British imports of tobacco, 1845-46...

tobacco warehouse at Liverpool........

44 hop trade.....

426 Coinage of U. States mint and branches........ 506
... 396
entire of the U. States, 1793-1846...... 624
639 Coins and currency of the Hawaiian islands..... 622

Brooklyn, Union White Lead Company at...... 421 Columbia railroad, merchandise on the......... 326

Brusterort, light-tower at.......

Buffalo, imports of in 1846........

315 Colonies, British, commerce of................. 398
599 Commerce with the eastern coast of Africa..... 29
and resources of Alta California......34
and navigation, academy of at Trieste 60
curiosities of.......................
and the missionary enterprise.........
and the opium trade at Hong-Kong... 122
of Norway, trade and..................
138

merchandise shipped and received,'45-46 601
Bullion in the bank of England......................

62

65

แ

66

แ

................

91

and navigation of New York, 1846... 194
of China, 1845-46......
198

Canton, foreign trade of, 1845................ 198
Cape St. Vincent, new light on............. 91, 215 Commer. chron. and review, 72, 184, 287, 387, 490, 604

gross revenue from customs, etc., 1845... 341 Company, Union White Lead.....................

regulations with Mexico, U. States..... 455
treaty between U. States and Hanover. 611
421

66

of Ceylon......

46

of the British colonies.....

......

66

66

1845....

.........

value of imports and exports, 1845...... 341 Companies, insurance, in Massachusetts........ 508
pearl fishery....
342 Connecticut, sea resources of the coast of....... 273
342 Contract, French tobacco..

Chemistry applied to arts and manufactures..... 630 Consumption and production of sugar.......... 64
China, commerce of in 1845-46.........
198

export of teas to U. States, 1845-46.. 199, 425 Copper trade, the British....
silk, etc., "
200

......

ore, duty on in England...
Chinese manufactures in France, exhibition of... 631 Coral fishery..

Chronometers, the use of...

..........

89 Corn laws, the British...

44

304

207

610

62

311

401

Cincinnati, manufacture of bristles at.......... 632 preferable to money for Ireland..
Cleveland, Ohio, receipts of produce, 1841-46... 190 "importation of into England, 1846-47...... 628
46 merchandise cleared at........ 190 Cornwall and Swansea mines..
Coal mines and coal trade of Belgium.......... 235 Cost of wheat-growing..

Creditor and debtor in Alabama, law of....... 57 Exports from England to Mexico, 1846......... 457

Cuba, export trade of, 1841-45......

Cared provisions, import of into England........ 122
Curiosities of commerce......

Currency, chapter on colonial, prior to 1739..... 344
foreign, weights and measures....... 507

66 ....... 519
domestic, of Philadelphia, 1845-46....... 527
of sug'r and mol's from Havana, 1845-6. 529
from Odessa, Russia, 1840-46..................... 628
F.

458 FACTOR, principal and........

timber, exported from Norway, '35-41 140 Five Fathom channel, wreck near the.......... 512
exports to Norway, 1835-41.......... 144 Floating lights on the coast of Ireland............................. 316
vessels cleared from Norway to, '33-43 150 Flour, Rochester manufacture and trade... 96
inspections at New Orleans, 1845-46...... 114

EASTERN Coast of Africa, commerce with the.... 29 France, commerce of, in 1844-45........... 476, 547
East Indies, free ports of...........

Free banks of New York, chartered and......... 304] Industry of New York, manufacturing..
46 ports, East India....

314 Increase of population in western states.......... 403
394 Ingenious method of smuggling tobacco......... 401
426 Injunctions, cases of.....

66
218 Insurance, life, annuities, tontines, etc....... 48, 445
mutual life.........

......... 152
society on the basis of mutual................. 152
companies in Massachusetts, 1846.... 508
619 Inspections of flour in New Orleans, 1845-46.... 114
215 Internal imp'ments, effects of on commer'l cities. 263
629 Invention of the cotton gin......

46 nautical, for steering ships......... 90, 215
363 Ireland, emigration from Great Britain and...... 121
111 46
floating lights on the coast of............................ 316

imp't and sales of cott'n-w'l, 1845. 111 Iron trade of Europe and the United States...... 574

Hong-Kong, commerce and the opium trade at... 122 Island, Soerhaagen, new light tower on......... 404
Hop trade, British...........
639 Islands, Hawaiian, coins and currency of the..... 622
newly discovered................

and sales of cot'n-w'l in G. Brit'in, 1845. 111 JAMAICA, currency of prior to 1739............ 347

122
survey of damaged goods landed at.... 348
411 Journal of banking, currency, and finance..118,
208, 303, 412, 506, 622
mining and manufactures... 92, 201,
327, 421, 530, 629

from U. States to France, 1844-45... 484, 555 KIACHTA, the Russian trade at.

production of sugar in the.......... 375 LAKE Michigan, railroad from to the Mississippi. 115

West, new regulations of the French..... 314 Lakes, vessels built and launched on, 1846...... 620

Law cases, mercantile.... 66, 182, 285, 383, 486, 6021 Maryland, currency of, prior to 1739..

Lead region, the..........

of patents.....................

extracting silver from.......

345

66

66
tariff of duties by stamp law of.....
181 Massachusetts, banks in.....

413

208

95

96

203

285

Life insurance, mutual....

152

progress of population, 1790-1840 402
imports at Boston, in British steam

....

packets, 1840-46....
progress of wealth in, 1790-1840.. 435
value of tax. property, 1790-1840. 436
prop. per ct. of wealth in the sev-

eral counties, 1790-1840....... 436
prop. per ct. of population, in the
several counties, 1790-1840.... 437
average amount of wealth among

the inhabitants, 1790-1840.... 437
increase of wealth, 1790-1840.... 438
prop. per ct. of increase of wealth

by counties, 1790-1840........ 438
inc. per cent of pop., 1790-1840.. 439
wealth of six towns, 1790-1840..440
increase of wealth, and prop. of

incr. in six towns, 1790-1840.. 440
total incr. of wealth, 1790-1840.. 441
average amount of wealth to each
individual, in 1840...

441

492

total population, 1840...

442

639

average bank capital, 1803-20... 443

insurance companies, 1846...... 508
manufacture of tapestry carpeting 533

310 Measures, weights, and currency of Belgium.... 303
foreign..... 507

Lowell and its manufactures.................. 356

64

population at different periods.......... 356 Mercantile law cases..... 66, 182, 285, 383, 486, 602
manufacturing corporations....... 357
average hours of labor........ 359
average wages......

miscellanies.. 121, 216, 296, 394, 510, 635
library association of Philadelphia... 216

New York..... 297
Montreal...... 296

biography.-The late Robert Thom.. 381

44 David Ricardo. 458
395

..........

46 classes, or grades, the..
Merchandise on Columbia railroad............. 326
Merchant vessels, passengers in............

the good....

410, 504

........ 510

298

301

636

M.
MACAO, China, harbor regulations of, 1846...... 213
regulations of the province of.... 505
Magellan, passage through the Straits of........ 513
Mail steamships, U. States naval and....... 419
Maine, legislative policy regarding corporations. 256
Malacca, commerce in the Straits of........... 351 Merchants and business men, hints to........... 218
302

at Valparaiso, the........
352 Mexican ports, U. States tariff regulations for... 497
Manufacture of railroad iron in the U. States 97, 530 Mexico, U. States commercial regulations with.. 455

Prussia and Ger. States. 146
Holland and G. Britain.. 147
France...... ......... 148
Belg., Spain, and Port'l. 149

and branches, coinage of........ 506 Novel commercial speculation....

Mississippi river, railroad to from lake Michigan. 115

66

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...... 301 !

law of debtor and creditor in........ 379 OCEAN steam navigation, origin of Atlantic..... 174
Missouri, iron mountains of.................... 94
44 steamers between Havre and New York.. 617
mineral resources of, ... .... ... ... ... .... ... ... ......... 177 Oceans, union of Atlantic and Pacific........... 278
mineralogical observations in......... 117 Odessa, Russia, exports from, 1840-46........... 628
manufactures in......
424 Official smuggler..........

66

N.

....... 152

..... 637
Molasses, export of from Havana, 1845-46...... 529 Ohio, decisions in courts of............
........ 285
Montreal mercantile library association......... 296| canal tolls, 1842-46............................................ 191
Mutual life-insurance........
"canals, and the public works of............ 420
"valley, coal and iron trade of the...... 450, 629
66 law of debtor and creditor in.............. 469
NAUTICAL intelligence.... 89, 215, 315, 404, 512, 633 Oil, sperm and whale imported into U.S., 1846... 318
invention for steering ships....... 90, 215
46 1838-44 319
Naval and mail steamships, U. States........... 419 Opium trade at Hong-Kong, commerce and the.. 122
Navigation and naval architecture...... 19, 131, 227 Origin of the dollar mark.....

commercial of Great Britain, 1821-45 197 PACIFIC and Atlantic oceans, union of.......... 278
laws, suspension of the British...... 409
420
Neapolitan tariff......
trade, American East India and......... 528
New Hampshire, currency of, prior to 1739..... 346 Parsee merchant, the praying.....
..... 301
New Jersey,
347 Passengers in merchant vessels.............
..... 209 Patents, the law of........

New London, whale and shore fisheries of...... 273 Pennsylvania, currency of prior to 1739.......... 347
New Orleans, flour inspected at, 1845-46........ 114

State finances and corporations..... 118]
commerce and navigation, 1845-46.. 194 Perfumery, manufacture of.....
imports, 1845-46........

66

ries, 1846.....

.....

194 Peru, public lotteries of Lima....

currency of, prior to 1739.......... 346
rates of freight to Liverpool, 1844-47 388
prices of hemp, 1843-47....... ....... 389
banks of, 1844-47............... 391
trade and commerce of, 1691....... 399
banks, means and liabilities of, '45-47 609
ocean steamers between Havre and. 617 Plank roads, new improvement.....
and Liverpool steamers..........

Nidingen rocks, beacons on the......

the mint at Lima......

arrivals and passengers, 1830-46..... 196 Philadelphia, prices of stocks at, 1836-46........ 120

621 Platina, Russian gold and......................

91 Population, influence of manufactures on....... 631

217

300

308

367

532

North Carolina, currency of, prior to 1739....... 347
Norway, trade and commerce of......

138

metals and minerals exported, 1835-41. 142 Pork and lard exported from U. S., 1821-45..... 106