Treaty between China and the United States, 93 Treaty of Commerce and Navigation between the United States and Belgium, 564 561 88 Duty on, and Consumption of, Thomaston, Maine, Resources of, Tobacco Trade in New Orleans, Regulations of, Liverpool, 1836-45, 66 Tricks in the, Travelling, increase of Speed in, Trieste, Imports of American Cotton, 1831-45, Trinity Corporation Rules of the Sea, Trade, Coal of Pennsylvania, of Great Britain with France, and Tonnage of New York Canals, . Imports into, Exports of Foreign and Colonial Merchandise, United States, Banks of, 1842-5, 579 ART. CONTENTS OF NO. I., VOL. XIV. ARTICLES. PAGE I. Value and Prospects of Life in the United States.—An Analysis of the various United States Censuses, regarding the Ages of the Inhabitants, with a view to illustrate the Value and Prospects of Life in the different sections of the United States. By JOHN SPARE, M. D., of Massachusetts.. 19 II. Progress of Railroads in Massachusetts. By E. HASKET DERBY, Esq., of Massachusetts III. New York and Erie Railroad 29 35 IV. The Piracy of Captain Kidd. By Hon. HENRY C. MURPHY, of New York. 39 tages of a commercial treaty between the United States and the Ger- VI. Franklin Institute of Pennsylvania. By JAMES H. LANMAN, Esq., author 51 56 VII. Moral Uses of Commerce and the Sea 60 VIII. Commercial Lawyers... 63 IX. United States Branch Mint at New Orleans-Account of the Process of Coinage in the same.. 66 JOURNAL OF MERCANTILE LAW. Libel for Wages, case in U. S. District Court, Maine District.... .... Action of Assumpsit-Letters of Credit-Bills of Exchange. COMMERCIAL CHRONICLE AND REVIEW: EMBRACING A FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL REVIEW OF THE UNITED STATES, ETC., ILLUSTRATED WITH TABLES, ETC., AS FOLLOWS: State of the commercial World-Effects of short crops in Europe on the Markets and consumption-Evils of Unstable Legislation-The Proposed Reduction of the Tariff-The Sub-Treasury and the currency-Leading Features of 192 banks of the United States-Arrival of Flour at Tide- Water, and value in New York from April to November-Flour and Wheat arrived at Tide-Water, per Erie Canal, from 1839 to 1845-Circulation of free and chartered Banks of New York State-Import of Goods into the United States under the operation of different Tariff-Exports for the last six years-Effects of tariff and currency on Trade -Extent of the Specie Basis... .... 76 COMMERCIAL STATISTICS. Shipping of the Port of Boston, embracing the Names and Tonnage of all the Exports of Tea from China to the United States, in 1844-45.. PAGE List of United States, New York State, and New York city Stocks-amounts, price, and when redeemable, by J. F. Entz, Esq.. Pennsylvania coal Trade, in 1845.... Trade of Great Britain with France-Exports from Great Britain to France, and the Imports from France into Great Britain, in each year, from 1814 to 1844. 91 |