Paper, manufac. of, from straw and bagging. 772 Railways in Europe and America, cost of.... 504 Papier mache of commerce, the 263 Paris, population of... 66 of Massachusetts, operation in 1853. 631 121 46 exhibition of 1855, the Ram, the hydraulic.. 264 .......... 103 Rates of exchange at New Orleans.... Regulations, Com'rc'l, 114, 225, 364, 492, 623, 748 118 66 of the Liverpool corn trade..... 368 619 66 363 132 Pittsburgh: its commerce, products, & other 710 resources..... 430 Report of the New York cotton market, Pittsburgh, manufactures, commerce, and 260, 388, 473, 602, 727 railroads of.... 683 Population of Missouri, progress of. 641 66 British N. A. colonies 251 Results of the census of Great Britain 757 of agriculture in the Ohio Valley 66 in 1852-3 .......... 746 Kingdom, statistics of the........... 747 66 of the British sugar trade......... 490 66 134 66 engineers and pilots 765 66 66 66 .... 386 classification of imports into... 365 stocks, redemption of........ 223 778 Success in business, elements of.... the manufacture of. Suppression of small notes in Virginia...... 736 66 ..... 392 ............ 639 ......... Swan River, beacon at.. 766 V. Switch, new railroad.. 764 Sydney, New S. Wales, commercial regula- 367 Value, commercial, of the camel... W. 364 659 368 375 384 512 Vessels, new, registered at Baltimore in 1853 235 66 mineral resources of . wrecked in 1853 .................. Virginia, the railroads of......................................... ...................... 370 764 245 new, at Balize, Honduras Taxation in England, self-imposed.. Tel'graph, el'ctric, from Orfordness to Hol'nd 630 625 Warehousing system, act to extend the..... 727 corporated, in N. York Wilmington, N. C., com'ercial importance of. 744 298 Women, industr'l & educat'al op'rtunities of 509 T and com. of St. Louis in 1853... 442 357 Worcester and Nashua railroad............. 383 635 109 iron, of Great Britain. in breadstuffs, Philadelphia of Oswego, foreign.... 747 Zinc company, the New Jersey. 645 I. JAPAN: WITH REFERENCE TO THE COMMERCIAL AND POLITICAL RELATIONS OF THAT NATION WITH THE REST OF THE WORLD. BY WILLIAM J. A. BRAD- II. COMMERCE OF THE UNITED STATES.-No. iv. Raleigh's Charter and Expeditions- Amidos and Barlow, Grenville, etc.-Events to 1600-Review of Achievements within the United States up to 1600-Ditto in the rest of America-Causes of neglect of the United States-Grosnold's Voyage, Trade and Fishery at New England-Pring-Gilbert-De Monts-Weymouth-North and South Virginia Companies-Commercial Features of their Charters-Settlements-Trade, Fishery, etc.-Dutch Trading Stations at Hudson River- Tobacco-James's Regulations thereon-Virginia Slave Trade-Smith's Trading and Fish- ing Voyage to New England-Plymouth Council, etc. By ENOCH HALE, Jr., Esq., N. Y.. 36 III. MERCANTILE BIOGRAPHY.-HON. JAMES GORE KING....... IV. THE COTTON TRADE. By C. F. McCAY, Professor in the College of South Carolina..... T Review of the Report of the Secretary of the Treasury-Increased Revenue of the Country- Statistics of the Commerce of the United States-Decline in Shipments of Specie-Balance and Profits of Foreign Commerce-Proposed Modifications of the Tariff-Increase of the Free List -Condition of the Money Markets in all sections of the Country-Availability of Railroad Bonds-Condition of the Banks-Financial Condition of European Markets-Stocke, and the Stock Market-Supply of Gold from California, and Deposits and Coinage at the Mint-Foreign Commerce of the Country to November 30th-Cash Duties at Boston, Philadelphia, and New York-Foreign Imports at New York for November, and since January 1st-Increase in the Warehousing Business-Imports of Foreign Dry Goods at New York for November, and since January 1st-Exports from New York for November and sinco January 1st, showing a very great increase from former years-Comparative Shipments of certain leading Articles of Prod- uce up to December 16th-Increase in Exports of Breadstuffs-Crop, and prospective Ship- ments of Cereals at the South-Limited Receipts of Cotton, &c., &c.... |