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Alphabetical Index to Proceedings.

Institution for the Savings of Merchants' Clerks.-Report of Trustees of, page 5.
Insurance Convention-National Report of Delegates to, page 12.

Meteorology. Report of the Special Committee on, page 46.
Nominations. Reports of Special Committees on, pages 6, 101.

Obstructions at Mouth of Rivers.-Report of Committee Number Eight on Col.
GOWEN'S system for transporting vessels over, page 81.

Quarantine Abuses.-Report of Committee Number Four on, page 50.
Report of Special Committee on, pages 54, 64.

San Francisco and Australia Line of Steamers.-Report of Committee Number Four upon the Communication of Mr. W. H. WEBB in regard to, pages 32, 35.

Senate Committee of the United States on Investigation and Retrenchment.— Report of Special Committee to Aid, pages, 101, 106.

Shipping, American, Depressed Condition of.-Report of Committee Number Four on, pages 50, 58, 81.

Commissioner's Bill.-Report of Committee Number Five on, page 59. Steam Vessels, Protection of Life on.-Report of Committee Number Four on

Congressional Bill in reference to, page 99.

Storage and Labor, Rates of in United States Private Bonded Warehouses.-Report of Special Committee on, page 82.

Treasurer's Annual Report, page 3.

Tubular Bridge Company.-Report of Committee Number Five on Congressional Bill to Incorporate the New-York and Brooklyn submerged, page 100.

RESOLUTIONS.

Act of Incorporation, Amendment to.-Resolution in reference to, page 86.
Actuary.-Resolution in reference to the office of, page 5.

Bonds and Mortgages on Real Estate.-Resolution in reference to, page 86.
Cable Across the Pacific Ocean.-Resolution in reference to, page 19.

Chamber.-Resolution suspending regular meetings of, page 12.

Members of, their alleged participation in Frauds on the City Government.-
Resolution in reference to, page 32.

Chicago Fire.-Resolutions in reference to, page 28.

Coinage by the Government.-Resolutions in reference to, page 99.
Election.-Resolution in reference to the State, page 33.

General Order System.-Resolution in reference to, page 86.

GROOM, W. P.-Resolution of thanks to, page 9.

Harbor Abuses.-Resolutions in reference to, pages 47, 71.

Encroachments.-Resolutions in reference to, page 48.

MORSE, Prof. SAMUEL F. B.-Resolutions in reference to the death of, page 104. Nominating Committee.-Resolution in reference to, page 87.

Shipping Commissioner's Bill.-Resolution in reference to, page 55.

Interests, American.-Resolutions in reference to, pages 48, 53, 57, 81.

Steam Vessels, Protection of Life on board of.-Resolutions in reference to, page

99. Storage and Labor, Rates of.-Resolution of thanks to Joint Committee on, page

84.

Tariff-Resolutions in reference to the, page 84.

COMMUNICATIONS.

ARTHUR, C. A., pages 59, 84.

BELKNAP, WILLIAM W., page 55.

BELL, JAMES A., page 36.

BIERWIRTH, LEOPOLD, page 17.

BLUNT, GEORGE W., page 10.

Board of Trade of Rouse's Point, page 16.

British Honduras Exhibition, General Committee, page 23.

BUCKINGHAM, W. A., page 75.

Chamber of Commerce of Belfast, page 23.

DE LESSEPS, FERDINAND, page 76.

FISH, HAMILTON, page 11.

FISK & HATCH, page 27.
FLOYD, W. B., page 75.

HALL, A. OAKEY, page 24.
HALSEY, GEORGE A., page 81.
HUNT, WILSON G., page 55.

JESUP, MORRIS K. & Co., page 30.

MILLER, GEORGE W., page 10.

MORGAN, E. D., page 33.

National Board of Trade, page 25.

National Commercial Convention, page 18.

OLYPHANT & CO., page 44.

OPDYKE, GEORGE, page 24.

STANTON, EDGAR, page 16.

VAN NORTWICK, WILLIAM H., page 17.

WALSH, THOMAS, page 38.

WEBB, WILLIAM H., page 19.

WORTHINGTON, HENRY R., page 56.

ORD LORARY

PROCEEDINGS

OF THE

CHAMBER OF COMMERCE,
From May, 1871, to May, 1872.

The 103d Annual Meeting, Thursday, May 4, 1871. THE one hundred and third annual meeting of the Chamber of Commerce was held this day, at half-past two o'clock, P. M., at the Rooms of the Chamber, No. 63 William-street.

PRESENT.

WILLIAM E. DODGE, President.

GEORGE OPDYKE, First Vice-President.

WALTER S. GRIFFITH, Second Vice-President.
WILLIAM M. VERMILYE, Third Vice-President.
SAMUEL D. BABCOCK, Fourth Vice-President.

FRANCIS S. LATHROP, Treasurer.

WALLACE P. GROOM, Assistant Treasurer.
GEORGE WILSON, Secretary.

A. A. Low,

JONATHAN STURGES,

SAMUEL B. RUGGLES,

FREDERICK A. CONKLING,

S. B. CHITTENDEN,
RUSSELL STURGIS,
AMBROSE SNOW,
GEORGE W. LANE,
JACKSON S. SCHULTZ,
JOHN D. MCKENZIE,
FERDINAND LAWRENCE,

E. P. FABBRI,

SAMUEL HARDING,
LUTHER B. WYMAN,
ISAAC GREEN PEARSON,
WATSON SANFORD,
JOHN C. COOK,
SINCLAIR TOUSEY,
R. M. C. GRAHAM,
ISAAC H. REED,
WILLIAM A. Darling,
DEMAS BARNES,

Other members were present, the names of whom the Secretary was unable to ascertain, owing to the crowded condition of the Rooms.

ADDRESS BY THE PRESIDENT.

In opening the session, the President briefly addressed the Chamber as follows:

One hundred and three years have elapsed since the organization of the Institution, and in that long period of time it has numbered on its lists of members many of the most eminent and respected of American merchants. Its influence on the interests of commerce has been felt and acknowledged, not alone in our own country, but throughout the commercial world.