MERCHANTS' MAGAZINE AND COMMERCIAL REVIEW. ESTABLISHED BY FREEMAN HUNT IN 1839. VOLUME FORTY. FROM JANUARY TO JUNE, INCLUSIVE, 1859. New York: GEO. W. & JNO. A. WOOD, 142 FULTON-STREET. 1859. CONTRIBUTORS то THE FORTIETH VOLUME OF THE MERCHANTS' MAGAZINE AND COMMERCIAL REVIEW. HENRY C. BAIRD, Esq., of Philadelphia, Pa. GEORGE BAUGHMAN, Esq., of Virginia. Dr. A. N. BELL, of Brooklyn, New York. WILLIAM BROWN, Esq., of Cote des Neiges, Canada. CHARLES H. CARROLL, Esq., of Massachusetts. JOSEPH S. CRAWLEY, Esq., of Philadelphia, Pa. ELIAS HASKET DERBY, Esq., of Massachusetts. R. M. MASON, Esq., of Massachusetts. EZRA C. SEAMAN, Esq., of Michigan. Hon. F. O. J. SMITH, of Maine. RICHARD SULLEY, Esq., of Fort Wayne, Indiana. AMASA WALKER, Esq., of Massachusetts. GEORGE S. WARD, Esq., of Massachusetts. THOMAS P. KETTELL, Editor. Alabama, finances of Albany lumber trade.. 381 property and income tax... PAGE 651 260 117 597 373 228 Buenos Ayres, exports from, to United States 844 .257, 634 66 382 220 66 taxable property of.... lake trade of (N. Y.,) assessed value of property in 93 Business, habits of...................................................................... 599 722 734 652 633 718 California, progress of population in........ 132 C. 102 66 agriculture of.. 362 245 wheat crops of............ 129 126 66 population of.. 516 Canada, insurance law of.... 366 66 66 goods imp. from U. S. into, for 3 years 448 Assay-office in N. Y., operations of, since 1854 722 Austrian & Zollverein imp. to U. S. compared Australia, south coast, new lights on ...... 66 sugar production of.. for year ending December, 1858... 453 coin, new 772 Canadian reciprocity treaty, the.. Canal commerce of Toledo "receipts and disbursements.. 498 500 122 480 101 616 250 120 601 619 593 66 of New York.. 617 .... 122 receipts of lumber at, for six years 229 66 Bank of lowa, (State,) condition of......... 597 Bankruptcy in the currency....................... Castor seed, duty on, (treasury circular) 66 66 the New York.. Causes that p'duced the crisis of '57 consider'd 19 348 Character better than credit. 649 109 230 Chicago, flour & grain received at, for 4 years 351 Beet root, duty on, (treasury circular)... 233 229 Bills of exchange, treasury circular, in rel. to 609 grain and flour in store at... 228 66 beef packed at.. 230 Chili, population of........... 643 612 102 shops in...... 134 Body's Island, coast of N. Carolina, lighth. on 741 557 British trade with... 228 66 89, 215, 332, 474, 591, 719 trade regulations of 745 Chronometer compass, the.. 647 594 649 insurance companies of..........113, 737 Cincinnati insurance cos., tax paid by...... 613 139 66 post-office 625 Bottles to prevent poisoning.. 756 Brain work "receipts of, at Baltimore............... 604 392 66 .... trade of Pittsburg ... 508 66 |