Transport vessels for the British Government's importation of rice from Bengal (1795–1796)
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Transport vessels for the British Government's importation of rice from Bengal (1795–1796)
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Wheat prices in Britain spiked in 1795, following an almost 40% drop in domestic grain output per acre. Popular pressure forced the British Government to charter transport vessels to import rice from Bengal. The price of a "Winchester bushel" averaged about 6s 6d in 1794 but peaked at 13s 6d in August 1795. The price did not return to 6s 6d until March 1796. During the period of high prices municipal governments in towns such as Oxford and Cambridge seized cargoes of wheat passing through them,
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