Law cases, mercantile.... 66, 182, 285, 383, 486, 6021 Maryland, currency of, prior to 1739...

65

of patents......

Lead region, the..

345

66
tariff of duties by stamp law of....... 413
181 Massachusetts, banks in.....
208
finances of, 1846........................................ 209

95

96

..........

203

64

"prices of, at St. Louis, 1844-46............ 322
Legislative policy of Maine, regard, corporations 256
Lehigh coal region.............
Letter of credit........
Life insurance, mutual........................................ 152
society on the basis of mutual... 152
annuities, tontines, etc....... 48, 445
Light, port of Genoa............................................ 512|
on Vairo Island...................... 91
on Cape St. Vincent, new...................... 91, 215
floating, on coast of Ireland............. 316
on Cape Frehel.......
634
Light-house on Beaver island, Halifax.......... 315
Loch Ryan, Scotland............. 633
Light-houses on the coast of Sweden........... 90
Light-tower at Brusterort.....................
315
of Thunoe, lantern on............. 315
on the island of Soerhangen..
....... 404

"

Lima, Peru, public lotteries of.

the mint at...

Liverpool, rates of freight from New York to.... 388
British tobacco warehouse at....... 396
and New York steamers............ 621
London, rates of continental bills in............ 392
prices of leading articles of import, 1837

and 1847...

docks, the.....

Lotteries, public, of Lima, Peru.....

64

64

Louisiana, law of debtor and creditor in. 53, 165, 281

324

average bank capital, 1803-20... 443
insurance companies, 1846...... 508
manufacture of tapestry carpeting 533

310 Measures, weights, and currency of Belgium.... 303
356
foreign........ 507
356 Mercantile law cases..... 66, 182, 285, 383, 486, 602
357
miscellanies.. 121, 216, 296, 394, 510, 635
library association of Philadelphia... 216

average hours of labor................. 359
average wages.......

359

character of the factory operatives..... 361
average div. of each company, 1825-41.. 362
manufactures, statisties of..

M.

66

64

44

422

biography-The late Robert Thom.. 381
David Ricardo. 458
64 classes, or grades, the............... 395
Merchandise on Columbia railroad............. 326
Merchant vessels, passengers in............ 410, 504
the good......
510

MACAO, China, harbor regulations of, 1846...... 213
regulations of the province of.... 505
Magellan, passage through the Straits of........ 513
Meil steamships, U. States naval and........... 419
Maine, legislative policy regarding corporations. 256
Malacca, commerce in the Straits of........... 351 Merchants and business men, hints to........... 218

Washington as a................................................ 298
the praying Parsee.................. 301
position of the American............. 636

at Valparaiso, the.............. 302
352 Mexican ports, U. States tariff regulations for..... 497
Manufacture of railroad iron in the U. States 97, 530 Mexico, U. States commercial regulations with.. 455
of marble by casting.....
535
exports to from England, in 1846....... 457
port of Tampico.....
404

of bristles at Cincinnati........... 632 66
of paper in the United States...... 632 Michigan, shipments of flour and wheat, 1842-46 191
Manufactured duck, American........

Manufacturing industry of New York.......... 92
Manufactures, extent of cotton, in England...... 330 Microscope, commercial value of the........... 511
422 Mineral resources of Missouri................. 177
influence of on population....... 631
and perfumery manufactory, Roussel's.. 217
Marble, manufacture of by casting....
wealth of South Australía............. 424
Maryland, debt and finances of, 1846........... 306 Mines, lead, and trade of the West............. 95

535 64

viii

Mines, Cornwall and Swansea..

64 coal, of Belgium.....

coal, of Pennsylvania...

French coal and iron.......

421 Norway, trade and commerce of-continued.
total value of exports.......

143

imports from Denmark, 1835-38-41... 144
Sweden and Russia,.... 145

of Upper California.........

iron, of Belgium................

16. gold, in Orel and Siberia.......

Mint at Lima, Peru.......

.... 308

44

U. States branch, New Orleans........... 310

Prussia and Ger. States. 146

shipping.....

Holland and G. Britain.. 147
France..
Belg., Spain, and Purt'l. 149
149

148

301

and branches, coinage of........ 506 Novel commercial speculation.....

Mississippi river, railroad to from lake Michigan. 115

0.

46 law of debtor and creditor in........ 379 OCEAN steam navigation, origin of Atlantic..... 174
44
94
steamers between Havre and New York.. 617
.278
Missouri, iron mountains of.................................................
177 Oceans, union of Atlantic and Pacific...........
mineral resources of.....
mineralogical observations in......... 117 Odessa, Russia, exports from, 1840-46........... 628
424 Official smuggler.......
manufactures in........

Molasses, export of from Havana, 1845-46...... 529 Ohio, decisions in courts of.........
Montreal mercantile library association......... 296
Mutual life-insurance..

1838-44 319
NAUTICAL intelligence.... 89, 215, 315, 404, 512, 633 Oil, sperm and whale imported into U.S., 1846... 318
invention for steering ships....... 90, 215
Naval and mail steamships, U. States........... 419 Opium trade at Hong-Kong, commerce and the.. 122
Navigation and naval architecture...... 19, 131, 227 Origin of the dollar mark.......

309

New Hampshire, currency of, prior to 1739..... 346 Parsee merchant, the praying...
347 Passengers in merchant vessels..........
209 Patents, the law of..........

New London, whale and shore fisheries of...... 273 Pennsylvania, currency of prior to 1739..........
New Orleans, flour inspected at, 1845-46........ 114

iron trade of, 1844-46............ 201
coal trade of....

202, 206

finances of, 1846.......

209

coal mines and trade of.......... 327
iron works in 1842......................

587

66

rolling-mills, forges, and nail facto-

ries, 1846....

589, 590
state tolls on merchandise, 1847... 621

New York, manufacturing industry of.......... 92
State finances and corporations..... 118
commerce and navigation, 1845-46.. 194 Perfumery, manufacture of.........
imports, 1845-46......

217

66 the mint at Lima.........
210
Philadelphia, prices of stocks at, 1836-46........ 120
and Reading railroad ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... .... ....
mercantile library association...... 216
Wilmington and Baltimore r'road.. 326
commerce of, 1845-46............. 425
425
imports of, 1845-46...............
exports of to foreign ports, 1845-46. 425
ton'ge ent. from for. count., 1845-6. 425
arrivals and clearances, 1845-46.... 425
domestic exports of, 1845-46....... 527
duties and imports of since 1830....526

ocean steamers between Havre and. 617 Plank roads, new improvement...
621 Platina, Russian gold and..

Nidingen rocks, beacons on the........

367

..................

532

91 Population, influence of manufactures on....... 631

402

statistics of..........
progress of in Mass., 1765-1840...... 402
in western states, increase of........ 403
403
in Paris, progress of...

metals and minerals exported, 1835-41. 142 Pork and lard exported from U. S., 1821-45..... 106

413

Post-office regulations on letters to Bremen, etc.. 616|Silver and gold in America, product of..
Production and consumption of sugar........... 64 coinage of in the U. S., from 1793-1846... 624
of sugar in the East Indies........... 375 Singapore, commercial prospects of.
Provisions, import of cured into England, 1845... 122
commerce of.........
Sleswick, beacons on western coast of....
Smuggler, official.........

Q.

R.

302

400

..... 634
637

QUEBEC, statistics of shipping at, 1845–46...... 114 Smuggling by American and French whalers.... 401
tobac. at Liv'p'l, ingenious meth, of.. 401
Smyrna, buoys in the gulf of..................
91
Soerhangen, new light-tower on the island of.... 404
South Australia, mineral wealth of.......... 424

RAILROAD, canal, and steamboat statistics, 115,

210, 324, 415, 535, 617
Railroad iron, manufacture of in U. States 97, 212, 530 South Carolina, currency of prior to 1739....... 348

from lake Michigan to the Mississippi.. 115 Spain, commercial code of, No. 3.............. 378
210 St. Louis, the fur trader's post................. 212
324
prices of wheat, flour, hemp, and lead,

Philadelphia and Reading....

Massachusetts Western...

.......

at, 1844-46......

322
91

Philada., Wilmington, and Baltimore.. 326
Columbia, merchandise on the........ 326 St. Vincent, cape, new light onǹ................
system, success of the English.. 326 Steam navigation, origin of Atlantic ocean...... 172
Reading...
415 Steamers, Pacific line of.......
..... 420
betw'n Havre and N. York, regul's of.. 617
537
New York and Liverpool............ 621
417 Steamships, United States naval and mail....... 419
418 Steam-vessels, British regulations for............ 88
619

rates of freight and tolls on coal 537
Troy and Greenbush..

Railway construction, cost of in Great Britain.. 536 Straits of Malacca, commerce in the............ 351

66
415, 537

Reading railroad......
Redcar, England, buoy on the Salt Scar off..... 512 Sugar,
Regulations for steam-vessels, British...

"Magellan, passage through the........ 512
production of in the East Indies......... 375
import and consump. in U. S., 1801-46... 526
and molasses exp'd f'm Havana, 1845–46. 529
prod. and consump. of in the world, '44.. 64
new, of French West India islands.. 314 Swansea and Cornwall, mines of......
420
314 Sweden, exports from to Denmark, 1835, '38, '41. 145

coffee exported, 1837-46........ 374 Thunoe, lantern on the light-tower of.......... 315
to U.S., 1842-46 374 Timber, British customs-duties on.............. 312

394 U. States, commercial treaty with Hanover..... 61
entire coinage of, 1793-1846...... 624
quantity and value of domestic ex-

66

and commerce of New York, 1691 399

46

M

the fur........

coal and iron of the Ohio valley.

426
450, 629

44

American East India and Pacific....... 529

46

ports, 1845-46........
manufacture of paper.......

iron, of Europe and United States...... 574 Upper California, mines of........

British hop......

...... 625

..... 632

... 365

......

639 Uralian mountains, Russian gold and platina in, 532

Treaty between United States and Hanover..... 611
Trieste, academy of commerce and navigation... 60

Troy and Greenbush railroad........

91

537 VAIRO island, revolving light on............................
Tuscany, corn-laden vessels exempted from dues. 633 Valparaiso, custom-house and exchange at...... 297

merchants....

Van Dieman's land.

W.

UNDERWRITING in Great Britain, process of.... 121
Union White Lead Company, Brooklyn........ 421
278
of Atlantic and Pacific oceans..........
United Kingdom, timber trade of the...........
U. States, commerce and navigation, 1845-46.... 513 Washington as a merchant.......

domestic exports...

112 WAREHOUSING system..

302

404

85

298

value of imports and exports...................

foreign exports..

navigation....

46 railroad, the Massachusetts...
exports and imports of each State.... 518 Western Australia, ports of......
States, increase of population in....... 403
98
521 Whale fishery, American, statistics of..........
......... 102
Sag Harbor, 1845...
of the United States, 1846....... 318
tonnage entered in each State........ 524
tonnage cleared from each State..... 525 Whale and sperm oil imported into U. S., 1841-45 100
404
imports and exports under three tariffs 77 Whalebone imported into U. States, 1841-45.... 100
44 at Van Dieman's Land....................................
tea and coffee consumed in, 1822-34.. 78 Whalers, smuggling by American and French... 401
79
domestic exports, 1842-46...........
arrived in Sag Harbor, 1845.... 102
tariff regulations and instructions..... 81 Whaling-vessels owned in U. States, 1829-46... 99
cleared from "
manufacture of railroad iron. 97, 212, 530
commercial statistics of, 1821-45..... 107
import of teas from China, 1845-46 199, 425
import of silk, etc., from China, '45-46 200
stock, treasury notes converted into... 310

prices of at St. Louis, 1844-46......... 322
in European markets, 1846.... 323
318 Wheat-growing, cost of...

imports of sperm and whale oil, '38-46. 319 Wilmington, Philadelphia, and Baltimore rail-

472

419 Wool trade of Rochester, New York......
shipped from Rochester, 1844-46......... 105
average prices in western N. York, '35-46 105
in the Shipway...
Wreck, near the Five Fathom Channel......... 512

........ 512

commercial regulations with Mexico.. 455
tariff regulations for Mexican ports... 497
mint and branches, coinage of, 1836.. 506
509
treasury notes and stocks.......
import and consump. of sugar, 1801-46 526
iron trade of Europe and............ 574
commercial cities and towns......... 596 YARMOUTH and Lowestoft, buoys in vicinity of.. 634

X.

INDEX TO THE FIRST TEN VOLUMES OF THE MERCHANTS' MAGAZINE.
and I
Since the publication of the TENTH VOLUME of the MERCHANTS' MAGAZINE, I have given
an alphabetical index to each of the succeeding volumes, similar to the present;
have just published, in pamphlet form, an index for the first ten volumes of the work,
which will be furnished to subscribers to the whole series, gratis, on personal application
at the office of the Merchants' Magazine, or by letter, post-paid.

THE

MERCHANTS' MAGAZINE,

Established July, 1839,

BY FREEMAN HUNT, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR.

VOLUME XVI.

ART.

CONTENTS OF NO. I., VOL. XVI.

ARTICLES.

PAGE

I. HISTORICAL SKETCH OF NAVIGATION AND NAVAL ARCHITECTURE, No. III.

New series. By Gen. H. A. S. DEARBORN, of Massachusetts, author of "A Memoir of the

Commerce and Navigation of the Black Sea, and the Trade and Maritime Geography of

Turkey and Egypt," etc.,...

19

II. COMMERCE WITH THE EASTERN COAST OF AFRICA,..

IIL COMMERCE AND RESOURCES OF ALTA CALIFORNIA. By a Merchant of New

York,

29

34

IV. THE RUSSIAN TRADE AT KIACHTA.-Notices of the Trade carried on by the Rus-

sians at Kiachta, upon the Frontiers of China,.

38

V. THE INVENTION OF THE COTTON-GIN: With Reference to its Effects on the Pro-

duction of Cotton,

....

44

48

VI. ANNUITIES, LIFE INSURANCE, TONTINES, ETC.-NO. I. By J. F. ENTZ, Account-

ant, of New York,......

VII. LAW OF DEBTOR AND CREDITOR IN LOUISIANA-No. III. By FRANCIS H. UP-
TON, Esq., Counsellor at Law, late of New Orleans, now of New York,................

VIII. LAW OF DEBTOR AND CREDITOR IN ALABAMA-No. II. By Hon. BENJAMIN F.

PORTER, of Alabama,....

.....

57

IX. ACADEMY OF COMMERCE AND NAVIGATION AT TRIESTE. Translated from

the "Giornale del Lloyd Austriaco" for January, 1845,..

X. THE CURIOSITIES OF COMMERCE: THE CORAL FISHERY,.

XI. COMMERCE AND THE MISSIONARY ENTERPRISE,.

MERCANTILE LAW CASES.

The Law of Patents-Cases of Injunctions,....

COMMERCIAL CHRONICLE AND REVIEW,

EMBRACING A FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL REVIEW OF THE UNITED STATES, ETC., ILLUSTRATED

WITH TABLES, ETC., AS FOLLOWS:

View of Commercial Enterprise-Demand for Shipping-Management of the Government Fi-

nances The New Tariff-Mexican War-European Railroads-Rates of Bills in London-Bul-

lion in the Bank of England-Stocks of Cotton in Europe and America, in 1845, '46-Deliveries

of Cotton for Consumption in France and England, in 1844, '45, '46-Current Prices of Cotton in

1815, compared with 1844, '45-Import of Goods into the U. S. under three Tariffs-Exports

from the U. S.-Specie Movement-Quantities of Tea and Coffee consumed in the U. S., with

the Rates and Amount of Duties-Domestic Exports of the U. States for five years, etc., etc.,.. 72

VOL. XVI.-NO. I.

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