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. H. 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. banks, weekly statements, Agricultural productions in California.. 129, 373 Albany, prices of wheat at, for 61 years..... 427 66 109 66 514 per centage of, and wines..... 66 stocks held by foreigners......... 102 66 83, 210, 336, 461, 592, 718 66 759 635 Business success, the elements of......... 56-62 66 the charm of life. 61 373 Atmospheric telegraphs for carrying p'kages 266 393 C. 231 ships from London to 107 American commerc'l enterprise in 747 gold mines, future of.. 387 66 Australian gold, essay of..... 347 66 Autobiography, a mercantile... 414 agricultural productions 129 Charleston, condition of banks of, 1853-54.. 345 Cotton and linen, tanning.. 263 66 maritime progress of................... 605 66 canvas and cotton cordage.......... 382 export of cotton, rice, &c., from. Chicago, real and personal property of.............. 66 China trade, bonds of merchants in, canceled 741 แ Clearing-house, New York, business at Cloth, manufacture of felt .... "fields of the world.. "analysis of several kinds.. 707 Creditors' bills not superseded... 79 775 204 701 511 Cumberland coal trade from 1842 to 1853.... 515 .. 188 496 226 623 612 645 388 66 new Canadian.. Grain, prices of, in England... 108 66 66 production of hogs in... 506 747 66 265 for lading and re-exportation..... exported to Great Britain from Ireland 743 import and cons. of, in U. Kingdom.. 361 Key to mercantile character... Great Britain, families and houses in....... 367 remission of duties by........ 234 Gum arabic of commerce, the.. Labor, division of... L. Lace and muslin, printing for.... 756 769 80 Lakes, length of navigation on minor. 248 ..... 331 392 .. length of western, &c... 377 332 756 504 606 355 Law, Journal of Mercantile, 497 74, 202, 328, 454, 534, 712 value of, in Ohio.. Lawrence, Abbott, letter to Freeman funt.. 262 66 Letters by the British mail packets.. 768 388 742 263 417 78 Liability of surety.. 715 Liabilities of railroads 455 776 Life insurance policy, construction of. Liberia, commercial importance of.. 200 113 115, 245, 364, 510, 629, 762 289 367 518 497 .... 368 Imperts-See "Com. Chron. and Review," each month; also name of place. India, growth of cotton in 66 culture of cotton in... 429 Liquor trade, of the United States..... 97 Literature of commerce.. 94 Liverpool, cost of transport to.... Indiana, progress of railroads in............ 379 finances of... 46 free banks of, capital, &c., of...... 490 Manufacturing Law of New York..... 46 |