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THE MERCHANTS’ MAGAZINE •1 V AND COMMERCIAL REVIEW . i . LOU W I L L I A M B. DANA 72502 VOLriBE FIFTY-FIVE, FROM JU LY TO DECEMBER, INCLUSIVE, 1866. Ntm Dork: V ILLIAM B. DANA, PUBLISHER AND PROPRIETOR. NO. GO WILLIAM STREET. 1866. \ A o i OCT 31 1941 ALPHABETICAL INDEX TO SUBJECT8 CONTAINED IN THE MERCHANTS’ MAGAZINE & COMMERCIAL REVIEW. V olumh LY. FROM JULY TO DECEMBER, BOTH INCLUSIVE. EDITED BY WM. B. DANA- PAGE. A. America, Resources and Prospects of(Peto).......................................... 246 American Annual Cyclopredia (Ap pleton’s)........................................... 165 American Manufactures and Emigra tion ................................................... 877 American Securities in London, Prices of.............. 78, 154, 229, 807, 402, 478 American Travel, Hand-book of........ 228 Analyses of Railroad Reports.42,126, 218 275, 369, 427 Arms, Breech loading.......................... 836 Articles Exempt from T ax atio n .... 321 Asiatic Cholera (Nelson).................... 168 Athabasba District.............................. 203 Austria, Army, Navy, and Population of...................................................... 159 B. Bank of England (Mercator) 117,258, “ Returns, Boston. .85, 158, 235, 405, “ New York. . .84, 158, 819, 404, “ “ Philadelphia.85, 158, 320, 404, 382 320 479 235 478 235 478 PAGE. Bank 'Shares (Monthly) Range of Prices of, January-June, 1 8 6 6 .... 80 Bankers,Taxing the Sales o f.............. 149 Bavaria, Statistics of.......................... 160 Beet (Cheap), Preserving.................. 291 Biology, Principles of (Spencer). . . . 161 Blake (J. A .)...................................... 249 Book Trade (Notices)._____ 161,242, 825 Boston B’k Returns. .85,158, 235,330,405 “ and Maine Railroad (Analysis) 278 “ Semi-annual Dividends (Mar tin ).. . .............................. 279 “ Valuation and Taxation......... 307 Boys (The) at Dr. Murray’s . ............ 164 Breadstuffs, Imports into Great Britain 39 124, 271, 853, 424 “ Prices of.......................... 379 Breech-loading arm s.......................... 336 British America, Trade with 104,193, 271 “ AmericanColonies, E ast 197 “ “ “ West 199 “ Central America..................... 199 “ Columbia and Vancouver’s Island.................................. 23o “ Provinces, Trade with............. 49 “ and Irish Produce, Export of. 5o 133, 187, 274, 353, 125 VI INDEX TO VOLUME LV. PA G E. British (Recent) Philosophy.............. 248 C. California, Finances of.......................... 418 “ Debt of.............................. 418 “ Population of.......................419 “ Valuation o f........................ 419 118 Canadian T a riff................... “ Trade ................................. 106 Canals of New Jersey...........................367 “ of New York.............................883 Canton Company ...................................416 Canvas and Steam..............................4 20 Cement ( A Wonderful) for Iro n .. . . 295 Census of Iowa, 1865 ........................ 297 Census of Wisconsin, 1865 .............. 285 Chesapeake and Delaware Canal. . . . 144 Chicago. Burlington and Quincy Rail road (Analysis)............... 275 Chicago and Rock Is’and Railroad, (Analysis) ........................................407 Chile, Financial and Commercial Con dition o f .......................................... 146 Chile, Coasting Trade of..................... 148 “ Public Debt o f ........................ 146 “ Revenue of............................... 147 u Impi its and Exports of........... 147 “ War with Spain ..................... 148 Civil War (1 he) in America............ 146 Cleveland and Toledo Railroad (An alysis) ............................................ 217 Coal Product of Europe.................. 307 Coal Product of the United Kingdom 241 Coal Trade of Pittsburg .................. 189 Coasting Service, Defects in Vessels 327 in o u r ......................... Colby, Charles S. (Obituary Notice) 439 Collision at Sea ................................ 38 7 Columbia, Sources of the.................. 201 Commerce of the Plains.................. 57 Commercial Chronicle and Review. 71, 164. 228, 308, 394, 471 Copper Mines of C an a d a................ 263 Cotton Crop of 1845, 1866............. 355 Cotton (Great Britain and U. States Trade)... 38. 123, 185, 291, 352, 4*23 Cotton Tax, Collection of th e .......... 322 Cotton Tax (The) and the Industries of the North. ................................ 409 Course of Foreign Exchange... 78, 155, 283, 309, 402, 476 Course of G<ld 78, 157, 232, 312, 390 , 401, 475 Course of Government Securities 78, 155, 231, 813, 401, 473 Cumberland Valley Railroad (An alysis) ............................................ 141 Currency, Thoughts on (Nesmith).. . 253 Customs Receipts at New York. 121, 152 Debt “ “ “ of Chile............................... 146 of Iowa ................................... 368 of North Carolina ............ . . . 152 of the United States. 153. 234. 302 893, 448, 471 “ of Wisconsin.................. ....... 182 “ (Funded) of Phi'adelphia..470 Decimal Svstem (French) . . . . . . . 25 Department R e p o rts........................410 Diamonds. An Essay on .................. 166 Discount, Rates o f ........ 78, 154, 228, 308 39 », 473 Dividends, Boston semi a nual . . . . 299 Dry oods for 1865-r66. Imports of. 85 E. Eng-and, Bank of . . . . . . . 1 ) 7, 258, 332 Reform i n ......................... 16 English Panic-? of the present century 65 E uropean (T he) W a r ........................... 31 Evening Sr,ar ( fhe)—Defects in ves sels in our coasting service .......... 329 Exchange, Course o f.. .78, 155, 283, 309 602, 476 F. Fallacies about Specie Payments . . . Finances of California.............. . . . . *■ of Chile............... “ of la w a ............................... “ of NorthCarolina................. “ of Wisconsin......................... Fuel—Experiments ........................... Funded Debt of Philadelphia............ 267 428 146 368 152 182 304 470 G. Gail Hamilt n ............................... 166 Glory and Shame of England (Lester) 167 Georgia State Bonds............................406 German Confe ierathm, Army, Navy and Population o f............... 159 Go d, Advance in........................ . . . 71 “ Couiseof 78,157,233,312,402. 475 Government Bonds, Taxation of . . . 36 Securities, Private sale and purchase o f ........ 72 “ Securities, (daily) 1’iice of SI, 156, 280, 813 404, 473 Great Britain, (Trade of) with the United S ta te s..87, 124, 181, 234, 271 851, 422 II. Hanover, Statistics of........................ 100 Hartford and New Haven Railroad. 427 I. Illinois Central Railr’ad ( Analysis)47, 126 Imperial Mexican R ailw ay.............. 20 INDEX TO VOLUME LV . PAGE. v ii PAGE. 87 New Vork Canals.............................. 383 “ City Bank R eturns.. .84, 158 86 235, 819, 404. 478 87 “ Foreign Trade of . . . 120 225 69 “ and Harlem Railroad (Analysis).................. 213 207 “ S tite Bank notes (Schuy 297 ler . . . 71 299 868 North Carolina, Debt of.......................162 67 Northern Nations, The conversion of the.................................................... 168 Nova Scotia Gold mining.................. 196 “ Trade of......................... 116 Joint-Stock Banks in Ireland............ 67 Journal of Banking, Currency and o. Finance___ 82,152, 235, 315, 403, 478 Ocean (An) Race in 1837.................. 67 L. Ogdensburg and Lake Champlain Railroad (Analysis)........................ 369 Legislative Lobbying........................ 89 Lebigh Coal and Naviga’n (Analyses) 137 Oil Trade of Pittsburg...................... 190 Licenses and Special Taxes.............. 241 P. Lindell House, r t. Louis.................... 54 Live Stock, (Imports of) into Great Pacific Railroad of Missouri.............. 258 Britain........................ 42, 126, 274, 354 Petroleum in Middle T ennessee.... 440 London, American securities at . .73, 154 “ in New South Wales___ 294 229, 402, 473 “ from Pittsburg................. 240 “ Proposed water-supply for., 296 Philadelphia Bank Returns. .85, 168, 2 s 5 “ Stock Exchange—Historical 320, 404, 478 and C ritical.......................412 “ Stock Sales a t . . . . 151 “ Assets of....................... 470 m. “ Funded Debt o f ........ 470 Madras, Rice in................................... 306 Pittsburg, Fort Wayne and Chicago Railroad (Analysis).42, 129 Manufactures of Massachusetts, 1865 326 “ Petroleum from................. 240 “ of Pittsburg................ 192 “ Its Present and Future.. 189 Marietta and Cincinnati Railroad (Analysis)........................................ 220 PlaiDs, Commerce of the.................... 59 Present (The) High Prices .............. 61 Massachusetts Industry, 1865 .......... 825 Price, With and Without V a lu e .... 9 Memphis and Charleston Railroad (Analysis)........ .'............................. 361 Prices of Breadstuff*.......................... 379 “ of Wheat and Flour in Eng Mexican Finances.............................. 307 land (10 years).................... 88 “ (The Imperial) R ailw ay... 20 “ of Leading Products.................472 Michigan Central Railroad (Analysis) 224 Prince Edward Island..................... .. 197 Mineral Products of the United King dom.................................................. 261 Provision Trade (Great Britatn). .41, 125 188, 271, 354, 425 Mines and Manufactures in the Mis sissippi Valley.................................. 249 Prussia, Army, Navy, and Population of..................................................... 159 Mississippi Valley, Mines and Manu factures in th e ...................................249 a. Money and Banks (Tellkampf)... 95, 169 Quotations of Leading Stocks .81,156, 280 N. 313, 897, 473 National Bank Deposit Taxes (Olcott K . and Spinner correspond’e) 70 “ Banks, Taxation of Stock Railroad Earnings..................81,398, 477 holders i n .......... ......... 82 “ Reports, Analyses of. ..42, 126 Nesmith (John).................................. 253 213, 275, 369, 427 New Biuuswiek, Trade of.................. 114 “ Chicago, Burlington and ’ Newf ui dland, Trade of.................... 197 Quincy Railroad............. 275 New J' sey, Railroads and Canals of 567 “ Chicago and Rock Island.. 407 New Oi leans & her material intere’ts 389 “ Hartford and New Haven. 427 New south Wales,Petroleum i n . . . . 294 “ Cleveland and Toledo......... 217 Imports of Flour into Great Britain. “ of Dry Goods into G. Britain “ of Wheat into Great Britain Internal Revenue Report.................. International Railway (Nova Scotia, &c.).................................................. Iowa, Census of.................................. “ Cities and Towns of................ “ Finances o f .............................. Irish Joint-Stock B anks.................... v iii INDEX to VOLUME LV. PAGE. PA G E. Kailvoad Illinois Central.............. 47, 186 “ Memphis and Charleston.. 861 “ Michigan Central....................227 “ Ogdensburg & Lake Cham plain................................ 869 “ Pacific of Missouri. ............. 858 “ Panama and English Capi talists............................... 203 “ Pittsburg, Fort Wayne and Chicago..................... 42, 12 “ St. Louis, Alton and Terre H aute.............................. 132 “ Southwestern (Mo.) Branch 257 “ Virginia Central.................. 431 Railroads (Our)................................... 93 “ and Canals of New Jersey. 867 Rice Crop for 1866............................ 238 “ in Madras.................................... 806 Reform in England............................ 16 Taxation Proposed Reduction of....... 372 “ in the United Kingdom (P eto ).............................. 242 Taxing the Sales of Bankers............ 49 Tea Cultivation.................................. 281 Telegraph Law of the United States 324 Tellkampf (J. L.)................................ 95 Textile, A n e w .................................. 891 Thoughts on the Currency................ 258 Trade with British America (Taylor) 104, 193, 271 “ of Great Britain with the Uni ted States........ 37, 122, 184, 271 851, 422 " (Foreign) of New Y o rk .. . 120, 226 Treasure movement............... 77, 157, 284 812, 399, 476 Treasury, Report of the Secretary of 442 S. St Lawrence, Navigation of th e .. . . 206 St. Louis, Alton cfc Terre Haute R.R. 132 bt. Louis—the commercial centre of North Am erica................................ 68 Secretary of the Treasury’s Report for 1865-66 .................................... 392 Shark fishery in Norway.................... 239 Shipping entered and cleared British ports.......... 42, 123, 188, 275, 854, 426 Silk Spider of South Carolina.......... 68 Smith (Goldwin) on the Civil War in America.......................................... 166 Southwestern (Missouri) Branch R. R 269 South Carolina, Silk Spider of.......... 68 Specie Payments, Fallacies about.. . 267 Stockholders in National Banks, Tax ation o f ........................................... 82 Stocks. Quotations of leading.. . .79, 156 230, 813, 897, 473 Stocks, monthly range of prices o f.. 80 Stock Bales at Philadelphia (JanJune) 151 Strikes, The........................................ 63 Submarine Cables of the W o rld .... 240 Suez Canal.......................................... 830 Systeme Metrique.............................. 24 tr. United States Debtl53,236,302, 393 Trade ot Great Britain with th e ..37, 122, 271, 351, “ Receipts and Expenses for 1865-66............ Receipts & expenses of “ Tonnage of................. 471 184 422 892 442 455 V. Virginia Central Railroad....................481 W. War, The European............................ 31 Warehouse MoveTnent at New York 121 Waterhouse (S. I.).............................. 63 Weights and Measures............. 28 Whaling (Our) F l e e t ... ................... 305 Wheat and Flour (Imports of) into Great Britain.............. 87,186, 353, 426 Wheat and Flour, Prices of (ten years)................................................ 88 Wisconsin, Debt, Finances and Popu lation............................... 182 “ Population of Cities, <tc.. 286 Wool Trade Under the New Tariff.. 374 World-girdle.......................................... 407 Wycliflites, or England in the Fif T. teenth Century................................ .... Tariff Bill............................................ 210 Y. Tariff, Revision of (McCulloch).......... 828 Taxation, art cles exempt from......... 321 Young Men, Improvement of the i “ of Government bonds........ 36 Social Condition of............................. 434
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