[360] Macpherson’s ‘Commerce of India,’ p. 81.
[361] Captain Meadows Taylor, in his ‘Manual of the History of India,’ Lond., 1871, has devoted his 5th book to a very clear, full, and condensed account of the East India Company and its doings from 1613 to 1784 (pp. 387-501).
| £ | |
| By this important instrument the Old Company, in addition to their subscription of | 315,000 |
| Agreed to purchase stock at par from the New Company to the amount of | 673,500 |
| Making their joint-stock | 998,500 |
| Being equivalent to the remaining New Company’s stock | 998,500 |
| Which, with the stock of the separate traders | 23,000 |
| Constituted the total united capital of | 2,000,000 |
See further details in ‘Charters of East India Company from 1601,’ etc. Lon., 4to., 1774.
[363] McCulloch’s ‘Commercial Dictionary,’ p. 567.
[364] ‘Report on the East India Company,’ vol. iv.; Reports of Committees, House of Commons.
[365] It will be found at p. 264 of these reports, and occupies fourteen folio pages of closely-printed double columns. Those extracts from it which required “the attention of the commanders and officers in the maritime service” of the Company are given in [Appendix No. 8] of this volume.
[366] Pigs of iron cast for permanent ballast.
[367] Compensation due to the shipowner from the freighter for unduly delaying his vessel in port beyond the time specified in the charter-party or bill of lading.