and the farms and licences, the average of was Which exceeded the average from 1798-9 to 1800-1 Estimated for 1801-2 Actual amount More than estimate Charges.-Estimated for 1801-2 Actual amount More than estimate Deducting excess of charge from excess of reve- £.1,136,597 101,528 3,899,040 4,729,610 830,570 4,559,311 4,963,742 404,431 426,139 234,132 And the net charge of the year 1801-2 was ESTIMATES 1802-3. Revenues 4,670,369 Charges 4,555,676 Revenues.-Excluding the revenues of the ceded provinces Revenues Deducting excess of charge from excess of revenue, ESTIMATES 1802-3. £. 32,187 881,296 410,280 Net charge estimated for 1802-3, less than preceding year 384,170 BENCOOLEN AND OTHER SETTLEMENTS. Revenues of Fort Marlbro', on average of three years, 1798–9 to 1800-1 8,806 Charges ditto, ditto Supplies from Bengal to Fort Marlbro', Penang, &c. esti mated for 1801-2 85,840 Remaining net revenue 1,065,757 Deducted from the interest, &c. paid on the debts, Showed the deficit from the territorial revenues to be The remainder was the sum left, applicable to the purposes of commerce. Amount advanced for the purchase of investment, payment of commercial charges, and in aid of China investment, At Bengal 739,651 281,329 246,021 21,092 £. 383,743 418,717 34,974 Total advances for investments 1,288,093 Cargoes invoiced from India to Europe in 1801-2, with charges by GENERAL VIEW. Result of the Estimates for the Year 1802-3, collectively. 2,362,443 Revenues.-Bengal 7,612,384 Madras 4,670,369 The total 1,507,316 was the amount estimated to be applicable in the year 1802-3, to the purposes of commerce. Amount of interest payable by the accounts of last year 1,342,853 Ditto, of this year 1,481,070 Increase of interest payable annually 138,217 ASSETS IN INDIA, Consisting of cash, goods, stores, &c. last year 12,113,923 13,372,741 Deduct increase of assets from increase of debts, the state of the company's affairs in India appeared worse in this view by 1,032,389 The sales of the company's goods were estimated at 5,880,600 6,048,028 Being more than estimated by 167,428 The receipts of the sales of the company's goods estimated at 6,500,600 Actually amounted to 6,972,417 General result. The balance of cash estimated to be against the company on the first of March 1803 1,434,556 Actually Actually proved to be in their favour Being better than estimated Which may be attributed to the additional receipts on the sales of goods, on private trade, and on the issue of bonds, combined with the payments below the estimate on account of India and China, and on several other accounts; also, the protraction of the liquidation of 700,0001. of the debt to the bank. ESTIMATE 1803-4. £. 1,009,822 2,444,378 Receipt for sale of company's goods 6,085,500 89,393 Increase 637,833 Adding the decrease of debts to the increase of assets, the - improvement of the home concern in the year was 686,630 |