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Oriental commerce : or the East India trader's complete guide, containing a geographical and nautical description of the maritime parts of India, China, Japan, and neighbouring countries, including the Eastern Islands, and the trading stations on the passage from Europe : with an account of their respective commerce, productions, coins, weights, and measures, their port regulations, duties, rates, charges, &c. : and a description of the commodities imported from thence into Great Britain, and duties payable thereon ... /

: Oriental commerce : or the East India trader's complete guide, containing a geographical and nautical description of the maritime parts of India, China, Japan, and neighbouring countries, including the Eastern Islands, and the trading stations on the passage from Europe : with an account of their respective commerce, productions, coins, weights, and measures, their port regulations, duties, rates, charges, &c. : and a description of the commodities imported from thence into Great Britain, and duties payable thereon ... /
Title: Oriental commerce : or the East India trader's complete guide, containing a geographical and nautical description of the maritime parts of India, China, Japan, and neighbouring countries, including the Eastern Islands, and the trading stations on the passage from Europe : with an account of their respective commerce, productions, coins, weights, and measures, their port regulations, duties, rates, charges, &c. : and a description of the commodities imported from thence into Great Britain, and duties payable thereon ... /
Author/Creator: Thornton, Thomas, 1786-1866, editor of compilation
Milburn, William, editor of compilation
Publisher: printed for Kingsbury Parbury and Allen
Publisher Date: 1825.
Note: Information on Macao : page 273 : "The duties on the cargoes of portuguese ships importing from Macao, are levied on the amount of the account sales ..."
page 295 : "The quantity of opium exported by the sea from Calcutta, in 1821, was 4337 chests, of which 3137 were to China and Macao..."
page 395 : "The town is large and well-inhabited, and a large trade is carried on with Macao by the Portuguese and Chinese, of Whom numbers are resident here. Laphoa is another Portuguese town."
page 441 : "The Portuguese factor who has permission to stay, frequently buys in the latter end of August and the beginning of September, after the Macao ship and all the junks are gone ..."
page 452 : "The Government of Macao has recently made this port the emporium of the opium-trade. Their decree abolishes the restrictions upon that branch of commerce..."
page 466 : "... but no attempt had ever been made to open a communication by sea till 1806, when two Russian ships, which had been fitted out for discovery, arrived at Macao..."
pages 450-453, 467, 469-470-473.
Subject: East India Company
Manufactures--Asia
Asia--Commerce
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Library URL: 991001433859706306