The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 11 (Of 12)
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And yet this young creature, settled in thesame country, and who was to pay 400, 000_l. _ a year, instead of250, 000_l. _, tribute to the Company, was authorized by Mr. Hastings tocollect and reserve to his own use 60, 000_l. _ out of the revenue. Thatis to say, he was to receive four times as much as was stated by Mr. Hastings, on Mr. Markham's evidence, to have been necessary to supporthim. Your Lordships tread upon corruption everywhere. Why was such a largerevenue given to the young Rajah t...o support his dignity, when, as theysay, Cheyt Sing did not spend above a lac and half in support ofhis, --though it is known he had great establishments to maintain, thathe had erected considerable buildings adorned with fine gardens, and, according to them, had made great preparations for war? We must at length imagine that they knew the country could bear theimpost imposed upon it. I ask, How did they know this? We have proved toyou, by a paper presented here by Mr. Markham, that the net amount ofthe collections was about 360, 000_l.
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