Cvrn. 



i"783 Exportation prohibited - - _ iv, 12 



1785 Exportation to fiigar colonies, &c. continued 7; 

 1787 Exportation, &:c. continvied fiom Lancafter only 127 

 178S Further continued ... 171 



1789 Many regulations tor import and export iS8 



1790 Scarcity apprehended, exportation refiriifted 201 

 — — Imports and exports, bounties, 6ic. 1781-1790 216 



179 1 Corn laws confolidated - 119 

 *i793 Exportation prohibited, Sec. . 2S3 



• New regulations - - - 2S0 



Order for feizing all corn in vefFels at fea bound 



for France ... 284 



J 794 Additional export to conquered iflands 299 



J795 Export prohibited ... 3J4. 



Prohibition of export, &c. continued 



3.59' 383. 47''. 4S5 



Bounties on import in certain poi ts granted 360, 373 



Cotton mamifaSture. [GENERAL 



1797 sumspaic 



;1 forfoieign corn 1793--1797 



414 



■ iSoo Certain prices guaranteed to importers of corn 



by parliament -^ 493,494,495 



-^ — Imports and exports, bounties, &c. 1791-1800 532 

 ■§* Cfir/rra colonized from Carthage and Tyrrhenia 1,47 

 ,563* A colony of Phocoe.ins arrives - - 46 



543* A Lirger colony of Phocoeans . .46 



538 The iflLmd abandoned by the Phocoeans 47 



zisS'Produces excellent pines and firs — an attack 

 upon Corfica before this time by the Ro- 

 mans, unknown to all their writers - %^n 

 14 Supplies Rome with (liip timber . - 124 



1407 Corfica under the name of a kingdom, part of 



the property of the bank of Genoa . 619 



J763 Kingdom transferred by Genoa to France iii, 371 

 1794 Kingdoniannexed to the Britidi crown '^,311 



522 Ccfmas Jadkoplciijles's account of the oriental 



trade . - - - i, 225, 460 



Cotton — See Cotton mamiJaRurc. 

 i7o6*Cotton made into cloth in Egypt and India 



i, 10, 76, 126 

 14 Cultivated and manufaftured in Malta . 124 

 i64i||Imported in England from Cyprus and Smyrnaii, 415 

 1660 Colony cotton to be landed only in Englifh do. 



minions .... 4S6 



1765 Cotton occafionally exported to Holland iii, 429 



1766 Importation of foreign cotton permitted - 447 



1779 Quantify imported 176S-1779 - - 649 



1780 Duty laid on cotton imported in foreign veflels 659 

 1787 Imports of cotton, and fabrics made from it iv,i32 



One poun<i of cotton makes 169 miles of yarn 134'! 



'799 Quantities imported 1772-1799 - . 470 



Cotli-n man-jfii-Hure—Se^ Dying, Printing, Calico, 



Mujlin, Cotton. 

 i64i||Cotton, imported from Cyprus and Smyrna, 



made into fuflians, &c. at iVIanchefter ii, 415 

 1774 The mnnufatture approved of by parliament iii, 555 



1782 Defiruftian of cotton goods made felony - 711 



1783 t< ftimate of annual value of the mamifa^ure iv, 16 

 • ■ Bounty granted on export of Brit, cotton goods 16 



Difcount of duties on materials for the manu- 



facfure - - - 22 



1784 Bounty continued - . . 43 

 . Duties laid on Britifh cotton goods - 52 



1785 Duties repealed - . .71 

 ■ Arkv\riglit's invention of fpinning machinery 



now open to all — the manufatture greatly 

 extended thereby, fo as to fuperfede filks, 

 cambrics, &c. ... 79,81 



Difcount of duties on materials continued 



106, 270, 372 

 ij87 Progrcfs of the rnanufafture — a glut produces 

 temporary diftrefs and permanent increafe of 

 confumption ... 132 



Afl encouraging the nianufaflure continued 



17', >S7) 443> 47' 



and 



228 



500 

 517 



»3S 

 401 



5': 



1, 709 



i, 16 

 251 



I, 420 



ii, t 



. 36, 40 



iii, 162 



357 

 357 

 367 



1789 Deftruflion of cot. goods made felony in Scotl.iv,i86 



1791 Improvements in weaving and bleaching 228 



iSoo Aa for deciding differences of mailers 

 workmen .... 



Conje£lure of the amotint of the manufafture 



Krtiinate of 'he ;tate of it in Scotland 



i^6\ Co«r/aW(Y duchy erefted - . . 



1637 Sends colonies to Guinea and Tobago 



1664 The duke furrenders Tobago and his fort in 



Guinea to the king of England, who grants 



him a limited ufe of both 

 1531 r^Kr/ n/To',^"! cftablifhed in Scotland . >', 73 



14S7 CouiHan, Piro dc, fent by the king of Portugal 



into the Eaft, arrives at Calicut, learns that 



there- is a cleiir fea round Africa 

 ii34*CiT.'^ powerful at fea 

 823 Taken by tlie Saracens 



Thenceforth called Candia — See Caniia. 

 i27ol|CriB;, a city of great commerce 

 1491 Culia difcovered by Clirii^opher Colon 

 151 1 Settled by the Spaniards 

 1731 The molt important of their iflands 



1762 I-Iavanna,the capital, with a great (leetand much 



treafure, taken by th^' Britilh forces 



Henceforth a confiderable trade with Cuba 



1763 Refiored to Spain at the peace 

 1634 Curafoa taken from Spain by the Dutch, and 



made a place of threat trade - ii, 380 



1731 Produces nothing, but abounds in all things iii, 162 

 1800 Taken by Britifh forces — free admifTion of 



Spanifh velfels ftipuhited . - iv, 52a 



1285 Curjtu belt, a (ignal for armed pcrfons to leave 



the flreets, and tavcinsto be (hut up i, 445 



I ^l-i,\iCurrants plaiued in England - . ii, 7^ 



1777 Duties on importation regulated - iii, 607 



1783 Size of packages for importation regulated iv, 14. 

 144850^, Cardinal, conceives the true fyfiem of the 



univerfe - - . . i, 665 



Cujioms — See Tunna^^c end poundage. 

 980(1 Cultomb paid on velTels and goods at Billings. 



gate - - - . i, 277 



1266 Charged on exportation of wool . 417 



12S2 Culleition of cuftonis managed by foveigneis 436 



Cufloms of Englaiui /S,4ii ..ig. . I li - 437 



i;S5;| Alligned for a debt by the king of Scotland 446 

 1303 New cuftoms fixed by the charter of merchants 470 

 1329 T.efs productive than in 128: — farmed - 503 

 1336 Adigned in payment of a debt 43615,513,536,^0. 

 1354 Amount of cuiloms this year, - - 553 



1382 Difcount allowed for advance rayment - 593 



Foreign princes, prielts, &c. often exempted 

 from paying cuftoms - 593, 654. 



1390 Officers of cuftoms not to own vefftls . 60a 

 1404 The king btirrows money from foreign merch- 

 antb, to be repaid by the cudoms on their 

 own trade ... 614,618 



1420 Salaries of the officers (very fmall) - 635 



1442 No perfon in trade allowed to be an officer 659 



1454 Additional duties on goods exported . 671 



1590 After being fariued to i'. Smith for/14,000, are 

 now farmed to him for /42,ooo, and after- 

 wards for ^ 50,000 - - - 11,194. 

 1613,1622 Amount in thefe years . - J7S>3<<S 

 1625 Money advanced on the cufloms - 33* 

 I 1641 Efiimated at /"jco.ooo yearly . 415 

 1657 Ellimate of cuftoms and excife - 473 

 1666 F.u'med for 2^390,000 ... 630 

 1688 Average amount in 17 vears/'555,752 ii, 630 

 1709 Net amount /i, 353, 483 

 1714 Net amount 1700-171.). . . - 

 1723 Ditto 17C1-1723, according to Philips 

 1726 Cuftoni.i of Engtan 1 /'i,6oo,ooo 

 1760 Net amounts of the calloms of Great Britain, 



iii, ii 



45 

 129 



•33 



