On the Maritime Commerce of BengaL 339 



of Africa, the Maldives, and Mauritius, we cannot esti- 

 mate the exports at more than eight lacks of rupees. 



Notwithstanding the large quantity of teak timber annu- 

 ally imporled from Pcgue, the balance of trade is much in 

 favour of Bengal. iJer exports to the dominions of the 

 king of Ava, including Arracau, consist chiefly of silk and 

 cotton piece goods, fire-arms, \nn\, nails, naval and mili- 

 tary stores, and a variety of European goods 5 which may 

 be estimated at about six lacks of current rupees. 



It remains to be noticed, the supplies to the new settle- 

 ment on the Andamans, occasional cargoes to the colonies 

 at Port Jackson, in l^cw Holland, and expeditions to the 

 north-west coast of America and Kanischatka : these can- 

 not be rated beyond two lacks per annum. 



Combining all the exports by sea under the heads to 

 which we have referred them, they appear as follow : 



Curr Rupees. 



Europe and Ameriea - - £?,83,4S,912 5 4 



Madras and coast of Coromandel - - 39,00,000 



Eastern islands, Malay coast, and China - 55,00,000 

 Bombay, Surat, and other ports on the Malabar 



coast - - - - 14,00,000 

 Gulfs of Persia, to Arabia, eastern coast of 



Africa, Maldives and Mauritius - - 8,00,000 



Pegue and Arracan _ _ _ 0,00,000 

 Ajidamans, Port Jackson, and north-west coast 



of America - _ . - 2,00,000 



4,07,48,942 5 4 



To this sum should be added exports by land to the De- 

 can, Thibet, Nepaul, and the various nations that surround 

 Bengal; but of these, although considerable, we can form 

 no computation. We know, however, that in the year 

 1791 there was exported from Benares alone, to the Decan 

 and Mahralta states, above a lack of maunds of sugar by 

 inland traders, ajid the quantities of raw and wrought silks, 

 and piece goods, with a variety of European goods, which 

 are annually purchased by inland merchants, amount to a 

 considerable sum ; probably not less than an eighth part of 



by the Porte in consequence of representations made by our ambassador 

 to fhc Ottoman j^ovcrnincnt, at tiie in'^ance of the court of directors. A 

 measure so injurious 10 IJciigal wc ca mot attribute to tiiosc who arc 

 bound to clieribb and support oer; policy and humanity would prompt a 

 different conduct. We must therefore suppose the proUibitirn arose tioin 

 ihf natyial jealousy cf tlit- Turkish government. 



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