Consular Reports: Commerce, manufactures, etc, Issues 168-171U.S. Government Printing Office, 1894 - Consular reports |
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Page 430 - Congress assembled, that the value of foreign coin as expressed in the money of account of the United States shall be that of the pure metal of such coin of standard value ; and the values of the standard coins in circulation of the various nations of the .world shall be estimated annually by the Director of the Mint, and be proclaimed on the first day of January by the Secretary of the Treasury.
Page 430 - Decimeter (i/io meter) equals 3.937 inches. Meter equals 39.37 inches. Decameter (10 meters) equals 393.7 inches. Hectometer (100 meters) equals 328 feet i inch. Kilometer (1,000 meters) equals 0.62137 mile (3,280 feet 10 inches) Myriameter (10,000 meters) equals 6.2137 miles. METRIC SURFACE MEASURE.
Page 146 - Hectometer (loo meters) equals 328 feet I inch. Kilometer (1,000 meters) equals 0.62137 mile (3,280 feet 10 inches). Myriameter (10,000 meters) equals 6.2137 miles. Metric surface measures. Centare (l square meter) equals 1,550 square inches.
Page vii - In 1874 and 1875 the gold standard prevailed in the Argentine Republic. Its currency does not appear in the statements again until 1883, when the double standard prevailed, and the peso attained a fixed value of 96.5 cents. t Un reference to the table of
Page xii - FOREIGN WEIGHTS AND MEASURES. The following table embraces only such weights and measures as are given from time to time in CONSULAR REPORTS and in Commercial Relations: Foreign weights and measures^ with American equivalents.
Page 1 - Decigram (-fa gram) equals 1.5432 grains. Gram equals 15.432 grains. Decagram (10 grams) equals 0.3527 ounce. Hectogram (100 grams) equals 3.5274 ounces. Kilogram (1,000 grams) equals 2.2046 pounds. Myriagram (10,000 grams) equals 22.046 pounds. Quintal (100,000 grams) equals 220.46 pounds. Millier or tonnea — ton (1,000,000 grams) equals 2,204.6 pounds.
Page 288 - The following statements, running from January 1, 1874, to April 1, 1899, have been prepared to assist in computing the values in American money of the trade, prices, values, wages, etc., of and in foreign countries, as given in consular and other reports. The series of years are given so that computations may be made for each year in the proper money values of such year. In hurried computations...
Page viii - Egyptian pound became fixed in value at $4.94,3 in 1887. {The Netherlands florin fluctuated up to the year 1880, when it became fixed at 40.2 cents. Countries. Standard. Monetary unit. Value in terms of the United States gold dollar on January i — 1874.
Page 144 - Cotton Textiles in Foreign Countries, Files in Spanish America, Carpet Manufacture in Foreign Countries, Malt and Beer in Spanish America, and Fruit Culture in Foreign Countries.