484 



A. D. 1799. 



^4inomil of the company's sales. 

 Great Britain. 



Rcccip/a. 

 Cash in thetreasur}' l^MarcL 1 n-.^r,. 



1798 } ^^40,64a 



Company's goods sold .... 7,764,403 

 Private trade and Dutch goods 7 



sold ]■ I'-l^^'iaO 



Charges and profit on private 7 , ,., <, 



trade J I'^/.-^Q'^ 



Customs on ditto 03,028 



Freight on ditto 102,844 



Company's share of the an- 

 nuities transferred to the 



bank 



Persons returned from India 



Bonds issued 



Government for stores and 



supplies to his Majesty's 



troops 



Loyalty loan, amount recciv-l 



ed I 



and their receipts, charges, and payments, in 



'1 



4 8 



12 6 

 11 10 



13 2 



3 5 



6 11 



36,226 15 10 



6,000 

 9.400 



209,053 

 411,423 





 



17 10 



18 1 



s6 10,736,214 4 3 



Payments. 

 Customs 



r'rcight and demurrage . . , . 

 Goods and stores exported . . 



India debt 



Bills of exchange from India . 



Ditto from China 



Bonds to tlie creditors of the 7 



rajnh of Tanjore J 



Bullion exported 



Charges of merchandize, in-■^ 



eluding supercargo's com- I 



mission, buildings, interest j 



on loans, &c J 



Indigo contractors 



Di\ i Jends on stock, and in- \ 



terest on bonds j 



Bonds paid off 



Ditto paid in on sales 



Proprietors of private trade . . 

 Alms-houses at Poplar .... 

 Balances of goods sold under 7 



the act 35 Geo. Ill, c. 80 J 

 Captains of worn-out ships . . 

 Pay to military officers on 7 



furlough and retired • • .J 

 Bank for sundry loans .... 

 Balance 1" March 1799 . . . 



d 



592,355 18 6 



4,758 



710,593 



2,200 



500,325 



1,275,374 



271 



43,725 

 37,125 



4 10 



4 



O O 

 O O 



12 

 13 



11 1 



18 G 



O 3 



350,000 

 805,938 



o 



o_7 



10,736,214 4 3 



April 15'^ — Several weeks having elapfed without the arrival of any 

 coals in London, they got up to the enormous price oi £6 per chaldron. 

 And now, on the arrival at once of 240 fhips, the beft coals ftill kept up 

 fo high as 47/" in the Pool. 



May 4'" — In the fouth part of India a new war had broke out between 

 the Eaft-India company and Tippoo, the fultan of Myfore, which was 

 now terminated by the capture of Seringapatam and the death of the 

 fultan, who was found lying under a heap of his ilaughtered fubjeds. 

 His dominions were immediately divided between the Company, the 

 Nizam, the Mahrattas, and an infant defcendent of the antient rajahs of 

 Myfore. Tippoo's fons were removed into the Carnatic, where they 

 are to be fupported handfomely in a private flation : and all the other 

 perfons of his family and kindred, and alfo all his principal officers, 

 have fuitable provifions fettled upon them. The extindion of this form- 

 idable monarchy, it is expeded, will eftablifli ' the peace and fafety of 

 ' the pofTeflions in India on a durable foundation of genuine fecurity.* 



Auguft 19"' The Dutch colony of Surinam in South America fur- 

 rendered to the Britifli forces without attempting to make any refiftance. 



Odober — During the war Hamburgh had, almofl exclufively, enjoyed 

 the trade of fupplying a great part of the continent of Europe with 

 fugar, cofiee, and other Well-India produce, imported from Great 

 Britain. Such advantages in trade too frequently excite alpirit of over- 

 trading and fpeculation, which generally produces embarraflinents and 



