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... average of the whole trade , has been at one time 100 per cent . higher than in 1861 or 1877 , two years of very great depression at the commencement and the close of the period in- cluded in Mr. Giffen's analysis . Cotton goods form a ...
... average of the whole trade , has been at one time 100 per cent . higher than in 1861 or 1877 , two years of very great depression at the commencement and the close of the period in- cluded in Mr. Giffen's analysis . Cotton goods form a ...
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... average amount of 30l . a year . The army per- manently embodied numbers 400,000 men . In order , therefore , to arrive at the real cost of the military armaments of France , we must add the sum of 12,000,000l . a year to the amounts of ...
... average amount of 30l . a year . The army per- manently embodied numbers 400,000 men . In order , therefore , to arrive at the real cost of the military armaments of France , we must add the sum of 12,000,000l . a year to the amounts of ...
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... average prices of the three preceding years . When we take into consideration how large a sum is made up by the extra shillings set free by the lower cost of living , among 25,000,000 persons , and remember that the consumption of the ...
... average prices of the three preceding years . When we take into consideration how large a sum is made up by the extra shillings set free by the lower cost of living , among 25,000,000 persons , and remember that the consumption of the ...
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... average of a great number of commodities in daily use , from 10 to 12 per cent . cheaper than in any of the years of depression which followed the panic of 1866 , and from 8 to 10 per cent . below those of 1859 - the cheapest year of ...
... average of a great number of commodities in daily use , from 10 to 12 per cent . cheaper than in any of the years of depression which followed the panic of 1866 , and from 8 to 10 per cent . below those of 1859 - the cheapest year of ...
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... Averages for each Period . 1852-56 Period 1857-61 1862-66 1867-71 1871-75 ( 4 years ) Total Production Anuual Average £ £ 149,665,000 29,933,000 123,165,000 24,633,000 113,800,000 22,760,000 108,765,000 21,753,000 76,800,000 19,200,000 ...
... Averages for each Period . 1852-56 Period 1857-61 1862-66 1867-71 1871-75 ( 4 years ) Total Production Anuual Average £ £ 149,665,000 29,933,000 123,165,000 24,633,000 113,800,000 22,760,000 108,765,000 21,753,000 76,800,000 19,200,000 ...
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