MERCHANTS' MAGAZINE

AND

COMMERCIAL REVIEW.

ESTABLISHED BY FREEMAN HUNT IN 1839.

VOLUME FORTY-ONE.

FROM JULY TO DECEMBER, INCLUSIVE, 1859.

New York:

GEO. W. & JNO. A. WOOD, 142 FULTON-STREET.

1859.

CONTRIBUTORS

то THE FORTY-FIRST VOLUME OF THE

MERCHANTS' MAGAZINE AND COMMERCIAL REVIEW.

HENRY CAREY BAIRD, Esq., of Philadelphia, Pa.
FORRESTER BARSTOW, Esq.. of Boston, Mass.

W. W. BATES, Naval Architect, of New York.

J. S. BATTERSBY, Esq., of New York.

J. E. BLOOMFIELD, Esq., of New York.

W. BOTTOMLY, Esq., of Belfast, Ireland.

Hon. B. BROCKWAY, of Pulaski, New York.

WM. BROWN, Esq., of Cote des Neiges, Canada.

CHARLES H. CARROLL, Esq., Merchant, of Boston, Mass.

JOHN CRAWFORD, F. R. G. S., late Governor of Singapore.
JOSEPH S. CRAWLEY, Esq., of Philadelphia, Pa.

THOMAS DALTON, Jr., of New York.

JOHN GARDNER, Esq., formerly of Rio de Janeiro.
RICHARD SULLEY, Esq., of Fort Wayne, Indiana.

J. A. TEFFT, B. P., of Rhode Island.

Hon. AMASA WALKER, of Massachusetts.
THOMAS P. KETTELL, Editor.

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66

stock, taxing of, (law case.)

แ

of France, condition of

730

66 acts of 1844-45, British, principles of.. 674

Banks, daily average of New York

of Kentucky, operations of... Banking, currency, and finance, journal of, 85,202, 339, 45S, 586, 720 Banking law of New York.... Be short

C.

California, tobacco manufactures in

498

93

206

Bank of England, specie & interest in 4 years
law of Virginia, new provision in..... 596
dividends, Boston, for last two years.. 592
dividends (New York for July..

Canal, the Panama. By M. Chevalier.......
of France, specie & interest in 4 years. 93 | Canals and railways, our..
notes, photographic

........

... 547 395 & railr'ds, our. By Hon. B. Brockway 154 330 Cape Lookout, N. Carolina, lighthouse on .. 616 Cape of Good Hope: its commerce with U. S. 702 Caraway seeds, duty on..... 486

land mail service, cost of.. ..... 870 wines, increased production of.. 253 Canada, merchandise en route for, new ports by which it may be forwarded. Canada, harvest of, 1859.. finances of

366

506

465

31

462

.. 464

Carey's letters to the president, strictures on
a review of. By H. C. Baird
Carriers, responsibility of, [law case.].
Cattle, commerce in, by railroads..

63

710

747

462

Central railroad, (New York,) finances of........ 620 cost of running

trains on.
Cents as a tender....
Ceylon coffee crop for two years...
Charleston, S. Carolina, finances of

374

344

737

Board of currency..

of brokers, sketch of a New York. 140 Book trade, the....... 142, 270, 399, 527, 655, 775 Boston bank returns, weekly,

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66

..... 593 imports & exports of 356 insurance co's of.... 221 Chevalier on gold, strictures on. By Hon. Amasa Walker..

87, 203, 340, 458, 587, 722 Boston clearing house, report of, for year ending March, 1859. Boston, property valuation of..

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478

98

port charges, weights, measures, &c., of 233
its finances and commerce..
finances of

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346

591

727

381

46 growth of opium in

Bottomry bond, decisio. on, [law case.] .. 709

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trade with foreign countries.

Cincinnati, commerce of, 1858-9..

626

439

215

757

599