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Deducting the increase of assets from the de<;rease of the 

 debts, the state of the affairs at home, is better to the 

 amount of . . . • • 339,862 



CHINA AND ST. HELENA. 



Balance at China last year against . . 1,073,60? 

 Ditto by present accounts ditto . . 220,022 



Better this year at China .... 853,585 



Balance at St. Helena on the 30lh September, 



1 797, as stated last year . . 54,248 



Ditto on 30th Sept. 1798, by present accounts 62,235 



Increase at St. Helena .... 7,987 



'total improvement at St. Helena and China . . 86l,5?2 



GENERAL COMPARISON OF DEBTS AND ASSETS. 

 Increase of debts in India .... 1,962,881 



Decrease of debts at home ... . 1,273,540 



Nett increase of debts . . . 689,341 



Increase of assets in India . . 336,204 



Decrease of assets at home . . 9^3,678 



Decrease , . . . 597,474 



Deducted from balance at China, which was 



better by ... . 853,585 



Ditto St. Helena, ditto . . . ', 7,987 



Total . . 861,572 



Nett increase of assets . . 264,098 



Deducted from the above increase of debts shews the state of 

 tlie Company's affairs in a worse point of view than in 

 last year by ..... 425,243 



To which add the amount of cargoes to India included in 

 the home assets arrived India, so as to be included in the 

 stoct there ..... 202,450 



The total amount in which the general state of the Com- 

 pany's concerns is worse than by the statements of the 

 last year, Is ..... 627,693 



