INDIGO. 



59 



No. 13. 



Extract Letter from the Court of Directors to 

 the Governor -general in Council, Bengal, dated 

 the Sth September 1802. 



Par. 7. Being of opinion that sufficient pecuni- Letter to 

 ary encouragement has already been given to the 8 s^pt.^r802. 

 merchants at your presidency concerned in the 

 cultivation and manufacture of indigo, and that 

 from the large profit that has arisen from the pro- 

 duce of that commodity at the Company's sales, 

 the merchants may be able, from their own re- 

 sources, to make the necessary advances for car- 

 rying it on, considering also, that the funds that 

 can be spared from the ordinary purposes of your 

 Government will be required for restoring the 

 Company's investment to its former amount, we 

 direct that no further advances be made in aid of 

 the indigo merchants and manufacturers. 



No. 



A 



