MERCHANTS' MAGAZINE AND COMMERCIAL REVIEW. CONDUCTED BY FREEMAN HUNT, A. M., MEMBER OF THE NEW YORK CHAMBER OF COMMERCE; CORRESPONDING MEMBER OF THE AMERICAN HONORARY MEMBER OF THE MERCANTILE LIBRARY ASSOCIATIONS OF NEW CONTRIBUTORS TO THE THIRTY-THIRD VOLUME OF THE MERCHANTS' MAGAZINE AND COMMERCIAL REVIEW. ABBOTT BROTHERS, Counselors-at-Law, New York. E. H. DERBY, Esq., of Massachusetts. WILLIAM S. DE ZENG, Esq., of Geneva, New York. W. B. DUGAN, M. D., of Quincy, Massachusetts. WILLIAM A. JONES, A. M., Librarian of Columbia College. D. O. KELLOGG, Esq., late United States Consul at Glasgow. HON. GEORGE P. MARSH, of Vermont. E. MERRIAM, Esq., of Brooklyn, L. I. DEXTER F. PARKER, Mechanic, of Massachusetts. A. H. RYDER, Esq., of New Jersey. CHARLES SEYMOUR, Esq., of Montreal, Canada. BENJAMIN G. SMITH, Printer, of New York. RICHARD SULLEY, of Indiana. Freeman Hunt, Editor and Proprietor. INDEX TO VOLUME XXXIII., FROM JULY TO DECEMBER INCLUSIVE, 1855. Act relating to bank charters in New Jersey. 724 Biography of American merchants, Hunt's.. 644 765 66 66 66 mercantile, Thomas H. Perkins.. 19 500 620 728 74 524 759 519 Appraisers, return of custom house........ 488 66 114 66 66 666 population of, at different periods... 630 766 768 102 Arkansas, population of, in 1850 and 1854... 235 442 Branch mint, San Francisco, operations of... 253 382 66 regulation in relation to signals.... 513 608 Bread, use of lime-water in making. 381 B. Breweries, statistics of, in the British islands, 496 Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, Kingswood 358 Brimstone trade of Sicily. 369 66 of Mutual Redemption... 480 British mints, coinage of. 479 "bills as freight, law of common carriers. 586 66 post office, statistics of.... 628 359 of England in 1854..... 581 98 transactions of.. 66 66 Banks, condition of New Orleans....90, 611, 349 of the city of New York, condition of, 347 66 Broadhaven, W. coast Ireland, fixed light on. 112 362 Building, wetting of bricks for.. 644 113 Butter, history of................. 633 78, 210, 340, 461, 594, 711 | Business, stick to a legitimate.. 392 66 weekly average of Boston, 78, 211, 340, 462, 595 C. 722 636 112 Belgium, growth and manufacture of flax in. 382 iv 355 Charter-party claim for not receiving a full cargo.... Chartered and free systems of banking com- Chicago, "Bell's Commercial College " at... 262 275 na, our.. 77, 209, 337, 460, 592 Connecticut, assessed value of property in.. 352 66 66 ....... 455 92 46 121 394 66 66 exports of tea from, to the U. S...... 493 275 project of an iron currency in.. 7-25 763 Chronicle and Review, Commercial, 77, 209, 337, 460, 592, 708 138 740 ..53, 303, 569 66 Clerk, the Merchant's. 394 66 Clerks, ladies as.. 66 766 66 Cloths, import of into the United States..... fields of Arkansas. 491 manufacture in the South... 499 66 128 market, New York. 85, 219, 345, 468, 717 391 66 "fields and products of the Ohio Valley. 494 261 Cove Point, mouth of Patuxet river, change 232 498 Cuba, commerce with. 365 66 the essence of, a substitute for oil of tur- 66 tobacco and cigars, facts about.... 648 642 Currency and the tariff.. 191 323 Custom-house appraisement office... 364 66 488 Coals for Western New York. Coast of Spain, on the Atlantic, alteration of .... appraisers, return of......... regulations of the U. States........ sengers' baggage.... 362 107 725 66 between a sloop and steamer Em- 330 Debt of late republic of Texas.. 88 93 16 Commerce and finances of Russia... 94 and resources of Canada.. of the U. S. and States of the Union.. 91 403 64 and resources of Finland.. 329 Department, postal..... .388,488, 626 66 and trade of N. O, în 1854-55... 601 66 and the merchant.... 552 Devlan's railroad chair and rail 750 748 46 in animals, and consumption of Disasters, maritime, of 1854. 380 66 animal food.... 114 446 of Kertch... 363 steamboat, on the western waters. 637 66 of British, Irish and Scotch ports. 366 tutes a.. 459 44 of the Brazilian Empire.. Drafts or warrants lost.. 490 44 of the lakes, the... 314 of each State and Territory, (one Drugs, examination of, by the custom-house 363 year) July '53 to June '54.... 100 Dublin, export of porter from. 368 46 and navigation, report on.... 735 Dundalk, Ireland, flashing light on. 112 66 and science, progress of 658 of the U. States, statistics of..... 736 64 Duties of postmasters in regard to waste paper 490 731 E. gold & specie received in, in 1854. 66 and Turkey, trade between..... 66 the mystery of exchange on. 581 Guano trade of Philadelphia. PAGE 762 453 224 Gunpowder, keeping of, in New York ...... 730 H. 91 102 721 Hardware, American, and mechanical skill.. 259 Erie & Central Railroads, traffic of, in '54-55. 639 Haristein Arctic Relief Expedition, the..... 666 commercial and industrial cities of. in New Orleans Excise (British) returns in 1853-54 Express business as distinguished from Com- F. Finance, food, and future of France........ 66 Hats, New York... 642 12 63 Havre, tribunals of, decision with regard to 264 138 239 260 98 730 Hops, cultivation of, in England.. How to extract glass stopples. of principal cities in the U. States.. 470 612 Finland, Commerce and resources of Flax, new scutching machine for.. "growth and manufac. of, in Belgium the sea island cotton of.. Flour, inspection of, at Jefferson, La.. Importer's bond for merchandise. Improvement in the manufacture of bread.. 127 364 prices of, in Philadelphia for 60 years. 368 Fuel for railroads, cost of... Fur trade, the. France, American sewing machines in. E beet sugar of... 46 fresh and salt meat trade of 64 finance, food, and future of.. 46 128 638 609 66 109 in New York tive to dividends of 624 374 261 Insurance, journal of. 107, 228, 373, 502, 622, 636 66 66 531 66 south coast of, fixed light at Marseille 379 duties upon grain imported into.... 731 Fraud-factor's lien-law of sales Free ships make free goods. Freight on the Pennsylvania Railroad 573, 618 " sea, not a dutiable charge Fresh and salt meat trade of France.... Fruit trade, the.. marine 374 733 Intelligence, nautical.. 111, 231, 378, 513,624, 743 Irish post office, progress of.... 515 762 95 337 586 627 126 ...... 371 365 383 226 "imported into the U. States in 1850-54.. 493 ..... 500 238 "superiority of American.. ... 641 |