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Paper laid before the tea-men by the Select Committee. Down-payments on tea contracts...
Catalogue reference: FO 1048/18/7
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This record is about the Paper laid before the tea-men by the Select Committee. Down-payments on tea contracts... dating from [1818] in the series East India Company: Select Committee of Supercargoes, Chinese Secretary's Office:.... It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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FO 1048/18/7
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[1818]
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Paper laid before the tea-men by the Select Committee. Down-payments on tea contracts will not in the present year by paid by the Company, owing to the tea-men's unsatisfactory performance of their contractual obligations in the past. The Company desire 11 chops of tea from each of the seven junior hong merchants and will not take excess quantities from the senior merchants. (Dated: 11 June).
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FO 682/[287]
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- Trade and commerce
- Food and drink
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