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Journal of the House of Lords
… Sugar, and a Species of Grass which is very valuable, Indigo and Tortoiseshell, and Coffee. Can you state the Value … follows; "STATEMENT of the PRODUCTIONS of LUCONIA, 1825. $ Indigo 3,472 Quints $100 347,200 Sugar 138,298 Pilons, say … 4,197 Pls. .50 2,098 Dry Fish 602 Shark Fins 26 20 520 Indigo Seed 57 Cabs. 3½ 183 Garlic 46 Pls. $4 186 Fish Oil 71 …
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… are you? I am a Merchant in London; I was originally an Indigo Planter in India. At what Time did you first go to … did you quit it? In 1816. Did you go out originally as an Indigo Planter? No; I went out to push my Fortune in … Business a short Time, and afterwards I went into the Indigo Planting. How long did you reside in Calcutta, and at …
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… as Commercial Agents? Yes; several Tradesmen, and some as Indigo Planters. Were those under Licences from the Company? … or reject such Application as it may think right. Is not Indigo cultivated to a very considerable Extent in the … have been, I conceive, but for the Funds received from the Indigo Planters, who raised Indigo on the Ground which had …
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… up by the Manufactures of Manchester. I then went into the Indigo Manufacture, in January 1808. Where did you establish … I did. What was the Extent of Land which you brought under Indigo Cultivation during that Period? I had generally about … Three or Four hundred Rupees when first I went into the Indigo Cultivation, and when I left it having paid 1.300 for …
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… did you make any Allusion to other Territories in which Indigo has been introduced? Not to my Knowledge. I alluded to … from the Peishwa and annexed to the Company's Territory. Indigo is not grown in Nagpoor, is it? No. There is the wild …
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… Packages if broken by ordinary Ship's Breakage, enlarging Indigo or other Chests when necessary, Weighing, shewing to … 7 0 0 0 0 10 per Ton. Horn Tips 4 0 0 0 0 5 per Ton. Indigo 2 0 0 0 0 1 per Chest of any Weight. Kelp, Barilla, …
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… 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 … Did any Native Zemindars engage in the Manufacture of Indigo? A great many. Whom did they employ to superintend the …
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… 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 … am well acquainted with the Character and Manners of the Indigo Planters. There may be a few Exceptions as regards the …
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… 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 Planters. Before they had Permission to hold Lands in …
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… 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, …