Hunt's Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review, Volume 35Freeman Hunt, Thomas Prentice Kettell, William Buck Dana Freeman Hunt, 1856 - Commerce |
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... period of over 550 years , not an instance can be found wherein the Lord Mayor did not belong to some one of these " worshipful companies . " Indeed , until near the middle of the last century these guilds held munincipal government of ...
... period of over 550 years , not an instance can be found wherein the Lord Mayor did not belong to some one of these " worshipful companies . " Indeed , until near the middle of the last century these guilds held munincipal government of ...
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... period , 3 80 per cent , or .... Average annual number of deaths , still - born included , of the same period , 2.81 per cent , or .... Average annual number of deaths , still - born excluded , 2.64 per cent , or Average annual number ...
... period , 3 80 per cent , or .... Average annual number of deaths , still - born included , of the same period , 2.81 per cent , or .... Average annual number of deaths , still - born excluded , 2.64 per cent , or Average annual number ...
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... PERIODS , TO THE POPULATION at thE MIDDLE OF THE RE- SPECTIVE PERIODS . tion is referred ..... Date to which popula ... period . The Life and Mortality Table adopted by the New England Mutual Life Insurance Company of Boston , from ...
... PERIODS , TO THE POPULATION at thE MIDDLE OF THE RE- SPECTIVE PERIODS . tion is referred ..... Date to which popula ... period . The Life and Mortality Table adopted by the New England Mutual Life Insurance Company of Boston , from ...
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... period , on such a voyage , at fifteen shillings per ton per month . Mr. FORSYTH contended that until the Damascus and Dumbarton were discharged , the turn of the Ambassadress had not come ; that they filled the hulks , which ...
... period , on such a voyage , at fifteen shillings per ton per month . Mr. FORSYTH contended that until the Damascus and Dumbarton were discharged , the turn of the Ambassadress had not come ; that they filled the hulks , which ...
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... period in either of the two preceding years : — EXPORTS FROM NEW YORK TO FOREIGN PORTS FOR FIVE MONTHS , FROM JANUARY 1ST . 1855 . Domestic produce ... Foreign merchandise ( free ) ...... Foreign merchandise ( dutiable ) ... Specie ...
... period in either of the two preceding years : — EXPORTS FROM NEW YORK TO FOREIGN PORTS FOR FIVE MONTHS , FROM JANUARY 1ST . 1855 . Domestic produce ... Foreign merchandise ( free ) ...... Foreign merchandise ( dutiable ) ... Specie ...
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