An Inquiry Into the State of the British West Indies, Issue 7C. and R. Baldwin, 1807 - 160 pages |
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... consumer , have fallen wholly upon the planter ; and that , by a singular and melan- choly coincidence , their amount has been aug- mented exactly in proportion as the planter's means of payment have diminished . The origin of these ...
... consumer , have fallen wholly upon the planter ; and that , by a singular and melan- choly coincidence , their amount has been aug- mented exactly in proportion as the planter's means of payment have diminished . The origin of these ...
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... consumer . The rigid observance of this principle is indispensably necessary in a branch of trade in which the grower is obliged to send his produce to a particular market , Accordingly , the language of every successive chancellor of ...
... consumer . The rigid observance of this principle is indispensably necessary in a branch of trade in which the grower is obliged to send his produce to a particular market , Accordingly , the language of every successive chancellor of ...
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Joseph Lowe. the consumer . Yet how different has been the re- sult ! In 1798 , the duty was only 19s . 4d . and the price so high as 86s . In 1803 , the duty is raised to 24s . yet the price falls to 67s . And in the present year ...
Joseph Lowe. the consumer . Yet how different has been the re- sult ! In 1798 , the duty was only 19s . 4d . and the price so high as 86s . In 1803 , the duty is raised to 24s . yet the price falls to 67s . And in the present year ...
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... . Every succeeding administration has told the West- India body , " We increase the tax on sugar , because you command the market , and because this increase 1 falls on the consumer . " But how can 28 Present State of.
... . Every succeeding administration has told the West- India body , " We increase the tax on sugar , because you command the market , and because this increase 1 falls on the consumer . " But how can 28 Present State of.
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... consumer be said to pay the increased tax , when , at every successive increase , the price to the consumer has fallen ? Yet , in defiance of these incontrovertible truths , is sugar taxed with 3s . additional as soon as it reaches 77s ...
... consumer be said to pay the increased tax , when , at every successive increase , the price to the consumer has fallen ? Yet , in defiance of these incontrovertible truths , is sugar taxed with 3s . additional as soon as it reaches 77s ...
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Page 129 - I had received letters from your lordship two days ago. He immediately said, ' And so you are determined to go to war ?' ' No,' I replied, ' we are too sensible of the advantages of peace.
Page 147 - Orders of The House, examined the matters to them referred; and have agreed to the following REPORT : YOUR Committee...
Page 128 - England with a fleet that made her mistress of the seas, and which he did not think he should be able to equal in less than ten years : two such countries, by a proper understanding, might govern the world, but by their strifes might overturn it. He said, that if he had not felt the enmity of the British government on every occasion since the treaty of Amiens, there would have been nothing that he would not have done to prove his desire to conciliate ; participation in indemnities as well as an influence...
Page 40 - ... without a judgment in ejectment and release of errors, that at a moment's notice he may take out a writ of possession, and enter on the plantation of his unfortunate debtor. Sheriff's...
Page 129 - Thuilleries upon that day, he accosted me evidently under very considerable agitation. He began by asking me if I had any news from England ? I told him that I had received letters from your lordship two days ago. He immediately said, " And so you are determined to go to war?
Page v - Committee of the House of Commons appointed to inquire into the State of the British Fishery (Dunbar, 1786), 40; M'Neill Report to the Board of Supervision, 1851, App.
Page xix - Committee of the House of Commons, appointed to inquire into the Bankrupt Laws ; and i This and the two preceding motions were lost by large majorities.
Page 40 - Every British merchant, holding securities on real estates, is filing bills in Chancery to foreclose, although, when he has obtained a decree, he hesitates to enforce it, because he must himself become proprietor of the plantation, of which, from fatal experience, he knows the consequences.
Page 96 - I thought myself authorized, after the concessions he had just made, to refuse them time to consider how much further they might go ? and whether I might not reasonably entertain hopes that, with a little time, the differences which appeared now to separate us might vanish ?— On receiving such a remonstrance, I thought it impossible not to agree to a renewal of the conference ; and after some conversation, Thursday was fixed for the day of our meeting.
Page 129 - ... testified his friendship. Nothing, however, had been able to conquer the hatred of the British government, and, therefore, it was now come to the point, whether we should have peace or war. To preserve peace, the treaty of Amiens must be fulfilled ; the abuse in the public prints, if not totally suppressed, at least kept within bounds, and confined to the English papers; and the protection so openly given to his bitterest enemies (alluding to Georges, and persons of that description,) must be...