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Journal of the House of Lords
… then fixed the Prices of Coals had fixed those Prices too high, for in consequence of having fixed them so high we found a great Influx of Coals from the other Parts of … conceive that the Price as now fixed at Newcastle is as high a Price as can be supported, without letting into the …
Journal of the House of Lords
… that Increase of Price go upon that Occasion? It went as high as Sixty-eight Shillings a Chaldron. What would have …
Journal of the House of Lords
… since 1802, and within my Recollection Coals have sold as high as from £4 10 s. to £5 per Chaldron in the Market, but … in carrying on your Manufacture, in consequence of that high Price of Coals at Norwich? We have lost a very large Proportion of Manufacture in consequence of the high Price of Coals; formerly all the Yarn used in Norwich …
Journal of the House of Lords
… principal Reason for thinking that Coals are charged too high at the Ports of Shipment, is the Difference in Price … in expectation of more Ships coming, rather than give a high Price; but they inform me, that after the Middle of the … Limit? Certainly. Does not that prevent his going so high up the Rivers as he would do but for that? He cannot go …
Journal of the House of Lords
… the Vessel unless I should agree to enter the Coal at the high Duty, which I refused. I would not submit to enter it at … Neath; he found he could not sell the small of it at the high Duty, and the Custom House would not let it pass at the …
Journal of the House of Lords
… at that Price; it would cost us as much again. Do those high Wages go into the Pockets of the Whippers, or do they go … upon. [12] Is it not notorious that the Result of those high Wages is to put inordinate Profits into the Pockets of …
Journal of the House of Lords
… Time. [29] Has any Opinion been given on that Act by any high Legal Authority, to your Knowledge? I understand that … To what is owing the Difference of that Charge? The very high Wages which the Coal Whippers have. Should you have any …
Journal of the House of Lords
… The Imperial Bushel, with a regular Cone of Six Inches high, weighs from 82 to 83 Pounds; if properly measured with … Weight per Bushel, Eighty-five Pounds, which is a very high Average, Eighty being the general Average; the whole …