...consideration of this act of the Company, Parliament granted an extension of its Charter, and conferred on it the title of ' The United Company of Merchants trading to the East Indies.' The Charter thus granted in 1708, was from time to time prolonged, till 1730, when it was renewed for...

...whole debt due to it to five per cent., and for this advance the charter was extended, and it received the title of the United Company of Merchants trading to the East Indies. The English first sent ships to China in 1634, and in 1677 were permitted to establish a factory at...

...consolidated into one body. In t'ie year 1708, the yearly fund of eight per cent, for £2,000, 000. was reduced to five per cent, by a loan of £1,200,000....new charter was granted to them, under the title of " Tho united Company of Merchants trading to the East Indict.." The business was pow managed regularly...

...yearly fund of eight per cent. for £2,000, 000. was reduced to five per cent. by a loan of i6l,200,000. to the public without any additional interest; for...new charter was granted to them, under the title of " Tho united Company of Merchants tradmg to the East Indies.." The business was now managed regularly...

...sterling to government at eight per cent. The two companies were, however, ultimately united in 1702, when a new charter was granted to them, under the title of « The United Company of Merchants of England trading to the } .... Indies." In the 6th of Queen Anne, the united company lent the government...

...this year, a fresh charter received the royal signature, and the late belligerents assumed the common title of The United Company of Merchants trading to the East Indies. An arrangement had previously been proposed respecting the debts and dead stock of both; but several...

...conflict ; and, after suitable negotiation, the companies agreed to a compromise, and to act thenceforth under the title of the United Company of Merchants trading to the East Indies. Gndolphin, reckoned the greatest statesman of the age, was appointed arbiter, and on the basis of his...

...sterling to government at eight per cent. The two companies were, however, ultimately united in 1702, when a new charter was granted to them, under the title of " The United Company of Merchants of England trading to the East Indies." In the 6th of Queen Anne, the united company lent the government...

...merchants, can no more be used to describe the real occupations of the civil servants in India, than the title of ' The United Company of Merchants trading to the East Indies' can be accurately employed to express the complicated and imperial functions of the body whom they...

...effects of competition, that they completely and finally joined together in the year 1708, and assumed the title of " The united Company of Merchants trading to the East Indies.1' This union was recognised by Parliament, and the company stood nearly on the same footing...