Consular Reports: Commerce, manufactures, etc, 276–279. numberU.S. Government Printing Office, 1903 |
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... Castile quintal is employed in com- merce in the Peninsula and colonies , save in Catalonia ; the Catalan quintal equals 91.71 pounds . Tsubo Tsun ... Foreign weights and measures , with American FOREIGN WEIGHTS AND MEASURES . XIX.
... Castile quintal is employed in com- merce in the Peninsula and colonies , save in Catalonia ; the Catalan quintal equals 91.71 pounds . Tsubo Tsun ... Foreign weights and measures , with American FOREIGN WEIGHTS AND MEASURES . XIX.
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... colonies , 5.3 per cent ; or a total British trade of 70 per cent . Following Great Britain , but a long way behind , come Austria - Hungary , with 4.8 per cent ; Russia , 3.9 per cent ; Germany , 3.7 per cent ; Belgium , 3.7 per cent ...
... colonies , 5.3 per cent ; or a total British trade of 70 per cent . Following Great Britain , but a long way behind , come Austria - Hungary , with 4.8 per cent ; Russia , 3.9 per cent ; Germany , 3.7 per cent ; Belgium , 3.7 per cent ...
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... colonies and examine what could be done to start plantations and to watch results . The Colonial Office agreed to pay the salaries of these experts , the association finding the men and sending the seed . Up to the present there is ...
... colonies and examine what could be done to start plantations and to watch results . The Colonial Office agreed to pay the salaries of these experts , the association finding the men and sending the seed . Up to the present there is ...
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... colonies . In fact , if the 51,642 tons sold in 1902 be added to the 35,500 tons which rep- resents the loss caused by the strikes , there still remains 16,000 tons to be accounted for , which shows that there are other reasons for the ...
... colonies . In fact , if the 51,642 tons sold in 1902 be added to the 35,500 tons which rep- resents the loss caused by the strikes , there still remains 16,000 tons to be accounted for , which shows that there are other reasons for the ...
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... Colonies . It may be too much to expect de- tails at present , but we shall look anxiously for full reports of any speeches on the general character of the contemplated changes . Until so much is known we , in Australia , are confined ...
... Colonies . It may be too much to expect de- tails at present , but we shall look anxiously for full reports of any speeches on the general character of the contemplated changes . Until so much is known we , in Australia , are confined ...
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