Before the end of the eighteenth century the banks of the great rivers throughout the delta were studded with factories and the planting community became a social and political power. [...] A t4rdy recognition of the danger has come in the shape Of a slabsidy of £3 300 to be paid for three fears by the Bengal Government for experimental purposes: Blit our 'planters unlike their brethren in Java have :mole no attempt to investigate the bideriology of the indigo rnanpfacture the property or soils manures or to systematize in any branch of the prodliction. [...] The Brown Co.'s system is recommended by the Engineer to the Trust ehiefly on account of its elasticity beingeqaally applicable to loading a vessel from wagons or to unloading the wageus'On.to a heap on the bank and subsequently loading vessels from the heap and it was said that as it is the habit of exporters of coal to unload a large portion of every cargo on to a heap and only to ship a part [...] Providentially the cost of installing the Brown Co.'s apparatus in the form and on the scale recommended by the Engineer to the Port Trust was so great as to cause the proposal to be shelved and last year Mr. [...] in the distance to the port of shipment would amount; to some lakhs of rupees all of which would not be gained to the trade as the expenses of the Lail Point dock would have to be met.
- Pages
- 68
- Published in
- India
- SARF Document ID
- sarf.120140
Segment | Pages | Author | Actions |
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Frontmatter
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i-xviii | unknown | view |
A Perishing Industry
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171-174 | F.H. Skrine | view |
The Shipment of Bengal Coal
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175-182 | R.C.B. | view |
Morality vs. Policy
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183-186 | Kailas Kanjilal | view |
Sleep and its Analogous Affections
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187-189 | K. Chakravarti | view |
Bengal in the Middle of the Last Century
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190-195 | D.N.G. | view |
Radha and Krishna of the Bible
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196-203 | Bulloram Mullick | view |
Transmission or Transmigratiov of the Soul
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204-213 | Kanye Mookerjee | view |
Backmatter
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i-vii | unknown | view |