Letter: Barackpore, to Henry Dundas, 1801 May 10.

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Letter: Barackpore, to Henry Dundas, 1801 May 10.

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ALS numbered Private no. 33, relating to the government of Ceylon. He states that the deficiency of her revenue was a heavy burden on the Company and should be supported by the Crown and in return the Crown should have the revenue from the cinnamon trade. With regard to her government, she would be better administered if she were annexed as a province to the government of Fort St. George.

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