The Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review, Volume 26F. Hunt, 1852 - Commerce |
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... Indies .. South Africa .. Channel Islands .. Gibraltar ..... Mauritius ...... ... £ 8,022,665 Naples and Sicily ... 3,235,051 Portugal 2,602,253 Spain .. 2,030,229 Buenos Ayres . 796,600 Peru 506,415 Sardinia ... 388,141 Tuscany 368,726 ...
... Indies .. South Africa .. Channel Islands .. Gibraltar ..... Mauritius ...... ... £ 8,022,665 Naples and Sicily ... 3,235,051 Portugal 2,602,253 Spain .. 2,030,229 Buenos Ayres . 796,600 Peru 506,415 Sardinia ... 388,141 Tuscany 368,726 ...
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... Indies was , in 1848 , 84,101,961 lbs .; in the following year it fell to 70,838,515 lbs .; and in 1850 it rose to 118,872,742 lbs . , or nearly one quarter of the amount imported from the United States . The British West Indies and ...
... Indies was , in 1848 , 84,101,961 lbs .; in the following year it fell to 70,838,515 lbs .; and in 1850 it rose to 118,872,742 lbs . , or nearly one quarter of the amount imported from the United States . The British West Indies and ...
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... Indies , in every respect , fully accommodated , even in conjunction with Mexico ; England and America , hand in hand , as it were , through the medium of her hebdomadal mails ; the Brazils and the Cape of Good Hope afforded ample room ...
... Indies , in every respect , fully accommodated , even in conjunction with Mexico ; England and America , hand in hand , as it were , through the medium of her hebdomadal mails ; the Brazils and the Cape of Good Hope afforded ample room ...
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... Indies - that is to say , all that nature , aided by the hand of man , is capable of producing between the tropics . European emigration , which must seek a home in these agricultural regions , will soon attract the attention of the ...
... Indies - that is to say , all that nature , aided by the hand of man , is capable of producing between the tropics . European emigration , which must seek a home in these agricultural regions , will soon attract the attention of the ...
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... Indies at less than they would have brought at the place of shipment , but the loss , on such occasions , is usually covered by the profits of the return cargo , and this enables the business to be continued and made regular , which ...
... Indies at less than they would have brought at the place of shipment , but the loss , on such occasions , is usually covered by the profits of the return cargo , and this enables the business to be continued and made regular , which ...
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Page 25 - 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 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 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 765 - ... chairman of the meeting, and also a suitable person for secretary, and proceed to a vote of those present, in person or by proxy ; and if on canvassing the votes it shall appear that a sufficient number of votes has been given in favor of increasing or diminishing the amount of capital...
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.
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 763 - All elections shall be by ballot, and each stockholder shall be entitled to as many votes as he owns shares of stock...
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 764 - ' stockholder" as used in this section shall apply not only to such persons as appear by the books of the corporation to be such, but also to every equitable owner of stock, although the same appear on the books in the name of another...