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 YORK, PHILADELPHIA, BOSTON, BALTIMORE, LOUISVILLE, VOLUME THIRTY-ONE. FROM JULY TO DECEMBER INCLUSIVE, 1854. New York: PUBLISHED AT 142 FULTON-STREET. 1854. CONTRIBUTORS TO THE THIRTY-FIRST VOLUME OF THE MERCHANTS' MAGAZINE AND COMMERCIAL REVIEW. G. M. BELL, Esq., Secretary of the London Bank of Australia, etc. Hon. GEORGE S. BOUTWELL, late Governor of Massachusetts. JOHN P. BROWN, Esq., of the United States Legation at Constantinople. etc., etc., of New Jersey. J. II. GIBBON, M. D., of the United States Branch Mint, North Carolina. ENOCH HALE, Jr., Esq., of Massachusetts. Rev. D. F. HUNTINGDON, of Massachusetts. D. R. JAQUES, Esq., of the New York bar. D. T. LEECH, Esq., of the Post-Office Department, Washington. WILLIAM J. MCALPINE, Esq., late Chief Engineer, etc., of the State of New York. C. F. MCCAY, Professor in the College of South Carolina. DEXTER F. PARKER, Esq., of Massachusetts. JOHN L. PEYTON, Esq., of Illinois. GERARD RALSTON, Esq., late Vice-President of the American Colonization Society. J. W. SCOTT, Esq., of Ohio. MATTHEW HALE SMITH, Esq., of the Boston bar. BENJAMIN G. SMITH, Esq., Printer, of New York. RICHARD SMITH, Esq., Editor of the Cincinnati Price Current, etc. JOHN MILTON STEARNS, Esq., of New York. RICHARD SULLEY, Esq., of Indiana. M. DE TEGOBORSKI, of New York. Hon. GEORGE TUCKER, late Professor of Moral Philosophy and Political Econ omy in the University of Virginia, author of the Life of Jefferson, etc. AMASA WALKER, late Secretary of State in Massachusetts. J. B. WICKERSHAM, Esq., of New York. FREEMAN HUNT, Editor and Proprietor. แ 4 and railroad stocks.. of England, bullion in..... Banks of Wisconsin, condition of, July, 1854, 349 of Conn, the condition for 18 years... 621 in Massachusetts, large dividends of.. 614 of New Orleans, condition of 351, 492, 729 of Ohio, condition of... Canadian wheat crop in 1854.. 732 Canada, minerals of.... 644 728 reciprocity treaty in.. 742 374 66 91 66 66 66 83, 210, 335, 461, 592, 717 in Massachusetts, condition of... capital and dividends of N. York city. 225 in Connecticut, act regulating... liabilities..... 229 225 458 of S. Carolina, condition of...... 488, 620 Banking law, free, of New York.. Canal Statistics....... 117, 247, 374, 496, 629, 748 boats, unloading.... 381 and river improvements, western 376 length of navigation in New York 248 Canals and other public works of New York, 123, 227, 374, 496, 629, 748 rates of transportation on railr'ds and 123 of New York, business of, in 1853... 748 แ trade upon, in 1853.... 751 Candles, manufacture of mineral..... Canvas and cordage of cotton.... Capital does not always help a place... Carriers, common, action against... ....... 202 66 by sea... 80 .... .... 386 382 .... 394 584 Journal of.... 91, 216, 344, 488, 612, 726 Cedar Keys, Florida, light-house at.. Census, cost of taking the several U. States. 254 of U. S. for 1850, full statistics of.... 675 legislation of U. States, 1790 to 1850, 252 of Sandwich Islands.. 128 Certificates of stock, suggestions relating to. 647 365 |