MERCHANTS' MAGAZINE AND COMMERCIAL REVIEW. CONDUCTED BY FREEMAN HUNT, A. M., MEMBER OF THE NEW YORK CHAMBER OF COMMERCE; CORRESPONDING MEMBER OF THE AMERICAN HONORARY MEMBER OF THE MERCANTILE LIBRARY ASSOCIATIONS OF NEW YORK, PHILADELPHIA, BOSTON, BALTIMORE, LOUISVILLE, VOLUME THIRTY-ONE. FROM JULY TO DECEMBER INCLUSIVE, 1854. New York: PUBLISHED AT 142 FULTON-STREET. 1854. CONTRIBUTORS TO THE THIRTY-FIRST VOLUME OF THE MERCHANTS' MAGAZINE AND COMMERCIAL REVIEW. G. M. BELL, Esq., Secretary of the London Bank of Australia, etc. Hon. GEORGE S. BOUTWELL, late Governor of Massachusetts. JOHN P. BROWN, Esq., of the United States Legation at Constantinople. etc., etc., of New Jersey. J. H. GIBBON, M. D., of the United States Branch Mint, North Carolina. ENOCH HALE, Jr., Esq., of Massachusetts. Rev. D. F. HUNTINGDON, of Massachusetts. D. R. JAQUES, Esq., of the New York bar. D. T. LEECH, Esq., of the Post-Office Department, Washington. WILLIAM J. MCALPINE, Esq., late Chief Engineer, etc., of the State of New York. C. F. McCAY, Professor in the College of South Carolina. DEXTER F. PARKER, Esq., of Massachusetts. JOHN L. PEYTON, Esq., of Illinois. GERARD RALSTON, Esq., late Vice-President of the American Colonization Society. J. W. SCOTT, Esq., of Ohio. MATTHEW HALE SMITH, Esq., of the Boston bar. BENJAMIN G. SMITH, Esq., Printer, of New York. RICHARD SMITH, Esq., Editor of the Cincinnati Price Current, etc. JOHN MILTON STEARNS, Esq., of New York. RICHARD SULLEY, Esq., of Indiana. M. DE TEGOBORSKI, of New York. Hon. GEORGE TUCKER, late Professor of Moral Philosophy and Political Economy in the University of Virginia, author of the Life of Jefferson, etc. AMASA WALKER, late Secretary of State in Massachusetts. J. B. WICKERSHAM, Esq., of New York. FREEMAN HUNT, Editor and Proprietor. banks, weekly statements, Agricultural productions in California.. 129, 373 Albany, prices of wheat at, for 61 years..... 427 66 109 66 514 per centage of, and wines..... 66 stocks held by foreigners......... 102 66 83, 210, 336, 461, 592, 718 66 759 635 Business success, the elements of......... 56-62 66 the charm of life. 61 373 Atmospheric telegraphs for carrying p'kages 266 393 C. 231 ships from London to 107 American commerc'l enterprise in 747 gold mines, future of.. 387 66 Australian gold, essay of..... 347 66 Autobiography, a mercantile... 414 agricultural productions 129 |