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... Crew must be Three - fourths British . -Objections to this Law . - Right of Men - of - War to deprive Merchant Ships of Seamen . Injurious directly and indi- rectly to Owners and the Mercantile Marine . ties on Marine Policies should be ...
... Crew must be Three - fourths British . -Objections to this Law . - Right of Men - of - War to deprive Merchant Ships of Seamen . Injurious directly and indi- rectly to Owners and the Mercantile Marine . ties on Marine Policies should be ...
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... crew were also English . Having thus secured the import trade of Asia , Africa , and America , to the English shipowners , the act went on to secure to them , as far as that was possible , the import trade of Europe . For this purpose ...
... crew were also English . Having thus secured the import trade of Asia , Africa , and America , to the English shipowners , the act went on to secure to them , as far as that was possible , the import trade of Europe . For this purpose ...
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... to prove what we feared . We have , however , no desire— no interest to make matters worse than they really are — - Vessels built and registered . Vessels and their Crews belonging 18 THE PROGRESS OF TRADE AND NAVIGATION .
... to prove what we feared . We have , however , no desire— no interest to make matters worse than they really are — - Vessels built and registered . Vessels and their Crews belonging 18 THE PROGRESS OF TRADE AND NAVIGATION .
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... Crews belonging to the British Empire . Ships . Tons . Ships . Tons . Ships . Tons . Ships . Tons . Ships . Tons . 1820 635 Ships . Tons . 68,142 248 16,440 883 84.582 21,969 2,439,029 3,405 209,564 25,374 2,648,593 174,514 1821 597 ...
... Crews belonging to the British Empire . Ships . Tons . Ships . Tons . Ships . Tons . Ships . Tons . Ships . Tons . 1820 635 Ships . Tons . 68,142 248 16,440 883 84.582 21,969 2,439,029 3,405 209,564 25,374 2,648,593 174,514 1821 597 ...
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... crews to navi- gate them to this country , tends materially to enhance the demand for seamen . Labour is , besides , during the shipping season , of greater value in Quebec than in this country ; and these two causes combined offer ...
... crews to navi- gate them to this country , tends materially to enhance the demand for seamen . Labour is , besides , during the shipping season , of greater value in Quebec than in this country ; and these two causes combined offer ...
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