The Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review, Volume 48William B. Dana F. Hunt, 1863 - Commerce |
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... port . Rockal is in latitude 57 ° 35 ' 53 " N. by meridian altitude of sun ; longitude 13 ° 42 ′ 21 ′′ W. , mean of A. M. and P. M. sights , four chronome- ters , sea horizon . The rock has an elevation of 70 feet above the sea , is ...
... port . Rockal is in latitude 57 ° 35 ' 53 " N. by meridian altitude of sun ; longitude 13 ° 42 ′ 21 ′′ W. , mean of A. M. and P. M. sights , four chronome- ters , sea horizon . The rock has an elevation of 70 feet above the sea , is ...
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... port and La Salle - is ... La Salle to the Mississippi river , 220 miles : The cost of seven tree and crib dams , 900 feet long , the cribs to be filled with stone and stone abutments ; also seven stone locks 350 feet long and 70 feet ...
... port and La Salle - is ... La Salle to the Mississippi river , 220 miles : The cost of seven tree and crib dams , 900 feet long , the cribs to be filled with stone and stone abutments ; also seven stone locks 350 feet long and 70 feet ...
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... port . Public opinion , which was much divided on the subject , eventually invoked the aid of science . A special discussion took place at the British Association at Liverpool in 1854 , and ultimately a committee composed of practical ...
... port . Public opinion , which was much divided on the subject , eventually invoked the aid of science . A special discussion took place at the British Association at Liverpool in 1854 , and ultimately a committee composed of practical ...
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... PORT - EXPORT TABLE - SPECIE MOVEMENT - STOCKS PAID IN COIN - FUTURE LOANS— EFFECT OF BILLS ON EXPORTS — RATES OF EXCHANGE - HARVESTS ABROAD - SPECIE TO INDIA . THE report of the Secretary of the Treasury , which had been so anxi- ously ...
... PORT - EXPORT TABLE - SPECIE MOVEMENT - STOCKS PAID IN COIN - FUTURE LOANS— EFFECT OF BILLS ON EXPORTS — RATES OF EXCHANGE - HARVESTS ABROAD - SPECIE TO INDIA . THE report of the Secretary of the Treasury , which had been so anxi- ously ...
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... port of New York for the month of November , showed a continued decline as compared with the two previous months , mostly for articles entered for consumption , since the cost of importation , in the rise of freights and exchange ...
... port of New York for the month of November , showed a continued decline as compared with the two previous months , mostly for articles entered for consumption , since the cost of importation , in the rise of freights and exchange ...
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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...