Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review, Volume 23F. Hunt, 1850 - Commerce |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 98
Page 21
... effect upon prices in England till after that year ; but that in the course of the 70 years succeeding — that is , from 1570 to about 1640 , or even 1636 , there was a gradual depreciation of gold and silver to a third or fourth of ...
... effect upon prices in England till after that year ; but that in the course of the 70 years succeeding — that is , from 1570 to about 1640 , or even 1636 , there was a gradual depreciation of gold and silver to a third or fourth of ...
Page 22
... effect on depreciation . So large a part of the gold and silver received from America has been absorbed in this way , that though the quantity in Europe and America is believed to have increased fifteen - fold in three centuries and a ...
... effect on depreciation . So large a part of the gold and silver received from America has been absorbed in this way , that though the quantity in Europe and America is believed to have increased fifteen - fold in three centuries and a ...
Page 24
... effects of so large an addition to the gold of the world . * Before the discovery of America the quantity of gold annually ... effect on depreciation . The increase of silver , whatever it may be , will indeed lessen or re- tard the ...
... effects of so large an addition to the gold of the world . * Before the discovery of America the quantity of gold annually ... effect on depreciation . The increase of silver , whatever it may be , will indeed lessen or re- tard the ...
Page 26
... effect of the depreciation of gold will be both to increase the demand for it , not only in quantity , but in value , and to discontinue the working the least produc- tive mines ; by which double operation on the supply and demand an ...
... effect of the depreciation of gold will be both to increase the demand for it , not only in quantity , but in value , and to discontinue the working the least produc- tive mines ; by which double operation on the supply and demand an ...
Page 27
... effects are likely to be very great . 4. By the resistless attraction of its gold , the settlement of that country will advance beyond all example . Already its population ... effect of giving a spring to The Gold Mines of California . 27.
... effects are likely to be very great . 4. By the resistless attraction of its gold , the settlement of that country will advance beyond all example . Already its population ... effect of giving a spring to The Gold Mines of California . 27.
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
American amount annual August average bales Bank of England banks bbls Boston Brazil Britain British capital captain cent Champlain Canal circulation coin commerce commissioners committee consumption corporation cost cotton crop debt dividends dollars duty England English Erie Canal estimated Europe exports favor feet foreign France freight fund gold gutta-percha hundred important increase India interest January July June labor Lake Lake Erie land Legislature loans manufactures Massachusetts merchandise Merchants miles millions months nations navigation North October Ohio operation opium Orleans paid passengers person Philadelphia port pounds present produce profits quantity railroad railway receipts received revenue River road route Russia Seneca River ships silver South South Carolina specie steamer supply thalers tion tonnage tons Total trade Treasury United United Kingdom UNITED STATES MINT usury vessels whole York