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Journal of the House of Lords
… That would be the natural Consequence. Are there any Silk Establishments in the Part of the Country with which you … does it not? No, I did not find that the Case with either Silk or Indigo; they appeared to me to be attended with very … Plantations and Manufactures; I also sent Specimens of the Silk I had made all over the Country. I had periodical Sales …
Journal of the House of Lords
… China Market. What are your Homeward Investments? Tea, Raw Silk and Nankeen. In what Proportions did you invest in those … to get our Remittances home. Did you invest largely in Silk? About 7,000 l;. the last Voyage. How many Tons did that … l. on 6,500 l. Was that greater than the Profit on the Silk? Yes, greater. Notwithstanding the Taxation of the 25 …
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… in fact, as far as it has hitherto gone, both for Silk and for Cotton, and other Things, all the Attempts … the Madras Territory, Attempts have been made to cultivate Silk, Cotton, Cochineal and other Articles, during the Time I … of Mulberry and Opuntia Gardens, for the rearing of Silk Worms and of the Cochineal Insect. Unsatisfactory, as …
Journal of the House of Lords
… not; latterly we have sold considerable Quantities of Raw Silk, received by way of the United States. Raw Silk imported into the United States from China, and from ence into this Country? Yes. Has Silk been imported into this Country, under those …
Journal of the House of Lords
… other Species of Cultivation, such as Cotton, Sugar and Silk, in the course of your Residence? I am not practically … To Indigo it must be very essential; and to Cotton, Silk, Tobacco and various other Articles. Are you aware of … Obstacles to the Cultivation either of Indigo, Cotton, Silk or Sugar? I should think that, indirectly, the defective …
Journal of the House of Lords
… some Manufactures, but not to any great Extent, both of Silk and Cotton; but they are chiefly for the Consumption of … many Years. Do you know any thing of the Cultivation of Silk? No. Or of Cotton? Cotton, I know, is cultivated to a …
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… as follows: In what Line of Business are you? I was a Silk Manufacturer. Are you still in the Trade? My Sons are in … an extensive Purchaser both of Italian and of Indian Silk? Yes. What Proportion did your Purchases of Indian Silk bear to your Purchases of Italian Silk? They very much …
Journal of the House of Lords
… for the Consumption of this Country and of Europe. Silk in a manufactured and unmanufactured State might be … to refer to Page 42. in that Account, a Return of the Silk Goods exported from Canton by the Americans for European … from that Return it would appear that the Exportation of Silk Goods for the Consumption of Europe had been a …
Journal of the House of Lords
… England, and drew against them. What were those Goods? Raw Silk, Silk Piece Goods, Nankeens, and also Bullion and Dollars … Have the goodness to state the Proportion? To England, Silk, Piece Goods, Raw Silk, Drugs and Nankeens, are the …
Journal of the House of Lords
… called in, and examined as follows: You are engaged in the Silk Trade, are you not? I am, as Silk Broker. Are you able to speak to the Qualities of Bengal Silk as compared with the Italian Silk? I am. Can you state …