24 



A. D. 1783. 



Balance of cash in hand l" March 



1774 - - ^404,117 



Balance in favour of England in tlie 



year ending 1" March 1775 440,402 



1776 1,231,293 



1777 1,000,357 



1778 838,977 



1779 631,952 o 



1780 222,265 o 



1781 758,554 

 A balance of dividends 



on stock, and interest 

 on annuities, \\hich 

 those intitled to tliem 

 have neglected to re- 

 ceive when they fell 

 due ... 57,703 11 O 



^5,585,709 11 



Paid 

 Government the remains of last 



halfyear by agreement - ^115,020 

 Bank for old bullion debt - 200,000 

 Government on loan and interest 1 ,534,683 

 Bonds paid off and cancelled 1,387,1 19 

 Dividends to proprietors, viz, 

 in the year ending 1*' March 

 I775at6percent 191,644 16 O 



B 



O 







@ 



1776 6 

 1777/3 



1777 I3i 



1778 7 



1779 8 



1780 8 



1781 8 



191,64-1 16 O 



95,822 8 O 

 111,79216 

 223,585 12 

 255,526 8 

 255,52G 8 

 255,526 8 



* 1,581,069, 12 O 1,581,069 

 Balance of cash 1" March 178I 767,218 



a^5,585,709 11 



Efiimate of the Iqffes, which the Kqjl-India company Juftained by the war. 



Amount of payments in England, and lofles by fea, occafioned by the 

 war, - - - - - ;^2, 290,665 



Extraordinary charges in freight, demurrage, and bills of ex- 

 change, from 1" March 1783 to i'' March 1784, comput- 

 ed at - - - - - 828,000 



Extraordinary charge to be incurred for freight and demur- 

 rage after i" March 1784, eftimated at - - 740,000 



^3.858,666 



Account of cujloms and duties, and eflimate of the excife, received by govern- 

 ment on account of the companfs trade for 15 years preceding the year 1766, 

 and for 1 5 years after that period. 



Customs. 



Excise on 



arrack. 



Inland duty on 

 pepper con- 

 sumed in Eng- 

 land. 



100,695 

 127,131 



Estimate of ex- 

 cise on tea and 

 coffee, and in- 

 demnity on tea. 



6,426,893 

 6,978,854 



Customs 

 on wine. 



849 

 44,977 



Totals, 



14,940,659 

 19,889,673 



15 years before 8,361,140 51,082 

 15 years after 12,712,041 26,6/0 



The revenue derived firora the company's trade in the second period exceeds that in the first by 

 ^4,949,014. 



* The total of the dividends is carried out with an error of 8/ by the clerk-, who had better have 

 eontinued, as he began, to drop the odd fliillings and pence. i 



