INDIGO. 



91 



No. 25. 



Extract Letter froyn the Court of Directors to 

 to the Governor in Council, Madras, dated the 6th 

 May 1791. 



Par. 7. We approve of the trials you have or- Letter to 

 dered to be made of the indigo-seed sent you from & May mi. 

 Bombay in consequence of our former orders : you 

 will of course, at a proper time, report to us the 

 result of the experiment. With respect to the 

 specimen you have lately sent of a new sort of 

 indigo, referred to in the forty-second paragraph 

 of the letter to which we are now replying, we 

 shall cause a trial to be made thereof, and acquaint 

 you with the result by a future opportunity. 



71. The box of nerium indigo, by the same 

 conveyance, has been inspected by an eminent 

 broker, who has affixed the following valuation 

 upon each separate sample. 



s. d. 



No. 1 at 3 6 per lb. 



2 4 9 to 5 o 



A. 2 5 9 



3 4 3 



B. 1 6 3 to 6 6 



2 5 6 



No mark 



No. 1 / ' ' 



4 4 6 



5 3 3 



6 2 9 to 3 o 



No. 



