The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 8Little, Brown,, 1881 - Great Britain |
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Page 46
... thousand pounds , and care was taken after- wards to enlarge it . In the years 1767 and 1768 it arose to seven hundred thousand . Consequen- This new system of trade , carried on ces of them . through the medium of power and public ...
... thousand pounds , and care was taken after- wards to enlarge it . In the years 1767 and 1768 it arose to seven hundred thousand . Consequen- This new system of trade , carried on ces of them . through the medium of power and public ...
Page 48
... thousand pounds . This million is the lowest value of the goods sent to Europe for which no satisfaction is made . * Remittances from Bengal to China and the Pres- idencies . About an hundred thousand pounds a year is also remitted from ...
... thousand pounds . This million is the lowest value of the goods sent to Europe for which no satisfaction is made . * Remittances from Bengal to China and the Pres- idencies . About an hundred thousand pounds a year is also remitted from ...
Page 49
... thousand . pounds . quences of In time of peace , three foreign companies Foreign appear at first sight to bring their contri- companies . bution of trade to the supply of this continual drain . These are the companies of France ...
... thousand . pounds . quences of In time of peace , three foreign companies Foreign appear at first sight to bring their contri- companies . bution of trade to the supply of this continual drain . These are the companies of France ...
Page 51
... thousand pounds sterling ; and not the smallest par- ticle of silver sent to China ever returns to India . It is not easy to determine in what proportions this enormous sum of money has been sent from Madras or from Bengal ; but it ...
... thousand pounds sterling ; and not the smallest par- ticle of silver sent to China ever returns to India . It is not easy to determine in what proportions this enormous sum of money has been sent from Madras or from Bengal ; but it ...
Page 57
... thousand pounds ; and of this it appears that a great deal was realized . But this was the high flood - tide of the investment ; for in that year they announce its probable decline , and that such extensive supplies could ON THE AFFAIRS ...
... thousand pounds ; and of this it appears that a great deal was realized . But this was the high flood - tide of the investment ; for in that year they announce its probable decline , and that such extensive supplies could ON THE AFFAIRS ...
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