The Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review, Volume 51F. Hunt, 1864 - Commerce |
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... specie .. 43 , 133 , 244 , 293 , 376 , 448 Prices of domestic productions and foreign importations as affected by fluctuations in gold , compared 289 , 291 Price of foreign goods , aggregate in- crease . Prices , list of and the effect ...
... specie .. 43 , 133 , 244 , 293 , 376 , 448 Prices of domestic productions and foreign importations as affected by fluctuations in gold , compared 289 , 291 Price of foreign goods , aggregate in- crease . Prices , list of and the effect ...
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... Specie in the city and banks decreased 449 Specie held by government , decreased receipts ..... Spirits , daty on , under act of March 7th , 1864 ... Stamp duties and taxes under reve- nue law ..... " 241 , 295 , 374 " and paper ...
... Specie in the city and banks decreased 449 Specie held by government , decreased receipts ..... Spirits , daty on , under act of March 7th , 1864 ... Stamp duties and taxes under reve- nue law ..... " 241 , 295 , 374 " and paper ...
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... specie ; at the last published state- ment the debt is given at $ 1,720,000,000 ; but it is well known that the real amount is many hundred millions in excess of that sum ; in fact the debt , we believe , is nearly equal to the personal ...
... specie ; at the last published state- ment the debt is given at $ 1,720,000,000 ; but it is well known that the real amount is many hundred millions in excess of that sum ; in fact the debt , we believe , is nearly equal to the personal ...
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... specie , the net liabilities of the bank contain the aug- mentation , its assets and liabilities being reduced alike — and , unless the specie is exported , the volume of national currency also contains the aug- mentation of $ 10,000 ...
... specie , the net liabilities of the bank contain the aug- mentation , its assets and liabilities being reduced alike — and , unless the specie is exported , the volume of national currency also contains the aug- mentation of $ 10,000 ...
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... specie for the drafts of Secretary CHASE on this fictitious credit , made no difference to them or to him - added nothing to and deducted nothing from their debt currency , because it reduced their assets and liabilities alike , leaving ...
... specie for the drafts of Secretary CHASE on this fictitious credit , made no difference to them or to him - added nothing to and deducted nothing from their debt currency , because it reduced their assets and liabilities alike , leaving ...
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Page 67 - To exercise by its board of directors, or duly authorized officers or agents, subject to law, all such incidental powers as shall be necessary to carry on the business of banking; by discounting and negotiating promissory notes, drafts, bills of exchange, and other evidences of debt...
Page 83 - ... on real estate, or of judgments or decrees in its favor; all deposits of money, bullion, or other valuable thing for its use, or for the use of any of its shareholders or creditors; and all payments of money to either, made after the commission of an act of insolvency, or in contemplation thereof...
Page 79 - Nothing herein shall be construed to exempt the real property of associations from either State, county or municipal taxes, to the same extent, according to its value, as other real property is taxed...
Page 325 - ... points of division, and also at the upper and lower points of the depth extending each measurement to the average thickness of that part of the ceiling which is between the points of measurement...
Page 329 - Every steamship, when approaching another ship so as to involve risk of collision, shall slacken her speed, or if necessary stop and reverse ; and every steamship shall, when in a fog, go at a moderate speed.
Page 86 - First. A summary of the state and condition of every association from which reports have been received the preceding year, at the several dates to which such reports refer, with an abstract of the whole amount of banking capital returned by them, of the whole amount of their debts and liabilities, the amount of circulating notes outstanding, and the total amount of means and resources, specifying the amount of lawful money held by them at the times of their several returns, and such other information...
Page 325 - ... area (except the first and last) by two ; add these products together, and to the sum add the first and last if they yield anything; multiply the quantity thus obtained by one-third of the common interval between the areas, and the product will be the cubical contents of the space under the tonnage deck...
Page 329 - When two steam vessels are crossing, so as to involve risk of collision, the vessel which has the other on her own starboard side shall keep out of the way of the other.
Page 329 - A vessel which, is closehauled on the port tack shall keep out of the way of a vessel which is closehauled on the starboard tack. (c) When both are running free, with the wind on different sides, the vessel which has the wind on the port side shall keep out of the way of the other.
Page 229 - ... to have any exclusive right or title to the making or preparing the same, or which are prepared, uttered, vended, or exposed for sale under any letters patent, or...