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Journal of the House of Lords
… Sale Value of, in 1824-5 and 1826-7, Everett, 577. - of Silk from China for European Consumption, Stewart, 589. - of … to Tanjore, Cotton, 156. 157. Atkinson's Letter on Indian Silk, Wilson, 406. Attempts made with Success to introduce … to local Improvement, as in Bengal, Elphinstone, 275. - Weavers in, whether thrown out of Employ since Renewal of …
Journal of the House of Lords
… 601. Kidd, Mr., Half-caste, Mangles, 55. 57. Kincobs, fine Silk, of Native Manufacture, Chaplin, 286. Kishenrampore, … of holding, is essential to Cultivation of Indigo, Cotton, Silk, and Tobacco, R. Davidson, 389. 390. - different … 713. 715. Watson, Mr., Silk Filatures of, Ramsay, 351. Weavers of Camlets, their Wages, Shaw, 704. 705. West, Sir …
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… instituted a full Inquiry into the Quality of the Silk and of the Cotton of India, and into the Measures which …
Journal of the House of Lords
… What is the Difference between them? A Bombasin is made of Silk and Worsted, a Camlet of all Worsted. Which Articles … Five per Cent. Difference only in Workmanship of different Weavers. Do you use nothing but Long Wool in the Manufacture? … Are Crapes Woollens? Crapes are Wool one way, and Silk another. Have any new Colours been introduced, or any …
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… there is a good deal of Cotton Twist used by the Native Weavers in making up the Cotton Cloth which the Natives wear, …
Journal of the House of Lords
… Sugar Cane, Cotton, Rice and other kinds of Grain. Was any Silk manufactured in that Part of the Country? Not to my … out of Employment, but I understood that some of the Weavers were thrown out of Employment, and that they of course became Agriculturists. What used they to gain as Weavers? I cannot state that. Were they much lowered in …
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… That would be the natural Consequence. Are there any Silk Establishments in the Part of the Country with which you … does it not? No, I did not find that the Case with either Silk or Indigo; they appeared to me to be attended with very … Soldiers, whom I had employed, and who had been Glasgow Weavers, after having been, I think, a Month, and just as I …
Journal of the House of Lords
… China Market. What are your Homeward Investments? Tea, Raw Silk and Nankeen. In what Proportions did you invest in those … to get our Remittances home. Did you invest largely in Silk? About 7,000 l;. the last Voyage. How many Tons did that … l. on 6,500 l. Was that greater than the Profit on the Silk? Yes, greater. Notwithstanding the Taxation of the 25 …
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… in fact, as far as it has hitherto gone, both for Silk and for Cotton, and other Things, all the Attempts … the Madras Territory, Attempts have been made to cultivate Silk, Cotton, Cochineal and other Articles, during the Time I … of Mulberry and Opuntia Gardens, for the rearing of Silk Worms and of the Cochineal Insect. Unsatisfactory, as …
Journal of the House of Lords
… not; latterly we have sold considerable Quantities of Raw Silk, received by way of the United States. Raw Silk imported into the United States from China, and from ence into this Country? Yes. Has Silk been imported into this Country, under those …