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INDIGO. 



Letter to to the facilities which Bengal affords it ; and 



Bengal, ^ 



28 Aug. 18C0. though it be true, that part of the indigo made in 

 Bengal must necessarily (where the whole produce 

 is so large) be of inferior quality, yet that part 

 may be no more than will suffice to supply the 

 place of other articles, which are used as substi- 

 tutes for indigo when the price of it is high. 



31. Thus all considerations seem to concur in 

 supporting the orders we transmitted to you in 

 our letter of 27th July 1796, for laying a duty 

 on the indigo of Oude coming into our provinces, 

 which orders we now, after mature deliberation, 

 repeat, desiring that it may be such a duty as will 

 tend to discourage the importation from that quar- 

 ter, and if the impost upon it in the Oude territory 

 should be decreased in consequence of this regu- 

 lation, that the rate payable at our Custom-house 

 be raised in proportion. We can by no means 

 view such a restriction in the light of a bounty 

 to the indigo of America and other rival coun- 

 tries, as has been suggested, but as a means of 

 more effectually strengthening the opposition 

 against them. 



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