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... proportion consists of vessels of large class , not a few of which are classed as A 1 at Lloyd's , and carry freights in every quarter of the globe . Propellers are rapidly taking the place of sailing vessels on the lakes , and many of ...
... proportion consists of vessels of large class , not a few of which are classed as A 1 at Lloyd's , and carry freights in every quarter of the globe . Propellers are rapidly taking the place of sailing vessels on the lakes , and many of ...
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... proportion of the trade was carried under the American flag . In 1860 the total tonnage of the United States was 5,353,868 , but by 1868 it had decreased to 3,674,482 , and there has been little or no improvement up to the present time ...
... proportion of the trade was carried under the American flag . In 1860 the total tonnage of the United States was 5,353,868 , but by 1868 it had decreased to 3,674,482 , and there has been little or no improvement up to the present time ...
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... proportion of legislative and adminis- trative intelligence available ; for , under existing impressions as to their climatic drawbacks , the West Indies seem unlikely to become the permanent abodes of proportionate numbers of men of ...
... proportion of legislative and adminis- trative intelligence available ; for , under existing impressions as to their climatic drawbacks , the West Indies seem unlikely to become the permanent abodes of proportionate numbers of men of ...
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... proportion was from Cape de Verdes , and a few came from the Azores : of the whole number , 29,536 are debited to British Guiana . Next to these come the natives of China , of whom 16,222 are returned as having arrived up to 1866 ...
... proportion was from Cape de Verdes , and a few came from the Azores : of the whole number , 29,536 are debited to British Guiana . Next to these come the natives of China , of whom 16,222 are returned as having arrived up to 1866 ...
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... proportion of cases of this class treated in the hospital had increased from one - sixth in 1849 to one - half in 1859 ; whilst the improved arrangements for the care of the immigrants upon estates had re- sulted in a diminution of the ...
... proportion of cases of this class treated in the hospital had increased from one - sixth in 1849 to one - half in 1859 ; whilst the improved arrangements for the care of the immigrants upon estates had re- sulted in a diminution of the ...
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Página 12 - Alabama claims. And whereas Her Britannic Majesty has authorized her High Commissioners and Plenipotentiaries to express in a friendly spirit the regret felt by Her Majesty's Government for the escape, under whatever circumstances, of the Alabama and other vessels from British ports, and for the depredations committed by those vessels.
Página 27 - A neutral government is bound— First, to use due diligence to prevent the fitting out, arming, or equipping, within its jurisdiction, of any vessel which it has reasonable ground to believe is intended to cruise or to carry on war against a power with which it is at peace...
Página 26 - Our citizens have always been free to make, vend and export arms. It is the constant occupation and livelihood of some of them. To suppress their callings, the only means perhaps of their subsistence, because a war exists in foreign and distant countries in which we have no concern, would scarcely be expected.
Página 37 - Island, which point lies in the parallel of 54 degrees 40 minutes north latitude, and between the 131st and 133d degree of west longitude (meridian of Greenwich), the said line shall ascend to the north along the channel called Portland Channel, as far as the point of the continent where it strikes the 56th degree of north latitude...
Página 39 - States shall be continued westward along the said 49th parallel of north latitude to the middle of the channel which separates the continent from Vancouver's Island, and thence southerly through the middle of the said channel, and of Fuca's Straits to the Pacific Ocean...
Página 39 - From the point on the forty-ninth parallel of north latitude where the boundary laid down in existing treaties and conventions between the United States and Great Britain terminates, the line of boundary between the territories of the United States and those of Her Britannic Majesty shall be continued westward along the said forty-ninth parallel of north latitude...
Página 221 - I am bordering upon seventyseven years of age passed in honour. " I hope that the Almighty may protect me from being the witness of the tragedy which I cannot persuade my contemporaries to take measures to avert.
Página 146 - And they placed them on the heavenly tablets, each had thirteen weeks; from one to another (passed) their memorial, from the first to the second, and from the second to the third, and from the third to the fourth.
Página 51 - And that true North, whereof we lately heard A strain to shame us "keep you to yourselves; So loyal is too costly! friends - your love Is but a burthen: loose the bond, and go.
Página 16 - American fishermen shall be admitted to enter such bays or harbours for the purpose of shelter and of repairing damages therein, of purchasing wood, and of obtaining water, and for no other purpose whatever. But they shall be under such restrictions as may be necessary to prevent their taking, drying or curing fish therein, or in any other manner whatever abusing the privileges hereby reserved to them.