population of the United States in 1840....

281
Census of Pennsylvania in 1830 and 1840....

282
Rate of Increase per cent of Population in Pennsylvania.

282
Comparative Population of the Principal Cities in the State of New York... 283
Population and Square Miles of each County in Illinois in 1840....

391
Classification of the Employments of the Population in Illinois in 1840..

392
Census of the United States in 1840...

485
Value pes head of the Products of the United States......

486
Facts in regard to the Census of the United States..........................................

487
Prussian-Rhenish Population...........

487

STATISTICS OF MANUFACTURES.

Manufactured Leather, Tanneries, Saddleries, etc., in New York in 1840...
Distilled and Fermented Liquors manufacíured in New York in 1840......
Distilleries in each State and Territory of the United States in 18-10.........

95
96
97

MERCANTILE MISCELLANIES.

The Decimal System in Weights and Coins....

102
Mexican Dollars-Important to Manufacturers of Flour..

103
Portraits on Roman Coins-New York Business Directory....

103
Tobacco suitable for European Markets-American Commercial Enterprise ......... 104
Qualifications of a Merchant.......

293
Donations to Mercantile Library Association, New York.

294
Duration of Literary Copyrights—Spurious Tea.....

295
Progress of the Sugar Trade in the United States...

296
Boston Ice Trade-Commercial Resources of the South...

296
Poetry of Bookkeeping—Method of Collecting a Debt, &c..

463
Slave Market at Constantinople.......

464
Glut in the Marke-Commercial Honesty..

461
MERCANTILE OBITUARY.
Joseph May, Esq., by F. W. H............

..... 101
MISCELLANEOUS.
Note to Readers and Correspondents.........

104
Errata to Professor Tucker's article on Import Duties...

104
Merchants' Temperance Society of the City of New York..

392
Mercantile Library Association of New York..

488
Lyford's Price Current.........

488
Fairbank's Platform Scales .........

584