The Cambridge History of the British Empire, Volume 4John Holland Rose, Arthur Percival Newton, Ernest Alfred Benians, Henry Dodwell The University Press, 1929 - Great Britain |
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Page 109
... COMPANY'S TRADE , 1700-1750 109 The proposal found many supporters , and the East India Company in alarm offered to pay £ 200,000 to the treasury and to reduce its rate of interest on the government debt to 4 per cent . These terms were ...
... COMPANY'S TRADE , 1700-1750 109 The proposal found many supporters , and the East India Company in alarm offered to pay £ 200,000 to the treasury and to reduce its rate of interest on the government debt to 4 per cent . These terms were ...
Page 183
... Company's quasi - sovereignty in the East to be reconciled with the necessary subordination to the imperial parliament ? There were three possi- bilities . The first was that the Company's privileges and powers should remain untouched ...
... Company's quasi - sovereignty in the East to be reconciled with the necessary subordination to the imperial parliament ? There were three possi- bilities . The first was that the Company's privileges and powers should remain untouched ...
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... Company's servants in the Persian Gulf ; 2 and at the same time , the Company gave an opening to the ministry by asking for naval assistance on an alarm of French preparations . At this moment the Company was pro- posing to send three ...
... Company's servants in the Persian Gulf ; 2 and at the same time , the Company gave an opening to the ministry by asking for naval assistance on an alarm of French preparations . At this moment the Company was pro- posing to send three ...
Contents
CHAPTER I | 1 |
Portuguese suzerainty over Ormuz | 12 |
Later governors | 19 |
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