CONTRIBUTORS TO THE HFI 2019 NINETEENTH VOLUME OF THE MERCHANTS' MAGAZINE. 57681 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. FRANCIS B. CLARK, Esq., Merchant, of Georgia. 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 WILLIAM GILBART, F. R. S., of London, England. THOMAS PRENTICE KETTELL, Esq., of New York. JAMES H. LANMAN, Author of the History of Michigan. 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,” lish," &c. 99 66 Eng 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. INDEX TO VOL. XIX., FROM JULY TO DECEMBER, INCLUSIVE, 1848. 46 Agriculture, exp'ts from U. 8. of prod'ts of, 1847 88 in certain trade........ 102 Act in relation to navigation of East River by steamboats..... " of U. S. concerning Spanish steam vessels... 218 "to prevent imp. of adulterated medicines, etc. 326 to provide for incorporation, etc., of telegraph Action to recover excess of duties....... condition of..... 64 discounts of..... of Rhode Island in 1845, 1846, 1848..... 107 66 ... 224 468 circulation of New York, from 1837-48 194 influence of, on commerce......... of the United States....... Algesiras, regulations of the port of............................ America, N. and S., geographical division of... 625 Belgian commercial regulations. productions of.. American Continental money. Factory Girls... manufactory, first................... bonnets in England... ............. ocean steam navigation 64 commerce of......... 453 Biography, mercantile.... ............. 662 659 Black River (Mich.) imp'ts and exp'ts of, in 1847 27 452 617 Book trade........... 122, 235, 347, 457, 571, 679 manufactures, etc., of......... 617 Book publishing house, a model.... ....... 456 189 Bones, commercial value of................... 570 history and principles of..... 243 467 647 61 Ancram or Copake iron works............... 450 Attachment, law of, in Tennessee............ 387 Averages, marine, Spanish law of..................................... B. 638 303 541 562 453 453 BALTIMORE banks, dividends of................ 109 principal imports into..... exports of domestic produce......................... 196 statistical view of commerce of......... 322 Brazil, coins and currency of.... 438 Christmas Island, description of............................... 554 #6 exports of, from Cronstadt................ 203 Cinnabar mines.... ...... ................. 384 Bremen, price of bills on......... ......... 189, 302 ......... ......... 76 Coal, production of anthracite, from 1820 to 1847 293 N. American Colon's, Baltimore exp'ts to 197 regulations of ship-tores..... emigration.... sales of copper ore. ...... iron and steel trade........ ... 649 ... 649 mines, the Blackstone..... 275 Coin, copper, of the U. States...... cotton trade, statistics and history of.... .... and bullion, statistics of, England........ 564 Brooklyn, morocco dressing in........................................ 341 430 234 ....... 109 ....... 565 320 563 438 331 337 19 243 85 C. CALAIS, new light-house at.................. 64 44 U. States with all nat's in 1847 90 prejudices against it... 131 392 of Honolulu in 1847... Indiana, Wabash, and Erie.......................... 437 Commercial cities and towns of the U. States Chilian ports, Baltimore exports of produce to.. 199 Connecticut, condition of banks of.. China Sea, newly discovered reef in the....... 429 ...... vessels built in, in 1847. 319 Copake or Ancram iron works............................................ 450 570 ...... 518 ...... 195 95 ... 300 Copper mines on Lake Superior.. ..... 431 4501 Deal Island, Kent's Group.... coin of the United States.. ore, British sales of... 665 44 region, singular discovery in......................... 340 Delaware, vessels built in, in 1847.. .... 484 Dimities, British export of... 46 .... 95 24 669 170 Corporations, moral and religious duties of..... 75 District of Columbia, vessels built in, in 1847... 95 English exports from East India of...... 599 Drugs and medicines, importation of adulterated 326 320 212 649 599 Drafts and bills, days of grace on........ 223 399 599 Drawback on foreign sugar.... 191 E. and West India, English imp'ts of cotton from 599 factory, cost of the machinery of a...... 227 Eckle's Steam Gauge.............................................................. 113 culture and trade, effects of............ 344 Egypt, commerce of ancient.... 346 131 261 E. English imports of cotton from......... 599 wool, Great Britain export and import of 280 Electric decomposition of metals....... 665 Elba, new light at Fort Focardo, Isle of........ 431 English law of.. Britain from 1697 to 1830............ 279 677 668 ..... 218 ..... 561 coals, cinders, etc., exported from..... 548 490 specie in Bank of... importation of cattle in.... Customs regulations of India............ ................ 650 556 668 Erie Railroad, progress of New York and...... 436 337 401 DAHLONEGA, or Georgia gold region........... 112 Europe, commercial cities of......614, 375, 265, 161 Fishery, the Salmon..... extent of the north-west.. Flax, product of, in United States.... HAMBURGH, rate of bills on........ 95 .302, 189 196 treaty of U. S. with kingdom of...... 411 429 103 draining the everglades of............ 401 Harwich harbor lights..... vessels wrecked on coast and reef of 427 488 exp. from Philadelphia from 1790 to 1847. 200 Hay, product of, in United States.................................. France, condition of Bank of...... "6 fisheries of, from 1842 to 1846... 103 ... 301 539 Hist. and prin. of ancient commerce.. 131, 355, 447 new monetary organization of....... 312 554 J21 294 183 Francs, value of, in New York........ Frauds, statutes of. in Tennessee............. 390 Honolulu, voyages of vessels from U. S. to..... 430 Fraudulent trust, (law case,). Fraud, case in the U. S. District Court....... |