'Miscellaneous Paper relating to the trade of the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf'
Scope & Content:
The volume contains a variety of papers relating to trade in the Red Sea and the Persian Gulph [Gulf]. The volume is organised into four parts, with contents summarised on folio 4: Papers relating to trade with Suez, 1773-78: proceedings, letters, representations and answers (ff 5-57) Trade wit...
Correspondence between the Court of Directors and the Governor General in Council of Bengal concerning the building of lighthouses at Saugor, Kedgeree and Point Palmiras
Comprises: (a) Plan for the naval defence of British India with estimates of the cost of building ships, with index, 1796-1810; (b) Timber for ship building - forests in Malabar and Canara, 1796; (c) Correspondence, extracts from minutes of the Committee of Shipping and reports concerning rates o...
Directions for navigating from the Channel to the East Indies translated from Jean-Baptiste d'Après de Mannevillette's 'Memoire sur la Navigation de France aux Indes'
Comprises: (a) Proposal to improve the Port of London; (b) Act of George III for continuing the East India Company's charter, with index; (c) Other acts of George III concerning importation and exportation of goods from and to India or China in ships not British built; regulating trade with India...