The Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review, Volume 48William B. Dana F. Hunt, 1863 - Commerce |
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... miles in extent , and the cost of transportation increases its price about ten cents a pound , so that the most inferior kinds range from nineteen to twenty - five cents in value . The supply of sugar in the United States was obtained ...
... miles in extent , and the cost of transportation increases its price about ten cents a pound , so that the most inferior kinds range from nineteen to twenty - five cents in value . The supply of sugar in the United States was obtained ...
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... miles west of Valentia , was found to extend to this parallel , as we had 1.180 fathoms in its deepest part , and 375 fathoms on the bank outside it . From the depth of 1,000 fathoms in this depression , the Bull- dog machine brought up ...
... miles west of Valentia , was found to extend to this parallel , as we had 1.180 fathoms in its deepest part , and 375 fathoms on the bank outside it . From the depth of 1,000 fathoms in this depression , the Bull- dog machine brought up ...
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... miles , or a little under 19 feet of dip to 100 feet horizontal , and this is the steepest incline we have met with . The unsettled weather we experienced frequently interrupted our work , and on the 8th of July , having expended our ...
... miles , or a little under 19 feet of dip to 100 feet horizontal , and this is the steepest incline we have met with . The unsettled weather we experienced frequently interrupted our work , and on the 8th of July , having expended our ...
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... miles from Rockal , has about 6 feet water over it at low water . It is so called from a vessel of that name that was wrecked on it , and is very dangerous . The situation of it is generally shown by its breakers , but towards high ...
... miles from Rockal , has about 6 feet water over it at low water . It is so called from a vessel of that name that was wrecked on it , and is very dangerous . The situation of it is generally shown by its breakers , but towards high ...
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... miles . The intermediate soundings give no evidence of a precipice ; but a mountain of this height on the land would ... mile of the shore . However these may have been caused , whether by the continued action of the Atlantic waves at ...
... miles . The intermediate soundings give no evidence of a precipice ; but a mountain of this height on the land would ... mile of the shore . However these may have been caused , whether by the continued action of the Atlantic waves at ...
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Page 329 - ... way liable, to an amount exceeding the amount of its capital stock at such time actually paid in and remaining undiminished by losses or otherwise, except on account of demands of the nature following: First.
Page 332 - ... false entry in any book, report or statement of the association, with intent in either case to injure or defraud the association or any other company, body politic or corporate, or any individual person, or to deceive any officer of the association, or any agent appointed...
Page 321 - ... as may be required to supply the associations entitled to receive the same. Such notes shall express upon their face that they are secured by United States bonds, deposited with the Treasurer of the United States, by the written or engraved signatures of the Treasurer and Register, and by the imprint of the seal of the Treasury...
Page 332 - ... who shall have power to make a thorough examination into all the affairs of the association, and, in doing so, to examine any of the officers and agents thereof on oath ; and shall make a full and detailed report of the condition of the association to the Comptroller.
Page 325 - Currency shall give to any such association powers of attorney to receive and appropriate to its own use the interest on the bonds which it has so transferred to the Treasurer; but such powers shall become inoperative whenever such association fails to redeem its circulating notes.
Page 179 - Act, which is similar, either in material, quality, texture, or the use to which it may be applied, to any article enumerated in this Act as chargeable with duty, shall pay the same rate of duty which is levied on the enumerated article which it most resembles in any of the particulars before mentioned...
Page 333 - Treasury note, issued as aforesaid, knowing the same to be falsely altered, every such person shall be deemed and adjudged guilty of felony, and, being thereof convicted by due course of law, shall be sentenced...
Page 458 - ... to fill the vacancy caused by the expiration of the term of office of...
Page 333 - ... or cause or suffer the same to be used in forging or counterfeiting any of the notes...
Page 185 - That if any person or persons shall make, sign, or issue, or cause to be made, signed, or issued, any instrument, document, or paper of any kind or description whatsoever, without the same being duly stamped, for denoting the tax hereby imposed thereon, or without having thereupon an adhesive stamp to denote said tax...