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COMMERCIAL REVIEW, WI L L I AM P U B L ISH E D B. D A NA M OK TH LY. EW YORK : W ILLIAM B. DANA, PUBLISHER AND PROPRIETOR. Nos. 79 & 81 William St., New York. L on d on : 8 . mpsok L o w , Son * Co., 47 L u dgatk H il l a n d T rttbnrb & O o „ 00 P a t s r n o b t b b B o w * \ < *2 HUNT’S MERCHANTS MAGAZINE AND COMMERCIAL It E V I E W. EDITED BY WILLIAM B. DANA. Price $5 per Annum. FUBLISHED ON THE 12 th OF EACH MONTH. CONTENTS OF JANUARY MAGAZINE. T he G old Q ue.-tion ............................................................................................................ C hesapeake and -O hio R ailroad . . . . ....................................................... ............... E vansville and C rawfordsvillk R ailroad .............................. ...................... .. 23 28 A ggregate R esources and L iabilities or the N ational Banking A ssociations, 21 W hat B asis have w e for R esumph in ................ .............................. ............................. 32 T he H uron and Ontario C anal .................................................................................... f« Prices o r Merchandise ......... ............................................................................................. 37 38 47 64 Course of the N ew Y ork S tock E xchange .................................................................. I'a il t P rices ok G old at N ew Y ork ............................................................................. F luctuations in B ank S h ares ............................................................................................ F ibeign E xchange at N ew Y ork .................................................................................... R ange of G overnment S ecurities ................................................................................. 68 S pecial R eport ok the R evex ue ....................................................... 5U ........................... T he N ew Y ear in E urope.................................................................................................... T h e N ew Y ork C entral D ividend ....................................................................... 65 T reasure Movement in N ew Y ork for the last T en Y ea r s ................................... 68 P ublic D ebt of the U nited S tates ............................. .................................................. S enaior Morton’s Finance Eil l .................................................................................... 73 D ebtor V irginia .................. C ommercial C hronicle and R ev ie w ............................................................................... 73 74 J ournal of B anking, C urrency and F inance ............................................................ 72 ............................................................................... MERCHANT’S MAGAZINE 759 4 9 COMMERCIAL REVIEW . E D . T '- l . E Y ' W I L L I A M B. D A N A ; Y O I C J I E SIXTY, FROM J A N U A R Y TO J U N E , IN C L U S IV E , 1869, iMeto Cork: W ILLIAM B. D AN A, PUBLISH ER AND PROPRIETOR. NO. 79 & 81 WILLIAM STREET: 18 6 9 . OCT 31194-1 . ALPHABETICAL INDEX TO BUBJBCTS COXTAIHKD UT TUB MERCHANTS’ MAGAZINE & COMMERCIAL REVIEW, Youths LX. F R O M J A N U A R Y TO J U N E , B O TH IN C L U S IV E . E D ITED BY W ILLIA M B. DANA. nos Bonds o f the TJ. States abroad .175, 118 A ct to strengthen the public credit.. 220 Boston bank returns,weekly. . . . . 8 0 , A ct regulating reports of National 160,240,320, 400, 472 b a n k s................................................ 229 Breadstuffs, decline in, and trade of the country...........................................822 ' A rt abolishing transit duties in New Breadstuffs, production and distribu Jersey . . . .................................... 229 tion o f ...................................................454 Alabama question here and in Eng land ................................................ 4 r 5 C. Albany andSusquehanna Railroad.. 101 Canals o f New York, enlargement o f 326 B. Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad . 23 Checks, prohibition of the certification Bank shares, fluctuations in prices of, o f ....................................................... 200 for two years ......... 64 Chicago and A l t o n ..................... 227, 264 Bank returns of New York, Boston Civil service, B ritish ......... 210 and Philadelphia . . . . 7 9 , 160, 240, 820, 400, 472 Civil service, remarks on Mr. Jencks b ill... - .............................. 218,345 Banks, the national system and their items o f reserve.................................. 187 Cleveland, Columbus, Cincinnati an d Ind. Railroad ....................... 231, 880 Banks of each State (national) returns 141 Bank of England returns for y e a r .. . 155 Cleveland and Pittsburg Railroad . . 257 Banks, act regulating reports o f Na Commercial Chronicle and Review . 74, 155. 235, 281, 895, 467 tional ....................................................229 Banking Associations (National), ag Consols, prices for month. . . .76, 157, gregate resources of, Oct. '6s to 237, 284, 897, 469 Oct. ’68 ............................................ 27 Commerce o f New York for y e a r.. . 106 Bankers and brokers, taxation o f loana Cotton crop and the South................. 139 as capital ....................... 134,244, 868 Coinage, unification o f ........................ 248 Bankruptcy and insolvency............... 198 Cotton crop stat-ment for 1868, and Bill to strengthen the public credit.. 220 overland shipments.......................... 78 Bond purchases by Government . . . 401 Currency redemption and Congress., 246 VI INDEX TO VOLUME LX, Darien Ship canal . . . ................... .. 168 Debt statement of United States, monthly............ 151,228,316,843, 466 Debt and finances of South Cirolina 187 Debt and finances of the State of New Y o r k ....................... 204, 26 Debt statement and Mr. Boutwell’s im provem ents.................. ..2 6 8 , 4 ’ 7 Delmar’s report on the tariff . . . . . . 289 Depreciation o f gold and silver.. . . 1 E. Edmunds resolution. ......................... 94 Eg pi, financial position o f .............. 459 Erie Railway........................................ 3 5 Europe, the new year in................. 62 Evansville and Crawfordsville Rail road . . ... ............... 25 Excharge, foreign quotations, of for ............................ 56 two years Exchange, quotations monthly 78, 160,236, 286, 399, 471 Legal tender decisions, their scope 181 and results ................ Land and water carriage.................... 373 OT. Maine, water power o f .. . . . vlich gan Southern and Northern Indiana Railroad VI lwauke - and St. Paul Railway . . Money market, Course of monthly 74, 156, 235, 28 1, 395, 115 310 449 467 N. National banking associations, ag re gale r-sources and liabilities 27, 471 National Bank system.items of reserve S3 National Hank re urns............................ 144 National Banks, act regulating repo ts of . . . . . . 229 Naugatuck Railroad Company. . . . 230 Ne Yore Central iv iJ e n d ............. 65 New York bank returns, weekly. 79, 160,240,320,400, 472 F. New York, com erce of for y e a r .. . 06 Finance Bill of Senator Morton......... 73 New York and tunnel railroads . . . . 142 New York State, debt and finances Foreign exchange, quotations for two of ........................................208, 261 y- are.. . . .......................... 66 Now York Central Railroa . . . . 221 Foreign exchange, monthly quota tions .................. 78, 160, 239,286, 399 New Y rk and New Haven Railroad. z54 New Y rk horse railroads..................... 430 G. New Jersey transit duties abulished. 229 Go d and silver, Depreciation of . . 1 Norfolk and New York, why one grew and the other did not . . . 81 Gold course of, prices for five years. 47 Gold, prices of, for month.. .78, 1 9, O. 249, 285, 899, 47" Ohio railroads...................... 130 Gold premium, the influences u w Ohio and Mis-issippi Railroad 231 affecting the course of . . 212 Uur foreign indebtedness, its advan Gold O' ntracts legalized— copy deci tages and disadvantages . . . . I 5,178 sion o f the Supreme Court . . . 268 Government securities, range cf prices P. for 1863 ...................... . 58 P ices of merchandise for eight years. 37 Government securities, prices of, for Pi ices of gold for five years ............. 47 month . . . 75, 157, 237, 283, 397, 4 8 Prices at N w Y irk St ck E change Government telegraph system pro for three years ................................ 8 posed and oppose 1 97 rices bank shares, two years. . . . 54 Government purchases of bon Is . . . . 4 1 Prices of government securities for Great Britain, trade o f .............. 52, 233 month ......... 75, 57, 37, '83, 397 Great Biitain, agricultural statistics Prices of gold for month.78, 169, 239, 285 o f........................................................... 431 Prices of railroad stocks f r mont i 76, 15", 288, 2-4, 397 II. Prices of consols and American secu- j Hudson River Railroad ..................... 262 rities____ 76, 157, 23 281, 397 Huron and Ontario canal................... 86 Prices of excha ge for month ..78, 160, 239, 286, 397 I. Philadelphia bank returns w eedy 79, 160, 24 \ 320, 400, 4 ’ 2 Illinois Central Railroad..................... 257 Philadelphia and Reading R air md 189 Internal revenue receipts for four y e a r s .......... ,. - ............... 103 PittBbu g. Fort Wayne and Chicago and Clevelaud and Pittsbuig . . . . 257 Italy, financial situation o f....................461 IN DEX TO VOLUME I X . PASS v ii p ie s Redemption o f the currency and Con Public debt, monthly statement 151, gress ................... .............................. 246 228, 8 1 6 ,348,466 Public credit bill, copy of................... 220 S. Public credit bill and advance of fiveSpecie payments, what basis have we twenties................ .............................225 for resumption of ......................... 32 a. Specie movement at New York from 1859 to 1868 .................................... 68 Quicksilver and Mining company. . . 317 Specie payments, a way to return to. 120 Specie payments, the resumption of, It. and the condition of the country 184 .Railroads of the world............... 839 South Carolina, debt an I finances of. 187 Railway consolidation........................ 870 South and the next cotton crop........ 139 Railroad, Milwaukee and St. P au l.. 449 Stock exchange, course of prices at, Railway stock, watering o f . . . . 3 7, 447 for three years................................... 88 Rai road stocks, prices of each m on th ............... 76, 158, 238, 284, 397 T. Raih oad stocks, prices of, for three Taxing Wall street ............................ 244 •years................................................... 38 Taxation of loans as ca pital... , 134, 368 Railroad stocks, prices of, for month Tariff, Delmar’s rep: rt on ............... 289 76, 168, 2«8, 284,397, 469 Telegraph system by government, Railroad earnings for 1868 ............... 129 proposed and opposed..................... 97 Railroads, their influence in develop Trade of Great Britain . . . . .152, 233 ing the wealth of the country__ _ 161 Trade, aspects of our foreign............. 840 Railroad earnings for month.. . .224, Transportation from West to the East, 308, 882 how to cheapen .............................. 885 Railroad,horse of New Y ork ........... 480 Transportation, land and water . . . . 873 Railroads o f Pennsylvania, reports of. 313 Treasure movement at New York, Railroads of Ohio....................... .. 130 1 8 5 9 -8 ...................... 68 Railroad, Albany and Susquehanna. 101 Tunnel railroads for New Y ork .........142 Railroad, Chicago and A lto n .. . .227, 264 Railroad, Cleveland, Columbus Cin U. cinnati and Indianapolis......... 231, 380 United States debt, monthly state Railroad, Chesapeake and Ohio......... 23 ment...................151,258, 816, 348 466 Railroad, Evansville and Crawfordsville....................................................... 25 United - tates bonds abroad-advan tages and disadvantages.. . . 175, 178 Railroad, Erie........................................ 305 Railroad, Hudson River........................ 262 United States and Great Britain— their relations..................................... 407 Railroads, Illinois Central, Pittsbuig and Fort Wayne, Cleveland and V. Pittsburg........................................... 257 Virginia, debt o f .................................... 73 Railroad, Michigan Southern and Northern Indiana............................. 310 AT. Railroad, New York and New Haven 254 Railroad, New York Central............... 221 Wall street as a subject of taxation 244 Railroad, Ohio and Mississippi........... 231 Water and land carriage.................... 878 Railroad, Philadelphia and Reading. 191 Watering railroad Btocka.............377, 447 Revenue, Bpecial report on t h e ......... 59 Y. Revenue, internal receipts for four years.................................................... 103 Yantze Kiang River........................... 824
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