China and the Chinese: Their Religion, Character, Customs, and Manufacturers: the Evils Arising from the Opium Trade : with a Glance at Our Religious, Moral, Political and Commercial Intercourse with the CountryWm. S. Orr & Company, 1849 |
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Pàgina 31
... Spanish per mensem , * and were favoured in being allowed to rent it at that rate , as two hundred dollars had been ... dollar varies in value from four shillings and two- pence to four shillings and sixpence . Spanish per month ; this ...
... Spanish per mensem , * and were favoured in being allowed to rent it at that rate , as two hundred dollars had been ... dollar varies in value from four shillings and two- pence to four shillings and sixpence . Spanish per month ; this ...
Pàgina 32
... Spanish dollar will only procure , what a shilling would purchase at home . Vegetables and fruit are rather cheaper than they are here ; but it would be impossible to give old and ever varying prices of poultry and pigs ; suffice it to ...
... Spanish dollar will only procure , what a shilling would purchase at home . Vegetables and fruit are rather cheaper than they are here ; but it would be impossible to give old and ever varying prices of poultry and pigs ; suffice it to ...
Pàgina 139
... coin passes current in Amoy , by weight , Spanish dollars , Mexican ditto , Indian rupees , Dutch guilders , English shillings and sixpences , are taken by the natives with equal avi- dity . Gold the Chinese do not estimate as a ...
... coin passes current in Amoy , by weight , Spanish dollars , Mexican ditto , Indian rupees , Dutch guilders , English shillings and sixpences , are taken by the natives with equal avi- dity . Gold the Chinese do not estimate as a ...
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China and the Chinese: Their Religion, Character, Customs, and ..., Volum 1 Henry Charles Sirr Visualització completa - 1849 |
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