Reports from the Consuls of the United States (varies Slightly), 第 23 卷，第 81-84 期U.S. Government Printing Office, 1887 |
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第 486 頁 - There is a great course also for the production of wealth. Let the producers be many and the consumers few. Let there be activity in the production, and economy in the expenditure. Then the wealth will always be sufficient.
第 726 頁 - Egypt, and according as its soil has beeu cultivated so has its prosperity as a nation fluctuated. The rise and fall of the Nile, and the consequent time to sow and to reap crops, was the origin of mathematical investigation, for which the ancient Egyptians became celebrated. Out of it arose the fixed year — first, twelve lunar months ; then, twelve solar months of thirty days each, with five days added at the end of the last mouth to insure the return of the seasons at fixed periods.
第 71 頁 - British merchants will not be allowed to reside at Ch'ung-k'ing, or to open establishments or warehouses there, so long as no steamers have access to the port. When steamers have succeeded in ascending the river so far, further arrangements can be taken into consideration.
第 393 頁 - Tierra del Fuego may be described as a mountainous land, partly submerged in the sea, so that deep inlets and bays occupy the place where valleys should exist. The mountain sides, except on the exposed western coast, are covered from the water's edge upwards by one great forest. The trees reach to an elevation of between...
第 409 頁 - The United States is bounded on the north by the Dominion of Canada, on the east by the Atlantic Ocean, on the south by the Gulf of Mexico and the Republic of Mexico, and on the west by the Pacific Ocean; the Declaration of Independence was signed in 1776.
第 112 頁 - Sykes's hydrometer, and so in proportion for any greater strength than the strength of proof, and for any greater or less quantity than a gallon, viz.
第 36 頁 - Commissioners, may think fit to prescribe, and all such restrictions shall be included in the rules.] ( 3) All rules made in pursuance of this section shall be laid before Parliament within fourteen days after the making thereof, or, if Parliament is not then sitting, then within fourteen days after the next meeting of Parliament.
第 478 頁 - It is agreed," as we read among the rules, " that members having disputes about money matters shall submit their case to arbitration at a gild meeting, where every effort will be made to arrive at a satisfactory settlement of the dispute. If it prove impossible to arrive at an understanding, appeal may be made to the authorities; but if the complainant resorts to the courts in the first instance...
第 37 頁 - Act hereby repealed, or under this act, or under any Act in force for the regulation of mining, who shall be found occupying any Crown land or land granted, reserved, or dedicated for public purposes, either by residing or by erecting any hut or building thereon, or by clearing, digging up...
第 375 頁 - In vain do we turn our eyes to any otherpart of the world for a people who at once need and are willing to take from our farms, looms, forges, and wells of mineral oils that which we are able to produce and spare. The nations of Central and South America offer not alone the most alluring and most profitable markets whereby to relieve our excessive productions, but there is no other field. ««***** The...