CONDUCTED BY FREEMAN HUNT, EWTOK Of THK LIBRARY OP COMMERCE, ETC.; CORRESPONDING MEMBER OF THE AMERICAN VOLUME NINETEEN. FROM JULY TO DECEMBER, 1848. NEW-YORK: PUBLISHED AT 142 FULTON-STREET. 1848. CONTRIBUTORS NINETEENTH VOLUME OF THE MERCHANTS' MAGAZINE. A. D. Bache, Superintendent of U. S. Coast Survey. David M. Balfour, Merchant, of Massachusetts. G. F. Secchi De Casali, Esq., late of Italy, now of New York. Francis B. Clark, Esq., Merchant, of Georgia. Hon. H. A. S. Dearborn, Mayor of Roxbury, Mass. J. F. Entz, Esq., Accountant, of New York. R. B. Forbes, Esq., Merchant, of Massachusetts. James William Gilbart, F. R. S., of London, England. Charles H. Glover, Esq., of the New York Bar. David R. Jacques, Esq., of the New York Bar. Joseph Johnson, M. D., of South Carolina. Thomas Prentice Kettell, Esq., of New York. James H. Lanman, Author of the History of Michigan. James A. Lawson, Esq., of Dublin, Ireland. C F. M'cay, Esq., Professor in the University of Georgia. E. Meriam, Esq., of New York. Alanson Nash, Esq., of the New York Bar. Hon. Benjamin F. Porter, of Georgia. George W. Savage, President of the Eagle Life and Health Insurance Company. J. W. Scott, Esq., of the Ohio Bar. Henry Grattan Smith, Esq., of the Memphis (Tenn.) Bar. Hon. George Tucker, Author of "The Progress of the United States in Wealth and Population." George A. Ward, A. M., Merchant, of New York. A. Whitney, Esq., of New York. Hon. J. R. Williams, of Michigan. Freeman Hunt, the Editor and Proprietor. ,|3- To find the exports, imports, trade, &c., of different places in the Index, see the name of the country, State, city, or ports; and for particulars relating to the commerce, etc., &c, of the United Kingdom, see "Great Britain," " England," " British," «' English," Ate JET 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. XII., FROM JULY TO DECEMBER, INCLUSIVE, 1848. AcQtumrsnEis, mercantile 345 Act of United State* to provide Tor ventilation of passenger vessels.... "** extending privileges to American vess'ls eng'd in certain trade 102 Aet in relation to navigation of East River by steamboats 213 "of V 8. concerning Spanish fctesm vessels... 918 ** regulating Yacht navigation 331 ** to prevent imp. of adulterated medicines, etc. 336 ** eoaearaing Mutual Inrarance Compaoiei... 330 "to regulate the weight of salt 330 "to provide for incorporation, etc., of telegraph com pan ie* 413 Action to recover excess of duties 533 Admiralty, ease in 80 Agriculture, exp'ts from U. 8. of prod'ts of, 1847 88 u influence of, on commerce 468 of the United 8tates 477 41 - products of, in 1847 478, 404 Agricultural productions of U. S. in 1847 121 Algesiras, regulations of the port of. Sl3 Amber trade, influence of the 346 America, N. and 8., geographical division of... 625 production* uf. 625 l Continental money 445 Factory Girls. 453 manufactory, first bonnets in England 456 ocean steam navigation 567 , France, description of. 617 ""commerce of. 617 M "manufactures, etc, of 617 Amsterdam, rate of bills on 180 "price of bills on 302 Anrissst commerce 131 *' history and principles of..... 243 ""hmtoryof 467 Ancram or Copake iron works 450 Antigua, tariff of. 647 Arrivals, forced and in distress 61 Associations, savings fundi among charitable... 173 Assumpsit, action of (law Cmc) 298 Athens, laws end cousin at 240 Atlantic and interior cities 385 Attachmeot. law of, in Tennessee 387 Austria, mineral produce of. 110 Averages, marine, Spanish law of. 50 BaLTUfOfti banks, dividends of. 100 eaporti of domestic produce 106 Bamford's improved stocking frame 664 Bank of France, condition of. 219, 104 "England, rates of interest 318 ""conditionof 406 "discounts of. 407 "notes invented by the Chinese 310 "charters of Pennsylvania 309 "dividends, etc., in New York 542 Banks of Rhode Island in 1845,1846,1848 107 "Vermont in 1847 100 ** the State of N. Y., cond'n of, in 1847-8 108 "Baltimore, dividends of, in 1847-8 108 "New York, laws relating to 290 *' Charleston, condition of. 224 "Ohio, condition of. 224 "Maine, condition of.. •• 316 "condition of South-western 410 "condition of, Western in 1847-8 409 "condition of New York 536 circulatiop of New York, from 1837-48 194 "* New York State, list of the 310 "and banking in Ireland 313 "and finance of Ohio 441 Bankruptcy In Massachusetts 232 Barley, product of, in United States 482 Belgian commercial regulations 331 Belfast, condition of bank of. 315 Bills of exchange, law of. 403 Biography, mercantile 396 Black River (Mich.) imp'ta and exp'ts of, in 1847 27 Blacking, origin of Day 4c Martin's. 663 Blackstooe coal mines 452 Boat, invention of life 554,647 Book trade 122, 235, 347, 457, 571, 679 Book publishing bouse, a model 456 Bones, commercial value of. 570 Bonnets, American, in England 456 Boston, annual rep't of Merc. Library Ass'ion of 118 "dividends of banks of. 106 "exp'ts of p'ekage goods from Liverpool to 204 "and Maine R. R., rec'pt* and expenses of 566 "action brought to recover money paid to 298 "Mercantile Library Association 673 "value of property of. 638 "customs revenue of. 303 "bank dividends, etc 541 Boot and shoe manufactory 563 "crimps, improvement in. 453 Boots, revolving heels to...., 453 Brazil, regulations at Rio Grande du Sul 212 finances of. 309 principal imports into 321 exports of, from 1843 to 1845 321 statistical view of commerce of. 309 |