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... ....... 114 of Canada ..... statistics .... ... 616 748 .... 336 Pound sterling , value of , service of notice of New Jersey , railroads of ....... 458 PAGE PAGE Trade and commerce , statistics of , 96 vi INDEX TO VOLUME XL .
... ....... 114 of Canada ..... statistics .... ... 616 748 .... 336 Pound sterling , value of , service of notice of New Jersey , railroads of ....... 458 PAGE PAGE Trade and commerce , statistics of , 96 vi INDEX TO VOLUME XL .
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... pound of 500 grammes of fine silver , divided as follows , viz . , into 30 thalers in the kingdom of Prussia , ( with the exception of Hohenzollern , ) in the kingdom of Saxony and Hanover , the Electorate of Hesse , the Grand Duchy of ...
... pound of 500 grammes of fine silver , divided as follows , viz . , into 30 thalers in the kingdom of Prussia , ( with the exception of Hohenzollern , ) in the kingdom of Saxony and Hanover , the Electorate of Hesse , the Grand Duchy of ...
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... pounds , or two cents per pound , say $ 45 per ton - that was at the close of the last century . But iron and native steel are found in such abundance in Styria and Illyria that the ore is merely quarried from rocks 66 several thousand ...
... pounds , or two cents per pound , say $ 45 per ton - that was at the close of the last century . But iron and native steel are found in such abundance in Styria and Illyria that the ore is merely quarried from rocks 66 several thousand ...
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... pounds , Custom - house weight , or 891 pounds Vienna weight . Hence the difference against imported sugar is 6.17 florins , but colonial sugars imported for refineries pays two florins per 100 pounds less than if im- ported for ...
... pounds , Custom - house weight , or 891 pounds Vienna weight . Hence the difference against imported sugar is 6.17 florins , but colonial sugars imported for refineries pays two florins per 100 pounds less than if im- ported for ...
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... pounds each , would make 84,774,371 United States pounds ; of this 758,895 Zoll centners , or 83,747,858 pounds , were for consumption , and 9,302 Zoll centners , or 1,026,503 pounds , were in transit . The importation of 1856 ...
... pounds each , would make 84,774,371 United States pounds ; of this 758,895 Zoll centners , or 83,747,858 pounds , were for consumption , and 9,302 Zoll centners , or 1,026,503 pounds , were in transit . The importation of 1856 ...
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