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enclosing a copy of your letter on the occasion Letter from 



, o ^ 1 India Board to 



above reterred to. Boardof Trade, 



TO- 22 Sept. 1828. 



1 am, bir, 

 Your most obedient humble servant, 

 (Signed) George Bankes. 

 Thomas Lack, Esq. 

 &c. &c. &c. 



No. 57. 



Letter from the Secretary to the Court of Directors 

 to the Secretary to the India Board, dated the 

 5th Septeinber 1828. 



Sir: 



I have had the honour of receiving and laying Letter from 

 before the Court of Directors your letter of the D?rectors^to 

 2d ultimo, enclosing a copy of a letter which had 5 sl;pt.^i'828'. 

 been addressed to the Commissioners for the Af- 

 fairs of India by the direction of the Committee of 

 Privy Council for Trade, respecting a department 

 of the agriculture and commerce of India, to which 

 the Court of Directors attach equal importance 

 with His Majesty's Commissioners and the Lords 

 of the Committee of Privy Council. 



I am directed, in reply, to communicate to yon 

 the following observations. 



There appear to be two points on which informa- 

 tion is desired : first, the sentiments of the Court 

 relative to the expediency of extending facilities 



to 



