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tion of laft year, Of Bencoolen and 
the Prince of Wales’s Ifland, he faid, 
he had latt year eftimated the ex- 
pence too low by s5oo00/.; as he now 
a by accounts received fince 
that time, that inftead of 60,000/. 
"he ought to have eftimated them at 
ah Upon. the whole ftate- 
however, there was a very 
, es The Revenues of a 
Pe. Bengal 5,619,994 
phat. Madras 1,212,229 
ES Bombay 138,228 
The Charges of £- 
Bengal 3,183,250 
my Madras. 1,302,037 
: Bombay 568,710 
‘Leaving a clear furplus of 
from which was to be dedu&t-d, for 
fencoolen and the Prince of Wales’s 
land, 65,0007. which would leave 
“nett revenue of 1,552,454/. and 
e an exceeding over the Jai elti- 
Of 336.3354 
- To the before mentioned nett re- 
venue of 1,852,454/. was to be add- 
d for exports, 230,361/. which 
pild make a fum of 2,147,815 /. 
plicable to the difcharge of debts, 
| and purchafe ef invettments. 
| The debts of the company for the 
t year, were 7,604,754/. thofe of 
prefent year, 6,501,385 /. giving 
afe of 1,103,369/. 
Hattered himielf that by the 
ment he had juit made, the com- 
ittee would be enabled to judge 
eorately and fatistactorily of the 
enues of {ndia, which were in a 
flourifhing ftate, and had been- 
dually improving for fome years. 
' confidered the increafe on the 
| revenue to be permanent; he 
d not, however, fay the fame of 
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confiderable excefs. He laft year 
eftimated the furplus at 1,516,119/4. 
but the accounts for 1788-9, prove 
a confiderable increafe of clear re- 
venue. ’ 
The whole of the revenues and 
charges, with their totals, from the 
accounts of 1788-9; itopd as fol- 
lows: 
6,971,451 Total Revenuc. 
5,05 3,997 Total of Charges. 
159179454 
that on falt, nor did he wifh an jp- 
creafe of revenue from that article, 
if it was occafioned, as he believed 
it was, from arife of price on the con- 
fumer, which, he faid, muft be an 
opprefiion on the natives, to whom 
falt was an abfolute neceflary of life, 
ard tea whofe eafe he fhould confi- 
der a decreafe in the revenue on that, 
article a very good facrifice. He, 
gave itas his opinion, that our efta- 
blifhments might be confiderably 
lowered, and the furplufies thereby 
increated, This couatry, he faid, 
was likely, fromea variety of cir-, 
cumitances, long to enjoy an undif- 
turbed peace at home and abroad. 
When her fituation was compared. 
with that of other European na-, 
tions; and when our conneétion with, 
Holland, a power of great confe- 
quenge in India, was alfo remem- 
bered, he hoped he'fhould not be, 
confidered as tce languine in the 
opinion he entertained, that Eng- 
land had no danger to apprehend 
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