Commercial Relations of the United States with Foreign Countries

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Page 759 - SIR: — I have the honor to submit herewith my annual report for the year 1914.
Page 928 - ... causes, apply to the High Court, or to a judge thereof in chambers, and such court or judge, if satisfied that by payment of money or otherwise the said cause of seizure no longer exists, may restrain the grantee from removing or selling the said chattels, or may make such other order as may seem just.
Page 1 - A statement, in a compendious form, of all such changes and modifications in the commercial systems of other nations, whether by treaties, duties on imports and exports, or other regulations, as shall have been communicated to...
Page 929 - Where an instrument expressed to be payable at a fixed period after date is issued undated, or where the acceptance of an instrument payable at a fixed period after sight is undated, any holder may insert therein the true date of issue or acceptance, and the instrument shall be payable accordingly.
Page 929 - A bill may be made payable to two or more payees jointly, or it may be made payable in the alternative to one of two, or one or some of several payees.
Page 588 - BACON hath truly said that there are three things which make a nation great and prosperous, — a fertile soil, busy workshops, and easy conveyance for men and commodities from one place to another.
Page 876 - ... it will not be out of place to give a brief account of the process of manufacture.
Page 969 - Toggenburg railroads a great increase of traffic; at all events, the balance for those two railroads will still be a great deal better at the end of the year than it was at the end of September. Before the opening of the Arlberg railroad there will be, though, no idea of я dividend worthy to be mentioned.
Page 933 - Province of Westminster.' In Scotland, the Roman Catholic Church has (since 1878) two archbishops and four bishops. In December 1884, there were 1,259 Roman Catholic chapels and stations in England and Wales, and 305 in Scotland.
Page 933 - There are altogether 140 religious denominations in Great Britain, the names of which have, been given in to , the Registrar-General of Births, Deaths, and Marriages. The number of Roman Catholics in England is estimated at one million.

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