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THE LEVANT COMPANY 131
tions or otherwise. And in the future, in
order that each member of the company
might know more certainly what quantity
of goods to send, and also that the supply be
not too great, the company resolved 62 to
send a ship to Constantinople and one to
Aleppo every year at Christmas. Six years
later 63 a slight change was introduced into
this “ annual shipping ” (as it was called).
The ship for Aleppo was to sail in February
and March, and that for Constantinople and
Smyrna in June and July.
An interesting case of regulating trade,
which did not, as' it would seem, directly
affect the company’s operations but which
yet played an important part at the time it
occurred, was the trade in corn. The Sultan
allowed the exportation of corn only as a
special privilege. In 1631 64 the company
learned that many English ships had been
sent from Leghorn and Messina into Turkish
ports in order to lade corn. This they re-
garded as a serious danger to their trade,65
62 Min. October 20, 1631.
63 Min. February 14, 1637.
64 Min. April 9, 1631.
65 See below, p. 133.
tions or otherwise. And in the future, in
order that each member of the company
might know more certainly what quantity
of goods to send, and also that the supply be
not too great, the company resolved 62 to
send a ship to Constantinople and one to
Aleppo every year at Christmas. Six years
later 63 a slight change was introduced into
this “ annual shipping ” (as it was called).
The ship for Aleppo was to sail in February
and March, and that for Constantinople and
Smyrna in June and July.
An interesting case of regulating trade,
which did not, as' it would seem, directly
affect the company’s operations but which
yet played an important part at the time it
occurred, was the trade in corn. The Sultan
allowed the exportation of corn only as a
special privilege. In 1631 64 the company
learned that many English ships had been
sent from Leghorn and Messina into Turkish
ports in order to lade corn. This they re-
garded as a serious danger to their trade,65
62 Min. October 20, 1631.
63 Min. February 14, 1637.
64 Min. April 9, 1631.
65 See below, p. 133.