An American Almanac and Treasury of Facts, Statistical, Financial, and Political, for the Year ..., Volume 3American News Company, 1879 |
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Page 106
... officers of the States themselves : * The State of Maryland held $ 4,235,713 in interest - paying securities of corporations , besides $ 23,360,682 in unproductive securities . + Massachusetts held $ 11,268,396 in sinking fund , January ...
... officers of the States themselves : * The State of Maryland held $ 4,235,713 in interest - paying securities of corporations , besides $ 23,360,682 in unproductive securities . + Massachusetts held $ 11,268,396 in sinking fund , January ...
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... officers and peers of the kingdom , and a House of Representatives elected for three years . The sovereign ( the Austro - Hungarian Emperor ) is styled king in Hungary . In the imperial finances Austria pays 70 per cent and Hungary 30 ...
... officers and peers of the kingdom , and a House of Representatives elected for three years . The sovereign ( the Austro - Hungarian Emperor ) is styled king in Hungary . In the imperial finances Austria pays 70 per cent and Hungary 30 ...
Page 117
... officers . The Congress consists of a Senate of six- teen and a House of thirty members chosen by popular suffrage . The army has only 1200 men , and the navy three small steamers . The finances , which are in a state of chronic deficit ...
... officers . The Congress consists of a Senate of six- teen and a House of thirty members chosen by popular suffrage . The army has only 1200 men , and the navy three small steamers . The finances , which are in a state of chronic deficit ...
Page 118
... officers , costs about $ 100,000,000 per annum . Every Frenchman of 20 years owes to the country five years active service , with very slight ex- emptions . The French navy has 110 vessels , 1758 officers and about 20,000 marines . The ...
... officers , costs about $ 100,000,000 per annum . Every Frenchman of 20 years owes to the country five years active service , with very slight ex- emptions . The French navy has 110 vessels , 1758 officers and about 20,000 marines . The ...
Page 119
... officers , besides 136,778 militia and 102,810 volunteers , main- tained at a total cost of $ 74,826,500 . The navy consists of 249 vessels , main- tained at a cost of $ 58,659,500 in 1879 . The island of Great Britain is a net- work of ...
... officers , besides 136,778 militia and 102,810 volunteers , main- tained at a total cost of $ 74,826,500 . The navy consists of 249 vessels , main- tained at a cost of $ 58,659,500 in 1879 . The island of Great Britain is a net- work of ...
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Page 350 - While residing in Paris, I devoted every afternoon I was disengaged, for a summer or two, in examining all the principal bookstores, turning over every book with my own hand, and putting by everything which related to America, and indeed whatever was rare and valuable in every science.
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Page 350 - ... opportunities, the same time, industry, perseverance and expense, with some knowledge of the bibliography of the subject, would again happen to be in concurrence. During the same period, and after my return to America, I was led to procure, also, whatever related to the duties of those in the high concerns of the nation. So that the collection, which I suppose is of between nine and ten thousand volumes, while it includes what is chiefly valuable in science and literature generally, extends more...
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