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 SIXTEEN. FROM JANUARY TO JUNE, INCLUSIVE, 1847. New York: PUBLISHED AT 142 FULTON-STREET. 1847. CONTRIBUTORS TO THE SIXTEENTH VOLUME OF THE MERCHANTS' MAGAZINE AND COMMERCIAL REVIEW. J. BALESTIER, Esq., United States Consul at Singapore. C. BRYAN, Esq., Counselor-at-Law, of Ohio. J. E. BLOOMFIELD, Esq., of New Jersey. JESSE CHICKERING, M. D., of Massachusetts. C. G. CHILDS, Esq., Editor of the Philadelphia Commercial List. C. F. DANIELS, Esq., of Connecticut. J. F. ENTZ, Esq., Accountant, of New York. Dr. LEWIS FEUCHTWANGER, of New York. D. R. JAQUES, Esq., Counselor-at-Law, of New York. THOMAS PRENTICE KETTELL, Esq., of New York. JAMES H. LANMAN, Esq., of Pennsylvania. CHARLES LANMAN, Esq., of New York, author of "A Summer in the Wilderness." J. R. M'CULLOUGH, Esq., author of the "Commercial Dictionary." A. NASH, Esq., Counselor-at-Law, of New York. LORENZO NEELEY, Esq., of New York. Hon. BENJAMIN F. Porter, (Judge,) of Alabama. JUNIUS SMITH, Esq., of New York. Hon. F. O. J. SMITH, of Maine. J. W. SCOTT, Esq., of Ohio. L. W. SLOAT, Esq., of New York. J. SNow, Esq., of New York. RICHARD C. TAYLOR, Esq., of Pennsylvania. FRANCIS H. UPTON, Counselor-at-Law, of New York. WHELOCK S. UPTON, Counselor-at-Law, of the New Orleans Bar. RICHARD VALPY, Esq., of England. GEORGE ATKINSON WARD, A. M., Merchant, of New York. JOHN A. WRIGHT, Merchant, of Pennsylvania. Hon. CHARLES WHITTLESEY, of Ohio. RICHARD WILLIAMS, Esq., Merchant, of Massachusetts. S. WOOD, Esq., Farmer, of New York. FREEMAN HUNT, Editor and Proprietor. FROM JANUARY TO JUNE, INCLUSIVE, 1847. Book trade 123, 219, 331, 427, 538, 640 66 57 66 34 66 35 36 36 37 cust'm duties at Monterey, '44 37 iron-wood. manufactured duck... .... 88 66 66 218 66 528 66 66 535 66 503 merchant, position of the........ 636 Anthracite coal trade, Pennsylvania.. Annuities, life-insurance, tontines, etc... 48, 445 593 Arts and manufactures, chemistry applied to 630 66 66 Atlantic sperm fishery 66 tobacco warehouse at Liverpool..... 396 639 Brooklyn, Union White Lead Company at... 421 Brusterort, light-tower at 66 66 66 ocean steam navigation, origin of... 172 66 278 merchand, shipped & received, '45-6 601 Australia, western, ports of Bullion in the Bank of England... 74 91 Australian copper ore..... 95 Chemistry applied to arts and manufactures. 630 66 Ireland, floating lights on... 66 66 Maryland State... ....... ......... 312 458 305 306 511 Debtor and creditor in La., law of... 53, 165, 381 634 66 378 78 66 66 ....... 506 624 Alabama, law of.... 469 115 411 entire of the U. S., 1793-1846.. and the missionary enterprise.... and navigation of N. Y., 1846. of Detroit, Michigan, 1842-46.. canal, of Cleveland, Ohio.... and trade of New York in 1691 29 66 144 timber, exp. from Norway, 35-41. 140 535 65 Duty on copper in England 610 122 138 66 Duties on books and engravings in England. 122 317 194 635 differential... 371 and navigation of U. S., 1845-46.. 513 74 66 export of manufactures from.. 289 628 revenue of, from 1066 to 1826 309 638 extent of cotton manufactures of... 330 457 606 66 duty on copper ore in 610 66 importations of corn into.. 628 326 in eggs Commer.chron. & rev., 72, 184, 287, 387, 490, 604 regulations.. 81, 213, 311, 405, 497, 611 English railroad system, success of the. 301 302 314 455 66 regulations with Mexico, U. States. of wool. goods from Russia to Kiachta 39 421 66 Companies, insurance, in Massachusetts.... 508 Consumption and production of sugar...... Copper trade, the British... 66 ore, duty on in England.. Coral fishery... Corn laws, the British "preferable to money for Ireland "importation of into England, 1846-47.. 628 Cost of wheat-growing.. 66 66 110 Mexico, 66 66 ... 556 516 ... 519 domestic, of Philadelphia, 1845-46. 527 66 66 66 44 Factor, principal and wool trade of Great Britain.. 66 "imports and sales of 111 209 bags of, imported, exported, etc 209 regulations for shipment of Pennsylvania, 1846... 209 and debt of Maryland. 306 department of, at Brussels. 412 Creditor and debtor in La, law of... 53, 165, 281 Fishery, American whale. 64 57 Sag Harbor whale. 102 62 469 Five Fathom channel, wreck near the.. 512 Cuba, export trade of, 1841-45... 110 Floating lights on the coast of ireland 316 Cured provisions, import of into England.... 122 Flour, Rochester manufacture and trade .... 96 182 Finances, New York State and corporation.. 118 190 626 Flour inspection at N. Orleans, 1845-46 114 Import of cured provisions into England.... 222 66 .... receipts of at Cleveland, Ohio, '41-46.. 194 into Rio Janeiro from 1836-39... 372 46 66 and duties of Philadelphia, 1830-46. 527 511 trade of with various countries.. 549 550 551 66 goods in transit 549 Indiana, condition of branches of state bank. 412 ..... 553 Insurauce, life, annuities, tontines, etc... 48, 445 importation of grains, etc., into..... 409 44 exports from to U. States, 1844-45.. 555 exhibition of Chinese manufact, in 631 whalers, smuggling by American and Free banks of New York, chartered and.... ............ ་་ 3:29 46 66 509 66 West India isles, new regulations of. 314 639 304 ports, East India.... 314 66 trade, poetry of 394 Fur trade, the.. 426 G. ... 619 works, Archimedes.... 93 66 bags cot.-w'l imp'd, etc., '31-46 112 and coal trade of the Ohio valley. 450 531 66 furnaces, etc., in Belgium.. 532 66 emigration from 121 |