PART I.

OFFICIAL.

THE 4TH JANUARY 1798.

The following advertisements respecting the regulations prescribed by the Government of Bombay for the transmission of letters from that Presidency to Great Britain viâ Bussora, have been copied from the Bombay Courier of the 9th ultimo, for the information of our readers :

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Bombay Castle, 7th December 1797.

The Hon'ble the Governor in Council having resolved to establish a regular monthly communication with Great Britain vid Bussora, the public are hereby informed that private letters will be received for transmission at the Office of the Secretary to Government, under the following regulations:

First. That no letters shall exceed in length four inches, in breadth two inches, nor be sealed with wax.

Second. That all letters shall be sent to the Secretary to Government with a note specifying the writer, and with the writer's name signed under the address, to be countersigned by the Secretary, previous to deposit in the packet, as a warrant of permission.

Third. That postage shall be paid on delivery of the letter at the rate of ten rupees a single letter weighing one quarter of a rupee; for letters weighing half a rupee, fifteen rupees; and for those weighing one rupee, twenty rupees.

Fourth. Two mails will be transmitted by each despatch, one of which is intended to be despatched via Aleppo, the other via Bagdad. Letters in duplicate will be placed in each packet, or if single, at the discretion of the Secretary.

Fifth.-No packet or letters are to be received by the Commander of the packets, but through the prescribed channel, nor will any, except through the same channel, be forwarded by the Resident at Bussora.

Sixth. The mails will be despatched from Bombay the 1st day of every month, and the first despatch will be on the 1st January 1798. Published by order of the Hon'ble the Governor in Council,

THE 18TH JANUARY 1798.

New Police at Madras.

The Committee appointed for the superintendence of the Police, consisting of the following Gentlemen :

At the same time, the following regulations had passed to take effect from the 1st instant:

That the public market will be held at the place lately occupied by the Madras Battalion, at the south-west angle of the Black Town, and that the fish market will be on the sea side at the north-east angle of Fort St. George.

That the Dullavoy and Maistry palankeen-bearers for such gentlemen as may apply to them for that purpose at the Cutwal's Choultry in the Black Town.

That the regulations respecting palankeen-bearers, bullock hire, cart hire, &c., &c., are lodged at the Public Office in the Fort, where they may be seen on application to the Secretary.

That printed lists of the new rates of provisions may be had at the Public Office.

That if any cause of complaints should occur, the same is to be represented, in the first instance, to Mr. Totton, the Secretary to the Committee of Police at the Public Office in Fort St. George, who will, without loss of time, submit the same to the Committee for their consideration and decision.

CALCUTTA GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY, SATURDAY, 27TH JANUARY 1798.

Fort William, Public Department, the 26th January 1798.

Notice is hereby given that the Sub-Treasurer at the Presidency and the Collectors of the revenue in the several zillahs, have been authorized to receive, until further orders, any sums of money not less than Sicca Rupees five hundred, that may be tendered on loan to the

Honorable Company, on the terms of the advertisement published in the Gazette under date the 19th September 1796, of which the following

Public Department, Fort William, the 19th September 1796.

The public are hereby informed that the Sub-Treasurer at the Presidency, the Resident at Lucknow, and the Collectors of Benares, Shahabad, Moorshedabad, and Dacca, have been authorized to receive until further orders any sums of money, not less than Sicca Rupees five hundred, that may be tendered on loan to the Honorable Company, for a period of one or two years, at the option of the Governor General in Council, on which interest will be allowed at and after the rate of twelve per cent. per annum, and paid for the first year at the expiration of twelve months, whether the principal should be then paid or deferred until the expiration of the second year.

For the immediate satisfaction of those who may pay money into the Treasury at any of the places above mentioned, a receipt will be granted in the following form:

"I do acknowledge that A. B. has this day paid into the Honorable Company's Treasury the sum of Sicca Rupees for which he is entitled to receive from the Secretary to the Government a Promissory Note, payable at the expiration of one or two years from this date at the option of the Governor General in Council, with interest to be paid annually, at and after the rate of twelve per cent. per annum."

The following is the form of the Promissory Notes which will be issued by the Secretary to the Government in exchange for the abovementioned receipts:

No.

FORT WILLIAM,

Promissory Note for Sicca Rupees

The Governor General in Council does hereby promise for and in behalf of the Honorable United Company of Merchants of England trading to the East Indies, to pay at the Presidency of Fort William in Bengal, at the expiration of one or two years after the

at his option, unto A. B., Executors, Administrators or Assigns, or their order the sum of Sicca Rupees the Honorable Company's Treasury, from

or

received into together with

interest annually, at and after the rate of twelve per cent. per annum, from the

Examined

Registered as No.

Signed by order of the Governor General in Council,

Accountant General,

Secretary to the Government.

The Resident at Lucknow and Collector of Benares are authorized to receive the current money of those countries without any deduction for batta.

The public will receive Promissory Notes in exchange for the receipts to be granted in the first instance on application at the Office of the Accountant General.

Published by order of the Governor General in Council,

CALCUTTA GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY, SUNDAY, 18TH MARCH 1798.

Yesterday, the Honorable Lieutenant General Sir Alured Clark, K. B., took the oaths and his seat at the Council Board, as Acting Governor General: a salute of 19 guns from the Ramparts of Fort William and three vollies of small arms by the troops in garrison were fired on the occasion.

Sir Alured Clark will have a Levee at his house at Chowringhee every Wednesday morning at 9 o'clock, until further notice.

THE 12TH APRIL 1798.

Fort William, Public Department, 3rd April 1798.

The Acting Governor General in Council having adverted to the great depreciation of the public securities which has invariably followed any extraordinary demand on the resources of Bengal, and deeming it of essential importance to the interests both of the public and individuals, that such measures should be taken for upholding the value of these securities in future as can be adopted consistently with the existing engagements of Government to their creditors to appropriate the surplus resources

of this Presidency, whenever there may be any such surplus, to the discharge of the register debt according to priority of date, he has passed the following resolutions :

1st.-A fund shall be established in Bengal for the redemption of the existing and future debts of the Company in India to be provided by bills to be drawn upon the Honorable Court of Directors quarterly, and to consist of no less a proportion of the principal of the debts for the time being than two per cent. per annum, to be applied invariably towards the redemption of the debt of this Presidency, together with the interest that may from time to time accrue upon all securities that may be so redeemed, as soon as may be conveniently practicable after it shall have been received, and the General Treasury shall be opened accordingly for the receipt of cash for each quarterly appropriation, for which bills upon the Honorable Court of Directors will be prepared by the Deputy Accountant General, as usual, in any sum that may be required.

2nd. The monies that may be so received by the Sub-Treasurer shall be placed to an account to be raised in the Cash Account of the General Treasury, and upon the general books of this Presidency under the head of "The account of the Commissioners appointed by the Governor General in Council for applying certain sums of money annually in Bengal, towards the reduction of the debts of the Company in India," and all other monies that may be received for interest and for the principal of the securities that may have been bought up, when they shall come in course of payment according to the prescribed order, shall be placed to the said account and applied, in like manner, by the Commissioners towards the redemption of the debt.

3rd. The Commissioners shall apply all monies that may be so placed to their account, to the purchase of Government securities, whether the same may be at above or below par, as may appear to them most advisable at the time being, adverting to their respective rates of interest and current price.

4th. The Commissioners shall lay out the whole of the monies, to be disposed of by them, in as equal weekly portions as may be conveniently practicable, and shall have two fixed days in each week for determining upon the offers that may be made to them by individuals of Government securities for sale; but they shall be empowered to determine in circulation any proposal that may be made to them in the intermediate days.

5th.-The Commissioners shall accept of the lowest tender, and in case of their receiving more than one tender upon the same terms, they shall accept as equal a proportion of each of such tenders as may be practicable with convenience to the parties.