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... tons per annum in the middle of the sixteenth century . The nations that had sought the American conti- nent in search of gold , found their greatest source of wealth in the " sugar islands , " of which St. Domingo remained the chief ...
... tons per annum in the middle of the sixteenth century . The nations that had sought the American conti- nent in search of gold , found their greatest source of wealth in the " sugar islands , " of which St. Domingo remained the chief ...
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... tons against 80,000 tons of cane . In other words , the whole increase of the consumption of sugar in France has been derived from beet root . This mastery of the latter article over the former was attended by a long struggle between ...
... tons against 80,000 tons of cane . In other words , the whole increase of the consumption of sugar in France has been derived from beet root . This mastery of the latter article over the former was attended by a long struggle between ...
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... tons . tons . tons . per head . price . sugar . cents . tons . 1831 ... 44,178 35,000 79,178 13 4 1841 65,601 38,000 103,601 131 41 16,385 1851 201,493 120,331 321,824 30 51 17,126 1852 196,558 118,659 315,217 29 1853 200,610 172,379 ...
... tons . tons . tons . per head . price . sugar . cents . tons . 1831 ... 44,178 35,000 79,178 13 4 1841 65,601 38,000 103,601 131 41 16,385 1851 201,493 120,331 321,824 30 51 17,126 1852 196,558 118,659 315,217 29 1853 200,610 172,379 ...
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... Tons . 341 151,514 31 101,000 251 10,000 49 261 18,191 111,204 This is a quantity very nearly equal to 800,000,000 pounds of sugar , which enters into the food of the people of Europe from the culture of beet root , to which the ...
... Tons . 341 151,514 31 101,000 251 10,000 49 261 18,191 111,204 This is a quantity very nearly equal to 800,000,000 pounds of sugar , which enters into the food of the people of Europe from the culture of beet root , to which the ...
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... tons . She was manned by a crew of forty - nine officers and men , and was fitted with a donkey engine for heaving in the line ; also with five light iron reels , three large for the deep sea line , and two small for cod line , capable ...
... tons . She was manned by a crew of forty - nine officers and men , and was fitted with a donkey engine for heaving in the line ; also with five light iron reels , three large for the deep sea line , and two small for cod line , capable ...
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Page 330 - ... 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 177 - 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 329 - ... made after the commission of an act of insolvency, or in contemplation thereof, made with a view to prevent the application of its assets in the manner prescribed by this chapter, or with a View to the preference of one creditor to another, except in payment of its circulating notes, shall be utterly null and void...
Page 327 - ... 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 333 - An act to provide a national currency secured by a pledge of United States bonds, and to provide for the circulation and redemption thereof,
Page 329 - And in cases of such violation, every director who participated in or assented to the same shall be held liable in his personal and individual capacity for all damages which the association, its shareholders, or any other person, shall have sustained in consequence of such violation.
Page 319 - The plates and dies to be procured by the Comptroller of the Currency for the printing of such circulating notes shall remain under his control and direction, and the expenses necessarily incurred in executing the laws...
Page 331 - That suits, actions, and proceedings, against any association under this act, may be had in any circuit, district, or territorial court of the United States held within the district in which such association may be established; or in any state, county, or municipal court in the county or city in which said association is located, having jurisdiction in similar cases...
Page 319 - ... 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...
Page 326 - ... notice thereof in all cases having been given in a newspaper published in the city, town or county in which the association is located; and if no newspaper is published in such city, town or county, such notice shall be published in a newspaper published nearest thereto.