Hunt's Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review, Volume 26Freeman Hunt, Thomas Prentice Kettell, William Buck Dana Freeman Hunt, 1852 - Commerce |
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... colonies should have been early engaged in the Fisheries . Their soil was such as rather to repel than invite their labors to agriculture ; and it could not have held them in the prim- itve simplicity of agriculturists , had it been fat ...
... colonies should have been early engaged in the Fisheries . Their soil was such as rather to repel than invite their labors to agriculture ; and it could not have held them in the prim- itve simplicity of agriculturists , had it been fat ...
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... colonies . The former , at this time , were enjoying nearly the monopoly of a lucrative business in those seas , and the provincialists were farther stimula- ted by the ambition to meet their natural rival on this element , as they had ...
... colonies . The former , at this time , were enjoying nearly the monopoly of a lucrative business in those seas , and the provincialists were farther stimula- ted by the ambition to meet their natural rival on this element , as they had ...
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... colonies . American fishermen had always sufficient love of country , but under the circumstances existing , had no change occurred , or nothing been attempted for their relief , it is very probable that a considerable number of them ...
... colonies . American fishermen had always sufficient love of country , but under the circumstances existing , had no change occurred , or nothing been attempted for their relief , it is very probable that a considerable number of them ...
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... colonies , In a report recently made to the Na- tional Assembly , on the subject of the French Fisheries , it was proposed to continue the bounty at 20 francs ( about $ 3 75 ) per quintal , for the trans - atlantic countries ...
... colonies , In a report recently made to the Na- tional Assembly , on the subject of the French Fisheries , it was proposed to continue the bounty at 20 francs ( about $ 3 75 ) per quintal , for the trans - atlantic countries ...
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... colonies has been equal to 19 per cent , and to America about 25 per cent . With regard to the colonies this improvement is most noticeable in the cases of India and Australia , and it is a fact that the latter , although she is still ...
... colonies has been equal to 19 per cent , and to America about 25 per cent . With regard to the colonies this improvement is most noticeable in the cases of India and Australia , and it is a fact that the latter , although she is still ...
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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...