The Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review, Volume 35F. Hunt, 1856 - Commerce |
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... averages of , Broker , right of , to receive freight - money Brokers , liability of , in negotiation of forged 640 notes ... average of Boston , 73 , 200 , 329 , 459 , 592 , 726 Bar - iron , improvements in its manufacture .. 637 Beaver ...
... averages of , Broker , right of , to receive freight - money Brokers , liability of , in negotiation of forged 640 notes ... average of Boston , 73 , 200 , 329 , 459 , 592 , 726 Bar - iron , improvements in its manufacture .. 637 Beaver ...
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... average cost , with interest , of raising any person to the age of twenty - one , will equal $ 1,000 - this is invested - what is the investment worth ? It will cost $ 100 per year to support him . To this body add a mind , and in what ...
... average cost , with interest , of raising any person to the age of twenty - one , will equal $ 1,000 - this is invested - what is the investment worth ? It will cost $ 100 per year to support him . To this body add a mind , and in what ...
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... average run of a vessel of ordinary sailing qualities , both ways- to and from India , as I experienced - may be set down at 120 miles in 24 hours . Let us compare now the passage from Havre to Singapore , round the Cape of Good Hope ...
... average run of a vessel of ordinary sailing qualities , both ways- to and from India , as I experienced - may be set down at 120 miles in 24 hours . Let us compare now the passage from Havre to Singapore , round the Cape of Good Hope ...
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... average term of the voyage from Marseilles to Pelasium may be set down at 20 days , whereas 30 days in the contrary direction are hardly sufficient . The length of the canal will be about 100 miles , and the time to pass through , with ...
... average term of the voyage from Marseilles to Pelasium may be set down at 20 days , whereas 30 days in the contrary direction are hardly sufficient . The length of the canal will be about 100 miles , and the time to pass through , with ...
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... Average annual number of persons married during the same pe- riod , 2 per cent , ( 1.80 ) of population , or .... Average annual number of births , still - born included , of the two years 1840-41 , 3.95 per cent of population , or ...
... Average annual number of persons married during the same pe- riod , 2 per cent , ( 1.80 ) of population , or .... Average annual number of births , still - born included , of the two years 1840-41 , 3.95 per cent of population , or ...
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