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... principal supplies of grain , flour , potatoes , and fish , are brought by railway from the eastern counties of England and Scotland ; and of cattle and sheep , beef and mutton , from the grazing counties of the west and north - west of ...
... principal supplies of grain , flour , potatoes , and fish , are brought by railway from the eastern counties of England and Scotland ; and of cattle and sheep , beef and mutton , from the grazing counties of the west and north - west of ...
Page xxiv
... principal contribution of the London and North- Western Railway towards the London bread - stores being 100,760 boxes of American flour , besides 24,300 sacks of English . The total quantity of malt delivered at the London railway ...
... principal contribution of the London and North- Western Railway towards the London bread - stores being 100,760 boxes of American flour , besides 24,300 sacks of English . The total quantity of malt delivered at the London railway ...
Page xxvi
... principal part of which was salmon from Scotland and Ireland . The Great Western also brought about 4000 tons , partly salmon , but the greater part mackerel from the south - west coast . During the mackerel season , as much as a ...
... principal part of which was salmon from Scotland and Ireland . The Great Western also brought about 4000 tons , partly salmon , but the greater part mackerel from the south - west coast . During the mackerel season , as much as a ...
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... principal seat . Then came the Normans , from whose New Castle , built some eight hundred years since , the town derived its present name . The keep of this venerable WHEN PONTELAND PRESTRICK COUN BACK CALLERTON CALLERÍAN PUTS A & CLOND ...
... principal seat . Then came the Normans , from whose New Castle , built some eight hundred years since , the town derived its present name . The keep of this venerable WHEN PONTELAND PRESTRICK COUN BACK CALLERTON CALLERÍAN PUTS A & CLOND ...
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... principal are the firemen , engine- men , and brakes - men , who fire and work the engines , and superintend the machinery by means of which the collieries are worked . Previous to the introduction of the steam - engine the usual ...
... principal are the firemen , engine- men , and brakes - men , who fire and work the engines , and superintend the machinery by means of which the collieries are worked . Previous to the introduction of the steam - engine the usual ...
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