INDIGO. 



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of India and the British manufacturers regard Remarks 



° on East-India 



each other with a jealousy prejudicial to the wel- indigo, 

 fare of both countries, and eventually destructive 

 to the real interest of both parties. 



I am with much esteem, Sir, 



Your obedient humble servant, 

 (Signed) Charles Taylor. 



Manchester, 

 31st January 1789. 



No. 6. 



Extract Letter from the Court of Directors to 

 the Governor-general in Council, Bengal, dated 

 the 6th May 1791. 



Par. 36. The measures you have taken for Letter to 



*' Bengal, 



affording encouragement to the cultivation and ^ ^'^^i. 

 manufacture of indigo, meet our entire approba- 

 tion, and we trust, from the favourable prices that 

 have obtained at our late sales (the particulars 

 of which will appear from the accounts herewith 

 transmitted), the planters will find their account 

 therein. It is with satisfaction we learn that the 

 article, owing to its improved quality, continues 

 rising in the esteem of the several descriptions of 

 the consumers, and that there is a prospect of a 

 considerable export to the foreign markets. The 

 success apparently resulting from the present 

 mode of conducting the trade, is sufficient to in- 

 duce us to acquiesce in its continuance until the 



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