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CONTENTS OF NO. V., VOL. XXVI.

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I. ASTRONOMY: AND ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATORIES OF THE UNITED STATES 531

II. MONEY OF ACCOUNT-ITS NATURE AND FUNCTIONS.-PART II.-Glances at the

causes which introduced the present coinage system of Great Britain-System of coinage

in the United States-Proposed adoption of a single standard of gold, as a remedy for

scarcity of silver-Reduction in value of silver coins-Foreign exchanges-Of relinquish-

ing the double standard and relying upon silver standard alone, etc. By S. COLWELL,

Esq., of Pennsylvania.....

III. THE COMMERCE of st. THOMAS. By JOHN P. KNOx, of St. Thomas..

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IV. COMMERCIAL CITIES AND TOWNS OF THE UNITED STATES.-No. XXXII.—

DAYTON, OHIO. By WILLIAM C. BARTLETT, Esq., of Ohio......

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V. THE LAW OF PROGRESS IN THE RELATIONS OF CAPITAL AND LABOR.-

PART II. By RICHARD SULLEY, Esq., of New York.....

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

TED WITH TABLES, ETC., AS FOLLOWS:

General aspect of commercial affairs throughout the country-Spirit of speculation-Advance in

real estate-Decline in the value of merchandise-Sacrifice of European goods-Steady mar

ket for cotton-Effect of supply and demand upon the price of breadstuffs-Objects to which

speculation is directed-Notice of building associations-Promises of a rapid accumulation of

fortune generally illusory-Expansion of bank accommodations-Comparative statement of

the condition of the New York banks-Rates of foreign exchange-Deposits and coinage at

the Philadelphia and New Orleans Mints-Decline in the general import trade-Imports en-

tered at New York for March-Do. thrown upon the market-Increased receipts of free goods

-Imports at New York for the quarter-imports of dry goods for March-Do. for three

months-Increase in miscellaneous goods-General increase in the export trade-Exports

from New York for March, and for the quarter-Decline in the national revenue-Comparative

receipts at New York and Philadelphia-Exports of leading articles of produce from January

1st-General remarks, &c.....

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JOURNAL OF BANKING, CURRENCY, AND FINANCE.

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The proposed alteration in our Currency. By Professor C. F. McCAY, of Georgia..

Prices of silver coin in New York and London in 1851.-The three-cent coins of the U. States... 603

Condition of the banks of Pennsylvania, November, 1851..

Excise Revenue of the United Kingdom..

Condition of the banks of Detroit, (Michigan,) December 26, 1851.

Condition of all the banks of New Hampshire in 1852.

Quotations of bank stock at Boston in each month of 1851...

Value of property and taxation in California for 1851...

Debt and finances of St. Louis...

Capital and dividends of Boston banks in April, 1852.

Financial statistics of Louisiana, from 1830 to 1851

United States Treasurer's statement for March, 1852.

A national currency-"Confidence its Basis.".

The Director of the Mint on the gold coinage of the United States...

Stock securities of New Jersey free banks.-Debt of the State of Louisiana..

COMMERCIAL STATISTICS.

Commerce and navigation of United States in 1850-51-Part I. Commerce.......

Value of domestic exports of United States for 1850-51.......

Value of domestic exports of United States to each foreign country, 1850-51..

Foreign merchandise exported from United States to each foreign country in 1850-51..

Value of imports into United States from each foreign country in 1850-51

Commerce of United States with all nations in 1850-51..

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Exports from Martinique and Guadaloupe.-Shipments of oil and bone at the Sandwich Islands 625

Statement of the Commerce of each State and Territory for the year ending June 30th, 1851.... 626

COMMERCIAL REGULATIONS.

Brazilian consular regulations, relating to the property of deceased subjects of different countries 627

Spanish navigation and port dues.-Passport regulations of Austria...

Breadstuffs imported into the Zoll-Verein free of duty....

Postage to Buenos Ayres.-Spanish duty on foreign vessels....

Light-house at Port Mahon and Dragonera.-Port regulations of Shanghae

Light-house at the mouth of the River Llobregat...

STATISTICS OF POPULATION.

Population of cities and towns in the United States, and rates of increase in 1830 to 1850 ......

Population of Nicaragua.

Progress of Liverpool in population and Commerce.-Population of San Francisco...........

RAILROAD, CANAL, AND STEAMBOAT STATISTICS.

Canals and railroads of Pennsylvania..............

Progress of railroads in United States from 1828 to 1852..

Opening and closing of the Hudson River, and the Erie Canal and Lake Erie, in each year from

1814 to 1852...

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Erie railroad and Erie Canal, Central Railroad..

Railroad speed forty miles an hour.-Consumption of oil on railroads in Massachusetts......... 641

British regulations for steamboats..

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JOURNAL OF MINING AND MANUFACTURES.

Consumption of cotton in manufacturing countries,.......

The Cliff Copper Mine of Lake Superior.-Steel pen making at Birmingham

The Dean Cotton of Texas..

Machine for printing calico.-Lake Superior copper mines.

The advantages of modern inventions..

Production of cotton from straw.-Profits of mining in England

MERCANTILE MISCELLANIES.

Cheap ocean postage.-The merchants' clerk and the plowboy..
Merchant peddler, or buying cheap.-A curious commercial custom....
The London Times on the commercial agencies in the United States
A proverb for merchants.-A lady ship-master...............

THE BOOK TRADE.

Notices of 37 new Books, or new Editions

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