East-India sugar. Papers respecting the culture and manufacture of sugar in British India: also notices of the cultivation of sugar in other parts of Asia. With miscellaneous information respecting sugar.

  • East India Company
Date:
1822
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Credit: East-India sugar. Papers respecting the culture and manufacture of sugar in British India: also notices of the cultivation of sugar in other parts of Asia. With miscellaneous information respecting sugar. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Extract from the Custom-House Books of Calcutta, shewing the Quantity of Sugar Papers referred to annually imported into that City alone, without Reference to the Imports of Benares, [n Report of Patna, Moorshedabad, and Dacca, from 1773 to 1787a inclusive. Committee of Warehouses, 29 Feb. 1792. Year. Clay Sugar and Candy from Rungpore, Patna, and Ra- danagore. Jaggery or Muscarado, from Burdwan, Jtpore, Beerboon and Bishenpore. 1773 Maundv 17,2241 Maunds. 31,795 1774 28,2621 61,875 J775 50,226f 51,4801 1776 32,617| 50,4031 1777 25,537| 48,458 1778 32,707 46,592 1779 32,5931 76,167 1780 [10 Chests, 49 Boxes] *->7 77*31 5/ / *-'2 46,6541 1781 [91 Boxes,] 37,8791 43,1281 1782 46,4421 46,7921 1/83 47,5531 63,1281 1784 36,573£ 41,223 1785 30,949 42,251 1786 28,1401 47,5921 1787 51,5451 43,565 Liquid Jagger or Mclasses. Pots. 135,622 120,920 191,624 222,609 273,542 1 423,021 248,511 * omitted 410,813 1,108,839 t 420,915 329,000 331,000 1,108,839 422,522 Rupee*. S 4,677 9 J 2,634 15 S 8,842 10 J 3,399 1 SI 1,003 1 J 3,970 12 S 7,331 7 J 3,960 5 S 6,069 3 J 4,088 4 S 7,981 0 J 4,137 1 S 7,906 12 J 5,900 0 S 7,177 3 J 3,880 4 S 9,808 4 J 4,833 2 S 14.086 5 J 6,192 7 S 12,522 4 J 6,221 8 S 10,648 14 J 4,762 12 S 8,880 0 J 4,962 12 S 8,651 0 J 6,292 7 S 14,558 5 J 5,125 1 Dutiei. Rupees. 0} 7,312 8 q} 12,241 11 14,9/3 13 ^ | 11,291 12 11 10,557 8 31 12,118 1 13,806 12 11,057 8 ** j 14,691 6 j? j 20,278 12 3 j 18,743 13 q] 15,411 11 j 13,842 13 j?| 14,943 8 ■Jj 19,683 6 Note.—The sugar-candy imported from China is not included, the Duty upon that being charged under another head. * A Comparison of the Jaggery duty will prove, that the Pots have been omitted nearly to the actual amount, f This 12,522 upon 47,5531 stems to be some error, as the preceding year 14,086 is levied upon 46,443$. Extracts (1) L