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MERCHANTS' MAGAZINE

AND

COMMERCIAL REVIEW.

CONDUCTED BY FREEMAN HUNT, A. M.,

MEMBER OF THE NEW YORK CHAMBER OF COMMERCE; CORRESPONDING MEMBER OF THE AMERICAN
AND LONDON STATISTICAL SOCIETIES; MEMBER OF THE NEW YORK HISTORICAL SOCIETY;

HONORARY MEMBER OF THE MERCANTILE LIBRARY ASSOCIATIONS OF NEW

YORK, PHILADELPHIA, BOSTON, BALTIMORE, LOUISVILLE,
CHARLESTON, AND CINCINNATI, ETC.

VOLUME SIXTEEN.

FROM JANUARY TO JUNE, INCLUSIVE, 1847.

New York:

PUBLISHED AT 142 FULTON-STREET.

1847.

CONTRIBUTORS

TO THE SIXTEENTH VOLUME OF THE

MERCHANTS' MAGAZINE AND COMMERCIAL REVIEW.

J. BALESTIER, Esq., United States Consul at Singapore.

C. BRYAN, Esq., Counselor-at-Law, of Ohio.

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

JESSE CHICKERING, M. D., of Massachusetts.

C. G. CHILDS, Esq., Editor of the Philadelphia Commercial List.
Gen. H. A. S. DEARBORN, of Massachusetts.

C. F. DANIELS, Esq., of Connecticut.

J. F. ENTZ, Esq., Accountant, of New York.

Dr. LEWIS FEUCHTWANGER, of New York.

D. R. JAQUES, Esq., Counselor-at-Law, of New York.

THOMAS PRENTICE KETTELL, Esq., of New York.

JAMES H. LANMAN, Esq., of Pennsylvania.

CHARLES LANMAN, Esq., of New York, author of "A Summer in the Wilderness."

J. R. M'CULLOUGH, Esq., author of the "Commercial Dictionary."

A. NASH, Esq., Counselor-at-Law, of New York.

LORENZO NEELEY, Esq., of New York.

Hon. BENJAMIN F. Porter, (Judge,) of Alabama.

JUNIUS SMITH, Esq., of New York.

Hon. F. O. J. SMITH, of Maine.

J. W. SCOTT, Esq., of Ohio.

L. W. SLOAT, Esq., of New York.

J. SNow, Esq., of New York.

RICHARD C. TAYLOR, Esq., of Pennsylvania.

FRANCIS H. UPTON, Counselor-at-Law, of New York.

WHELOCK S. UPTON, Counselor-at-Law, of the New Orleans Bar.

RICHARD VALPY, Esq., of England.

GEORGE ATKINSON WARD, A. M., Merchant, of New York.

JOHN A. WRIGHT, Merchant, of Pennsylvania.

Hon. CHARLES WHITTLESEY, of Ohio.

RICHARD WILLIAMS, Esq., Merchant, of Massachusetts.

S. WOOD, Esq., Farmer, of New York.

FREEMAN HUNT, Editor and Proprietor.

FROM JANUARY TO JUNE, INCLUSIVE, 1847.

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Book trade

123, 219, 331, 427, 538, 640
Books and engravings, duties on in England. 122
634
Brazil, coast of, fixed light on Ceara...
Breadstuffs, cost of product'n & for. demand. 561
rel. val. of wheat & flour in N. Y. 561
corn crop of U. States, in 1839.. 562
av. price of corn at N. Y. & N. O. 562
imported into G. Britain, '40-46. 567
an. imp. of wheat into G. B. '41-43 567
exp. of grain, Ire. to Eng., 5 years 567
Bremen, post-office regulations on letters to. 616
527
Brighton cattle market
Bristles, manufacture of at Cincinnati....... 632
British regulations for steam vessels.

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cust'm duties at Monterey, '44 37
shipp'g ent'd Monterey, '44-5 37
America, product of gold and silver in.. 413
American whale fishery, statistics of..... 98, 319

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Anthracite coal trade, Pennsylvania..
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Annuities, life-insurance, tontines, etc... 48, 445
Architecture, sketch of navi'n & naval 19, 131, 227
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Arts and manufactures, chemistry applied to 630
Association, mercantile library, Montreal.. 296
66 New York.. 297
Philadelphia 216
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Atlantic sperm fishery

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tobacco warehouse at Liverpool..... 396
hop trade

639

Brooklyn, Union White Lead Company at... 421

Brusterort, light-tower at
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Buffalo, imports of in 1846..
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arrivals and clearances, 1846....... 599
enrolled and licensed tonnage of... 599
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merchand, shipped & received, '45-6 601

Australia, western, ports of

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Australian copper ore.....

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Chemistry applied to arts and manufactures. 630
China, commerce of in 1845-46.
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export of teas to U. S., 1845-46.. 199, 425
silk, etc.,
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Bounties, revenues, &c., on merchandise.... 109 Chinese manufactures in France, exhibit'n of 631

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Coffee, quantity consumed in U. S., 1822-34.
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timber, exp. from Norway, 35-41. 140
exports to Norway, 1835-41
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to Norway, '33-43 150
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Duty on copper in England

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prices of grain in, 1845-47.....

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606

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importations of corn into..

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in eggs
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Commer.chron. & rev., 72, 184, 287, 387, 490, 604

regulations.. 81, 213, 311, 405, 497, 611
statistics.... 98, 194, 317, 425, 513, 625
navigat'n of Great Britain, 1821-45. 197
cities, effects of inter. improvem'ts. 263
cities and towns of the U. States.. 596
speculation, novel..

English railroad system, success of the.
Exchange and custom-house at Valparaíso.. 297
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regulations with Mexico, U. States.
treaty between U. S. and Hanover.. 611
Company, Union White Lead.....

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of teas from China to United States.. 425
Exports, domestic, of U. States, from 1821-45 106
annual, of

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Companies, insurance, in Massachusetts.... 508
Connecticut, sea resources of the coast of... 273
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of silk from China to United States. 200
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France to U. States, 1844-5... 555

Mexico,
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549 Indiana, condition of branches of state bank. 412
Indies, East, free ports of.
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production of sugar in the..... 375
West, new reg-lations of the French, 314
Industry of New York, manufacturing
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552 Increase of population in western states..... 403
552 Ingenious method of smuggling tobacco.... 401
553 Injunctions, cases of...
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mutual life.
152
Society on the basis of mutual 152
companies in Massachusetts, 1846, 508
Inspections of flour in New Orleans, 1845-46 114
Internal imp'nts, effects of on comm'l cities.. 263
Invention of the cotton gin

importation of grains, etc., into..... 409
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exports from to U. States, 1844-45.. 555
imports from U. States to, 1844-45.. 555
exports from to Mexico, 1844-45.... 556
imports from Mexico to, i844-45 556
exports from to Texas, 1844-45.. 557
nautical, for steering ships..... 90, 215
imports from Texas to, 1844 45.. 557 Ireland, emigration from Great Britain and.. 121
floating lights on the coast of
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623 Iron trade of Europe and the United States. 574
"shipped from Philadelphia in 1765.
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No. of furnaces in Pennsylvania in 1810. 575
& prod. m . S., 1810... 575
in Great Britain, 1740, 578
Brit. duties on foreign, from 1782 1819. 579
prices of in Liverpool, from 1806-46
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Spain to Great Britain... 584

exhibition of Chinese manufact, in 631
duty on iron for ship-b'ld'g abol'd in 632
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