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IOR/H/456f
- Record Id:
- 040-000004527
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-000004036
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000222.0x000105
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/H/456f
- Title:
- Dacca.
- Scope & Content:
- (1) pp. 1-13, Extract from Bengal General Letter 17th April 1802 forwarding Account of Dacca by Taylor, Commercial Resident, for the use of the Company's Historiographer. In 1840 Surgeon J. Taylor published a book entitled A Sketch of the Topography and Statistics of Dacca. (2) pp. 15-55, J. Taylor to Peter Speke and Members of Board of Trade 30th Nov. 1800, postscript 2nd Nov. 1801 forwarding the following papers:-- (3) pp. 55-76, Account of the Public Buildings. (4) pp. 77-83, Account of the Mulboos Caus and other Articles sent annually from Dacca through Jaffer Khan to the Emperor Aurengzebe. (5) pp. 83-9, Account of the Settlement of Europeans at Dacca, translated from an Account by the Nabob Nusserat Jung, Naib-Nazim of Dacca. (6) pp. 91-107, Estimate of the amount of Cloth exported from Dacca in the year 1747. (7) pp. 108-9, Statement of the Goods manufactured at the Dacca Aurung for exportation from 1790 to 1799 inclusive. (8) pp. 111-3, Comparative Statement of the Aurung Cost of Cloth exported from Dacca in the years 1747 and 1797. (9) pp. 113-221, Account of the Fine Cotton, Thread and Fabrics produced in the Dacca Province and of the ability of the Dacca Aurungs in regard to the amount of Goods which can be annually provided at them, Wages and Prices. (10) pp. 223-85, Process of Weaving plain and flowered Muslins as practised by the Weavers at Dacca, Sorting and preparation of Thread. (11) pp. 285-93, Houses in Dacca, Population, Number and Nationality of Christians.
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Records
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000004036
040-000004527 - Is part of:
- IOR/H : Home Miscellaneous
IOR/H/456f : Dacca. - Hierarchy:
- 032-000004036[0255]/040-000004527
- 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:
- 1802
- Date Range:
- 1747-1802
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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