Eaft-India Company. 



[GENERAL 



'73° 



1746 



1765 



176S 

 1769 



1770 



1773 



J774 

 >775 



J776 



Company refign i per cent of iheii" fund, and 

 pay [zoo,oco, for their t'Crm being fru- 

 longed to 1769 - - - i;i, 



Tliey reduce tiieir dividend front 8 to 7 per cent 

 Send 17 fliipsto India _ , . 



Cargoes of (hips from India and Cliina 

 propofal for lediittion of dividend rejected 

 Companv lend government £1,000,000 at 3 per 



cent — term prolonged 10 1783 

 Madras and a capital ihip taken by the French 

 Account of the company's fettlemcnts 

 Company recover Madras at tl'.e peace 

 The intereft- on their fund reduced 

 Dividend reduced to 6 per cent — ii (hips ar. 



rive from India ... 



Corporation at Bencoolen furprifed by the 



I'renrJi .... 



Receive a fum for military expenfes j,;^, 



Ketrofpeift of old and piefent company's trade 



from 1669 to 1760 incliifive 

 All places taken by Trance now reftored 

 Hiftoncal fl<etch of tranfaftions in India prior 



to October 1763 . . - 



Stock deprelled by news from India — Lord 



Clivc fent out to coiiimand the army 

 Company make a law again.f tlicir fervants 



accepting gratuities from princes, ix 

 Company empowered to import calicoes, &c. 

 from Europe, if needed, for tlie African 

 trade — duty laid on calicoes, Sec. exported 

 Tranfadions in India — Bengal, Bahar, and 



Oriffa, acquired by the company 

 Dividend raifed to 10 per cent 

 Raynal's account of tea imported and fmugglcd 

 Parliament interfere in tlie company's affairs — 

 regulate votes and dividends — lower the du- 

 ty on black teas condiiionally, and oblii;e 

 the company to pay a large fum out of their 

 territorial revenues - - 

 Dividend limited to 10 per cent by parliament 

 Regulations refpeffing commanders and Ihips 

 Territorial acquilitions continued to the com- 

 pany for payment of an annual fum for j 

 years — dividend, limited, ivc. 

 Dividend raifed to 11 percent 

 War with Hyder Ally— trade deranged— fupcr- 



vifors fent out . . - 



Flouridiing ftate of their commerce - 



Penalty on trading under foreign commifiions 

 enlarged — company's fervants made amen- 

 able tj court? in England 

 Dividend raifed to 1 2 per cent 

 And now to 12* — (late of the trading (lock 

 Company reftrictcd in building fhifs 

 They appoii\t fiipervifors to go to India, who 

 are Hopped by parliament — dividend re- 

 duced to 6 per cent - - - 

 Company empcwered to export tea to America 

 Difordeis in India — con-.j/any petition parlia- 

 ment for a loan, &c. new regulations for 

 vcting, elctlions, and government in India, 

 enafted by parliament 

 Parliament grant a loan, and enact feveral regu- 



hitions fordivideuds, iSiC. 

 Comp; ny A-.ip tea for America 

 Longer time allowed fi>r felling tea 

 Company's people driven from lialanvbangan 



by the Spaniards 

 Obligation to export Britilli manufactures pro- 

 longed - - . J , — 

 Company acquire the province of Benares 

 Debt to government almolt paid oft' - . 

 Salfette confirmed to thi; company 



154 



1.5 5 

 15S 



'95 



250 



^53 

 166 



273 

 306 



3^> 



760 



360 



367 



387 



390 

 391 



416 



432 

 454 



4^3 

 476 

 41(^2 



4S7 

 4S8 



4S9 

 491 



499 

 503 

 5' + 



.5 = 9 

 538 



539 



542 

 545 

 SSi 



557 



577 

 i7S 

 .5S6 



595 



1776 



1777 



.778 

 1779 



i-So 



17S1 



1784 



1786 



.7S9 



1790 



A plantation of nutmegs made at Bunwoot iii, 596 

 Government debt paid — dividend 7 per cent 6oi> 

 Ait prohibiting company's (hips fiom receiving 



or delivering at (ea - . . 607 



Dividend raifed to 8 per cent - - 614 



prompt exertions of the company againft the 



French in India - - - fi^^ 



Territorial revenue continued — dividend li- 

 mited - - - - 6j7 

 Company raife 6,000 feamen, and build 3 fijips 



of 74 guns, for the public - . 64.. 



Act againft trading under foreign colours con- 

 tinued - - - _ $5^ 

 The minifter propofes to payoff the debt due 

 to the company, and lay open the trade in 

 1783 — he aifo propofes terms for renewing 

 the charter - . - . (,-y 

 Statement of company's affairs — territorial re. 



venues continued till April 1781, &c. 660 



Company's feparate fund cftablilbcd 690 



War with Mahrattas and Hyder Ally 6:^ 



Company's fervants expell the Dutch from 



Uaroach — petitions againit the judges, ice. 691 

 Company I'efiife the miniller's conditions — term 



extended to 1794 — multitude of llipulations ^9- 

 Powers of governor, &:c. defined by parliament 695 

 Battles, famine, mifery, in India - 707 



Indian afi'airs riifculfed in parliament - 7ir 



Treaty made by Mr. Haliings with M-ihrafas 71* 

 Parliament give time forduties, and authorize 

 the company to borrow - - iv, 17 



Duties on muilins, &c. lowered . ii 



Parliament give further time for duties, and 



lend excliequer bills, &c. - 11 



Various accounts illuftrative of the coiapany's 

 aft'.irs — their lolTes by the war- — the reveime 

 derived from their trade, &c. - ij 



Mr. Kox's two bills for regulating the compa- 

 ny's affairs . - - - 29- 

 Company's (iatement of their affiurs . 31 

 Debates in parliament on company's afiVii 5 32 

 Bills thrown out by the loi-ds — ftcck falls to 120 34 

 Cumpady make peace w ith 'I ippoo - 42 

 An ait cf parliament for a dividend • 44 

 Board of commiliioners for tlie affairs cf India 

 eftablithed, and many regulations for the 

 government of the company's territories 

 cnaited - - - - 45 

 Further ime for duties — regulations for divid- 

 ends - - - - 49 

 Duty on tea reduced to 125 per cent, and a 



commutation tax laid on windows 50 



Company buy all the tea for ialein Europe 51 



Regulating ait altered ... 107 



Company empowered to borrow, and to in. 



creafe their capital to /4,oco,Qoo - roR 



Revenue and military force in India - iii 



Company leduce interelt cnbonds to 4. per cent ji<> 

 Eritilh manufafturers of coitons complain of , 



the company overftocking the m;:iket 134 



A botanic garden edabliflied at tU-ngal 135 



Company pay forces ordered by board of. con- 



trnul, &c. - - . , - 16') 



Company empowered to borrow - 171 



Treaty with the nabob of Oude - - 17,5 



Company fhip tin for China - - 1S3 



Stock augmented to £5,000,000 - 18S 



Slave trade ;d-io!illied in liengai — company con- 

 trart to fupply Phiilippme. company with- 

 goods — increafe their experts, and allow 

 their ollicers to till up Spare "tunnage 19s 



Ships.of all w'eftern nations-in Clxina - Ifri 



War ^itth Tippob renew ed • • "O"^ 



