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THE

MERCHANT’S MAGAZINE

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AND

COMMERCIAL REVIEW.

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EDITED BY

W I L L I A M B. D A N A ;

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VOICME FIFTY.S1NF,

FROM JULY TO DECEMBER, INCLUSIVE, 1868.

Nero Work:
ILLIAM B. DANA, PUBLISH ER AND PROPRIETOR.




NO. 79 & 81 WILLIAM STREET.

1868.




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INDEX

subjbcts contained in thb

MERCHANTS’ MAGAZINE & COMMERCIAI REVIEW,
V olume L IX .

FROM JULY TO DECEMBER, BOTH INCLUSIVE.

ED ITED BY W IL LIA M B. DANA.

A.

C.

Africa, Trade with the races o f.........
1 California treasure movement.. .227, 389
Atlantic and Great Western Railway 157 Certified checks and the Comptroller
American securities in Europe........... 241
of the Qurrency............................... 401
Chicago and Northwestern Railroad 352
Atlantic and Westpoint R R and the
Georgia R R ...................................... 285 Chesapeake Bay to the O hio.. . .108, 161
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Rail
B.
r e a l ..................................................... 347
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific.. . . 213
Banking, currency and finance. . . . 79,
169, 2S7, 819, 899 China T rad e.. . . ' .................................. 29
Bank returns of New York (weekly)
Cotton trade, Prospects o f . ................. 371
79, 159, 239, 819, 899 Ci tton manufacturers and planters’
Bank returns o f Boston. .80,160, 240,
association...........................................323
820, 400 poi ton t rade prospects....................... 22
Bank returns o f Philadelphia. 80.150,
Cotton, Home consumption o f .......... 415
240, 3 0, 399 Cotton imports and exports for Great
Britain .............
303
Bank returns of each State for quar
t e r ...................................
130 Cotton consumption in E u r o p e .........>90
B3nk reserves............................... 202, 430 Cotton crop of 1867-68 . . . ............. 298
Cotton receipts each week at the
Bank notes stolen, List o f ........... 238
Southern p o r t s .................................. 310
Belgium and France, Iron and steel
Coinage, International
................. 48
produced in................................ 81
Com nercial Chronicle and Review. 74,
Bonds and stocks (American) held in
149, 231, 3:3, 393, 465
Europe ............................................ 211
Boston, Debt, Ac., of
................. 808 Commercial outlook
.
........... 139
i>oi per mines of Lake Superior.........145
Board of Trade, National.........
40
Brazilian Finances...............
....
64 C >ns la, Price of, at London each day
Breadstuff's, Detention at the W e s t.. 382
76, 151, 233, 316, >96,
Breadstuffs Trade..........
87, 104, 282 Coin and hullion, movement for month
Breadstuffs movement o f Gr at Bri­
77, 152, ?35 318, 397, 469
tain .................................................... 303 I Comptroller of the Currency............... 401




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Currency inflation— farmers the great
est losers........................................... 88
Currency and the public debt............. 418
Currency and the breadstuff's trade.. 104
Currency, money and political econo­
m y...............................................180, 269
Currency, Misapprehensions in regard
to ........................................................... 821
D.
Debt of Virginia.................................. 185
Debt of Louisiana................................ 156
Debt of United States, 156,230, 286,
312, 891, 432
Debt and Finances o f New Hamp­
shire .................................................. 295
Debt, <fcc„ o f Boston..............................308
Debt of Missouri.................................. 310
Debt of Tennessee............................... 311
Discounts and Loans, rates of, week­
l y ...............74, 149, 232, 815, 894, 466
Dynamite, the new Blasting A gen t.. 251
E.

Eastern Europe, Question................... 18
Earthquakes in S uth America.........262
Eight-Hour Strikes.............................. 91
English Colonies and English Trade. 806
European War..................................... 190
Exchange, Daily Course of, 79, 154.
236, 319, 398, 470
F.
Farmers and an Inflated Currency.. 86
Funding Bill......................................... 154
France and the Spanish Revolution 3 39

International Coinage................... 46, 260
Iron and Steel of Belgium and
France...............................................
81
Iron and Steel, their manufacture.. . 248
J.

Journal Banking Currency and Fi­
nance.........79, 159, 237,319, 399, 471
Ii.
Labor Congress at Home and Abroad 292
Lake Superior Copper Mines........... 145
Lake Sincoe C a n a l . . . . , ......................404
Legal Tenders and the Supreme
Court.................................................. 210
Loans and Discounts Rates Weekly
74, 149, 232, 815, 394, 466
Louisville and Nashville Railroads.. 425
Louisvil'e, Cincinnati and Lexington
Railroads........................................... 285
OT.

Memphis and Charleston......................350
Milwaukee and St. Paul and Milwau­
kee and Prairie duChien Railroad. 26
Michigan Central Railroad................. 72
Missouri, Debt o f.................................. 810
Mines of Australia.................................. 464
Mobile and Ohio Railroad................... 94
Money or Currency in relation to the
principles of Politi al Economy 180,
1 269, 874
Money Market and Factitious inter­
ference with............................... 344
N.

National Toard of T rade............. 40
G
National Bank returns of each State—
for J u ly ..................................... 130-89
Georgia Railroad and Banking ComNational Bank reserves............... 202, 480
pa y, and The Atlantic and West
Point R a ilroa d ....................... . . . 265 New York Central Stock Dividends. 207
Georgia railroads............................... 267 New Hampshire, Debt and Finances
<f ..................................................... ...............
Government securities, prices of each
New Orle ns Cotton Statement. . . . 3"9
day in New York and London. .76,
1 5 ', 238, 816, 395, 437 New York, Provide ce and Boston
Railroad .
392
Gold daily,price of.79, 154, 285, 318,
89S, 469 New York State and the prop sed
division o f............................................ 409
Gold and the prospective premium
o n .......................................... 99, 193, 241 | Northampton Forgeries..................Iu2
Gold premium, fluctuation in and
O.
specie payments.................................406
Ohio River and Chesapeake Bay. 108, 161
Great Britain and the United States,
trade of ................................ 147, .’ 23
P.
Great Britain stati.-tics........................ 2 6
Pacific Railroad of Missouri............... 196
II.
Pacific Railroads and Railroad Pro­
Hay crop and exp orts............... ..
221 ! gress .................................................. 365
Hartford and New Haven Railroad. 88S 1 Philadelphia, Wilmingtoi an BaltiHudson River B ridge.. . . ............... 412 j
more R ilroad..................... .......... 142




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PAGE

SoutweBtern Georgia Railroad . . . . 422
Postal Convention bf tween Great
Britain and United States............. 230 South, commercial recuperation in
t h e ...................................................... 289
Presidential Election ......................... 869
Specie paym ents..........................272, 857
Spanish revolution............................... 279
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Stock, secret issues o f ....................... 362
Railroad, Milwaukee and St Paul, and
M lwaukee and Prairie du Ciiien.. 26 Stocks, railroa I and earnings........... 199
Railroad, Michigan Central............... 72 Stocks and bon Js (American) held
in E u rop e......................................... 241
Railroad, Mobile and Ohio................. 94
Stock Exchange sa le s ................. 75,
Railroad, Philadelphia, Wilmington
160, 282, 816, 393, 466
and Baltimore.................................... 142
Strikes, and the eight-hour move­
Railroid, Atlantic and Great West­
ment. ................................................. 91
ern....................................................... 187
Railroad, Pacific Railroad of Missouri 196 St. i ouis, Alton and Ttrre Haute
Railroad......................................
216
Railroad, Chicago, Rock Island an 1
Pacific.. . . ....................................... 213 Steel and iron, their manufacture . . 248
Railroad, South Western Georg a . . . 422 Steel and iron of Belgium and France 81
Railroad, St. Louis, Alton and Terre
B a u te...................................................216
X.
Railroad, Hartford and New Haven. 388
Telegraph and com m erce................. 106
Railroad, Georgia Railroad and Bank­
Trade, depression of .......................... 128
ing Company and the Atlantic and
Trade of Great Britain and the Uni­
West Point Railroad..........................265
ted S ta tes....................... 147, 223, 385
Railroad, Louisville and Nashville. 426 Tennessee debt o f ................................ 311
Railroad, Louisville, Cincinnati and
Transports'ion between seaboard and
Lexington........................................... 285
the W est.
.......................................835
Railroad, New York, Providence and
Treasury report in full......................... 483
Boston................................................. 832
Tre sury report, comments upon.. . 420
Railroad, Chicago, Burlington and
Quincy................................................ 347
X.
Railroad, Memphis and Charleston.. 850
Railroad, Chicago and Northwestern 352
Railroads in Georgia........................... 267
Railroad Stock Dividend.................... 207
Railroad Stocks, price of, each month
77, 152, 234, 316, 396, 468
Railroad Earnings for month, 159,
199, 268, 317, 330.423
Receipts and Expenses of the United
States Government.................. 158
Reserves of National Banks....... 202
Rice Crop for 1868...................... 807
S.

United States and Great Britain,
Trade o f.............. .'............147, 2 3, 885
United States Debt, 156, 230, 286,
812, 391, 432
United States Government, receipts
and expenses.................................... 158
Union Pacific Railroad........................ 811
V.

Virginia— Navigation from the Ohio
to Chesapeake B a y ......... , . . . 1 0 8 , 161
Virginia State D ebt............................ 156

San Francisco treasure movement
W.
for six months............................227, 389
South American earthquakes... 262
Watering Railroad Stocks................. 207
Southern ports, cotton receipts each
Wheat, Prices o f and trade in, of
week for the year..................... 310
Great Britain.....................
308

E r r a t a , — In the November number p a g es 241 t o 284 should be 341, <fcc. In th e
December number from p a g e s 434 t o 448 are d a ted January, 1868, instead o f
December, 1868.