BENGAL.-REVENUES. No. 1. The average revenue of Bengal in the three preceding years, that is to fay, from 1793-4 to 1795-6, was Which is more than the average last year by No. 3. The estimate for 1795-6, was The actual amount Being more than the eftmiate by Deducting the excefs of the revenue from the excefs of charge, the actual amount of nett revenue is lefs than eftimated by £.. 5,834,690 60,477 5,621,278 5,694,194 62,916 3,508,823 3,636,044 128,121 65,205 The cause of this excefs of charges, and confequent deficiency of the actual amount of nett revende was of fo iimple a nature, as to require little explanation. Though the estimate of the revenue of latt year was taken at lefs than the actual amount of the preceding year, and the cftimate of charges fomewhat larger, yet every Gentleman would perceive the extreme difficulty in a time of war, and particularly a war like the prefent, to make up eftimates with any degree of accuracy; and fuch had been the nature of the military operations in the Eaft Indies, as to fwell the amount of charges beyond the ufual calculation. But, however fuch charges might be increased, he trusted the recompence was fully fuficient, and therefore he could not confume any more time upon this fubject, but proceed by reminding the Committee that at any rate there was a nett revenue, notwithftanding the increase of charges, to the amount of 2,057,2501. ESTIMATES, 1796-7. The Committee would perceive by No. 1. that the 5,710,511 3,733,860 So that the nett revenue was calculated at 1,976,651 This eflimate of tle revenues was more than the actual amount of 1795-6, in the fum of 16,317 And the charges in 96,915 Whereby the nett revenue, eftimated for 1796-7, would be lefs than the preceding year by 80,509 MADRASS. MADRASS. The average of revenue in Madra, from 1793-4 to No. 6. The revenues for 1795-6 were estimated at Being less than the estimate in CHARGES. No. 6. The charges for 1795-6 were eftimated to amount to The actual amount was Being more than the estimate by £. 137,976 2,024,030 1,894,304 129,726 1,844,787 2,123,579 278,792 Adding the excefs of charges therefore to the deficiency of revenue, the actual amount was worse than the estimate by Which deficiency of courfe arofe from the fame unforefeen and unavoidable circumftances to which he had before alluded. ESTIMATES, 1796-7. No. 4. The revenues of 1796-7 were elimated to amount to No. 5. The charges to So that the estimated nett revenue would be 408,578 2,159,402 2,005,225 154,177 No. 7. The Committee would fee the average revenues of Bombay, from 1793-4 to 1795-6, were BOMBAY.-REVENUES. Which was more than the average stated last year, by No. 9. The revenues for 1795-6 were estimated at No. 9. The charges of 1795-6 were ellimated at 718,001 732,876 13,975 Which was more than was estimated in the fum of Deducting excefs of revenue from the excels of ESTIMATES, 1796-7. No. 7. The revenues of Bombay for the current year were estimated to amount to No. 8. The charges to £.. 284,959 777-973 The nert excefs of charges, therefore, according to the estimates would be 493,014 Which was more than the nett excess of charges actually incurred in 1795-6, by 379733 Thefe were the three chief Prefidencies to which the accounts abroad belonged, but to thefe were to be added the accounts of fome fubordinate Settlements, fuch as Fort Marlborough, Pinang, and St. Helena, which in general received affiftance from Bengal. BENCOOLEN AND OTHER SETTLEMENTS. The revenues of Fort Marlbro' on the average of the 5,021 CHARGES. The charges 78,835 The fupplies from Bengal to Fort Marlbro', Pinang, &c. were estimated for 1795-6 81,780 The actual amount was 104,154 22,374 SUPPLIES. 90,364 Which was more than was estimated by The fupplies for 1796-7 were estimated at Havi g now proceeded feparately through the whole of the Accounts abroad, he now propofed to take a view of them collectively, in order to form a clearer opinion of their refult. GENERAL STATE of the REVENUES and CHARGES in INDIA, for 1795-6. 1,372,695 From this was to be deducted the Supplies to Bencoolen, &c. to the amount of And the Committee would find the remainder 104.154 1,268,541 But The nett furplus from territorial revenues, therefore, after thefe deductions, would be 414,750 853,791 To which was to be added the amount of fales, of imports, certificates, &c. 453,605 And the amount applicable to purchase of inveftments, payment of commercial charges, &c. would then be DISPOSITION OF THE SURPLUS FROM THE The application of the preceding fum, Madras 1,307,396 TERRITORIAL 1,459,547 669,765 258,250 13,443 2,401,005 Which exceeded the amount applicable from revenues, &c. as above, in the fun of 1,093,609 The cause of this excefs of expenditure from the funds, appli cable to the purchate of inveftiment, &c. was easily explained. By the statements of last year it appeared, that there was an excefs in the amount of the funds to the application in the usual way of 246,3221. which money, with the amount of the prefent expenditure, was employed not only in the purchase of inveltments and the payment of commercial charges, but was applied to the purchase of rice alfo, and to the profit and lofs account upon internal trade. This, however, was not a full account of the investments, for the Committee would perceive that a part had been taken from the affets abroad, and comprehended in No. 22, under the title of Cargoes invoiced to Europe in 1795-6 to the amount of 1,954,153 He had now ftated, he faid, what the amouut of the receipts and disbursements of the prefidencies abroad were, both feparately and combined, and he fhould next proceed to take A GENERAL VIEW OF THE RESULT OF THE ESTIMATES. REVENUES. 1,637,815 The nett revenues of the three Prefidencies would be And the estimated furplus from the revenues would be Which would leave a fum for the nett eftimated furplus And the amount eftimated to be applicable in 1796-7 90,364 1,547,451 419,344 1,128,107 455,901 1,584,008 Which would exceed the actual fum in 1795-6 by 276,612 So that there was an increase of debt bearing intereft to the amount of 261,274 The amount of intereft payable by the accounts of last The affets in India, confifting of cafh, goods, &c. laft year, amounted to And by the prefent statements 8,867,266 8,958,669 by |