Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review, Volume 41F. Hunt, 1859 - Commerce |
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... become very considerable in the world , but that depreciation is as certain to take place as any other occurrence depending upon the operation of natural law . Your contributor's last three questions are- " 7th . In 24 Attributes of Money .
... become very considerable in the world , but that depreciation is as certain to take place as any other occurrence depending upon the operation of natural law . Your contributor's last three questions are- " 7th . In 24 Attributes of Money .
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... become , when she chooses to make it so , a smart place for furnishing and repairing ships , and a point of conveyance for a multitude of vessels . The Marquesas are not without value ; and should she ever learn again the secret which ...
... become , when she chooses to make it so , a smart place for furnishing and repairing ships , and a point of conveyance for a multitude of vessels . The Marquesas are not without value ; and should she ever learn again the secret which ...
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... become of great importance . The south promontory , which divides San Francisco Bay from the Pacific , is a sandy level , on which stands the city , at the bottom of the bay , skirted by extensive flats , which are now being formed into ...
... become of great importance . The south promontory , which divides San Francisco Bay from the Pacific , is a sandy level , on which stands the city , at the bottom of the bay , skirted by extensive flats , which are now being formed into ...
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... becoming the center of a thriving State , and the gold product is bearing annually a less proportion to its aggregate business and industry . Its population is becoming more permanent and settled . The excitement of San Francisco ...
... becoming the center of a thriving State , and the gold product is bearing annually a less proportion to its aggregate business and industry . Its population is becoming more permanent and settled . The excitement of San Francisco ...
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is becoming more permanent and settled . The excitement of speculation , which the first extraordinary discoveries ... become better defined , and , as a consequence , capital from abroad seeks invest- ments on easier terms . The ...
is becoming more permanent and settled . The excitement of speculation , which the first extraordinary discoveries ... become better defined , and , as a consequence , capital from abroad seeks invest- ments on easier terms . The ...
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Page 362 - The liability of the owner of any vessel for any embezzlement, loss or destruction by any person of any property, goods or merchandise, shipped or put on board of such vessel, or for any loss, damage or injury by collision, or for any act, matter or thing, loss, damage or forfeiture, done, occasioned or incurred, without the privity or knowledge of such owner or owners, shall in no case exceed the amount or value of the interest of such owner in such vessel and her freight then pending.
Page 111 - Convention to be made public, to the end that the same and every clause and article thereof may be observed and fulfilled with good faith by the United States and the citizens thereof. In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed. Done at the city of Washington, this...
Page 281 - ... the middle breadth, and multiply the whole sum by one-third of the common interval between the breadths, the product will give the mean horizontal area of...
Page 111 - ... on such nonenumerated article the same rate of duty as is chargeable on the article which it resembles paying the highest...
Page 362 - Where any damage or loss is caused to any goods, merchandise, or other things whatsoever on board the ship; (c) Where any loss of life or personal injury is caused to any person carried in any other vessel...
Page 407 - ... generally let this be a rule, that all partitions of knowledges be accepted rather for lines and veins, than for sections and separations; and that the continuance and entireness of knowledge be preserved.
Page 745 - Goods, wares, and merchandise, the growth, produce, or manufacture of the United States, exported to a foreign country, and brought back to the United States...
Page 279 - ... area (except the first and last) by two ; add these products together, and to the sum add the first and last if they yield anything; multiply the quantity thus obtained by one-third of the common interval between the areas, and the product will be the cubical contents of the space under the tonnage deck...
Page 279 - Third of the Round of the Beam ; divide the Length so taken into the Number of equal Parts required by the following Table, according to the Class in such Table to which the Ship belongs : TABLE.
Page 281 - ... points of division, and also at the upper and lower points of the depth extending each measurement to the average thickness of that part of the ceiling which is between the points of measurement...