company's finances. 



299 



The following is a more detailed view of the revenues 

 and charges of India for the years 1823-9, 1829-30, with 

 the estimate for 1830-1 : — 



REVENUES. 



Bengal, ..... 

 Fort St. George, .... 

 Bombay, ..... 

 Prince of Wales Island, Sincapore, and Malacca. 



Total, .... 



Charges in India, . 



Nett Revenues in India, 



'.CHARGES. 



Bengal, ..... 

 Fori St. George, .... 

 Bombay, ..... 

 Prince of Wales Island, Sincapore, and Malacca, 



Total, .... 



Interest on Debts, . . . 



Total Charges and Interest, 



Expense of St. Helena, 



Political Chirges paid in England, \ 

 including invoice amount of Terri- > 

 torial Stores consigned to India, _) 



Grand Total, 



Revenues, .... 



Surplus Revenue, . . . 



Surplus Charge, 



1828 9. 



I. 

 14.785.860 

 3.575.049 

 2.331.802 



47.9.-0 



22 740.691 

 21.605.507 



1.135.184 



10.143. 



5.502 



3.652 



195 



I9 4SI 

 2.121 



21. tsr, 

 113 



.967.405 



23 6-5 966 

 22.740.69 



94.5.27 



9.445.799 

 5.254.0 



3.VH.97!) 

 153. 19' 



|8.4iV050 

 2.007.693 



20.41,2 743 

 93.004 



1.742.162 



22.297.909 

 21.695.207 



602.702 



2.420 27o 



9.409. E 52 

 5.032.274 

 3.497.S51 



+ 



17 939.947 

 2.209.69S 



20.149.64.5 

 86.044 



1.466.215 



21.701 904 

 22 J69 ! 21 



S6S.017 



* The receipts and charges of these residencies are now included in the Bengal account 



The company's debts are stated to have amounted, on the 

 1st January, 1831, to 32,213,7592. in India, and 13,916,431/. 

 in England ; in all, 46,130, 190/. At the same date their 

 property and the debts due to them in India were 36,69 1,71 9/., 

 in England 12,372,975/. ; in all, 49,064,694/. This would 

 leave a balance in their favour of nearly three millions. 

 But Mr. M'Culloch, in the valuable Dictionary of Com- 

 merce which he has just published, observes, that a great 

 part of their Indian claims, consisting of arrears of tribute, 

 is never likely to be realized, and that their forts and ware- 

 houses, though they may in some sense be estimated as 

 above, would not, if put up to sale, bring perhaps a third of 

 the amount. 



This position of the company has prompted them to great 



