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THE

COMMERCIAL REVIEW

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E D IT E D

WILLIAM

VOLUME

B.

BY

DANA.

FORTY-SIXTH,

FROM JA N U A RY TO JU N E, INCLUSIVE, 1862.

JJjtt) Cork :
W I L L I A M B. D A N A , P U B L I S H E R

AND

PROPRIETOR,

CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND UNDERWRITERS’ BUILDING,




Nos. 61

AND

63 WILLIAM STREET.

1862.

C O N T R I B U T O R S
TO

THE

FORTY-SIXTH

VOLUME

OF

THE

MERCHANTS’ MAGAZINE AND COMMERCIAL REVIEW.

A. N. B ell ; M. D., of Brooklyn, N. Y.
W illiam B rown, Cote des Neiges, Canada.
C harles H .’.'CarAole, of Eas£ Cambridge, :Mass.«. . .

E. C ullen, M.D., M.R.C.S.E.'."

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W illiam B. D ana, of New, Jfirkt

I. S mith H omans, of New York, Secretary of Chamber of Commerce.
S heppard H omans, Actuary o{ the Mutual Life Insurance Co., N. Y.
T homas P.

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of New York.

Professor L eone L evi, of London, E n g l^ l.
P liny Miles , of New Y<>rk.

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H. E. Muring , Coffee and Sugar Broker, New York.
J ohn S avage, of New York.

J. W. S cott, of Toledo, Ohio.
C harles T omlinson, of London, England.

Isaac H. U pton , Secretary Shipmasters’ Association, N. Y.
“ 0 . A. W ,” of New York.
Hon. A masa W alker, of Massachusetts.
C. F. W reaks, Secretary Neptune Marine Insurance Co., N. Y.




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V olum e X L Y I.

FROM JANUARY TO JUNE, 1862, BOTH INCLUSIVE.
E D I T E D BY W I L L IA M B. D A N A .

PAGE.

A.
PAGE.

Act of Congress requiring oath of al­
legiance from masters of American
vessels.............................................. 486
Admiralty, British, business of.......... 81
Advantages of uniform postage........443
Africa, cotton growth of............... 67, 270
Agriculture and mining of Mexico... 417
Agricultural statistics........ ............... 670
Alabama, sequestration act in.......... 89
Albany, lumber trade of, 1850 to 1861 216
Algeria, cotton growth of.................. 572
Alterations of checks and notes........ 296
American steam fire engine in Engl’nd 490
Amoor, trade w ith ............................ 155
Ants, a plague of................................ 590
A new trick.................................. A - 508
Anthracite coal trade of the U. S . .. 376
Arctic expedition of 1860, account of. 55
Arming of merchant ships............
182
Armies and navies of E urope.......... 508
Armory, national, necessity of.......... 496
Arms and saltpetre export from Eng­
land forbidden................................. 168
Army telegraph.................................. 162
Atlantic telegraph again.................... 299
Atlantic telegraph cable, (law suit).. 302
Australia, cotton in............................ 166
Australian mail service...................... 79
Austria, commerce of............................316
S3.

Baltimore banks, report of, 1860-61..
“
imports and exp’ts of, 1861
“
finances of..........................
Bank, a government...........................
“ circular from N. Y. to Chicago.
“ legislation, Illinois....................




289
284
563
118
293
292

Bank note circulation of Great Britain
and Ireland.......................... 394
“ of Engl’d notes, strange forgery
of.......................................... 294
“ of England, weekly returns,
394, 492, 560
“ of France, monthly, returns, 395
“ officers, small stockholders, and
large borrowers.................... 288
“ pawners, at Boston,business of 292
“ returns, weekly, New York,
Philadelphia, Boston, and
Providence-. .290, 393, 491, 559
“ of west’n Missouri, statament of 290
“ commissioners report of Conn. 564
Banking, currency, & finance, journal
of.............. 288, 393, 491, 559
“
system & national cuirency. 113
Bankruptcies in G. Britain in 1861.. 307
Bankruptcy, narrow escape from .. . . 689
Bankrupt law, proposed.................... 88
Banks of Canada, returns of............. 292
“ of Maine.................................. 495
“ of Ohio, quarterly statement of. 396
“ savings, of N. Y., yearly return 493
“ of New York State.................. 561
Belligerents, rights of, in British ports 484
Berar cotton........................................ 67
Bill reducing postage......................... 401
Bombay, exports of, 1860-61............ 285
Book notices.........108, 318, 411, 509, 593
Boston, arrivals and clearances of
vessels at, 1852-61........ 281
bank returns of,
290, 393, 491, 560
cotton exports of 1857-61.. 269
pawner’s bank, business of.. 292
receipts of various articles at
port of, 1858-61............ 284

IV

IN D E X TO V OLUM E X L V I.
PA G E.

PA G E.

China and United States, convention
between for adjustment of claims. 488
China, custom-houses in..................... 93
“
population of........................... 408
“
trade with................................ 155
Chronological table of four centuries. 17
Cigars, duty on. .................................. 88
Cincinnati pork packing for 30 years. 544
Cities on the Missouri River.............. 54
City weekly bank returns,
290,393, 491, 559
Clyde, steamship building on............ 69
Coaches, last of in England.............. 75
Coal, production of anthracite in U. S. 376
Cochineal in India.............................. 191
Cocoons, growth of, e tc ...................... 321
Coffee, imports, stock of, etc., in U. S.
and Europe.................... 44, 198
“ trade of Rio Janeiro...................454
“ crop of Ceylon......................... 571
Colombia, United States of, coin val­
uation in ........................ 307
“
U. S. of, new tariff in........ 90
C.
Colored population of United States,
California, copper and coal in............ 360
movement of................................... 576
“
fisheries of........................... 361 Commerce of Austria................316
“
mines, yield o f ................. 359
“
of New York for 1 8 6 1 ... 273
“
quicksilver i n ................... 360
“
of Philadelphia, 1859-61. 285
“
telegraph tariff................. 159
“
of Portland, Me..... 209
“
wool, exports of................ 362
“
United States, imports and
“
iron clad vessels for.......... 554
exports, 1860-61 ........ 461
Canada—returns of banks...................292 Commercial Chronicle and Review,
“ railroads in...............................303
100, 202, 308,403,500,577
“
Upper and Lower, popula­
Commercial phrensies......................... 225
tion of.............. . . .472, 473
“
progress of four centuries 17
Canal, proposed, between Lake Erie
“
regulations,
and Lake Michigan............ 218
87, 168, 304, 399, 447, 550
“ company, Delaware tfe Hudson 549 Coins, sale of, in New Y ork.............. 592
“ tide-water, deliver’s of, 1859-61 213 Confis^ted property in rebel States. 174
“ boats, steam, new style.......... 549 Connecticut, railroads of..................... 73
Captain Cook, of Salem, death o f... 71
“
finances of..................... 562
Cattle market of Brighton, Mass., 1861 460
“
bank commission’s report 564
“
of New York for 1861 459 Consumption of wines in Great Bri­
Causes of death in E ngland............ 49
tain under the reduced duties........... 211
“ of decrease in the population
Contented life, a ....................................315
of Ireland........................... 53 Continental money.............................. 295
Census of British North A m erica... 472 Convention between England, France,
and Spain as regards Mexico........... 172
“
of Ireland for 1861............... 48
“
of New South W ales........... 49 Convention between China and the U.
S. for the adjustment of claim s... 483
“
of United Kingdom .............. 475
Central America as a cotton field .. . 62 Copper and coal in California...............360
“ mines of Lake Superior........ 378
Certificates of indebtedness, authoriz’d 479
Chamber of Commerce, Edinburgh. . 175
“ regions of “
“
.........192
“
“
Glasgow.... 176 Correspondence, foreign..................... 95
Cost
of
mail
service
in
the
U.
S........
77
“
“
N. Y., meet­
ings of
30, 32,146 Cosmetics, dangerous.......................... 145
Chamber of Commerce, San Francisco,
“
history and uses of........... 139
meeting o f....................................... 151 Costa Rica, harbor and commercial
regulations of................................... 305
Chicago, trade of, for 1861................ 82
“
“
for 1859-1861 . . . 363 Cotton cloths, foreign, in France........ 92
“ culture in Africa............... 67, 270
Chili, railways in ...................................301
“
“ in Australia................... 166
“ steamers in................................ 182

Boston, trade of, 1861...................... 281
Botanical garden of Mauritius.......... 590
Bread vs. cotton.................................. 64
Breaches of contract in India............ 176
Bremen, imp’ts & exp’ts of cotton at. 85
Bridge, new iron, over Thames........ 219
Brighton cattle market for 1861 . . . . 460
Buffalo robes, duty o n ... .................. 401
“ trade and commerce of.......... 368
British and Americ’n post’l arrangem’t 7 8
“ admiralty, business of............ 81
“ colonies in 1838-39, statist’s of 475
“ commerce, and the Hudson’s
Bay Territory..................... 214
“ mails to Singapore, Penang,
China, &c........................... 78
“ mercantile steam f l e e t.......... .69
“ North America, census of. . . . 472
“ subsidies to, mail steamers, one
result o f .............................. 79
“ warehousing system............... 18S




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PAGE.
culture in Berar...................... 67
“ in Central America... 63
<( in E g y p t.................... 166
it in H a y ti..................... 271
U in Illinois.................... 272
it in India....................... 271
U in Jam aica.................. 63
t< in Liberia.................... 269
it in Peru........................ 272
“ Queensland................. 167
“ T arta ry ...................... 272
“ Turkey........................ 270
tl of, in Venezuela.......... 571
M of, Algeria.................. 592
exports of Boston and N. Y .. 268
<« of G. Britain, 1859-61 386
U and imports of Bremen 85
flax..
62
“ in Iowa............................. 65
“ and flax wool.................. 66
government sale of................ 212
imports at Liverpool 1861-62 890
perennial in cold clim ates... 66
Portuguese.............................. 67
printing in France.................. 195
question—growth, imports, ex­
ports, etc., 62, 166, 265, 381, 535
seed for India.............................. 167
stock at Liverpool, 1860-1861 214
supply and slavery..................
“
in England................... 265
“
in Europe..................... 3S4
“
in H avre......................... 267
“
in United States..........268
“
prospective. 3S1
“
of India to England . . 64
Surat no substitute for Ameri­
can.................................... 381, 635
trade for years 1826-1860... 386
distress in England.................. 535
what supply we can anticipate
and what prices ................ 535
Cunard steamers, Atlantic................. 80
“
dimensions of........ 180
Currency, national, authenticated. . . . 119
“
and banking sys­
tem ................... 113
'■
“
...................... 128, 186
Custom houses in China..................... 93
“
house regulations as to South­
ern ports opened................ 553
D.
Dangerous cosmetics.......................... 145
Darien, survey of Isthmus of............ 14
Dead letters—postoffice regulations.. 81
Dealers in old metals in Great Britain,
law relating to ................................ 374
Death, causes of, in England............. 49
“
of Captain Cook, of Salem,
Mass................................................. 71




PAGE

Debt of United States in March 1,
1862.....................................
397
Deer skins, duty on............................. 171
Defences of harbors on great lakes
and rivers.......................................... 337
Delaware and Hudson canal com­
pany.................................................. 549
Disease of nutmegs............................. 86
Distances of stations on Pacific tele­
SCO
graph .........................................
Docks, Liverpool, short account o f... 180
Duke of Wellingtcn, anecdote of.. . . . 408
Duties received at New York, 18591861.................... 979
Philadelphia, 1858
-1861............................................... 285
Duty on Buffalo robes........................ 401
“ on cigars................................... 88
“ on deer skins............................. 171
“ on extract of safflower................ 399
“ on lithographic hand bills or
show bills ................................ 87
“ on old yellow metal.................. 399
“ on round cast-steel incoils......... 169
“ on saddlery................................ 172
“ on silk lacets............................. 170
“ on te a ................................ 304,305
“ on velvets in piece for the but­
ton manufacture......................... 170
“ on woolen jackets..................... 87
“ on shawls, embroidered...........400
E.

Earth, internal heat of........................
Edinburgh chamber of commerce,.. .
Economy, financial..............................
Effect of emigration in Great Britain.
“ of war on increase of popula­
tion...................................................
Egypt, cotton growth in....................
Embroidered muslins, Irish ..............
Emigration from Great Britain in
1860
“
“
effect of
Employment of Women.....................
England, (see also “Great Britain” and
“ United Kingdom.”
“
cotton supply of...................
“
gales on the coast of...........
“
last of the coaches in...........
“
mercantile marine fund in . .
“
population o f........................
“
railways in...........................
“
silk consumption of..............
“
bank of, weekly returns. . .
Erie railroad earnings, expenses, etc.,
1852-1861 ....................
“
report of receiver.........
Europe, cotton supply of...................
“
unproductive labor o f.. . . . .
European armies and navies.............
Expedition, Arctic, of 1860...............

193
175
424
52
53
166
558
48
52
52
265
71
75
72
475
75
85
560
470
465
384
211
508
55

VI

IN D E X TO V OLUM E X L V I.
PAGE.

Experiments, telegraphic.......... 160, 299
Exports of Baltimore, 1861................ 284
“
of Bombay, 1860-1861......... 285
“
of Chicago............................. 36S
“
of New York, 1858-1861, ex­
clusive of specie 279
“
“
“
domestic pro­
duce .......... 280
“
“
“
for’gn free goods 280
“
“
“
dutiable............ 280
“
“
“
specie and bul­
lion.................280
“
“
“
total.................... 281
“
“
“
leading articles
of domestic
produce........ 275
“
“
“
sew’g machines 209
“
“ Toledo............................... 865
“
“ twelve principal ports of
Great Britain............... 815
“
“ Russia, 1853-1859.......... 456
“
“ St. Paul Minn., 1861___ 287
“
“ United States, 1860-1861 461
“
“
“
fish,all kinds,
1859-1861 283
Exports and receipts of produce at
New York.......................................640
F.

Failures in Great Britain in 1861____ 307
“
in the United States in 1861 316
Female population, undue increase of,
in England....................................... 52
Ferry between New York and Jersey
City, new........................................ 76
Fictitious wines................................... 84
Finances of the postalservice............. 329
“ of Connecticut....................... 562
“ of Indiana.............................. 562
“ of Baltimore.......................... 583
Financial economy, article on........... 424
Fire insurance, coal oil, e tc................ 184
companies, mutual—
important legal decision...................487
First steamboat................................... 76
Fish, exports and imports of all kinds,
1859-1861.............................. 283
“ inspection in Mass., 1856-1861. 282
Fisheries of California........................ 361
Flax, cotton......................................... 62
“
and flax wool.................. 66
Flour, imports of, at Rio Janeiro,
1860-1861....................................... 456
Fog bell, new style of........................ 179
Foreign correspondence...................... 95
Forgery of Bank of Eugland notes.. . 294
France, census of................................ 472
“
cotton printing in .................. 195
“
flour and grain in, 1859-1861 369
“
foreign cotton cloths in......... 92




PAGE.

France, increase of population com­
pared with other European
countries.............................
France, mails to West Indies and oth­
er countries.............
“
wheat trade of, 1841-1861..
“ woolen goods in......................
Fur trade, the.......................................

575
78
449
93
190

G.

Gales on the English coast................ 71
General average, international.......... 129
Glasgow chamber of commerce........ 176
Gold and silver.................................... 128
Government bank..................................118
“
currency.......................... 186
“
sale of Sea Island cotton 212
Grain imports of France..................... 369
“ rec’pts and shipm’nts of Buffalo 368
“
“
“ Chicago 363
“
“
“ Toledo 365
Great Britain, see also “ England” and
“ United Kingdom.”
acquisition of Lagos.. . 389
bankruptcies, in 1861.. 307
bank note circulation of 394
consumption of wines in 211
cotton exports of, 18591860.................... 386
“
emigration from..........
48
“
imp’ts of grain and flour,
1848-1861.......... 370
“
iron manufacture of. . . 371
“
wheat trade of........... 449
“
wool trade of.......... 449
.“
foreign trade of...... 539
Guano, exports from Chincha Islands 86
Gunny Bags........................................ 499
Gun, the Union................................... 191
II.

Harbor and commercial regulations of
Costa Rica.......................... 305
“ defences on great lakes and
rivers.................................. 337
Havre cotton receipts, sales t tock of,
etc., etc., for years 1851-1861.... 267
Hayes, Dr., Arctic expedition o f.. . . 183
Hay ti, cotton growth in
..................271
Heat of the Earth internally............ 193
History of the U. S. mint, with the
value of coinage, etc., etc.................247
Hudson’s Bay territory—British com­
merce..................................................214
I.
Illinois, bank legislation...................... 292
“
central railroad, annual re­
port o f . . . . 463
“
“
“
assessm’t on
shares. . . 302

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TND EX 1 0 V OLUM E X LV I.

PAGE.

PAGE.

Illinois cotton culture of.................... 272
Imports of Baltimore, 1861............... 284
“
of fish, all kinds, 1859-1861 283
“
of flour and grain into Great
Britain and Ireland, 18481861..................... 370
“ of flour and grain into Franee,
1861.................... 369
“
of N. Y., value of, 1851-1861 277
“
“ “
certain leading arti­
cles, 1861
275
“
of Russia, years 1853-1859. 456
“
of United States, 1860-1861 461
Improvement in manufacture of shoes 190
India, breaches of contract in............ 176
“ cochineal in .............................. 191
“
cotton culture in........ 271
“
“ seed fo r........................ 167
“
“ supply to England. . . .
64
“ overland telegraph to .................222
Indiana, finance of................................. 562
“ In State,” poetry................................ 409
Insurance, journal of.......... 184, 487, 566
“
fife, new scheme of survi­
vorship annuities........... 489
“
life, progress of, in N. Y.
state................................... 569
“
taxing life, companies.........567
“
fire and marine, of Massa­
chusetts.......................... 566
“
risks, extra hazard o u s.... 568
International general average.......... 129
“
law vs. the Trent and
1
San Jacinto..................
Inventions, recent, in Ita ly ..................194
Invisible state of materials.................410
Iowa, flax cotton in..........................
65
Ireland, causes of decrease of popu­
lation in................................ 53
“
census for 1861.................... 48
“
drinking and pauperism in, 50, 54
“
population of.................. 53, 475
“
decay of................................ 689
Irish embroidered muslins....................558
Iron manufactures of Great Britain.. 371
“ plated ships................................. 189
“ tools for working in ........ ........ 495
“ clad vessels for the defence of
California................................ 554
“ for building in Paris.................. 556
Islands in the British seas, popula­
tion of................................................ 475
Isthmus of Darien, survey of............ 14
Italian inventions, recent................... 194
Italy, postage to, by the French mail 81

Jamaica, cotton culture in ................. 63
Japan, trade with............................... 155
“
troubles in.............................. 163
Japanese idiom, specimen o f ............ 92




Java, opium shops o f ........................ 83
Journal of banking, currency, and
finance.. 288, 893,491,559
“
of insurance........... 184,487,566
“
of mercantile law .................... 296
“
of mining, manufactures, and
A rt................... 189, 371, 655
“
ofnauti’l intelligence 68, 177, 398
JL.

Lagos, acquisition of, by Gt. Britain. 389
Lake Erie and Lake Michigan, pro­
posed canal between................ 217
“ Superior, copper.mines,
pro­
ducts of
192,
378
Lakes, harbor defences on.....................337
“
trade of................... 183,
210
Law, international, vs.theTrent and
1
San Jacinto...............................
“ relating to dealers in old metal
in Great Britain.................. 374
Lawrence machine shop, sale of . . . 194
Leather, new substitute for upper.. 195
Letters, dead money.......................... 81
“
stray “
80
Liberia, cotton culture i n ....................269
Light-houses, new............. 177,
398
Life, a contented...................................315
“ insurance, new scheme of survi­
vorship annuities......................489
“ loss of, at sea, 1861.................. 274
Lithograpic handbills or showbills,
duty on............................................ 87
Liverpool, cotton imports a t .................391
“
docks.................................. 180
Loan and Treasury note bill.................477
Long dock company.......................... 471
Lucifer matches, manufactureo f.. . . 193
Lumber trade of Albany.................. 216
M.
Mail service in A ustralian................ 79
“
in United States, cost of 77
Mails, British, to Singapore, Penang,
China, etc................................ 78
“ French...................................... 78
Maine, banks o f.. . . . ...................... 495
“
agricultural statistics of.......... 570
Marine telegraph, Ward’s .................. 221
Mason and Slidell, arrest of..............
1
Massachusetts, fish inspection of, 1856
-1861 ............................................... 282
Masters of Amer. vessels—act of Con­
gress requiring oath of allegiance. 486
Matches, lucifer, manufactureo f... . . 193
Materials in their invisible state........410
Meetings of Chamber of Commerce,
New York........................... 30, 32, 146
Meetings of Chamber of Commeree,
San Francisco.................................. 146

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PAGE

PAGE.

Mercantile law, journal of................. 296 New York and Jersey City, new ferry
between......................... 76
“
marine fund, English.. . .
72
“
arrivals of vessels at, for
“
“ and science............ 68
years 1851-1861.......... 273
“
miscellanies.. . . 315,408, 585
“
cattle market for 1 8 6 1 ... 459
“
steam fleet, British......... 69
“
Chamber of Commerce,
Merchant ships, arming o f ................ 182
meetings of, . . . .10, 32,146
Mersey, ship building on.................... 69
Central railr’d, cost, etc., of 74
Mexican convention between England,
city bank returns,
France, and Spain.......................... 172
290, 393, 491, 559
Mexico, mining and agriculture o f... 417
commerce of, 1861.......... 273
Mines in California, yield of.................359
cotton exports of, 1860-61 269
“ copper, of U .S ........................ 378
duties received at, 1858-61 279
Mining, manufacture, and art, journal
exports exclusive of spe­
of...................................... 189, 371, 555
cie, 1858-1861... 279
Mint of U. S., history of, coinage of,
exports and receipts of pro­
directors of, etc., etc........................ 247
duce, year ending April
Mississippi river, modified regulations
30, 1862........................ 540
governing the commerce of........... 552
“
domestic produce,
Missouri River, cities on.................... 54
1858-1861.... 280
“ semi-annual statement West­
foreign free goods,
ern Bank of.
290, 291
1858-1861.... 280
Money, continental, a legaltender.. . 295
foreign dutiable,
“ letters, stray........................... 80
1858-1861.... 280
“
review of an article “ What is
leading articles
money?”...............................234
domestic produce 275
“
making and keeping i t .......... 588
specie and bullion 280
Molasses, consumption of in IT. S.
“ t o t a l ................... 281
1850-1861 .................... 287
“ imports certain ar­
“
trade of IT. S., 1861 ........ 286
ticles, 1861___ 275
Monthly coffee circular................ 44, 198
“ entered for con­
“
sugar
“
................ 46, 200
sumption......... 277
Montreal, commerce of....................... 209
“ enter’d for w’rehse 277
“
shipping business a t.......... 84
“ free goods............ 278
Muslins, Irish embroidered................ 558
“ specie................... 278
Munificent American banks in Eng­
“ total, 1851-1861. 277
land .................................................. 585
railroad commtmicatiou
Mutual fire insurance companies, im­
with Washington.......... 73
portant legal decisions................... 487
“
receipts of articles of do­
mestic produce at, 1858-61 274
N.
“
steam line to Bristol. . . . 70
“
tobacco trade of. . . .
208
National armory, Peoria, 111.................496
“
yearly return of, savings
“
authenticated currency........ 128
banks............................ 493
“
currency.............................. 128
“
State, banks of..................561
“
“
and banking system 113
New reefs in South Pacific Ocean.. . 178
Nautical intelligence, journal of
“ South Wales, census of............. 49
68, 177, 398
“
school in New York harbor. 43 “ style of fog-bell.......................... 179
“ whaling ground.......................... 179
Navies and armies of Europe............ 508
Newfoundland, population of............ 475 Notices of new books,
108,318, 411, 509, 593
New Brunswick,
“
475
New lighthouses................................. 177 N. Carolina, ship load of provisions for 212
“
“
in Gulf of S uez.. . . 398 Nova Scotia, population of................... 474
“
“
in Newfoundland.. . 398 Nutmeg disease.................................. r&
New Orleans, trade of, for year end­
ing March 1, 1862.. 545
O.
“
& other Southern ports
opened.................... 550
Ocean telegraphs........................... 61, 159
“
proclamation of Presi­
dent opening port,
Ohio banks, quarterly statement o f.. 396
Old yellow metal, duty on................ 399
A circular of Treasu­
ry Department, 550, 553 Opium shops of Java......................... 83




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Public debt of the United S tates... . 397
aPacific telegraph, account o f............... 157
“
distances of stations
Quarantine
reform..............................
428
o n .................... 300
“
extension of........... 161 Queensland cotton ............................ 167
Paris, population of............................ 49 Quicksilver in California.......................360
Patents, new, in United States........ 196
K.
Paupers in Ireland............................. 54
Pauperism and drinking in Irelan d .. 50 Railroad, canal, & telegraph statistics,
Pawner’s Bank, Boston..................... 292
73, 217, 299, 462, 546
Paying debts, religion of.................... 315
“
communication betw’n New
Peabody, George, munificent donation
York and Washington.. 73
to London poor............................... 585
“
Erie, earnings, expenses, &c.
Pennsylvania railway report for 1861 471
1852-1861........................ 470
Peoria <fc Oquawka railroad company. 16
“
Erie, report of receiver.. . . 465
“ Illinois, advantages of, for loca­
“
Illinois Central, annual re­
tion of a national armory.. . 496
port of........... ................... 463
Perennial cotton in cold climates___ 66
“
to Lake Superior............... 547
Peru, cotton from .................................272
“
in United States, earnings
“ railroads in............................... 217
for February and March,
Peruvian guano, exp’t of, from Chincha
1861-62 ........................... 548
Islands............................................. 86 Railroads in Canada... . . ................. 303
Philadelphia, arrival of vess’ls at, 1861 285
“
in Chili................................... 301
“
bank returns, weekly,
“
in Connecticut..................... 73
290, 393, 491, 559
“
in England........................... 75
“
commerce of, 1859-61. 286
“
in Pennsylvania.................. 471
“
“
foreign, Nov.
“
in Peru................................. 217
1861........ 83
“
in Russia.................... . . . 218
“
duties rec’d at, 1858-61 2S5
“
in the world, length & cost
Photozincography................................. 197
of.................................... 462
Phrensies, commercial....................... 225
“
Spanish, i .......................... 218
Pirates, rebel....................................... 182 Rebel pirates...................................... 182
Poetry—“ A contented life” ................ 315 Record, chronological, of 4 centuries. 17
“
“ In State”........................... 409 Recovery of sunken vessels.............. 70
Population of British North America 472 Reform in quarantine...........................428
“
of China............................. 408 Religion of paying debts.................... 315
“
of France.......................... 472 Revenue of the U. States post-offices. 77
“
of Ireland, present......... 53 Review of an article “ what is money.” 234
of Paris............................ 49
“ of the saltpetre trade of 1861 452
“
of United Kingdom. ..49, 476 Rifles, American arm y...................... 591
“
statistics of..........48, 472, 574 Right of search.................................... 16
undue increase of female,
Rights of belligerents in British ports 484
in England.................. 52 Rio Janeiro, coffee export, &c., of.... 454
colored, of the U. States. 574 Rivers, harbor defences on.................. 337
Portland, Maine, commerce of.......... 209 Rope, important tests of wire........... 556
Portuguese cotton.............................. 67 Rothschild’s w it.................................. 409
Pork trade of the West for 1861-62. 542 Round cast-steel in coils, duty on. . . . 169
Post-office finances................................ 329 Roxbury, Mass., trade of„.................. 208
“
United States, re venues of 77 Russia, exports and imports of, by
Postage to Italy by the French mail.. 81
each frontier, years 1853-59 456
“
advantage of uniformity in.
“ railways in ...............................218
443, 527
“ debt o f .................................. 563
Postal arrangem’t, British & American 7 8
“ bill, new...............................401
S.
“ statistics............................ 77
Prince Edward’s Island,populationof 475 Saddlery, duty on.............................. 172
Produce, exports and receipts of, at
Safflower, extract of, duty on............ 399
New York...................................540
St. Paul, Minn., exports of, 1861........ 287
Property confiscated in rebelStates. 174 Sale of machine shop at Lawrence,
Providence weekly bank returns,
Mass................................................. 194
290, 393, 492, 660 Salmon fisheries of California............ 361




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San Francises, meeting of chamber of
Tariff, U. S. amended Dec. 1861........ 94
commerce...................... 151 Tartary, cotton culture of.................. 272
“
“
trade and commerce of 357 Tea, duty on....................................... 304
Saltpetre, export from England for­
“ manufacture of........................... 556
bidden...................................168 Telegraph, arm y................................ 162
“
review of trade, 1861......... 462
“
cable, the Atlantic............302
Savings banks of FT. Y., report, 1861 493
“
the Chesapeake, cable laid 546
School, nautical, in N. Y. harbor....... 43
“
experiments................ 160,299
Science and the mercantile marine... 68
“
extension on the Pacific.. 161
Scotland, population of. . . . *............ 475
“
ocean............................ 61, 169
Sea, loss of life at, 1861.................... 274
“
tariff, the Californian.... 157
Search, right of................................... 16
“
Atlantic............................. 299
Sequestration act in Alabama........... 89
“ Co., expenses o f.. 547
“
Pacific...................................157
Sewing machines, exports, from 17. Y. 209
“
to India.............................. 222
Shawls, woolen, embroidered, duty on 400
Shipbuilding on the Mersey.............. 69
“
Ward’s marine................. 291
Shipping business at Montreal.......... 84 Thames, new iron bridge over.......... 219
Ships, arming of merchant................ 182 Tide water deliveries of the canals.. 213
“ iron plated................................ 189 Tobacco trade of New York.................208
Shoes, improvement in the manufac­
“
historical, statistical, diplo­
ture of............................................ 190
matic, and literary........... 513
Toledo,
trade
and commerce of......... 365
Silk, consumption of, England.......... 85
“ lacets, duty on............................ 170 Tools for working in iron..................... 495
“ something about i t .................... 321 Trade and commerce, statistics of,
Silver and gold................................... 128
82, 208 273, 357, 449, 574
Something about silk...........................321
“
“
of Buffalo___ 368
South Pacific ocean, new reefs discov­
“
of B o sto n .... 281
ered in.............................................. 178
“
of Chicago 182, 363
“
“
of San Fran­
Southern ports—opening of Beaufort,
cisco........... 357
Port Royal, and New Orleans 550, 653
Spanish railways................................ 75
“
“
of Toledo___ 365
Specie imports at N. Y., 1858-1861 . 2^9 Trade of the lakes...................... 283, 210
“ with China, lapan and the
St. Petersburgh, goods -imported from
Amour................................. 155
U. S. to, in 1860-1861................... 544
“• of New Orleans for year ending
Statistics of French census................ 472
March 1, 1862..................... 545
“
of population........ 48,472,574
Trick, a new........................................ 60S
“
of trade and commerce,
82, 208, 273, 357, 449, 639 Treasury certificates, official o rd er.. 480
“
decisions................................ 399
Steamboat, the first............................ 76
“
note and loan bill..................477
Steamers, American, in China........... 85
“
notes by the c art-lo ad .... 293
“
between Bristol and N. Y. 70
“
regulations, trade on the
“
Cunard Atlantic................ 80
Cumberland and T enn.. 481
dimensions
of.......... 180 Treaty between Turkey, England, and
France.......................................
175
“
subsidies to, by Chili........ 182
1
Steamship building on the C lyde.. . . 69 “ Trent,” facts as tostoppage of.........
Stray money letters.............................. 80 Turkey, cottongrowth in.................... 270
Subsidies to British mail steamers.. 79
Substitute for upper leather .............. 195
U.
Sugar and molasses, southern demand
for............................................ 82 Uniformity of postage, advantages of 443
“ circular, monthly................ 46,200 Union Gun, th e ....... ........................ 191
“ manufacture at Hamburg........ 656 United Kingdom, population of........ 49
Sunken vessels, recovery of................. 70
rights of bel’gerents
Supplemental treasury act................ 479
in the ports o f.. . . 484
Surat ns. American cotton.................... 381 United States and China, convention
Survey of the Isthmus of D arien.. . . 14
between, for the ad­
System of warehousing, origin of, etc 239
justment of claims.. 483
anthracite coal trade. 376
cotton supply in........268
“
prospec­
Tariff, new, of Colombia.
90
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United States, failures in 1861........ 316
“
foreign commerce of,
1860-1861........... 461
“
mint, annual report of
directors, with his­
tory, coinage, etc. . 247
“
molasses trade of 1861 286
“
“
cons’ption of
1860-1861 286
“
mail service, cost o f.. 77
“
minister to Ja p a n .. . . 163
“
new patents in ......... .. 196
“
postal department, fi­
nances of.................. 329
“
post office, revenues of 77
“
public debt of............ 397
“
tariff amended Dec.,
1861....................... 94
“
warehousing system of 187
“
wheat exports of,1841
-1861.................... 449
“
of Colombia, coin, val­
ue of....................... 307
Unproductive labor of Europe.......... 211

Vessels, arrivals of, at N. Y., 1851-61
“
of, at Philadelphia...
“
recovery of sunken..
Voyage, Arctic, of Dr. Hayes............

273
285
70
183

\v .

Wales, population of.......................... 475
War, effects of, in retarding increase
of population.................................. 63
Warehousing system of G. Britain... 188
“
of U. S ta te s.. . 187
“
origin, Ac., o f.. 349
Ward’s marine telegraph.................... 221
Washington railroad communication
with New Y ork.............................. 73
Western Bank, of Missouri, semi-an­
nual return of........................... 290, 291
Whaling ground, new, plenty of whal’s 179
Wheat exports of U. S., 1841-1861. 449
“ trade of France, 1841-1861... 449
“ trade of G. Britain, 1841-61.. 449
Wines, fictitious................................ 84
Wire rope, important tests o f .......... 656
Wool exports of California................. 362
V.
“ flax and cotton flax................... 66
“ trade of Great Britain............... 449
Velvets in piece for the button manu­
“ growing..................................... 573
facture, duty on.............................. 170
Venezuela, cultivation of cotton in .. 671 Woolen goods in France.................... 93
“
jackets, duty on.................... 87
Vessels, arrivals and clearances of, at
Boston, 1852-61. 281 Women, employment o f .................... 52

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