Where shall we get meat? The food supplies of western Europe. To which is appended a paper on the production of food |
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... BRUSSELS . Verviers - Liege - Division of Lands - Produce of Cereals- House Property in Brussels - Rents - Export of Cattle - English Purchasers - Advance in the Price of Meat -Imports into Great Britain - Short Supply of British Cattle ...
... BRUSSELS . Verviers - Liege - Division of Lands - Produce of Cereals- House Property in Brussels - Rents - Export of Cattle - English Purchasers - Advance in the Price of Meat -Imports into Great Britain - Short Supply of British Cattle ...
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... Brussels is larger in pro- portion than any of the cities I enumerate at foot . * I cannot regard the growth of cities as an advan- tage to a country , they are rather a drain upon her resources . - The supply of grain for Paris may be ...
... Brussels is larger in pro- portion than any of the cities I enumerate at foot . * I cannot regard the growth of cities as an advan- tage to a country , they are rather a drain upon her resources . - The supply of grain for Paris may be ...
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... effective members in other countries . M. Veratt , secretary of the Association at Brussels , next addressed the meeting . M. Alphonse Revier , the secretary of the local G Committee , read the programme of the proceedings , after.
... effective members in other countries . M. Veratt , secretary of the Association at Brussels , next addressed the meeting . M. Alphonse Revier , the secretary of the local G Committee , read the programme of the proceedings , after.
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... Brussels the distance is 149 miles ; the charge , second - class , is 19 francs 10 centimes , or 15s . 6d .; third - class , 3 thalers 10 silver groschen , or 10s .; being less than a penny per mile . Frankfort , the free city ...
... Brussels the distance is 149 miles ; the charge , second - class , is 19 francs 10 centimes , or 15s . 6d .; third - class , 3 thalers 10 silver groschen , or 10s .; being less than a penny per mile . Frankfort , the free city ...
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... Great Britain are very different from those which obtain in Prussia . I only stayed one night in Cologne , and left at an early hour the next morning for Brussels . BELGIUM . ABOUT fifty miles from Cologne you cross the.
... Great Britain are very different from those which obtain in Prussia . I only stayed one night in Cologne , and left at an early hour the next morning for Brussels . BELGIUM . ABOUT fifty miles from Cologne you cross the.
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