The International Year BookDodd, Mead, 1908 |
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... British Aden Protectorate , comprising about 9000 square miles of the Arabian hinterland , with a popu- lation of about 100,000 . The delimitation of the frontiers of the latter territory was completed by the British and Turkish ...
... British Aden Protectorate , comprising about 9000 square miles of the Arabian hinterland , with a popu- lation of about 100,000 . The delimitation of the frontiers of the latter territory was completed by the British and Turkish ...
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... British military airship was tested on September 10 , 1907 , at Farnborough , having been constructed under the direction of Colonel Capper and Captain King , with the assistance of Mr. F. S. Cody , an American attached to the Balloon ...
... British military airship was tested on September 10 , 1907 , at Farnborough , having been constructed under the direction of Colonel Capper and Captain King , with the assistance of Mr. F. S. Cody , an American attached to the Balloon ...
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... British India , Baluchistan , Persia , Asiatic Russia , and Chinese Turkestan . Its area is estimated at 225,000 square miles , and its population at 5,000,000 . The principal cities are : Kabul , the capital , with about 70,000 ...
... British India , Baluchistan , Persia , Asiatic Russia , and Chinese Turkestan . Its area is estimated at 225,000 square miles , and its population at 5,000,000 . The principal cities are : Kabul , the capital , with about 70,000 ...
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... British army in India would lead to many ben- eficial results in the reorganization of the Af- ghan army . A matter ... British and British - Indian trade and traders , shall be equally enjoyed by Russian trade and traders . Should the ...
... British army in India would lead to many ben- eficial results in the reorganization of the Af- ghan army . A matter ... British and British - Indian trade and traders , shall be equally enjoyed by Russian trade and traders . Should the ...
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... British East Africa , being merely tributary . In regard to the Cape- to - Cairo route , it is to be remembered that a complete through line was never contemplated , since the lines of transportation included not only railways but the ...
... British East Africa , being merely tributary . In regard to the Cape- to - Cairo route , it is to be remembered that a complete through line was never contemplated , since the lines of transportation included not only railways but the ...
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Page 247 - ... resulting in whole or in part from the negligence of any of the officers, agents, or employees of such carrier, or by reason of any defect or insufficiency, due to its negligence, in its cars, engines, appliances, machinery, track, roadbed, works, boats, wharves, or other equipment.
Page 408 - That all moneys received from the sale and disposal of public lands in Arizona, California, Colorado. Idaho, Kansas, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, North Dakota...
Page 408 - No right to the use of water for land in private ownership shall be sold for a tract, exceeding one hundred and sixty acres to any one landowner, and no such sale shall be made to any landowner unless he be an actual bona fide resident on such land, or occupant thereof residing in the neighborhood of said land, and no such right shall permanently attach until all payments therefor are made.
Page 271 - That it shall be unlawful for any person to manufacture within any territory or the District of Columbia any article of food or drug which is adulterated or misbranded within the meaning of this Act...
Page 383 - That whenever the President shall be satisfied that passports issued by any foreign Government to its citizens or subjects to go to any country other than the United States, or to any insular possession of the United States...
Page 378 - It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to employ any child under fourteen years of age in any business or service whatever, during any part of the term during which the public schools of the district in which the child resides are in session.
Page 205 - Cuba consents that the United States may exercise the right to intervene for the preservation of Cuban independence, the maintenance of a government adequate for the protection of life, property, and individual liberty...
Page 346 - That the Prime Ministers of the Colonies respectfully urge on His Majesty's Government the expediency of granting in the United Kingdom preferential treatment to the products and manufactures of the Colonies, either by exemption from or reduction of duties now or hereafter imposed.
Page 180 - Gold: 5, 10, 20, 50. and 100 francs. Silver: 5 francs. Gold: 5, 10. and 20 marks.
Page 389 - India and elsewhere, shall be subject to the control of the Secretary of State in Council, and no grant or appropriation of any part of such revenues...