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Página 36
... scarcity of breadstuffs in the Republic , the sending of orders for wheat to New York and Russia , and the chartering of vessels to import wheat from California and Oregon . At the same time cargoes were being shipped inward from ...
... scarcity of breadstuffs in the Republic , the sending of orders for wheat to New York and Russia , and the chartering of vessels to import wheat from California and Oregon . At the same time cargoes were being shipped inward from ...
Página 69
... scarcity of an enterprising agricultural population . DOMESTIC AND USEFUL ANIMALS . No census of these is known , although several classes are abundant . Thousands of cattle of the old Spanish breed are pastured on the savan- nas and in ...
... scarcity of an enterprising agricultural population . DOMESTIC AND USEFUL ANIMALS . No census of these is known , although several classes are abundant . Thousands of cattle of the old Spanish breed are pastured on the savan- nas and in ...
Página 146
... scarcity of interior means of communica- tion . Paraguay was the first country of South America to build a rail- way , and it had a line in operation in 1865 ; but little progress in railway - building has since been made , the old line ...
... scarcity of interior means of communica- tion . Paraguay was the first country of South America to build a rail- way , and it had a line in operation in 1865 ; but little progress in railway - building has since been made , the old line ...
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... scarcity of labor and cost of machinery upon the ground . CLIMATE AND HEALTH . Although so near the equator , the country has a great variety of cli- mate , on account of its mountain elevations , consisting in the Andean , Coast , and ...
... scarcity of labor and cost of machinery upon the ground . CLIMATE AND HEALTH . Although so near the equator , the country has a great variety of cli- mate , on account of its mountain elevations , consisting in the Andean , Coast , and ...
Página 179
... scarcity of reliable laborers . The cacao of Venezuela is of superior quality , and the area of plantations was considerably increased about 1880 , during the de- pression in coffee prices , upon the area of the coffee plantations ...
... scarcity of reliable laborers . The cacao of Venezuela is of superior quality , and the area of plantations was considerably increased about 1880 , during the de- pression in coffee prices , upon the area of the coffee plantations ...
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Página 98 - ... in view of the free introduction of such sugar, molasses, coffee, tea, and hides into the United States he may deem to be reciprocally unequal and unreasonable, he shall have the power and it shall be his duty to suspend, by proclamation to that effect, the provisions of this act relating to the free introduction of such sugar, molasses, coffee, tea, and hides, the production of such country, for such time as he shall deem just...
Página 98 - By that section it was declared that "with a view to secure reciprocal trade with countries producing the following articles and for this purpose, on and after the first day of January, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, whenever, and so often as the President shall be satisfied...
Página 98 - ... duties or other exactions upon the agricultural or other products of the United States, which in view of the free introduction of such sugar, molasses, coffee, tea and hides into the United States he may deem to be reciprocally unequal and unreasonable, he shall have the power and it shall be his duty...
Página 36 - ... by law, have the supervision of the waters of the State and of their appropriation, distribution and diversion, and of the various officers connected therewith. Its decisions to be subject to review by the courts of the State. Sec. 3. Priority of appropriation for beneficial uses shall give the better right. No appropriation shall be denied except when such denial is demanded by the -public interests.
Página 36 - There shall be constituted a board of control, to be composed of the State engineer and superintendents of the water divisions, which shall, under such regulations as may be prescribed by law, have the supervision of the waters of the State and of their appropriation, distribution, and diversion and of the various officers connected therewith. Its decisions to be subject to review by the courts of the State.
Página 36 - ... years, or until his successor shall have been appointed and shall have qualified. He shall be president of the board of control, and shall have general supervision of the waters of the state and of the officers connected with its distribution.
Página 36 - No person shall be appointed to this position who has not such theoretical knowledge and such practical experience and skill as shall fit him for the position.
Página 51 - The grain is either sown broadcast in the place where it is intended to stand till ripe, or thickly in beds, from which it is transplanted when the blade is about a foot high. As soon as the season will admit after the 21st of March, the land is opened by one or more ploughings, according to its strength, and the clods are broken down by blows with wooden mattocks, managed in general by women, with great regularity and address, after which water is let...
Página 36 - They can be described only by negative characters; without habitations, without water, without trees, without mountains, they support merely a few dwarf plants. Why, then, and the case is not peculiar to myself, have these arid wastes taken so firm a hold on my memory...
Página 37 - ... according to the prior rights of each respectively, in whole or in part, and to shut and fasten, or cause to be shut and fastened, the...