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Page 54
... gourdes . ( 4 ) St. Marc is situated on a horseshoe - shaped bay whose waters are very deep , and at one extremity of the Great Plain of the Artibonite , Gonaïves being at the other extremity ; the river of that name , the largest in ...
... gourdes . ( 4 ) St. Marc is situated on a horseshoe - shaped bay whose waters are very deep , and at one extremity of the Great Plain of the Artibonite , Gonaïves being at the other extremity ; the river of that name , the largest in ...
Page 96
... gourdes ( dollars ) , but counterfeiting of the latter became so common that they were speedily withdrawn from circulation , and there was a steady depre- ciation in the values of the others until the revolution of 1843 , when they were ...
... gourdes ( dollars ) , but counterfeiting of the latter became so common that they were speedily withdrawn from circulation , and there was a steady depre- ciation in the values of the others until the revolution of 1843 , when they were ...
Page 97
... gourdes to the American dollar , and at the fall of Geffrard in 1867 , it required thirty gourdes to purchase the same dollar . At this latter date , it was estimated that the emissions had reached one hundred and twenty millions , but ...
... gourdes to the American dollar , and at the fall of Geffrard in 1867 , it required thirty gourdes to purchase the same dollar . At this latter date , it was estimated that the emissions had reached one hundred and twenty millions , but ...
Page 101
... gourde was still less , it having been on the average for the same year 19 per cent in favor of the franc . THE NATIONAL BANK . At the very beginning of Haitian Independence , there crept into the treasury service certain practices ...
... gourde was still less , it having been on the average for the same year 19 per cent in favor of the franc . THE NATIONAL BANK . At the very beginning of Haitian Independence , there crept into the treasury service certain practices ...
Page 117
... gourdes of Haiti , whose value in United States currency is 96 cents and 5 mills . The quintal mentioned in the tariff is equivalent to about 100 pounds . Charges for weighing are im- posed on all imported articles which are sold by the ...
... gourdes of Haiti , whose value in United States currency is 96 cents and 5 mills . The quintal mentioned in the tariff is equivalent to about 100 pounds . Charges for weighing are im- posed on all imported articles which are sold by the ...
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20 per cent 30 inches 30 pouces 3º alinéa 50 la douzaine 60 gallons according to width American argent Articles assorties autres baril barrel barriques batiste blanc bois boîtes brodés Cacao Cape Haitien casks cent ad valorem coffee colored Commercial Directory common copper cotton couleur cuir cuivre doré Designation des objets Dollars doré ou argenté douzaine de paires dozen drap Droit 20 Duty 20 embroidered étoffes exports faïence femmes fer-blanc feuilles foreign Francs de droits French garnis gilt glass gold or silver Gonaïves Gourdes Government grosse Haiti Haitian I.00 la douzaine Import Duties inches or less iron island Jacmel l'aune la livre laine le quintal linen livre livres tournois logwood millier montées mousseline ordinaires paniers percale Petit Goâve petites pièces plain plaqués population Port au Prince pots pouces et au-dessous pounds qualités quintal Republic Santo Domingo shakos silk soie sugar unis verre voyez l'article 24 yard wide
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Page 238 - States, which in view of the free introduction of such sugar, molasses, coffee, tea and hides into the United States he may deem to be reciprocally unequal and unreasonable, he shall have the power and it shall be his duty to suspend, by proclamation to that effect, the provisions of this act relating to the free introduction of such sugar, molasses, coffee, tea and hides, the production of such country, for such time as he shall deem just, and in such case and during such suspension duties shall...
Page 239 - All sugars above number twenty Dutch standard of color, two cents per pound. Molasses testing above fifty-six degrees, four cents per gallon. Sugar drainings and sugar sweepings shall be subject to duty either as molasses or sugar, as the case may be, according to polariscopic test. On coffee, three cents per pound. On tea, ten cents per pound. Hides, raw or uncured, whether dry, salted, or pickled, Angora goat skins, raw, without the wool, unmanufactured; asses...
Page 237 - January, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, whenever, and so often as the President shall be satisfied that the government of any country producing and exporting sugars, molasses, coffee, tea and hides, raw and uncured, or any of such articles, imposes duties or other exactions upon the agricultural or other products of the United States...
Page 237 - An act to reduce the revenue and equalize duties on imports, and for other purposes...
Page 238 - ... duties or other exactions upon the agricultural or other products of the United States, which in view of the free introduction of such sugar, molasses, coffee, tea, and hides into the United States he may deem to be reciprocally unequal and unreasonable, he shall have the power, and it shall be his duty to suspend, by proclamation to that effect, the provisions of this act relating to the free introduc.
Page 238 - Dutch standard in color, tank bottoms, sirups of cane juice, melada, concentrated melada, concrete and concentrated molasses, testing by the polariscope not above seventyfive degrees, ninety-five one-hundredths of one cent per pound, and for every additional degree shown by the polariscopic test, thirty-five onethousandths of one cent per pound additional...
Page 238 - ... imposes duties or other exactions upon the agricultural or other products of the United States, which in view of the free introduction of such sugar, molasses, coffee, te#, and hides into the United States he may deem to be reciprocally unequal and unreasonable, he shall have the power and it shall be his duty...
Page 238 - All sugars not above number thirteen Dutch Standard in color shall pay duty on their polariscopic tests as follows, namely : All sugars not above number thirteen Dutch Standard in color, all tank bottoms, sirups of cane juice or of beet juice, melada, concentrated melada, concrete and concentrated molasses, testing by the polariscope not above...
Page 238 - Dutch standard in color, all tank bottoms, sirups of cane juice or of beet juice, melada, concentrated melada, concrete and concentrated molasses, testing by the polariscope not above seventy-five degrees, seven-tenths of one cent per pound ; and for every additional degree or fraction of a degree shown by the polariscopic test, two-hundredths of one cent per pound additional.
Page 237 - That with a view to secure reciprocal trade with countries producing the following articles, and for this purpose, on and after the 1st day of January, 1892, whenever and so often as the President shall be satisfied that the government of any country producing and exporting sugars, molasses, coffee, tea, and hides, raw and uncured, or any of such articles, imposes duties or other exactions upon the agricultural or other products...