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Journal of the House of Lords
… President in the Chair. Mr. William Brown is called in, and examined as follows: You are a Merchant or Agent trading … on your Account to other Parts of the World? No, I cannot say that we have; we are merely Agents. If we have done so, … Value? We frequently cannot tell what the Value is; we say so much per Package; sometimes higher, sometimes lower; …
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… in the Chair. James Cosmo Melvill Esquire is called in, and further examined as follows: Will you turn to No. 40 of … But however this may be in particular Cases, I may say generally, that all the Fees of the Officers of the Court … to the Subject, they have been looked at; but I cannot say that they have been looked at very frequently. The …
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… in the Chair. Sir James Brabazon Urmston is called in, and examined as follows: You were in the Company's Service in … Buying Green Teas of an inferior Quality? Yes. Should you say that in general the Quality of the American Teas has been inferior to that of the Company? I should say so most distinctly; there must of course be some …
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… the Chair. Walter Stevenson Davidson Esquire is called in, and further examined as follows: Do you think the Existence … the Date of the Removal of that Restriction? I think I may say within the last Ten or Twelve Years. Was that Restriction … Two to Five per Cent. Premium upon the Charles's. When I say the same Description of Coin, I mean they would be the …
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… The Honourable Mount Stuart Elphinstone is called in, and examined as follows: You have been Governor of Bombay? I … the collecting System of Transit Duties? I am not able to say; probably the farming. Has the farming System been … to have been improved under our Government? I cannot say that I have seen much Change in the Native Character. …
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… President in the Chair. Mr. Arthur Ryder is called in, and examined as follows: In what Occupation are you engaged? … of Seed on to the Land of succeeding Years? I cannot say; but continued renewed planting is necessary, as the … reference to the Price of American at that Time, I would say that good short-staple American Cotton was worth 7¼ d.; …
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… in the Chair. John Walter Sherer Esquire is called in, and examined as follows: What was your Situation? I was the … Price in the Market of the Bahar and Malwa Opium? I cannot say; the Malwa Opium generally sells in China Two or Three … was, by slow Degrees - I think it was real - I am led to say so from my own personal Observation - it was reduced in …
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… The Honourable Mount Stuart Elphinstone is called in, and further examined as follows: You stated in your Evidence … which a regular Rent is paid? Generally speaking, I should say not, though there are Instances in which Jaghire Lands … large Estates are possessed by Individuals? No, I cannot say that I have. The Part of the Bombay Territory which is in …
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… in the Chair. Robert Rickards Esquire is called in, and further examined as follows: Will you turn to No. 2. of … is not for me to answer; as a Matter of Opinion, I should say not; but in allusion to the Fact itself, here is an … Debt from the Charge on the Territory of India; then you say, that there having been this Surplus, at which you only …
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… in the Chair. The Honourable Andrew Ramsay is called in, and examined as follows: What were the various Situations you … made to them? I conceive not. You were understood to say that Persons who receive Advances from the Company have … it not? I have always understood so. You are understood to say, that they keep the private Speculator out of the Market …