New York Cotton Market. By CHARLES W. FREDERICKSON, Broker, of New York........... 46c VOL. XXXVI.-NO. IV. 26 CONTENTS OF NO. IV., VOL. XXXVI. III. DIRECT TRADE BETWEEN OUR LAKE PORTS AND EUROPE. The Practicability of Direct Trade-Adaptation of Lake Vessels to the Trade-Extra Cost for Good Vessels-Will Direct Trade Pay?-Facts about the Dean Richmond-DisadvantagesA mistake corrected.......... 428 487 IV. SPECULATION IN FARMING LANDS. By J. W. ScoTT, Esq., of New York....... 440 V. THE NEW YORK CHAMBER OF COMMERCE 441 444 VI. THE LAW MERCHANT. No. VIIL INTEREST. By ABBOTT BROTHERS, Counselors. at-law, of New York. JOURNAL OF MERCANTILE LAW. Charter Party-Navigation of Western Rivers.. Bottomry-Hypothecation of Ship, &c. Insurance-Abandonment ..... Transfer of Bank Stock.-Storage of Goods in Bonded Warehouses Contracts-Hiring of Slaves-Right of Punishment delegated to Hirer COMMERCIAL CHRONICLE AND REVIEW: 449 452 453 454 455 EMBRACING A FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL REVIEW OF THE UNITED STATES, ETC., ILLUSTRA TED WITH TABLES, ETC., AS FOLLOWS: Predictions of a Commercial Revulsion-The Prospects of the Future-Storm and SunshineThe New Administration-Amendment to the Tariff-Money Market and Foreign Exchange -The Shipping Trade-Receipts and Coinage of Gold-The Bank Movement-Imports and Exports at New York, and Receipts for Cash Duties-Exports of leading articles of Produce, &c 455-468 New York Cotton Market. By CHARLES W. FREDERICKSON, Broker, of New York........... 468 VOL. XXXVI.-NO. IV. 26 JOURNAL OF BANKING, CURRENCY, AND FINANCE. Banks and Banking in the State of New York The Debt of California.-New Banking Law, and Banks of Illinois.. Foreign Coins, and Coinage of Cents at the United States Mint .... PAGE. 465 467 468 469 470 470 STATISTICS OF TRADE AND COMMERCE. Commerce and Navigation of the United States in 1856,. Enrolled and Licensed Tonnage of the United States in 1856.. Tonnage of the several Districts of the United States on the 80th of June, 1856...... Prices of Produce and Merchandise at Cincinnati in 1856...... Disparity between the Expo ts and Imports of the South.. Revised Rates of Commission of the New York Chamber of Commerce Inspection of Provisions in Ohio ...... NAUTICAL INTELLIGENCE. Problems in Astronomy connected with Navigation.... 472 Light on Stephano Burun, Mediterranean Sea of Marmora.-St. Croix Lighthouse, Maine.... 486 Piedras Cay Lighthouse-Cuba, West Indies 487 Lighthouse near East End of Edgemoggin Reach, Maine.-Wreck Statistics at Key West...... 487 POSTAL DEPARTMENT. Statistics of the Chicago Post-Office for Twenty Years Reduction of Ocean Postage.-Postal Arrangement between England and France.. STATISTICS OF AGRICULTURE, &c. Prices of Bread and Meat in Cities.-The Chinese Sugar Cane in Illinois Immigration into New York in 1856............. Progress of Population in the United States............... Population of Nicaragua, and of Central America....................................... Mintia of the United States RAILROAD, CANAL, AND STEAMBOAT STATISTICS. The Progress of Internal Communication in the United States........ Railroads in the United States Railroads in the World.-Illinois Central Railroad. JOURNAL OF MINING AND MANUFACTURES. The National Institute at Washington... Our Mineral Resources..... A Brief Mercantile Biography: ANDREW S. NORWOOD.-The Cotton Presses at New Orleans 516 517 518 The First American Trader to the Alabama Valley.-One of the Curiosities of Commerce...... "Don't stay too long!"-Titles of Business Firms.-Injunction for imitating Trade Marks ..... 518 519 519 520 THE BOOK TRADE. Notices of New Books, or New Editions..... 521-528 |