Cargoes

I ran in cargoes of kinky-heads from Malaita, which is in the Solomons, till I had twelve hundred of the blackbirds putting in cane. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Also the dollars with which they annually purchased cargoes from the Chinese for the galleons came from Mexico. ❋ John Foreman (N/A)

Why shouldn't we be bringing back the cargoes from the Orient? ❋ Unknown (1930)

We certainly extended the theory of the continuous voyage and we seized certain cargoes from British vessels which were well outside of our coast line. ❋ Unknown (1916)

Tavora minimizes the possible danger to these cargoes from the Dutch enemy at Singapore, and asks that he be allowed to send cloves thus to India, at such times as he can collect a sufficient quantity for this purpose; and that in this matter the treasury officials be not allowed to interfere. ❋ James Alexander Robertson (1906)

General suggestions are being put forward to send from New York voluntary contributions, in cargoes of grain, for the relief of distress in Lancashire. ❋ Unknown (1862)

The underwriters of London and Liverpool have raised their rate 1 per cent on cargoes from the southern ports of the United ❋ Unknown (1861)

Such was the cost, locals dubbed the cargoes "white gold". ❋ Unknown (2010)

"The cargoes are my wedding gifts and dowry, so to speak, only because she fears us." ❋ Modesitt, L. E. (1992)

If money was wanted, the lawless seizure and confiscation of our merchant vessels and their cargoes was a ready resource, and if to accomplish their purposes it became necessary to imprison the owners, captains, and crews, it was done. ❋ United States. Presidents. (N/A)

Many carry foreign flags, by which they are exempt from the Chinese likin duties, so capricious in their imposition, and pay instead a general five per cent, ad valorem duty on their cargoes, which is levied by the Imperial Maritime Customs, and collected either in Chungking or Ichang. ❋ Morrison, George Ernest, 1862-1920 (1895)

Ships take cargoes from the Persian Gulf to Suez, with different vessels picking them up in the Mediterranean. ❋ Unknown (2011)

a general five per cent. _ad valorem_ duty on their cargoes, which is levied by the Imperial Maritime Customs, and collected either in ❋ George Ernest Morrison (1891)

Hundreds of packs, "cargoes," pass daily along the road, a "cargo" weighing 250 pounds; and when I was there the government derived a great revenue from this freight, about $5 per cargo. ❋ Unknown (1894)

Two crude-oil traders in the U.S. said they were also seeing an uptick in planned cargoes, although most of the extra crude is targeted at Asia—where demand for oil is growing the fastest. ❋ Summer Said (2011)

Spending a few million bucks now and then is easier than jeopardizing the safety of their crews and cargoes. ❋ Howard Gordon (2011)

"Four ships have cargoes that are available but the rest is just dead weight, waiting for cargoes to become available," he said. ❋ David Fickling (2011)

"They've been assigned cargoes but the cargoes are unavailable at this stage," said Mr. Smith. ❋ David Fickling (2011)

"We estimate it could take an additional eight to 10 days for cargoes to reach the U.S., and another 15 days for them to get to Europe," said Julius Walker , an oil-market analyst at the IEA. ❋ Guy Chazan (2011)