The Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review, Volume 48William B. Dana F. Hunt, 1863 - Commerce |
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... months . The attention of French science was devoted to the other vegetables which were likely to be available for the use of sugar boilers . The suc- cess of M. BRACONNET , of Nancy , at one time caused a great sensation . He had , by ...
... months . The attention of French science was devoted to the other vegetables which were likely to be available for the use of sugar boilers . The suc- cess of M. BRACONNET , of Nancy , at one time caused a great sensation . He had , by ...
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... months .. This table describes the great fluctuation in the sugar market , caused by the failures of the Louisiana sugar crop in 1857. The sugar crop in that State in 1853 was very large , and as a consequence , aided by finan- cial ...
... months .. This table describes the great fluctuation in the sugar market , caused by the failures of the Louisiana sugar crop in 1857. The sugar crop in that State in 1853 was very large , and as a consequence , aided by finan- cial ...
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... months , being equal to twenty - eight pounds per head for the 20,000,000 of Northern people , but it has sold at high prices , governed by the duty and the depreciation of paper . Thus , raw sugar in Cuba is 44 cents per pound , the ...
... months , being equal to twenty - eight pounds per head for the 20,000,000 of Northern people , but it has sold at high prices , governed by the duty and the depreciation of paper . Thus , raw sugar in Cuba is 44 cents per pound , the ...
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... months of time , and how many millions of dollars would it require to build and equip a fleet suitable to the emergency ? And where on the lakes are the ship yards sufficiently defended in which to build our fleet ? It is painful to ...
... months of time , and how many millions of dollars would it require to build and equip a fleet suitable to the emergency ? And where on the lakes are the ship yards sufficiently defended in which to build our fleet ? It is painful to ...
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... months , in addition to the sums raised by taxation . The Secretary , after a very long and disconnected report , concludes with asking that no more demand notes be issued ; that the law authorizing $ 500,000,000 of six per cent stock ...
... months , in addition to the sums raised by taxation . The Secretary , after a very long and disconnected report , concludes with asking that no more demand notes be issued ; that the law authorizing $ 500,000,000 of six per cent stock ...
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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...