Consular Reports: Commerce, manufactures, etc, 276–279. numberU.S. Government Printing Office, 1903 |
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... present capacity when required . The cast - iron foundry , which is on the seaboard near the Chinese City , has a production of 150 tons a month , principally water pipes for the city mains and for shipment to the interior of the ...
... present capacity when required . The cast - iron foundry , which is on the seaboard near the Chinese City , has a production of 150 tons a month , principally water pipes for the city mains and for shipment to the interior of the ...
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... present few but the tea merchants can afford to ship their goods over the Manchurian and Siberian roads . It is ... present year , and with its railway and steamship connections , the excellent facili- ties for handling and reshipping ...
... present few but the tea merchants can afford to ship their goods over the Manchurian and Siberian roads . It is ... present year , and with its railway and steamship connections , the excellent facili- ties for handling and reshipping ...
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... present time . It has at its head a Minister of State , a member of the Emperor's Cabinet . These com- missions are authorized to collect samples . They are given power to do so , the union paying for them , 24 SAMPLE MUSEUMS IN GERMANY ...
... present time . It has at its head a Minister of State , a member of the Emperor's Cabinet . These com- missions are authorized to collect samples . They are given power to do so , the union paying for them , 24 SAMPLE MUSEUMS IN GERMANY ...
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... present an elegant appearance , but are solid and durable . There are 435 piano factories in Germany , which manufacture 80,000 instruments annually . One hundred and forty factories are located in Berlin , 27 in Stuttgart , 21 in ...
... present an elegant appearance , but are solid and durable . There are 435 piano factories in Germany , which manufacture 80,000 instruments annually . One hundred and forty factories are located in Berlin , 27 in Stuttgart , 21 in ...
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... present tariff , cement is free of duty when imported into Germany , and there was a small influx of 51,947 tons in ... present conditions to earn any substantial profit ; many of the newer and smaller establishments are working at a ...
... present tariff , cement is free of duty when imported into Germany , and there was a small influx of 51,947 tons in ... present conditions to earn any substantial profit ; many of the newer and smaller establishments are working at a ...
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Page 766 - Congress assembled, that the value of foreign coin as expressed in the money of account of the United States shall be that of the pure metal of such coin of standard value ; and the values of the standard coins in circulation of the various nations of the .world shall be estimated annually by the Director of the Mint, and be proclaimed on the first day of January by the Secretary of the Treasury.
Page 409 - ... values in American money of the trade, prices, values, wages, etc., of and in foreign countries, as given in consular and other reports. The series of years are given so that computations may be made for each year in the proper money values of such year. In hurried computations, the reductions of foreign currencies into American currency, no matter for how many years, are too often made on the bases of latest valuations. All computations of values, trade, wages, prices, etc., of and in the "fluctuating-curre...
Page 774 - Decigram (-fa gram) equals 1.5432 grains. Gram equals 15.432 grains. Decagram (10 grams) equals 0.3527 ounce. Hectogram (100 grams) equals 3.5274 ounces. Kilogram (1,000 grams) equals 2.2046 pounds. Myriagram (10,000 grams) equals 22.046 pounds. Quintal (100,000 grams) equals 220.46 pounds. Millier or tonnea — ton (1,000,000 grams) equals 2,204.6 pounds. Metric dry measures. Milliliter (y^Vtf liter) equals 0.061 cubic inch. Centiliter (yJ-B liter) equals 0.6102 cubic inch. Deciliter (^ liter) equals...
Page 202 - Gold: 5, 10, 20, 50. and 100 francs. Silver: 5 francs. Gold: 5, 10. and 20 marks.
Page 202 - United States gold, and a smaller number of grains in proportion. When a country has the double standard, but keeps its full legal-tender silver coins at par with gold, the coins of both gold and silver are calculated on the basis of the gold value. "The value of the standard coins of countries with the single silver standard is calculated to be that of the average market value of the pure metal they contained...
Page 766 - VALUES OF FOREIGN COINS AND CURRENCIES. The following statements show the valuation of foreign coins, as given by the Director of the United States Mint and published by the Secretary of the Treasury, in compliance with the first section of the act of March 3...
Page 409 - Declared Exports for the United States, First and Second Quarters, 1883; Declared Exports for the United States, Third and Fourth Quarters, 1883; Cholera in Europe in 1884, 1885; Trade Guilds of Europe...
Page 766 - ... value of its standard coins is estimated to be that of the number of grains fine of gold in them, 480 grains being reckoned equivalent to $20.67 in United States gold, and a smaller number of grains in proportion. When a country has the double standard, but keeps its full legal-tender silver coins at par with gold, the coins of both gold and silver are calculated on the basis of the gold value. " The value of the standard coins of countries with the single silver standard is calculated to...