abandon several factories in that quarter, and.* to reduee the rest to mere
residencies. To make considerable reductions in tbé;.establiifhment. ,on( the
coast of Malabar and in .Bengal. T a ’Tefidcevtherëstablishments onjthe
Coast of Coromandel to three factories. tTo.ahandon the-establishments on the
West.Coast of; Sumatra, andto .leave.it ofxën! to a free (trade. To diminish
thé -«expenses at Ceylon By a reduction bf1 the' military force,1 and by ' every
other possiblê means to animate theuCultivation, and importation of-rice into
that settleinent. " /To1 ópen- a free’trade and navigation- fa-Bengal and Gar®1-
mandei, under J the superintendërrce-öf the.Company,, on paying a;.cerfiain
recognition. To' encourage, by- every- meatóp the.:cultivation of tripe ha the
easternmost possessions, and'especially at Amboina'and Banda, for the sake
of preventing the-indueements of a clandestine trade, which the importation
öf-‘ ïicë'ftövthöse1 'pifeës ^inight afford.”- To abandön 'rseyérai smallr.f®et%ies
tö'fhejëf^t#ard. To adopt a plan" for the-itrade- of .'Malacca* pröposi^b'y
Governor 'DéBrtrèm. To1 introduce-, a general- reduction’ of^festafefohrrient
at Batavia and elsewhere.* To introdaee new regulations withurégard tosfhp
salrek f rtpiumtat. Batavia. To i improve the Company’s:, revëhue;db.y afa/X
upcfn salaries, and a duty upon/collatéralisueeéfsions. And finally}
óift commissioners to India, -with full, powers to .• introduced .generaL-treform
in the administration. ;
In a memorial subsequently submitted by; the Commissioners} 'y^éh-fqfm-
H R H all the measure^ recommended-and adapte'di at- this 5 time,
foffhb Better' administratibn 'óf affainsin India, after shewing»! that1, from
the year'1770^ l 4®0,'i the Company Had. on ithe whofeiof its tm'fcuand
establishnTents1 oh'%hë-coast of Coromandel} Bengal, Malabar,’ Surat, and
the woétérii coast of Stimatra, averaged a profit; of "Only 119;05t4 florins a
year, they recommended the introduction-at Batavia of a puffie,gale-pf
the’spiceSi Japan cbppef, and sugar, wanted foi fhèmonsumption of Western
India,’ afifl” the’^establishment of'a 'recognitkaTof ten per cent.-ion the
■piece goods from Bengal, and' of fifteen pér cfentr.r‘on the piece-goods, from
Coromandel. Undè^sueh a plan of free*#ade, they calculatèd that, after
the
ithe^dh^ution iqfOthe i Comjagy’s1 f establish ments in Western India, and
t i i ^ aboHti0n.^of%s.eyreral-a!smaIl forts .and cf^ctori'es. to. /the eastward, it was
fli^lj^^ha^^ithatatheiiadnnniâtrationjânsrndia/.would, in future, cover
its .cfei Expenses.- anp.Ihkkghy., save th a Company;from,utter rüîn.,- I
-, It .'was: bn jthese;>'çarçé;feti|).ns Æat-ftKe^Commissiônerg. appointed by the
SfatésjS^Hblland’ f^ f l ye^Beirrhôpes^ of the^fhturje relief .ofnth e, Company,
and-lw-^ ^ EKfeT-nrosnects ithev. closed* t^ i ^ r ep o ftf^ l^ ^ re ' and«futur e-fâte,pf
tiré >. Company! deybr^ngj'jftojn? théf time ;Qhiefl,yIjoiS;the}Commissioner|^1p.
p o i n td d ^ ^ e j r i .^ ^ ^ India}' in-ôrder to.'carry into
effect}' nn^ 8$§^s%$SQP0^d*;j Of tJbye^q new 'Commissioners,
Mr. J^d^pjg£$j^epj» fipst^iadvocate; itp.vîhêr Company, was appointed-the
chief.
-. ! Thç om1 .Europe in rthe' year .1791. ;
^Pf^Oood • Hbpe they ma^ptSucih changés.-anjd1.refo^gos/as maybe
said; tliéhpbj ecf :ofrthéir’ commission.’ ; $Fhe; importance,
j^M^er^ôf,the*Càpe beingmofnparatively-small, itris.mot- nécéssary'to enter
ft#qh^Kpu4etaih of-fthe. measuçe& adop tqd it'hfer e,v -, The.fnorë tnomentqus; part
.^ât^®Bj^iust^wâ^upd^h|ip|^^;tp;breir<hsGharçe4;fh1’f ndia,-/Vh.eï;éfthey arrived
A.-<r ‘talents of1 these ■, Commissioners'iWiefe.tto be estimated- bjr the Benefits
I'w^fehfjtesulte from their - labours, we may! safely .pronounce fHemicfo
^ave/Men^incûmpetent-to^t-he. task .they ‘had/pndertaken-, but sucfi a :cri-
it ,e^ °|i jg3àn nOt t with. any .justice be applied} j r, .-A [ e^fihnanfeèaof /pfeacp ■ With
fxreat-Britain wàs ofcourse^reckoned.- upon in ajljtheir calculations, and war
^ i^ ith a t powerjb'r.okhrout almost immediately afterwards1, '
: With-regard .to the abandonment^ o f se^qraiV>fortsl arid, factories^, the
eastward, to which their attention-had-jbeemparticidarly directed, the, result
of-their deliberation and ^ihq&jjry;;w*as, that the continuanee;of the; Qom-
pany’s establishment on .Celebes .was. indispensable for .the protection* of the
Moluccas; that at «Timor reductions ^bad been made, in consequenee-of
vroHibh'the- revenues; ,c.ov,ered the expenses ; that after'mature investigation
d ,# .; ’ ’ the