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London, England, 1811-09-07 00:00:00

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must,'asynin. Commit toe' ife to fin be con ,
sidered a, much advarrued tot the positive and di- '
sect purposes of lite made Of the Company, and
.may be stated as a stop!), ultinratels from India to
England. Tlte amount atiplied for 1101 purpikbe
may be stated at 3,313,6541. whiCh is the net sup-
ply. The Wilt:moan's between lridi t and the fie-
tory of Canty!), •iva,iing to this result, are shewn in
detail in the account. io vie Appendix hem whioii
it will appear, that the grosi supply iron) India, by
Nt3 tnents into. the ciiiton- trearury under vatious
engageinents, by payments of 111114 of Exchange,
and by consignments of cotton, sandal wood,
amounted to tt;e suin 61 4,098,97 11. The returns
from Canton to India amounted to 1,385,3171. of
which ilarount 1,310,3181. con.isted of
Tins remittance was--ade at perods %het) the Cart-
ton treasury was greatly repleirished;by the•favour-
able balance of track Uri wren India and: Chin t ;
and u hen great coniegu, nee attached to the sup-
ply of the Indian Quvcritments with bullion, by
every pradical means. Timis remittance in bullion
is exclusive of the consignment- from England,-ori-
ginally designed for the supply of China, which
was detained in India, as has been already advert-
ed to.

Toe commercial line of the service was Intind to
detnimd advanceS. The
.Cottonander. of the
ships we'e entitled, under thek chorter-heroes, to
be furnished with a ct nail' amount of cash from
time to tune, fur 11. e inune, tate suppbei of the
neces.ities arising in the clairsi of the Sill vice ; and
the amount of such fAivances was unitnwely
counted fir with the own. rs of the shii.s, on whom
bills were gn4:in for it. it w ho.vever, an Outlay
of money front the Indian treasury., Payments
were Itke lie tnade un freight and demurrage,
accounted tor on making. up the ship's accounts at
home. The ainoont in these several instances-ix
stated to have new) 946,4221. to which should
~be
•adcled the trei4ht, bi:c. of ripe ships,, taken up at
/ • 4
. w il
perwu e() the nm:es,ities 'of Elliott! required
every exertion for the supply. of. gesso and prowl:,
iions, I 12,:!5 81. making together a total of
1,t28,7801.

Tie disbursements next to be noticed, tnly not
altogether be considered as advances for the direct
purposes of commeiee, although they m y be
looked upon as contributing to the sup ly of fends
to the Company's treasury in England. The first
is`theadvalice of money for which bills were Mostly
drawn upon his Majesty's Government: For the
service of the navy, &c. 402,0691: ; for the tx-
pense of the island of Ceylon, 318,1461. ;'
,tor build-
ing of ships of war, 193,4631.; together 913,7781.
Other advances on various accou.,ts 'Were in 'du.
(or wliich 'London' -was debited, to, the amount of
aiW,67sl,

In a former Report, your Cornniittee had ocea-
'slots to titter souse remarks relatrie to the charges
of Ceylon, and the Dwell settlements; and the
amount of what hail been repaid to the Compatiy
upon these accounts; they are again led to advert
to this subject, because it 'appears • that the outlay
cat money from the India] treasuries fur thesexer-
vices, as well as for. others admitted to be charge•.
auk to the public, has only been stated as far as it
was included in. what has neen teinied the ordinary
expenses or charges, which were provided tot from
the revenues ; awl tli. t ~censecpiently the sum not
so included, must have been turnished troth the
'extraordinary funds. 14 order to place the subject.
•in the clearest view, as well as to account for the
Plication of the funds, your Committee have
called for a distinel account of the whole of 'the
cairns of the• East India Company upon the pub-
acCount of advances aid supplies .at the sr-
vend presidencies in India, •which were admitted by
the Committee, to whom the subjett was referred
41.1808. dislitiviihing what was included in the.
statements of the charges or interest paid to tho,e
presidencies, horn What was not se. From this ac-
count it appears that the total so adniked was
8,212,3721. being 4,8900041.. for principal' and
3,313,51(181. for interest; and that the Whole of the
latter sum was included in the interest I aid in India,
and 3,05,5331. in the charges of India leaving.
1;2,23,67 to•be accounted for as befog a part of
the disposal of the exit aordinary funds. Ou more.
Minute inspection of this account, it seems that a
larger 'stun must be taken as furnished from the ex-
traordinary hinds, than that now stated. The ad-
juStment to be made is as follirws the sum trot in•
chided in the charges, hut' adtintted as a 'claim upon
the public, which has been liquidated in England,
has been shestrif tq be 1p223,571!.; to this blioulti
be added the amount expended by' the Coppany in
India, not included in the'eltafges 3
Of the advances and expenses of Ceyloti 'and the
Eastern Islands, whit h, by the decision of the se..
le&Committee, was not admitted to be arelaim
upon Government. Theamount of it iss 437,7741. ;
coosequently ale total:a:4)(MM which Isati baen
ie this view, by the extraordinary funds,
may be stated at • .

Your Curtin-lit fee must observe, that some distinc-
tion ixill be hereafter necessary in reference to, the
various services to which Lite application of the ex_
traordinary funds has been directed, fur the pui pose
91 gpacifying with accutecy the initlay of (utility In
direct charge or ht that way in which the arooent,
in somo. or at her, was till huately Converted
into property, and found in the assets of the Com-
pany; either inroad or at hotne : bin Ow point will
perhaps cone more properly under cothicieration in
another part r,l the Report. Your Comillittee will
therefore only now remark, that With' the exc4tii;o
of -the increase or Indian a.sets, which is the last
point in this branch of the extunituition,the.Virtik.n-
tars teinainlne, to be considered are of the descr,plion*
just adverted- to, viz. a positive issue of niuney, or
loss, which tilay in Lid be classed among the chortles
of the Indian ierritories.

The first issue of this description is a payment of
a portion of the debts of the private ciediter.sbt the
Nabob of Arcot, to. the 3 CTIQUW Of 1,058,0531. This
pay Mel) I was made under orders sent to the Presi-
dency of Madras, dated h January, 1796; which
orders originated with the Board of Commissioners
for the affairs of Inc.til, and wertitranstuitted to In-
dia, under the exerciieof the po%cts.,Nested in tbeni
by, the Legislature.
A payment wai hkewise rvado, to the private cre-
ditors of theft jah,ol Tanjore; atnounting to ti4.,04-11.
under ordirs transmitted to India; dated 18th Sept.

V70,-. our)* e• tie tied Y' t VII, in
tt Inch provision was made In favour it the iiti%ate
creditors. The soul aboye'stated was the amount
paiti in India t it will here,fier be sliewo, that 3 I'l4';
tier uin was pail from the treasury In &lieut.'.
upon the wine account.
Committee have,. in the-it fist. netihi;
brought to the view of he House the particular le-
holt of the revenues and charges of each,ot the Pre,
sidencies, lrutta which it.appeared that the eX‘efti of
the charges of Madras .and Lionmay, during the vt-
rio I under review, amounted to 100 leas B,7Butt)
than 29,579,6271. They have tag examined! mi-
nutely by what mode the Wants of these prv,iden-
cies were aupphed, either ict re.peet of their execs,
of charge, or the diabinsententa for the puichase of
inveatrnents, &C. as it is stitfic,ently clear that the
Presidency of air gal afforded assurance to Matra.;
and Bombay to a large a minor.

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The total supply as debited in the Beogalboolis,
ethounted to . - • 270-113.171
The amount et which this Stull credited in the
bo.k's ol'hiaLtrds au t lichobeV, i 4 Y 26.979;768

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Beins less than the debit by - •
which must chiefly be attilbutcd to the etfeci ut
the exchanges qt wnich the. remittances or cons
mews were made, but par ly 'o the exthange, at
which. the cont,etsion of the coins of e'.,c!, 01 It4e,
presidencies is rtfetited, it, oltiet to pr,'seive conior-
,tuity %1111 the rite used in the calculation of the
accounts of the revenues awl ch. rscs, lo either
case, for the view now to be given, it is prcsn
to be correct to state the amount at a lusiof uo
11.11,CH'propert.k. •
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Your Committee having been informed dial
various sums have been wii ten off. the Indian
hooks of aCCollati for losses incurred at the pre-
sidencies, %Oriel) losses were not inclu sltd iii the
accounts of 'Abel -cliarggs; .have for attr
count of the same ; by wilq:h it appears, that tin,.
amount in ttiC seventeen years under reyiew. was
46114:281,

The aggregate amount of the whole of these
items of ex;.,enditure,. is/ 43,794,6'231. of a hien
32,9114,727 was. an expenditure; in/the course of
cominercial management, or of a political descripl
lion, whichi.from being 'Cotivert..d into propOpy,•
.i,%otild be evetitcally inure than realized. The re-
maining.. t0„889,401. was ,art expenditure partly
,Of a commercial, but for the greater ptrt.uf 'soil,
tical nature ; and in bolt instances such as rau4t be
absolutely considered as diminution of
(50111 being-an application of funds, either in the
ward defraying charge, or so as to incur tired.
1095.
Of the total amount. of extraordinary funds,
which,has been stated at 52,309,4f1,41.; Inert: still
reinains.to be.aecounted for, the sum of 8,514,8011';
This upon a minute examination will be found,
'with a comparatively sinallexception, to have beet'
employed to produce an increase itt the aocis. to
To ascertain the fact with every pradic,lble
i'egree;of accur.xy., your Corninittee have entered
stpvn an examination rather in detail of the state-
tnent of the ii,seis iitineXed to, their, second Report.
The last year it' that statement is said to bare Oren
made up, itt regard to Bengal, from the quick stock
account of that prsicL trey of' tile 31st January mil),
being the Jatest recel%ei.i. As ,it is of importance
that the periods of the, several accounts' should ac-
cord with each other it th,ent't of the Official year,
namely, the 30th April, and as it has been rep,e-
seated that the statement now, referred to restureti
correction on account of ,an error in caleuta;ing
the &changes in a part of it, your Committee have
substituted .another statement of the assets, which
is added to the Appendix of this 4telort. Ae ofd
ing to this, corrected staternenr, time total of tile,
asset, on the:3,QIII April 179 V, .ainuunted ict the
suns of 7,543,834 ; and on the 30,11 April 18014 s, to.
; being, on first view, 441 iliele44c of
12,573,8731.

The amount iu which, the sets might be sup.;
posed t 4), have increased by the .apvhcatioo ut Wilds
raised .in nittnety 8,414,8011.. leads must, ob-
viously to the ink:fence, that • very considerable
adjustments. tuust be made .tits. incrcase now
stetetl. Your Committize have itterewit: direvett
their pattipular atteritivo to ti.is potty, because, to
. heir • jodgmeitt, it appeared to be of
• portatice,

The. adjustments thought to: be necessary, are
of various descrip.tions: first, the a'USOlllte.i:X.:lU•
bioll of bid debts, or :debts apparently horn:nal,
from both periods of the account; revenue ba•
lances, as they were in no way eteated by the ap7
plicalion of Indian funds; debts troin the &toot),
of Arcot and Rajah of Tanjore, a very tuateital
part of them hay,ing .originated in charges 'or ad-
vances. brought to account antecedent to the year
17.90., or were in debits on arreArs Of subsidy, un-
der, the engagement, with those Princes, twiote the
C0114ithi()(1
,of .the treaties by whieu the Company
now. hold, ,the possession of •their respectue touit.
(Fiefs. The part ot the increase 'occAstonett by thy
imports front Europe in goods and
..3tores canvot
Many view, be supposed to have been produced by
indi to tUnds: it is tile,eiore excluded in Lle man-
ner with the. above. The expeobe alit:l44ll"g the
expeditfoo ,to Egypt is eironeously twig. on Inc
kicivi
_quit* stock account as ,an asset, from being
considered as a,claim upon the puu.tc.. Toat chniti
having been liquicl,Aeti, it tins vely properly been
excluded from the accounts made up ra England:;
the ain0ttif,,1,.733,3f.?81. is there:lbw kiIfUCACULIc On
1.111):1 the present oLcasiori.

The elled produced by these several adios!-
,
monis, shew-u by an aeco,int in ttl.e Append;x,lo
reduce the amount of the increase of ilbSa, 10 tng
sum ol i 1.; to wh•elt, however, shouts be
added a consignment of treasure' from Bengal to
Madras, whien though propeify excluded hum
the tienwil quick SAA: of April 1.809, had 11-1
at. ived at Madras in stitlidient titne to be inscrled
in the account of t hat-Piesidency. Tht! ahu42lll°,l-
thevalne of this treasute was 717,5611. The total
increase 01 -assets, procured hv the application
,01
employment of funds in the dim) Ire .suries, "iii
then be found to tittioUth to the boa( 0! 8,4'11,1_72j.
-fiutl) evhic,tthoweve,, should be,dedotted. to' tsar
present view, the ItteleiPie in the amount duo tmm
ittdi~iduais nn au% made to them int
vision of between Aplll 1792 a'Ri.
April 1809, as the whole of the advance wads in
the- year
,IBOt3-9, ha; already been incintled io a