Senate Documents, Otherwise Publ. as Public Documents and Executive Documents: 14th Congress, 1st Session-48th Congress, 2nd Session and Special Session, Volume 5 |
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... exportation of live 4 71 Aretie regions , narrative of the second expedition to the , made by the late Capt . C. F. Hall . Letter of the Secretary of the Navy . Arizona . Letter of the Secretary of the Interior in relation to the ...
... exportation of live 4 71 Aretie regions , narrative of the second expedition to the , made by the late Capt . C. F. Hall . Letter of the Secretary of the Navy . Arizona . Letter of the Secretary of the Interior in relation to the ...
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... public service , resources , & c . , of Alaska Territory . In relation to the exportation of live animals to foreign countries . 9 10 13 59 71 Treasury , Third Auditor of the . Subject . Letter X INDEX TO EXECUTIVE DOCUMENTS .
... public service , resources , & c . , of Alaska Territory . In relation to the exportation of live animals to foreign countries . 9 10 13 59 71 Treasury , Third Auditor of the . Subject . Letter X INDEX TO EXECUTIVE DOCUMENTS .
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... exportation of 16 to 17 million pounds sterling from Europe to the Indies , via Suez ; in 1876 11 millions were sent . During the pre- ceding years , from 1866 to 1875 , the exportations had only been a few million pounds sterling ...
... exportation of 16 to 17 million pounds sterling from Europe to the Indies , via Suez ; in 1876 11 millions were sent . During the pre- ceding years , from 1866 to 1875 , the exportations had only been a few million pounds sterling ...
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... exportations without considering the amount of metal which remained in the producing country . The reform of the ... exportation , we obtain for the present stock the sum of 325 million marks . If we calculate that only a fourth of ...
... exportations without considering the amount of metal which remained in the producing country . The reform of the ... exportation , we obtain for the present stock the sum of 325 million marks . If we calculate that only a fourth of ...
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... exportation of Silver , and which at the same time would bring a profit to the State of from 6 to 7 per cent . , precisely correspond- ing to the loss which would have been involved in their withdrawal from circulation ; still , however ...
... exportation of Silver , and which at the same time would bring a profit to the State of from 6 to 7 per cent . , precisely correspond- ing to the loss which would have been involved in their withdrawal from circulation ; still , however ...
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Page 299 - That an humble address be presented to his Majesty, that he will be graciously pleased to give directions that a monument be erected in the Cathedral Church of ST.
Page 769 - His Majesty the King of the Belgians; His Majesty the King of Spain...
Page 349 - ... issued primarily by the Bank of England and in a secondary manner by the country banks, the variations of which in relative value may be as indefinite as the possible excess of that circulating medium. But whether our present measure of value, and standard of prices, be this paper currency thus variable in its relative value, or continues still to be gold, but gold rendered more variable than it was before in consequence of being interchangeable for a paper currency, which is not at will convertible...
Page 677 - The bills and notes of the bank originally made payable, or which shall have become payable, on demand, in gold and silver coin? shall be receivable in all payments to the United States.
Page 461 - ... One gold piece, equal in weight and value to ten units, or dollars. One gold piece, equal to a tenth part of the former, and which shall be a unit or dollar. One silver piece, which shall also be a unit or dollar. One silver piece, which shall be, in weight and value, a tenth part of the silver unit or dollar. One copper piece, which shall be of the value of a hundredth part of a dollar. One other copper piece, which shall be half the value of the former.
Page 113 - All the rivers run into the sea, and yet the sea is not full; unto the place from whence the rivers came, thither do they return again...
Page 461 - The largest copper piece will nearly answer to the half-penny sterling, and the smallest, of course, to the farthing. Pieces of very small value are a great accommodation, and the means of a beneficial economy to the poor, by enabling them to purchase, in small portions, and at a more reasonable rate, the necessaries of which they stand in need. If there are only cents, the lowest price for any portion of a vendible commodity, however inconsiderable in quantity, will be a cent ; if there are half...
Page 443 - ... would, probably, be a greater evil than occasional variations in the unit from the fluctuations in the relative value of the metals, especially if care be taken to regulate the proportion between them with an eye to their average commercial value.
Page 443 - Hamilton, in his able and invaluable report in 1791 on the establishment of a mint, declared that " to annul the use of either gold or silver as money is to abridge the quantity of circulating medium, and is liable to all the objections which arise from a comparison of the benefits of a full circulation with the evils of a scanty circulation.
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