The International Year BookDodd, Mead, 1908 |
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... cotton goods are valued at $ 500,000 annually . the opportunity to interfere and led to the In 1905-6 the imports into Harrar , the commer- Algeciras Convention of 1906. Toward the close cial centre of the country , amounted to ...
... cotton goods are valued at $ 500,000 annually . the opportunity to interfere and led to the In 1905-6 the imports into Harrar , the commer- Algeciras Convention of 1906. Toward the close cial centre of the country , amounted to ...
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... cotton goods and petroleum . The former rose from $ 1,257,933 to $ 2,599,984 , and the latter from $ 60,596 to $ 151,265 . Other important sources of cotton goods were British India , with $ 937,215 worth in 1905-6 and $ 1,038 , - 780 ...
... cotton goods and petroleum . The former rose from $ 1,257,933 to $ 2,599,984 , and the latter from $ 60,596 to $ 151,265 . Other important sources of cotton goods were British India , with $ 937,215 worth in 1905-6 and $ 1,038 , - 780 ...
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... cotton , the Attur station especially to perennial and exotic cottons under irrigation . The Mexican Government has placed an experi- ment station at Xopala , in the State of Puebla , for general agriculture , and a botanical station ...
... cotton , the Attur station especially to perennial and exotic cottons under irrigation . The Mexican Government has placed an experi- ment station at Xopala , in the State of Puebla , for general agriculture , and a botanical station ...
Page 15
... cotton has been shown possible . Sisal plants grown at the station have shown that fibre of excellent quality can be profitably produced in Porto Rico , and in co - operation with the Insular government the station has distributed ...
... cotton has been shown possible . Sisal plants grown at the station have shown that fibre of excellent quality can be profitably produced in Porto Rico , and in co - operation with the Insular government the station has distributed ...
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... Cotton is by far the State's greatest crop . In 1904-5 the cotton crop reached the maximum of 1,467,469 bales , it fell to 1,260,314 bales in 1905-6 , to 1,252,000 bales in 1906-7 , and was estimated at 1,216,000 bales for 1907-8 ...
... Cotton is by far the State's greatest crop . In 1904-5 the cotton crop reached the maximum of 1,467,469 bales , it fell to 1,260,314 bales in 1905-6 , to 1,252,000 bales in 1906-7 , and was estimated at 1,216,000 bales for 1907-8 ...
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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...