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Child, Sir Josiah, terms Charles II.'s Navigation Act "The Maritime Charter of England," p. 188 —— points out that ships can be built much more cheaply by the Danes, etc., than by us, p. 199 Clarke, an English shipowner, captures 18 prizes worth 50,000l., p. 110 Cobham, Thomas Lord, desperate piratical deeds of, p. 114 —— sews up the captain and survivors of the crew of a Spanish ship in their own sails and throws them overboard, p. 115 Cochym, King of, asks de Gama to settle with the Queen of Coulam about the pepper from her country, p. 39 Collier Service, the nursery of our most daring seamen in the old war, p. 538 Colliers, very hard life of those who serve on board them, p. 536 ——, skill required in "jumping" or unloading colliers, p. 537 Colonial System of England not so disastrous to the Colonies as partial American writers assert, p. 196 —— secured the exclusive carrying trade of all produce from our own plantations, ibid.

Colonies, a Secretary of State appointed, and a council for the affairs of trade, organised as at present, in 1786, p. 210 ——, northern and southern in North America, have widely differing interests, p. 237 Colonies, French, in the W. Indies, vigorously blockaded in 1804, p. 283 Colonists, English, in the W. Indies claim exclusive monopoly of the trade with the colonies on the continent, p. 227 Colquhoun, Mr. Patrick, able essay by, on the commerce and police of the Thames, p. 412 ——, estimate given by, of the trades of London and the number of vessels employed in each, p. 413, note

——, estimate of the amount of plunder from the W. and E. India trades, etc., p. 414

——, list given by, of the different plunderers in the port of London, and of the nick-names whereby they were known, p. 415

Colquhoun, Mr. Patrick, numbers given by, of persons engaged in plundering merchant vessels in port of London, p. 420

Commerce, legitimate of England did not exceed 50,000 tons in 14th Eliz., p. 139

Commercial Docks, on Surrey side of the Thames, opened A.D. 1660, p. 409

Commercial Intercourse, between N. American Colonies, France, and Holland connived at, p. 235

Commercial Rights, controversy about the, to be conceded to America, p. 346

Confederacy against England of France, Prussia, Denmark, Sweden, Russia, and United States, p. 268

Congress, in 1784, recommends the prohibition, for fifteen years, of the importation of all merchandise from nations who have not commercial treaties with U.S., p. 253

——, in reply to England and France, passes an Act (May 1st, 1810) excluding from their waters English and French armed vessels, p. 323

——, Secretary of State of, attempts to adopt Free-Trade, p. 349

Congress, vested by its constitution with the power of regulating commerce with foreign nations, p. 348

—— proposes in 1784 to prohibit for fifteen years the import or export of merchandise with nations not having treaties with America, p. 347

——, and, without the consent of each separate State, to levy duties on exports and imports, p. 349

—— declines to increase the differential duties, p. 375

Consul, the first English, established in Chios in 1513, p. 54

Control, Board of, require that all matters concerning revenue in India be submitted to them, p. 455

Convention between England and America to regulate commerce and navigation—on the model of the English reciprocity treaties, p. 402

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