INDIGO. 



3 



No. 1. 



Extract Letter from the Court of Directors to 

 the Governor -general in Council^ Bengal, dated 

 the nth April 17S5. 



Par. 49. In respect to indigo in general, we are ^^^g^]^ 

 of opinion, if proper care is taken in the pur- ii April i785. 

 chases, in its price and quality, it might become 

 a beneficial article of our commerce. Hitherto 

 it seems only to have engaged your attention in 

 a view as a manner of remittance. In this, how- 

 ever, it has failed considerably, owing to the high 

 prices at which it has been purchased. 



50. It is our wish to encourage an increase of 

 this article to as great an extent as possible, when- 

 ever, from its improved quality and reduced 

 price, you shall judge there is a fair and reason- 

 able prospect of its yielding a suitable profit. 



51. Observing that there frequently happens 

 in the same package indigo of very different qua- 

 lities, we have selected a number of samples of 

 the quality most approved, to which you will not 

 fail to pay the strictest attention. 



72. We are confident that, with care in select- 

 ing the qualities which will suit this country, it 

 might, as we have before observed, prove benefi- 

 cial, as the article is generally esteemed, and will 

 be more so as it becomes more known, being of a 

 B 2 strong 



