Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review, Volume 5F. Hunt, 1841 - Commerce |
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... Coast about Rottenest Island .. Method of manufacturing Ship Cordage . Rock near Cape Bousa ...... Protection of Ships from corrosion - Graham Shoal - Bass Straits .. Ray's Life - preserving Boat .. Coquet Light and Buoys ...
... Coast about Rottenest Island .. Method of manufacturing Ship Cordage . Rock near Cape Bousa ...... Protection of Ships from corrosion - Graham Shoal - Bass Straits .. Ray's Life - preserving Boat .. Coquet Light and Buoys ...
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... coast . Nor was the whale fishery an unimpor- tant species of traffic , carried on as it was by a portion of hardy adven- turers from the northern coast of New England , a kind of enterprise which we have before described . Such as we ...
... coast . Nor was the whale fishery an unimpor- tant species of traffic , carried on as it was by a portion of hardy adven- turers from the northern coast of New England , a kind of enterprise which we have before described . Such as we ...
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... coast , or on a navigable river or lake , or going from Long Island , in the state of New York , to the state of Rhode Island , or from the state of Rhode Island to Long Island , " should be subject to a duty of fifty cents per ton ...
... coast , or on a navigable river or lake , or going from Long Island , in the state of New York , to the state of Rhode Island , or from the state of Rhode Island to Long Island , " should be subject to a duty of fifty cents per ton ...
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... coast of Florida , is not correctly laid down on all of the charts , some of them placing it eighteen miles out of the way . Mr. Bacon , the American consul at the port of Nassau , New Pro- vidence , has been furnished by Commander ...
... coast of Florida , is not correctly laid down on all of the charts , some of them placing it eighteen miles out of the way . Mr. Bacon , the American consul at the port of Nassau , New Pro- vidence , has been furnished by Commander ...
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... coast . A greater part of the cargo was landed ; but a small part , consisting of iron and a few packages of goods , could not be got out , there being a great deal of water in the hold . The cargo thus landed , was brought on to the ...
... coast . A greater part of the cargo was landed ; but a small part , consisting of iron and a few packages of goods , could not be got out , there being a great deal of water in the hold . The cargo thus landed , was brought on to the ...
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Page 451 - A DICTIONARY, Practical, Theoretical, and Historical, of Commerce and Commercial Navigation.
Page 179 - And where, on the death of any person holding real estate within the territories of the one party, such real estate would, by the laws of the land, descend on a citizen or subject of the other, were he not disqualified by alienage, such citizen or subject shall be allowed a reasonable time to sell the same, and to withdraw the proceeds without molestation and exempt from all duties of detraction, on the part of the Government of the respective States.
Page 179 - But if not sent back within three months from the day of their arrest, they shall be set at liberty, and shall not be again arrested for the same cause.
Page 179 - Vice-Consuls, or Commercial Agents, and may be confined in the public prisons, at the request and cost of those who shall claim them, in order to be sent to the vessels to which they belonged, or to others of the same country.
Page 275 - If either party shall hereafter grant to any other nation any particular favor in navigation or commerce, it shall immediately become common to the other party, freely, where it is freely granted to such other nation, or on yielding the same compensation when the grant is conditional.
Page 253 - An unconditional promise in writing to accept a bill before it is drawn is deemed an actual acceptance in favor of every person who, upon the faith thereof, receives the bill for value.
Page 273 - They shall be at liberty to sojourn and reside in all parts whatsoever of said territories, in order to attend to their affairs, and they shall enjoy, to that effect, the same security and protection as natives of the country wherein they reside, on condition of their submitting to the laws and ordinances there prevailing, and particularly to the regulations in force concerning commerce.
Page 253 - Where an acceptance is written on a paper other than the bill itself, it does not bind the acceptor except in favor of a person to whom it is shown and who, on the faith thereof, receives the bill for value.
Page 273 - States than are or shall be payable on the like articles, being the growth produce or manufacture of any other foreign country...
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