The Commercial Year Book, Volumes 3-4Journal of Commerce and Commercial Bulletin, 1899 |
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... United KingdOM IN THE HOME AND FOREIGN TRADE . Number of Number of Year . Vessels . Tons . Men . Year . Vessels . Tons . Men . 1885 . 18,791 7,209,163 198,781 1894 . 16,547 8,716,285 240,458 1890 . 17,425 7,915,336 236,108 1895 . 16,105 ...
... United KingdOM IN THE HOME AND FOREIGN TRADE . Number of Number of Year . Vessels . Tons . Men . Year . Vessels . Tons . Men . 1885 . 18,791 7,209,163 198,781 1894 . 16,547 8,716,285 240,458 1890 . 17,425 7,915,336 236,108 1895 . 16,105 ...
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... United Kingdom ........ Year Book - Packets , ending Letters Post- Newspapers , March 31 . Letters . Per Capita . Cards . Parcels . 1890 1,413,000,000 50 184,000,000 502,000,000 1898 1,711,200,000 55 308,900,000 729,700,000 1899 ...
... United Kingdom ........ Year Book - Packets , ending Letters Post- Newspapers , March 31 . Letters . Per Capita . Cards . Parcels . 1890 1,413,000,000 50 184,000,000 502,000,000 1898 1,711,200,000 55 308,900,000 729,700,000 1899 ...
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... UNITED KINGDOM . The following are some statistics of the joint - stock banks of the Kingdom for 1897 : English and Welsh . Subscribed capital ... £ 211,660 Paid - up capital ... 59,319 Scotch . £ 29.135 9.302 Irish . £ 25,549 Colonial ...
... UNITED KINGDOM . The following are some statistics of the joint - stock banks of the Kingdom for 1897 : English and Welsh . Subscribed capital ... £ 211,660 Paid - up capital ... 59,319 Scotch . £ 29.135 9.302 Irish . £ 25,549 Colonial ...
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... United Kingdom- 1896 . 1897 . 1896 . 1897 . 1896 . 1897 . 1896 . 1897 . Received £ 35,178 £ 34,772 £ 1,421 £ 1,477 £ 2,121 £ 2,174 £ 38,719 £ 38,423 Paid ...... 26,067 28,048 852 955 1,571 1,622 28,489 30,625 Due depos'rs 98,531 105,255 ...
... United Kingdom- 1896 . 1897 . 1896 . 1897 . 1896 . 1897 . 1896 . 1897 . Received £ 35,178 £ 34,772 £ 1,421 £ 1,477 £ 2,121 £ 2,174 £ 38,719 £ 38,423 Paid ...... 26,067 28,048 852 955 1,571 1,622 28,489 30,625 Due depos'rs 98,531 105,255 ...
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... United Kingdom .... 530 492 481 496 511 485 Belgium .. Spain .. United States .. Germany . Italy . British India .. 387 393 372 288 282 288 278 210 176 213 288 247 534 317 327 284 314 437 337 323 310 310 308 309 132 151 122 115 127 132 ...
... United Kingdom .... 530 492 481 496 511 485 Belgium .. Spain .. United States .. Germany . Italy . British India .. 387 393 372 288 282 288 278 210 176 213 288 247 534 317 327 284 314 437 337 323 310 310 308 309 132 151 122 115 127 132 ...
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Page 189 - Act are hereby repealed, said repeal to take effect on and after the passage of this Act, but the repeal of existing laws or modifications thereof embraced in this Act shall not affect any act done, or any right accruing or accrued, or any suit or proceeding had or commenced in any civil cause before...
Page 534 - That the United States hereby disclaims any disposition or intention to exercise sovereignty, jurisdiction, or control over said island except for the pacification thereof, and asserts its determination, when that is accomplished, to leave the government and control of the island to its people.
Page 187 - That all persons are prohibited from importing into the United States from any foreign country any obscene book, pamphlet, paper, writing, advertisement, circular, print, picture, drawing, or other representation, figure, or image on or of paper or other material, or any cast, instrument or other article of an immoral nature, or any drug or medicine, or any article whatever for the prevention of conception or for causing unlawful abortion, or any lottery ticket or any advertisement of any lottery.
Page 152 - July, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, there shall be levied, collected, and paid, for and in respect of the several bonds, debentures, or certificates of stock and of indebtedness, and other documents, instruments, matters, and things mentioned and described in Schedule A...
Page 185 - And if any non-enumerated article equally resembles two or more enumerated articles, on which different rates of duty are chargeable, there shall be levied, collected and paid on such nonenumerated article the same rate of duty as is chargeable on the article which it resembles paying the highest duty...
Page 189 - All goods, wares, articles, and merchandise mined, produced, or manufactured wholly or in part In any foreign country by convict labor or/and forced labor or/and Indentured labor under penal sanctions shall not be entitled to entry at any of the ports of the United States, and the importation thereof is hereby prohibited, and the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized and directed to prescribe such regulations as may be necessary for the enforcement of this provision.
Page 160 - ... shall be exempt from all taxes or duties of the United States, as well as from taxation in any form by or under State, municipal, or local authority...
Page 155 - ... shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall pay a fine of not more than five hundred dollars, or be imprisoned not more than six months, or both, at the discretion of the court...
Page 622 - And it is hereby declared that the relinquishment or cession, as the case may be, to which the preceding paragraph refers, cannot in any respect impair the property or rights which by law belong to the peaceful possession of property of all kinds, of provinces, municipalities, public or private establishments, ecclesiastical or civic bodies, or any other associations having legal capacity to acquire and possess. property in the aforesaid territories renounced or ceded, or of private individuals,...
Page 619 - That the President of the United States be, and he hereby is, directed and empowered to use the entire land and naval forces of the United States, and to call into the actual service of the United States the militia of the several States, to such extent as may be necessary to carry these resolutions into effect.