THE MERCHANTS' MAGAZINE AND COMMERCIAL REVIEW. CONDUCTED BY FREEMAN HUNT, EDITOR OF THE LIBRARY OF COMMERCE, ETC.; CORRESPONDING MEMBER OF THE AMERICAN TIONS OF NEW YORK, BOSTON, BALTIMORE, AND LOUISVILLE, ETC. TO THE SEVENTEENTH VOLUME OF THE MERCHANTS' MAGAZINE. J. BALESTIER, United States Consul at Singapore. CHARLES F. BRIGGS, Esq., Author of "Life in a Liner,” etc., etc., of New York. W. S. CHACE, Esq., of New York. HENRY C. CAREY, Esq., of New Jersey. THOMAS L. DUNNELL, Esq., of Rhode Island. E. HASKET DERBY, Esq., of Massachusetts. GEORGE LEIGHTON DITSON, Esq., late U. S. Vice-Consul at Nuevitas. LEWIS FEUCHTWANGER, M. D., of New York. BARON GEROLT, Prussian Minister Plenipotentiary at Washington. Rev. WILLIAM HAGUE, of Massachusetts. Rev. FREDERIC W. HOLLAND, of New York. DAVID R. JACQUES, Esq., of the New York Bar. JAMES J. JARVIS, Esq., Editor of "The Polynesian," Oahu. ALEXANDER JONES, M. D., of New York. THOMAS PRENTICE KETTELL, Esq., of New York. JAMES H. LANMAN, Esq., Author of the "History of Michigan," etc. C. EDWARDS LESTER, late United States Consul at Genoa. C. F. M'CAY, Esq., Professor in the University of Georgia. Hon. BENJAMIN F. PORTER, of Alabama. Hon. ZADOCK PRATT, of Prattsville, New York. E. ROBERTS, Esq., Author of "Scenes and Characteristics of AngloIndian Society." J. W. SCOTT, Esq., Editor of the "Toledo Blade," Ohio. HAMILTON SMITH, Esq., of Kentucky. HENRY GRATTAN SMITH, of the Memphis (Tenn.) Bar. JOHN L. STEPHENS, Esq., Author of "Incidents of Travel in Central America," etc., etc. A. C. SPOONER, Esq., of the Boston (Mass.) Bar. C. TOWNSEND, Esq., of the Manchester (Michigan) Bar. Hon. GEORGE TUCKER, Author of "The Progress of the United States in Wealth and Population," ""Life of Jefferson," etc., etc. CHARLES TYNG & Co., Commission Merchants, Havana. WILLIAM S. WAIT, Esq., of Illinois; and FREEMAN HUNT, the Editor and Proprietor. The names of the contributors are appended to the titles of the several articles, in the table of contents on the first page of each number, except such as have been prepared or adopted by the Editor. INDEX TO VOL. XVII., FROM JULY TO DECEMBER, INCLUSIVE, 1847. cotton, Indian and...... 44 44 ...... ocean steam navigation............. 325 1835-47.................................. 511 530 Barbadoes, exports and shipping of.... ........ 261 produce exp'd from N. Orl'ns, 1846-47 613 Barbour's reports of cases in chancery......... Amoy, (China,) trade of in 1846.... 392 205 110 Beans, pro-forma sales of at Havana.......... 485 Andraud's new system of railroad locomotion.. 40 Beef, Angostura, (or Bolivar,) commerce of for 1846.. 197 Belgian railway, 1846... receipts from 1835 to 1846..... 211 Apples, pro-forma sales of at Havana.......... 485 Association, mercantile library of Boston.. 46 44 44 538 66 87 66 Cincinnati.... 88 Atlantic railroad, Mississippi and.......... 67, 104 Berbice, productions and shipping of, 1836.............. 264 Bahama bank, Isle of Man, floating light on. 525, 625 Bills of exchange...... Bahamas, productions and shipping of.. Bank of Ireland, national............. 44 bills of India rubber........ ........ 118 Biscuits, American, import of at Liverpool..... 219 Paris savings, progress of in 1846........ 120 Blyth Sand beacon.... restriction act, and finan'l crisis of '47. 131, 227 Boards, pro-forma sales of at Havana.......... 486 of England, light gold purchased by the.. 210 Boston, mercantile library association of....... 87 |