Appletons' Annual Cyclopaedia and Register of Important Events, Volume 7; Volume 22D. Appleton & Company, 1883 |
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... increase of over 15 per cent in England , and over 10 per cent in the United Kingdom . * This increase in permanent pasture has diminished a large breadth of the area devoted to wheat . Hence , while England has probably £ 8,000,000 ...
... increase of over 15 per cent in England , and over 10 per cent in the United Kingdom . * This increase in permanent pasture has diminished a large breadth of the area devoted to wheat . Hence , while England has probably £ 8,000,000 ...
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... increased , but probably to no profit ; and there is a decrease in the number of cattle and sheep . The picture as a whole is gloomy ; and the one that in the minds of those interested in the matter is , how best to increase the live ...
... increased , but probably to no profit ; and there is a decrease in the number of cattle and sheep . The picture as a whole is gloomy ; and the one that in the minds of those interested in the matter is , how best to increase the live ...
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... increase . This assertion is based on the estimate that about a million " pups , " or young seals , are born on the islands every year , of which about one half , or 500,000 , are males . These ani- mals reach the sea , having suffered ...
... increase . This assertion is based on the estimate that about a million " pups , " or young seals , are born on the islands every year , of which about one half , or 500,000 , are males . These ani- mals reach the sea , having suffered ...
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... increased during four years from 79,917 to 101,246 , the increase being 21,329 , or 27 per cent . One half of this increase belonged to the Church Missionary Society and one half to the Propa- gation Society . The mission at Rangoon ...
... increased during four years from 79,917 to 101,246 , the increase being 21,329 , or 27 per cent . One half of this increase belonged to the Church Missionary Society and one half to the Propa- gation Society . The mission at Rangoon ...
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... increase and become more certain . I need not state that such a modification of our tariff as would make more possible the shipment of Argentine wools other than carpet - wools - to the United States , would give an increased stimulus ...
... increase and become more certain . I need not state that such a modification of our tariff as would make more possible the shipment of Argentine wools other than carpet - wools - to the United States , would give an increased stimulus ...
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