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Journal of the House of Lords
… £20,069,928. When the Proceeds of the Sale of the Company's Goods exported to India are received there, are they … each Village was to pay? Always by calculating what the People should pay; after inquiring into the State of the … and Manner as applied under the Regulations in the old Territory. The Principles applicable to that Territory …
Journal of the House of Lords
… Are the Zemindars in the Lower Provinces usually old hereditary Zemindars, or Persons who have been introduced … Can you state at what Price Salt is retailed to the People of Bengal? It varies so very extensively, I cannot … I think, which was given to him at the End of Lord Lake's War. He is a Man of great Influence among the Native …
Journal of the House of Lords
… of Corruption or Supineness are still in the Company's Service? I believe not. Do you know whether they have … when you first went there? Yes, I think they were; the People were turbulent and refractory in Parts. In what Manner … Tenure. The Settlements, therefore, were usually made with old Proprietors? Yes, in all or most Instances, as far as was …
Journal of the House of Lords
… some Years. Can you judge of the Effects it had upon the People, as to the Price of Tobacco, and as to the Oppressions … Græme. Not only had the People to pay the Company's Monopoly Price, which was about Four hundred per Cent. upon … I have seen many of these Title Deeds upwards of a Century old. The Reason for the Monopoly originally was, that the …
Journal of the House of Lords
… I have been Nine Voyages as an Officer in the Company's Service, and Five as a Commander. You have been Fourteen … under dealt with him, and Howqua considered me as an old Friend; he has always taken my Investment, so that I have … in warm Climates they are as smart and active as any People; they have not the Stamina of a British Sailor, and …
Journal of the House of Lords
… with Tippoo, in that Year, 1784, during Lord Macartney's Government, the whole of the Revenue of the Jaghire was … of Native Judges - Commissioners appointed under the old Principle, by giving them a fixed Salary, which they had … that is, that the Assessment was much heavier than the People could afford to pay. It did not leave those who had, …
Journal of the House of Lords
… would have been no Advocate at all during Mr. Stewart's Absence; and in consequence of that I wrote a Letter to … of the Provincial Courts of the Country, which I sent Home, intended for Lord Buckinghamshire, who was President of … same Clause they are spoken of as Two different Classes of People. Contracts may be made between British Subjects and …
Journal of the House of Lords
… they have acquired it in the Course of this Trade; all the old Houses, however, engaged in it have acquired Fortunes. … could be chartered now, from 400 to 500 Tons, at £6 10 s. per Ton for the Voyage out and home. Have you ever … Effect. And nothing in the Disposition or Habits of the People? Nothing that I have ever heard of. [560] You stated …
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… Wales Island, in the Straits of Malacca, which is a King's Court; and I was Three Years a Puisne Judge of the King's … in the Island of Penang as what are called the Chuliah People. The Hindoos, who were not numerous, principally, I … connected with the Polygars, and might return to their old Habits if they returned to their own Country. The …
Journal of the House of Lords
… many of them were very much in the Leading-strings of the People about them; a great many of them were in Debt and … between Europeans? Yes; and giving Permanency to a Person's own Property. Did you carry out any Capital to India? I … Native Capital, and the Capital of the Houses themselves. Old established Houses in Calcutta have large Capitals. Is a …