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INDIGO. 



Letter to 



Bengal, Indigo exported from Great Britain, 



30 May 1792. _ ^ ii. 



1783 263,979 lbs. 



1784 293,731 „ 



1785 605,304 „ 



1786 542,454 » 



1787 559^933 



1788 508,209 „ 



1789 744,601 „ 



1790 861,908 „ 



123. From a perusal of this account, you will 

 no doubt participate with us in the pleasure of 

 remarking, that in proportion as the imports from 

 Bengal have increased, there has been a diminu- 

 tion from other parts. The consumption of the 

 French indigo in this country is in a manner en- 

 tirely supplanted by that from Bengal, the former 

 being chiefly introduced for re-exportation. There 

 is another circumstance also highly favourable to 

 our future prospects in the pursuit of this branch 

 of trade. It appears that at St. Domingo, the place 

 from whence the French principally drew their sup- 

 plies, the cultivation has for some years past been 

 rapidly on the decline. In the undermentioned 

 periods, the produce from this island is stated to 

 have been as follows : — 



1783 1,868,728 lbs. 



1784 1.555,142 » 



1785 1,546.575 



1786 1,103,907 



1787 1,166,177 



1788 930.016 „ 



1789 958,626 „ 



124. Thus 



