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General, &c. except they may be repugnant to the orders of the Court of 

 Directors ; the Governor General, &c. finally deciding as to the application 

 of those orders. The Governor and Council cannot declare war, &c. but in 

 consequence of orders from Bengal, or from the Court of Directors ; and are 

 to make all treaties (if possible) subject to the ratification of the Governor 

 General, &c, and are also to inform the Supreme Government of all things 

 material to be communicated, and also of such as may be required of them. 



A Supreme Court of Judicature is established at Madras, consisting of 

 a Chief Justice and three other Judges, who are to be Barristers of not less 

 than five years' standing, to be named by the King. The salary of the Chief 

 Justice is £6000 per annum, and each of the other Judges ^5000 per annum 

 (in lieu of all fees), to be paid at the exchange of 8s. per pagoda, to com- 

 mence, when appointments take place in England, on the day of embarkation; 

 and when in India, on the entering upon the duties of the office. After seven 

 years'* service in India, if the Judges of the Supreme Court return to Europe, 

 the King may direct to be paid out of the Territorial Revenues, to the Chief 

 Justice not more than i?I600, and to each of the other Judges not more 

 than J? 1200 per annum, so that no allowances be made exceeding together 

 the salary of a Puisne Judge. The salaries of the Judges to cease on their 

 quitting India. 



Trade.— -The commerce of this Presidency is of a more limited nature 

 than that of the others. One cause is the want of a secure port for shipping 

 on the Coromandel Coast. A very copious Report upon the Madras Trade 

 is annually prepared and sent home to the Court, occupying sometimes six 

 folio volumes. But Mr. Pri\-sef has shewn (Remarks mi the External 

 Commerce of Bengal) that the Indian Trade Reports (though he does not 

 specifically include Madras) are altogether unavailable for mercantile in- 

 formation, by reason of the principles adopted in computing the values of 

 imports and exports. The original author of this Work, (the late Mr. 

 Miluurn) in a MS. note inserted in his interleaved copy of the first edition, 

 confirms the statement of Mr. Prinsep. He says, " Unfortunately, the 

 records of Fort St. George and Bombay are too inaccurate to place any sort 

 of reliance on the information to be derived therefrom.'" 



The commerce is arranged in the Reports under the following heads : — 

 I. To and from Great Britain (exclusive of the Company's trade) ; II. To 

 and from foreign Europe; III. To and from America; IV. To and from 

 British Asia ; V. To and from foreign Asia, and various places, including 

 the East Coast of Africa, New Holland, Cape of Good Hope, &c. 



