THE MERCHANTS' MAGAZINE AND COMMERCIAL REVIEW. CONDUCTED BY FREEMAN HUNT, EDITOR OF THE LIBRARY OF COMMERCE, ETC.; CORRESPONDING MEMBER OF THE AMERICAN AND LONDON STATISTICAL SOCIETIES; MEMBER OF THE NEW YORK HISTORICAL SOCIETY; HONORARY MEMBER OF THE MERCANTILE LIBRARY ASSOCIA- VOLUME NINETEEN. FROM JULY TO DECEMBER, 1848. NEW YORK: PUBLISHED AT 142 FULTON.STREET. 1848. CONTRIBUTORS DR-LXXXI NINETEENTH VOLUME OF THE MERCHANTS' MAGAZINE. Earn P 13.1.150 A. D. BACHE, Superintendent of U. S. Coast Survey. DAVID M. BALFOUR, Merchant, of Massachusetts. G. F. Secchi de CASALI, Esq., late of Italy, now of New York. Hon. H. A. S. DEARBORN, Mayor of Roxbury, Mass. J. F. ENTZ, Esq., Accountant, of New York. R. B. FORBES, Esq., Merchant, of Massachusetts. JAMES H. LANMAN, Author of the History of Michigan. JAMES A. LAWSON, Esq., of Dublin, Ireland. C. F. M'CAY, Esq., Professor in the University of Georgia. ALANSON NASH, Esq., of the New York Bar. Hon. BENJAMIN F. PORTER, of Georgia. GEORGE W. SAVAGE, President of the Eagle Life and Health Insurance Company. J. W. Scott, Esq., of the Ohio Bar. HENRY GRATTAN SMITH, Esq., of the Memphis (Tenn.) Bar. Hon. GEORGE TUCKER, Author of "The Progress of the United States in Wealth and Population." GEORGE A. WARD, A. M., Merchant, of New York. A. WHITNEY, Esq., of New York. Hon. J. R. WILLIAMS, of Michigan. FREEMAN HUNT, the Editor and Proprietor. To find the exports, imports, trade, &c., of different places in the Index, see the name of the country, State, city, or ports; and for particulars relating to the commerce, &c., &c., of the United Kingdom, see "Great Britain," " England," " British,” “English," &c. 66 The names of the contributors are appended to the titles of the several articles, in the table of contents on the first page of each number, except such as have been prepared or adopted by the Editor. A. ACQUISITIVENESS, mercantile.... Act of United States to provide for ventilation of passenger vessels.... 99 Act in relation to navigation of East River by 213 Banks 44 W regulating Yacht navigation................................. 331 44 to prevent imp. of adulterated medicines, etc. 326 44 to regulate the weight of salt....... "to provide for incorporation, etc., of telegraph " companies.... Action to recover excess of duties.... productions of... American Continental money " Factory Girls... INDEX TO VOL. XIX., FROM JULY TO DECEMBER, INCLUSIVE, 1848. manufactory, first...... bonnets in England....... ocean steam navigation Amiens, France, description of................... " " commerce of......... 407 319 notes invented by the Chinese.... 309 542 dividends, etc., in New York.. ....... 109 the State of N. Y., cond'n of, in 1847-8 108 224 Ohio, condition of........... 994 Maine, condition of........ .. 316 condition of South-western........... 410 232 482 331 315 396 625 Belfast, condition of bank of..... ........ 662 456 11 price of bills on...... 189 Bones, commercial value of................... 570 44 Ancient commerce...... 46 ........... 44 415 533 Admiralty, case in..................... 80 Agriculture, exp'ts from U. S. of prod'ts of, 1847 88 44 of the United States..... 477 products of, in 1847......... ..478, 494 Amber trade, influence of the..... America, N. and S., geographical division of... 625 Belgian commercial regulations... 44 Ancram or Copake iron works.... Arrivals, forced and in distress.... ....... 345 Bamford's improved stocking frame.... ******.. history and principles of..... 243 467 450 647 61 Associations, savings funds among charitable... 173 298 Assumpsit, action of (law case).. 46 and finance of Ohio......... 346 Barley, product of, in United States........ B. 14 exp'ts of p'ckage goods from Liverpool to 204 638 303 541 562 453 453 59 Brazil, regulations at Rio Grande du Sul....... 212 309 ........ value of property of....... customs revenue of....... A |