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'Russia and India in 1903' [23v] (48/68)
The record is made up of 1 volume (31 folios). It was created in 1903. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .
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42
RUSSIA AND INDIA IN 1903.
BRITISH TRADE IN INDIA.
Extract from Address to the Chamber of
Commerce of Bombay, January 22nd, 1903.
The Hon. J. M. Dick, President, in the Chair.
In Bombay, and also in Bengal, one finds a state of
affairs more nearly approaching the continental system
of strong Chambers to which the majority of those who
are anybody in commerce or shipping belong,recognised
by the Government, nominating a member to the
Council of the Governor-General and of the
Presidency
The name given to each of the three divisions of the territory of the East India Company, and later the British Raj, on the Indian subcontinent.
Governors, and receiving also, like Sir Montague
Turner, the Chairman of the Chamber of Calcutta,
deserved recognitions of honour from the Sovereign.
Influence of the Bombay Chamber.
Under circumstances such as these the influence of
the Bombay Chamber, great in India, may make itself
felt even beyond India. The detailed tables appended
to its reports are interesting. But if I may be
allowed to say so, they have one very glaring defect.
They (and, indeed, Indian statistics generally) make
no distinction between British trade and foreign trade.
They define all oversea trade as “foreign trade.”
Indeed the word “ foreign ” is used quite indiscrimi
nately, whether British or foreign. Now, imports from,
or exports to, Great Britain, or any part of the British
Empire form, it is true, oversea trade, but it is in no
sense “ foreign trade” or trade with foreigners. The
question arises, are we justified in maintaining an
isolated system which deprives us of all power of com
mercial negotiation, which enables foreigners to under
sell us in our own markets, and makes Great Britain
the dumping-ground for the surplus products of the
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A short book on Russia and India by the Conservative Member of Parliament, Sir Charles Edward Howard Vincent. The volume includes sections on the Russian Army, the Indian Frontier Question, the Indian Army, Indian Princes and the Empire, British Trade in India, and Fighting Plague at Bombay. The volume was published by P S King & Son at Orchard House, Westminster, London, 1903.
Inserted into the volume, probably for promotional purposes, is a flyer advertising a book from the same publisher, entitled 'Parliament: Its Romance, Its Comedy, Its Pathos' (folio 17).
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- 1 volume (31 folios)
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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 33; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio.
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- Mss Eur F111/379
- Title
- 'Russia and India in 1903'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:17v, 17ar, 17av, 18r:32v, back-i, back
- Author
- Vincent, Sir Charles Edward Howard
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- Public Domain