INDIGO. 



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upon us to act with extreme caution in making 

 our purchases of indigo, when we may not be 

 under particular orders from your Honourable 

 Court, or be in possession of information which 

 would fully justify the exercise of a discretion with 

 respect to the extension of your investment in 

 this article. 



19. The last season was by no means favour- 

 able to the cultivation of indigo ; but your Honour- 

 able Court will have observed from the report of 

 the Sub-Export Warehouse-keeper, a copy of 

 which was forwarded per Bengal, enclosed in a 

 letter from our Secretary bearing date the 20th 

 January last, that in consequence of an increase 

 of cultivation and the establishment of factories, a 

 very large quantity was produced under every dis- 

 advantage of season, and the manufacture has 

 been pursued of late with such avidity, that 

 there is reason to apprehend the produce, during 

 a favourable season, would far exceed the ordinary 

 demand for the article. 



No. 32. 



Extract Letter from the Governor in Council at 

 Madras to the Court of Directors, dated the 6th 

 December 1811. 



Par. 6. The attention of the Board has been Letter from 

 directed to give encouragement to the native eBetisu. 



o-rowers 



