INDEX.] 



Stockings. 



.1765 Value of ftockings fentfroin Aberdeen to Hol- 

 land ... iii, 418 

 — — Woolen and filk f. alfo exported to Holland 4x9 

 J 766 A-fl for truely marking the threads • 445 

 17SS Ai^l for punifliing frauds in the nianufif^ure h,i-j\ 

 1589 or 1600 Stocking frame invented by W. Lee ii, tyo 

 1671 Is now ufed in France • - 366 



Stocki — Sec Government fccurities. 

 1695 S^Y/5;oW(>D^ introduced in Eaft-lndia flock li, 663 



Very prevalent in new projects - 671-673 



1734 Afls to prevent frauds in it - 202 



1086 5fo«e imported from Normandy for building i, 308 



1406 Again, and in a Norman ve0el - <;74 



1794 Stone of molt kinds pays duty n coafting iv, 298 



jSoo Certain kinds exempted - - 495 



400 >ionebuildings — a church at Wliithern . i, 214 



628 Others at York, Lincoln, and Rippon - 2^8 



871-900 The towns of England rebuilt with ftone 264 



10S6 St. Paul's church built of ftone - 308 



1 1 j6|j Several ftone lioufes in London - 32S 



1,509 They become more general in England ii, 35 



20 S<raiccompofes liis geographical work - i, 146 



Strange, Sir Robert, the firll Britilh engraver of 



eminence . - . iv, 1P3 



1767 Succi/i ftjuonViff, duty reduced - iii, 463 



Sudureyar — See IVcficrn iflands. 



§* Sugar m3.6t\n Africa before the age of Herodotus i,jo 



324*Called by the Greeks honey of canes, and ftone 



as fweet as honey - - 76,162 n 



14 /Vrabian fiigar inferior to Indian 

 73 Indian fugar imported to Africa 

 § Sketch ofthe hillory of fugar in Sicily, &c 

 947 Sugar cultivated at Ormuz 

 1 160 Excellent fugar made at Tyre 

 1191 Sugar carried frbm Babylon to Paleftinc 

 1321 Sanuto's prupofal for cultivating fugar 



■»420 Sugar planted in Madeira 



141 

 162 



25S 

 269 



354 

 49 > 



1503 Sugar imported at Campvere from Canary ii, 24 

 — — Refined f.faid to be invented in the i6th century 25 

 But it was known in Scotland in 1329 . 25 s 

 15061I Sugar-canes planted in Hifpanlola, but earlier 



in Brazil - - - 29 



1560 Sugar inlported in Antwerp from Portugal and Bar- 

 bary, and thence fent to the Mediterranean, 12S-132 

 — — Got by Portugal from the African iflands 13a 



1562 Carried from Hifpaniola to England . 137 



1627 Now planted in Barbados, but Brazil continues 



long to fupply mofl; of Eurojic with fugar 

 J643 Excifeduty impofed onfugarin Engl.md 



1659 Sugar got from Barbados, refined in England 



1660 Sugar to be landed only inEnglifh dominions 

 1670 The fugar of the Englifli colonies beats the 



Portu^uefe fugar out of England 

 1685 A new duty impofed upon fugar 

 1713II Sugar carried from liritainto Sicily, tlie niotlwr 



coiEntry of all the fugar in the Wed iii, 37 n 



3+5 

 426 



478 

 486 



554 

 620 



15' 



192 



200 

 2C9 



1725 Europe cliiefly fupplied witli French fugar 

 J731 Export of fugar from London this year 

 1732 Act regulating imports and exports of fugar 

 1734 Quantity produced in the Britilh Weft Indies 



And in Brazil and Surinam 



1739 S.igar allowed 10 be carried direft to Europe 



foutli of Cape Finifterre - 221 



1742 Quantity produced in French and Britidi iflands 262 

 Pcrmiliion of carrying tu Kuroi>e continued 



395. 52-'. 621 

 1765 Sugar occafionally exported to Holland 429 



French fugars gain ground at Hamburgh 430 



I7fi6 Irilh complain ofbounty on Englifh refined fugar 436 



J768 Sugar mill improved by Mr. (iilchrill 



4S4 



7722 Drawback on foreign fugar to Ireland flopped 522 



1775 Importsand exports of fugar in 16 years ^82 



1778 Sugar witliout certificate reckoned foreign 623 

 Vol. IV. 



Su»ar. 



J77S An improvemem in boiling fugar invented - Hi, fisf 



J781 Additional duty impofed - - 6S4 



Pcrmiliion of carrying toEurope continued iv, 106, 270 



Management of fugar plantations in Eaft India 167K 



1 790 Sugar made from the niaplc-tree, now a confidcr 



able objefl in America 

 — — A method of lefining fugar by acid fruits 



1791 Additional duty on fugar 



1792 Sugar very dear, fomc imported from Eaft India 

 Export regulated as that of corn, and accounts of 



the fales to be kept ... - 



Foreign fugar admitted from any wcftcrn port — 



regulations for fugar imported in Bahama, &c 



1793 New regulations for dr.iwbacks, &c 



1794 Pcrmiflion to carry fugar to foreign ports now re 



fcinded - - - 



Bourbon cane becomes general — excellent quality 



of it 



1795 New regulations for exportation, &c 



Drawbacks lelTene.l, except to Ireland — diftillers 



prohibited from ufing lugar or mehfTes 



Retrofpeft of fug:\r imported in London 



1796 Additional duties on lugar - * 

 179S New regulations for drawback, &c 

 • Imports and exports of fugar this year 



1799 Additional duties ... 



A glut of fugar — fundry regulations 



1800 New regulations for duties, &c 

 14 Suionei powerful in fViipping - i, 



I 336 Sumptuary laiu for food euaftcd in England 



J 363 Another for clothing 



1364 Which is repealed 



1458 One for clothing enafled in Scotland 



1551 Another for number of difiics, &:c. in Scotland 



1554 Law againft the ufe of filk in England 



I 58 1 Law againft foreign luxuries in Scotland 



1621 Another againft luxury, and favouring Scot. manuf. joy 



SunJertatid — See Coat. 

 1627 Coal-owners offer to pay for protefting the fliips 

 1638 The coal trade monopolized 

 iGz%\\ Surinam, in S. America, fettled by the Englifli 



1640 Colonized by the French and abandoned 



1 641 And now by the Englifli 

 1667 Ceded to the Dutch 

 1675 Rendered healthy and produflive 

 1 71 8 Begins to produce good coffee 

 i7-,6 Has confirfcrable crops of fugar 

 1772 A formidable rebellion oi' the (laves, ., ,-t.* 

 1799 Surrendered to the Britifli forces ' -' -. 

 1587 Suttoi, 'Thomas, aflifls in favlng England front 111 



valjon by management of the exchange ii 





"> 



log 

 ail 

 119 



»3J 



>34 



^79 



19; 



32! 



34$ 



363 

 364a 

 3«4- 

 445 

 464 



47 J 

 48$ 



494 

 186 



5'4 

 567 



57* 

 672 

 108 

 11& 

 167 



II. 347 



401 



i'l 35+ 



413 



41& 

 53« 



III, 63 



2ia 



S3» 

 i.v, 484 



^i%4 



1050 Sivtdc/i has fome foreign trade - i, 284 



1455 The king tradts to England with a great fliip 671 



1522 Great improvcnienti introduced - ii, 60, 75 



) 541 A commercial treaty vith France - 86 



1560 Tr.ade of Siveden with Antwerp - ija 



Cnmirice increifed by the >«cquififiun of Revel ijj 



1585 New inanufafiur^i !ntr>tuced Iiy Flemifli refugees 176 

 1613 Swedes exempted frnm jII at the Sound - 27} 



1625 Sweden acquires people fri,;n Auftria - \^t 



1627 Tlie king jropofcs a trade to India - 345 



|6'!5 A rich lead mine found in Lapland - 391 



164^ Swedes again ixeinptcd fivui '.hr Smird toll ^J 



1648 A company for pitch and tar inciealc the quantity " 



of thel'e articles very much - 4jZ 



Before 1652 An African company cfiabliflicd - 4.49 



1654 Who quarrel with the J-iiglifli traders , .- ' 4il" 

 1703 The Swtdifli tar company, by a tyrannic extrtiori 



of their monopoly, put England upon ci>t»u- ' 

 raging the importation of naval ftores fronl** 

 America - -. - 724. 



1717 The Swedes take many Britifh vcllids - iii, ^7 



1720 Swedes pay toll at the Sound - u4 



