Commercial Relations of the United States with Foreign Countries, Volumen1

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Página 805 - ... evidence of custom and usage is admissible to annex incidents to written contracts in matters with respect to which they are silent. The same rule has also been applied to contracts in other transactions of life in which known usages have been established and prevailed ; and this has been done upon the principle of presumption, that, in such transactions, the parties did not mean to express in writing the whole of the contract by which they intended to be bound, but a contract with reference...
Página 366 - R.158.3m. in the first six months of this year compared with the same period last year.
Página 805 - Whether such a relaxation of the strictness of the common law was wisely applied, where formal instruments have been entered into, and particularly leases under seal, may well be doubted ; but the contrary has been established by such authority, and the relations between landlord and tenant have been so long regulated upon the supposition that all customary obligations not altered by the contract are to remain in force, that it is too late to pursue a contrary course ; and it would be productive...
Página 365 - ... districts, each of which was to be examined by an Assistant^Commissioner, and a deputation was to be sent to America, France, Belgium, &c. to inquire into the state of agriculture in those countries. The inquiry was to be thus arranged: — 1. Condition of farms; 2. Condition of farmers; 3. The labourer; 4. Land Laws ; 5. Land tenancy; 6. Agricultural education; 7. Condition of estates; 8. Agricultural statistics to be furnished by the Board of Trade ; 9. Returns of imports and exports of agricultural...
Página 196 - SIR : I have the honor to submit my annual report for the year ending September 30, 1879.
Página 809 - I think the land in the North of Ireland with which I am acquainted is let higher at this moment, in proportion to its intrinsic value, notwithstanding the tenant-right which exists there, than the land in other counties which I have had to deal with.
Página 724 - Ib. alum to each 10 gal. of the solution. Green and blue are produced from the twigs and leaves of the lamyip, or blue plant, which grows in abundance near Canton. To the solution thus produced a small quantity of chemical dye is now usually added. In dyeing these colours, the straw is soaked in water for 7 days, and then immersed in the colouring matter for a few hours only, the solution being hot. Consul Lincoln states that in a recent visit to one of the largest manufactories, he found 50 looms...
Página 723 - ... per bundle, each bundle being sufficient to make 4 bed mats, or 6 such as are used for making sails. The district of Tung Kuan produces large quantities of this grass, but of a species used almost entirely in the manufacture of floor matting. It is said to grow better in the vicinity of salt water, where the water flooding it is somewhat brackish. It is planted usually in the month of June from slips. These are allowed to grow for about 2 months, when they arc replanted in rows. The soil being...
Página 584 - even the sacred lamps over the Prophet's tomb at Mecca are fed with oil from Pennsylvania.
Página 746 - Whenever the tariff' shall expressly so provide; b. When the duty on the goods does not exceed 6 marks on 100 kilograms. Otherwise the duties by weight shall be levied on the basis of the net weight. In ascertaining the net weight of liquids, the weight of their immediate receptacles (casks, bottles, jars, &c.) shall not be deducted. As regards sirups, the present existing regulations shall remain in force. For the other kinds of goods, the percentage of the gross weight, according to whicli the...

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