IXDIGO. 



67 



No. 19. 



Extract Letter from the Court of Directors to 

 the Governor-general in Council, Bengal, dated 

 the i)th June 1810. 



Par. 2. We propose in the following paragraphs, '-^l^^^^ 

 to communicate to you several particulars of prac- sVune isia 

 tical information respecting the article of indigo, 

 which will be of great use in assisting the judg- 

 ment of your officers who superintend the detail 

 of your annual purchases. 



3. In order to make your purchases of indigo 

 with the greatest advantage, it will be necessary 

 to pay attention to the prejudices of the London 

 market, as well as to select the most approved 

 descriptions. Before we proceed to any observa- 

 tions respecting the best qualities of indigo, we 

 shall notice such of the prejudices as we think 

 most material ; and in the packet of the ship 

 Lord Keith will be found musters of each descrip- 

 tion of indigo referred to in our present despatch. 



1st. Shape. 



Great preference is given to indigo of the 

 square shape and size, which you will observe on 

 referring to the wooden sample marked A. 



4. The merchants who buy for exportation to 

 the Continent, will give at least ninepence to one 

 shilling per pound more for indigo of this shape 

 than for large or small broken, although of equal 



F 2 quality. 



