2-If any goods are shipped and insured as on deck, not less than double premium to be charged, with condition not to be liable for damage by wet or exposure, nor for partial loss under fifteen per cent. 6-The North Sea, as expressed for additional premiums for winter months, (viz: from first day of October to the first day of March,) is considered north of latitude 50 degrees north, and east of longitude 2 degrees east, 7-For any other division or allowance of average for partial loss on the whole inte rest of the assured under deck, than is provided for in our printed form of policy, an additional premium shall be charged of not less than one quarter per cent. except on the rates for such cases from Great Britain and Havre already provid. ed for in this tariff; and except on risks North and East of Florida coastwise, on which not less than one eighth per cent. additional premium shall be charged. 8-To add not less than one quarter per ct. for each port used more than one, at either the beginning or the ending of the voyage, for each time used; except risks provided for in the 14th article, and, except a port of advice in the British Channel, and Elsineur. 9-In all cases of over-insurance, ten per ct. of the return premium is to be retained by the insurers, not exceeding one half per ct. on the amount of short property. 10-Premiums on vessels and freights not to be less than those on cargoes of general merchandise for same voyages. 11-Specie and bullion, excepting to port or ports beyond the Cape of Good Hope or Cape Horn, to be insured as the parties may agree: provided, that it shall never be at a greater reduction than one third from the rates herein fixed for merchandise on the same passage. 13-When several passages are included in the same policy, the rates for each passage are to be added together. 14-If insurance be made from foreign parts to port or ports of discharge, or final port of discharge, in the United States, the coastwise premium to be added for each port used, more than one, in the United States. 15-With regard to risks not provided for in this tariff, it is agreed that the parties are to make contracts at discretion, but it is expected that the companies will require rates equivalent to those named in this tariff on risks of like value, acting in good faith, and not taking one risk for a lower rate in consideration of receiving the tariff rates on another. 16-Copenhagen is considered as in the Baltic. 17-Gottenburg is not considered as in the Baltic. GENERAL REGULATIONS. 1-If there be any Lime on board on cargo, or on freight, fifty per cent. to be added to the premium for the passage. 2-If any goods are shipped and insured as on deck, not less than double premium to be charged, with condition not to be liable for damage by wet or exposure, nor for partial loss under fifteen per cent. 3-The Northeast, or unfavorable monsoon in the China seas for outward passages to China, is from the first day of October to the first day of April. 4-The Southwest, or unfavorable monsoon for homeward passages, is from the first day of April to the first day of October. 5-The hurricane months in the West India latitudes, are from the fifteenth day of July to the fifteenth day of October, and said latitudes shall be considered as being within the parallels of 10 degrees and 28 degrees of north latitude, and 58 degrees and 86 degrees of west longitude. 6-The North Sea, as expressed for additional premiums for winter months, (viz : from first day of October to the first day of March,) is considered north of latitude 50 degrees north, and east of longitude 2 degrees east. 7-For any other division or allowance of average for partial loss on the whole interest of the assured under deck, than is provided for in our printed form of policy, an additional premium shall be charged of not less than one quarter per cent, except on the rates for such cases from Great Britain and Havre already provided for in this tariff; and except on risks North and East of Florida coastwise, on which not less than one eighth per cent. additional premium shall be charged. 8-To add not less than one quarter per ct. for each port used more than one, at either the beginning or the ending of the voyage, for each time used; except risks provided for in the 14th article, and, except Elsineur, Anjer, St. Helena, and a port for advice in the British Channel. 9-In all cases of over-insurance, ten per ct. of the return premium is to be retained by the insurers, not exceeding one half per ct. on the amount of short property. 10-Premiums on vessels and freights not to be less than those on cargoes of general merchandise for same voyages. 11-Specie and bullion, excepting to port or ports beyond the Cape of Good Hope or Cape Horn, to be insured as the parties may agree: provided, that it shall never be at a greater reduction than one third from the rates herein fixed for merchan. dise on the same passage. 12-Specie and bullion, to port or ports beyond the Cape of Good Hope or Cape Horn, may be insured at one quarter per cent. less than merchandise. 13-When several passages are included in the same policy, the rates for each passage are to be added together. 14-If insurance be made from foreign ports to port or ports of discharge, or final port of discharge, in the United States, the coastwise premium to be added for each port used, more than one, in the United States. 15-With regard to risks not provided for in this tariff, it is agreed that the parties are to make contracts at discretion, but it is expected that the companies will require rates equivalent to those named in this tariff on risks of like value, acting in good faith, and not taking one risk for a lower rate in consideration of receiving the tariff rates on another, 16-Copenhagen is considered as in the Baltic. MARINE INSURANCE. rates. A convention was recently held in New York, the object of which was to form a uniform policy, that should be more suited to the times than that now in use. A revision has long been wanted. In the different cities, the policies of insurance vary; so that in cases when a merchant insuring in Boston, New York, and Philadelphia, in cases of loss, or average, the loss is settled on different principles, and with different It is all-important that there should be a uniformity, so that when a risk is taken at a specific premium, the risk should be the same at all points, and settled on the same basis. The underwriters of the different cities are desirous to effect this object, and with these views the convention separated, leaving the subject to a committee to adjust and arrange, and form a policy that should meet the wishes of all, and such as shall be free from legal technicalities and objections. DUTCH COMMERCIAL MARINE. The following account of the Dutch commercial marine, up to the 31st of December, 1839, is given by the Staats Courant :-"The number of ships launched and licensed during the year was 123, and their measurement 19,959 lasts. During the year, 34 ships, measuring 1935 lasts, have been taken out of the Dutch trade, by being lost at sea, broken up, or sold to foreigners. On the 31st of December, 1838, there were 1439 ships, measuring 117,315 lasts, employed in Dutch commerce; these, by the 31st of December last, were increased to 1528 bottoms, and 135,339 lasts. In the course of 1839, the entrances to the ports amounted to 6179 vessels, carrying 940,723 tons, and the departures to 6179 vessels, carrying 596,046 tons. Besides these, there were 466 arrivals, carrying 29,906 tons, and 2,723 departures, carrying 404,649 tons in ballast. The merchant marine of Holland has thus, it appears, been increased during the last year by 89 ships, being 42 more than the increase of 1838." The Dutch last is 2918 French litres. COFFEE AND SUGAR. The Cincinnati Chronicle estimates the amount of coffee annually imported into that city at four millions of pounds, and of sugar at six millions of pounds. 1822 7,303,461 24,563 13,922 52 7,779,072 4,283,125 904,457 121,269 11,634 61 230,242 11,270 84 4,539,769 911,971 310,436 11,797 31 1823 6,769,410 1,009,662 9,496,808 717,116 18,350 44 584,332 25,241 35 941,085 28,244 93 1,024,156| 26,744 92 31,383 83 39,593 08 Purchased from France in 1803-territory till 1812, when it was admitted into the Union.-Hazard's Register. CANAL COMMERCE AT BUFFALO. Annexed is the quantity of flour and wheat cleared from the collector's office, Buffalo, from the opening of the canal to the 1st of June, for the years 1837, 1838, 1839, and 1840, with the amount of toll received on all articles: COMPENDIUM OF THE AMERICAN WHALE FISHERY, Comprehending alphabetical lists of all the ships and other square-rigged vessels engaged in that pursuit from the various ports of the United States; the dates of the latest advices received; the number of months elapsed between the commencement of each voyage, and the time when last heard from; the port, or other place on the globe, at which each vessel was last known to be; and the quantity of oil, estimated in barrels, thus far obtained by each respectively. Compiled by Hon. S. H. JENKS, Editor of the Enquirer, Nantucket, Mass.-July 1st, 1840. |