Monday, the 28th of July, on which date the interest thereon will cease. The remainder will be applied by the commissioners in the purchase of the bonds and notes of this government, on tenders being made to them in the usual manner. Published by order of the honorable the governor-general in council.

THOS. BROWN,

Acting chief sec. to the govt.

Fort William, Public Department,
June 27, 1806

The honorable the governorgeneral in council has been pleased to direct, that the following extract

from a letter from the select com

mittee of supra cargoes at Canton, dated the 30th of March, 1800, and received this day, be published for general information.

"In consequence of a scarcity of grain which has been suffered of late by the inhabitants of this province, the happo, or superintending magistrate of the port of Canton, has given public notice by an edict,

which has been communicated to

us through the channel of the Hong merchants, that any vessels importing rice will be admitted free of measurage, and exempted from the payment of other duties, provided that they arrive before the month of October next, and we think it right to apprize your honorable board of this circumstance, and to request that notice thereof may be given to the merchants of Calcutta." Published by order of the honorable the governor-general in couneil.

THOS. BROWN. Acting chief sec. to govt.

Fort William, Public Department,

June 27, 1806. The following extracts from letters from the honorable the court

of directors, are published for general information: Extract from a letter from the honorable the court of directors, dated the 25th of May, 1798.

PAR. 105." You will have observed by our dispatches from time to time, that we have invariably manifested, as the occasion required, our disposition for the encouragement of Indian literature; we understood it has been of late years a frequent practice among our servants, especially in Bengal, to make collections of Oriental manu

scripts, many of which have afterwards been brought into this coun

try. These remaining in private hands, and being likely in a course, of time to pass to others, in which probably no use can be made of them, they are in danger of being neglected, and at length, in a great measure, lost to Europe, as well as to India. We think this issue a matter of greater regret, because of the Mogul empire, the encouwe apprehend, that since the decline ragement formerly given in it to

Persian literature has ceased, that

hardly any new works of celebrity appear, and that few copies of books of established character are now made; so that there being by the accidents of time, and the exportation of many of the best manuscripts, a progressive diminution of the original stock, Hindoostan may at length be much thinned of its literary stores, without greatly enriching Europe. To prevent in part this injury to letters, we have thought that the institution of a public repository in this country for Oriental writings, would be useful, and that a thing professedly of this kind, is still a bibliothical desideratum here. It is not our meaning that the company should go into any considerable expence in forming

a col

a collection of Eastern books, but we think the India house might, with particular propriety, be the centre of an ample accumulation of that nature, and conceiving also that gentlemen might chuse to lodge valuable compositions, where they could be safely preserved, and become useful to the public, we therefore desire it to be made known, that we are willing to allot a suitable apartment for the purpose of an Oriental repository, in the additional buildings now erecting in Leadenhall-street, and that all Eastern manuscripts transmitted to that repository, will be carefully preserved and registered there."

106. " By such a collection the literature of Persian and Mahomedan India, may be preserved in this country, after, perhaps, it shall, from further changes, and the further declension of taste for it, be partly lost in its original seats."

107. "Nor would we confine this collection to Persian and Arabian manuscripts. The Sanscrit writings, from the long subjection of the Hindoos to foreign government, from the discouragements their literature in consequence experienced, and from the ravages of time, must have suffered greatly; we should be glad, therefore, that copies of all the valuable books which remain in that language, or in any ancient dialects of the Hindoos might, through the industry of individuals, at length be placed in safety in this island, and form a part of the proposed collection." Extract from a letter from the honorable the court of directors, dated the 5th of June, 1805. PAR. 26. In our public letter of the 25th of May, 1798, paragraphs 105, 106, and 107, we informed you of our willingness to

allot apartments for the purpose of our Oriental repository in the additional buildings then erecting in Leadenhall-street, and that all Eastern manuscripts transmitted to that repository, would be carefully preserved and registered there."

28. "We have now to inform you, that the apartments for the Oriental library, being completed according to our intentions, have been placed under the charge of Mr. Charles Wilkins, formerly of our civil service in Bengal, and that a considerable number of manuscripts, and printed books, upon Oriental subjects, with objects of natural history and curiosity, have already been placed in it, among which are many valuable presents from individuals and public bodies in this country."

29. "As our original views in establishing this library have by no means been abandoned, and we still entertain hopes, that the invitation held out to individuals in India, in the above mentioned paragraphs, would be successful, if properly seconded by our supreme government, we again refer you to them, and desire that the subject may be entered into with alacrity and zeal." The new building in Leadenhall-street, being prepared for the reception of books, coins, or other articles which may be presented for the Oriental library and museum of the honorable court, the public are hereby informed, that whatever books in any of the Asiatic languages, or other articles coming within the object of the honorable court's collection, may be transmitted to the secretary to the government in the public department, for the purpose of being presented to the honorable the court of directors, will be duly forwarded.

By

JULY.

Fort-William, Accountant-General's Office, July 9, 1806. Notice is hereby given, that the treasury notes of this government, which may be outstanding from No. 2,501 to No. 2,700 of 1805-6 inclusive, will be discharged on application at the general treasury, on Thursday, the 17th instant, on which day the interest thereon will

cease.

H. ST. G. TUCKER, Accountant-General.

Fort William, Public Department, July 10, 1806. The public are hereby informed, that the sub-treasurer at the presidency, the resident at Lucknow, and the several collectors of the land revenue, have been authorized to receive, until further orders, any sums of money in even. hundreds, (not being less than sicca rupees one thousaud) which may be tendered on loan to the honourable company, at an interest of eight per cent, per annum, as hereafter specified.

2d. The above-mentioned officers have been authorized to receive, in transfer to this loan, all outstanding VOL. 9.

this government; accepted bills of exchange drawn on the governorgeneral in council, after deducting interest at the rate of six rupees, thirteen annas, and six pice per cent. per annum for the period bills for arrears of salary, whewhich the bills may have to run; ther the same shall have been

advertised for payment or not; and, advertised for payment or not; and, generally, all authorized public

demands.

3d. The paymasters of the army are also authorized to transfer any demands which may be payable by them respectively to this loan, and to grant drafts for the amount in the usual manner on the military paymaster-general, which drafts shall be received by the several officers above-mentioned, in payment of subscriptions, on being tendered to them for that purpose.

4th. Subscriptions to the loan will be received at a discount of two per cent, that is, for every subscription of one hundred and two sicca rupees, a receipt will be granted, entitling the subscriber to a promissory note for one hundred sicca rupees, to be issued on the terms of the present loan.

5th. The treasury notes of this government, bearing an interest of ten per cent. per annum, and the public obligations of governinent generally which bear that rate of interest, will be received, until further notice, in subscription on this loan at par.

6th. The sicca rupee of Lucknow and Benares, will be received as equal to the Calcatta sicca rupee.

7th. A receipt will be granted for each subscription, bearing interest at the rate of ten per cent per annum from the date of such receipt, until the fifteenth of Febru+ G

ary

ary next, when the accounts of this loan will be made up.

8th. The interest which may be due on the nfteenth February next, on receipts granted for subscriptions to this loan, will be paid in cash at the general treasury at the presidency, or at the treasuries of the resident at Lucknow, or of the collectors of the ceded and conquered provinces, in cases where the subscriptions shall have been made at those treasuries respectively, and for the principal, a promissory note or notes will be granted, bearing date the fifteenth of February, 1807, and be numbered and registered in the order in which the receipts may be presented at the accountant-general's office.

9th. The principal of the pro'missory notes shall be payable, either in Bengal, under the rules established for the payment of the register debt now existing, or by bills to be drawn by the governorgeneral in council on the honourable the court of directors, at the exchange of two shillings and sixpence the sicca rupee, payable twelve months after sight, (which bills shall be granted at any time on the application of the proprietor of the notes, either when the principal shall have become payable in Ben'gal, or at any earlier period;) and any bills which may be so granted will, if the proprietor desire it, be forwarded by the deputy-accountant-general in the public packets to him, or his agent or assign according to the instructions which may be given for that purpose.

10th. The interest of the promissory notes shall be payable halfyearly, viz. on the 15th February and 15th August, from year to year, until the principal shall be discharged, and it shall be at the option of the proprietors of the notes to receive payment of such inte

rest either in cash at the general treasury at the presidency, or by bills to be drawn by the governorgeneral in council on the honorable the court of directors, at the exchange of two shillings and sixpence the sicca rupee, payable twelve months after sight; provided always in the latter case, that the interest for which bills may be so required, amount to the sum of fifty pounds sterling, at the least, and no bills will be granted for any smaller amount.

11th. For the accommodation of persons returning to Europe, the subscribers to this loan, their executors, administrators, or assigns, shall be entitled, on application to the governor-general in council, to have their promissory notes (provided they amount to the principal sum of sicca rupees 1,000) deposited in charge of the sub-treasurer for the time being at the risk, and under the security of the company. An acknowledgment will be granted by that officer for the promissory notes so deposited with him; and the interest accruing thereon will be remitted, as it shall become due, by bills on the terms above-mentioned, which bills will be forwarded by the deputy-accountant-general to the proprietor, his agent or assign, according to the instructions which may be given for that purpose.

12th. All applications to the governor-general in council, to have promissory notes deposited in the treasury, must be accompanied by the notes so to be deposited, and directions must be written in the following terms, on the face and across the lines of each note, and be attested by the signature of the proprietor, or his constituted attorney or attornies.

"The interest accruing halfyearly,

yearly on this promissory note, and the principal, as it shall become payable, according to the order established for the discharge of the register debt, are to be remitted (unless it shall be hereafter directed to the contrary) by bills to be, drawn on the honorable the court of directors, pursuant to the tenor of this promissory note, and the other conditions of this loan, published in the Calcutta gazette of the 10th July, 1806, payable to and be forwarded to

but this promissory note shall not be pledged, sold, or in any manner negotiated, or delivered up to any person whomsoever, nor are these directions with respect to the mode of payment of the interest or principal to be in any manner altered, except on application to the governor-general in council, to be made by myself, my executors, or administrators, or under the authority of a special power of attorney, specifying the number, date, and amount of this promissory note, to be executed by me or them, for that purpose."

13th. For the satisfaction of persons who may propose to return to Europe before the period prescribed for the final adjustment of the accounts of this loan, and who may be desirous of availing themselves of the accommodation offered them under the foregoing articles, the deputy-accountant-general will, on their part, write the declaration above prescribed on the promissory notes, provided he shall receive instructions for that purpose by an indorsement to be executed on the receipt or receipts, under the signature of the proprietor, or his constituted attorney or attornies. The deputy-accountant-general will also make the necessay application to the governor-general in council

for an order to the sub-treasurer to receive the promissory notes in deposit, and will forward the acknowledgment of that officer to the proprictor of the notes, or to his agent or assign, according to the instructions which may be furnished him for that purpose.

cease.

Fort William, Public Department,
July 25, 1806.

The public are hereby informed, that the sum expected to be appli cable to the redemption of the public debt by the commissioners of the sinking fund in the month of Aug. is sicca rupees 3,00,000. Of this sum sicca rupees, 48,000 will be applied to the discharge of the bonds and notes of the general register of 1792-3, from No. 4,736 to No. 4,750, both inclusive, on Monday, the 25th of August, on which date the interest will cease. The remainder will be applied by the commissioners in the purchase of the bonds and notes of this government, on tenders being made to them in the usual manner.

Published by order of the honourable the governor-general in council.

THOS. BROWN,
Chief Sec. to Govt.