J.

Java, import and export trade of..
Jealousy of Trade......

644

Manufacture of nails, improvement in the...... 342
of American parchments......... 341
343 Mansfield and Sandusky railroad.............. 216
Journal of mining and manufactures...227, 338, 110 Manilla, export trade of, from 1838 to 1847..... 424
447, 558, 659 Marine averages........

Journal of banking, finance and currency. .105, 219
309, 438, 563, 667

insurance..................

...

59

185

428

114

180

620

426

95

95

...... 171

business of.....

231

L.

LACE, British export of........

Lackawanna and Wyoming coal region..

Lakes, navigation of, in 1847......

ancient mining on........

Land sold in U. S. from 1832 to 1847....
Law reform in New York....
Lands, sale of U. S. public....
Lawns, British export of....

Lead mines, discovery of, in Vermont.....
Legacy duties paid in Great Britain....
Libellant charter party, case of.....
Lights, steamers, to prevent collision......

condition of railroads of........ 636

307 Mauritius, port charges and tariff of....... 101, 550
commercial regulations of.......... 549

271
444

..... 170

... 230 Maury's wind and current chart.....

customs duties of...
quay duties of...

floating, in Prince's channel........ 431, 553 Mercantile miscellanies. 118, 231, 343, 454, 569, 670

House of A. & S. Henry & Co...... 63
Law Cases... 76, 183, 294, 403, 532, 630
Library Association of Boston.. 118, 673
Law, points in. ... ... ... ... .... ... ... .... .................. 181
Acquisitiveness

Accounts, limitation of............ 404
614 Merchant, the, a translation from the German.. 41
vessels, law of U. S. relating to...... 102
knowledge necessary to a............ 259
170
the honest boy a successful.......... 677
331 Merchants clerks of London, comfort of........ 120
202
successful..........

comparative exp. of, in 1845 to 1847 204
annual corn report..
Loans contracted by England since 1793.......
Locomotive engine, a new......................
London, comfort for merchants clerks of....... 120

120

Magazine, character of.......... 669
640 Metals, electric decomposition of.............. 665
225 Method of welding iron and steel.............. 229
117 Mexican ports, reduction of duties in...........
212
dollars, value of, at Paris and London. 189
liquidation of claims against...
vegetable soap of........
Michigan, population of.........

and Westminster Bank, manager of.... 68 Mexico,
Louisiana, vessels built in, in 1847............

M.

66

95

MACKEREL, inspection of, in Massachusetts.... 329
Mackinaw, (Mich.) imp, and exp. of, in 1847... 27
Machinery, cost of, for a cotton factory..
Magdalena Bay, coast and island at....................

Magnesia, British duty on.........

Mahogany trade of Honduras..

Maine, vessels built in, in 1847.

condition of Banks of..

331

449

20

description of military lands of..
public debt of.......

21

23

227

104

tolls on canals of............... 434
32

val. of exp. of, from 1803 to 1848. 191 Mining district of the United States............
manual dexterity in.............
Manufacture of saltpetre.......

663 New Orleans receipts, exports, etc., of cotton... 419

110

562

663

338

46

452

453

113

receipts of produce at, for 7 years. 408
exports of, from 1848............ 409
its history...

trade and commerce of........... 511
commercial buildings of.......... 507
banks of........ ........................... 509
imports into, from 1842 to 1847... 512
navigation of, from 1844 to 1848.. 517
condition of banks of............ 538

95 Newport, (Mich.,) imp. and exp. of, in 1847.... 28
228 New York and Erie railroad.................. 115
and New Orleans, steamers between. 116
dividends of banks of.............. 107
condition of banks State of, 1847-8.. 109
vessels built in, in 1847.............................
export of specie from...........
rate of foreign bills at............., 189
loan of.............

value of American continental..

161

64

commercial history of..

.......

162

46

duties collected at..

166

value of property of..

ship-building in....

166

..........

536
632

of specie at.... 633

.... 633

... 638

642

Nankeens, British export of.

city, personal and real estate of........ 669
canals, opening and closing of...... 657
185 North Carolina, vessels built in, in 1847........
Nautical intelligence.... 103, 213, 337, 427, 551, 651 Norway, coins and currency of........

New Hampshire, vessels built in, in 1847....... 95 Oil-cloth factory at Newburgh...

condition of banks of......... 195 Oils imported into the U. States in 1848........ 204
New Jersey, vessels built in, in 1847........... 95 Orange powder works........

56

New Orleans and New York, steamers between. 116 Oregon, regulation of mails of................... 648

export trade of, in 1847-8........ 419 PALM leaf hats, improvement in...

296

export of breadstuffs in 1847-8.... 423 Paper making, improvement in 342

44

noise prevented on....
traffic on French....
Raritan mining company.................
Razor, David's improved...
Registry laws in Tennessee.
204 Remington's bridge, etc.....

657

568

568

111

666

...

391

....

499

drainage of Tixall meadows..... 501

and Reading Railroad, statistics of 214
customs revenue of.............. 303 Revenue of the Island of Ceylon....
of the United States for four

Peru, changes of duties upon imports into...... 329
Peruvian ports, Baltimore exports of produce to. 199
Petersburgh, Va., railroad, statistics of......... 436
Port of Brest, (Mich.,) exports of, in 1847...... 26 Revolving heels to boots......
"of Hartlepool...................
103 Rhode Island, vessels built in, in 1847.......... 95

Portland, commerce and navigation of, in 1847. 199
Postal regulations, foreign, of U. States........ 211
Potatoes, product of, in U. States............ 487 Rice, product of, in U. States.....
Poughkeepsie, iron manufactory at...

Price of wheat in former days.....

Produce, export of domestic, from the U. States 84 Rome, ancient commerce of...

import of, into New Orleans..............

Propellers, patents for.......

Protection of vessels from lightning...
Providence and Plainfield Railroad...
Prussia, mercantile marine of.....

Publishing house, a model...........

Puddling or refining iron.....

Punctuality in business important...

Q.

R.

325 Romans, an agricultural tribe....

428

46 their warlike character.

..... 606 Rouen, (France,) description of.........

commerce of................ 266

⚫ manufacturing industry of.... 266
456 Rum, importation of, into England....... ........ 678
447 Russia, produce of gold in....

... 570 Rye, product of, in U. States....

561

483

213

145

QUAY duties at Mauritius......
552 SAGINAW, (Mich.,) imports and exports of, 1847 27
Quercitron bark, British circular relating to.... 234 Sailing directions for Mobile Bay....
Questions of liability of trustees............... 300 Salem, early commerce of...................... 646
Quicksilver mines in California............... 666 Salmon fishery......
Quills, brushes manufactured from............ 451 Salt, weight of, regulated in New York........ 330
Quiltings, British export of................... 171 Saltpetre, manufacture of............................................................. 229
Salvage, law of wreck and................................................. 631
Sandusky and Mansfield Railroad............. 216
city, description of................. 287
commerce of.................. 288
115
"harbor of.................... 289
.............. 116 Sardinian products of industry....
................................. 560
Wilmington and Raleigh............ 117 Savings funds among charitable associations... 173
distances and rates of fare on......... 117 Shawls and handkerchiefs, British export of.... 171
Philadelphia and Reading, statistics of 214 Ship-building on the Western waters.......... 426
progress of, on the continent of Europe 215
in New York.......
Mansfield and Sandusky....
216 Ship and boat building........

RAILROAD, canal, and steamboat statistics, 115, 214
332, 432, 566, 655

Great Western (Canada).
)................................ 217 Ship-masters, liability of....

...... 642
428

.............. 631
...... 217 Ships built by Brown & Bell.................. 643
Providence and Plainfield........... 217 Shipping merchants, decision relating to....... 183
English, calls.......

of Ireland, statistics of.............. 332 Shoals in the China Sea.....
rate of freight and fares on 68, in the Silk, product of, in U. States............................................ 490
United States.................... 333 Silver, native, from Lake Superior....
statistics of English........

432 Silvering glass, new method of........... 451

Spain, debt of, to England........

564 United States, com. of all nations, in 1847, with 90

commercial code of............ 59, 178, 619
Spanish act of U. States concerning stearm vess. 218
Specie, export of, from New York to England,
France, etc.....

82

645

St. Helena, shipping touching at..
Statistics and history of the British cotton trade. 167
Steam gauge, Eckel's....
113
Steamboats in United States in 1810........... 658
vessels, act of U. S. concerning Spanish. 218
navigation, American ocean...
567
Steamers between N. Orleans and New York.. 116
lights to prevent collisions..

Steel, method of welding...

337

..........

Sturgeon, commercial value of................ 674
Soup, Mexico, vegetable. . . .

Stock, emission of, on foreign account......... 634
South Carolina, vessels built in, in 1847........
Sovereigns, price of, in New York............. 302
Successful merchant....

Sugar, production of, in Texas...

value of exp. of, to all countries.. 61
naviga'n in 1847 of, with all nat'ns 92
tonnage of each collection dist. of 93
number and tonnage of vessels

built in each State of, in 1847.. 95
vessels built in the, in 1846-7..... 83
the sixteen million loan of....191, 83
exp. dom. produce of, 1841 to 1847 84
com, and navigation of, in 1847.. 87
debt and finances of, in 1848..... 226
imp. of oil and whalebone into the 204
treaty between New Grenada and 205
foreign postal regulations of the.. 211
domestic exports of

value of principal articles of, ex-

ported to Great Britain..

191

193

95

233

export of, from Manilla to U. S., 1843-47 424
product of, in U. States.....

490

trade of, with Great Britain..... 325
exp. of produce from, 1807 to 1847 307
revenue and expenditure of ...... 304

548

" U. States, drawback on...

Superior, Lake, navigation of, in 1847. .... ...
66 light-house on....

650

export of breadstuffs in 1847-8... 423

37

agriculture of.....

477

44

condition of banks of..

540
finances of, from 1791 to 1848.... 563

................ 343 West, internal commerce of the... . ... ........
"
454 Indies, Baltimore export of produce to... 197
403 Whalebone imported into the U. S. in 1848.... 204
25 Wheat, average price of, in England.......
205
price of, in former days..
products of, in United States. . ........ 479
411 Whitney's Railroad to the Pacific...
86 Wilmington and Raleigh Railroad Co......... 117
300 Wool, pounds arrived on the Hudson....

Trenton, (Mich.,) exports and imports of.....
Treaty of com., etc., bet. U. S. and N. Grenada.
of commerce and navigation between U.
S. and Hanover..

Trieste, imports and exports of... .
Trustees, liability of...

Tyre, commerce of... . ...

U.

ULSTER, (Ireland,) condition of Bank of....... 315

Underwriters, obligations, etc., of... ..

622

.

United States, agricultural productions of ...... 121 YACHTs, regulations in the navigation of ....... 331

State of, in 1847......... 96, 97, 98 ZOLLVEREIN, articles imported from U.S...... 85
navigat'n of each State of, 1847.97, 98