ABBOTT BROTHERS, Counselors-at-Law, New York. HENRY B. AUCHINCLOSS, Esq., of New York. DAVID M. BALFOUR, Esq., of Massachusetts. A. N. BELL, M. D., of New York, late of the United States Navy. E. H. DERBY, Esq., Counselor-at-Law, of Massachusetts. HENRY M. FLINT, Esq., of Illinois. CHARLES W. FREDERICKSON, Broker, of New York. DANIEL R. HUNDLEY, Esq., of Illinois. A. B. JOHNSON, Esq., President of the Branch Bank of Ontario. CALEB LAMSON, Esq., Counselor-at-Law, of Massachusetts. JAMES MCHENRY & Co., American Commission Merchants, of Liverpool. E. MERIAM, Esq., of New York. PLINY MILES, Esq, of New York. E. P. PEABODY, of Massachusetts. C. J. W. RUSSELL, Esq., of California. J. W. Scort, Esq., of New York. L. W. TENELLI, Esq., of New York. GEORGE FRANCIS TRAIN, Esq., Merchant. AMASA WALKER, Esq., late Secretary of State of Massachusetts. GEORGE M. WESTON, Esq., of Maine. DAVID WILDER, Jr., Esq., of Massachusetts. FREEMAN HUNT, Editor and Proprietor. INDEX TO VOLUME X X X V I., FROM JANUARY TO JUNE, INCLUSIVE, 1857. America, Central, population of.. the wine grape in.. Biography, merc., 147, 313, 428, 517, 641, 646, 769 113 Birds, trade in, and commercial value of 500 Book trade, the...... 139, 265, 393, 521, 649, 777 635 Bottomry-hypothecation of ship, etc. 375 263 452 American commerce, present and future of. 516 Boston banks..... 74, 208, 330, 459, 582, 714, 722 enterprise abroad.. Americans and American trade at Constanti for five years, dividends of..... 596 bank stock, fluctuations in '56 of..... 343 4-0 fire insurance in..... insurance companies, dividends of... 227 in '56.... 66 66 346 Assay office, New York, deposits at, 66 market, railroad and city bonds sold 71, 206, 328, 457, 580, 711 in 1856-7 in 342 68 66 253 Assignments-debtor and creditor.. in Kentucky, of fraudulent... 349 Australia, railways in sales of stock of manufacturing com panies in 1856-7 in..... 384 66 668 66 131 725 of England.. 559, 682 561 British patents. 129 66 292 pawnbroker's catechism.. 135 64 682 postal system, work of the.. 622 66 66 Banking, currency, and finance, journal of, 81, 217, 337, 455, 589, 721 64 and bankers in England.. 66 in New York, the three eras of.... 592 law and banks of Illinois, new. 469 Bank-note redemption, act of N. Y. State on. 727 Bank-notes, the use of.. 66 doing double duty, half... Bankrupt merchant, anecdote of a....... Bankruptcy and barbarism in London...... 519 Banks and banking in New York State...... 465 and banking law of Missouri.. railways, tariff of taxes on 377 680 royal lifeboat institution... 66 wreck register for 1855........... Brooklyn, Berden's bakery in.. 743 743 258 Burlington, towa, descript'n & statistics of.. 687 520 424 729 C. 773 725 California, bonded and war debt of... ... 210 connected with Montreal........... 41 Chinese population of.. 640 66 541 66 fisheries. By C J. W. Russell.... 573 gold mining in. 631 gold received at New York California, the debt of ..... 340 469 74, 208, 330, 459, 582, 714 Canada, commercial progress of.. 479 in Europe, first establishment of in Massachusetts, condition of........ 341 imports at the several ports and duties collected in 1856.. 361 66 66 66 dividends of....... 81 Canadian canals.. PAGE Canal, Lake Erie and Michigan transit ship.. 630. 66 250 66 boats, no United States tax on....... 376 ..... 765 66 66 fixed and circulating.. PAGE 239 137 38 Commercial intercourse between the United Carriers, rights of colored pass, and common 577 Cent" of the U. S. coinage, the old "red. 66 133 392 261 Contract for future delivery of flour-position 202 86 -hiring of slaves. 66 of affreightment, parol 486 104 318 68 455 706 navigation of Western rivers. 449 495 Law merchant. Abbott's.......... 55, 444, 701 708 Hamburg, revised customs and regulations in 348 Leland, William Wallace, biography of..... 641 491 66 of trade-marks, Brindle's watches 322 Havre, imports of cotton.. 360 Letters, defective stamping of..... 66 Hogs, sheep, beeves, etc., consumed in New registration of.... 236 York city 492 66 writers, information for............ 109 61 Hudson's Bay Company........ Hurd, A. M., Joseph 769 Lien upon a vessel for materials and supplies 449 |