AN ACCOUNT of New or Increased Salaries, Establishments, or Pen fions, payable in Great Britain, which have been granted or created between ft March 1799 and ft March 1800. Penfion to Mrs. Hay, Widow of Edward Hay, late Secretary to the Ditto to T. P. Kingsley, late Clerk at Bottolph Wharf. Ditto to W. Wimbolt, late Clerk in the Transfer Office. Ditto to Mrs. Davidson, wife of A. Davidson, late Clerk in the Increased Salaries to several Clerks in the House and Warehouses. (Errors excepted.) CHARLES CARTWRIGHT, Accountant. Eaf India Houfe, eft April 1800. (No. 2.) INFORMATION Jubmitted to the Honourable Houfe of Commons, relative to the Accounts directed to be laid before the House by the Act of the 38d of his prefent Majefty, cap. 52. felt. 126. THE Court of Directors of the Eaft India Company have not received the Accounts of the Annual Produce of the Revenues, and of the Annual Disbursements in India, to a later Period than those presented to the Honourable Houfe of Commons on the 3d of February last. W, RAMSAY, Secretary Faf India Houfe, 23d April 1800. Es No. No. I.-ACCOUNTS prefented to the HOUSE of COMMONS from the EAST INDIA COMPANY, refpecting their Stock To Bonds bearing Interest To Bonds not bearing Intereft Το Ditto per Computation, Goods fold, &c. &c. St. An ACCOUNT of STOCK per Computation of the East India Company, exclusive Cr. of the Capital Stock, from the 1st March 1799 to the ft March 1800. £. 1,515,712) 16,c67) £1,531,779 641,900 370,500 To Bills of Exchange unpaid from China from India 1,012,400 from India, on account of the Indian Debt 725,900 To Cuffoms on Goods fold and unfold TO BALANCE of Quick Stock against the Com 29,647 pany at China, dated the ed Feb. 1799, Tales 601, &£129,647 235, at 77-67 Deduct Bills drawn on England fince clofing the Quick Stock Το Ditto 9,615 182,915 220,022 To the Bank for a Loan on Mortgage of the Annuities that may be fold per A&t paffed in 1788 TO BALANCE of Quick Stock against the Company at Bengal, made up to 31st Oct. 1798. Cur. Rs. 4,34,87,487 ADD the Sum paid by Lord Clive for conftituting a Military Fund 5,80,000 To Freight and Demurrage 247,000 To Supra-Cargoes Commiffion on Goods fold and unfold 78,000 the Sum given by Sujah ud Dowlah, in addition to ditto 3,48,000 To Proprietors of Private Trade on all Goods fold 555,000 9,28,000 To what owing on account of Goods fold under the A&t of To Ditto on Contingent Ditto To what owing in the Department of the Committee of Shipping (exclufive of Exports) 84,163 76,188 4,909 Intereft on the above Sums from 29th September 1766 to 29th September 1769, which forms the Capital of the Contingent Fund, the Intereft of which is applicable to the Charges of conducting the Military Fund Specie received at Madras, which had been sent from Bengal fince closing the above Quick Stocks Cargoes arrived in England fince clofing the QuickStock 37,74,816 To what owing for Exports of former Seasons 98,047 To what owing for Bonds iffued to Commanders whofe Ships are To what owing for Teas returned by the Buyers and re-fold To what owing to Contractors for Indigo, and Commiffion to Commercial Refidents in India 971 C. Rupees 5,07,33,023 at 25. 3d. £.5,7°7,465 DEDUCT Bills drawn on account of the Indian Debt fince closing the Quick Stock By what due from Government to the Company By Cafh, its Balance on the ift of March 1800, including, Cafh belonging to the feparate Fund £. 1,207,560 | By BALANCE of Quick Stock in favour of the Company at Bencoolen, 30th April 1798 DEDUCT Cargoes arrived in England fince cloling the Quick Stock £387,255 By Cafh referve to pay off Bonds advertised to be paid off 16,067 By the amount of Goods fold not paid for By the Honourable Board of Ordnance, for Saltpetre delivered By the Value of Goods in England unfold 403,322 1,478,000 60,000 5,788,571 By BALANCE of Quick Stock in favour of the Company at Fort St. George, 30th April 1799, Paged, 6,411,852 DEDUCT eftimated Amount of Stores in the Arfenals and Magazines, properly belonging to Dead Stock Cargoes arrived in England fince clofing the Quick Stock 250,000 623,999 873,099 at 8s. Sp. Dol. 63,159 149,570 313,589 at 55. £.78,397 ADD Bills drawn on England finee clofing the Quick Stock 7,756 By BALANCE of last Books at St. Helena made up in September By Cargoes from England not arrived in India and China at the By Exports paid for, exclufive of Bullion By Silver exported this Seafon, and remaining in the Treasury, paid for -£.86,153 62,235 2,884,138 818,462 By Impreft, paid Owners of Ships not arrived in England By the Value of Ships, Sloops, and Veffels, exclufive of those ftationed abroad 1,792,831 70,935 398,136 (Errors Excepted.) £. 19,074,379 at 2s. 6d. £. 139,307 Add Bills drawn on England fince clofing the Quick S:ock DEDUCT Cargoes arrived in England fince closing the Quick Stock 154,366 By the Value of the Eaft India Honfe and Warehouses By what owing from Sundry Perfons returned from India, and in By Loyalty Loan unfold, effimated to produce CHARLES CARTWRIGHT, Accountant-General. .. 18,490 East India House, the 10th July 1800. No. II.-An ACCOUNT of the AMOUNT of all GOODS fold at the Eaft India Company's Sales, from the 1ft March 1799. to the March 1800. PROCEEDINGS AT THE EAST INDIA HOUSE, From the 14th June 1800, to the 3d February 1801. SATURDAY, June 14, 1800. This day a General Court of Pro prietors was held at the India Hofe, for the purpose of confidering a bill depending in Parliament, for eftablishing further regulations for the government of the British territories in India, and the adminiftration of justice within the fame. 'included within one particular judicature. Mr. Dundas, in reply, faid, he would confent to any alterations in the bill which the court fhould think neceffary, and would be perfectly fatisfied, fo that they approved of its principle. The CHAIRMAN then fubmitted the bill to the confideration of the court, and gave directions that it fhould be read. The CHAIRMAN (H. Inglis, Efq.) opened the bufinefs of the day, by laying before the court the correfpondence that had taken place between Mr. Dundas and the court of directors, which originated in a letter fent by Mr. Dundas to the court, accompanied by a copy of the bill in queftion, and ftating, the reafons. which rendered fuch a measure as was to be fubmitted to Parliament neceffary. Thefe were chiefly the great acquifition of territory lately gained in India, and the infuficiency of the recorder's court at Madras, (compofed entirely, with Mr. PETER MOORE afked if the the exception of one perfon, of mer- judges to be appointed under this bill cantile men,) to conduct the legal were not to have penfions on retir and criminal proceedings of a coun-ing, in the fame manner as the other try fo extenfive as was now under judges in India; and being answerthe power of Great Britain. To ed by the Chairman in the affirmathis letter the court of directors tive, faid, he wished to know from fent an anfwer, in which they ap- whence thefe penfions were to be paid. proved of the measure generally, but conceived it would be highly inconvenient to fettle, all at once, the whole territory that was to be A member wished to know, if it was not fit, before the bill was read, to lay before the court the letters which Mr. Dundas faid he had received on this subject, from Marquis Wellefley, and fome of the general officers in India. The CHAIRMAN faid, that thefe papers came in the nature of private. communications and memorandums, not only to Mr. Dundas, but to fome of the directors; and that it would not be regular to produce them. The CHAIRMAN faid, they were to be paid from the fame funds which had been already appointed for the payment of penfions; and if thefe were |