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IXDIGO, 



Letter to seriouslv endano;ered, unless the utmost attention 



Bengal, / ^ 



28 Aug. 1800. was paid to the quahty. 



14. Respecting this second article of the qua- 

 lity, it was found that a proper assortment of 

 indigo for the general supply should consist of 

 one- third fine, one- third middling, and one-third 

 ordinary. Now it is evident from the above 

 statement of indigo imported from 1792 to 1795, 

 that the importations of the latter year left on 

 hand, after providing for every demand, no less a 

 quantity than 1,782,468 lbs.; and as to the quality 

 of the Asiatic indigo, instead of coming in the re- 

 quisite proportions, the same letter stated "four- 

 fifths of that indigo to be of a very low description 

 of quality," which, from the quotation immediately 

 preceding, may be inferred to have occasioned a 

 preference to other indigoes in the sales of 1795. 



15. As supplementary to the information con- 

 tained in our letter of 27th July 1796, we are now 

 enabled to state from good authority, the imports 

 and exports of indigo into this kingdom in the 

 years 1796 and 1797, which were as follows : 



Years. 



From 

 different 

 parts of 

 Europe. 



From 

 America. 



From India. 



Total. 



Exports. 





lbs. 



lbs. 



lbs. 



lbs. 



lbs. 



1796 



200,076 



451 5474 



3.897^120 



4*548,670 



1.939,217 



1797 



38,818 



352,149 



i>754,233 



2,145,200 



3,085,728 



16. The 



