46 66 trade, and gold, supplies of what a moralist says of.... method to make oxide of............................ and other minerals of Canada 132 365 373 755 743 384 130 manufactures of, by Renton process... 517 618 Japan, commercial treaty with 644 mines of California not giving out.... 517 387 ports and harbors of 7C8 234 626 763 332 Journal of Banking, Currency and Finance, 66 not removed from warehouse after payment of duties.. 66 in warehouse or in transitu. 66 for lading and re-exportation....... 66 sold by sample Grain, prices of, in England.. exported to Great Britain from Ireland 743 66 import and cons. of, in U. Kingdom.. 361 Key to mercantile character... 756 results of census of, 126, 252, 274, 637 Guano, inspection law of Maryland.. Gum arabic of commerce, the. H. Lace and muslin, priuting for... Letters by the British mail packets.. 769 80 232 331 Lakes, length of navigation on minor.. 248 377 392 Land case, decided by S. Court of Texas.... 332 756 value of, in Ohio.. 504 Lager beer trade of St. Louis GOG 730 Law, Journal of Mercantile, 355 497 497 66 74, 202, 328, 454, 584, 712 768 388 742 Marine hospital and emigration.... PAGE 738 New York monthly exports at insurance,suggestions of underwriters 623 463 66 66 Mariners, notices to...115, 245, 364, 510, 626, 762 Maritime law, collision 66 66 66 risks at Boston, rates of. 712 progress of Charleston, S. C.. 359 516 66 66 110 66 Maryland coal region.. 66 66 new inspection law of.. Massachusetts, condition of banks in.... 66 nav'n, commerce and fisheries of 747 profits and wastes of agriculture. 692 State mut. life insurance comp'y. 487 incorporated companies of...... 513 and Tennessee, population of.... 369 products of agriculture in...... 255 pauper population of.................. 639 finances of 421 378 66 66 46 66 66 66 railroads, dividends of. divid's of banks in, out of Boston 348 Merchant, the energetic.. 66 66 PAGE 88, 217, 342, 466, 598, 721 banks, capital and dividends of.. 225 canals and public works of 123, 227, 374, 496, 629, 748 and Boston tonnage compared... 360 statistics of railroads of state of .. 117 cotton market 89, 217, 343, 467, 599, 725 204 code, construction of.... law of fire insurance companies in 243 chartered banks, when they expire 321 construction of free banki'g law of 584 monthly imports at 84, 212, 339, 463, 595, 721 Nolte, Vincent, autobiography of.. North Carolina gold mines North Unst lighthouse, Shetland.. North Ronaldshay lighthouse 414 517 628 115 522 773 391 66 transport, cost of.. 498 261 Ohio law on adulteration of liquors......... finances of..... 233 428 66 565 650 265 ་་ grape culture and wine manufacture of 642 "condition of banks of... "bank taxation in... law of relating to bank notes... "liability of stockholders, in... 565 law cases,&c. 74, 202, 328, 454, 584, 712 Mexico, New, quicksilver in 66 population of.... 260 754 Mexican dollars, extraordinary counterfeit of 348 Michigan, finances of .. value of lands in... Ottoman Empire, commerce of the. P. 430 393 765 Pacific railroad route, length of 131 66 railroad to, economical view of 763 Paper money, Swedenborg on. 91 231 617 229 504 327 403 136 132 379 633 619 644 Paper-making, new pulp and machine for Paris, credit in 388 775 923 384 206 639 422 258 619 242 621 352 Pauper population of Massachusetts.. Pennsylvania, finances of 265 coal trade.. 501 increase of property in. 344 Perfumery, price of........... 66 66 Philadelphia debt and finances of... corn exchange regulatious.... custom house, duties at 87, 337, 465, 544 Pittsburgh board of trade. resolutions of 262 Planet, new, discovered by Ferguson....... 650 Political economy-wages... Population of Russian Empire. 66 116 66 66 648 66 ....... 178 370 law of, in Great Britain... 126 statistics of, 126, 252, 367, 511, 637,754 of Mass, and Tennessee compared 369 of Cuba.. 511 ...... 66 620 422 131 66 New Jersey, act relating to ins'ce companies 362 valuation of property in.. finances of.... mines 66 of each of U. States, by ages.... 676 of Ireland from 1805 to 1853.. 755 of Mexico.... 754 66 of the world, figures about the 755 Port royal, fixed light at 510 Port William, sailing directions for entering. 762 Postage in France.. 742 .. in N. York, statistics of...... 102 Sea, rules to prevent collision at.... Selection of business. and molasses, exports of, from N. O.. 477 consumption in United States of...... 392 Sulphur trade of Naples...... Swedenborg on paper-money.. 392 T. 366 Tailors, tricks of 138 Tariff alterations, French... 737 202 Taxable property in Pennsylvania. 619 494 135 642 Tea, the material for adulterating.. 776 206 79 332 Separate property of husband and wife..... 579 Tea and coffee trade. 66 finances of... Texas, land case decided by S. Court of. 74 Timber, how to preserve it from ship worm. 390 132 Tobacco, export of, from New Orleans...... 477 66 trade of Virginia in 1853-54....... 600 culture of, in African France...... 642 of New York and Boston compared 360 66 203 PAGE PAGE progress of population of.... 675 progress of pop. in 60 years.. 688 United Kingdom, import and consumption Unseaworthiness of vessels...... 138 704 Vermont, issue of fraudulent stocks of Vicksburg, cotton received at..... Uniform system of coinage for nations..... United States, cotton manufactures in..... 133 public debt of............ 91, 222 wheat produced in..... Warehouses, duties of officers in U.S. bonded 471 Waiver-contracts history of the commerce of, cost and consump. of glass in. 224 claims of, against Spain...... 235 exports of animal products... 109 production and exportation of U. S.: 507 Wickersham's, railroad for Broadway Wine, and the wine and spirit trade. Wine and grape in Ohio, culture of.. branch mint at S. Francisco.. 228 and cleared... ART. CONTENTS OF NO. I., VOL. XXXI. ARTICLES. PAGE I. SAIL AND STEAM COMMERCE. Desiderata of Sail Commerce-Obvious Advantages of their Reformation-The Desiderata of steam Commerce-Inefficiency of Collins' Steamer"Pacific's " Wheels-Her Unavailable Motive Power-River Steamers.................. II. THE FIELD OF THE AMAZON. Fractional Aspect of the Mississippi-Relations with the Amazon-Atlantic the Natural Outlet of Western South America-The Permanent Region of Commercial Supremacy-Description of the Amazon-Population, Products, and Trade of its Valley-Peru, Bolivia, Brazil, upon its Free Navigation. By ENOCH HALE, Jr., Esq, of New York..... 19 39 56 III. THE ELEMENTS OF BUSINESS SUCCESS.-BY MATTHEW Hale Smith, Esq., of the Suffolk Bar, Massachusetts...... IV. A UNIFORM SYSTEM OF COINAGE FOR COMMERCIAL NATIONS. By Dr. J. H. GIBBON, of the United States' Branch Mint, North Carolina................... 63 V. ELEVATED RAILROAD TERRACE FOR BROADWAY. By J. B. WICKERSHAM..... 72 JOURNAL OF MERCANTILE LAW. Ship-owners-Specific Performance of a Contract..... Liability of Railroad Companies for the Delivery of Goods, etc Counterfeiting Trade Marks..... 74 79 Carriers by Sea-Bills of Lading-Robbers-Dangers of the Road.-Ship-owners-Insurance.... 80 COMMERCIAL CHRONICLE AND REVIEW: EMBRACING A FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL REVIEW of the United STATES, ETC., ILLUSTRA TED WITH TABLES, ETC., AS FOLLOWS: Condition of the Money Market throughout the Country-Prospects of the Fall Trade-State of the Manufacturing Interests-Building and other Improvements-Receipts of Railroad Companies, and Pecuniary Effect of Careless Management-Explosion of the Parker Vein Coal Co. -Necessity of Guarding against Fraudulent Issues of Stock-Condition of the Banks at New York and Boston-Comparative Receipts of Leading Railroads for May-Deposits and Coinage at United States Mint for May-Foreign Imports at New York for May, and since January 1st -Causes of Increased Receipts-Comparative Imports of Dry Goods for May, and during the Just Five Months-Revenue of the Country, with a Statement of Receipts at New York and Philadelphia-Exports from New York to Foreign Ports for May and since January 1st-Exports of Leading Articles of Domestic Produce to June 17th-Imports and Exports for Eleven Months of the Fiscal Year, etc., etc................. 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