488 



ANNUAL REGISTER, 1810. 



home sales of the company. In 

 this they suffer with the nation, 

 and with Europe at large, but the 

 consequences, as already describ- 

 ed, fall with peculiar severity upon 

 them in the other circumstances 

 of their affairs ; for the Indian 

 finances, which are become of im- 

 mense importance in the system 

 of the company, instead of afford- 

 ing relief, are in a state that im- 

 periously calls for instant and ef-^ 

 iectual regulation. It is by no 

 means to be concluded, however, 

 that affairs would now have been 

 better under any other supposable 

 mode of Indian administration ; it 

 is perfectly within the power of 

 this country to afford the aids 

 which are now required for the 

 relief of the company's finances, 

 both at home and abroad, for con-f 

 solidating the credit of the com- 

 pany,and strengthening the hands 

 of the authorities at home, so ne- 

 cessary to the well-being of the 

 company's affairs. 



The expected deficit for 1808-9, 

 of 2,4-33,1 85/., was supplied by re- 

 ceipts beyond the estimate from 

 the following sources, viz. 

 Sales of im- 

 ports £851,34:5 



Charges and 

 freight on 

 private trade. .168,813 



• 1,020,158 



eceived on account of 

 Company's claims on 

 the public, on report 

 of the committee, . . . 1,500,000 



£2,520,158 



SUPPLEMENTARY PAPERS. 



Prime Cost and Sale Value of Company's 

 Goods in their fVarehouses, March, 

 1808, and expected in the course of the 

 Season,distinguishingIndiaand China : 



India. Prime Cost. Sale Valae. 



Piece goods. . ^£1,880,350 ^2,244,942 



Raw silk 279,367 476,051 



Saltpetre . 175,332 439,792 



Spice 66,502 191,901 



Drugs,sugar,&o. 183,748 290,656 



Pepper 347,056 365,296 



Total , . ^2,932,355 ,£4,008,638 

 China. , , ■ _^_i___i 



Teas ,£3,991 ,779 .£8,810,347 



Raw silk.... 116,562 166,320 



Nankeens 107,744 101,000 



Total.. ^4,216,085 ^9,077,667 



Grand Total.. ^7,148,440 .£13,086,305 



Amount of the Indian Debt at several 

 Periods. 



May, 1793 ^7,971,668 



May, 1799 12,811,863 



May, 1802 deducting re- > 18,350,873 



deemed bysinkingfands I ' ' 

 May, 1806, ditto ditto 28,538,804 

 May, 1807, ditto ditto 30,244,341 

 May, 1808, ditto ditto 32,007,819 

 May, 1809, ditto ditto 30,876,788 



N. B. Current rupees at 2$. 

 Pagodas Bs. Bombay rupees 2s. 3d. eacli." 



Ships that proceeded to India in each Sea- 



^ son since 1776 ; with the number Losly 



Burnt, or Captured in each Season : 



