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IOR/H/449
- Record Id:
- 040-000004511
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-000004036
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000222.0x0000f6
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/H/449
- Title:
- Commercial Papers.
- Scope & Content:
-
(1) pp. i-vi, Alphabetical Index.
(2) pp. 1-134, "Selection of Papers exhibiting a View of the East India Company's Commercial Concerns," A series of Tables giving Statistics of Trade to India and China and also details of Dutch, Private and Coast Trade, compiled by Mr. Robert Wissett, Clerk to the Committee of Warehouses. Papers include (a) Exports to India 1600-1795 (information incomplete to 1712). (b) Exports of Woollens and metals to India 1783-1790. (c) Amounts of private trade 1784-1790. (d) Exports to China 1747-1795. (e) Total exports to India and China, divided between bullion and goods 1700-1795. (f) Prime costs of exports from India and China 1761-1792. (g) Sales of goods from India and China 1731-1793. (h) Customs, freight, and other charges on goods from India and China 1749-1793. (j) Imports of Bengal raw silk 1773-1796. (k) Sales of imported tea 1788-1796. (l) Imports of China raw silk 1788-1796. (m) Statistics of sales of commodities (china ware, nankeen cloth, Bengal piece goods, coast and Surat piece goods, saltpetre and redwood, pepper, coffee, drugs, sugar and indigo) 1788-1796. (n) Raw silk exported from Great Britain to various parts of Europe 1787-1796. (o) Imports of Indigo 1782-1796. (p) Imports of Saltpetre 1753-1792. (q) Cotton, tin and pepper sent to Canton 1770-1795. (r) Sugar exported from Canton 1775-1795. (s) Importation into United Kingdom of Bengal sugar 1790-1795. (t) Copper exported to India 1786-1794. (u) Opium imported into the United Kingdom, and re-exported 1786-1796. (v) India and China goods imported into Holland 1785-1791. (See H/719, Entry No. 64.)
(3) pp. 137-50, Account of the Money, Weights and Measures at several places in Asia 1779 by Mr. Wissett 1796. (See H/719 Entry No. 64.)
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Records
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000004036
040-000004511 - Is part of:
- IOR/H : Home Miscellaneous
IOR/H/449 : Commercial Papers. - Hierarchy:
- 032-000004036[0244]/040-000004511
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/H
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 volume
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1747
- End Date:
- 1795
- Date Range:
- 1747-1795
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- IOR/L/AG/17/1/3
IOR/L/AG/18/1/38 - Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)