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CONTENTS OF NO. I., VOL. XXXVII.

ARTICLES.

L GARBLINGS: OR COMMERCIAL COMMODITIES CHARACTERIZED.

Bread-The Cereal Grains and Buckwheat-Wheat Flour....

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Food-

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IL POLITICAL ECONOMY. CHAPTER IV. The Precious Metals, why used as Money-

Coinage-Origin of Banks-Banks of Deposit, Discount, Circulation-Mixed Currency,

its nature-Mixed Currency Banks, their origin. By AMASA WALKER, Esq., of Mass. 24

III. MERCANTILE BIOGRAPHY: JOSEPH MAY...

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IV. COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL CITIES OF THE UNITED STATES. No.
XLVIIL TRADE, COMMERCE, AND PROSPECTS OF OSWEGO. Growth of
the City-Banks-Imports by Lake in 1856-Value of Lake Trade and Aggregate Ton-
nage, 1845-56-Canal Trade in 1856-Aggregate Canal Tonnage, and Tolls on Down
Freight Collected at Buffalo and Oswego, 1846-56-Trade in Salt and Coal-Trade in
Flour-Flour Mills, etc.-Syracuse and Binghamton Railroad-Trade with Canada-
Oswego and Syracuse Railroad-Manufactures-Movement of Flour and Grain East-
ward in 1856-The Oswego River-Site of Oswego and its Advantages....
V. THE GREAT CITY OF THE INTERIOR: ON LAKE OR RIVER? By J. W.
SCOTT, Esq., of New York...

VI. MINNESOTA: THE GROWTH AND PROSPECTS OF THE NORTHWEST. By
JOHN A. WOOD, of Minnesota.....

VII. COINAGE OF THE MINT OF THE UNITED STATES. Deposits at the United
States Mint and Branches, and Assay Office, in 1856-Coinage at same in 1856-Tables
of Gold Coinage at each Mint, showing number of pieces of each denomination coined
thereat to 1847, and in each year from 1847 to 1856, inclusive-Value of Gold Coinage
not including Gold Bars-Value of Gold Bars Minted, 1-53-6-Tables of the Deposits,
at each Mint, of Gold of Domestic Production, in each year from 1848, and the amount
from each State-Tables of Silver Coinage at each Mint, showing number of pieces of
each denomination Coined thereat to 1847, and in each year from 1847 to 1856, inclu-
sive-Minting of Silver Bars in 1856-Amount of Silver Coined under Act of February
21st, 1853-Table of the Yearly Deposits of Silver of Domestic Production-Copper
Coinage-Aggregate Coinage of all the Mints to close of 1856...

VIIL THE LAW OF FALSE PRETENCES: ITS ORIGIN, PRACTICE, DEFECTS, AND
REMEDIES. By A. OAKEY HALL, District Attorney of New York.....

Bond-holders-Constitutionality of certain Acts of New Jersey.......

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JOURNAL OF MERCANTILE LAW.

Fire Insurance-Fraudulent Representation, etc.-Action of Replevin-Conditional Sale-Cigars 67

Action to Recover Money Lost in Gambling-Limitation of Actions on Simple Contracts.

Action on a Promissory Note-Insolvency.

Liability of Tavern Keepers-Insurance-Fire not one of the Risks included in "the Perils of

Navigation."..

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COMMERCIAL CHRONICLE AND REVIEW:

EMBRACING A FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL REVIEW OF THE UNITED STATES, ETC., ILLUS-

TRATED WITH TABLES, ETC., AS FOLLOWS:

The Present and Future of Trade-The Course of Improvement Westward-Production and

Consumption--Haste to be Rich-The Sugar Speculation-Production of Gold-The Bank

Movement-Imports and Exports at New York for May, including Shipments of Produce-

Receipts for Cash Duties-Imports and Exports at all the Ports of the United States for the

first three quarters of the fiscal year, etc.................

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New York Cotton Market. By CHARLES W. FREDERICKSON, Broker, of New York..........................

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