An Almanack for the Year of Our Lord ...J. Whitaker, 1876 - Almanacs, English |
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Page 153 - Arranged to meet the requirements of the Syllabus of the Science and Art Department of the Committee of Council on Education, South Kensington.
Page 266 - It is about 4 miles from north to south, and the same from east to west; it is high and precipitous, except on the southern side, where there is a small rocky reef.
Page 230 - CONSTITUTION The Government is administered by a Governor aided by an Executive Council...
Page 298 - Such newspaper posted for inland circulation must be prepaid by adhesive stamp or stamped wrapper. The prepaid rate for a packet containing two or more registered newspapers is one halfpenny for each newspaper ; or, if under 2 ounces, then at the book rate of one halfpenny for every 2 oz. or fraction of 2 oz. No packet of newspapers must exceed two feet in length, or one foot in width or depth, or 14 Ib. in weight. The newspaper must contain no writing except the address.
Page 317 - The Annual Reports of the Company's state and progress, Prospectuses, and Forms, may be had, or will be sent, post free, on application at the Office, or to any of the Company's Agents.
Page 221 - Immediately previous to the discovery of the route to India by the Cape of Good Hope, we find that the price of pepper in the markets of Europe had fallen to 6s.
Page 21 - SORES, and all SKIN DISEASES, are sufficient to prove the great value of this most useful Family Medicine, it being A DIRECT PURIFIER OF THE BLOOD and other fluids of the human body.
Page 318 - Years' standing and upwards— there being no Shareholders. The rate of abatement of Premium thereby given for the current year on Life Policies is 65 per cent, for the First Series, and ranges from 50 to 55 per cent, for the Second Series.
Page 271 - The population of the republic is formed by three nationalities distinct by their language as German, French, and Italian, but the first constituting the great majority. The German language is spoken by the majority of inhabitants in sixteen cantons, the French in four, and the Italian in two. It is reported in the census returns of 1870, that 384,561 families speak German, 134,183 French, and 30,293 Italian. The...
Page 298 - Goods sent for sale, or in execution of an order (however small the quantity may be), or any articles sent by one private individual to another which are not actually patterns or samples are treated as letters.