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Marine Insurance-Jet.ison of Goods carried on Deck....
Action on the Bill of Lading, Custom of Russia.......

Damages on Protested Bills of Exchange in each State, etc.....
General Bankrupt Law of 1841.....

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BOOK TRADE-LITERARY NOTICES.

Nestorians, or the Lost Tribes--Rauch's Physicology.......

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Dumas' Progress of Democracy-Pictorial Illustrations of the Bible...

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Family Secrets-Sutton's Learn to Die....

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Historical Sketches of the Old Painters-Works of Howitt, Milman, and Keats...

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Summer Journey in the West-Old Humphry's Addresses..

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Stephen's Incidents of Travel in Central America.....

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Tyrolese Minstrels-Merchant's Widow, and other Tales..

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Downing's Treatise on the Theory and Practice of Landscape Gardening..

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Hilliard's Treatise on the Law of Sales of Personal Property..

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Vale's Life of Thomas Paine-Young's Chronicles of the Pilgrims...
Frontin's Selections from Bouilly's works....

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Taylor's Lectures on Spiritual Christianity.

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Tales of the Kings of England-Greenwood's Sermons for Children.
Miss Copley's Early Friendships..

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Dr. Channing's Complete Works-Marryatt's Masterman Ready.
James's Ancient Régime.....

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Mackenzie's Life of Paul Jones-Guy's Elements of Astronomy, etc.
Prescott's Reign of Ferdinand and Isabella.....

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Bancroft's History of the Colonization of the United States..
Philips' Ladies Closet Library

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Peter Parley's Universal History, on the basis of Geography....
Miss Sedgwick's Letters from Abroad to Kindred at Home...
James's Widow directed to God-Mrs. Hofland's Farewell Tales.
Buckingham's America; Historical, Statistical, and Descriptive..
Townsend's Facts in Mesmerism-The Dahlia, etc.......
Appleton's Tales for the People-The Siege of Derry, etc.......
Mrs. Osgood's Poetry of Flowers and Flowers of Poetry....
Robinson's Researches in Palestine-Davies' Sermons, etc....

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McCulloch's Commercial Dictionary-Law and Lawyers-Mellen's Argument on

Slavery....

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Park's Pantology-Mrs. Osgood's Wreath of Wild Flowers, etc....

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Stone's Life and Times of Red Jacket-Bulwer's Miscellaneous Writings..
Mrs. Griffith's Two Defaulters-Gems of Irish Eloquence......

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Siebald's Manners and Customs of the Japanese-Buck's Anecdotes.........
Crump's World in a Pocket-book-Sherwood's Motive Power, etc...
Howitt's Book of the Seasons-Plain Sermons....
Buck's Ruins of Ancient Cities-Rogers' Anti-Popery.

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Appleton's Miniature Classical Library-Confessions of an English Opium Eater... 461

Nelson on Infidelity--Hoskin's Astronomy for Schools-Rocky Island, etc....... 461
Milman's History of Christianity-Miss Martineau's Settlers at Home.....
Burnap's Lectures to Women and Young Men......................

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Basil Montague's Life and Works of Lord Chancellor Bacon.....

Works of Lord Bolingbroke.......

Go-mith' Vicar of Wakefield..

Bradford's American Antiquities.....

Livermore's Commentary on Matthew...

Sarah Austin's German Fragments....

Theodore, or the Skeptic's Conversion.....

Autobiography, Reminiscences, and Letters of John Trumbull.........

Wheaton's Scandinavia-Olmsted's Whaling Voyage-The Mignionette.

Historical Collections of the State of New York......

D'Israeli's Amenities of Literature-Camp's Democracy.
Dana's Seaman's Friend.

Evenings with the Chronicles..

Roscoe's Lives of Eminent British Lawyers....

Tuckerman's Rambles and Reveries-Alcott's Sabbath School..

The Glory and Shame of England-True Catholic Churchman.
Rollo Books-The Gem......

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The Gif-The Rose of Sharon-The Child's Gem........
Washington Irving's Biography and Poetical Remains of M. M. Davidson......

COMMERCIAL REGULATIONS.

Regulations established by the Baltimore Board of Trade.........
Tariff of the Province of New Brunswick...........

Texas Custombouse Regulations.......

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Treaty of Commerce and Navigation between the United States and Hanover....... 177
Change in the Currency of Jamaica.......

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Treaty of Commerce and Navigation between the United States and Portugal....... 273
New Tariff of Duties at Venezuela................

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New Commercial Regulation of Peru...

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Cotton-pressing in New Orleans...

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Law of the State of New York in relation to Masters of Vessels and Non-residents, 276
Russian Moneys-Weights-Measures-Exchange-Bills of Exchange...

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Port Regulations and Rates of Pilotage for the Harbor of Boston...

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Pilotage of the Scheldt-Regulations for Spanish Ports....

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Law relating to Hospital Money at the Port of New York..

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Protection of Ships from corrosion-Graham Shoal-Bass Straits..

Ray's Life-preserving Boat..

Coquet Light and Buoys, Northumberland...

Comparative Naval force of England, France, and America........

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COMMERCIAL STATISTICS.

Commerce, Trade, and Navigation of Great Britain in 1840..

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Navigation of Great Britain in 1840 and 1841....

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Exports of Calicoes from England to the United States for the last nine years....... 100

Trade of Great Britain with the United States and France...

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Importation of Grain and Flour into Great Britain in 1840.

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Wines imported into England.....

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Sugar imported into England....

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Commerce of Jamaica-Imports for 1838, 1839, and 1840.

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Commerce and Business of Oswego, 1840...

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Trade, Commerce, and Navigation of Havana.

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Tobacco, Snuff, and Manufactured Tobacco exported from the United States from
1821 to 1840..........

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Statement, showing to what countries U. States Tobacco is principally exported.... 290
Exports of Tobacco from the United States..

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Iron Trade of Newport and Cardiff, (Wale-,).

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Draft and Tonnage of Vessels entering the Port of New York..

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Number of Arrivals and Tonnage of Vessels at New York, from 1810 to 1840... 293
Annual Export of British Manufactured Cotton, Linen, Silk, and Woollen Goods... 385
British Cotton Trade.....

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British Wheat and Flour Trade....

Commerce of the United States with Great Britain.....

Imports in o Great Britain and Ireland from the United States, from 1831 to 1839, 387
Expor s from Great Britain and Ireland to the United States, from 1831 to 1839.... 387
The British Corn Laws....................

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Exports of Cotton from New Orleans for the last ten years.................................
Exports of Tobacco from New Orleans for the last ten years..

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Arrivals, Exports, and Stocks of Cotton and Tobacco at New Orleans for the last

ten years......

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Exports of Sugar and Molasses from New Orleans for the last five years............. 474
Imports from the Interior into New Orleans for the last ten years..

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Arrivals of Square-rigged Vessels and Steamboats at N. O. for the last four years... 478
Importation of Cochineal into Great Britain, from 1815 to 1840....
Commerce and Navigation of the United States for 1840...

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Cotton Exports of Great Britain to different Countries for 1840..
Belgium Commerce and Navigation.....

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Commerce and Navigation of the United States for 1840...

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Value of Merchandise imported from foreign countries to the United States in 1840, 562
Free Goods imported into the United States in 1840...

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Merchandise paying duties ad valorem, imported by the United States in 1840...... 564
Merchandise paying specific duties, imported into the United States in 1840....
Value of Foreign Merchandise exported from the United S ates in 1840..
Foreign Merchandise exported from the United States in 1840, free of duty...

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Domestic Exports of the United States to Foreign Countries in 1840...
Articles composing the Domestic Exports of the United States in 1849...
Commerce of the United States with each Foreign Country in 1840....
Navigation of the United States, showing the Tonnage employed in 1840..
Commerce of each State and Territory in the United States in 1840......

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specific duty....

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Tonnage of the several Districts of the United States in 1840......

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Statement of Vessels built in each State and Territory of the United States in 1840, 580
Statement of the Tonnage of the United States, from 1815 to 1840, inclusive......
Time-table for the Computation of Interest......

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India Sugar and Rum........

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STEAMBOAT AND RAILROAD STATISTICS.

East India Mail Steamers...

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Receipts, Expenditures, and Dividends of Massachusetts Railroads, in 1840..

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New Jersey Railroad......

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Statistics of Western Steamboats....

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Comparative Cost of Transportation on Railroads, Canals, etc...

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Utica and Schenectady Railroads-German Railways...

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Comparative Passages of Cunard's British Steamers..

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Cost of Transportation on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad..
Western Steamboats........

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BANK STATISTICS.

Condition of the State Banks in the United States.....

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Condensed Statement, at different intervals, of all the Banks in the U. S..
Compara ive View of all the Banks in the U. S. from 1834 to 1840....
Condition of the Banks of the U. S. that have made returns near Jan. 1840.
Annual Report of the Governor of the Bank of France.......
Condition of the Banks in the State of New York, from 1819 to 1841.
Condition of the Bank of France on the 30th of June, 1841..
Savings' Banks in France.......

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Banks in Boston-List of Cashiers, Capitals, and Semi-annual Dividends.
Comparison of the Prices of Bank Notes in 1824 and 1841.

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COMMERCIAL TABLES.

State Stock Table, exhibiting the comparative value of the various State Bonds.... 190
Pro Forma Table, or Tariff of British Custom Duties....

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Import Duties-Reason, etc., of the American Chamber of Commerce at Liverpool, 194
French Coins-Weights and Diameters of the existing Coins of France........................ 379
Tables of Commercial Weights, computed by D. J. Browne.....
Table for Converting Avoirdupois Weights into French Weights.
Table for Converting French Weights into Avoirdupois.........
Bullion Tables, computed by D. J. Browne.......
Table for Converting Troy Weights into French Weights........
Table for Converting French Weights into Troy Weights......

STATISTICS OF POPULATION.

Population of the United States in 1840......

Census of Pennsylvania in 1830 and 1840..

Rate of Increase per cent of Population in Pennsylvania.

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Comparative Population of the Principal Cities in the State of New York...

Population and Square Miles of each County in Illinois in 1840...

Classification of the Employments of the Population in Illinois in 1840...
Census of the United States in 1840...

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Horticulture, Gardens, Nurseries, etc., in the State of New York.......

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Agricultural Statistics of each State and Territory of the United States................ 286

STATISTICS OF MANUFACTURES.

Manufactured Leather, Tanneries, Saddleries, etc., in New York in 1840..
Distilled and Fermented Liquors manufactured in New York in 1840.
Distilleries in each State and Territory of the United States in 1810.

The Decimal System in Weights and Coins....

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MERCANTILE MISCELLANIES.

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Mexican Dollars-Important to Manufacturers of Flour......

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Portraits on Roman Coins-New York Business Directory...

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Tobacco suitable for European Markets-American Commercial Enterprise......... 104
Qualifications of a Merchant...............

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Poetry of Bookkeeping-Method of Collecting a Debt, &c...
Slave Market at Constantinople......
Glut in the Market-Commercial Honesty...

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MERCANTILE OBITUARY.

Joseph May, Esq., by F. W. H............

MISCELLANEOUS.

Note to Readers and Correspondents........

Errata to Professor Tucker's article on Import Duties....

Merchants' Temperance Society of the City of New York..

Mercantile Library Association of New York..

Lyford's Price Current........

Fairbank's Platform Scales...

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