 | 1832 - 600 σελίδες
...East India Company bought 2 Ibs. 2 oz. of tea as a present for his Majesty. In 1667, they issued the first order to import tea, directed to their agent at Bantam, to the effect that he should send home 100 Ibs. of the best tea he could get!—(See the references in Milburn's Orient. Com. vol. ii. p.... | |
 | Gilbert Thomas Burnett - 1835 - 1050 σελίδες
...India Company bought 2 Ibs. 2 ounces of tea its a present for his Majesty. In 1007 they issued the first order to import tea, directed to their agent at Bantam, to the effect that he should send home 100 IDS. of the best tea he could get ; and since then the consumption has gone on regularly increasing,... | |
 | Gilbert Thomas Burnett - 1835 - 692 σελίδες
...East India Company bought 2 I'm. 2 ounces of tea HS a present for his Majesty. In 1667 they issued the first order to import tea, directed to their agent at Bantam, to the effect that he should send home 1 00 Ibs. of the best tea be could get ; and since then the consumption has gone on regularly increasing,... | |
 | Ezra Champion Seaman - 1846 - 480 σελίδες
...Company bought two pounds and two ounces of tea as a present to his majesty. In 1667 they issued the first order to import tea, directed to their agent at Bantam, to the effect that he should send home one hundred pounds of the best tea he could get." It is stated in the Com. Diet. that " the tea shrub... | |
 | William Benjamin Carpenter - 1848 - 600 σελίδες
...drink), of which I had never drunk before." In 1664, the British East India Company sent two poundt of tea as a present to the King. In 1667 they issued...increasing. In 1734, the quantity imported was about 632,0001bs; in 1768i it was nearly seven million pounds; in 1800, it was twenty millions ; and during... | |
 | 1848 - 490 σελίδες
...Macculloch, the East India Company brought two pounds two ounces of tea as a present for his majesty. In 1667, they issued their first order to import tea, directed to their agent at October, 1848. — VOL. LIII. — NO. ccx. 0 Bantam, to the effect, that he should send home one hundred... | |
 | William Hough - 1853 - 206 σελίδες
...India Company bought two pounds two ounces of tea as a present to Ms Majesty. In 1667, they issued the first order to import tea, directed to their agent at Bantam, to send home 100 Ibs. of the best tea he could get ! In 1689, instead of charging a duty on the decoction3... | |
 | 1859 - 558 σελίδες
...India Company bought two pounds two ounces of tea as a present to his Majesty. In 1667 they issued the first order to import tea, directed to their agent at Bantam, to the effect that he would send home one hundred pounds of the best tea he could get. About 1637 tea was sold in the leaf... | |
 | John Sumner - 1863 - 54 σελίδες
...(probably something very choice) as a present to his Majesty. In 1667 they issued their first order to their agent at Bantam, to the effect that he should send one hundred pounds of the best Tea he could get. — (Macphersoji's History of Commerce with India,... | |
 | Ezra Champion Seaman - 1868 - 710 σελίδες
...Company bought two pounds and two ounces of tea as a present to his majesty. In 1667 they issued the first order to import tea, directed to their agent at Bantam, to the effect that he should send home one hundred pounds of the best tea he could get." McCulloch says " the tqa shrub may be described as... | |
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In 1664 the East India Company bought two pounds two ounces of tea as a present to his Majesty. In 1667 they issued the first order to import tea, directed to their agent at Bantam, to the effect that he would send home one hundred pounds of the best... 