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... and more connected with the commercial prosperity of the Company . Under
the new consti- New qualiatution , no proprietor , not possessed of a thousand
pounds capital stock , was permitted to cation . The ballot . vote in the General
Court ...
... and more connected with the commercial prosperity of the Company . Under
the new consti- New qualiatution , no proprietor , not possessed of a thousand
pounds capital stock , was permitted to cation . The ballot . vote in the General
Court ...
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But as the lower classes were disabled , the power was increased in the higher :
proprietors of three thousand pounds were allowed two votes ; those of six
thousand were entitled to three ; ten thousand pounds was made the qualification
for ...
But as the lower classes were disabled , the power was increased in the higher :
proprietors of three thousand pounds were allowed two votes ; those of six
thousand were entitled to three ; ten thousand pounds was made the qualification
for ...
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... six hundred and eighty thousand pounds sterling . The other European
companies trading to India traded thither on the same footing . Their export of
bullion was probably larger in proportion to the total of their commerce , as their
commerce ...
... six hundred and eighty thousand pounds sterling . The other European
companies trading to India traded thither on the same footing . Their export of
bullion was probably larger in proportion to the total of their commerce , as their
commerce ...
Page 43
the British , the whole of the silver sent annually from Europe into Hindostan
could not fall very short of twelve or thirteen hundred thousand pounds a year .
This influx of money , poured into India by an emulation of all the commercial
nations ...
the British , the whole of the silver sent annually from Europe into Hindostan
could not fall very short of twelve or thirteen hundred thousand pounds a year .
This influx of money , poured into India by an emulation of all the commercial
nations ...
Page 45
About two hundred thousand pounds was added to the annual dividends of the
proprietors . Four hundred thousand was given to the state , which , added to the
old dividend , brought a constant charge upon the mixed interest of Indian trade ...
About two hundred thousand pounds was added to the annual dividends of the
proprietors . Four hundred thousand was given to the state , which , added to the
old dividend , brought a constant charge upon the mixed interest of Indian trade ...
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| Title | The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 8 The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Edmund Burke |
| Author | Edmund Burke |
| Publisher | Little, Brown,, 1881 |
| Original from | Michigan State University |
| Digitized | 26 Apr 2013 |
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