Affairs of the East India Company: Appendix B No. 39

No. 39.-Letter from Thomas Lack Esq. to George Bankes Esq. dated at the Office of Committee of Privy Council for Trade, Whitehall, 12th'December 1828.

Sir,

I am directed by the Lords of the Committee of Privy Council for Trade to acquaint you, that in compliance with the Wish con veyed in your Letter of the 3d October, Search has been made among the Papers in this Office for Information as to the Prices of Tea in the United States, the Quantity imported and exported, and also as to the Trade of the United States with India and China, as well as that carried on to India from Holland, Sweden, Denmark and Norway; and I am directed to transmit to you the enclosed Statements, which contain all the Information on those Points which can be collected from any Papers in the Possession of this Office.

I am, Sir, &c. &c. &c.

(Signed) Thomas Lack.