MEMBER OF THE NEW YORK CHAMBER OF COMMERCE ; CORRESPONDING MEMBER OF THE AMERICAN
AND LONDON STATISTICAL SOCIETIES; MEMBER OF THE NEW YORK HISTORICAL SOCIETY ;
HONORARY MEMBER OF THE MERCANTILE LIBRARY ASSOCIATIONS OF NEW
YORK, PHILADELPHIA, BOSTON, BALTIMORE, LOUISVILLE,

CHARLESTON, AND CINCINNATI, ETC.

VOLUME TWENTY-NINE.

FROM JULY TO DECEMBER, INCLUSIVE, 1853.

New York:
PUBLISHED AT 142 FULTON-STREET.

1853.

CONTRIBUTORS

TO THE TWENTY-NINTH VOLUME OF THE

MERCIANTS' MAGAZINE AND COMMERCIAL REVIEW.

J. P. Brown, Esq., of the United States Legation at Constantinople.

M. S. Dumon, late Minister of Finance in France.

Charles F. DURANT, Esq., of New Jersey.

R. B. Forbes, Esq., of Massachusetts.

John M. Forrest, Esq., of Oregon.

J. Gardner, Esq., Merchant, of Rio de Janeiro.
Mr. Joseph F. GREENOUGII, of New York, late of Georgia.

Enoch Hale, Jr., Esq., of New York.

JAMES P. KIRKWOOD, Esq., Civil Ergineer, of New York.

Dexter F. PARKER, Mechanic, of Massachusetts.

WILLIAM S. PRICE, M. D.

RICHARD SMITH, Esq., of Ohio.

J. E. SNODGRASS, A. M., M. D.

Hon. Caleb Stetson, of Massachusetts.

RICHARD Sulley, Esq., of Indiana.

L W. TENELLI, Esq., of Oporto.

FREEMAN Hunt, Editor and Proprietor.

INDEX TO VOLUME XXIX.,

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FROM JULY TO DECEMBER, INCLUSIVE, 1853.

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Bank of England, some of its operations 612
Act of Illinois relating to banking

357

specie and bullion in ..... 83
Act of Ohio to create and regulate railroad

notes, fac sim. by means of photography 738
companies

498
dividends in Boston....

634
Act relative to savings banks in N. York city Banks of England and France, position of... 217
and Kings county.

479

in Conn., resources and liabilities of.. 215
Act, customs, of Sandwich Islands.

of New Orleans, condition of

218
Act of Louisiana relating to colored seamen. 232 in Ohio, condition of all in Aug. 1853. 598
Act incorporating fire insurance cos. in N. Y. 331

in the city of New York, condition of. 356
Act of Michigan relative to mining corp'rat'ns 385

and banking in Brazil

221
Action to recover excess of dutles paid under

of Ohio, condition of

352
protest.

203

of the United States, condition of 349
Action for trespass, application for injunction 452

of South Carolina, condition of.. 736
Action to recover value of ship's boats

or New Orleans, condition of.... 633
Adulterated drugs, treas. circular relating to. 109 in New York, sixpenny savings...... 740
Agent, liability of commission..

720
London chartered.

735
Agriculture, statistics of........146, 959, 511, 770 Banking law of Louisiana, synopsis of. 89
statistics of Ohio

261

free, of Florida..
Agricultural productions of England

260
system of New Hampshire

218
statistics of New Hampshire.... 269

journal of .....89, 213, 348, 470, 596, 730
productions of the Canadas... 616
Bankruptcy, what is an action of ..

80
Algeria, cultivation of cotton in

772
law of......

586
Albucemas light, coast of Barbary... 633 Bayona Islands, lights of the

769
Alterations of bank notes, remedy for.. 72 | Belgium, electric tel., South Foreland to... 392
Amazon, opening of navigation of... 109 Bill of lading, action relating to..

79
American jewelry, character of

055

Bills of exchange in Great Britain and Ireland
sewing machines in Scotland... 643
circulation of...

739
clocks for China
507 Bonnel, the purchase of a baby's

523
seas, fisheries ol...

147 Book trade.

139, 267, 395, 525, 651, 777
Appraisement of imported mdse. in L. S.... 313 Books and booksellers, English...

518
Aqueducts and city seweruge...

182 Boston, dividends of manuructuring stocks in 255
Arab honesty

265

on railroad stocks in...... 247
Arkansas, zinc and manganese mincs of.... 130 Boston, finances and property of.

730
Arosa, lighthouse on Island of

767
banks, dividends

634
Assets, insolvent debtors assigument of ..... 582 Brazil, banks and banking in.

221
Associations, mercantile library.

437
Brazil, cultivation of coffee in

771
Austria, statistics of finances of, from 18 45-53 611 Breach of contract.....

456
Australia, field for manufacturés in.... 509

Breadstuffs, foreign exports of..

230
and California, of the discoveries of British ports, statistics of trade of

107
gold in...

and North American steamships, ton-
Australian gold fields, products of.

131
nage and power of....

503
Australia, Bass's Strait.

391

railway wonders of 1850...
mining law in..

255

woolen manufactures.......
progress of railroads in

760
tarill, alterations in the ....

367
colonial expenditures..

477
post-otice department, statistics of .. 776
Brooklyn, value of real estate in 1852-53.... 61%

mortality of the population of... 127
Bag-loom, and new shuttle motion....
132 Buenos Ayres, currency of ...

612
Bulimore and Ohio Railroad, history of ....

61 Buffalo, trade and commerce of...
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, progress of .. 760 Bullion in Bank of England..
Ballic kea, regulations of light in
768 Business men wanted.

647
Bank note counterfeits and alterations--their

religion in...

649
remedy

72
how to improve a...

521
Bank bids, loss of, in a series of years.

396
how to prosper in.

515
circulation in Wisconsin..

the fast man of'.

894
of Charleston in 1853, condition of.... 356

energy in

775
of England in 1852, operations of the.. 470

of Baltimore and Ohiv railroad.... 769

167

.... 635
...... 256

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