Affairs of the East India Company: Appendix B No. 4

Journal of the House of Lords: Volume 62, 1830. Originally published by His Majesty's Stationery Office, London, [n.d.].

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No.4.-An Account of the Quantities of British Manufacturers exported to our Indian Possessions in Ten Years ending. March 1819 respectively, specifying particularly the Quantity and Value of Wollens and Cottons; thence continued to 1828-29.
- 1809-10. 1810-11. 1811-12. 1812-13. 1813-14. 1814-15. 1815-36. 1816-17. 1617-18. 1818-19.
Quantities. Amount. Quantities. Amount. Quantities. Amount. Quantities. Amount Quantities. Amount. Quantities. Amount. Quantities. Amount. Quantities. Amount. Quantities. Amount. Quantities. Amount.
£ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £
Broad Cloth pieces 10,048 169,543 6,656 122,272 13,870 231,200 11,919 200,271 9,220 171,083 13,899 242,480 10,340 187,838 6,574 130,348 4,472 69,442 9,111 129,718
Long Ells do. 6,240 14,309 8,920 30,096 10,839 29,819 5,100 12,008 2,300 7,086 3,700 9,960 3,700 10,160 2,696 7,761 5,520 14,345 13,145 32,388
Camlets, Stuffs, &c. do. 16,241 20,915 5,985 14,388 6,413 15,440 2,971 18,480 3,865 23,973 8,630 12,874 9,721 16,781 10,275 3,871 625 1,707 1,380 5,977
Cottons do. 2,726 4,572 1,952 3,620 1,220 4,022 2,467 5,396 16,593 14,155 1,327 3,486 - - - - - - - -
Anchors, Grapnals and Mooring Chains numb. 376 14,582 424 7,561 618 7,708 395 8,301 378 8,382 303 6,852 350 8,442 - - - - - -
Butter and Cheese pack. 62 146 28 75 88 231 39 100 57 302 88 235 318 850 65 137 13 332
Beer and Ale barrels 42 262 25 142 46 263 210 1,268 100 614 100 611 120 687 20 120 12 73 39 566
Buntin bales. 41 1,878 34 1,149 18 909 6 398 11 688 21 1,207 11 826 8 319 20 772 8 257
Braziery, Ironmongery, Tin Ware, Pewter and Cutlery, &c. pack. 4,979 29,230 1,476 17,939 2,712 45,763 4,610 40,275 1,289 32,364 163 8,694 248 11,250 1,237 22,785 179 13,746 4,016 26,881
Blocks, Oars, Boat Timbers, Masts, Spars, &c. 6,803 3,898 1,220 1,627 2,671 2,267 718 99 286 325
Canvass bales. 24 1,836 80 5,712 217 15,036 178 16,525 148 15,831 38 2,994 109 7,949 28 1,559 34 1,203 124 5,461
Cordage tons. 429 37,678 160 13,494 450 38,984 232 26,263 184 19,339 311 28,296 227 12,273 35 1,794 74 2,825 26 1,303
Carts, Barrows, Gun Carriages and Ploughs 2,850 33 1,098 1,415 426 15,032 760 23,942 1,570 4,119
Clothing for Soldiers and Sailors, Shoes and Hammocks cases. 96 7,355 119 5,420 286 23,936 270 15,467 249 17,437 272 14,619 140 5,863 52 12,674 606 15,745 423 16,974
Accoutrements 350 28,469 137 12,476 376 21,107 474 25,700 125 9,296 398 23,410 57 4,314 1,168 44,086 894 14,977 828 7,297
Fire Engines, Hose and Leather 31 1,601 40 2,692 78 4,275 48 2,056 47 1,554 36 928 22 1,094 41 1,979 45 2,420 62 3,450
Floorcloth 16 587 62 1,788 3 127 4 131 10 322 - - - - - - - - - -
Glass, Earthenware and Window Glass 672 5,909 1,079 8,760 726 4,671 196 2,322 96 1,355 41 983 68 1,973 37 249 187 223 68 751
Gunpowder and Barrels barrels 30 926 303 7,430 6,755 10,358 4,954
Carried forward £ 348,555 251,515 445,809 378,929 327,181 382,358 271,778 258,478 149,692 240,753
Brought forward 348,555 251,515 445,809 378,929 327,181 382,358 271,778 258,478 149,692 240,753
Haberdashery, Hosiery and Hats, cases 11 650 7 201 5 197 6 459 9 564 7 622 12 500 5 105 13 572
Hospital Stores, Surgeons Instruments, Trusses, Lint, Mortars, &c., Glass and Tin Ware, &c. 162 5,841 154 5,763 126 4,638 204 7,256 182 8,442 230 8,500 242 6,648 230 5,997 165 5,734 253 10,001
Lines and Twine and Slow Match casks, &c. 50 2,125 57 1,695 197 5,750 60 2,298 27 951 56 1,966 11 290 51 848 7 144 21 674
Lead Pipes, Sheet Lead and Plumbers Stores cases 6 147 1 60 34 585 10 283 227 5,324 242 5,198 50 1,067 6 77 247 4,515
Linen do. 1 18 3 375 1,097 1,093 1 115 1 191 12 584 2 106 4 219 8 622
Mathematical Instruments do. 19 1,761 9 1,384 29 1,579 20 825 13 1,496 24 2,530 11 388 36 3,797 27 1,420 15 889
Musical Instruments do. 32 1,116 138 4,469 51 2,994 43 805 50 1,349 14 716 142 4,182 159 4,184 15 1,388
Musquet Furniture and Materials for Small Arms do. 4 146 2 198 81 7,221 31 2,507 107 3,198 33 2,117 4 490 278 14,822 13 308 652 2,059
Ordnance; viz. Iron numb. 207 10,035 90 4,147 324 8,840 52 1,386 112 3,042 87 1,270 40 1,373 99 3,954 173 4,951 8 368
Brass do. 99 9,383 39 4,688 169 16,292 57 9,152 39 2,091 83 6,521 61 4,913 221 15,029 99 7,755 340 12,926
Oilman's Stores, Linseed Oil, Soap, Starch, Painters Colours, Tallow, Red and White Lead 1,801 11,687 1,903 6,189 2,822 8,948 3,120 11,169 1,486 7,620 1,990 7,565 2,897 8,178 1,678 8,050 886 2,214 2,009 6,542
Shot and Shells 23,202 16,238 32,746 8,387 5,013 3,240 25,926 34,140 12,668 1,821
Saddlery and Harness cases 154 13,329 167 14,347 206 7,523 74 4,042 251 11,295 166 5,944 73 2,936 438 16,264 174 6,152 86 2,169
Small Arms; viz. Musquets numb. 29,600 61,217 52,550 106,349 24,080 48,575 45,840 92,985 23,367 47,187 41,206 89,854 20,396 36,559 37,914 67,717 27,212 45,890 300 494
Carbines do. 1,500 3,067 5,040 9,911 1,360 2,589 160 306 63 121 1,250 2,008 - -
Fusils do. 1,100 2,363 1,800 3,624 4,250 7,982 3,098 5,581 1,439 2,782 40 77 1,917 3,482 9,513 17,038 1,922 3,221 - -
Rifles do. 500 3,039 200 1,110 175 987 320 1,971 640 3,547 248 1,503 116 613 1,500 7,736 500 2,450 - -
Pistols pairs 4,140 9,851 1,310 2,962 2,400 4,325 5,576 12,653 3,100 7,298 804 2,026 3,407 7,861 6,348 14,639 2,223 4,769 1,610 3,581
Swords add Pikes numb. 6,213 5,160 8,070 6,693 8,389 5,307 9,879 6,243 5,872 4,750 3,338 2,646 5,717 3,238 18,666 13,212 11,424 7,366 1,100 539
Sheathing and Cartridge Paper cases 115 1,686 12 150 86 1,327 153 2,012 77 1,223 496 6,511 251 3,233 787 3,607 86 783 539 2,312
Stationery and Books do. 591 22,559 558 19,487 472 18,354 228 8,605 580 21,161 528 13,726 690 19,959 801 23,180 687 19,160 576 16,118
Turnery, Sponge, Staves, &c. do. 131 2,526 357 7,787 326 7,156 98 1,442 96 865 48 1,831 22 785 353 3,139 99 355 818 4,388
Furniture for the Government House at St. Helena 242 4,100 1,039 255 1,190
Metals; viz. Copper tons 1,581 209,269 687 106,113 1,553 227,363 1,489 187,900 1,489 187,775 1,484 191,240 855 102,792 1,519 160,556 1,298 123,330 1,361 159,491
Iron do. 3,371 55,735 2,658 41,431 5,023 68,479 3,228 35,908 4,805 65,626 3,396 49,462 2,414 38,058 2,348 36,291 426 6,770 1,284 20,569
Lead do. 1,762 48,022 770 24,258 1,987 64,979 735 16,087 388 9,373 32 816 557 11,086 909 14,880 905 19,416 415 9,739
Tin do. 46 3,051 87 6,619 88 7,199 16 1,344 35 2,275 - - - -
£ 855,540 637,852 1,008,617 808,975 729,977 787,961 557,584 732,148 431,291 503,720
(continued.) (continued.)
- 1819-20. 1820-21. 1821-22. 1822-23. 1823-24. 1824-25. 1825-26. 1826-27. 1827-28. 1828-29.
Quantities. Amount. Quantities. Amount. Quantities. Amount. Quantities. Amount. Quantities. Amount. Quantities. Amount. Quantities. Amount. Quantities. Amount. Quantities. Amount. Quantities. Amount.
£ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £
Broad Cloth pieces 11,979½ 200,052 17,642 224,439 18,600 199,414 11,943 125,910 12,352½ 111,099 5,407 40,008 5,237 68,852 14,826½ 153,640 7,958½ 87,018 8,530½ 63,918
Long Ells do. 25,847 71,378 37,210 98,558 13,780 32,551 500 1,158 1,270 2,215 120 218 76 153 2,666 5,153 373 654 794 1,352
Camlets, Stuffs, &c. do. 1,593 5,866 4,745 9,199 7,651 10,079 6,838 9,881 1,870 6,920 328 5,790 3,102 34,956 1,320 1,178 131 313 160 2,037
Cottons do. 5,602 4,392 12,784 4,750 3,374 1,037 21,587 12,731 1,522 2,007 500 457 300 260 pck. 14 306
Accoutrements pack. 407 5,399 762 16,398 643 10,515 1,452 11,546 397 15,635 381 14,431 434 33,256 542 28,127 492 26,570 187 8,117
Ale and Beer hhds. 82 426 50 273 43 230 86 489 80 457 75 429 75 495 96 563 119 699 116 742
Anchors, Grapnals and Mooring Chains numb. 22 359 2,058 3,899 2 446 72 1,328 172 5,585 138 5,884 299 15,972 604 14,646 68 3,078
Blocks, Oars, Boat Timbers, Masts, Spars, &c. 388 2,547 879 165 1,104 621 1,367 1,666 159 1,428 2,209 219
Braziery, Ironmongery, Tin Ware, Pewter and Cutlery, &c. 12,535 19,002 8,946 27,274 26,396 58,445 70,908 121,113 4,393 57,684 2,077 22,338
Buntin bales 10 518 13 513 6 299 17 946 20 1,825 24 1,175 46 2,524 15 938 31 1,876 17 928
Butter and Cheese cases 15 112 7 38 85 218 74 191 41 106 66 175 51 158 68 153 67 150
Canvass bales 106 5,748 74 3,978 103 4,076 218 6,599 202 5,264 117 4,302 459 22,474 361 12,172 149 4,706 327 7,014
Carts, Barrows, Gun Carriages and Ploughs 3,725 35,116 548 3,862 289 5,768 8,011 1,169 39,441 2,009 22,627
Clothing for Soldiers & Sailors, Shoes & Hammocks pack. 251 10,695 472 20,904 201 9,108 335 20,440 157 4,175 544 25,799 342 17,602 768 25,130 506 17,980 504 16,935
Copper Coin cases 44 1,000 308 7,000 561 12,516 93 4,842 - - - -
Cordage wt. 1,528 3,621 3,895 8,385 2,451 5,487 2,706 5,389 1,925 3,762 3,492 6,548 7,454 17,140 8,650 19,147 5,664 12,623 244 5,397
Fire Engines, Hose and Leather pack. 78 3,948 55 1,823 22 1,368 30 1,033 53 1,734 64 3,681 104 7,352 70 4,541 180 7,914 160 2,366
Flints do. 469 393 122 76 825 555 85 42 450 616 1,948 4,166 2,001 3,777 1,893 2,550 1,021 1,033
Furniture cases 2 242 11 80 20 396 2 43 2 91 1 18 - - - -
Glass, Earthenware and Window Glass pack. 78 448 34 323 112 1,109 143 858 162 3,620 256 2,018 278 3,354 234 1,862 338 2,914 61 2,168
Gunpowder and Barrels barrels 1,596 4,788 1,858 6,739 1,789 5,099 2,351 7,117 1,236 4,445 300 825 319 3,045 200 1,302 300 1,491 200 574
Haberdashery, Hosiery and Hats cases 9 444 8 333 7 175 542 10 698 12 660 9 396 15 360 10 329 5 237
Hospital Stores, Surgeons Instruments, Trusses, Lint, Mortars, &c., Glass and Tin Ware, &c. pack. 182 10,663 192 9,872 151 10,984 206 8,974 156 8,292 141 5,772 102 7,004 170 13,252 194 12,473 151 8,207
Lead Pipe, Sheet Lead and Plumbers Stores do. 25 443 129 1,823 172 277 1,368 829 1,374 567 39 361
Lighthouse Stores cases 20 1,027 3 33 3 76 1 19 - -
Linen pack. 7 515 6 569 3 165 4 224 47 2,315 114 303 48 128 88 343 26 203
Lines and Twine and Slow Match do. 51 782 59 903 36 724 35 724 80 2,844 229 4,727 617 12,655 509 12,055 153 3,557 80 1,794
Materials for, the Mint do. 10,000 67,167 41,929 5 304 10,592 2,546 445 2,461
Mathematical Instruments cases 17 3,120 36 2,832 19 980 36 1,239 55 3,539 50 3,598 136 9,364 119 13,894 125 10,912 83 8,045
Metals; viz. Copper tons 1,755 198,189 2,063 227,811 2,305 227,391 2,282 217,996 2,184 206,097 300 29,506 37 4,955 91 10,887 84 9,753 319 31,022
Iron do. 1,266 17,771 1,730 18,105 1,234 13,328 1,699 17,735 1,297 15,532 1,243 15,087 1,192 15,986 254 4,652 1,794 25,282 1,279 16,970
Lead do. 880 23,344 131 2,847 132 2,707 220 5,022 305 7,321 884 20,225 718 20,527 510 11,654 534 10,459 54 996
Musical Instruments pack. 61 3,469 97 2,870 44 1,880 54 2,190 109 4,281 69 2,548 111 4,538 169 8,398 235 10,085 82 1,352
Musquet Furniture, and Materials for Small Arms do. 84 2,252 12 259 2,073 72 2,671 356 4,922 243 3,594 53 2,703 12,503 73 4,875 42 2,332
Oilman's Stores, Linseed Oil, Soap, Starch, Painters Colours, Tallow, Red and White Lead do. 1,886 5,828 1,601 3,209 1,057 2,181 3,844 1,931 3,779 2,997 4,956 10,523 3,554 7,904 2,810 3,842 2,640 4,393
Ordnance; viz. Iron numb. 81 3,126 205 10,150 1,851 160 6,158 197 3,761 24 140 163 8,452 15,856 559 15,130 96 2,527
Brass do. 65 5,497 50 1,230 - -
Pipe Packs (to the Cape) pack. 500 813 500 650 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Rockets, Moulds, &c. &c. do. 439 3,817 5,860 2,405 2 161 157 5 329 530 4,874 10 377
Saddlery and Harness cases. 68 2,757 155 5,874 52 2,106 220 8,470 367 15,214 290 11,435 587 26,221 597 20,953 402 12,544 144 3,877
Scales and Weights pack. 59 689 86 1,933 4 52 16 1,244 65 1,356 128 1,483 21 772 1,048 151 2,937 9 324
Sheathing and Cartridge Paper cases 47 600 64 511 210 1,169 7 79 80 1,103 364 5,391 1,000 13,286 724 9,479 242 3,205
Silver Plate and Watches 2 834 1 158 1 197 6 421 2 158
Slates, Bricks, Cement, &c. numb. 25,000 371 324 240 tons 83 125 228 cwts. 402 302 266
Small Arms; viz. Musquets do. 30,300 53,552 15,000 26,741 23,016 49,568 22,640 42,816 15,000 28,774 10,200 21,050 32,670 62,794 53,520 121,941 47,640 111,146 18,600 36,519
Carbines, Blunderbusses, &c. 250 499 50 150 25 987 16 278 100 643 150 1,120 1,250 2,785 - -
Fusils 980 1,678 420 736 880 1,483 1,440 2,543 4,200 7,320 4,400 8,569 5,840 12,246 3,360 7,384 560 10,220 1,092 2,042
Rifles 630 3,092 150 695 610 3,226 340 1,829 - -
Pistols pairs 5,480 12,928 1,200 2,890 170 387 1,500 3,650 200 476 1,320 3,374 3,246 11,698 9,770 28,605 6,220 17,053 2,580 6,933
Shot and Shells 12,693 10,577 16,510 6,318 8,492 33,859 82,354 145,893 61,697 37,968
Stationery and Books pack. 650 18,009 631 15,609 729 18,042 790 20,763 669 16,459 1,072 26,811 852 23,482 1,339 33,826 1,389 34,304 1,109 30,445
Steam Engines and Machinery do. 49 2,717 1 437 15 523 8 848 20,896 12,310 6,207 634 30,203
Steel bdles. 1,191 425 385 1,451 223 623 487 1,753 73 217 88 224
Swords and Pikes numb. 6,540 4,082 7,939 4,656 3,452 2,936 3,096 2,209 5,137 1,131 650 3,643 9,916 8,322 11,824 16,345 11,756 13,997 3,104 2,344
Turnery, Sponge, Staves, &c. pack. 1,000 1,804 1,666 54 395 85 519 39 516 61 237 58 690 211 2,186 113 3,240 116 1,047
Types and Printing Presses, &c. do. 10 322 6 185 4 142 7 208 84 1,400 18 338
£ 718,164 818,686 663,500 594,377 621,035 428,232 671,922 941,457 682,100 398,469

East India House, 1st June 1829.

(Errors excepted.)

THO. G. LLOYD, Acct Genl.

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