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INDIGO. 



^en^^r ^^'^^'^^s of thirteen shillings per pound, being of the 

 6 June 1810. mark of H O A, which we understand was refused 

 by our Board of Trade at 160 rupees per maund, 

 and the average price of that parcel has been 

 10s. 9d. per pound.* But the present high prices 

 (which are alone referred to in our present de- 

 spatch) are beyond what could have possibly 

 been expected, and upon the whole we are satis- 

 fied, from the parcels we have received, that the 

 purchases of indigo in the season 1808-9 were 

 made with judgment, and had it not been for the 

 calamities which have befallen our ships, would 

 have produced a considerable profit at our sales, 

 as Ave have no doubt the whole would have proved 

 equally well selected. 



No. 20. 



Extract Letter from the Court of Directors to 

 the Governor-general in Council, Bengal, dated 

 20th June, 1810. 



Letter to Par. 74. In the culture of the indigo-plant it is 



20^n"e^i8io. liable to droughts and inundations, which affect 

 its produce : from these circumstances and others 

 in the state of the markets at home, the selling 

 price here must be subject to variations. The 



cultivation 



* Note. — -See the Tender of your purchases, 1808-9. 



