INDIGO. 



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plan proposed by the Khan must have an imme- Letter to 

 diate tendency gradually to render the cultivation s Feb. 1795. 

 of indigo by the natives for British subjects, as 

 general as possible throughout the country. 



No. 11. 



Extract Letter from the Court of 'Directors to 

 the Governor^general in Council, Bengal^ dated 

 the 21th July 1796. 



Par. 7. In our letter of the 30th May 1792, we Letter to 

 communicated the following particulars of infor- 27J^iy?796. 

 mation respecting the article of indigo. 



An account of the quantities imported into 

 Great Britain, from 1782 to 1791 inclusive, dis- 

 tinguishing each year, and from what parts. 



An account of the an titles exported from 

 thence, from 1783 to 1790 inclusive. 



An account of the quantities produced in the 

 island of St. Domingo, from 1783 to 1789 inclu- 

 sive. 



8. We now forward a continuation of the ac- 

 counts of the imports and exports from Great 

 Britain made up to 1795 inclusive. 



9. Upon a reference to these accounts it will 

 be seen, that the imports, which in the ten years 

 preceding 1794 did not, on the average, 



Exceed 



