452 



A. D. 1798. 



yin Account of the stock, hi/ compulntion, of the East-India company (exclusive 

 of their capital stock J from 1" March 1798 to V* March 1799. 



Bonds bearing interest 



Bonds not bearing interest 



Bills of exchange from China .... 



Ditto from India, &c. 



Ditto on account of India debt . . 

 Ditto to creditors of the rajah of 



Tanjore 



Customs on goods 



Bank for a loan on annuities .... 



Ditto for a loan on bond 



Ditto on account of loyalty loan . . 

 Ditto for interest on the above . . . 



Freiglit and demurrage 



Supercargo's commissions 



Proprietors of private trade 

 Owing on account of goods sold 



under the act 35 Geo. Ill, 



c. 60 



Alms-houses at Poplar 



Interest on military fund more tlian "» 



applied J 



Ditto on contingent ditto . 

 Owing in the department of ship 



ping, exclusive of exports 

 Owing for exports of former seasons 

 Bonds to commanders whose ships ") 



are worn out J 



Warrants passed the court unpaid. . 

 Owing for teas returned by buyers, 1 



and resold \ 



Owing to contractors for indigo . . . . 



Interest on bonds 



Dividends on stock 



Net balance of quick stock in Ben- 1 



gal against the company .... J 

 Balance in China against the com- 1 



pany J 



Balance of the whole account in 1 

 favour of the company J 



} 



'■} 



.^1,806,763 



18,207 



550,175 



371,015 



1,091,925 



92,670 



739,141 

 700,000 

 100,000 

 350,000 

 16,500 

 316,000 



77,000 



182,370 

 160,545 



76>S97 

 26,932 



6,124 



107,206 



116,320 



191,555 



48,400 



7,300 



66,094 

 64,494 



2,158,183 



718,945 



5,7/4,9/6 



^15,936,798 



* In this account the article of dead flock is valued at 

 £400,000, according to Lord Godolphin's award in the 

 year 1702; whereas the whole money expended in build- 

 ings and fortifications for the maintenance of the poffef- 



Due by government 



Cash for balance 1" March 1798 . . 



Goods sold and not paid for 



Board of ordnance for saltpetre . . . 



Goods in England unsold 



Cargoes from China, not arrived . . 



Net balance of quick stock at"l 



Bomba)' in favour of the com- \ 



P'T'y J 



Ditto at Madras . . . ditto .... 



Ditto at Bencoolen . . ditto .... 



Balance at S'. Helena 



Cargoes from England, not arrived "] 

 in India and China at the dates I 

 of the several accounts of quick f 

 stock J 



Exports paid for, exclusive of bullion 



Silver in the treasury, paid for . . . 



Advanced to owners of ships not 

 arrived 



Value of shipping and craft, ex- 

 clusive of those abroad .... 



Ditto of tlie East-India house and 

 warehouses 



Dead stock in India * 



Due by government for stores and 

 supplies, about 



Owing by persons returned from 

 India, and in India 



Loyalty loan, sold 



Ditto, unsold, and estimated to 

 produce 



£\, 207, 560 



540,645 



314,600 



22,50Q 



5,022,433 



1,511,029 



259,027 



1,927,270 



84,883 

 54,248 



1,477,960 



391,993 

 1S,083 



280,571 



49,430 



684,484 



400,000 



1,000,000 



74,937 

 175,125 

 445,000 



^•'15,936,798 



fions in India, and the nearcfl eftimated value of the other 

 articles of dead ftock, by the lateft advices from the fe- 

 veral fettlements (prior to the making up of this account) 

 were as follows. 



At Bengal 



Fort S'. George and fubordinates 



Bombay and ditto 



Fort Marlburgh and ditto .... 

 S'. Helena 



Builfhngs and 

 fortifications. 



,C4,682,356 



1,685,920 



1,269,010 



148,001 



41,447 



£7,826,744 



PUtc, Iioufchold furn 

 iture, plantations, 

 velTels, ftnres, &c. 



£503,831 



279,38* 



337,156 



20,641 



57,094 



Totals. 



£5,186,197 



1,965,302 



1,606,166 



168,64a 



98,541 



£1,198,104 I £9,044,84? 



