11326. BOSTON BOARD OF TRADE. Second Annual Report of the Government, Presented to the Board at the Annual Meeting on the 16th of January, 1856.
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11326. BOSTON BOARD OF TRADE. Second Annual Report of the Government, Presented to the Board at the Annual Meeting on the 16th of January, 1856.
11326. BOSTON BOARD OF TRADE. Second Annual Report of the Government, Presented to the Board at the Annual Meeting on the 16th of January, 1856. Boston. 172p. Embossed wraps. Substantial report on the maritime industry in Boston, includes detailed Report of Standing Committee of Inquiry into Causes of Shipwreck, as well as a lengthy Statement of the Locations of Life-boats, Mortar Stations, and Huts of Refuge on the Coast of Massachusetts under the care of the “Massachusetts Humane Society”. Report includes over 60 stations with description of equipment at each, and the individual in charge. Report also includes early maritime information for the area including Statistical tables for Imports and Exports, foreign and domestic; Difference in expense for repairing vessels in Boston and New York; Transport of Merchandise; Clearing House system of English Railways; Statistics of Trade and Commerce in Boston; Review of The Boston Market for the Year 1855, with prices current; Commercial Regulations and Usages for the Port of Boston. Clean, tight, light wear to wraps. Rare early report. (VG). $48.