Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Contents
- Preface and Acknowledgements
- List of Abbreviations
- Introduction
- 1 The Early Years
- 2 Rainier and the Royal Navy
- 3 Rainier, the East India Company, and the King's Civil Servants in India
- 4 Communications and Intelligence — Its Sources and Uses
- 5 The Geography and Protection of Maritime Trade
- 6 The Defence and Expansion of Britain's Eastern Empire
- 7 Maintaining the Squadron at Sea
- Conclusion: ‘Removing the Cloud’
- Epilogue
- Appendices
- Appendix 1 Terminology
- Appendix 2 Chronology
- Appendix 3 Rainier Family Tree
- Appendix 4 Trade Statistics and Their Interpretation
- Appendix 5 East Indies Naval Manpower Strength, 1793–1812
- Appendix 6 Cost of Victualling (in Pounds Sterling) in the East Indies, West Indies and Mediterranean, 1804–9
- Appendix 7 Commanders-in-Chief/Senior Naval Officers of East Indies Station, 1754–1814
- Appendix 8 National Ships Taken/Destroyed by Admiral Rainier's Squadron
- Appendix 9 Captain Rainier's Orders on Sailing to the East Indies in 1794
- Appendix 10 These maps were drawn by Julie Snook FBCartS
- Bibliography
- Index
- Worlds of the East India Company
Appendix 4 - Trade Statistics and Their Interpretation
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Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 September 2013
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Contents
- Preface and Acknowledgements
- List of Abbreviations
- Introduction
- 1 The Early Years
- 2 Rainier and the Royal Navy
- 3 Rainier, the East India Company, and the King's Civil Servants in India
- 4 Communications and Intelligence — Its Sources and Uses
- 5 The Geography and Protection of Maritime Trade
- 6 The Defence and Expansion of Britain's Eastern Empire
- 7 Maintaining the Squadron at Sea
- Conclusion: ‘Removing the Cloud’
- Epilogue
- Appendices
- Appendix 1 Terminology
- Appendix 2 Chronology
- Appendix 3 Rainier Family Tree
- Appendix 4 Trade Statistics and Their Interpretation
- Appendix 5 East Indies Naval Manpower Strength, 1793–1812
- Appendix 6 Cost of Victualling (in Pounds Sterling) in the East Indies, West Indies and Mediterranean, 1804–9
- Appendix 7 Commanders-in-Chief/Senior Naval Officers of East Indies Station, 1754–1814
- Appendix 8 National Ships Taken/Destroyed by Admiral Rainier's Squadron
- Appendix 9 Captain Rainier's Orders on Sailing to the East Indies in 1794
- Appendix 10 These maps were drawn by Julie Snook FBCartS
- Bibliography
- Index
- Worlds of the East India Company
Summary
It is exceedingly dangerous to draw too many conclusions from the data, as figures vary depending on their source. For example, in Appendix 4a one can see that the UK export data varies between 5 and 10 per cent between Esteban and the figures presented to parliament. Numbers from the Company itself also show great disparity with both those previously stated. Care has to be taken as to whether or not the value of bullion is included in export figures. Silver was a major export to China to pay for tea until it was steadily replaced by opium, which came from India and is not therefore accounted for, and by the revenue generated in India by the Country Trade. The fluctuations between successive years also make comparisons over a period of time dangerous. For example, using Appendix 4d, export shipping tonnage rose by 8 per cent between 1793 and 1805, but if one compares 1794 to 1804, the growth is 92 per cent. Where there is sufficient data, moving averages can be used, as in Appendix 4c. Care must also be taken to specify whether or not the data is for the UK (including Ireland), or Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales).
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- British Naval Power in the East, 1794-1805The Command of Admiral Peter Rainier, pp. 238 - 242Publisher: Boydell & BrewerPrint publication year: 2013