This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1921 Excerpt: ... and Uganda, Trentino and Trieste, Belgian Congo. Bismark Archipelago, Gilbert and Ellice Islands, Nauru Island and Solomon Islands, Portuguese East Africa, Northern Rhodesia, Southern Rhodesia, the Southwest Africa Protectorate and Czecho Slovakia, Bulgaria and Poland, the weight limit in each case being eleven pounds ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1921 Excerpt: ... and Uganda, Trentino and Trieste, Belgian Congo. Bismark Archipelago, Gilbert and Ellice Islands, Nauru Island and Solomon Islands, Portuguese East Africa, Northern Rhodesia, Southern Rhodesia, the Southwest Africa Protectorate and Czecho Slovakia, Bulgaria and Poland, the weight limit in each case being eleven pounds; the weight limit of parcels for Argentina, Costa Rica and Paraguay has been increased to twenty-two pounds, the weight limit of packages to Panama has been increased to fifty pounds, and parcel-post service has been resumed to Austria and Germany, the limit of weight being eleven pounds. (From letter of Second Assistant Postmaster General, April 25, 1920, to the Author.) COMPARATIVE TRANSPORTATION CHARGES FROM UNITED STATES AND ENGLAND TO REPRESENTATIVE FOREIGN PORTS1 Johannesburg. 1.80 Fxprcw to Cape Town only. 1 Sixth National Foreign Trade Convention Report, p. 439. Apart from the fact that the parcel post connections of this country are inadequate, the principle governing the operation of the parcel post is frequently criticized. Deficiencies of American system.--In the first place, fault is found with the uniform rate charge of 12 cents per pound, applying to packages of from 1 to 20 pounds The English system is considered by experts to be superior because it allows for a more minutely devised decreasing scale. Furthermore, our parcel post service is bare of certain important features which are necessary to a fully successful operation. The American exporter cannot insure his parcels and cannot send them C.O.D. In both these cases he is handicapped when compared with his European competitors. One of the important items which render parcel post shipments so attractive to exporters is the general freedom from the requirements of officiall...
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Add this copy of Zimmermann on Ocean Shipping to cart. $9.02, good condition, Sold by Books From California rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Simi Valley, CA, UNITED STATES, published 1921 by Prentice-Hall, inc.
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Add this copy of Zimmermann on Ocean Shipping to cart. $19.35, very good condition, Sold by Calliopebooks rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Rockville, MD, UNITED STATES, published 1923 by Prentice-Hall.
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Very Good++ in Very Good++ jacket. Size: 0x0x0; Book is in VG++ condition, unmarked very clean tight and bright, several foldout plates. 691 pages. Contents include Nature of Ocean Transportation, Ocean Routes, Suez and Panama, Ocean Terminals, Free Ports, Ocean Carriers, Bunkering Problem, Free Ports, Cargo, Shipping Services, Coal, Passenger Service, Marine Insurance, Mail, Steamship Business, Merchant Marines and much more.
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