Hunt's Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review, Volume 26Freeman Hunt, Thomas Prentice Kettell, William Buck Dana Freeman Hunt, 1852 - Commerce |
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... carrying 4,405 seamen ; and the annual produce was 350,000 to 400,000 cwt . , valued at about $ 1,000,000 . During the French wars , of course , the Fishery of the colonies was totally interrup- ted , or much embarrassed ; and one ...
... carrying 4,405 seamen ; and the annual produce was 350,000 to 400,000 cwt . , valued at about $ 1,000,000 . During the French wars , of course , the Fishery of the colonies was totally interrup- ted , or much embarrassed ; and one ...
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... carried annually into the sea , manure equal to 270 tons of guano , worth at the present price of guano £ 2,700 , and capable of raising an increased produce of not less than 1,000 quarters of grain , " he proceeds thus : " Surely if ...
... carried annually into the sea , manure equal to 270 tons of guano , worth at the present price of guano £ 2,700 , and capable of raising an increased produce of not less than 1,000 quarters of grain , " he proceeds thus : " Surely if ...
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... carried on upon a very large scale ; and we proposed to substitute for coin , a money of paper , as being better calculated for the rapid exchange of values . This idea of creating money , whose sole distinctive property is value , out ...
... carried on upon a very large scale ; and we proposed to substitute for coin , a money of paper , as being better calculated for the rapid exchange of values . This idea of creating money , whose sole distinctive property is value , out ...
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... carry out . These wants are immeasurable , like the desires of men ; it is not these wants which money is designed to satisfy ; what supplies these wants is those things of which a use can be made , corn , cotton , iron , or any- thing ...
... carry out . These wants are immeasurable , like the desires of men ; it is not these wants which money is designed to satisfy ; what supplies these wants is those things of which a use can be made , corn , cotton , iron , or any- thing ...
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... carried away , with the house adjoining it , in the great flood of 1846 . The entire family of the keeper , consisting of fourteen persons , perished in the ruins , of which scarcely a trace remained on the following day . and very ...
... carried away , with the house adjoining it , in the great flood of 1846 . The entire family of the keeper , consisting of fourteen persons , perished in the ruins , of which scarcely a trace remained on the following day . and very ...
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Page 763 - ... shall deem proper, under the penalty of forfeiting the shares of stock subscribed for, and all previous payments made thereon, if payment shall not be made by the stockholders...
Page 449 - As the colony increases, the profits of stock gradually diminish. When the most fertile and best situated lands have been all occupied, less profit can be made by the cultivation of what is inferior both in soil and situation, and less interest can be afforded for the stock which is so employed.
Page 28 - It is agreed that the people of the United States shall continue to enjoy unmolested the right to take fish of every kind on the Grand Bank and on all the other banks of Newfoundland ; also in the Gulf of St.
Page 26 - And the United States hereby renounce forever, any liberty heretofore enjoyed or claimed by the inhabitants thereof, to take, dry, or cure fish on, or within three marine miles of any of the coasts, bays, creeks, or harbours of His Britannic Majesty's dominions in America...
Page 135 - Keep good company, or none. Never be idle; if your hands cannot be usefully employed, attend to the cultivation of your mind. Always speak the truth. Make few promises. Live up to your engagements. Keep your own secrets, if you have any. When you speak to a person, look him in the face.
Page 328 - Courts of Common Pleas, Courts of Probate, justices of the peace, and such other courts inferior to the Supreme Court, as the General Assembly may, from time to time, establish.
Page 42 - A plentiful subsistence increases the bodily strength of the labourer, and the comfortable hope of bettering his condition and of ending his days, perhaps, in ease and plenty animates him to exert that strength to the utmost. Where wages are high, accordingly, we shall always find the workmen more active, diligent, and expeditious than where they are low ; in England, for example, than in Scotland ; in the neighbourhood of great towns, than in remote country places.
Page 100 - Society for the Relief of Distressed and Decayed Pilots, their Widows and Children, has any legitimate tendency to impress on it the character of a revenue law.
Page 763 - ... stock shall consist, the number of directors, and their names, who shall manage the concerns of said company for the first year, and the name of the town and county in which the operations of the said company are to be carried on.
Page 376 - ... proper and necessary for diseases and accidents incident to sea voyages, and for the...