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... cent nominal value of imports intended . The prices on imports fixed in 1858 were revised in 1902 on a basis of prices in 1897-99 , but ex- port prices remained unchanged . The latest adjustment was in 1918 , when a five - year average ...
... cent nominal value of imports intended . The prices on imports fixed in 1858 were revised in 1902 on a basis of prices in 1897-99 , but ex- port prices remained unchanged . The latest adjustment was in 1918 , when a five - year average ...
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... cent , and the total receipts in any one year had never been over five million dollars . By 1900 the average rate of duty had increased to eight and one - half per cent , and by 1911 it had reached an annual average of fifteen per cent ...
... cent , and the total receipts in any one year had never been over five million dollars . By 1900 the average rate of duty had increased to eight and one - half per cent , and by 1911 it had reached an annual average of fifteen per cent ...
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... cent of all silk products being attributed to the southern trade area . Silk is raised , however , all over China , and especially in the provinces of Szechwan , Shan- tung , and Yunnan . Wild silk has recently become more popular ...
... cent of all silk products being attributed to the southern trade area . Silk is raised , however , all over China , and especially in the provinces of Szechwan , Shan- tung , and Yunnan . Wild silk has recently become more popular ...
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... cent in Korea , and 11 per cent in the northern island of Hokkaido , and the balance distributed among the smaller islands . Two chains of mountains form the most distinc- tive physical feature of Japan , one extending from the far ...
... cent in Korea , and 11 per cent in the northern island of Hokkaido , and the balance distributed among the smaller islands . Two chains of mountains form the most distinc- tive physical feature of Japan , one extending from the far ...
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... cent to the United States . The silk culture in Japan has been afforded the fullest and most scientific encouragement on the part of the Government , which has established experiment stations for investigating every phase of silk ...
... cent to the United States . The silk culture in Japan has been afforded the fullest and most scientific encouragement on the part of the Government , which has established experiment stations for investigating every phase of silk ...
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Page 364 - An Act to provide for the registration of, with collectors of internal revenue, and to impose a special tax upon all persons who produce, import, manufacture, compound, deal in, dispense, sell, distribute, or give away opium or coca leaves, their salts, derivatives, or preparations, and for other purposes...
Page 366 - Kingdom authorised to accept on behalf of the company service of process and any notices required to be served on the company...
Page 356 - States, except as permitted by such laws, shall by any implication or construction be deemed to possess the power of carrying on the business of discounting bills, notes or other evidences of debt, of receiving deposits, of buying and selling bills of exchange, or of issuing bills, notes or other evidences of debt for circulation as money...
Page 362 - ... that the testimony or evidence, documentary or otherwise, required of him may tend to incriminate him or subject him to a penalty or forfeiture. But no natural person shall be prosecuted or subjected to any penalty or forfeiture for or on account of any transaction, matter, or thing...
Page 361 - In the case of a deposition the testimony shall be reduced to writing by the individual taking the deposition or under his direction and shall then be subscribed by the deponent.
Page 365 - ... required by the Commissioner, render a correct return, duly verified under oath, of its...
Page 294 - That the Sultan receive and provide a suitable residence for a British Officer, to be called Resident, who shall be accredited to his Court, and whose advice must be asked and acted upon in all questions other than those touching Malay religion and custom.
Page 364 - Agriculture," approved October 1, 1890, is amended by adding at the end thereof a new paragraph to read as follows...
Page 362 - Commission, on the ground that the testimony or evidence, documentary or otherwise, required of him may tend to incriminate him or subject him to a penalty or forfeiture...
Page 422 - means a trade description which is false in a material respect as regards the goods to which it is applied, and includes every alteration of a trade description, whether by way of addition, effacement, or otherwise, where that alteration makes the description false in a material respect, and the fact that a trade description is a trade mark, or part of a trade mark, shall not prevent such trade description being a false trade description within the meaning of this Act : The expression " goods "...