The Cambridge History of the British Empire, Volume 2John Holland Rose, Arthur Percival Newton, Ernest Alfred Benians, Henry Dodwell The University Press, 1929 - Commonwealth of Nations |
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These hopes were disappointed , for by 1870 the Indian supply had fallen to 10 per cent . ... many manufactures , for example , it replaced wheatflour dressing ; the influence of men returning from India and the spread among the upper ...
These hopes were disappointed , for by 1870 the Indian supply had fallen to 10 per cent . ... many manufactures , for example , it replaced wheatflour dressing ; the influence of men returning from India and the spread among the upper ...
Page 784
The privileged position of the East India Company delayed for many decades the establishment of English joint - stock banks in India , and until the ' fifties the credit conditions of the Indian trade were peculiarly inadequate ...
The privileged position of the East India Company delayed for many decades the establishment of English joint - stock banks in India , and until the ' fifties the credit conditions of the Indian trade were peculiarly inadequate ...
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Freight , of course , was an important element in Indian railway costs ; but though in the early days railway ... until railways and companies started exporting dead weight to India , shippers were in the habit of sending ships to India ...
Freight , of course , was an important element in Indian railway costs ; but though in the early days railway ... until railways and companies started exporting dead weight to India , shippers were in the habit of sending ships to India ...
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