INDIGO. 



63 



No. 17. 



Extract Letter from the Court of Directors to 

 the Governor-general in Council, Bengal, dated 

 the SOth July 1806. 



Par. 1. Having seen proper again to advance i>etterto 

 part of our funds for the provision of an invest- so Ju'i'ylsos. 

 ment of indigo, we direct that three lacs of sicca 

 rupees be set apart for this purpose, out of the 

 allotment to be made for the year 1 807 ; and 

 should there be a sufficiency of funds for the whole 

 indent contained in our letter of the 23d instant, 

 the sum to be invested in indigo may be extended 

 to six lacs of sicca rupees, if there be a well 

 grounded expectation of profit. 



2. The funds to be set apart for this purpose 

 are to be invested in purchases of indigo to be 

 made at Calcutta for ready money, on the delivery 

 of the indigo, which must be well examined before 

 the price be settled. 



3. In thus buying with ready money, we mean 

 the indigo should be shipped immediately, and in 

 reasonable time of dispatch ; but if advantageous 

 offers of sale should be made so late in the season 

 that the purchase must remain in your warehouse 

 till the following seasonable time of dispatch, we 

 shall have no objection to the purchase, provided 

 a proportionate credit be given ; or if you can 



then 



