.

421

66

66

66

123

Banks for Savings in New-York,..33, 34 Buffalo, commerce of,.

541
Barwood, African trade in,.... 370

ship building of,

178
Basswood,..
317 Buildings, fire-proof,.

302
Bazley, T., on the cotton trade of '61, 479
Beaufort harbor described,..

17

C
Beet root, sugar of,...,
280 Cable, the Atlantic,.

539
Belgium, commerce and navy of,... 477 the Malta and Alexandria,. 539

cotton consumed, 1847–57, 11 Calf skins, duty on tanned,..
patent law of,

494 California Academy of Sciences,. 315
Beverages, national,.

626
“big trees" of,

402
Bill of lading, (law case,).

342
Chinese in,..

284
Bill of sale, law of,..
346 California, coast survey of,.

176
Board of trade, Boston, meeting of,.

86
exports of,..

65
Montreal,

87
freights to,

65
Boats, new mode of propelling, . 304

gold products of, 1848-60, 67
Bonds, negotiability of rail-road, (law

imports of hides from,.. 39
case,)...

348

new mineral discoveries in, 206
Book notices, . 108, 222, 444, 652

quickest passages to,....

64
Boots and shoes, exports of,......37, 41

silver mines of,

66
N. Y. market of,.. 41

statistics of manufactures, 144
Boston and Lowell R. R., history of, 119

steam communicat’n with, 64
“ Maine Rail-Road, .

telegraph to,..

539
" N. Y. Central Rail-Road, 127

trade to, 1856—1860,. 62
“ Providence Rail-Road,.. 120

vessels built in, 1860,. 181
“ Worcester R. R., hist. of, 118 Canada, Montreal Board of Trade on
Board of Trade,..
86 commerce of,.

90
boot and shoe exports of,. 41 Canada, patent law of,.

494
coffee trade of,. .228, 415 Canadian timber for France,. 316
ice trade of,..

401 Canals of N. Y., rates of toll on, 145
imports of, from Liberia,. ... 401 Canary seed, duty on,...

419
rail-road dividends pay ble at, 219 Candles, prices of, 1849, 1861,. 159
Borax mineral,.....

315 Cape Lopez, Africa, harbor of,. 371
Bordeaux, imports of wines from, Capital of the N. Y. banks, 1848-'60, 80
1856-1860,
47 Cargoes, losses on, for 1860,.

30
Brandies, imports of, 1860,
45 Caustic, soda, duty on,.

426
Brazil, coffee trade, remarks on,.... 97 Caution to mariners,.

309
cotton, price of, 1820—1860,. 7 Cedar Keys, Florida, port of,. 21
cotton imports from,....3, 6, 11 Census, curiosities of the English,.. 287
custom regulations in,...93, 276

of Great Britain for 1861,.. 284
weight of cotton bale of,.... 9 Cette wines, imports of,.

47
Brazos River, harbors of,... 23 Chains by machinery,.

352
Breadstuffs and provisions, exp'ts of, 268 Chamber of Commerce, Cincinnati,
annual report on,...

484
meeting of,

429
in France,..

545 Chamber of Commerce, N. Y., meet-
lake receipts of,.

545 ing of,.........81, 200, 319, 426, 509
prices of, 1849—1861,.. 150 Chamber of Commerce on war with
trade,..
107 the South,

426
Breach-loading pistol-knife, 625 Champagne, imports of, 1856—1860, 48
Bremen, pass’gers arriv'd from, 1860, 163 Charleston, harbor of, described,.18, 170
Bridges, rail-road,..
291 Cheese, Swiss,.

496
Bright, John, on American blockade, 326 Chesapeake Bay, coast survey of,. 170
British and Irish magnetic telegraph, 432 China, British steam vessel for,. 519
Association of Science on cot-

cotton culture of,.

463
ton,....

479
new ports of,..

543
Board of Trade, report of,... 27 steam and telegraph to,..

598
cotton goods in 1860, value of, 1

treaty with Russia,..

527
East Indies, cotton supply of, 6 Cincinnati Chamber of Commerce,
rail-road statistics,...
636 annual report, .

427
steam vessels for China,. 619 Circular of Secretary of the Treasury, 256
West Indies, cotton supply of, 8 Circulation of N. Y. banks, 1848-'60,
wool,....
280

80, 554
Brunswick, harbor of, described,... 19 Cities, industrial and commercial,
Buffalo and New-York City R. R.,.. 290 Baltimore,...

131

66

,435,

60

66

2

Cities in Great Britain, population of, 284 Cotton, and cotton manufactures,... 1
of Europe, population of,..... 283 and its culture,..

561
Clearing-House, N. Y., statistics of,

average price of, 1815–’60, 4, 339
1859-'60,.

.157, 554
bale, weight of,

3, 8
Coal in California,

315

cost and exports of, for the
mines of England, working of,. 623

years 1821-1852,. 339
" mining in India,..

621

consumption in U. S.,.., 497
prices of, 1849—1861,.

150

crop of U, S.,.......3, 497, 501
" trade of Baltimore, 1851—-'60,. 135 cultivation of, Persia,. 412
Coast trade of Mexico,

411
culture of China,

465
Coasts and islands of the Pacific,... 362 first exports of, 1784, 137
Cochrane, John, report on telegraph

fax,...

206
to Russia,

361
or fibrilia,

102
Cocoanut oil,

495
gin, invention of,.

561
Coffee and the coffee trade,

228

goods, avg. price of, 1815-'60, 4
“ duty proposed on.

97

imports of, 1849-'60,. 69
“ imports, distribution, stock of, 415

value of in Gt. Brit'n, 13
prices of, N. Y., 1849--'60,.. 150 history of, in U. S.,... 136
Collins, P. McD., on the Amoor re-

imports of, into Great Britn,
gion,.

361
in New Orleans,..

424
Colors, the Mauve and Magenta, 316

manufactures of England,... 2
Coolie slave trade,...

425

France,.. 11
traffic, the,.

276

Manchester,

13
Commerce of Buffalo,.

541

U.S.,.....

14
oil seeds of,

460

manufac. districts of Europe, 10
Scottish, .

408

mills in Great Britain,.
with Africa,

369
wages in,

12
Commercial Chronicle and Review,

“ number of persons em-
105, 215, 330, 434,646, 640

ployed in,

13
progress in East'n Asia, 353 need of and growth of in va-
regulations,

rious countries, ..

378
93, 274, 419, 525, 617

new British associations to
treaty between France

extend,..

100
and Italy,

526
prices of, 1849—'61,

150
Commercial treaties with foreign na-

question, the,

378
tions, ....

..184, 192
report on,.

649
Commissioners of Emigration, extract

sea and upland,

337
from report of,....

152
spindles, increase of,

3
Commons, House of, done" by a

stock of in Liverpool,....10, 441
Frenchman,

628

Supply Association, 379
Comparative prices of leading arti-

of Man-
cles in the N. Y. market for the

chester,

470
years 1849—1861,..

150

supply, Brazil and Egypt,...3, 6
Confiscation of vessels by the U.S.,. 526

E. Ind., W. Ind. .3, 7
Congress, act of, amend'g patent law, 489 Surat, prices of, 1815–1860, 7
confiscating proper-

trade, history of

4
ty used for insurrect'ary purposes, 525

of Holland,

12
Congress, act of, requiring oath of

uplands, price of, 1815–1860, 6
allegiance,..

423

yarn, price of, 1815—1860,. 4
Congress, acts of the Thirty-Seventh, 230 | Crews of stranded vessels,.

307
Congressional apportionment, new,. 283 Culture of flax,...

488
Connecticut, statistics of manufac.,.. 144 Cunard steam fleet,

611
vessels built.js, 1860,.. 181

steamer, new, lannch of,. 611
Consols, English, price of,.. 648 Curiosities of the English census, 287
Consuls, act to increase number of, 256 Currant trade for the year 1860, 59
Contributions to nautical science,.. 397

1851-1860,

61
Copper mines of Mich., products of,. 205 Currants, imports of,..

61
trade of Baltimore,..

135

prices of, N. Y., 1851-1860, 61
Cork trade, the,.

66

493

D

Eastern Asia, commerc'l progress in, 353

Rail-Road, (Boston) hist. of, 121
Danish West Indies, privateers in,.. 619 Egypt, cotton supply of, 1806—'36, 3, 11
Decision, important to R. R. co's,... 651

cotton bale, weight of,... 9
Decisions in admiralty, (law case,).. 690 Emigration, extract from report of
Decline of salmon,.

634

Commissioners of,... 152
Defences of Philadelphia,.

634

from Great Britain,.... 286
Delaware Bay, coast survey of,..... 170 Employments and trades of France, 608

harbors and rivers of,.... 170 England and France, treaty between, 527
statistics of manufactures, 144

early use of tapestry in,... 376
vessels built in, 1860,. 181

French trade with, under
Denmark, treaty with,.

619
the new treaty,

411
Deposits of the New-York banks,

working of coal mines in,.. 623
1848-'60,...

.80, 554 English census, curiosities of,... 287
Depth of the sea,.

581

coast, lives lost on during
Disasters, marine, for years 1859-'60, 28

eleven years.........577, 579
Discoveries of guano deposits,...... 487

insurance statistics for 1860, 576
of minerals in California, 206

rail-roads, dividends of,.... 432
Dist. of Columbia, statistics of manu-

rail-road enterprise in India, 295
factures,.. 144

vital statistics for 1860,.. 288
vessels built in, 1860, 181 Espiritu Santo Bay described, 24
Documents, Japanese, curiosities of, 406 Euphrates valley, rail-road through, 537
Dresses, poisoned,..

629 Europe, passengers arrived from,
Drug trade, general review of,..... 261 New-York, 1860,..

153
Drugs, exports of, for the year 1860, 267 European cities, population of,.

283
imports

267
patent laws,

493
Drummond light, the,....
306 Europe, coffee marts of,.

414
Dry goods market of New York, ex-

cotton manufac. districts of 10
ports and imports of,

imports of salt from,.. 259
for the year 1860,.... 216

new light-houses in,..

311
imports of, 1849—'60,.. 69

patent laws of,..
trade of New York,. 69 Exhibition, international, for 1862, 16, 313
for July,...

105

" for 1862, articles for, 595
August,

216

“ U.S. Comm'ners for, 597
September, 332 Expenses of the governm't of Mexico, 607
October,..

436 Exploration of the Red Sea,. 300
November,.. 547 Exports from Penang to the U. S.,.. 542
December,

643
of Baltimore,..

131
Du Chaillu on the commerce of W.

of boots and shoes fm. U. S., 41
Africa,....
369

N. Y., 42
Dues, the Stade,

618

of breadstuffs and provi.
Duties levied in Scinde,.

274

sions from New York, 435,436
Duty, comparative rates of, by vari-

from United States, 268
ous United States tariffs,.... 506

of California,

65
on Canary seed,

419
of drugs,

267
caustic soda,

421

of flour, wheat and corn,... 484
coffee,

97

of hides for the year 1860,. 44
hollow ware,.

528

of leather from New York
human hair,

420

for the year 1860,...... 37
india rubber,

420

of New York, 105, 215, 218, 332
printed cotton handk'fs,... 529

of quicksilver,..

495
Swedish iron, transhipped, 423

of salt,

259
tanned calfskins,..
421

273
Tyrian dye,

420
window glass,

420
woollen card-cloths,. 528 Failures in the leather trade,.. 402
yarns of the tow of flax,.. 422 Fernandina, harbor of, described,... 19
E

Fines on vessels from Southern ports, 423

Fire insurance companies, duties paid
Early manufactures of Rhode Island, 620

by English,...... 301
East India railway,....

650

in London, ......416, 457
East Indies, cotton supply of,.......3, 7

66

66

66

INDEX TO VOLUME XLV.

« cotton,

66

scribed,.....

3

66

Fires in New York, statistics of,.... 416 | Fruit, prices of, N. Y., 1849—'61,... 160
Fisheries, the French,..

95 trade of New York, 1859-'60, 48
Fish, prices of, New-York, 1849-'61, 150
Fitchburg Rail-Road, Massachusetts, 123
Flax and hemp vs. Cotton,..... 337 Galena and Chicago R. R., statem't of, 430

23
in twelfth century, . 477 Galveston, Texas, harbor of,
" Chamber of Commerce on,..... 84 Georgia, cotton crop of, 1858—'61,. 497

206

cotton manufactures of,.... 15
o culture of,..

488

harbors and rivers of,..19, 170
" goods, imports of, 1849-'60,.69, 74

statistics of manufactures,. 144

8

weight of cotton bale of,. .
history of, in United States,... 136

102
or fibrilia,...

181

vessels built in, 1860,...
" origin and qualities of,. 339 Georgetown, S. C., harbor of, de-
340

18
“ seed, uses of,
Flemings of the ninth century, com- German commerce and American war, 405

477
merce of,...

47

wines, imports of,
Flocks, shoddy and noils,.. 628 Germany, cotton consumed in, 1847–

11

1857,
Florida, cotton crop of, 1858–61,.. 497

harbors and rivers of,... 19, 170 Gin, prices of, 1856–1860,...... 46
statistics of manufactures, 144 Glass, window, duty on,...

419
tobacco of,..

571 Gold, product of Calif., 1848—1860, 67
reefs, coast survey of,.

173 Grain market of Philadelphia,. 844
vessels built in 1860,. 181 Great Britain and the American war, 96
Flour, foreign export of, 107, 268, 435, 484

capital employed in
cotton,..

13
Foreign correspondence,

census of,.

284
97, 208, 324, 440, 555, 646
dry goods trade, 1849—'60, 70

cotton consumed in,.
tariffs,.

278

cotton goods, value of, 1
tobacco at New-York,..... 67

cotton exports of,....
Fort Sumter, resolutions to give

cotton mills of,

3
medals to officers of,...

81
districts of,..

11
Fortune on the tea districts of China, 465

emigration from, 286
France and America,.

406
exports of,..

13
and England, treaty between, 527

insurance losses of,... 28
breadstuffs in,

545

light-house service of, 395
Canadian timber for,.

316

linen trade of, .... 543
cotton manufactures of,. 11

marine statistics of,,.. 27
destructive storms in,. 307

patent law of,

493
English trade with, under the

progress of cotton man-

410
new treaty,

2

ufactures of,..
finances of,

227
revenue of,.

13
fisheries of,...

95

spindles in, 1856-'60,.3, 13
free importations of,.

527

trade and navigation
of, in 1860,..

638
imports of wine fm., 1856–60, 47
liabilities of R. R. directors in, 297

trade returns,

648
patent law of...

493

treaty with Turkey, 94, 528
rail-road traffic in,

291

vessels arrived from,
statistics of,

608
1860,.

180
tapestry and embroidery in,. 374

wages of cotton spin-
trade and navigation of, 542

ners in,

12
and employment of, 608

wrecks of,..

27
treaty with Italy,.
626 Great Republic, the ship,

399
vessels arrived from, 1860,.. 180 Greenland, aluminum in,.

316
Freights, losses on, 1860—1861,.... 30 Guano, discoveries of,...

487
on hemp, 1850—1860,. 51

imports and trade of,..

133
rates of, for the year 1860, 270 Gunboats, names of the new, 399

to California, 1857—1860, 65 Gun, description of new kind for
French beet root sugar,..
280 government,

313
rail-roads, business of,. 431

H
new lines of,. 294
School of Art,

318 Hair, human, duty on,.. ... 420
war steamers,

307 Hamburg, passengers arrived from,
wines,...

.206, 412
1860,

153

66

16

of sugar,

691

Hamburg, money market of.....646, 648 | Imports of leather at New-York,... 37
Harbor of Key West,.. .

19
of hides,

38
New-York, protection of, 203 of hemp,

53
report on, 160

of N. Y.......105, 216, 332, 434
tides and cur-
of salt for 1860,..

259
rents of,... 167

413
San Francisco,

308
of tea,

272
Harbors and rivers of the U. S. de- India, coal mining in,.

621
scribed,

168 rail-road enterprises in,..295, 296
of Alabama,

22
route to..

537
Florida,
19 rubber, duty on,

420
Georgia,

19
varnish,

496
“ Louisiana,

22 telegraph and steam to,.. 698
“ North Carolina,..

17

the wild silk-worms of,.. 281
“ South Carolina,.

18 Indiana, statistics of manufactures,.. 144
“ Texas, :

23 Indigo, prices of, 1849—61,... 180
Harris, Townsend, treaty with Japan, 184 Industrial and commercial cities,... 131
Harvest, the British, for 1861,.. 487 Insolvency and bankruptcy, new
Hasheesh, poisonous qualities of,... 372 British law on,...
Hatteras Inlet, coast survey of,.... 170 Insufficiency of policies, (law case,).. 684
Havana, rates of freight to,........ 271 Insurance dividends at New-York,.. 29
Havre, cotton trade of,.

11

fire, journal of,...25, 301, 416
passeng's arrived from, 1860, 163

in London,..

416
Hay, prices of, 1849—’61,. ... 150 Insurance law, new, in Massachusetts, 303
Health of North’n and South'n troops, 610

life, (law case,). .... 349
the French and English,.. 610

policies not subject to
Hemp, arrivals of, in United States,

forfeiture,...

301
for the year 1860,.

62
journal of life,

103
Hemp market, review of, for 1860... 60

marine, statistics of,..... 29
Hide market of N. Y., for 1860,.. 42 Interesting to yachtmen,...

305
Hides, exports of, for 1860,.

44 International exhibition for 1862, 16, 313
imports of, for 1858—'60,. 38

arrangement of articles for, 696
of the river Plata,..

458

U. S. commissioners for,... 697
History and origin of tapestry,. 373 Iowa, agricul. products of, for 1860, 282
of the cotton trade,

statistics of manufactures,..

144
of cotton in America,. .... 561 Iron and wooden naval vessels,.. 393
of Toledo, Ohio,.

560
Lake Superior,......

630
of various U. S. tariffs,.. 503 plated vessels,..

624
Holland, cotton trade of,.. ..11, 12 plates for iron-clad ships, 316
Hollow ware, duty on,.

528 prices of, New-York, 1848—’61, 160
Hops, prices of, New-York, 1848-'61, 160 propellers, prices of,..

304
House of Commons, photographs of

rails, qualities of,.

298
members of,

628
vessels,....

393
Horse rail-roads in New York, 295 Islands, the Ladrone,.

299
Hudson River, coast survey of,..... 169 Italy, treaty with France,.

626
Ivory, African trade in,.

370
I
Ice trade of Boston,

401
Illinois, census of 1830—1860,. 31

statistics of manufactures,.. 144 Jamaica, growth of cotton in,...... 381
Immigration of New-York,. 152 Japan, harbors of, open to foreigners, 187
Important rail-road decision,..

regulations of trade with,.... 189
Important to rail-road companies, .. 537 trade with,..

95
Importations free, in France,.. 527

treaties with,

184, 278
Imports from Penang,.

542 Japanese documents, curiosities of,.. 406
of Baltimore,

131
paper,..

624
of Boston from Liberia, .... 401 Japanned leather, imports of,. 37
of boots and shoes at N. Y., 42 Journal of agriculture,.....102, 280, 487
of coffee,

415

of insurance,... 25, 301, 416, 630
of currants,..

61
of life insurance,

103
of drugs for 1860,.

267

of mercantile law, ..342, 682
of dry goods at N. Y., 74, 75, 76 of mining and manufactures,
“ in United States, 69

66

... 651