Miscellaneous Series, Issues 90-99U.S. Government Printing Office, 1919 - United States |
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... figures were 65 per cent and 66,516,100 pounds . In 1912 only 58,777 tons of British iron and steel manufactures were exported to France . In 1916 France received 1,115,939 tons , and the figure for 1917 was only a little less than a ...
... figures were 65 per cent and 66,516,100 pounds . In 1912 only 58,777 tons of British iron and steel manufactures were exported to France . In 1916 France received 1,115,939 tons , and the figure for 1917 was only a little less than a ...
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... figures shown for the last two years more nearly repre- sent supplies of essential foodstuffs than do the corresponding figures for earlier years . The shortage of particular items , such as sugar , mutton , butter , eggs , etc. , has ...
... figures shown for the last two years more nearly repre- sent supplies of essential foodstuffs than do the corresponding figures for earlier years . The shortage of particular items , such as sugar , mutton , butter , eggs , etc. , has ...
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... 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 net trade during the war . It is ...
... 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 net trade during the war . It is ...
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... figures for England and Wales only . 2 Estimated . It is noticeable that the increase in the total production of grains was not important until 1917 ; and the point should be emphasized that it is in connection with the crop for 1918 ...
... figures for England and Wales only . 2 Estimated . It is noticeable that the increase in the total production of grains was not important until 1917 ; and the point should be emphasized that it is in connection with the crop for 1918 ...
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... figures . There is a large trade in other animal fats and oils . The imports of unrefined tallow , for example , totaled 2,039,352 hundred weights in 1912 , while exports amounted to 1,561,382 hundredweights . In 1917 the corresponding ...
... figures . There is a large trade in other animal fats and oils . The imports of unrefined tallow , for example , totaled 2,039,352 hundred weights in 1912 , while exports amounted to 1,561,382 hundredweights . In 1917 the corresponding ...
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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...