INDEX.] Eaji-lndla Company. 



1791 Parliament give notice of an intention to pay 



off llic debt due to the company - iv,2iS 



Earl of Covnwallii, governor-general, has new 



powers - - - - 221 



Rulei for faleof faltpetre enafted - 222 



Tuniiage allowed to olliccrs of lliips incretifed 251 n 



1792 Peace with Tippoo, who cedes half his domi- 



nions, S:c. - . . iv, 23S 



A propofjl made in Liverpool for abolifliiiig 



the conn^any's monopoly - . 241 



Company's Itaremcnt of their own trade, and tliat 



of foreigners, in India, Cliina, Perlia, 17S3- 

 1790 . - . . 242 



Conipan\'s falcs in the year ending March 1792 252 



And ftock by compvitation - - 253 



— — Botanic gardens at Aladras and St. Helena 254 



Lord Mitarfney lent ambalfador to China 302 



1793 Annuitie.' tran^tirred horn tlie company to tlie 



bank, and debt of the public thereby almoft 

 paid oti" - - - - 271 



Company empowered to enlarge their capital 272 



Company's term extended to 18 14, with a mul- 



titude of new regulations - - 272 



Particularly, 3,000 tuns of (iiipping to be pro- 

 vided every year for private trade - 274 

 Guarantee fund — dividend fixed at loj per cent 



275, 284 



1794 View of the trade in Bengal filk-comp. employ 



millsin Engl .to organzine fome of their filk 290 



Company alloutrd to increafe their bond debt 296 



Company's affairs improved . . 301 



'795 Company's revenues, iale?, S^z, - 335 



■ Retrofpeif of tea trade 1762-1794 - 335-338 



Time for e.vporting china ware enlarged - 347 



• India btiilt Ihips allowed to I'ail to London 348 



— — — Private trade in confequence ot the ait of 1793 



— Britifh merchants in India dcfire to have 

 the liberty of fending home Indian (hips — 

 the necelTity of importing rice brings iuch 

 Ihips to London — they return with Britilh 

 goods - . . 362 



1796 Company's fales and other accounts - 377 



Company allow 5 per cent interellon bonds 378 



' Oppofition to the co.'s plan of organzining filk 



— miinuficfurers requeft them to continue it 379 



1797 Company empowered to add two millions to their 



capital — have not made any addition 417 



Company raife two regiments - 420 



— — — Friendly foreigners allowed to trade to Britifli 



India undir regulations framed by the com p. 423 



New regulations for Calcutta, &c. - 425 



Company's ftock, fales, &c - - 427 



-^ Company recommend a light pofitive duty on 



goods imported from India — agents requcfl 



exemption for raw materials - . 428 



Time allowed for duty on fpices - 446 



Company's fales, ftock, &c. - . 451 



New Duties onEaft-India goods - 472 



Regulations for the company's Ihips . 476 



Company's fales, ftock, &c. - - 483 



War with Tippoo ended by his death - 434 



1803 Company's fales, ftock, &c. . - 509 



Number of proprietors having votes - 511 



Defire of t!ie free merchants m India to have 



their own niipscltablifhed in the trade — not 

 granted by the company - - 513 



Goods brought to London on private account 



1794-1800 - - - - 514 



Several India-built lliips fail between Indiaand 



London — their cargoes, &c. 

 ' Company acquire additional revenue 



Number antrtuanajje of company's (hips 



519 

 5" 

 53; 



ijfio Eajiland) or Enji country, fends corn to Ilolland i',i26 



1360 The trade with Antwerp . i',i30 



1564 Till now ufcd to fiirnilli large (hips to England 140 

 1379 Kngliih E.ililand company chartered - 164 



1629 Company's exclufive privileges ratilied, corn 



only being left fre.; . - . 361 



1670 The Rnglilli trade declined - - 544 



1672 The trade laid open to Englifh or foreigners 563 



947II f/'« //«aiff/'i geography - i, 269, 460 



1787 Ebcny admitted from Africa witliout duty iv, 126 



21^^* F.I lip/'-, the firrt one recorded - - 1,4 



601 'One foretold by Thales - - 3S 



tJihftcne — See U:\ht-houfa. 



630I! /'.W/z/Aj/i/i/i caiMe built - - i, 239 



1357 K. Perth, Aberdeen, the chief towns in Scotl. 559 



13S4 Thougli now the capital of Scotl. has fcarcely 



400 houles, and ihofe thatched — dellroycd y.fi 

 (The number 400, not 4,000, and not lands ■96 n) 

 1424 Edinburgh bound for ?o,030 marksfor the king 63S 

 14S2 The provoft, fellow/liip of merchants, andcom- 

 nuuiiiy, become bound for the king to tlie 

 king of England — E. now flourilhing, and 

 the citizens engaged in foreign trade 700 



1760 Population cftimated at 60,000 . ''i> 3-3 



1767 Act for extending tlie royalty, a theatre, Src. 460 

 1771 And for other impruveniints - - 513 



1781 Number of chargeable houl'es - - 704 



1783 Edinburgh-made coaches ordered for Paris iv, 35 

 17S4 Tlic populace ileftroy a large diftiUery - 45, 



1134 £i/r;^7 writes geographical amufements i, 327 



i92o*£'jv/<r very fertile - - i, 4 



1715* All the land and people become the king'spro- 



perty - - - - 9 



i70S*Arts, manufaiSlures, literature - - 9 



1350'Geonietry, canals, filh cured with fait - 12 

 J30o'Though hating the fea, have now a fleet 13 



Werenot, however, either traders or navigators 13 'j 

 324*|'|The oriental trade(f:incied by fome modern writ- 

 ers) extended no farther than South Arabia 79 

 280'Hero-opolis tlie port of departure for Sabsea 85 



Bcrnice afterwards the port — route to .Alexandria 85 



The king keep twogreat fleets to fupprefs rivals 86 



He patronizes fcience and learning, founds a li- 



brary - - - - - 86 



M.my philofophers flouriflied in liis time 87 



2JO*Ptolemy Kuergetes borrows three books from 



Athens - ... 93 



222'Hc makes conqtiefts on the Red fea - 97 



219* Ptolemy Philopator builds two huge ftiips 99 



170* Egypt enriched by the trade with Sahara 104 



ioo*Ei!doxus faid to fail from Egypt to India, &c. iii 

 23'Egypt fubjeft to Rome 



A new trade opened with Ethiopia 



14 Trade of Egypt — ftill conducted by Greeks 



Oriental trade incrcafed from 20 to 120 veflels, 



which now go direct to India 



Route of the tr.rde in Egypt 



41 Trade extended to tlie weft coafl of India, and 



improved by the knowlegeof the monfoons 

 73 Larger veiTels ufed in tlie trade, and armed 



Route of the trade 



• Manufaiflures of Egypt flouriftiing 



Egyptian Greeks the bell navigators in the Ro- 

 man empire . . _ 180,182 



120 

 121 

 "S 



139 



140 



1,57 

 '74 



161 Their African commerce ftill increafing 



And Egypt vilited by Indian merchants 

 323 E;.;ypt liiinilhes 80 velfels to the emperor 

 522 Egypt decHnhi" — oriental trade remcved to 



Aduh .... 



6-10 Egypt conquered by the Arabs 

 1321 Now the great entrepot of the oriental trade — 

 route and nature of the trade 



Egypt deditnte of material.^ for (liip-building 



1516 Egypt conquered by the Turks — - iij 



'93 

 '9+ 

 206 



225 

 240 



490 

 492 



