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Journal of the House of Lords
… of that. Are you acquainted with the Manner in which the Americans conduct their Trade at Canton? We see them at … comparative Rate of sailing between our Vessels and the Americans? I have been in company with them, and have beat … any Instances in which the small Vessels employed by the Americans have suffered by not having the same Warlike …
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… the Sale Value of Merchandize imported into China by the Americans from the Value of the Bullion or the Dollars? It … of the Value of Merchandize imported into China by the Americans in each of those Years? I could give a Statement of … the largest Import of Manufactures upon the Part of the Americans into China took place in the Years 1821-22, in …
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… Account? I was the first to ship on the Account of Americans; and commenced the Business in 1818, and continued … Committee. MEMORANDUM of SHIPMENTS to CHINA, on account of Americans, by the House of BARING & Co. 1827 Cottons £35,580 … to that Period, what were the chief Exports of the Americans to Canton? I cannot say exactly; but it was in …
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… Bills? Yes, if the Bills were given at Par. Have not the Americans had the Facilities of sending from this Country to … I fancy we sail our Merchant Vessels as cheap as the Americans do now. The American Merchants having now the Means … be sent on to China. The State of the Law now allows only Americans to export British Manufactures to China direct; the …
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… of 1,200 Tons? No; many would prefer the smaller. Do the Americans effect Insurances on their Ships in this Country, … add always from Bombay; but in general, certainly. The Americans trading in Dollars principally to China must, in an … can proceed unfettered to different Ports. I believe the Americans, during the Time I was in the Eastern Archipelago, …
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… any in Europe. It is principally in the Hands of the Americans; in fact, almost entirely in the Hands of one … have those Woollens been imported? From England; by the Americans almost entirely. The Account refers to the Country … Diminution in the Exports of Manufactures to China by the Americans, and the Circumstance of their carrying on the …
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… and I apprehend that prevented those imported by the Americans being sent in there; and about the same Period the … Tea; and the Trade also, I apprehend, was injured by the Americans being too enterprising; still hoping the Business … to carry on that Trade with more Advantage than the Americans carry it on now? I apprehend Mercantile Capital is …
Journal of the House of Lords