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104

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Paper, manufacture of, in the United States. 501 Railroad, Canal, and Steamboat Statistics,
Parana and Uruguay, free navigation of

129, 240, 369, 516, 637, 746

Paris fuel shops.

524

66

the Pennsylvania, freight over

371

"palace of industry for great exhibition. 257

66

the Great Western, merchandise in

"population of

123

bond to pass on..

372

Partner, a manager with share of profits, im-
portant to inerchants...

66

chair and rail, Devlan's.

...... 750

208

Railroads

and canals....

638

Partnership, commercial law of

457

66

and agriculture.

244

Passenger and freight transportation by rail-
way, cost of...

46

cost of fuel for

638

earnings of, in 1854-55..

371

Passengers' baggage, custom house regulat'ns

in Germany

516

in regard to....

Passengers, carriage of, in steamships and

in operation in State of N. York,
stocks and debts of..

131

other vessels

of Maine, statistics of...

518

Passengers in vessels coming to New York.. 363
Pennsylvania, coal trade of

66

498

46

of Massachusetts, operations of... 246
taxable value of, in Ohio

369

property taxes and pop. of...
railroad, freight over the

87

46

371

traffic of Erie & Central, in '54-55. 639
in State of Connecticut

750

Petit Menan Light-house, Maine

745

Railway transportation of passenger and

Philadelphia cattle market..

239

freight, cost of

240

"merchant," the..

262

Registration of letters.....

490

66

"merchant" on mercantile bi-

Regulations as to foreign letters

389

ography

266

merchants, integrity of..

135

at frontier ports of U. States... 485
Commercial,

66

prices of flour in, for 60 years. 368
hip-building in

365

114

723

66

real and personal property in.
Pilots appointed by the pilot com. in N. Y... 624
Pins & needles made of iron or steel, whiten-
ing of..
Plantain tree, the..

102, 248, 360, 480, 617, 725

quarantine, of Louisiana

for passage of vessels through
ship canal at St. Mary's Falls. 746

359
... 363
of principal ports of United States. 616
Rice of China, the imperial.

Revenue & expenditures of Brazilian Empire 613
British, in 1854-55 ..

laws, seizures for infraction of

640

66

764

66

Population, dwellings, and families in N. Y. 378
in London districts, progress of.
of Paris

66

630

123

763
Rocks on Cortez Bank, coast of California... 743
Russia, commerce and finances of .

94

S.

of Arkansas in 1850 and 1854.. 235
of Jersey City in 1850 and 1855. 631
of Mass., death's doings with... 6:29
of St. Louis in 1854-55

121 Salt manufacture at Syracuse
Salvage, right of action for...

364

225

statistics of... 120, 232, 375, 509, 629
Pork inspection at Jefferson, La.........
trade of 1854-55
389
Postage on back numbers of newspapers.... 489
newspaper, in the United States
statistics of, in prin. cities of U. S... 388
388,488, 626
Postal Department..
treaty, modification of Pruss.-Amer... 488
Postmasters, compensation of, in U. States.. 388
duties of, in reg'd to waste pap'r 490
in U. 8, accounts and returns of 489
Post-office management..

66

66

progress of the Irish..

66

66

628

627

628
6:26

500

335

456

46 services, libel to recover..
Sample packages, receipt and delivery of... 732
San Francisco branch mint, operations of... 253
Sandwich Islands, trade and commerce of... 101
finances of city of..

359

library asso., first report of... 317
mint...

353

66

navigation of

367

shipments of gold for 9 mo's. 724
the banks of.

722

606

607

365

59

106

482

261

101

365

746

336

Sardines, consumption of, in U. States..
Savannah, Ga., export trade of........
Sea freight not a dutiable charge....
"physical geography of the..
Seamen, law relative to, in Louisiana
Seized and unclaimed goods.
Sewing machines, American, in France.....
building in Philadelphia..
Ship, a veteran-the Indian Chief”.

66
658

statistics of the British
United States, statistics of.....
Prince's chan'l, entrance to the Thames. 379, 625
Principles and tendencies of modern com'ce. 147
Prize law-ree ships make free goods...... 573
Products of U. S., sale of, in N. Orleans.... 252
Progress of population in London districts.. 630
66 of commerce and science.........
of public works in India
Promissory notes-makers and indorsers.... 332
note with 10 p. ct. p. month int.. 207
Proof sheets, corrected..
Property, assessed value of, in Connecticut.. 352
executions & sale of, in Louisiana. 730
real and personal in Brooklyn..... 478
Philadelphia.. 723
Connecticut... 92

canal at St. Mary's Falls, regulat'ns for
the passage of vessels through.............
master of, borrowing money

Ships and steamers, discipline on bourd of.. 517

66
389

Prussian-American postal treaty, modifica. of 488
Publications sent to library of Congress and
Smithsonian Institute..

66

belligerent, purch'e of, by neutrals 253, 621
names of, a national characteristic.... 646
of the world...

491

66

papers, authentication of

362

66

passing each other-ability of owners 208
66 and steamers, merchant.

751

Shippers-unseaworthiness,

707

490

Shipping built in the United States.........
60 of the world in 1854..
Shipments of goods-consignments, &c.
Sicily, brimstone trade of

221

492

455

369

303

227

66

Quebec, Jumber trade of, for five years...... 224
navigation of.....
R.

Railroad and steamboat accidents in U. S... 247

66

66

bonds, usury on........................................
Brooklyn city
bridge, a new

..........

sugar, a rival of the sugar-cane
Sound dues of Denmark...
effects of free labor in.......
336
South, cotton manufacture in
639 Southern manufactures.....
133

46

499
...... 633
260
States, native and foreign pop. in.. 235

Silver, where it comes from.

956

Slave labor, profits of

736

Sorghe, a new sugar plant

116

388

403

.....
.....

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Quincy, Massachusetts.