The Colonial Magazine And Commercial Maritime Journal Vol I Viii

Author : UNKNOWN. AUTHOR
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781330442128
Total Pages : 536 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (421 download)

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Download or read book Fisher's Colonial Magazine, Vol. 2 written by UNKNOWN. AUTHOR and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2015-06-27 with total page 536 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Fisher's Colonial Magazine, Vol. 2: And Commercial Maritime Journal, January April, 1843 We have no hesitation in asserting, that the pledge, given in the Preface of our preceding volume, of "presenting Essays, Articles, Treatises, and Papers on the most engrossing colonial and commercial subjects, from the pens of eminently qualified writers at home, or distinguished individuals resident in our various possessions in both hemispheres," has been fully redeemed. Tins volume, spread over the first four months of the year, contains elaborate articles upon the prospects of our improved trade with China, written by a gentleman, (Mr. Wise, of Allonby,) who, during thirty successive years, was deeply engaged in traffic with that industrious people, and, for a great portion of that long period, a resident at some of the chief sea-ports in Eastern Asia. The causes of decay and the mode of restoring the Fur-trade between China and British North America, displayed in one of our leading articles, appears to have given very general satisfaction; and the two American Boundary questions have been explained, historically and politically, unmixed with even the least tincture of faction or partisanship, or domestic antagonist feeling. Although the submission of China must inevitably'open a market for our woollen and hardware manufactures, it is difficult to say what may be either its least or greatest limit; distance also will confine that trade to capitalists or extensive manufacturers, so that no very immediate or very sensible relief to our stagnant or retrograding labour-market will be experienced thence. A Treaty of Commerce and Navigation has been concluded with Russia, but its provisions offer little encouragement, and make a trifling increment to the advantages which we previously enjoyed in our trade with that colossal empire. Tins is the more to be regretted, because Russia, having raw material to exchange for manufactured goods, English labour would find admission by that barter into a foreign market. Whereas, in a trade with China, or where finished are exchanged for finished goods only, no great absolute benefit results to either country. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.