Commercial Relations of the United States with Foreign Countries

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Page 485 - ... (ii) On summary conviction to imprisonment, with or without hard labour, for a term not exceeding four months, or to a fine not exceeding twenty pounds, and in the case of a second or subsequent conviction to imprisonment, with or without hard labour, for a term not exceeding six months...
Page 485 - Act shall be liable — (i.) on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment, with or without hard labour, for a term not exceeding two years, or to a fine, or to both...
Page 449 - ... in what part of the kingdom each death has occurred. If, therefore, the cause of death be correctly inserted, there will exist thenceforward public documents, from whence may be derived a more accurate knowledge, not only of the comparative prevalence of various mortal diseases, as regards the whole of England and Wales, but also of the localities in which they respectively prevail, and the sex, aye, and condition of life which each principally affects.
Page 485 - ... shall expose to public view, or shall manufacture, or sell, or expose for sale, or have in possession for sale or for use, any article or thing or substance, being an article of merchandise or a receptacle of merchandise, upon which shall have been printed, painted or attached, or otherwise placed, a representation of any such flag, standard, color or ensign of the United States, to advertise, or call attention to...
Page 182 - ... interior as any white man, but he frankly admits that there are places where he would not dare to go, knowing that a white man would be promptly killed on sight. Under these circumstances it is impossible, at present, to secure a true census of the population. PRINCIPAL ISLANDS. The principal islands are divided into twenty-seven provinces, thirteen of which are on the Isle of Luzon ; four on the Isle of Negros ; three on Panay, and four on Mindanao. Each of these islands has its governor, and...
Page 414 - ... body, to be called the county council, and vests in it the administrative (not the judicial) duties of the justices of the peace — such as the levying of a county rate, the maintenance of shire halls, lunatic asylums, industrial schools, roads and bridges, and revision of the Parliamentary Register. The council will also take additional duties, such as the appointment of coroners, while the management of the county police will be vested in a joint committee of the council and the justices of...
Page 470 - Nation entered and cleared, with Cargoes and in Ballast, from and to Foreign Countries and British Possessions...
Page 43 - Transardin'e Railway, is now completed and opened to traffic, thus giving a through line from Buenos Ayres as far as Mendoza. Work continues to progress on the link from Mendoza towards Valparaiso, Chili, some of the track having already been laid, and by the end of the year it is expected that the Uspallata Pass of the Andes will be reached. For the construction of the railway from Monte Caseros to Corrientes and Posadas in the Misiones the necessary materials are now being received, and the work...
Page 190 - ... development of the port. The principal manufacture is pineapple cloth. The country around Iloilo is very fertile and is extensively cultivated, sugar, tobacco, and rice being grown, and there are many towns in the vicinity that are larger than the port. Cebu, the capital of the island of this name, was at one time the seat of the administration of revenue for the whole of the Visayas. It is well-built and possesses fine roads. The trade is principally in hemp and sugar. Other towns are Laog,...
Page 72 - ... in the markets of Europe ; and, after trial, ours are forcing themselves upon the attention of this country in spite of the fact that, owing to superior finish and style, it may cost a little more to put them down here.

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