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royal money borrowing of.........

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Envelopes for letters, the manufacture of.... 345

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railroad accidents in......
Excerpts for business men.......
Exchange, rates of foreign, in New York..... 211
the bill of.......

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Execution Rock, light-house on...........
Expenditures of United States......

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Crises, cause of commercial..

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Fejee Islands, dangerous reef near...........
Finance of cheap postage....

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Gin and other spirits, regulations for........ 336
Ginghams, British export of, in 1847-8....... 216
Economy the cause of success in business.... 249 Gold money incompatable with an extended

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Lard, Manufacture of Cincinnati.

Hamburg tunnel on Hudson River Railroad.. 686 66 New Orleans export of...

Hanging articles at shop doors.......

Harbor of refuge near Cape Hatteras..
Havana, export of sugar from...

Havre cotton movement............

Helix, a propeller of steam vessels.....

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362 Law, Mercantile Cases..88, 206, 313, 429, 529, 646
551 66 of debtor and crèditor in Missouri..... 61
561 Lead, New Orleans export of..........
446 Learning, with business accomplishments... 361
279 Legislation, commercial, of New York, in 1849 25
Legislatures, limited sessions of.......
Lending money at a "quarter" a day.
Liabilities of railroads..
Life Insurance, railroad.

Hemp, improvement in manufacture of..... 682
Hogs packed in the West...

"produced in the West.

443

670, 682

Hosiery, British export of, in 1847-8......... 216
Hospitals in New York......

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Light-house at Hyannis..

Hudson River, detentions at the overslaugh of 305
Hungary and Transylvania, commerce of..... 191
Hurl Gate Rocks.....

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on Gibb's Hill, Cedar Point. 550 551
120 Light-houses, British....

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Palmer's and Wing's Neck..... 552
105 Lights on sea-beach.......
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on Ringholmen and Terningen....... 665
359 Linen, Belgium duties on......
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cambrics of Ireland..

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Liverpool, prices of cotton wool at, in 1848.. 327
docks, commerce of the....
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Louisiana, public lands in.
Lynn, shoe business of...
Lynchburg, tobacco inspections of..

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... 556

M.

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law of limited partnerships, in..... 230
public lands in.....

progress of railroads in..
Individual liability of bank stockholders..... 115

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Inland commerce.....
Insurance companies, act of New York....... 225
company, the St. Louis............ 354
damage to goods from dampness... 316
fire, law of representations in......
529
Spanish law of.....

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Mackerel fishing in Massachusetts........... 473
fishery, tonnage of U. S. engaged in 326
inspection of, in Maryland....................... 338
Maine, capital, etc., of banks of....

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companies, statements made by.... 662
mutual life...

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manufacturing establishments of..... 575
ship building in.....
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Manchester, N. H., bathing rooms in factories 578
Mania, the British railway, in 1845.......... 468
Matanzas, export of sugar from.....
Manufacture of woven iron......

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INDEX OF VOLUME XXI.

Maury's astronomical expedition to Chili.... 611 Ohio tolls on canals of..
May Flower, a Western steamboat.....
Medicines, adulterated.

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taxes and taxable property of..
revenue and expenses of...

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Mercantile Miscellanies 135, 249, 355, 471, 583, 692
library association of Boston...
biography...

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iron furnaces in..

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40 Oil manufacture of Cincinnati..

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66 law cases....88, 206, 313, 429, 529, 646

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Merchants, liability of commission.

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Merchandise imported into U. S. in 1848...

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Page's new electro dynamic power..

234

66 deception in the purchase of....

89

Paint, Blake's patent fire-proof..

571

Metals, British trade in..

347

Palmer's Island light-house..

552

Metalic Sulphurets, commercial importance of

237

Panama Railroad..

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Mexican Gulf, Cuba, the key of the..

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Millinery and Mantua makers..

463

66

Mines, Connecticut copper...
ventilation of coal...

Passengers arriving at New York in 30 years. 657
129 Patagonia, wreck off the coast of...

339

346

Patents, law of, a British decision.

316

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Mining and Manufactures, journal of, 124, 234, 344
460, 571, 671

Mining Company on the Potomac...
Mississippi, hogs slaughtered in.....................
public lands in...

Missouri, hogs slaughtered in.

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66 fees on, in England........
Patent office, fees, receipts, and expenses of.. 676
Path Finder Railroad Guide...
343, 686
Pennsylvania coal sent to market annually... 277
general manufacturing law of.. 124
financial condition of..

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443 Philadelphia, iron trade of..

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Mobile, exports of cotton from...
Mortgagee not liable for a mortgagor's debts.
Molasses, New Orleans export of..
Money, circular to receivers of public....... 690
Mutual Bank of discount and deposite, plan of 513
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274

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123

236

639

554

410

550

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moral and social benefits of..
Postal treaty between G. Britain and the U. S 331
Potomac, large mining company on the...... 464
Prairies, what has caused them....
Principals and agents...

601

522

534

320

542 Produce received at N. Orleans from interior. 557
668 Production and manufacture of cotton.... 492
38 Promissory notes in the Canadas......... 119, 531
Prospects of American cotton manufactures 628
639 Prussian Baltic lights......

234

105

Nashua and Epping Railroad..
Nautical intelligence... 120, 231, 338, 459, 550, 664
Navigation of confluents of Rio de la Plata.. 80
law, the new British....

66

of Boston, port...

Neuvitas and Puerto Principe railroad..
Newburyport, ship building at...
New England, population of..

New Hampshire, cotton, etc., manufactories of 680
banks of.....

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New Orleans, condition of banks of..... 95, 656
trade and commerce of........ 553
receipts of products at.. 555
navigation of...
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receipts of cotton & tobacco at 557
New York, railroad legislation, in 1849..... 163
prices of anthracite coal at...... 275
chamber of commerce, etc..... 415
rates of foreign exchange in.... 211
law of insurance companies... 225
imports of sugar and molasses 328
sugar trade of...

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regulations of banking in..

Public lands of the United States............
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Quantity of gold from the Ural Mountains... 571
Question of signature to note...
650
Quiltings and ribs, British export of, in 1847-8 219
Quotations of American stocks in London... 92
R.

Rails to connect Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. 616
Railroad, Canal, and Steamboat Statistics.... 132
240, 340, 466, 579, 683
72, 194
134, 244

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Connecticut River.
legislation of New York in 1849.... 163
Androscoggin and Kennebeck. 342
receipts and expenses of Georgia... 242
Northern, New Hampshire.... 244

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imports into the port of, in 1848-9 93
exports of the port of, in 1848-9. 94
bank dividends..

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emigrants arriving at, in 30 years 657
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Ningpo, description, commerce, etc., of...... 422
North Carolina, commerce and resources of.. 355
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capital, reduction of, in England.... 686

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annual sales of public lands in....
"public works completed & in progress. 395
"turnpike stocks and dividends. 396
❝railroad and canal stocks and dividends 397
64 State stocks, amounts of issue, &c, of. 402 |

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liabilities of..

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rules and regulations of N. England 683
progress of, in Georgia...

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Regulations of the New England railroads.. 343 | Tonnage duty on Spanish vessels..
121
Restraints upon trade, enforced by law...... 68
of the U. States, from 1821 to 1848.. 447
Revenue of Cuba, from 1828 to 1847..
35 Toulinguet fixed red light....

459

66 of British post office, from 1838-49. 384 Trade, restraints upon, enforced by law.... 68
French imposts and...

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66 marks, law of.....
68 66 how to....

199

473

653 Treasury notes, U. States, outstanding....457, 570
658 Trebizonde, exports and imports of, in 1846.. 24
576 Troy, trade and commerce of...

224
66 canal and river commerce of..
665 Trusts, action to recover for.....
80

Rio de la Plata, navigation of confluents of..
Rocks off Hurl Gate-Santa Maria Island. 459 664
Rotterdam, import of rice into........

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United States, commercial cities of......
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interest on the loans of the.... 248
coal trade of the.....

San Joaquin River, sailing directions for..... 459
Savanilla Railroad to Cuba...
Scotland, joint stock banks of......
Sequestration of merchandise..
Sewing, improved machine for...

Shanghai, description, commerce, etc., of.... 427
Shawls and handkerchiefs, British export of 215
Sheathing metal manufactured at Taunton... 344
Shilling piece, the seven...

Ship building in Maine and Newburyport 239, 321
Shipping employed in the United Kingdom.. 224
Shot, new method of manufacturing..
Signal, a new shipping...

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Spain, commercial code of...

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collectors, etc., of the cus-
toms.... .....121, 122, 124, 658
imports of foreign goods into.. 97
statistics of public lands of.... 105
formation of the States of the.. 108
crops of the, in 1848....

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regulations for fishing vessels of 231
vessels built in..

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railroad, canal, and steamboat, 132, 240

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coasting trade, regulations of... 549
revenue and expenditure..

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statistics of inventions in...... 672
inventions of each State of..... 674
Ural Mountains, quantity of gold from..... 571
Uruguay, decree of, touching imposts on flour 123

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450

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law of debtor and creditor in..... 451
new tariff of....

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chronicles and characters of 684
constitution and terms of... 689
Stoppage in transitu, law of......

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Straw cutter, description of a new.
Success in business......

524 Vessels built in U. S. from 1840 to 1847.
132 Virginia, history and resources of..

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Thread, cotton, British export of, in 1847-8.. 218 Yachts, of the licensing of..

Tobacco, New Orleans, export of..

Wing's Neck light-house..

552

Wisconsin, public lands in...

105

122

Wool, import of, into United States..

213

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import and export of, into G. Britain.. 213
660 Wrecker, the philanthropic...

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1. NOTES ON THE COMMERCE OF THE BLACK SEA. By JOHN P. BROWN, Esq., of
the American Legation, residing at Constantinople, Turkey..
II. COMMERCIAL LEGISLATION OF NEW YORK IN 1849.-Panama Railroad-Steam
Navigation Companies between New York and Havre and New York and Liverpool--
General Insurance Law-Law relative to Agencies of Foreign Insurance Companies-
Suits against Foreign Companies-Personal responsibility of Stockholders in Banks-The
Quarantine Question-Tax on Emigrants-State Legislation in general. By J. B. VAR-
NUM, JR., Esq., Member of the Legislature of New York.....

19

III. COMMERCE AND RESOURCES OF CUBA.-Exports and Imports for last twenty years -Yearly average of same-Periods of five years-Internal administration--Customs revenue for last twenty years-Railroads in the Island of Cuba-Agriculture-Exports of Sugar and Tobacco-Molasses-Copper ore-Vessels arriving and clearing at Ports of the Island. Translated from the " Diario de la Marina" for the Merchants' Magazine...... 34 IV. MERCANTILE BIOGRAPHY.-THE LATE JONATHAN GOODHUE................ 40% V. COMMERCIAL CITIES AND TOWNS OF THE UNITED STATES.-No. XVII.-THE CITY OF ALBANY.-First Settlement of Albany-Fur Trade with the Indians and Canadians--The center of the military operations of the British Government against the French in North America-Its rapid increase in Commerce and Population after the adoption of the Federal Constitution, and particularly after the completion of the Erie Canal-Its present Trade, Manufactures, and Prospects....

VI. LAW OF debtor and CREDITOR IN MISSOURI. By CHARLES C. WHITTLESEY, Esq., of the St. Louis (Missouri) Bar............

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VII. RESTRAINTS UPON TRADE: CONTRACTS AND AGREEMENTS WITH RESPECT
TO, WHICH ARE ENFORCED BY LAW, By Hon. BENJAMIN F. PORTER, of Alabama. 68
VHI, RAILROAD TO THE PACIFIC. By Hon. JOHN M. NILES, late United States Senator, of
Connecticut....

IX. NAVIGATion of the CONFLUENTS OF THE RIO DE LA PLATA. BY EDWARD
A. HOPKINS, Esq., of Vermont...

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80

MERCANTILE LAW CASES.

Endorsing Notes as Sureties, etc..

Deception in the Purchase of Merchandise, etc..........

COMMERCIAL CHRONICLE AND REVIEW:

89

EMBRACING A FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL REVIEW OF THE UNITED STATES, ETC., ILLUSTRA

TED WITH TABLES, ETC., AS FOLLOWS:

The easy state of the Money Market-Quotations of American Stocks in London-Exports of the Port of New York in 1848-9-Influence of the Fire at St. Louis and the Crevasse at New Or leans on the Money Market-Paper Money the means of Taxation for war expenses-Cause of Hungary supported by Paper Money-Condition of the Banks of New Orleans-Operations of Exchange-Condition of the Banks of Ohio from 1835 to 1849-Comparative Circulation of Ohio and New Orleans Banks-Ohio Stocks in London at par, etc, etc......

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