A General View of the Variations Which Have Been Made in the Affairs of the East-India Company; From the Conclusion of the War in India, in 1784, to the Commencement of the Present Hostilities
A General View of the Variations Which Have Been Made in the Affairs of the East-India Company; From the Conclusion of the War in India, in 1784, to the Commencement of the Present Hostilities
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1792 edition. Excerpt: ...at home and abroad, of revenues and charges, and the profits on the trade in each year, in order to shew the resources by which the finances of the Company have been improved to the amount before stated. And first, with respect to India. F It It has been already observed, that at the conclusion of the ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1792 edition. Excerpt: ...at home and abroad, of revenues and charges, and the profits on the trade in each year, in order to shew the resources by which the finances of the Company have been improved to the amount before stated. And first, with respect to India. F It It has been already observed, that at the conclusion of the war in India in 1784, the affairs of the Company there were universally deranged, and the accounts of several years left in an unadjusted and complicated state. This, with other circumstances, which it is unnecessary to detail in this place, have rendered the accounts from India complex, and unsatisfactory, in some respects. So long as new claims and unforeseen arrears were brought forward, investigated and adjusted, no correct statement of the debts owing could be made at the fame time, their gradual liquidation formed an accumulated burthen on the annual disbursements, and being blended with the current expenses defrayed, encreased the apparent charges of the several departments in every year. It is for this reason that the annual statements have been incompetent to determine, what has been the actual amount of charges incurred in each year, and consequently what would have been the actual net surplus revenue, had no such arrears of charges been so defrayed. It has been before observed, that the years 1784-5 and 1785-6, do not come within the period of these statements; and with respect to the following years, the general accounts which have been laid before Parliament, contain the amount of charges defrayed in each year, whether on account of current charges, Or of arrears of former years. This circumstance, together with that of the amount of debts owing at the beginning and end of each year, not being accurately investigated, makes it...
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