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Bengal Customs.

Catalogue reference: IOR/H/216

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This record is a file about the Bengal Customs. dating from 1773-1784.

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Reference
IOR/H/216
Title
Bengal Customs.
Date
1773-1784
Description

(1) pp. 1-78, An Account of the Bengal Government Customs from 1773 (1756) to 1781; pp. 79-121, Account of the Government Customs in Bengal and Bihar from 1781 to 1784. The References are to H/217. (2) pp. 35, 78 (a), Establishment for the New or Government Customs House at Calcutta in 1773. (3) p. 78 (b), Abstract of the Amount of the Government Customs collected in Bengal from 1773 to 1781. (4) pp. 123-6, Statement of the Proceedings of the Bengal Government relative to a complaint by the Danish East India Company in respect to the Customs at Fredericknagar and the stationing of Chaukis at Serampore 1782-83; p. 127, Mr. J. O. Bie's (Chief of Fredericknagar) complaint in Mr. Le Frank's affair 1781. (5) pp. 129-37, Sketch of the Salt Trade in Bengal drawn up by order of the Directors in 1776 or 1777 to explain the claims of the French (about 1,800 words). (6) p. 139, Establishment for the Board of Customs. (7) pp. 143-5, References relating to the Customs not mentioned in the Account.

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British Library: Asian and African Studies
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Language
English
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1 volume
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Bengal Customs.