Luson to Dart on invalids for Elizabeth; lack of Agency funds; supply of grain to St Helena; export of Merino sheep and cattle to St Helena; condemned grain from Bengal; increase in consumption of tea at Cape; expected arrival of English settlers and resulting increase in demand for tea; indent f...
Volume 9A: Extracts from letters from the Agent at the Cape of Good Hope to the Court of Directors, No 1 This volume was formed from letters sent from the Cape Agency, which were selected and copied, presumably for ease of reference to important matters or for a specific purpose which is no longe...
Sale of unsold piece goods and tea and vendue sales difficulties; commission on profits from sales; consequences of abolition of office of Vendue Master; fall in value of Cape wine in London
Petition to Parliament by Cape inhabitants on Cape currency; exclusive right of EIC supply of tea to Cape refuted by Hawkins; reply to criticism by residents on day of EIC tea sales at Cape and prices; reply to criticism on pricing of teas and charge by Court of Directors of disregard for instruc...