Law cases, mercantile.... 66, 182, 285, 383, 486, 6021 Maryland, currency of, prior to 1739...
66 tariff of duties by stamp law of....... 413 181 Massachusetts, banks in..... 208 finances of, 1846........................................ 209
"prices of, at St. Louis, 1844-46............ 322 Legislative policy of Maine, regard, corporations 256 Lehigh coal region............. Letter of credit........ Life insurance, mutual........................................ 152 society on the basis of mutual... 152 annuities, tontines, etc....... 48, 445 Light, port of Genoa............................................ 512| on Vairo Island...................... 91 on Cape St. Vincent, new...................... 91, 215 floating, on coast of Ireland............. 316 on Cape Frehel....... 634 Light-house on Beaver island, Halifax.......... 315 Loch Ryan, Scotland............. 633 Light-houses on the coast of Sweden........... 90 Light-tower at Brusterort..................... 315 of Thunoe, lantern on............. 315 on the island of Soerhangen.. ....... 404
Lima, Peru, public lotteries of.
Liverpool, rates of freight from New York to.... 388 British tobacco warehouse at....... 396 and New York steamers............ 621 London, rates of continental bills in............ 392 prices of leading articles of import, 1837
Lotteries, public, of Lima, Peru.....
Louisiana, law of debtor and creditor in. 53, 165, 281
average bank capital, 1803-20... 443 insurance companies, 1846...... 508 manufacture of tapestry carpeting 533
310 Measures, weights, and currency of Belgium.... 303 356 foreign........ 507 356 Mercantile law cases..... 66, 182, 285, 383, 486, 602 357 miscellanies.. 121, 216, 296, 394, 510, 635 library association of Philadelphia... 216
average hours of labor................. 359 average wages.......
character of the factory operatives..... 361 average div. of each company, 1825-41.. 362 manufactures, statisties of..
biography-The late Robert Thom.. 381 David Ricardo. 458 64 classes, or grades, the............... 395 Merchandise on Columbia railroad............. 326 Merchant vessels, passengers in............ 410, 504 the good...... 510
MACAO, China, harbor regulations of, 1846...... 213 regulations of the province of.... 505 Magellan, passage through the Straits of........ 513 Meil steamships, U. States naval and........... 419 Maine, legislative policy regarding corporations. 256 Malacca, commerce in the Straits of........... 351 Merchants and business men, hints to........... 218
Washington as a................................................ 298 the praying Parsee.................. 301 position of the American............. 636
at Valparaiso, the.............. 302 352 Mexican ports, U. States tariff regulations for..... 497 Manufacture of railroad iron in the U. States 97, 530 Mexico, U. States commercial regulations with.. 455 of marble by casting..... 535 exports to from England, in 1846....... 457 port of Tampico..... 404
of bristles at Cincinnati........... 632 66 of paper in the United States...... 632 Michigan, shipments of flour and wheat, 1842-46 191 Manufactured duck, American........
Manufacturing industry of New York.......... 92 Manufactures, extent of cotton, in England...... 330 Microscope, commercial value of the........... 511 422 Mineral resources of Missouri................. 177 influence of on population....... 631 and perfumery manufactory, Roussel's.. 217 Marble, manufacture of by casting.... wealth of South Australía............. 424 Maryland, debt and finances of, 1846........... 306 Mines, lead, and trade of the West............. 95
Mines, Cornwall and Swansea..
64 coal, of Belgium.....
French coal and iron.......
421 Norway, trade and commerce of-continued. total value of exports.......
imports from Denmark, 1835-38-41... 144 Sweden and Russia,.... 145
of Upper California.........
iron, of Belgium................
16. gold, in Orel and Siberia.......
Mint at Lima, Peru.......
U. States branch, New Orleans........... 310
Prussia and Ger. States. 146
Holland and G. Britain.. 147 France.. Belg., Spain, and Purt'l. 149 149
and branches, coinage of........ 506 Novel commercial speculation.....
Mississippi river, railroad to from lake Michigan. 115
46 law of debtor and creditor in........ 379 OCEAN steam navigation, origin of Atlantic..... 174 44 94 steamers between Havre and New York.. 617 .278 Missouri, iron mountains of................................................. 177 Oceans, union of Atlantic and Pacific........... mineral resources of..... mineralogical observations in......... 117 Odessa, Russia, exports from, 1840-46........... 628 424 Official smuggler....... manufactures in........
Molasses, export of from Havana, 1845-46...... 529 Ohio, decisions in courts of......... Montreal mercantile library association......... 296 Mutual life-insurance..
1838-44 319 NAUTICAL intelligence.... 89, 215, 315, 404, 512, 633 Oil, sperm and whale imported into U.S., 1846... 318 invention for steering ships....... 90, 215 Naval and mail steamships, U. States........... 419 Opium trade at Hong-Kong, commerce and the.. 122 Navigation and naval architecture...... 19, 131, 227 Origin of the dollar mark.......
New Hampshire, currency of, prior to 1739..... 346 Parsee merchant, the praying... 347 Passengers in merchant vessels.......... 209 Patents, the law of..........
New London, whale and shore fisheries of...... 273 Pennsylvania, currency of prior to 1739.......... New Orleans, flour inspected at, 1845-46........ 114
iron trade of, 1844-46............ 201 coal trade of....
coal mines and trade of.......... 327 iron works in 1842......................
rolling-mills, forges, and nail facto-
589, 590 state tolls on merchandise, 1847... 621
New York, manufacturing industry of.......... 92 State finances and corporations..... 118 commerce and navigation, 1845-46.. 194 Perfumery, manufacture of......... imports, 1845-46......
66 the mint at Lima......... 210 Philadelphia, prices of stocks at, 1836-46........ 120 and Reading railroad ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... .... .... mercantile library association...... 216 Wilmington and Baltimore r'road.. 326 commerce of, 1845-46............. 425 425 imports of, 1845-46............... exports of to foreign ports, 1845-46. 425 ton'ge ent. from for. count., 1845-6. 425 arrivals and clearances, 1845-46.... 425 domestic exports of, 1845-46....... 527 duties and imports of since 1830....526
ocean steamers between Havre and. 617 Plank roads, new improvement... 621 Platina, Russian gold and..
Nidingen rocks, beacons on the........
91 Population, influence of manufactures on....... 631
statistics of.......... progress of in Mass., 1765-1840...... 402 in western states, increase of........ 403 403 in Paris, progress of...
metals and minerals exported, 1835-41. 142 Pork and lard exported from U. S., 1821-45..... 106
Post-office regulations on letters to Bremen, etc.. 616|Silver and gold in America, product of.. Production and consumption of sugar........... 64 coinage of in the U. S., from 1793-1846... 624 of sugar in the East Indies........... 375 Singapore, commercial prospects of. Provisions, import of cured into England, 1845... 122 commerce of......... Sleswick, beacons on western coast of.... Smuggler, official.........
QUEBEC, statistics of shipping at, 1845–46...... 114 Smuggling by American and French whalers.... 401 tobac. at Liv'p'l, ingenious meth, of.. 401 Smyrna, buoys in the gulf of.................. 91 Soerhangen, new light-tower on the island of.... 404 South Australia, mineral wealth of.......... 424
RAILROAD, canal, and steamboat statistics, 115,
210, 324, 415, 535, 617 Railroad iron, manufacture of in U. States 97, 212, 530 South Carolina, currency of prior to 1739....... 348
from lake Michigan to the Mississippi.. 115 Spain, commercial code of, No. 3.............. 378 210 St. Louis, the fur trader's post................. 212 324 prices of wheat, flour, hemp, and lead,
Philadelphia and Reading....
Philada., Wilmington, and Baltimore.. 326 Columbia, merchandise on the........ 326 St. Vincent, cape, new light onǹ................ system, success of the English.. 326 Steam navigation, origin of Atlantic ocean...... 172 Reading... 415 Steamers, Pacific line of....... ..... 420 betw'n Havre and N. York, regul's of.. 617 537 New York and Liverpool............ 621 417 Steamships, United States naval and mail....... 419 418 Steam-vessels, British regulations for............ 88 619
rates of freight and tolls on coal 537 Troy and Greenbush..
Railway construction, cost of in Great Britain.. 536 Straits of Malacca, commerce in the............ 351
Reading railroad...... Redcar, England, buoy on the Salt Scar off..... 512 Sugar, Regulations for steam-vessels, British...
"Magellan, passage through the........ 512 production of in the East Indies......... 375 import and consump. in U. S., 1801-46... 526 and molasses exp'd f'm Havana, 1845–46. 529 prod. and consump. of in the world, '44.. 64 new, of French West India islands.. 314 Swansea and Cornwall, mines of...... 420 314 Sweden, exports from to Denmark, 1835, '38, '41. 145
coffee exported, 1837-46........ 374 Thunoe, lantern on the light-tower of.......... 315 to U.S., 1842-46 374 Timber, British customs-duties on.............. 312
394 U. States, commercial treaty with Hanover..... 61 entire coinage of, 1793-1846...... 624 quantity and value of domestic ex-
and commerce of New York, 1691 399
coal and iron of the Ohio valley.
American East India and Pacific....... 529
ports, 1845-46........ manufacture of paper.......
iron, of Europe and United States...... 574 Upper California, mines of........
639 Uralian mountains, Russian gold and platina in, 532
Treaty between United States and Hanover..... 611 Trieste, academy of commerce and navigation... 60
Troy and Greenbush railroad........
537 VAIRO island, revolving light on............................ Tuscany, corn-laden vessels exempted from dues. 633 Valparaiso, custom-house and exchange at...... 297
merchants....
Van Dieman's land.
UNDERWRITING in Great Britain, process of.... 121 Union White Lead Company, Brooklyn........ 421 278 of Atlantic and Pacific oceans.......... United Kingdom, timber trade of the........... U. States, commerce and navigation, 1845-46.... 513 Washington as a merchant.......
value of imports and exports...................
46 railroad, the Massachusetts... exports and imports of each State.... 518 Western Australia, ports of...... States, increase of population in....... 403 98 521 Whale fishery, American, statistics of.......... ......... 102 Sag Harbor, 1845... of the United States, 1846....... 318 tonnage entered in each State........ 524 tonnage cleared from each State..... 525 Whale and sperm oil imported into U. S., 1841-45 100 404 imports and exports under three tariffs 77 Whalebone imported into U. States, 1841-45.... 100 44 at Van Dieman's Land.................................... tea and coffee consumed in, 1822-34.. 78 Whalers, smuggling by American and French... 401 79 domestic exports, 1842-46........... arrived in Sag Harbor, 1845.... 102 tariff regulations and instructions..... 81 Whaling-vessels owned in U. States, 1829-46... 99 cleared from " manufacture of railroad iron. 97, 212, 530 commercial statistics of, 1821-45..... 107 import of teas from China, 1845-46 199, 425 import of silk, etc., from China, '45-46 200 stock, treasury notes converted into... 310
prices of at St. Louis, 1844-46......... 322 in European markets, 1846.... 323 318 Wheat-growing, cost of...
imports of sperm and whale oil, '38-46. 319 Wilmington, Philadelphia, and Baltimore rail-
419 Wool trade of Rochester, New York...... shipped from Rochester, 1844-46......... 105 average prices in western N. York, '35-46 105 in the Shipway... Wreck, near the Five Fathom Channel......... 512
commercial regulations with Mexico.. 455 tariff regulations for Mexican ports... 497 mint and branches, coinage of, 1836.. 506 509 treasury notes and stocks....... import and consump. of sugar, 1801-46 526 iron trade of Europe and............ 574 commercial cities and towns......... 596 YARMOUTH and Lowestoft, buoys in vicinity of.. 634
INDEX TO THE FIRST TEN VOLUMES OF THE MERCHANTS' MAGAZINE. and I Since the publication of the TENTH VOLUME of the MERCHANTS' MAGAZINE, I have given an alphabetical index to each of the succeeding volumes, similar to the present; have just published, in pamphlet form, an index for the first ten volumes of the work, which will be furnished to subscribers to the whole series, gratis, on personal application at the office of the Merchants' Magazine, or by letter, post-paid.
VI. ANNUITIES, LIFE INSURANCE, TONTINES, ETC.-NO. I. By J. F. ENTZ, Account-
ant, of New York,......
VII. LAW OF DEBTOR AND CREDITOR IN LOUISIANA-No. III. By FRANCIS H. UP- TON, Esq., Counsellor at Law, late of New Orleans, now of New York,................
VIII. LAW OF DEBTOR AND CREDITOR IN ALABAMA-No. II. By Hon. BENJAMIN F.
PORTER, of Alabama,....
View of Commercial Enterprise-Demand for Shipping-Management of the Government Fi-
nances The New Tariff-Mexican War-European Railroads-Rates of Bills in London-Bul-
lion in the Bank of England-Stocks of Cotton in Europe and America, in 1845, '46-Deliveries
of Cotton for Consumption in France and England, in 1844, '45, '46-Current Prices of Cotton in
1815, compared with 1844, '45-Import of Goods into the U. S. under three Tariffs-Exports
from the U. S.-Specie Movement-Quantities of Tea and Coffee consumed in the U. S., with
the Rates and Amount of Duties-Domestic Exports of the U. States for five years, etc., etc.,.. 72
VOL. XVI.-NO. I.
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