Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review, Volume 23F. Hunt, 1850 - Commerce |
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Page 32
... consumed upwards of 17 grains per day . According to this data , 10,000 chests would supply one million of persons ; and for the last six years , there have been over 40,000 chests of opium annually consumed in China in this way . The ...
... consumed upwards of 17 grains per day . According to this data , 10,000 chests would supply one million of persons ; and for the last six years , there have been over 40,000 chests of opium annually consumed in China in this way . The ...
Page 33
... consumed a mace , or sixty grains daily , and it cost them , on an average , two - thirds of their daily earnings to ... consumption of opium by the Chinese , at the end of the official year 1848-49 , including , of course , the tax on ...
... consumed a mace , or sixty grains daily , and it cost them , on an average , two - thirds of their daily earnings to ... consumption of opium by the Chinese , at the end of the official year 1848-49 , including , of course , the tax on ...
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... consumption and exchange . At all seasons large quantities of their agricultural and mineral products , as well as of the forest , are on their way to this , their commercial depot . Besides , the Susquehanna River , after traversing ...
... consumption and exchange . At all seasons large quantities of their agricultural and mineral products , as well as of the forest , are on their way to this , their commercial depot . Besides , the Susquehanna River , after traversing ...
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... consumption has increased from 30,000,000 of feet in 1839 to more than 80,000,000 in 1849. This is by no means , however , as we shall see when we come to notice the Baltimore and Susque- hanna Railroad , the only article which she ...
... consumption has increased from 30,000,000 of feet in 1839 to more than 80,000,000 in 1849. This is by no means , however , as we shall see when we come to notice the Baltimore and Susque- hanna Railroad , the only article which she ...
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... consumption of about 2,200,000 bushels of wheat per an- num . The Susquehanna flour is chiefly the product of Pennsylvania mills , and is mostly brought to the city in the many immense wagons which are engaged in transporting produce to ...
... consumption of about 2,200,000 bushels of wheat per an- num . The Susquehanna flour is chiefly the product of Pennsylvania mills , and is mostly brought to the city in the many immense wagons which are engaged in transporting produce to ...
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