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Journal of the House of Lords
… had the Facilities of sending from this Country to China British Manufactures? I believe so. Do you apprehend that if the Trade were open an English Merchant could send British Manufactures at a cheaper Rate to China than the … can now? I should suppose they could be sent by the British Merchants much on the same Terms; I fancy we sail our …
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… Slaves were not under such Protection anterior to the British Government; under the former Government of the Rajahs … or Descendants of Europeans, in whatever Part of the then British Possessions they might be: its Criminal Jurisdiction extended over every Person within the then British Territories, Native and European, and over every Part …
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… a Class of Ships with which there is no Competition in the British Market, it is quite clear these Ships are built … of American Trade cleared out from the different Parts of British India from 1816 to 1826 and 1827, and state whether … His Majesty's Ships are equal to perform any Duty the British Government can impose on them; whether it would be …
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… such Facilities as you have mentioned existing, of sending British Manufactures to Canton by the Company's Ships, and by … in the Difficulty of making Returns direct to England. The British Merchant has at present, has he not, the Means of … a Chinese Junk, carrying on that sort of Coasting Trade on British Account, starting from Canton? There is no Law that I …
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… to Village 42.285 Total 50.719 [442] A Village under the British Government, in the latter Case, would be assessed, …
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… the Hindoo Law prevails. Among the Cingalese of the British Possessions, their Law has been so completely … Property. Had they any Inclination or Means of consuming British Produce or Manufactures? I should say that if their … of the Island, and in the whole of the Territory which the British Government possessed before the Conquest of the …
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… better Class who would, in your Opinion, be Demanders of British Manufactures? I should think only the better Class; I … which the great Body of People would become Consumers of British Manufactures? No, I cannot, immediately. Was much …
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… 10,000 l. With this Exception, the Cargoes consisted of British Manufactured Goods, and the Amount stated is the Cost … Company were beginning to send Teas direct from Canton to British America; and I apprehend that prevented those … Duties at long Periods. The total Import of Tea into the British Provinces in North America by The East India Company …
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… of India? You will find there a Statement of Commerce of British India with Great Britain and other Countries. Will … to the Paper you formerly delivered in, respecting the British Population within the Jurisdiction of the Supreme … the Government was administered to a certain degree by British Functionaries, was it not? It was. Can you state the …
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… been represented. I allude to the very large Quantity of British Shipping, belonging to Individuals or private Houses … of general Official Controul over them, as having the British Flag flying; they are always placed by the … that State of Things would so completely alter the British Trade between India and China, that it is impossible …