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Journal of the House of Lords
… that the Fibre might not be hurt. It would not pay; the Trade did not give it that Preference which I think they … as follows: What is your Occupation? I have been an Indigo Planter. In what Part of India have you resided? In … of Cotton, and any other Indian Products except Indigo? Very little. In what Year did you go out to India? In …
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… of the People was very great; that a Contraband Trade was carried on to a very great Extent through those … at all acquainted with the Circumstances of the American Trade in Opium? No. Is it an easy Thing to measure the … Regulation respecting them. If a Man has once been in that Trade, cannot he be always forced back to it, if it is …
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… a Remittance in Bills, and more especially if the whole Trade were in the Hands of Private Merchants. Have there not … Districts, and that I have found the Cultivation of Indigo and Residence of Europeans have considerably benefited … more Comforts than the Generality of my Countrymen where Indigo Cultivation and Manufacture is not carried on; the …
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… from the Invoices which I used to send to the Board of Trade, when I sent Dispatches of Silk. Are you able to state … so. Were you concerned in the Purchase of Investments of Indigo? No, I never was. When you were resident in the Interior, had you Occasion to see the Conduct of the Indigo Planters? I have often seen the Conduct of the Indigo …
Journal of the House of Lords
… been found to answer, I believe, for the Cultivation of Indigo, in the Upper Provinces of Bengal, therefore I … British Skill and Capital in the Cultivation of Sugar and Indigo, and other Articles, might be productive, in my … much more expensive than that required in the Case of Indigo? I am not aware of that. The Process of making Sugar, …
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… be Five or Six hundred. Are they extensively engaged in Trade? Some of them are. Are they engaged in the Maritime Trade of the Country? Yes, they are. [301] To any great … Extent, as a Beginning. Is any large Portion of the Trade between Calcutta and China conducted by Persons of the …
Journal of the House of Lords
… of Skill. Are you acquainted with the Cultivation of Indigo in India? I have seen it cultivated. Has it been much …
Journal of the House of Lords
… are paid by the Company, for the Management of their China Trade, in China? [524] They pay the Salaries of Two Tea … Five per Cent. has been charged by private Agents. The Trade of the Company at Canton then is conducted on a more … of the Servants, and the Commission paid by them, than the Trade of Individuals? I believe it is; as far as I know it …
Journal of the House of Lords
… 636. Davidson, R. Esq. a Merchant of London - formerly an Indigo Planter, 385 to 398. Davidson, W. S. Esq. a Private … at Canton, 667 to 672. 673 to 680. Dunlop, Mr. Allan C. an Indigo Planter under a local Licence from Government, 485 to … Bahar - Sub Export Warehousekeeper - one of the Board of Trade, Salt, Customs and Opium - Reporter on External and …
History Theses 1970-2014: Historical research for higher degrees in the universities of the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland
… Missionary Society missions, Muslim societies and European trade in northern Nigeria, 1857-1900. Owoh, A.C. M.Th., … T.P.C. B.Litt., Oxford. Supervised by Newbury, C.W. Trade and economic change on the Gold Coast, 1807-74. Jones, … Edinburgh. Supervised by Shepperson, G.A.; Ross, A.C. Trade, state formation and warfare in the Gold Coast, …