Commercial Relations of the United States with Foreign Countries, Volume 1United States. Department of Commerce and Labor. Bureau of Statistics, United States. Bureau of Foreign Commerce(1854-1903) U.S. Government Printing Office, 1900 |
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Africa agricultural American amount Argentine Articles and countries Bank Belgium Brazil Britain British North America British West Indies Canada Cape Cape Colony cargo cent Chefoo China Chinese cloth coal coast coffee Colombia colony commercial Consul consular district corn cotton Cuba currency custom-house customs Danish West Indies decrease dollars dutiable duty ended June 30 ending December England Europe exports fiscal flour foreign France freight French gallons Germany gold Government haikwan haikwan taels hardware Holland Honduras Hongkong increase industry iron island Japan June 30 kerosene kilos machinery manufactures merchandise merchants Mexico miles milreis months ending native ounces packages piculs port pounds province Quan Quantities railroad railway Republic Russian sailing vessels Shanghai shipped silk silver six months South steamers steel Sucres sugar taels tariff Tientsin tity tobacco tonnage tons total imports trade United Kingdom West Indies wheat
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Page 14 - Centare (1 square meter) equals 1,550 square inches; are (100 square meters) equals 119.6 square yards; hectare (10,000 square meters) equals 2.471 acres.
Page 7 - States, shall be that of the pure metal of such coin of standard value," and that "the value of the standard coins in circulation of the various nations of the world shall be estimated annually by the Director of the Mint, and be proclaimed on the 1st day of January by the Secretary of the Treasury.
Page 7 - That the value of foreign coin as expressed in the money of account of the United States shall be that of the pure metal of such coin of standard value...
Page 131 - free ports"), no matter to what nationality it may belong, and that duties so leviable shall be collected by the Chinese government. (3) That it will levy no higher harbor dues on vessels of another nationality frequenting any port in such "sphere...
Page 283 - The British colony of Bermuda ; (c) The British colonies, commonly called the British West Indies, including the following : the Bahamas, Jamaica, Turks and Caicos Islands, the Leeward Islands (Antigua, St. Christopher-Nevis, Dominica, Montserrat, and the Virgin Islands, the Windward Islands (Grenada, St. Vincent and St. Lucia), Barbados, Trinidad and Tobago ; (d) British Guiana...
Page 284 - Provided, further, that the reduction shall only apply to refined sugar, when evidence satisfactory to the minister of customs is furnished that such refined sugar has been manufactured wholly from raw sugar produced in the British colonies or possessions.
Page 140 - Philippines, yet only one-ninth of the surface is under cultivation. The soil is very fertile, and even after deducting the mountainous areas it is probable that the area of cultivation can be very largely extended and that the islands can support a population equal to that of Japan (42,000,000). The chief products are rice, corn, hemp, sugar, tobacco, cocoanuts, and cacao. Coffee and cotton were formerly produced in large...
Page 285 - ... articles of personal adornment, toilet articles, and similar personal effects of persons arriving in the United States; but this exemption shall...
Page 840 - This may be accounted for, in part, by the fact that the...
Page 2 - EXPORTS DECLARED FOR THE UNITED STATES, issued quarterly, and containing the declared values of exports from the various consular districts to the United States for the preceding three months.