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... amount to about 500,000 . I grant you that in a consumption of 290,000 tons of sugar among 20,000,000 of people , the consump- tion of each person amounts to between 231b . and 241b . a head . Whether or not the unemployed manufacturers ...
... amount to about 500,000 . I grant you that in a consumption of 290,000 tons of sugar among 20,000,000 of people , the consump- tion of each person amounts to between 231b . and 241b . a head . Whether or not the unemployed manufacturers ...
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... amount of sugar has been pro- bourers , whose wages , at four days a week duced after the Emancipation Act , com- and 1s . 3d . a day , provision grounds , pared with its produce before the passing & c . , included , will amount per ...
... amount of sugar has been pro- bourers , whose wages , at four days a week duced after the Emancipation Act , com- and 1s . 3d . a day , provision grounds , pared with its produce before the passing & c . , included , will amount per ...
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... amount of compensation awarded to them at the time of the abolition of sla- very , and has stated also the greater lib- erality which this country has shown in giving compensation for slaves in other In cases . Indeed , the peculiar ...
... amount of compensation awarded to them at the time of the abolition of sla- very , and has stated also the greater lib- erality which this country has shown in giving compensation for slaves in other In cases . Indeed , the peculiar ...
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... amount of active and useful labour has been intro- duced into the West Indies , and that the immigration has been very extensive . The number of efficient slaves for agricultural purposes in the Mauritius at the time of emancipation was ...
... amount of active and useful labour has been intro- duced into the West Indies , and that the immigration has been very extensive . The number of efficient slaves for agricultural purposes in the Mauritius at the time of emancipation was ...
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... amount of work to be performed for those wages was afterwards reduced , which amounts to the same thing as an increase of wages . But within the last two or three months the task has been again increased so as to bring the rate of wages ...
... amount of work to be performed for those wages was afterwards reduced , which amounts to the same thing as an increase of wages . But within the last two or three months the task has been again increased so as to bring the rate of wages ...
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