Miscellaneous Series, Issues 90-99U.S. Government Printing Office, 1919 - United States |
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Page 12
... average price of all food- stuffs in 1917 has been estimated to be about 218 per cent of the 1913 price level . There has then been some decline in the net importa- tions as far as quantities are concerned . Further , it is probable ...
... average price of all food- stuffs in 1917 has been estimated to be about 218 per cent of the 1913 price level . There has then been some decline in the net importa- tions as far as quantities are concerned . Further , it is probable ...
Page 14
... average about 85 per cent of the 1913 figure . The figures for 1918 indicate a decline in net imports to less than 50 per cent of the normal pre - war level . Rice is the only cereal which shows a significant increase in both gross and ...
... average about 85 per cent of the 1913 figure . The figures for 1918 indicate a decline in net imports to less than 50 per cent of the normal pre - war level . Rice is the only cereal which shows a significant increase in both gross and ...
Page 37
... average metal content , however , so that the production of pig iron from imported ore amounts to about half the total British production . The trade and production figures for iron and steel for the years 1912-1918 are shown in some ...
... average metal content , however , so that the production of pig iron from imported ore amounts to about half the total British production . The trade and production figures for iron and steel for the years 1912-1918 are shown in some ...
Page 50
... average import just before the war of around 80,000 bales . Japanese takings of these wools have increased in the same period from 20,000 bales to 113,600 bales . No recent figures for the production of the important textile yarns and ...
... average import just before the war of around 80,000 bales . Japanese takings of these wools have increased in the same period from 20,000 bales to 113,600 bales . No recent figures for the production of the important textile yarns and ...
Page 82
... average about 50 per cent of the pre - war level . Nitrate of soda comes . principally from Chile ; phosphate rock from Tunis and the United States ; basic slag from Belgium ; guano from Peru . Reexports of all kinds of manures are ...
... average about 50 per cent of the pre - war level . Nitrate of soda comes . principally from Chile ; phosphate rock from Tunis and the United States ; basic slag from Belgium ; guano from Peru . Reexports of all kinds of manures are ...
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Page 161 - SEC. 235. Every package containing explosives or other dangerous articles when presented to a common carrier for shipment shall have plainly marked on the outside thereof the contents thereof ; and it shall be unlawful for any person to deliver, or cause to be delivered, to any common carrier engaged in interstate or foreign commerce by land or water...
Page 329 - Regulations for the Transportation of Explosives and Other Dangerous Articles by Freight, and Specifications for Shipping Containers...
Page 113 - ... be adjudged, under the regulations of the Secretary of Agriculture, to be infected or to have been exposed to infection so as to be dangerous to other animals, they shall not...
Page 128 - The master shall also deliver a similar notice to the proper officer of customs in the United Kingdom, together with the report required to be made by the customs consolidation act, 1876, on the arrival of the ship in the United Kingdom.
Page 159 - ... friction matches may be carried on such steamers when securely packed in strong tight chests or boxes, the covers of which shall be well secured by locks, screws, or other reliable fastenings, and stowed in a safe part of the vessel at a secure distance from any fire or heat.
Page 161 - State, Territory or District of the United States or place noncontiguous to, but subject to the jurisdiction thereof...
Page 159 - Nothing in the foregoing or following sections of this act shall prohibit the transportation by steam vessels of gasoline or any of the products of petroleum when carried by motor vehicles (commonly known as automobiles) using the same as a source of motive power...
Page 183 - Condemned or leaking dynamite must not be repacked and offered for shipment unless the repacking Is done by a competent person In the presence of. or with the written consent of, an Inspector, or with the written authority of the chief Inspector of the Bureau of Explosives.
Page 172 - Refined petroleum, which will not ignite at a temperature less than one hundred and. ten degrees of Fahrenheit thermometer, may be carried on board such steamers upon routes where there is no other practicable mode of transporting it...
Page 159 - ... under such regulations as shall be prescribed by the board of supervising inspectors with the approval of the Secretary of Commerce...