General View of the financial Affairs of India, from the Budget opened by Mr. Dundas, in the House of Commons, 12th June 1801.

The deficit of revenue from the territories, &c., is
And deducted from the amount sales of imports

1,495,270

Total charges

8,961,180

781,757

171,363

The remainder is

610,394

642,818

253,667

82,371

978,876

368,462

706,495

is the amount applicable to the purposes of commerce.

Amount advanced for purchase of investments, payment of commercial charges, and in aid of China investments:

At Bengal

Madras

Bombay
Bencoolen

1,197,764

851,483

315,995

30,502

Total advances for investment 2,395,744

Cargoes invoiced from India to Europe in 1799-1800, with

charges

M 2

2,168,302

Resul

Shows the net deficiency of the revenues from the territories to be

448,505

Which deducted from the estimated amount of sales of imports

591,975

and is the amount estimated to be applicable in the year 18001801 to the purchase of investments, payment of commercial charges, &c.

The home accounts furnished much cause for satisfaction. Aggregate amount of sales, 1800-1801

More than last year

10,323,452

162,842

Excess on the company's goods alone

234,314

Excess on private trade goods

45,112

Deficiency on neutral property

116,584

The sale of the company's goods estimated at

6,675,000

Actually amounted to

7,602,041

The receipts on sales of company's goods estimated at
Actually amounted to

GENERAL RESULT.

Although the actual receipts have fallen short of the estimate upwards of 800,000l., from a disappointment in an expected payment from government, and from deferring the disposal of the loyalty loan; and although the payments have been exceeded by an enlarged supply to India, yet the very favourable produce from the sales of goods, and the extension of time for the liquidation of debts to the bank, have so operated, that the balance of cash estimated to be on the 1st of March against the company is

Actually proved to be in their favour to the amount of

Being more favourable than estimated by

He next came to the state of the

DEBTS IN INDIA.

£368,013

930,590

1,298,603

Amount of interest payable by the account of last year
Amount of interest payable by the account of this

year.

915,687

1,082,042

Deduct Increase of assets from increase debts, the state of the company's affairs in India will appear worse by

334,430

Although the state of the concern at home was worse this year by 344,9817. on the particular ground of deducting increase of debts from decrease of assets, yet the nett improvement at China and St. Helena was no less than 1,442,232/. He should proceed to the consideration of debts and assets both in India and at home,

Deducting the above increase of debts from the increase of
assets, an improvement would appear to have been made in
the company's affairs in the course of the year to the
amount of..

But the following sums remain to be deducted for
bills on account of India, adjusted but not in-
cluded in the Indian debt, or in that at home. 391,915
For the value of cargoes to India included in the
home assets, but arrived so as to form part of the
stock there on the 30th of April, 1800

762,821

280,441

672,356

The remaining total £.90,465,

is the amount in which the general state of the whole concern has amended during the last year, subject, however, to such adjustments as may result from the settlement of the account between government and the company.

The

The average Price of Wheat in each Year, from 1595 to 1800, inclusive.