But it would have removed every financial difficulty, as the Vizier would have been satisfied with a yearly tribute of half a million sterling, or even less, whilst Clive would have had the whole remaining surplus at his own disposal.
He was permitted to inherit the castellated palace and grounds at Bithoor, as well as the money savings which amounted to about half a million sterling, and had been invested in government paper.
In return, the Nawab was bound over to pay a yearly tribute to the Great Mogul of a quarter of a million sterling.
So overwhelming was the wretchedness of Ireland, that the amount of relief for January was calculated by Lord John Russell at three-quarters of a million sterling.
He contemplated a surplus income for the ensuing year of about three quarters of a million sterling.
Subsequently he was sent to Oude, on an especial mission, and conducted his diplomacy with so much tact, that he obtained the cession of territory which brought the company a revenue of nearly a million sterling.
But the banks themselves had little money among them, the net assets slightly exceeding half a million sterling, and the aggregate deposits totalling less than a quarter of a million.
For the next year, one-half of which was subsequent to the proclamation of the Commonwealth, revenue showed a decline of nearly half a million sterling, although loan outlay had been increased rather than lessened.
It signifies a nominal office of a million sterling a year, the business of which consists in receiving the money.
Mr. Hastings tells us that it was reported of this Cheit Sing, that his father left him a million sterling, and that he made annual accessions to the hoard.
As a more solid proof of their attachment and regard, they unanimously voted to subscribe a sum equal to a million sterling to build a palace for the royal family, if the Prince would condescend to reside among them.
Bras da Silva was appointed governor, the quantity of gold produced was so considerable that the royal fifth amounted to above half a million sterling annually.
The ordinary share capital of the Company, which is exclusively held in Argentina, has been increased to over a million sterling.
The work of reclaiming land and dock building is being done by the Buenos Aires and Pacific, and the cost will be about a million sterling.
This line has a mileage of 500 miles, and gross receipts of about a million sterling.
Baron Rothschild bought my estates for a million sterling.
I replied that the war in Sikkim had cost us a million sterling, and the present war would cost another million.
The contingency of such an early withdrawal was remote, and it seemed probable that the operations necessary to assert our treaty rights and to exact reparation from the Tibetans would cost us not less than a million sterling.
It was a bill passed by the Commons, charging the country with the costs of the improvements made by the Queen to her residence at Hampton Court, amounting to a million sterling.
Your total paid-up capital of joint-stock companies is about 1,900 million sterling.
Our Postal Savings Bank deposits, with a population seven times as large as yours, are only about 7 million sterling, and even of this a little over one-tenth is held by Europeans.
The combined cost of the two bridges, Britannia and Conway, is always set down at a million sterling.
Every item was carefully examined in accounts representing an expenditure of over a quarter of a million sterling.
He further argued that an additional sum of half a million sterling must be put down as representing the cost of providing the necessary asylum accommodation for these 2,700 inmates, the creation of our slums.
The manager of a large firm engaged in carrying out public works to the value of over a million sterling, gave me at the time a frank opinion of Crooks from the employers' standpoint.
The falling off in the gross receipts of the British post-office, on the first adoption of the new system, was upwards of a million sterling, being nearly 43 per cent.
If all the franks had been subject to postage, they would have yielded upwards of a million sterling yearly.
On the payment of three-quarters of a million sterling down, and of an annual tribute of one horse, twelve goats, and six pairs of shawls, all this was confirmed by the strongest power in Asia to himself and his heirs for ever.
Hence the loss[36] above given, which he had no doubt by the time the accounts were finally made up for the financial year ending in March would be half a million sterling.
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