378 A. D. 1796. 



Mr. Dundas, the prefident of the board of controul, pi-efented to the 

 houfe of commons the following 



Generaljlate of the revenue in India for the year 1 794-5. 



Charges. 



Intereft on 

 Debts. 



Bengal ^^3,477,396^^^399,422 



Madias 1,769,125 8,807 



Bombay 697,924 76,072 



Charges og'5,944,445 5,944,445 



Interest . . 484,301 

 Add supplies to Bencoolen 7-1)857 



Revenue. 



^5,937,93 

 1,775,781 

 312,480 



484,301 



8,026,193 

 6,503,603 



Amount of the net surplus revenues 1,522,590 



to which add sales of imports, certificates, &c 502,177 



There remained applicable to the purchase of investments and payment of commercial \ . „q 



charges • • • \ ' ' 



This sum was disposed as follows. 



Investments, including charges, at Bengal ^1,108,449 



Madras 536,803 , 



Bombay 16(5,636 



Bencoolen 26,552 



1,838,445 

 Applied to the purchase of rice and to profit and loss upon internal trade . . 246,322 



2,084,76? 



Mr. Dundas then proceeded to a general flatement of the changes in 

 the flate of the company's affairs fince March 1795. 



The debts in India last year were «^7,305,46a 



Ditto tliis year 6,813,737 



Decrease of debts in India 491,725 



Debts in India bearing interest last year 5,597,299 



Ditto this year 5,328,868 



Decrease • 268,431 



Assets in India by present statement 8,867,266 



Ditto last year's ditto 8,807,601 



Increase of assets — 5g,665 



The company's affairs improved in India ■ 819,821 



Assets at home and afloat this year 12,024,312 



Ditto in March 1795 10,413,254 



Increase of assets 1,611,058 



The debts at home were now 7,474,700 



Ditto in March I7g5 6,946,323 



Increase of debts < 528,377 



which being deducted from the increase of assets, there remains 1 



a net increase of assets at home J 



1,082,681 



And tlie company's estate at home and in India appears to havebeen improved in the') ^1,002 50o 

 year ending V^ March 1796 » J ' " 



June 8'" — The Eafl -India company gave public notice that they wo^ld 

 thenceforth allow intereft at the rate oi five per cent upon all their out- 

 ftanding bonds, though bearing an obligation to pay only four per cent, 

 except thofe which were ordered to be paid off 



