Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review, Volume 14F. Hunt, 1846 - Commerce |
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... periods , bear by per centage on this number in infancy , which , for convenience , is assumed to be 100. Another table puts the number between 20 and 30 on an equality , and shows the per centage on this number , in four of the subse ...
... periods , bear by per centage on this number in infancy , which , for convenience , is assumed to be 100. Another table puts the number between 20 and 30 on an equality , and shows the per centage on this number , in four of the subse ...
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... period of life , ( which pe- riod with all the persons continuing to live , becomes the following period at the end of ten years , ) to remain alive to make 35 per cent advance on that next period . If we take 100,000 of the white ...
... period of life , ( which pe- riod with all the persons continuing to live , becomes the following period at the end of ten years , ) to remain alive to make 35 per cent advance on that next period . If we take 100,000 of the white ...
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... period of about fourteen years , since the enactment of its charter in April , 1832 . In pursuing this object , we naturally refer , in the first place , to the char- ter of the road , though had we time to spare for them , the events ...
... period of about fourteen years , since the enactment of its charter in April , 1832 . In pursuing this object , we naturally refer , in the first place , to the char- ter of the road , though had we time to spare for them , the events ...
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... The de- ficiency of available means has from time to time arrested and delayed the work through a protracted period of general embarrassment , in the course of which the public works of the state , and New York and Erie Railroad . 37.
... The de- ficiency of available means has from time to time arrested and delayed the work through a protracted period of general embarrassment , in the course of which the public works of the state , and New York and Erie Railroad . 37.
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... period of a combined and systematic effort of the powers of Europe , which resulted in the complete destruction of the free- booters , so called . Piracy , however , continued to be followed very suc- cessfully , though not with the ...
... period of a combined and systematic effort of the powers of Europe , which resulted in the complete destruction of the free- booters , so called . Piracy , however , continued to be followed very suc- cessfully , though not with the ...
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Page 562 - ... and may take possession thereof, either by themselves or by others acting for them, and dispose of the same at their will, paying such dues only as the inhabitants of the country wherein the said goods are shall be subject to pay in like cases.
Page 562 - Governments, such dues only as the inhabitants of the country wherein the said goods are, shall be subject to pay in like cases. And in case of the absence of the...
Page 486 - ... in the sum of five thousand dollars, for the faithful performance of such duties.
Page 566 - Such assent having been given, the treaty shall remain in force for ten years from the date at which it may come into operation, and further, until the expiration of twelve months after either of the high contracting parties shall give notice to the other of its wish to terminate the same...
Page 96 - Subjects of China, who may be guilty of any criminal act toward citizens of the United States, shall be arrested and punished by the Chinese authorities according to the laws of China; and citizens of the United States...
Page 563 - Such deserters, when arrested, shall be placed at the disposal of the said consuls, vice-consuls, or commercial agents, and may be confined in the public prisons, at the request and cost of those who shall claim them, in order to be detained until the time when they shall be restored to the vessels to which they belonged, or sent back to their own country by a vessel of the same nation or any other vessel whatsoever.
Page 449 - That below such rate discrimination may be made descending, in the scale of duties; or, for imperative reasons, the article may be placed in the list of those free from all duty.
Page 96 - ... and the persons so employed shall not, for that cause, be subject to any injury on the part either of the Government or of individuals; and it shall in like manner be lawful for citizens of the United States to purchase all manner of books in China.
Page 96 - ... other of the said ports, shall be entitled to make application through their consul to the superintendent of customs, who, in order to prevent...
Page 562 - The citizens or subjects of the contracting parties shall not be obliged to pay, under any pretence whatever, any taxes or impositions...