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'Russia and India in 1903' [26r] (53/68)
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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BRITISH TRADE IN INDIA.
47
subjects, for the privilege of selling their goods and
growing rich, in markets we have purchased, for our
selves, at so great a sacrifice of blood and treasure, and
maintain under the justice of British laws and under
the protection of the British Dominion. This, then, is
the preference for British trade and British traders over
the foreigner, which, on behalf of my constituents and
of the United Empire Trade League, I commend to
your consideration. It is a benefit which should be
mutual. True, the Indian tax-payer derives security
on the high seas for his commerce from the British
fleet, and throughout the world by the British power,
without material contribution thereto. But while I
strongly favour taxing those who tax us, and requiring
the foreigner to pay for the use of the British markets,
and the markets of India and the Empire in proportion
as he makes us pay for the use of his markets, I have,
with my friends, continually urged either a reduction
in or the removal of any duty upon goods, produced
within the British Empire and especially upon goods
which we ourselves, in the Mother Country, cannot, by
the nature of the climate, produce. Therefore, espe
cially should the duty of between 50 and 80 per cent.
ad valorem upon the £8,000,000 worth of Indian
tea so increasingly essential as a necessary of life for
our people be reduced or removed, and placed upon
foreign goods. The way to bring this about is by
placing the British manufacturer and the British
artisan in a more favoured fiscal position in the
Indian markets than the foreigner. The people at
home are not ungrateful. They appreciate and admire
the marvellous work done by Englishmen in India and
will quickly recognise concessions to their advantage.
The Chambers of Commerce of Bombay and Calcutta
can easily, if they choose, initiate such a movement.
From the whole career of Lord Curzon it is safe to say
that any effort in this direction will meet with more
than verbal Viceregal sympathy. H ere are the Viceroy's
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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