British Trade and the Opening of China, 1800-42

Agency Houses American Bengal Bombay British merchants British trade brought Calcutta Canton agents Canton firm Canton Register Canton river Canton System Captain cargo Chapter Charles Magniac chest Chinese Chronicles coast Cohong Company's monopoly consigned cotton Country merchants Country ships Country Trade Court of Directors Damaun dealers demand dollars drug duty East India Company England European export Factory foreign merchants foreign trade Hong merchants Hongists Howqua Ibid imports Insurance interest James Matheson Jardine Matheson Jardine wrote letter Lintin Macao Malwa Manchester Mandarins Manila Matheson & Co Matheson wrote merchants at Canton million Morse Old China Trade opium ships opium trade Parsees partner Patna piculs Portuguese private British private English private merchants private trade profits remittance season Select Committee sell sent shopmen silk silver Singapore smuggling sold speculation Supercargoes sycee taels Treaty of Nanking vessels Whampoa William Jardine Yrissari