A cyclopaedia of commerce, mercantile law, finance, and commercial geography

Comprising descriptive and statistical accounts of commodities, with customs and excise regulations, duties, &c. Commericial statistics of the different countries of the world, including their physical character, productions, trade, seaports, monies, measures, finances, &c. Colonies, shipping, public companies, rail-ways, roads, docks, post-office, &c. Summary of the principles of commerce, finance, and banking, with historical and statistical illustrations. Digest of commercial law, including insurance, partnership, principal and agent, bills of exchange, sale, guaranty, bankruptcy, shipping, and contracts and obligations in general. Commercial arithmetic and accounts, exchanges, coins, measures and weights, public funds, interest, annuities, and assurances, with numerous tables. Explanation of mercantile terms and usages, beside a variety of miscellaneous information

With four maps. By William Waterston, accountant. The law articles contributed by John Hill Burton, advocate