Excerpt from Indian Trade and Bullion Import in the Eighteenth Century The broad features of the eighteenth century trade are, however, clear enough. The net bullion imports into India during the eighteenth Century were not above fifty millions sterling that is the sum Which India pocketed and put past; since the nineteenth century began India has put away, it is to be hoped in safe custody, about four hundred and fifty millions sterling. I admit that is not a very large sum per head of the population, but the contrast ...
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Excerpt from Indian Trade and Bullion Import in the Eighteenth Century The broad features of the eighteenth century trade are, however, clear enough. The net bullion imports into India during the eighteenth Century were not above fifty millions sterling that is the sum Which India pocketed and put past; since the nineteenth century began India has put away, it is to be hoped in safe custody, about four hundred and fifty millions sterling. I admit that is not a very large sum per head of the population, but the contrast between the periods before and after, since England in 1803 became the rul ing po'wer, is marvellous and should encourage all those who are zealous for the people's good and for peaceful progress under a sway which now at any rate is benign; Since the above was printed, Sir Edward Law and His Excellency have referred to this subject in the Budget speeches. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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