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… of its comparative Excellence, as compared with that in America? No. Is it grown in such Quantities as to render it …
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… built handier than the English; their Mode of measuring in America, I believe, is different. Depth is not reckoned in an …
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… to China and other Parts of India; and for many Years in America I was connected with the India Trade. Are you a … thousand Pounds. Has that Importation of Raw Silk from America been profitable? [546] It depends on the Fluctuations … a large Importation of Furs from the Northwest Coast of America, and probably a good deal of Ginseng from the United …
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… None from this Country; and I do not know of any from America. I was not much acquainted with the Trade 'till 1818, … Manufactured Goods. You are not aware of any Exports from America to Canton previously to the Year 1818, with the … about £800,000; and I have shipped myself to China and America, Five or Six Years in continuation, £200,000, with …
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… but an important Part of the Production of Cotton in America is on the alluvial Lands of the Mississippi; the … of Cotton, I have understood, is produced in that Part of America almost without Labour; they have nothing to do but to … Proportion; there are Machines, I understand, used in America, by which the Labour of cleaning is very much …
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… her sailing. Are not the Chinese Goods, imported into America by the Americans in return for the British …
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… of, stating they could have done it at less Expence in America. Was it insured at a higher or lower Premium than an … if reference be had to the Failures that took place in America immediately after opening the Free Trade, it would be … after the Free Trade was opened, Failures took place in America to an extraordinary Extent. [605] You laid before the …
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… Can any English Vessels carry on the Trade between South America and Canton? I believe none at the present Time. Can they do it by Law? I believe they can come from South America to China; I do not think the Company's Charter … Do American Ships frequently arrive at Canton from South America? Occasionally. What are their Importations? Bullion, …
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… to China? I am a Merchant and Agent trading to China and America. Did you ever export to China any Goods on your own … were beginning to send Teas direct from Canton to British America; and I apprehend that prevented those imported by the … Difficulty in the Way of the direct Import of Teas from America to Europe, and that also abridged the Markets of …
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… of Black Teas imported into the United States of America has been, I understand, comparatively very small. In …
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