(Nos. 1, 3, 5.) 1852, Sept. 13. Gist of A. H. Thayer, of bees Zook. (. Vos. 2, 4, 6,) 1853, July 2. Gift of the Editor, Econ P 13.1.150 CONTRIBUTORS. TO THE TWENTY-SECOND VOLUME OF THE MERCHANTS' MAGAZINE. GEORGE S. BOUTWELL, Esq., Merchant, of Massachusetts. DAVID M. BALFOUR, Merchant, of Massachusetts. GEORGE BACON, Esq., of New York. EDMUND DWIGHT, Esq., of New York. DAVID FOSDICK, A. M., of Massachusetts. JAMES FERGUSON, Esq., of the National Observatory, Washington, D. C. WILLIAM GREGG, Esq., of South Carolina. General C. T. JAMES, Civil Engineer of Rhode Island. JOHN B. JERVIS, Esq., Civil Engineer of New York. THOMAS P. KETTELL, Esq., of New York. A. A. LAWRENCE, Merchant, of Massachusetts. JOSHUA LEAVITT, Secretary of the Boston Cheap Postage Association. C. EDWARDS LESTER, Esq., late United States Consul at Genoa. Professor C. F. M'CAY, of the University of Georgia. Rev. SAMUEL MARTIN, of London, England. A. NASH, Esq., of the New York Bar, GIDEON NYE, Jr., Merchant, of China. Hon. BENJAMIN F. PORTER, of the Charleston (S. C.) Bar. J. S. ROPES, Merchant, of Massachusetts. FRANCIS G. SHAW, Merchant, of Massachusetts. RICHARD SULLEY, Esq., of New York. Hon. B. G. SHIELDS, late Charge d'Affaires at Caraccas, Venezuela. JUNIUS SMITH, Esq., of South Carolina, and FREEMAN HUNT, Editor, etc. 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. 75 198 120 ..... Act of New York relating to Short Measure.. 576 106 575 555 586 66 683 389 90 Anatomy and Philosophy of Banking.. Ardnamurchan, Light-house on............. Assumpsit, action of..... 317 Austria, exports from Alexandria, Egypt, to. 556 treaty of United States with........ 436 Axes, how they are made.... 66 582 B. Baltimore, vessels arrived and cleared in 1849 332 66 condition of Banks of, in 1850.... 344 and Ohio Railroad, statistics of... 564 Board of Trade, regulations of.... 438 Mutual Exchange and Bankinghouse in....... Bangor, Maine, lumber trade of... Bank, general administration of a.. Merchants' Exchange...... 66 66 66 INDEX TO VOL. XXII., FROM JANUARY TO JUNE, INCLUSIVE, 1850. 66 66 ............. British fees in.. Batavia, Java.. 66 Banks of State of New York, condition of 92, 443 in Ohio, tax on the profits of..... 103 Securities for free circulat'n of N. York 201 condition of Ohio..... 66 66 222 227 of Massachusetts, condition of....... 232 of the several States, condition of..... 227 condition of Baltimore.... 344 344 .549, 572 ..446, 573 and banking capital of Connecticut... 574 dividends of New York.... 66 550 " and banking capital of Rhode Island.. 444 of Massachusetts, dividends of........ 446 condition of New Orleans..... 66 451 650 660 514 Banking, remarkable incident in.. 451 66 capital of Massachusetts. 661 66 the objects of.... 449 Journal of.....92, 222, 342, 441, 570 650 68 nature of..... Strachan's Anatomy and Phil'phy of 389 71 notice of Johnson's Treatise on..... 342 66 joint stock, extracts from Bell's.... 380 Barbour's Chancery reports... 197 Batavia, bankruptcy in.. 113 66 Java, passage from New York to.. 240 Beachy Head, Royal Sovereign Shoal of..... 673 Beef Cattle, production of in Ohio, in 1848-49 84 Bell, Garvin Mason, biography of... 377 Bills of Exchange, English law of....314, 637, 543 66 198 74 438 Board of Trade, the Baltimore.. Book Trade...........121, 249, 363, 475, 587 697 691 103 657 66 66 66 66 66 66 447 209 73 102 Mutual, of deposit and discount. "National, at Vienna... "Agency, Ohio..... 102 103 225 66 of England, notes forged.. 229 66 bullion in the bank of..... 345 573 422 "Bill, New Jersey, provisions of.. 447 449 Disclosure of a Customer's Account... 639 Bankruptcy and Banking, (George Bacon) Banker, Bullen, the rich.. 66 The.. 643, 311, 398 66 Ten Minutes advice about keeping a.. 653 Bankers, fraudulent preference to..... 638 113 Boston and Providence Railroad, statistics of 464 103 and banking capital of Vermont. 66 66 Banks of Ohio, condition of.... history of Savings, of England.. 66 C. California, commerce with.. 66 66 46 46 finances of city of, in 1849.. Lines... Can ada, of duties of customs in.. Canadian vs. American tariff. 208 ship'nts of lumber from Bangor to 209 "receipts of.. 226 66 585 66 483 66 early discovery of gold in.. 66 coins and moneys of. a great and small.. men, excerpts for.. energetic devotion to..... effect of, in abolishing restrictions 674 415 318 198 Canal Statistics........104, 240, 355, 461, 564, 676 109 Contracts, action on joint, (law case,).. 66 66 River Railroad, statistics of..... 467 shipments of Pennsylvania in 1845-1849 204 441 tures in 1849. 440 Charleston, S. C., commercial description of.. 499 66 66 statistics of commerce and Cienfuegos, exports of, in 1849.. Cincinnati, rolling mills in and near. 66 Canal, business of.... ...... 514 navigation of........501, 516 211 23 66 159 exports of tea from, to England.. 341 563 111 468 bank agency at.... 225 grocery trade of.. 362 sugar refinery for. 354 Mercantile Library Association of 360 ...... Cliff Copper Mine of Lake Superior. 66 ..... experiment with semi-bituminous.. 66 66 562 66 697 103 221 120 114 Coins, discovery of ancient.. 66 115 661 120 Coinage of U. States Mint in 1849... 66 259 570 66 46 66 export of, from Matanzas and Havana, 66 66 66 66 112 351 87 110 212 244 333 66 ....... 66 in........... 66 46 Cotton manufacturing establishments of R. I. 452 | Finance, journal of.....92, 222, 342, 441, 570, 650 131 46 New York.. 230 66 231 Pennsylvania.. 232 commerce, navigation and revenue of.. 429 432 347 Massachusetts in 1849.. 348 349 630 Ohio in 1849.. 570 66 658 466 Connecticut in 1850. 239 208 66 shipments of, at Rochester.. 328 66 66 exports of, from Milwaukie........... 329 D. Dayton, Ohio, manufactories of.. Debt, public, of U. States in 1849. 64 and finances of Virginia in 1849....... South Carolina in 1849. 96 97 Michigan in 1849.. 570 Ohio in 1849.. 228 Massachusetts in 1849....... 347 New York.... 230 231 346 of Brazil.... 661 Debts and finances of the States of the Union 131 66 of Maryland..... 232 66 66 of State of Indiana..... 66 66 66 66 66 46 66 66 66 66 66 66 66 66 Deposits of U. States Mint in 1849.. Dishonored checks...... 66 Texas..... E. Eastern Railroad, statistics of.. Debtor, absent [law case]... 77 Deed by a person in embarrassed circumst'ces 640 679 Douro, Light-house at the Foz of the.. 66 English Stock Exchange....... 66 law of bills of exchange. 66 Frie Railroad, New York and. ... F. 112 349 ཚ ཚོ .... 94 ....... export of tea from China to.. Bank of, bullion in.. exports from Alexandria, Egypt, to. 556 586 464 118 555 198 ..... 467] 66 66 66 Gauging merchandise.. 66 Georgia, debt and finances of in 1849. 66 458 681 576 68 219 Glasgow Steamship.... 565 339 Gold coin, uniformity of U. States.... 93 66 66 counterfeit American... 66 assay of California...... 226 "regions, geographical position of...... 489 66 received at U. States Mint 418, 548 585 112 317 Joint-Stock Companies of..... 663 362 456 173 price of iron in...... 688 imports of Hops and Grains into... 671 660 Guano, import of into England.. 696 Guy, Thomas, Broker, sketch of.............. 371 120 66 66 338 96 104 568 483 Handkerchiefs, of duty on.... 339 Havana and Union Railroad, statistics of.... 357 66 562 export of molasses from........... 432 Hayti, new decree and tariff of.. Hides, importation of into New York. 66 667 Hogs, production of, in 1848-49.. 66 Hops, import of American into England..... 671 278 66 and Westminster Bank. 672 66 Humber, wreck off the.... 690 66 I. Indiana, Corporation laws of.... 66 66 general manufacturing law of.. 66 the morality of life. 66 life (law case).. 66 66 66 Integrity, character for.... 66 66 66 re- New Orleans, rates of.. 66 L. 66 sales of public, in Michigan... 66 of money (D. Fosdick, Jr.) 66 Interest.. Ireland, consumption of tea in.... 66 loans to railway companies of....... 683 Irish light-house tolls Iron business of Wales, increase of 240 582 582 457 688 66 trade of Pennsylvania in 1848–9.. 688 691 696 new.... James, General C. T., letter of... 332 Liquor business of New York in 1849.. 66 prices of cotton wool at..... on Ostergarn's Islet on Cape Sierra Leone at the Foz of Douro Lake Erie on Sankaty Head tolls, Irish.... ......... Long Island Railroad, statistics of. 99 273, 492 Lawrence, A. A., on cotton manufactures.... 26 458 Light-house on Ardnamurchan 66 98 671 66 237 66 66 112 66 66 66 459 232 66 66 66 Massachusetts, insolvent laws of............. 77 661 Measurement of foreign deals.. 338 Mercantile law cases....74, 197, 314, 415, 543, 637 66 Miscellanies.113, 245, 359, 472, 555, 692 66 Library Association of New York, 246 Library Association of Cincinnati.. 360 Library Association of St. Louis.. 585 112 385 Library Association of Montreal.. 473 66 693 118 102 526 66 474 213 131 134 220 Milwaukie, export of flour, &c., from.. 221 Mines, product of Cliff... 351 221 Mining, Journal of........ 107, 234, 350, 452, 577, 684 341 66 prospects of England. 112 5841 66 gold...... 689 88 334 109 113 342 228 340 commercial swindling in 66 66 ...... ships, Spanish code of. 87 120 433 160 87 ... 105 449 117 161 358 346 646 209 331 221 Mexico, tariff of.. 90 Michigan, debts and finances of........ 91 |