The International Year BookDodd, Mead, 1908 |
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... capital for de- On December 16 an explosion took place in the mine of the Yolande Coal and Coke Company at Yolande , which resulted in the death of about sixty miners . The disaster is supposed to have been caused by a windy " shot . 66 ...
... capital for de- On December 16 an explosion took place in the mine of the Yolande Coal and Coke Company at Yolande , which resulted in the death of about sixty miners . The disaster is supposed to have been caused by a windy " shot . 66 ...
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... Capital and chief sea- port , Algiers . AREA AND POPULATION . Under the law of December 2 , 1902 , the Governor - Generalship of Algeria was divided into two grand divisions , known respectively as Algeria proper and the Southern ...
... Capital and chief sea- port , Algiers . AREA AND POPULATION . Under the law of December 2 , 1902 , the Governor - Generalship of Algeria was divided into two grand divisions , known respectively as Algeria proper and the Southern ...
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... capital . It has been estimated that about 6,906,000 $ 1,300,000,000 of English capital and $ 500 , - 2,573,000 000,000 from other European countries is in- vested in the various commercial and industrial enterprises of the country ...
... capital . It has been estimated that about 6,906,000 $ 1,300,000,000 of English capital and $ 500 , - 2,573,000 000,000 from other European countries is in- vested in the various commercial and industrial enterprises of the country ...
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... capital in- vested in such establishments increased 51.3 per cent . , being $ 14,395,654 in 1905. The value of the products of leading industries in 1905 and , in parentheses , the per cent . of increase since 1900 , were as follows ...
... capital in- vested in such establishments increased 51.3 per cent . , being $ 14,395,654 in 1905. The value of the products of leading industries in 1905 and , in parentheses , the per cent . of increase since 1900 , were as follows ...
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... capital , had a popula- tion of 42,036 , Fort Smith , 12,121 , and Pine Bluff , 11,958 . MINERAL RESOURCES . The mineral resources have not been satisfactorily developed . In the production of coal ( bituminous ) , which is the ...
... capital , had a popula- tion of 42,036 , Fort Smith , 12,121 , and Pine Bluff , 11,958 . MINERAL RESOURCES . The mineral resources have not been satisfactorily developed . In the production of coal ( bituminous ) , which is 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...