Appletons' Annual Cyclopædia and Register of Important Events of the Year ..., Volume 13; Volume 28D. Appleton & Company, 1889 - Encyclopedias and dictionaries |
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... Railroads . The report of the railroad com- missioners for this year shows that there are 3,205 miles of railroad , including branches and sidings , in the State . During the year , 530 miles of new railroad were constructed , indi ...
... Railroads . The report of the railroad com- missioners for this year shows that there are 3,205 miles of railroad , including branches and sidings , in the State . During the year , 530 miles of new railroad were constructed , indi ...
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... railroads , includ- ing tramways , was £ 1,710,495 ; on post and telegraphs , £ 610,651 ; on other public works ... railroad construction . The colony was a penal settlement before 1840 , and in 1828 nearly half of the total ...
... railroads , includ- ing tramways , was £ 1,710,495 ; on post and telegraphs , £ 610,651 ; on other public works ... railroad construction . The colony was a penal settlement before 1840 , and in 1828 nearly half of the total ...
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... railroad in operation at the end of 1886 and 299 miles were building . The tele- graph lines of the colony had a total length of 2,405 miles . Tasmania . The Constitution was first adopted in 1871 , and amended in 1885. The Parlia- ment ...
... railroad in operation at the end of 1886 and 299 miles were building . The tele- graph lines of the colony had a total length of 2,405 miles . Tasmania . The Constitution was first adopted in 1871 , and amended in 1885. The Parlia- ment ...
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... Railroad , which the German Gov- ernment complained gave an unfair strategical advantage to France , although the railroad from Verviers to the German frontier was in German hands and the entire network of the Duchy of Luxembourg was ...
... Railroad , which the German Gov- ernment complained gave an unfair strategical advantage to France , although the railroad from Verviers to the German frontier was in German hands and the entire network of the Duchy of Luxembourg was ...
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... Railroads . An English company has been formed in London for the purpose of building a line of railway from Arica to Bolivia in con- junction with the present owners and share- holders of the Arica and Tacna Railroad , with a capital of ...
... Railroads . An English company has been formed in London for the purpose of building a line of railway from Arica to Bolivia in con- junction with the present owners and share- holders of the Arica and Tacna Railroad , with a capital of ...
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Page 211 - ... enumerated article which it most resembles in any of the particulars before mentioned; and if any nonenumerated article equally resembles two or more enumerated articles on which different rates of duty are chargeable, there shall be levied...
Page 224 - States may from time to time prescribe; and under like rules, regulations, and conditions goods, wares, or merchandise may be conveyed in transit, without the payment of duties, from such possessions through the territorv of the United States for export from the said ports of the United States.
Page 221 - And the United States hereby renounce forever any liberty heretofore enjoyed or claimed by the inhabitants thereof to take, dry, or cure fish on or within three marine miles of any of the coasts, bays, creeks, or harbors of His Britannic Majesty's dominions in America...
Page 211 - Treasury may prescribe ; but bonds shall be given for the payment to the United States of such duties as may be imposed by law upon any and all such articles as shall not be exported within six months after such importation : Provided, That the Secretary of the Treasury may in his discretion extend such period for a further term of six months in case application shall be made therefor.
Page 206 - ... advanced in value or condition by refining or grinding, or by other process of manufacture, and not specially provided for in this act, ten per centum ad valorem.
Page 221 - American fishermen shall be admitted to enter such bays or harbours for the purpose of shelter and of repairing damages therein, of purchasing wood, and of obtaining water, and for no other purpose whatever. But they shall be under such restrictions as may be necessary to prevent their taking, drying or curing fish therein, or in any other manner whatever abusing the privileges hereby reserved to them.
Page 209 - Woolen cloths, woolen shawls, and all manufactures of wool of every description, made wholly or in part of wool, not specially enumerated or provided for in this act, valued at not exceeding eighty cents per pound, thirty-five cents per pound and thirty-five per centum ad valorem...
Page 445 - ... that the lawful order or requirement of said Commission drawn in question has been violated or disobeyed, it shall be lawful for such court to issue a writ of injunction or other proper process, mandatory or otherwise, to restrain such common carrier from further continuing such violation or disobedience of such order or requirement of said Commission, and enjoining obedience to the same...
Page 225 - ... after either of the High Contracting Parties shall have given notice to the other of its wish to terminate the same...
Page 213 - ... the actual market value or wholesale price of such merchandise at the time of exportation to the United States, in the principal markets of the country from which the same has been imported...