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Journal of the House of Lords
… President in the Chair. Joshua Bates Esquire is called in, and examined as follows: You are an American Merchant, are … here, I have been connected with the Trade to China and other Parts of India; and for many Years in America I was … but there is a great Population of Chinese engaged in Agriculture and the Manufacture of Sugar, and those Junks …
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… in the Chair. Robert Davidson Esquire is called in, and examined as follows: In what Situation are you? I am a … in the Habits of the Ryots engaged in that Species of Agriculture as distinguished from others of the Population? … arise from an improved Cultivation and a better System of Agriculture. Is it from Want of Capital you conceive such an …
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… President in the Chair. John Cotton Esquire is called in, and examined as follows: What has been your Situation? My … Revenue Line; I was for Six Years Collector of Tinivelly, and subsequently Seven Years Collector, and Principal … be separated from it, except in Southern Bahar, where the Agriculture is carried on by them; there it is possible that …
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… in the Chair. James Cosmo Melvill Esquire is called in, and further examined as follows: What have you to lay before … the desire of the Committee, a Statement of the Revenues and Charges of India, from 1823-24 to 1827-28, and an … Court of Appeal. Those Slaves are exclusively employed in Agriculture? They are. What is the principal Produce of the …
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… President in the Chair. Dr. Patrick Kelly is called in, and the Correspondence and Papers relating to Samples of Tea procured for the … to attend to it, and I did not understand the Nature of Agriculture much. To have continued it, I suppose, would have …
Journal of the House of Lords
… in the Chair. George Harris Esquire is called in, and examined as follows: What Situation did you fill in … so. Have you observed any Disposition to Improvement in Agriculture on the Part of the Ryots themselves, and upon … Years, from 1808 to 1822. What are their Implements of Agriculture? A small Plough, which costs from Two Rupees to …
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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 … those Purposes, is scarcely applicable for the Purposes of Agriculture? No; it is chiefly the Dung of Sheep and of other … Manner I have mentioned; but they are not connected with Agriculture more than any other Employment. There are none …
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… The Honourable Mount Stuart Elphinstone is called in, and examined as follows: You have been Governor of Bombay? I … I was first Four Years Assistant to the Judge at Benares, and in the College in Bengal; I then went as Assistant … to India but such as had Capital to employ in Commerce or Agriculture, no bad Effects would follow from their …
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… The Honourable Mount Stuart Elphinstone is called in, and further examined as follows: You stated in your Evidence … left which was for the Maintenance of the Chief himself and his immediate Followers. When the Chief was not a Member … the Deccan in 1819 a great Encouragement was held out to Agriculture, and many other Employments were closed against …
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… in the Chair. William Chaplin Esquire is called in, and examined as follows: What Situation have you filled in … and no doubt many Manufacturers are compelled to resort to Agriculture for Maintenance, a Department which is already … of Land; but European Labour could never be employed in Agriculture. If they were unable themselves to superintend …