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Journal of the House of Lords
… Produce Account of former Years; and in consequence of the great Diminution in the Price of Grain, a Revision was made … is it not? There are some Manufactures, but not to any great Extent, both of Silk and Cotton; but they are chiefly … on their Part to co-operate with the Police; and a great Number of them were Non-residents; new Men who had …
Journal of the House of Lords
… still in the Trade? My Sons are in the Trade; I have in a great degree retired from Business. For how many Years were … kinds. Is there much Variation of kinds in Indian Silk? A great deal of Difference. Does that Variety exist in the … the Silk is produced in India? Some Years ago I took very great Interest on the Subject, and made many Inquiries. Have …
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… see him in His Judicial Capacity, more or less, among the great Mass of those His excellent Subjects; by whom, in the … at the Presidencies; at least I would not propose so great a Change in the first instance. Your Lordship may know, … from the Distance, often, of the Suitors and Witnesses, great; amounting almost to a Denial of Justice. Able and …
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… desirable, in Goods, without Loss; whilst Returns to a great Extent might also be made in Bullion, when desirable, … Has it not frequently happened that there has been so great a Glut of British Manufactures in India as to reduce … Would not the natural Course of Things be, that on so great a Diminution of Price a larger Portion of Chinese …
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… come into Practice in actual Employment. Do not a very great Variety of Usages prevail in the different Provinces? A very great many. There are hardly Two Provinces alike with respect … Manufacturer but to the Government? [180] Just so; but a great Proportion of the Salt consumed in Malabar is Foreign …
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… to private Individuals do you refer to? There are a great many belonging to private Individuals that are taken up … at the same Time? About the same Rate. Has there been any great Alteration in the Rate of Insurance since the Peace? … in London through Brokers, between whom there is always great Competition. I have seen lately a Ship done from here …
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… go out almost empty direct to China. Do the Merchants of Great Britain consign any Quantity of Goods direct to China … the Remittance in Tea which, in your Opinion, creates the great Difficulty in the Returns? The Want of some Returns. … have known it as high as 2,000 Dollars. Have you known so great a Variation in the Price of Malwa Opium? Not so great. …
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… At the Time we entered Candeish, the Arabs had gained very great Influence and Power in the Villages, as well as the Bheels. The latter had inspired great Terror by their Proceedings, and it became necessary, … come to this Decision. To what Extent is the Knowledge of Reading and Writing carried among the Natives of India? It …
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… There is scarcely any European Portuguese, but a great many Descendants from them. [215] What is the Character … Upon the whole their Character is very good, depending a great deal upon the Efficiency and the Activity of their … Government. Are they much employed in Offices? Yes; a great many of the Writers in all the Public Offices are …
Journal of the House of Lords
… took large Farms, though in the Names of Servants, to the great Danger of Loss, at Times, putting ourselves so much … myself as Farms, that the Improvement was always extremely great; the Villages I had in Hand increased in Value from Two … at those Village Schools? Merely a little Writing, and reading Bengalee, and keeping Accounts. Did you observe any …