MERCHANTS MAGAZINE

AND

COMMERCIAL REVIEW.

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CONDUCTED BY FREEMAN HUNT, A.M.,

EDITOR OF THE LIBRARY OF COMMERCE, ETC.; CORRESPONDING MEMBER OF THE AMERICAN AND LONDON
STATISTICAL SOCIETIES; MEMBER OF THE NEW YORK HISTORICAL SOCIETY ; HONORARY
MEUBER OF THE MERCANTILE LIBRARY ASSOCIATIONS OF NEW YORK, PHILA-
DELPHIA, BOSTON, BALTIMORE, LOUISVILLE, CHARLESTON, AND

CINCINNATI, ETC.

VOLUME TWENTY-EIGHT.

FROM JANUARY TO JUNE, INCLUSIVE, 1853.

New York:

PUBLISHED AT 142 FULTON-STREET.

1853.

TO THE TWENTY-EIGHTH VOLUME OF THE

MERCHANTS'MAGAZINE AND COMMERCIAL REVIEW.

D. M. BALFOUR, Merchant, of Massachusetts.
G. M. Bell, Esq., Secretary of the Bank of Australia in London, Author of

Works on Banking, &c.
J. P. Brown, Esq., of the Legation of the United States at Constantinople.
WILLIAM J. CLARKE, Controller of the State of North Carolina.
A. F. CARMAN, Esq., of Wisconsin.
E. H. DERBY, Esq., of Massachusetts.

EDWARDS, Esq., of Massachusetts.
CHARLES GRAEBE, Esq., U. S. Consul at Frankfort on the Maine.
Rev. T. W. HIGGINSON, A. M., of Massachusetts.
Enoch HALE, Jr., of New York.
SAMUEL HARRIS, Esq., of Maine.
Rev. J. T. HENDRICK, of Clarksville, Tennessee.
David R. JAQUES, Esq., of the New York Bar.
DEMING JARVIS, Esq., Manufacturer, of Massachusetts.
B. LAWRENCE, Geologist of Arkansas.
STEPHEN P. LEEDS, Geologist, of New York.
C. F. M-CAY, LL. D., of the University of Georgia.
M. F. MAURY, LL. D., of the National Observatory, at Washington.
E. Meriam, Esq., of New York.
George D. Prentiss, Esq., of Kentucky.
WM. S. Price, M. D., of Alabama.
Hon. BENJAMIN F. Porter, of Porterville, Alabama.
E. W. STOUGHTON, Esq., of the New York Bar.
John Milton STEARNS, Esq., of Massachusetts.
C. D. Stuart, Esq., of New York.
J. W. Scott, Esq., of Ohio.
CHARLES STEARNS, Professor of Geology, of New York.
CHARLES WHITTLESEY, Esq., of Missouri.

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INDEX TO VOLUME XXVIII.,

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FROM JANUARY TO JUNE, INCLUSIVE, 1853.

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PAGE

PAGE Act of U. S. relating to vessels built of wood 245

Banks, statistics of New York city..

55

of New Orleans, condition of.....490, 613 Act of N. Y. in regard to bills out of State 731

the new French.

494 Act to prevent fraud upon Treasury of U. S. 619 of New Hampshire, condition of..... 360 Act of Ohio relating to railroad bonds...... 620 chartered in South Carolina.... 105 Action on note discounted at usurious rate.. 336

account of London

288 Action on a promissory note...

207
of Savannah

103 Action to recover goods obtained under

of Massachusetts, condition of..

353 fraudulent representations

206
in Souih Carolina, statistics of

220 Advice to business men..

393

making and receiving deposits in.... 226 Alabama, codifcation and law reform in....

67
of Rhode Island, statistics of

223 railroads in .....

637
organized under free law...

104 finances of ......

contempt of the

522 Albany, N. Y., lumber trade of... .... 366 Banking in Hinois..

611 real and personal wealth of.. 231

in New Jersey:

219 Argentine Confederacy, regulations of the... 244

in State of N. York, statistics of ... 348 Republic, Commerce, &c., of the. 615

journal of.....94, 219, 345, 481, 600, 725 Arkansas debl, finance and property of...... 100

66
in Cincinnati, how carried on......

736
coal fields of....
646 Bankruptcy, law of..

439 Assay office, law establishing in New York: 600 Belgium, trade between U. S. and

634 Assignment by debtor in failing circumstances 329 Bell's Dictionary of Banking....

219 Australia, freights to .....

496 Bill in equity to settle claims under a will... 71 product of gold fields of..

254 Bills of Exchange on California, damage on . 491 6 permanency of gold fields of...... 380 Biography, mercantile

185 production of gold in.... 106 Blacking, origin of Day's..

.393, 777 labor market in

778 Book Trade ......... .137, 146, 395, 523, 653, 779 Australian gold mines ......

122 Boston Insurance Companies, statistics of... 345

imports and exports of specie at..... 231

shipping arrived and cleared.. 239 B. debt and finances of

232 mercbants and men ....

129 Bacon, prices of, at Baltimore

179
trade and Commerce of .

743 Bahamas, light on Turks Island. 369 Bottomry bond-advance on freight

335 Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, statistics of... 640 Brazilian diamond discoveries

512 4 trade and Commerce of, in 1852 .. 169 Brazils, steam to the.

759 vessels admeasured at, in 1852.... 236 Brazilian slave trade

775 Vessels arrived at...

482 Breadstuffs, Baltimore inspections of. 235 stock market in 1652 ............ 487

passing locks at Rochester...... 407 banks, condition of...

225
Bricks, steam factories for ...

770 assessment of property in. 737 Bristol railway shares, leading

755 Bangor, Me., lumber surveyed at .. 483 British Provinces, reciprocity with.

275 Bank capital, circulation, &c., in U.S....... 101

East India and China trade

365 of England, gold weighed in..

railway traffic

384 * charters, expiration of.....

104
census of 1841 and 1851.

250 notes stolen, of....

737
and foreign shipping..

627

232 Banks of Ohio, condition of..... returns, publication of, in New York. 734 Brooklyn, N. Y., city debt of.. 360 Budget, Samuel, biography of

188

66

66

66

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..610