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... tons ; the American tonnage was four hundred and seventy - seven thousand one hundred tons . In 1837 , 1838 , and 1839 , the clearance of British tonnage was one million two hundred and thirty- five thousand five hundred tons , and of ...
... tons ; the American tonnage was four hundred and seventy - seven thousand one hundred tons . In 1837 , 1838 , and 1839 , the clearance of British tonnage was one million two hundred and thirty- five thousand five hundred tons , and of ...
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... Tons . Number . 1896 . 1830 . 1836 . Tons . Number . Statement of the tonnage of the colonies for several periods . Tons . Colonies . 1,265,71,943 2 , 559 176 , 0403 , 521 274 , 738 , 943,2,559 * Although official , is doubted as being ...
... Tons . Number . 1896 . 1830 . 1836 . Tons . Number . Statement of the tonnage of the colonies for several periods . Tons . Colonies . 1,265,71,943 2 , 559 176 , 0403 , 521 274 , 738 , 943,2,559 * Although official , is doubted as being ...
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... tons were employed in the British trade with their colonies , only 466,109 tons were employed in the same trade , including India . " The tonnage of all the British colonies in 1849 amounted to 8,188 vessels , measuring 658,157 tons ...
... tons were employed in the British trade with their colonies , only 466,109 tons were employed in the same trade , including India . " The tonnage of all the British colonies in 1849 amounted to 8,188 vessels , measuring 658,157 tons ...
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... tons . A cursory glance at the resources of Canada will impress the most casual observer with a profound sense of the influence she must soon exert over the general commerce of this continent . To her unsurpassed phys- ical capabilities ...
... tons . A cursory glance at the resources of Canada will impress the most casual observer with a profound sense of the influence she must soon exert over the general commerce of this continent . To her unsurpassed phys- ical capabilities ...
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... Tons . Vessels Tons . 13 2,438 11 1,721 13 672 15 1 , 167 1 703 1 67 2 120 11 692 6 1,332 1 112 1 50 3 212 It is not believed , if the St. Lawrence should be made free , that there will be any great change in any of the channels of ...
... Tons . Vessels Tons . 13 2,438 11 1,721 13 672 15 1 , 167 1 703 1 67 2 120 11 692 6 1,332 1 112 1 50 3 212 It is not believed , if the St. Lawrence should be made free , that there will be any great change in any of the channels of ...
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Page 53 - 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. Lawrence, and at all other places in the sea, where the inhabitants of both countries used at any time heretofore to fish...
Page 53 - ... all other of his Britannic Majesty's dominions in America ; and that the American fishermen shall have liberty to dry and cure fish in any of the unsettled bays, harbours and creeks of Nova Scotia, Magdalen Islands, and Labrador, so long as the same shall remain unsettled...
Page 89 - A Report to the Navy Department of the United States on American Coals, Applicable to Steam Navigation, and to other purposes.
Page 53 - American fishermen shall have liberty to dry and cure fish in any of the unsettled bays, harbours, and creeks of Nova Scotia, Magdalen Islands, and Labrador, so long as the same shall remain unsettled; but so soon as the same or either of them shall be settled, it shall not be lawful for the said fishermen to dry or cure fish at such settlement, without a previous agreement for that purpose with the inhabitants, proprietors, or possessors of the ground.
Page 53 - ... where the inhabitants of both countries used at any time heretofore to fish. And also that the inhabitants of the United States shall have liberty to take fish of every kind on such part of the coast of Newfoundland as British fishermen shall use (but not to dry or cure the same on that island) and also on the coasts, bays and creeks of all other of His Britannic Majesty's dominions in America...
Page 449 - Household effects, old and in use, of persons or families from foreign countries, if used abroad by them, and not intended for any other person or persons, or for sale.
Page 4 - And whereas it is highly expedient that the intercourse between Great Britain and the United States should be established on the most enlarged principles of reciprocal benefit to both countries, but, from the distance between Great Britain and America, it must be a considerable time before any convention or treaty for establishing and regulating the trade and intercourse between Great Britain and the United States of America upon a permanent foundation can be concluded...
Page 54 - American fishermen shall also have liberty forever to dry and cure fish in any of the unsettled bays, harbors, and creeks of the southern part of the coast of Newfoundland hereabove described...
Page 384 - WATERS of all sorts, viz. for every gallon of such spirits or strong waters of any strength not exceeding the strength of proof by Sykes's hydrometer, and so in proportion for any greater strength than the strength of proof, and for any greater or less quantity than a gallon, viz.
Page 628 - Majesty's Customs to make and appoint such other Regulations for the carrying coastwise of any Goods, or for the removing of any Goods for Shipment, as to them shall appear expedient; and that all Goods laden, Waterborne or unladen, contrary to the Regulations of this Act. or contrary to any Regulations so made and appointed, shall be forfeited.