Indian Antiquary Vol 62

Author(s): Richard Carnac Temple, Charles E A W Oldham, S Krishnaswami Aiyangar, Devadatta Ramkrishna Bhandarka
Publisher: Swati Publications

Page 381

MARCH, 1933 )
THE SCATTERGOODS AND THE EAST INDIA COMPANY
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* It is no small surprize to us to hear so inclifferent an account of the trade in India, Persia, Alucho, Judda, Surratt and Canton, but hope you write worse of it than it really deserves, and that you design only by it to surprize your owners with large returns that they may the more admiro your industry and willigence.
As to what you mention about the ship's coming home, we think it highly improper to move any Such thing here, it being at present impossible to obtain it. This would revive the clamour made
minst your going out, which is not yet ceas'd; nor is it in the power of any private person to give yol orciers for the remitting his share, es tis a joynt stock, neither is it in your power to follow such
pelers: but for this we referr you to their generall letter."
The Rev. James Wendey also wrote privately to Scattergood advising him not to press for his retun, for the clamour made against you is not yet ceas'd, and in clearing our arrack and getting out the beer in your name, we met with some little wipes (jeering remarks, rebuffs), they stiling you our famous separate-stock supra cargoes abroad."
There remains one more letter to note for the year 1719. It was dated from Cape Rachado, Malacca, and written to Scattergood and Harris by Captain Stephen Woodhouse of the Triplicane brigantine, whose action with regard to trade in tin had caused Scattergood
o many misgivings when at Malacca a few months previously (see p. 189). Woodhouse, however, has nothing to say about tin and only remarks:
"I am sadly disappointed concerning caines, which I had contracted for at Slangore (Selangore) and Linzey [Linggi), which now cant comply with, for which reason will make but a very ordinary voyage."
Having cleared off his correspondence with the departure of the Sunderland and Ostend ships for Europe, Scattergood must have busied himself in setting up the affairs of the Bonita and his own private trade before sailing for Madras about the end of February 1720; hut there is no record of his activities until after his arrival at Fort St. George, and whether he provided the goods listed in the document given below, and probably furnished by Još de Maitos, loes not appear. The arrival of the Bonita is chronicled in the Fort St. George Diary of 31 March 1720: "Ship Bonita, Captain John Harry from China." If, as is proballe, the ship touched at Malacca, any goods designed for Achim would have been landed for transmission to that place.
109) List of merchandize which Mr. Jolul Seattergood is in bring to ship to the port of Achein, us opportunity offers, the prices being settled according as specified below, at which they have been sold this year, 1719, in the port of Achein,(?) ciz.
Pardaos(?) Largo plates called linpun, sell per 1000 and le may bring to the amount
of 13000 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 90 Persolamns, (3) large, called lampon, big, thick, white, slould bring 1000
only, and they are rated per 1000 @ .. .. .. .. .. Do. do do. small, thick, bring 0000, worth per 1000 .. Thick plates, painted in blue fulas, (+) called panvypun, may bring 5000 and
are worth per 1000 .. .. .. Onlinary persolanas in the same blue paint, called tanque, may bring
5000 and are worth per 1000 Do. do. do. for eating rice, called the same, may bring 20,000
and are worth per 1000 .. .. .. .. .. Ordinary plates to eat rice of divers colours and pattern, called chechun.
punha, may bring 2000 and are worth per 1000 .. .. .. .. Big ordinary plates to eat rice of the same kind, called lanchun; if the
colouring is fast and the best, may bring as many as 3000, worth per 1000
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