Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review, Volume 21F. Hunt, 1849 - Commerce |
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Page 236
... francs , 66 centimes ; in France , 6 francs , 86 centimes . It was calculated that the cloth exported from England in 1833 , was long enough to go ten times and a half round the earth . In a paper , published in the Journal des ...
... francs , 66 centimes ; in France , 6 francs , 86 centimes . It was calculated that the cloth exported from England in 1833 , was long enough to go ten times and a half round the earth . In a paper , published in the Journal des ...
Page 237
... francs fifty centimes , in place of one franc ; and a man earned five francs instead of two . Wages were after- wards lowered , by the disproportionate increase of the population ; but it is well to re- mark , that in 1833 Mr. Baines ...
... francs fifty centimes , in place of one franc ; and a man earned five francs instead of two . Wages were after- wards lowered , by the disproportionate increase of the population ; but it is well to re- mark , that in 1833 Mr. Baines ...
Page 345
... francs the 100 kilo- grames , instead of 12 to 18 francs , which is the ordinary price . The new process would , moreover , avoid all the disadvantages attending the production of the vapors of muriatic acid . IMPROVEMENTS IN THE STEAM ...
... francs the 100 kilo- grames , instead of 12 to 18 francs , which is the ordinary price . The new process would , moreover , avoid all the disadvantages attending the production of the vapors of muriatic acid . IMPROVEMENTS IN THE STEAM ...
Page 371
... franc 87 centimes per day . If , in such a situation , it was altogether unreasonable ( I will not say utterly ridciulous ) to promise to each laborer 5 francs a day , while the dura- tion of labor was to be abridged , or , in other ...
... franc 87 centimes per day . If , in such a situation , it was altogether unreasonable ( I will not say utterly ridciulous ) to promise to each laborer 5 francs a day , while the dura- tion of labor was to be abridged , or , in other ...
Page 374
... francs ; expenses deducted , 300,000 francs . The net profits would be 2,100,000 francs ; thus leaving a dividend of 31 per cent to stockholders . This manner of operating would yield as little fruit to the bank as to the public ; and ...
... francs ; expenses deducted , 300,000 francs . The net profits would be 2,100,000 francs ; thus leaving a dividend of 31 per cent to stockholders . This manner of operating would yield as little fruit to the bank as to the public ; and ...
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Page 254 - ... from the end of one line to the beginning of the next, but writes them just below the rest of the word and draws a loop around them.
Page 180 - Be it therefore enacted, that whensoever the death of a person shall be caused by wrongful act, neglect or default, and the act, neglect or default is such as would (if death had not ensued) have entitled the party injured to maintain an action and recover damages in respect thereof...
Page 63 - Persons severally liable upon the same obligation or instrument, including the parties to bills of exchange and promissory notes, and sureties on the same or separate instruments, may all or any of them be included in the same action, at the option of the plaintiff...
Page 64 - In pleading the performance of conditions precedent in a contract, it shall not be necessary to state the facts showing such performance; but it may be stated generally that the party duly performed all the conditions on his part...
Page 607 - ... it is of infinite moment, that you should properly estimate the immense value of your national union, to your collective and individual happiness ; that you should cherish a cordial, habitual and immovable attachment to it ; accustoming yourselves to think and speak of it as of the palladium of your political safety and prosperity...
Page 47 - DO not do unto others as you would that they should do unto you.
Page 506 - That no contract for the sale of any goods, wares, and merchandises, for the price of ten pounds sterling or upwards shall be allowed to be good, except the buyer shall accept part of the goods so sold, and actually receive the same, or give something in earnest to bind the bargain, or in part payment...
Page 605 - reading makes a full man, conversation a ready man, and writing an exact man.
Page 172 - It is agreed that it shall at all times be free to His Majesty's subjects, and to the citizens of the United States, and also to the Indians dwelling on either side of the said boundary line, freely to pass and repass by land or inland navigation, into the respective territories and countries of the two parties, on the continent of America...
Page 180 - ... in every such action the jury may give such damages as they shall deem fair and just, with reference to the pecuniary injury resulting from such death to the wife and next of kin of such deceased person: provided, that every such action shall be commenced within two years after the death of such deceased person.