Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review, Volume 41F. Hunt, 1859 - Commerce |
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... hand in .. 391 Tenement houses in New York , condition of 134 66 Tennessee , taxes in 91 vessels engaged in United States fisheries , value of .. 216 66 . finances and resources of ........ 727 66 statistics of ..... 216 Texas ...
... hand in .. 391 Tenement houses in New York , condition of 134 66 Tennessee , taxes in 91 vessels engaged in United States fisheries , value of .. 216 66 . finances and resources of ........ 727 66 statistics of ..... 216 Texas ...
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... hand , containing the strictures of your contributor " B. , " on my article relating to Com- mercial Value , published in March last . Finding these thoughts pertinent to his questions , I will , with your leave , communicate them ...
... hand , containing the strictures of your contributor " B. , " on my article relating to Com- mercial Value , published in March last . Finding these thoughts pertinent to his questions , I will , with your leave , communicate them ...
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... hands out the promise of C for the same thing . But , Mr. Teller , I want the diamond . " Well , I give you C's promise ... hand out the diamond . " At this point in the negotiation , the teller probably puts his finger to his eye , and ...
... hands out the promise of C for the same thing . But , Mr. Teller , I want the diamond . " Well , I give you C's promise ... hand out the diamond . " At this point in the negotiation , the teller probably puts his finger to his eye , and ...
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... hand to hand , without embarrassing any body . As it is , the banks lend the ownerhsip of the thing several times over , when they never possessed the thing itself ; and when called upon to pay , they have only promises to meet the ...
... hand to hand , without embarrassing any body . As it is , the banks lend the ownerhsip of the thing several times over , when they never possessed the thing itself ; and when called upon to pay , they have only promises to meet the ...
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... hand , and on the other , to the large and hasty advances on inferior securities , through the medium of popular discount banks ; and still not only escaping any serious damage , but scarcely encoutering any serious peril . " * The ...
... hand , and on the other , to the large and hasty advances on inferior securities , through the medium of popular discount banks ; and still not only escaping any serious damage , but scarcely encoutering any serious peril . " * 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...