INDEX.] 



Eajl- India Company < 



t630 



I62I 



Turkey *ntl direct from Iinila. 197, and fc 

 Company build Fort St. George at Madras 

 Take poireiiion of Sald:\nlia bay — battles with 



Portuguefe, Mogul, and Deccan, (hips 

 Contefts with the Dutch at Banda, &c. 

 i6z2 Two Ihips commiirioned by the king to trade 



with the Mogul ... 



Company alVift Perliaagainft Portugal, and ob- 



tain privileges in Perlia 



Company's people nialFacredby the Dutch ii, 



1623 Company authorized to punifli crimes 



i6j4 Obliged to pay £10,000 to the duke of Buck- 

 ingham - - 



1616 Prices of fpices, &c in India, Lilbon, Aleppo, 

 &c - - - 



. Six Ihips fail for India ... 



1627 Company's captain conmiiHioned by the king 

 — gold fent to India indead of lilvcr 



162S Various objei^tions againft the trade anfwered 



1631 Lift of allowed articles of import and export 



Gold again fent inftead of filvcr 



1632 Company's profit not above isjper cent 



. Their Ihares faid to fell much under par 



1637 The king licences a new comp. (himfeli, Sir W. 



Courten, &c) to trade to Goa, Malabar, 



China, and Japan, for ,5 years 395, 



•^— Provllioii madf fur fcamen dilablcd in the fer. 



vice of ihe original company 

 163S Are again licenced to export gold 

 164.0 Tlie king buys all their pepper on credit 

 1647 The company much diftrelfed by the Dutch 

 i6ji Tliey occupy St. Helena ... 



Company chartered 10 trade in Africa 5 years 370 



1654 A heavy account of damages between the com- 



pany and the Dutcli company adjulled — a 

 balance found due to the company 



1655 The commerce with India is laid open 

 16 j7 The company's fliipping much reduced 

 I Europe glutted with India goods by the pr 



vate traders, who alfo fuffer much in India 



474, 

 . The company re-eftablifhed 



The feizure of Skinner (a feparate trader) em- 



broils the two lioufes of parliament 

 1 66 1 Company obtain a new charter 

 1664 Polcrnon taken from the company by the 



Dutch — rto;k fells at 70, real value 130 

 j60S Company obtain Bombay from the king ii, 



1670 Advantages of the trade explained by Child 



Company faid to fend throwfters, weavers, 



dyers, &c to India — denied, except as to 

 dyers - . - . 548, 605 



1671 Cuftomsat Madras converted to a rent 560 

 1673 Company raifc 6,000 men to defend Bombay — 



Their trade complained of in Kiigland 571 



1676 Company get a new charter — much clamour 



againit tlieni — they double their itock out 



of the profits ... 579 



1677 An ample defence of the trade and joint rtock 584 



1678 Petition to parliament againft the company 593 

 16S0 View of company's trade thi.- year — firll notice 



of trade to China — can bonow money at 3 

 per cent — Hock fells a< 300 1:97, 600-606 



Turkey company complain ag.;inl> the com- 

 pany — the company anfwer l;cni — above 

 600 members in the compan)', eacli per- 

 mitted to trade on his o« n feparate account 

 as far as one -fifth of his stock 600, 605 



Sands, a feparate trader, (topped by the king 606 

 The com; .iny lofe their fai:tory at Bantam 607 



They fortify Bencoolen - - 608 



1683 Comp. get a new charter, power to fupprefs in- 

 terlopers, exercife govejnmcnt in India, &c. 6ji 



303 



304 

 305 



3'3 



517 



339 



3+1 

 35' 

 369 

 374 

 374 

 449 



450 



404 

 404 

 410 

 43 2 

 445 



454 

 460 



473 



588 

 474 



493 



494 



517 

 5°3 

 547 



i68i 



j68i 



Notwithfl.uuling parliament's difapprobalion- 



of fonie tranfaflions at St. Helena, (lock 

 fells from 360 to 500 - - ii, 



1684 Sands iued by tlie company — his defence 



1685 Interlopers embroil the company witli Indian 



princes — by anotl-.er new clianer company 

 empowered to leize interlopers, make war, 

 exeicile government, coin nioney, &.'C. 

 i6$9 I'lThe factory in Bcnj.'l removed to Calcutta 

 1689 Statement of company'? profpcrous progrels ii, 64; 



1691 Privy council propofe a new company 64S 



1692 Comj'any iniift on preferving iheir privileges 649> 



1693 Taxed 5 per cent on their rtock, which is llatcd 



at/74-V.ooo 



Comp. neglecting payment, charter forfeited 



On paying great fums, obtain a new charter 



1694 Get another charter, 781 new members 661, 66z 



A parli nuciitary inquiry refpccting money ex 



pendcd in fecret fervice 



1697 The iilk-weavers att.'.ck the India-houfc — 



publications tor and againit tlie company 



1698 Company, have fufi'er^d much by war, are dif- 



abled from making dividends 



They offer to lend government /"700,ooo. at 4 



per cent on their privileges being confirmed 

 by parliament - - . 



Other merchants offer 2 millions at S per cent 



Company (late their property in India, See- 



The others reply - . - 



The offerers of 2 millions incorporated till 1714 



by parliament by the name of The general Jo- 

 cicty of traders to the Eajl Indies 



The old company to continue till 1701 



The two millions fubfcribed in three days 



Of which /3 1 5,000 by the old company 



1699 In thefe unlettled times (lock, by the arts of 



the jobbers, flu6luales from 300 to 37 



1700 India filks, bengals, figured EUlicoes, &c. not 



to be tiled in England, but exported 



1701 Some of the new company trade feparately 



The kingdom divided by the two companies — 



they have 60 (hips at fea 



1702 The two companies united, but not completely 



incorporated till (even years after 



1703 Bullion exported in fix lafl years 

 The fame in five lafl years, by company's ac- 

 countant, and value of Eaft.India goods 



6ir 

 6iJ 



6^1 



644 



65* 

 6j» 

 651 



66i 



693 

 693 



694. 

 694. 

 654. 



695 



696 

 697 

 698 



700 



705 



70S 

 710 



710 



721 

 729 



730. 



731 

 738. 



exported - . . 



1704 Company obliged by the war to ilTuc bonds 



1707 Company bound to bring their cargoes to Eng. 



1708 The two companies completely incorporated — 



tlieir term prolonged on lending to govern- 

 ment /; 1, 200,000 without interell. iii 



171 1 Director niuft not be a director of the bank 

 Eaft.India ftuck 124-^ - - 



17 1 2 Term prolonged to Marcli 1736 

 They export annually woolen and other goods 



to thevalue of/'i5o,ooo 



1716 A proclamation againll trading to India under- 

 foreign commilfions - . . 



171S The prohibition enaited by parliament 



1719 Export ot bullion fince 1711 



1720 South-fca frenzy railcs E. I, ftock to 445 S3, 



1721 Ufe of India-printed calicoes prohibited 



Brltifti fiibjcds llriclly proiiibitcd from trad- 



ing under foreign colours — import of tea 

 from Europe prohibited -. nS, 



1722 Half-year's dividend reduced to 4per cent 

 1726 Statement of the trade, by Philips 



Company empowered to erect corporations in 



their three principal towns 

 1730 Piopofal for a regulated company inftead of the 



joint-flock company rejefted by parliament 148. 



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25 



51 

 6^ 



75 

 90 



126 

 132 



'33 



