 | 1817 - 590 páginas
...cannot exceed 10,000/. sterling. From one article a judgment may be formed of the rest — spiritt are sold to the servants of the Company in the interior,...Wl. or 20/. to his nominal wages.' — p. 39, 40. If such be the treatment of their own servants, that which is experienced by the Indians, it may readily... | |
 | 1817 - 670 páginas
...the coud« so employed ta nü&t" exceed £-/P,000' s(,t rljng.trFrirh 'one article a judgment тя*у be formed of the rest— spirits are sold to the servants...(no very uncommon case), it is an easy matter to add £.10 or £.20 to bis nominal -wages.' The circumstances which lias led Lord Selkirk to drive so deep... | |
 | 1817 - 552 páginas
...tost of the goods so employed cannot exceed £10,000 sterling. From one Article a judg!!•••: may be formed of the rest. Spirits are sold to the...interior, at the rate of eight dollars per quart, «huh cost the Company ultlemore than one doibr per gallon at Montreal ; so tlut when я servant becomes... | |
 | 1816 - 592 páginas
...cannot be less than 40/., and is probably higher; so that the sum-total of wages must be 80 or 90,000;. The gross return of their trade seldom exceeds 150,000/.,...(no very uncommon case) it is an easy matter to add 10/. or 20/. to his nominal wages.' — p. 39, 40. If such be the treatment of their own servants,... | |
 | Donald Rutherford - 1999 - 518 páginas
...persons of the best general information, the prime cost of the goods so employed cannot exceed l0.000/. sterling. From one article a judgment may be formed...(no very uncommon case) it is an easy matter to add l0/. or 20/. to his nominal wages.' — p. 39, 40. If such be the treatment of their own servants,... | |
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To obviate this difficulty their servants receive goods, the real value of which cannot be accurately known without a reference to the books of the Company ; but in the opinion of persons of the best general information, the prime cost of the goods so... 