CONTENTS OF NO. III., VOL. XXVIII. ARTICLES. AM. L. RECIPROCITY WITH THE BRITISH PROVINCES..... PAGE. ....... 275 II. THE LONDON BANKS. By G. M. BELL, Esq., Secretary of the Bank of Australia in London 288 III. COMMERCE OF THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE-SMYRNA. By J. P. BROWN, Esq., of the United States Legation at Constantinople.... 294 ...... 310 IV. THE TRADE AND COMMERCE OF BUFFALO IN 1852.. JOURNAL OF MERCANTILE LAW. Assignment made by a Debtor under Failing Circumstances.. Indorsers-Notice of Protest Bottomry Bond-Advance of Freight-Charter Party .... ..... Loss of Railroad Ticket by a Passenger.-Fire Insurance........ Salvage Case... 326 COMMERCIAL CHRONICLE AND REVIEW: 338 EMBRACING A FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL REVIEW OF THE UNITED STATES, ETC., ILLUSTRA TED WITH TABLES, ETC., AS FOLLOWS: General state of the Money Market-Expansion of Credit, and Inflation of Prices-Causes and probable issue of the present Commercial Prosperity-Total increase in the Metallic Currency of the Country for twenty-eight years, with a Comparison of the relative annual gain—Evils most to be apprehended from speculative excitements-Shapes of Danger to be seen in the Future-Deposits and Coinage at the Philadelphia and New Orleans Mints-Imports of for eign goods for January-Classification of Imports received at New York-Receipts for Cash Duties, showing an increase in the Imports of Articles of Luxury-Exports from New York for January, with a Comparison of the Shipments of different Articles of Produce-New Mint Bill-Reduction in Weight of Silver Coin, and Seignorage upon Gold-Multiplication of new Banks, etc......... 339-344 NAUTICAL INTELLIGENCE. Notices to Mariners.-South Africa.-Bird Island Lights.. COMMERCIAL REGULATIONS. 364 365 365 365 366 367 367 367 368 369 369 369 Regulations of New Orleans Chamber of Commerce.. .... Import and Export Duties of the Two Sicilies....... JOURNAL OF MINING AND MANUFACTURES. Manufacturing Towns of the United States,-No. ii.-Nashua, New Hampshire....... The Manufacture of Glass.-No. vii. By DEMING JARVIS, Esq., of Massachusetts Manufacture and Consumption of Champagne 370 372 373 373 378 379 350 381 381 381 382 382 382 383 Revenue from City Railroads.. Receipts of the Harlem Railroad British Railway Traffic from 1843 to 1852, inclusive... 383 384 384 385 Statistics of the Erie Canal.. Railroads of Canada............. A cause of Fire in Ships and Steamers.. 386 389 389 Comparative Safety of Railways in Foreign Countries.. 390 |