United Service Magazine and Naval Military Journal, Volume 21H. Colburn, 1836 - Military art and science |
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Page 255 - ... time. And making all due allowance for the decrease that would ensue in consequence of the India trade being thrown open, and there being now no enemies to insure against, yet all this will not suffice to account for the gradual decrease shown by the author's tables. The deficit must be sought tor in the altered method of foreign merchants.