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INDIGO. 



Letter to reouest of the merchants, to exempt the indiji-o 



Bengal, ^ . 



25 June 1793. manufactured at Benares from the zemindarry and 

 manjee duty. 



115. The samples of indigo transmitted by 

 Colonel Kyd, which were manufactured by Dr. 

 Scott of Bombay, were of a choice quality, and 

 valued by an eminent broker as follows : 



s. d. 



No. 1 at 9 6 per lb. 



2 90 



3 8 6 to 9 o 



4 7 6 



5 9 o 



6 7 o 



7 7 6 to 8 o 



At these prices we cannot but think the article 

 will be found to answer. 



No. 9. 



Extract Letter from the Court of Directors to 

 the Governor 'general in Council, Bengal^ dated \ 

 the M July 1795. 



Letter to Par. 17. We observe by the Board of Trade's 

 25 Junfi793. miuutc of the 8th August 1794 (enclosed in your 

 overland letter of the 18th August), that in the 

 appropriation of the funds allotted for the invest- 

 ment of 1795, no provision was made for the 

 supply of indigo upon the system of contract. 



The 



