Bills of Exchange-Importance of Uniformity of Commercial Law 71 72 73 74 75 439 527 528 Commission Merchants Action of Trover........ Bank Checks........ 529 530 531 Lanman's History of Michigan...... BOOK TRADE. Course of Reading recommended to the Mercantile Library Association, by Chan- Tanner's Description of the Canals and Railroads of the United States 80 162 163 163 164 164 164 246 247 248 249 249 Johnson's Analytical Abridgment of Kent's Commentaries on American Law...... 337 Annual Report of the Seaman's Aid Society of Boston..... 339 Guizot's Character and Influence of Washington in the Revolution.. 339 340 Hammond's Treatise on the Law of Fire Insurance, &c....... 441 De Tocqueville's Democracy in America, Part 2.... 443 American Almanac and Repository of Useful Knowledge for 1841. 443 444 Lieber's Manual of Political Ethics........ 444 Taylor's Flag Ship, or Voyage round the World in the U. S. Frigate Columbia.... 445 STATISTICS OF INSURANCE. Rates of Premiums, with conditions, adopted by the Boston Marine Insurance Companies, 1840 Risk between the United States and West Indies....... 81, 165 81 From Russia and Ports in the Baltic to the United States.. From Cuba to Europe and back to Cuba..... Coastwise risk within the United States....... 82 82 Risk on Time on Vessels of two hundred tons and upwards..... South America to Europe...... South America to the United States... United States to South America.... United States, India, China, and the Pacific Ocean......... United States and Europe-Outward risks...... To Ports in the Gulf of Mexico-Homeward risks... Marine Insurance-Convention in New York............................................... 83 84 165 165 165 166 168 168 168 169 170 Imports and Exports of the United States for the year 1839... 265 Amount of Specie imported into the United States from different countries, from 1821 to 1838...... 265 China Trade--Value of Exports-Tonnage employed, &c..... 266 Commerce of Boston for the last twenty years...... 267 Trade, Commerce, and Navigation of Cuba...... 351 Importation and Exportation of Cuba for 1839, compared with 1838.. 351 352 Number of Vessels entered and sailed from different Ports in Cuba in 1839..... 352 Imports and Exports from different Ports in Cuba in 1839........ 353 Tonnage arrived at and cleared from different Ports in Cuba in 1839.. 353 Import and Export Duty for Cuba in 1839 353 Imports and Exports of the Precious Metals for 1839.. 354 Annual Exports of the Agricultural, Manufacturing, Lumbering, and Fishing in- terests of the United States for ten years, from 1828 to 1838, and the Bank Value of Imports from and Exports to each Foreign Country for the year ending 447 Tonnage of American and Foreign Vessels arriving from and departing to 448 450 Tobacco Trade of Virginia..... 451 Number, Tonnage, Crews, and national Character of Foreign Vessels that en- 452 Tonnage of the several States and Territories, year ending September, 1839... 452 452 Imports and Exports of each State, for the year ending September, 1839 452 Table 1. Exports of Cotton from New Orleans for the last ten years..... 2. Exports of Tobacco from New Orleans for the last ten years....... 455 86 3. Exports of Sugar from New Orleans for the last five years.... 456 4. Exports of Molasses from New Orleans for the last five years......... 456 Commerce of Great Britain with the World... Exports of the Precious Metals.... British Trade with Buenos Ayres.. 554 554 555 British Produce and Manufactures imported into the States of the Rio de la Plata. 555 Cotton Crop of the United States, 1840..... 555 Total Amount of the Growth, Export, Consumption, &c.., Number of Arrivals and Clearances from the Port of New York for Oct. 1840....... 558 Bank of England Returns-Circulation of the Bank of England at different dates 261 Condition of the Banks of Rhode Island, July 6, 1840... 262 Statement of Banks in the United States, from 1834 to 1840.. 263 457 Paris Savings Banks.. 457 Increase of Banking in the United States from 1820 to 1830, and from 1830 to 458 Bank of England, quarterly average of the weekly liabilities and assets, from 23d 458 Deposits of the London Bankers in the Bank of England, first fourteen weeks in the 458 Deposits of the Bank of Ireland and Royal Bank of Scotland, for the first fourteen Deposits of the London Bankers, Bank of Ireland, and Royal Bank of Scotland, in 553 STATISTICS Of coinage. English Coinage-Mint in London, from 1816 to 1836.... 85 Mint value of Foreign Coins, usually deposited for coinage at the Mint of the Uni- 86 Coinage of the United States..... 87 Precious Metals.... 87 United States Mint and Branches-Deposits and Coinage of U. S. Mint and 349 Coinage of England...... 349 MONEY TABLES. Table to reduce Francs and Centimes to Dollars and Cents....... Table to reduce British Sterling into Dollars and Cents....... Table to reduce Sterling into Dollars and Cents......... 264 264 264 COMMERCIAL REGULATIONS AND TREATIES. Guide to Owners and Captains of Vessels bound to the Brazilian Ports......... 270 272 To Merchants and Shipmasters-Regulations of the Republic of Venezuela.. 356 356 Regulations of the Russian Government... 357 Treaty of Commerce and Navigation between the Emperor of Austria and the Uni- 459 Regulations relating to Whale Ships at California.. 461 Regulations of Trade at New Orleans...... 541 Tariff charges adopted by the New Orleans Chamber of Commerce.. 541 541 541 Boston Telegraph Observatory-Vessels reported from 1824 to 1840 357 358 Note on the Winds, as influencing the courses sailed by Bermuda Vessels.. 546 The Woolsack.... 359 359 360 360 360 360 360 American Fur Company Unite Care with Diligence. Overtrading........ Importation of Sperm Whale Oil into the United States, September, 1840.. Mode of conducting Business on the Paris Bourse.. 462 462 423 431 537 Artificial Preparation of Sugar................. 539 Explanation of British Stock Exchange Terms.. 540 Shopkeepers of Bagdat.... 540 Wine from Rhubarb.... 540 Egyptian Wines................... 540 MERCANTILE LIBRARY ASSOCIATIONS. Mercantile Library Association Correspondence.......... 95 Donations to the Mercantile Library Association, New York... Course of Lectures for 1840 and '41...... Donations to the Mercantile Library Association The New York Mercantile Library Association Lectures Boston Mercantile Library Association-Annual Election of Officers, &c..... COMMERCIAL TABLES. 96 96 463 463 560 560 Pro-Forma Account of Coffee from New York to Havre...... 341 Antwerp.... Hamburg.. 342 342 342 ..314, 346 346 347 348 267 Questions for Accountants, by Thomas Jones, Esq......... Pro-Forma Account of a shipment of Rice from Charleston to Havre........ Bills on Hamburg as Remittance to London.... Allowances made by Law for Drafts on Articles subject to Duty.. 259 260 Imports and Exports under each Tariff from 1816 to 1838... |