Reports of the Department of Commerce and Labor 1904-1912: Report of the Secretary of Commerce and Labor and Reports of BureausU.S. Government Printing Office, 1912 - United States |
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... cent of the seals taken at sea by pelagic sealers were females ; and it is admitted that those caught were only a small percentage of those destroyed . It stands to reason , therefore , that in any view of the question the policy so far ...
... cent of the seals taken at sea by pelagic sealers were females ; and it is admitted that those caught were only a small percentage of those destroyed . It stands to reason , therefore , that in any view of the question the policy so far ...
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... cent , were of foreign birth , and that 17 of this number were pensioners . Not includ- ing 1 born at sea , these employees came from 41 different countries . Practically every class of positions in the services , from commissioner of ...
... cent , were of foreign birth , and that 17 of this number were pensioners . Not includ- ing 1 born at sea , these employees came from 41 different countries . Practically every class of positions in the services , from commissioner of ...
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... cent . The following table shows the quantity and cost of each class of work ordered from the Public Printer during the fiscal years 1909 , 1910 , and 1911 : 1909 1910 1911 Class . Quantity . Cost . Quantity . Cost . Quantity . Cost ...
... cent . The following table shows the quantity and cost of each class of work ordered from the Public Printer during the fiscal years 1909 , 1910 , and 1911 : 1909 1910 1911 Class . Quantity . Cost . Quantity . Cost . Quantity . Cost ...
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... cent ; of letterheads , 197,500 , or 9.60 per cent ; of envelopes , 12,700 , or 14.81 per cent ; of circulars and decisions , 19,750 , or 5.63 per cent ; of index cards , 650,500 , or 65.44 per cent ; and of guide cards and vertical ...
... cent ; of letterheads , 197,500 , or 9.60 per cent ; of envelopes , 12,700 , or 14.81 per cent ; of circulars and decisions , 19,750 , or 5.63 per cent ; of index cards , 650,500 , or 65.44 per cent ; and of guide cards and vertical ...
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... cent ) , and 343,867 books and pamphlets , as compared with 269,418 in 1910 ( an increase of 74,449 , or 27.67 per cent ) . There were also received and filled during the year 709 requisitions for printed stationery , 380 of which were ...
... cent ) , and 343,867 books and pamphlets , as compared with 269,418 in 1910 ( an increase of 74,449 , or 27.67 per cent ) . There were also received and filled during the year 709 requisitions for printed stationery , 380 of which were ...
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Page 105 - The canal shall be free and open to the vessels of commerce and of war of all nations observing these Rules, on terms of entire equality, so that there shall be no discrimination against any such nation, or its citizens or subjects, in respect of the conditions or charges of traffic, or otherwise.
Page 524 - States shall have liberty to take fish of every kind on such part of the coast of Newfoundland as British fishermen shall use, [but not to dry or cure the same on that island,] and also on the coasts, bays and creeks of all other of his Britannic Majesty's Dominions in America...
Page 525 - Labrador; but so soon as the same, or any portion thereof, shall be settled, it shall not be lawful f,or the said fishermen to dry or cure fish at such portion so settled, without previous agreement for such purpose with the inhabitants, proprietors, or possessors of the ground.
Page 646 - Vessels built within the United States and belonging wholly to citizens thereof; and vessels which may be captured in war by citizens of the United States and lawfully condemned as prize, or which may be adjudged to be forfeited for a breach of the laws of the United States...
Page 657 - ... subject to the provisions of the present treaty, the said Government shall have and enjoy all the rights incident to such construction, as well as the exclusive right of providing for the regulation and management of the canal.
Page 611 - An Act granting to certain employees of the United States the right to receive from it compensation for injuries sustained in the course of their employment...
Page 636 - Britain take advantage of any intimacy, or use any alliance, connection, or influence that either may possess with any State or Government through whose territory the said Canal may pass, for the purpose of acquiring or holding, directly or indirectly, for the...
Page 350 - ... to a fine of not less than one thousand nor more than five thousand dollars, or to imprisonment for not less than six months nor more than five years, or to both, at the discretion of the court.
Page 636 - In granting, however, their joint protection to any such canals or railways as are by this article specified, it is always understood by the United States and Great Britain that the parties constructing or owning the same shall impose no other charges or conditions of traffic thereupon than the aforesaid governments shall approve of, as just and equitable; and that the same canals or railways, being open to the citizens or subjects of the United States and Great Britain on equal terms...
Page 528 - In case of bays the three marine miles are to be measured from a straight line drawn across the body of water at the place where it ceases to have the configuration and characteristics of a bay. At all other places the three marine miles are to be measured following the sinuosities of the coast.