Harbor of New-York, Exterior Lines of.-Report of Committee Number Five on, page 134. Report by Prof. HENRY MITCHELL, of the United States Coast Survey, on condition of the, page 61. Head Money Collected from Ship-owners by the State of New-York.-Report of Committee Number Four relative to, page 151. Merchants' Clerks' Savings Institution.-Report of Trustees representing the Chamber of Commerce, page 75. National Board of Trade.-Report of Delegates to meeting of, page 140. Nomination of Officers of the Chamber.-Report of Special Committee on, page 5. Revenue Laws.-Report of Committee Number Four on the, page 106. Savings Institution, Merchants' Clerks.-Report of Trustees representing the Chamber of Commerce, page 75. Specie Payments.-Reports of Special Committee on Resumption of, pages 87, 95. Spuyten Duyvil Creek and Harlem River.-Report of Committee Number Six on Treasurer.-Report of, page 3. RESOLUTIONS. Banquet, Anniversary.-Resolution in reference to, page 151. Bond of Indemnity.-Resolution authorizing officers to execute, page 103. Bonds and Mortgages, exempting from Taxation.-Resolution in reference to, page 144. Buoys in Harbor of New-York.-Resolutions in reference to, page 135. By-Laws, Revision of.-Resolutions in reference to, pages 80, 139. Canal Commissioner.-Resolutions in reference to, page 126. Debt.-Resolutions in Reference to, pages 144, 148, 155. Canals.-Resolutions in reference to New-York, page 136. CHASE, Hon. SALMON P.-Resolutions in regard to the death of, page 55. Commerce, Tribunal of.-Resolutions in reference to the establishment of a, pages 78, 129. Commissioner, Canal.-Resolutions in reference to, page 126. Consul-General of Germany.-Resolution in reply to communication of, page 159. COSTON'S Telegraphic Night Signals.-Resolution in reference to, page 80. DIX, JOHN A., Governor of New-York.-Resolution of thanks to, pages 137, 143. Electric Lights.-Resolutions in reference to, page 104. FILLMORE, MILLARD, Ex-President of the United States.-Resolutions in regard to the death of, pages 163, 173. Finances, Resolutions of the National Board of Trade on the.-Resolutions in reference to, page 143. Harbor, New-York.-Resolution in reference to exterior lines of, page 81. Buoys in.-Resolution in reference to, page 135. Head Money collected from Ship-owners by the State of New-York.-Resolution in reference to, page 154. HUSTED, Hon. JAMES W.-Resolutions of thanks to, pages 3, 150. Laws, Revenue.-Resolutions in reference to, pages 10, 107, 143, 170. Life Saving Rafts.-Resolutions in reference to, page 120. Lights, Electric.-Resolutions in reference to, page 104. MCALPINE, Hon. WILLIAM J.-Resolutions of thanks to, page 54. Mercury School Ship.-Resolutions in reference to the, page 80. National Board of Trade, Resolutions on Finances.-Resolutions in reference to, page 143. Nautical School in New-York.-Resolutions in reference to the, page 2. Resolutions complimentary to, page 158. Rafts, Life Saving.-Resolutions in reference to, page 120. Revenue Laws.-Resolutions in reference to, pages 10, 107, 143, 170. RÖSING, Dr. JOHANNES, Consul-General of Germany.-Resolution in reply to communication of, page 159. RUGGLES, Mr. SAMUEL B.-Resolutions complimentary to, page 9. Specie Payments.-Resolutions in reference to, pages 81, 100. SUMNER, Hon. CHARLES.-Resolutions in reference to the death of, page 162. Taxation, Bonds and Mortgages.-Resolutions in reference to exempting from, page 144. Tribunal of Commerce.-Resolutions in reference to the establishment of a, pages 78, 129. WESTON, Mr. R. WARREN.-Resolutions in regard to the death of, page 56. COMMUNICATIONS. BARSTOW, Mr. CALEB, page 58. BAXTER, Mr. WILLIAM, page 145. Belfast (Ireland) Chamber of Commerce, page 174. BOGERT, Mr. HENRY K., page 75. Buffalo Board of Trade, page 160. Canal Commissioners, page 104. Chamber of Commerce of Belfast, (Ireland,) page 174. CONKLING, Hon. ROSCOE, pages 137, 144. DIX, His Excellency JOHN A., Governor of New-York, pages 11, 160. MACY, Mr. CHARLES A., page 106, MAIN, Mr. THOMAS, page 160. National Board of Trade, pages 78, 138. OGDEN, Mr. DAVID, page 144. OPDYKE, Hon. WILLIAM S., page 11. PEIRCE, Prof. BENJAMIN, Superintendent United States Coast Survey, page 59. RICHARDSON, Hon. WILLIAM A., Secretary of the Treasury, pages 3, 78, 104, ROBERTS, Hon. ELLIS H., page 160. RÖSING, Dr. JOHANNES, page 158, RUGGLES, Mr. SAMUEL B., page 83. SCHULTZ, ROBBINS and STEVENS, Messrs,, (telegram,) page 155. SHERMAN, Mr. BENJAMIN B., page 106. SMITH, Mr. D. D., page 85. VANCE, Mr. SAMUEL, page 174. WARNER, Mr. ANDREW, page 75, ADAMS, Rev. WILLIAM, D. D., page 13. CHITTENDEN, Mr. S. B., pages 34, 142. COWDIN, Mr. ELLIOT C., page 121. DODGE, Hon. WILLIAM E., President of the Chamber, pages 8, 12. DUNCAN, Mr. CHARLES C., page 36. EVARTS, Hon. WILLIAM M., page 16. HANCOCK, Gen. WINFIELD S., U. S. A., page 28. LINDERMAN, Dr. HENRY R., page 25. Low, Mr. A. A., page 19. MCALPINE, Hon. WILLIAM J., pages 29, 39. OPDYKE, Hon. GEORGE, page 17. ORTON, Mr. WILLIAM, page 38. RUGGLES, Mr. SAMUEL B., page 22. SCHULTZ, Mr. JACKSON S., page 108. STONE, Mr. DAVID M., page 31. Draft of the Proposed Act to establish a Tribunal of Commerce, page 129. of Proposed Changes in Revenue Laws, page 169. OF COMMERCE, From May, 1873, to May, 1874. The 105th Annual Meeting, Thursday, May 1, 1873. THE one hundred and fifth annual meeting of the Chamber of Commerce was held this day, at half-past two o'clock, P. M., at the Rooms of the Chamber, No. 63 William-street. PRESENT. WILLIAM E. DODGE, President. GEORGE OPDYKE, First Vice-President. SAMUEL D. BABCOCK, Fourth Vice-President. GEORGE WILSON, Secretary. A. A. Low, WILLIAM H. FOGG, GEORGE W. LANE, JONATHAN STUrges, FRIEND P. FITTS, CHARLES L. RECKNAGEL, ROBERT HOE, Jr., CHARLES C. DUNCAN, AMBROSE SNOW, ABRAM S. HEWITT, CHARLES H. TRASK, S. S. PACKARD, HENRY B. OPDYKE. The mintites of the last regular meeting, held April 3, and of the special meeting, held April 17, were read and approved. REPORTS OF STANDING COMMITTEES. Mr. A. A. Low, Chairman of the Executive Committee, reported the following named candidates for membership: JOHN BYERS, PARKER HANDY, GEORGE MEGRATH, Nominated by SAMUEL B. RUGGLES. These gentlemen were, on one ballot, duly elected members of the Chamber. Mr. Low submitted an authenticated copy of a law recently passed by the Legislature of the State for the establishment of a Nautical School in this city; and, in connection therewith, reported the following preamble and resolutions, which were unanimously adopted: Whereas, An act has just been passed by the Legislature of this State to authorize the Board of Education for the City and County of New-York to establish a Nautical School in this city, and which law, section 4, authorizes "the Chamber of Commerce to provide for and appoint a Committee of its members to serve as the Council of the Nautical School, whose duty it shall be, as far as may be, to advise and co-operate with the Board of Education in the establishment and management of such school, and, from time to time, to visit and examine the same, and to communicate in respect thereof with the Board of Education and such Executive Committee thereof, and to make reports to the Chamber of Commerce, which may transmit to the State Superintendent of Public Instruction such reports, or any thereof, or an abstract thereof, or an abstract of the same, with such recommendation as may be deemed advisable;" therefore, Resolved, That the Chamber of Commerce accepts the trust thus confided to it in the said section 4, and will cheerfully lend its aid in promoting the best interests of the said nautical school in conformity with the said act. Resolved, That Messrs. JOHN D. JONES, JOHN K. MYERS and HENRY A. BARLING be, and are hereby appointed such Committee, to serve for the term of one year, until the next annual election for officers of the Chamber. Mr. Low further reported the following resolutions: Resolved, That the Nautical School authorized by a recent act of |