CONTENTS OF PART FIRST.

1. Index to Part First,.

2. Annual Review,...

vii

xi

3. Proceedings of the Chamber of Commerce from May, 1880, to May, 1881,

4. Selected Decisions in litigated cases tried before the Court of Arbitra-

tion,.....

1

125

5. Roll of Members of the Chamber of Commerce,.

142

6. List of Officers and Committees for the year ending May, 1882,.

159

7. List of Officers from Organization, 1768, to May, 1881,....

161

8. Charter of the Corporation of the Chamber of Commerce,.

163

9. Act of Re-Incorporation of the Chamber of Commerce,.

10. By-Laws in force May, 1881,..

172

175

11. Donations to the Library of the Chamber of Commerce,.

182

INDEX TO PART FIRST.

ACT of Congress granting permission to the Chamber of Commerce to erect a
Statue of Washington on the Sub-Treasury Building in the City of New-
York, page 90.

of Re-Incorporation of the Chamber of Commerce, page 172.

Adulteration of Food Products, page 105.

Agricultural Progress of the United States.-Statistical Tables, showing the,

page 59.

Annual Banquet.-Proceedings at, page 20.

Antwerp, Belgium.-Communication of the Commercial, Industrial and Mari-

time Society of, in reference to tare on Lard, page 57.

Report on, page 60.

Arbitration, Court of.-Decisions in litigated cases tried before, page 125.

Assets.-Distribution of, without preferences, in cases of assignment under the

State Law, page

17.

Auditing Committee.-Appointment of, page 124.

Award, Geneva.-Distribution of, pages 75, 77.

BABCOCK, SAMUEL D.-Communication of, page 21.

Bankrupt Law, National.-Reports on, pages 6, 67, 99.

Prepared by Judge LOWELL, page 107.

Banquet, Annual.-Proceedings at, page 20.

Committee.-Appointment of, pages 108, 122.

Board of Railroad Commissioners.-National, page 87.

State, page 110.

Board of Trade, National.-Communications of, pages 62, 88, 104.
Boston Commercial Convention.-Delegation to, page 56.

Report of Delegation to, pages 60, 74.

BROMLEY, ISAAC H.-Speech of, at Annual Banquet, page 38.

BRUEIL, EDMOND, Consul General of France, at New-York.--Communication
of, page 89.

By-Laws of the Chamber of Commerce, page 175.

Canal, Erie.-Improvement of, page 103.

Chamber of Commerce.-Roll of Members of, page 142.

Officers of, for the year ending May, 1882, page 159.

from organization, 1768, to 1881, page 161.

Charter of the Chamber of Commerce, pages 163, 172.

CLINTON, DE WITT.-Presentation to the Chamber of a Portrait of, page 122.
Resolution of thanks to donors of, page 124.

COHN, LAZARUS & Co. agst. BARK NORDKYN and owners, (FUNCH, EDYE & Co.,
as Agents.)-Case of, tried before the Court of Arbitration, page 136.
COLLYER, Rev ROBERT, D. D.-Speech of, at Annual Banquet, page 36.
Commerce of the United States with West Coast of South America.-Com-
munication of the Hon. WILLIAM M. EVARTS, Secretary of State, in refer-
ence to depredations on, page 17.

Report on, page 57.

Commissioners for Licensing Sailor Boarding Houses.-Proposed transfer of
power, page 122.

Commissioners, Railroad.-National Board of, page 87.

State Board of, page 110.

Committees, Special, of the Chamber of Commerce, appointment of, pages 6, 55.
Standing, of the Chamber of Commerce, page 159.
Consolidation of Telegraph Companies, page 104.

Convention, Boston Commercial.-Delegation to, page 56.

Report of Delegation to, pages 60, 74.

COOPER, EDWARD, Mayor of New-York.-Speech of, at Annual Banquet, page 25.
Court of Arbitration.-Decisions in litigated cases tried before, page 125.
COWDIN, ELLIOT C.-Death of, page 1.

Address of Mr. A. A. Low on the death of,
Resolution on the death of, page 3.

page 1.

Cuba.-Alleged fraudulent importation of goods into, from the United States,
Report on, page 51.

Customs Laws, Spanish.-Communication of Hon. WILLIAM M. EVARTS,
Secretary of State, in reference to, page 105.

Circular to Owners and Masters of vessels in reference to, page 110.
Report on, page 109.

DAVIS, Hon. NOAH.-Speech of, at Annual Banquet, page 23.

Delegation to Boston Commercial Convention, page 56.

Report of, pages 60, 74.

Distribution of the Geneva Award, pages 75, 77.

DODGE, WILLIAM E.-Remarks of, on death of ELLIOT C. COWDIN, page 4.
on presentation to the Chamber of Portrait of Hon. JOHN SHERMAN,
Secretary of the Treasury, page 49.

Donations to the Library of the Chamber of Commerce, page 182.

Duties on Sugar.-Collection of, pages 87, 92, 98.

Eastern Nations, Commerce with.-Report on, page 5.

Ecuador, Commerce with.-Depredations on, pages 52, 57.

Erie Canal.-Improvement of, page 103.

EVARTS, Hon. WILLIAM M., Secretary of State.-Communications of, pages 17,
19, 61, 62, 105, 106.

Resolution of thanks to, page 57.

Food Products.-Adulteration of, page 105.

Geneva Award.-Distribution of, pages 75, 77.