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Jamaica (1834)
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Steel engraved 1834 map of Jamaica from the Montgomery Martin's History of the British Colonies Vol. 2 West Indies Counties appearing on the map: Cornwall, Middlesex, and Surrey. Parishes appearing in Cornwall: Hanover, Westmorland, and St. Elizabeth. Cities appearing in Cornwall: Hanover: Lucea, Montego Bay, and Trelawney (?). Westmorland: Savannah la Mer (Savanna-la-Mar), Queen's Town (?), and Blewfields (Bluefields). St. Elizabeth: Accompong Town (Accompong) and Lacovia. Parishes appearing in Middlesex:Trelawney, Manchester, St. Ann, Clarendon, Vere, St. Dorothy, St. John, and St. Catherine. Trelawney: Martha Brea (Martha Brae), Falmouth, and Rio Bueno. Manchester: No Cities. St. Ann: St. Ann's Bay. Clarendon: The Cross (Palmers Cross) and Chapleton (Chapelton). Vere: The Alley (?). St. Dorothy: Old Harbour (?). St. John: No Cities. St. Catherine: Spanish Town. Parishes in Surrey: St. Mary, St. George, Portland, St. Thomas in the East, St. David, and Kingston. St. Mary: Ora Cabessa R & B (Oracabessa) and Scots Hall Town (?). St. George: Anotta Bay (Annotto Bay). Portland: Port Antonio and Moore Town. St. Thomas in the East: Bath, Port Morant, and Morant Bay. St. David: No Cities Kingston: Stony Hill, Halfway Tree (Part of Kingston, Half Way Tree Road), Kingston, and Greenwich (Greewich Town is now part of Kingston). Written on the lower left corner of the map is the following information about the island: Length: 160 miles Breadth: 45 to 50 miles Division-3 Counties-21 Parishes Seat of Govt. Spanish Town Annual Revenue ₤300,000 Do. Maritime Commerce Value: ₤6,000,000 Highest Land: 8,000 Feet Discd. by Columbus: A.D. 1494 Colonized by Spain: A.D. 1509 Captured by England: A.D. 1655 Population: Whites 35,000, Coloured: 450,000 Mapmakers: John Walker, Alexander Walker and Charles Walker, known collectively as J & C Walker (active 1820-95), were engravers, draughtsmen and publishers working through the 19th century.
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Private school enrollments: A review of selected data
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1985
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This paper provides a brief overview of selected data on the following aspects of private elementary and secondary school enrollment: numbers of students, enrollment of minority (blacks and Spanish origin) students, enrollment in religiously affiliated private schools, and enrollment of students from families with different levels of annual income. Where appropriate, comparisons are made to enrollment in public elementary and secondary schools.
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Jobs and the economic recovery: How have industries, regions, and workers fared?
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1985
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After nearly three years of economic expansion, there has been widespread failure across manufacturing industries and regions to fully recoup their precession employment levels. Even if each manufacturing industry eventually recovers all its jobs losses in the same regions in which the lay offs occurred -- a very unlikely assumption -- dislocated workers probably will be unable to await their recall by former employers; instead, they will have to take new jobs in different industries, occupations, or areas. While the greater availability of jobs since the recovery began has enabled a majority of dislocated workers to be reemployed, dislocated workers today represent about 1 out of every 10 employed workers.
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Hold the phone: The federal excise tax on telephone service; a history and discussion of issues
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1984
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In April 1984 the House of Representatives passed the Tax Reform Act of 1984 (H.R. 4170) and the Senate its Deficit Reduction Act of 1984 (an amendment to H.R. 2163, a bill to amend the Federal Boat Safety Act of 1971), both of which provide for the continuation of the excise tax on telephone service at its 3-percent rate for an additional two years, through 1987. This action was deemed appropriate by congress in light of the large existing budgetary deficits. This paper presents an overall view of the Federal excise tax on telephone service. A description of the history of this tax and revenue collections are followed by an explanation to clarify the relationship of this tax to the U.S. actions in Vietnam during the 1960s and 1970s. Finally, this paper concludes with the principal arguments made by proponents for continuation of the tax and the opponents of the tax who support repeal.
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Recent judicial expansions of tort law in the area of environmental pollution
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1986
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This report assesses whether increased losses of liability insurers may be due in part to expanded tort-law interpretations in the field of environmental pollution. It concludes that there has indeed been such an expansion in recent decades, but numerous other factors may also be contributing to the claimed liability insurance crisis.
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In vitro fertilization and human embryo transfer: Current status and issues
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1985
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The techniques used in In Virtro Fertilization (IVF) have expanded significantly since the birth in 1978 of the first so-called "test-tube" baby. Technical advances, such as the use of a freezing technique known as cryopreservation and the application of drugs to stimulate the maturation of multiple ova during a woman's menstrual cycle, have contributed to improved successful pregnancy rates and also to wider uses of IVF as a means of treating infertility. This paper describes the techniques currently being used in this area of reproduction and also presents some of the problems associated with the uses of these techniques.
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