INDEX.] 



1768 Fire engines render coal mines more produiStive 



— an improved pump - - iii, 4S4 



Hydrography — See Gtography. 

 Hydrometer — See Spirituous lijucrs, 



JcELA,\'D—Sf:e Denmark. 

 § Some monks fettled in Icebnd - i, 224. n 



861-878 Dilcovered and colonized by Norwegians 260 

 And floiirifhing - - - 261 



jooo or 100: America difcovered and afterwards co- 

 lonized by Icelanders - - 279 

 14.15 Tlie Englilli prohibited from fifhing at Iceland 629 

 i437|lEnglifli trade to Iceland for (lock-filh - 653 

 1440 Licence; given by the king of England to trade 



to Iceland ... 657 



1478, 1483 Similar licences - - 697, 701 



1490 The trade of Iceland laid open - 713 



154S Engliih filhermen relieved from cxaflions ii,a02 

 1577 Iceland much frequented by Englilh tilhers 159- 

 1595 Fifliery at Iceland allowed, except Weflmony , 207 



• 615 And now employs no Englifli vefTels . 281 

 1663 Englifh fifliery at Iceland regulated by law 512 

 1782 Engliili fifliery ruined by the fait laws iii, 723 



Imports and ixpcrti — See Corn. 

 1354 Imports and exports of England this year i, 553 

 1613,1622,1662,166s And in thefe yearsii,274,3i6,5i3,534 

 1699 Exports of this year ... 707 



1701 Imports and exports with the northern coun- 

 tries . - - - 719 

 1703 Exports, above one tliird to Holland . 728 

 1716 Imports and expoits with the northern coun- 

 tries . - - ii') 51 

 1720 Imports and exports of this year - 116 « 

 1726 Imports and goods re.exported, eftimated 133 

 1730 Particulars of imports and exports in May 155 



Total imports and exports of the year 160 n 



• 740, 1750 And of thefe years - 2277;, 283'! 

 1760 Imports and exports of Great Britain with every 



country this year - - 339 



And thenceforth regularly at the conclufion of 



every year. 

 Official value of imports and exports explained 



340 

 1784 Imports and export"; of Ireland 1760-17S3 iv,59-62 

 1798 Comparative view of exports in 1797 and 179S 463 



• Difference of official valuation and real value 464 



1800 Value of the mod important articles of the im- . 



ports and exports of Great Britain 5°j~5°5 



And alfo of tliol'e of Ireland . 50^-507 



- Specification of the chief articles of import and 



export with each country - 537-^4^ 



1773 Inctofures — acls palfed for them , iii, 544 



Similar ails are palfed every year. 



1779 Income tax al 10 per cent, &c. enafted iv, 468 



India — See Eaji-lndia company, Portugal, Holland, &c: 



2249* Aftronomicalpbfervations in India i, 2 



i728*The Arabians trade to India • . 7 



506* India invaded by Darius - . 58 



327* And by Alexander . . .jj 



Sr>'v gleanings of the (late of knowlege, com-, 



merce, manufiftures, &c in India 7^ 



302*Intercourre of Seleucus with India . !J3 



28o*Ptolemy fends an ambalfadorto India . 86 



25,20*Ambairadors fent from India to Auguftus 120,121 



23*Traders from Egypt reach Pattala . 139 



14 Over-land trade by Syria and Colchis 125, 141 



Andby Palmyra - 79,123,140 



42 Trade from Egypt increafed . 1 50 



73 And larger velfels now ufed - 157 



Account of the trade at each port 16S-173 



Great balance received from Rome - 174 



161 Indian merchants fail to Egypt - 194 



J27 And now have moft of the tradi . 232 



India. 



8<i Sir.if the chief feat of the trade - i, 155, ^54 



883 Siglielm faid to travel from England to India, 



268, 269 

 281 

 3U 



4,58 



45*1 459 



- 555 



61a 



md carry home oriental goods 

 947 Geograpliy and trade of India 

 1000-1024 India conquered by Mahmood 

 1191 Articlesof oriental trade 

 1295 Velfels of India trade to China 



Manufaftures, trade, and lliipping 



1350H India vilited by Sir John Mandeville 



1399IJ Indiaconqucred by Timour 



1450 A wonderful (lory of a voyage from India to 



Portugal, Sec - - C64 » 



14S7 Covillan from Portugal arrives at Calicut 709 



1497 Gama conducts the fird European veOels to 



India - - - ' ii, 14 



1558 Merchants of India found at Boghar by Jen- 



kinfon - - - - 124. 



ii;So,i58S Englifli (liips touch at the Iflands 165,181,199ft 

 1591 Englilh merchants travel to India, find Vene- 

 tian factories eftablilhed - - 19! 



Three Englilh (hips fail for India . 199 



1599 An Englilh amballador fent to the Mogul 21^ 



1620 The trade in the old route by the Red fea now 



much declined ... 19^ 



1660 Indiqo of the colonies to be landed only in Eng- 

 lilh dominions . - - ii, 486 

 1747II Cultivation in Jamaica loft by high duty — 

 fuccefsful in Prench Weft Indies, and in- 

 troduced in Carolina — bounty granted iii, 260 



1763 Bounty reduced from 6d to 4^ per pound 370 



1766 Importation of Foreign indigo into the Britifli 



Weft Indies permitted - - 447 



1767 Indigo may be imported vvithout duty - 46r 

 Encouragement to Britilh-colony indigo con- 

 tinued - - - 498, ^07 



1771 Some from Florida fold at 8/9 - 514 



17S2 Free importation continued ■ - . 70$ 



1789 Produced of excellent quality in Gorce iv, 128 

 Free importation continued - - 187, 372 

 '799 Quantities imported 1772-1799 - 469, 470 



Inland navigation of rivers — See Canals. 

 1424 An acl for clearmg the River Lea - i, 640 



J571 London charged « ith the navig. of the Lea ii, 151 



1634 Licence for navigation of the Soare . 382 



1635 Commiifion for relloring tlie navigat.of the Wey387 



1636 Commiillon for niakingAvon & Team navigable 391 

 1761 ACls for (everal rivers in Ireland - iii, 349 



1764 Act tor punilhingdeltroyers of banks, &c 395 

 1767 Act for improving the Lea, c:c - 466 

 1770 Aift fur deepening the Clyde - 500 



A cut made from the Lea to Limchoufe 503 



1775 Acls for feveral ... 578 



And fome (uch aiSls are palTcd almoft every year. 



i707*/.T')s ftrd noticed - - - i, 9 



324»Ell;ablilhed on the roads in India - 76 



S49 None in Italy - - - 254 



1295 Are on the roads all-over China - 457 



lujurance a^ainji rijh oflhefea,£3c. 



43 Invention erroiieoully alcrilied to the emperor 



Claudius - - . - i, 151 



'433 ^'^ ordinance for regulating infurance now 

 made at Barcelona— the w ords, vatuf more or 

 lefi declared illegal — this ofdinance faid to 

 be the earlied in Europe - • - 64I 



1560 Indirance in England and the Netherlands, and 



fiippofcdnew - . - ii, 127 



1601 A6t for a fomniillion to lettle difputcs - 122 



1627 An exckilive office for making and regiflering- 349 



1720 Two cotnpanics incorporated - iii, 85, 87 



Sec Rcyal exchange ami London afjurance. 



About this time 153 private infuicrs had failed 87 



Few of their underwritings above /50 - 87-11 



1746 Infurance regubted by parliaaieat - 25* 



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