MERCHANTS MAGAZINE

AND

COMMERCIAL REVIEW.

.

EDITED BY

WILLIAM B. DANA.

VOLUME FIFTY-FIRST,
FROM JULY TO DECEMBER, INCLUSIVE, 1864.

WILLIAM B. DANA, PUBLISHER AND PROPRIETOR,

CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND UNDERWRITERS' BUILDING,

Nos, 61 AXD 63 WILLIAM STREET.

1864.

ALPHABETICAL INDEX

TO SUBJROTS OONTAINED IN TIK

MERCHANTS' MAGAZINE & COMMERCIAL REVIEW.

VOLUME LI.

FROM JULY TO DECEMBER, 1864, BOTH INCLUSIVE.

EDITED BY WILLIAM B. DANA.

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PAOS

PAGE Banks, State, and the Treasury...40, 130
African colonies of G. B., debt, etc., of 388 do national, returns of
agricultural statistics of Ireland.... 403

136, 178, 251, 378, 452
Almaden quicksilver mines, the new. 809 do of New York State, returns.. 379
Armies of Europe, etc...

328 Boot and shoe lacings, decisions as to
Australian colonies of Great Britain, duty on.....

485
debt, etc., of..
391 Bill, loan $400,000,000...

144
Biography, mercantile,James Gallatin 97

Boston Bank returns
B.

90, 139, 251, 301, 381, 457

do Bank of Commerce, circulation
Bank of England rate of interest.... 371

as rational bank..

454
Bank of England rate of discount for

Book trade...........172, 333, 416, 486
twenty years....

464

Brandy, decisions as to duty on..... 483
Bank returns of Massachusetts, Obio,

Brazil, and capture of the Florida ... 467
Providence

....252, 382

Brazil, its government, population,
Bank of France vs. Bank of Savoy.. 255

resources, debt, &c...

351
do law, national-official copy.... 65

Breadstuffs, exports from America to
do of England returns,

Europe (see produce)........... 313
93, 142, 254, 302, 384, 458 British America, commercial progress
do of France returns,

and resources of............ 183, 262
94, 142, 255, 803, 386, 459 British Americau Provinces, confed-
do returns, national....,136, 251, 178

eration of.....

366
Bankers' meeting concerning the gold

British Columbia, debt, trade, &c, of 386
bill.......

44 British commerce as affected by free
Banking, currency, and finance, Jour-

trade...

440
Dal of .....87, 136, 246, 296, 377, 452 British Guiana, debt, trade, &c, of... 387
Banks, State, circulation of....... 89 Bullets, decision as to duty on. 431
do loan by the.....

40
do pational-new law improve-
ment on old. Their number, pro-

C.
bability of increase--deposits in
and circulation, evil effects of,

California in 1863, receipts and ship-
87, 136, 248, 296, 453, 454 ments of gold, silver, &c..... 14.
do weekly returns of, of 8 cities, California, finances of, debt, &o..... 204
90, 138, 250, 800, 878 455 do debt of, &c

204
do national, considered.... 218 Canada, imports, exports, debt, &c.. 386

ten years.

... 464

PAGE

PAGB
Canadian Confederation..... 366 Debt of California, &....

204
Capadian L'opfederation—The propos- Debt of New Jersey, &c...

200
ed constitution....

475 Debt, resources, &c., of Brazil. 351
Canal, railway and telegraph statis- Debt of each of the Colonies of Great
tics....
154 Britain....

386
Cabals of New York State.... 154 Deposit certificates of United States 40
Certificates of deposits...

40 Detroit direct, from Liverpool to 405
Chase, Secretary of Treasury, finan- Duties, decrease of...

447
cial mismanagement...

..17, 177
China, fureign trade of...

402
Cincinnati, trade of

396
Circulars of the currency bureau.. 91

E,
Circulation in the United Kingdom 93
Circulation. See “ Banks."

Election, effect on business. ...... 445
Clearing House of N. Y., returns for

England, Bank of, etfect of changing
377
rate of interest......

383
Coal, statistics of Great Britain..

England, Bank of, rate of discount for

306
Coinage of Great Britain...

466

twenty years.
Collision on the water, law fur pre-

England, Bank of, rates of interest.. 371
venting....

England, Bauk of, the effect of rais.

386, 327
Colonies of Great Britain, area, popu-

ing and loweri:g rare of interest.. 99
lation, commerce, debt, &c....

England, financial troubles in, and

386
Commerce of the Lakes...

their cause....... 140, 141, 371, 383

471
Commercial Chronicle and Review

England, note circulation in.... 93
38, 129, 240, 289, 370, 445 England, post-office, savings and
Commercial Law, No. 14, carriage

bank deposits..

93
of goods and passengers.... 119, 207 England, bank of, weekly returns
Commercial Law, No. 14 and 15, the

93, 142, 251, 302, 381,458
statute of limitatious........ 279, 361

Exchange, the rates of..
Commercial L:w, No. 16, interest and

46, 134,213, 294, 373, 449
usury.

435

Expenditure and income of Great
Commercial regulations...

Britain and Ireland...
103, 832, 481

330
Commercial progress and resoui ces

Expenses of the government for the
of Central British Americ..... 183, 26?

first three quarters of the year... 38
Compound interest no:es. .241, 298

Exports of breadstuffs from America
Confederate States, finances of...... 461

to Europe....

319
Confederativn of British American
Proviuces

366
Copper, statistics of Great Britain.... 307

F.
Cotton cultivation in the West Indies 416
Cotton exports, &c., from New Or- Fessenden, Mr., and the banks...... 129
Jeans..

321 Finances of Great Britain....
Cotton trade, effect on finances of

93, 140, 254, 301, 371, 383
England..

301, 370 Finances of New Jersey and Citlifore
Cotton Trade of Great Britain, effects

200
140, 301, 371 Finances of Confederate States.

461
Currency, Congress and the.... 30 Financial and commercioi reviews
Currency, its increase and effects.... for month..38, 87, 129, 135, 240,

131, 210, 298

246, 289, 296, 370, 377, 455, 452
Financial mismanagement of Mr.
Chase...

17, 177, 217
P.
Five twenties' sales abrond..

2+1

Florida, its capture io Brazilian waters 467
Debt of the United States....

via...

PAON

PAGE

4+5

cial copy.

G.

Iron, statistics of Great Britain ...... 306

Italy, Franco-Italian convention 417
Gallatin, James, Life of, with engrav-
ing....

97
Gambir, decision as to duty on...... 484

J.
Gold bill, meetiog of bankers con-
cerning the...

44 Jamaica, debt, trade, &c., of........ 387
Gold bill, official copy.

91
do the effect of its repeal....44, 45
Gold fields, production of the Victo-

K.
toria.

140
Goli fiuctuations, in and effects or Kanakas, the Sandwich Islands, No.
prices

289, 370
U....

119
Gold, price of, also receipts and ex- Kilauea, the Sandwich Islands, No.

IV...

873
ports.......43, 133, 214, 293, 376, 418
Gold, silver, &c, receipts and ship-
ments, California, 1863...

149
Gold held by banks, decrease.......

L.
Gold, statistics of Great Britain.... 308
Gold in U.S. Treasury.

Lakes, commerce of the...... 471

46
Government expenses for the first

Law, amending warehouse act, offi.

172
three quarters of the year...

38
Great Britain, coinage of,.

466

Law as to duties and liabilities of
Great Britaio, Colonies of, debt, &c.. 368

private carriers...

119, 207
do

Law for measuring tonnage of ships,
effects of the cotton
&c., official copy

323
trade, &c., on finance....140, 301, 371
Great Britain, her commerce as affec.

Law for preventing collision on the

water..
440

327
ted by Free Trade..
Great Britain, exports to, of bread-

Law, internal revenue, alphabetical
stuffs from U.S...

313
arrangement..

215
Law, National Bank, official copy...

63
Great Britain and Ireland, inineral

47
statistics of

Law, new tariff, official copy..
306

Law probibiting sales of gold.. 94
Great Britain and Ireland, income
and expenditure of

330, 432

Law showing interpretations of stit.
Great Britain and Ireland, trade of

utes of limitation....

279, 361
and dependence on foreign natious 406 Law concerning interest and usury.. 435
Greenbacks, scarcity of...

131

Law, the four hundred million dollar
loan bill, official copy.

144
Lead, statistics of Great Britain.... 307
Life insurance..

414

Limitations, statute of, construction
Hawaii and Maui, Sandwich Islands, of, and comments upon.

279, 361
No. III..
193 Liverpool to Detroit direct.

405
Honduras, debt, trade, &c., of 387 Loan bill. $100,000,000.

144
Honolulu, Sandwich Islands, No. 1.. 23 Loans, by the banks...

40
Loans, six per cent, due 1881, &c...

130, 292, 40, 43
I.

M.

Income and expenditures of Great
Britain, &c...

320, 432
Income, National, is the only resource Massachusetts bank returns........ 232

for payment of debt.....177, 258, 429 Maui and Hawaii, Sandwich Islands,
Internal revenue law
215 No. III......

193
Interest and usury. law concerning.. 435 Meeting of bankers conceruing the
In:erest on government loans paid in gold bill.......

44
advance..

419 Merchants and bankers vs. lawyers.. 177
Ireland, mineral statistics of Great Mercantile biography, James Galla-
Britain, and.....

306
tin..

97
Ireland, income and expenditures of Mexico, financial news, revenue, &c.. 412
Great Britain, and...

30 Mexico, its conquest by France.,. 20, 108
Ireland, agricultural statistics of.... 403 | Mexican tariff..

169