Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review, Volume 23F. Hunt, 1850 - Commerce |
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Page 31
... dollars , and a considerable larger quantity is imported into the city of Foochow , part of which finds its way into the interior . One of the principal articles of commerce carried on at Hong Kong is opium . The drug is now landed ...
... dollars , and a considerable larger quantity is imported into the city of Foochow , part of which finds its way into the interior . One of the principal articles of commerce carried on at Hong Kong is opium . The drug is now landed ...
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... dollars for a license so to do ; and also deposit with him good and sufficient bond in the penalty of five thousand dollars , conditioned for the furnishing to the Treasurer half yearly , on the first Mon- day in January and July ...
... dollars for a license so to do ; and also deposit with him good and sufficient bond in the penalty of five thousand dollars , conditioned for the furnishing to the Treasurer half yearly , on the first Mon- day in January and July ...
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... dollars , centers entirely in Baltimore , where twenty - eight foundries produce annually about 40,000 tons of castings . The Cuba Copper - Smelting and Mining Company has been about four years in operation , and is now doing an ...
... dollars , centers entirely in Baltimore , where twenty - eight foundries produce annually about 40,000 tons of castings . The Cuba Copper - Smelting and Mining Company has been about four years in operation , and is now doing an ...
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... dollars per hundred . Forty - five dol- lars per hogshead is perhaps a fair average price , and at this rate the quan- tity inspected in the several warehouses in 1849 would be worth $ 2,064,420 . The broad , dark - leaved product of ...
... dollars per hundred . Forty - five dol- lars per hogshead is perhaps a fair average price , and at this rate the quan- tity inspected in the several warehouses in 1849 would be worth $ 2,064,420 . The broad , dark - leaved product of ...
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... dollars , against a debtor residing in this State , may apply to the county court of the county where the debtor resides , to declare him insolvent , and close his affairs , in any of the following cases : - " When he has fraudulently ...
... dollars , against a debtor residing in this State , may apply to the county court of the county where the debtor resides , to declare him insolvent , and close his affairs , in any of the following cases : - " When he has fraudulently ...
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Page 397 - And the eye cannot say unto the hand, I have no need of thee: nor again the head to the feet, I have no need of you.
Page 403 - For the love of money is the root of all evil : which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.
Page 109 - ... with any State or People for the purpose of erecting or maintaining any such fortifications, or of occupying, fortifying, or colonizing Nicaragua, Costa Rica, the Mosquito Coast or any part of Central America, or of assuming or exercising dominion over the same...
Page 109 - Britain hereby declare that neither the one nor the other will ever obtain or maintain for itself any exclusive control over the said ship-canal ; agreeing that neither will ever erect or maintain any fortifications commanding the same or in the vicinity thereof, or occupy, or fortify, or colonize, or assume, or exercise any dominion over Nicaragua, Costa Rica, the Mosquito coast, or any part of Central America...
Page 110 - In granting, however, their joint protection to any such canals or railways as are by this article specified, it is always understood by the United States and Great Britain that the parties constructing or owning the same shall impose no other charges or conditions of traffic thereupon than the aforesaid Governments shall approve of as just and equitable; and that the same canals or railways, being open to the citizens and subjects of the United States and Great Britain on equal terms...
Page 662 - States in the same from the said foreign nation or from any other foreign country, the said suspension to take effect from the time of such notification being given to the President of the United States and to continue so long as the reciprocal exemption of vessels belonging to citizens of the United States and their cargoes, as aforesaid, shall be continued, and no longer...
Page 109 - Convention their views and intentions with reference to any means of communication by Ship Canal, which may be constructed between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, by the way of the River San Juan de Nicaragua and either or both of the Lakes of Nicaragua or Managua, to any port or place on the Pacific Ocean, — the PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, has conferred full powers on JOHN M.
Page 110 - The governments of the United States and Great Britain having not only desired, in entering into this convention, to accomplish a particular object, but also to establish a general principle, they hereby agree to extend their protection, by treaty stipulations, to any other practicable communications, whether by canal or railway, across the isthmus which connects North and South America, and especially to the inter-oceanic communications should the same prove to be practicable, whether by canal or...
Page 109 - Britain, in according their protection to the construction of the said canal, and guaranteeing its neutrality and security when completed, always understand that this protection and guarantee are granted conditionally, and may be withdrawn by both Governments, or either Government...
Page 399 - And again, Pride is as loud a beggar as Want, and a great deal more saucy. When you have bought one fine thing, you must buy ten more, that your appearance may be all of a piece; but Poor Dick says, It is easier to suppress the first desire, than to satisfy all that follow it.