Produced by Paul Murray, Susan Skinner and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by the Bibliotheque nationale de France (BnF/Gallica) at http://gallica.bnf.fr) THE WORKS OF THE RIGHT HONOURABLE EDMUND BURKE IN TWELVE VOLUMES VOLUME THE EIGHTH [Illustration: Burke Coat of Arms.] LONDON JOHN C. NIMMO 14, KING WILLIAM STREET, STRAND, W.C. MDCCCLXXXVII CONTENTS OF VOL. VIII. NINTH REPORT OF THE SELECT COMMITTEE OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS ON THE AFFAIRS OF INDIA. JUNE 25, 1783. OBSERVATIONS ON THE STATE OF THE COMPANY'S AFFAIRS IN INDIA 3 CONNECTION OF GREAT BRITAIN WITH INDIA 41 EFFECT OF THE REVENUE INVESTMENT ON THE COMPANY 56 INTERNAL TRADE OF BENGAL 75 SILK 83 RAW SILK 88 CLOTHS, OR PIECE-GOODS 99 OPIUM 116 SALT 142 SALTPETRE 170 BRITISH GOVERNMENT IN INDIA 173 ELEVENTH REPORT OF THE SELECT COMMITTEE OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS ON THE AFFAIRS OF INDIA. WITH EXTRACTS FROM THE APPENDIX. NOVEMBER 18, 1783 217 ARTICLES OF CHARGE OF HIGH CRIMES AND MISDEMEANORS AGAINST WARREN HASTINGS, ESQUIRE, LATE GOVERNOR-GENERAL OF BENGAL: PRESENTED TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS IN APRIL AND MAY, 1786.--ARTICLES I.-VI. I. ROHILLA WAR 307 II. SHAH ALLUM 319 III. BENARES PART I. RIGHTS AND TITLES OF THE RAJAH OF BENARES 327 PART II. DESIGNS OF MR. HASTINGS TO RUIN THE RAJAH OF BENARES 339 PART III. EXPULSION OF THE RAJAH OF BENARES 354 PART IV. SECOND REVOLUTION IN BENARES 380 PART V. THIRD REVOLUTION IN BENARES 386 IV. PRINCESSES OF OUDE 397 V. REVOLUTIONS IN FURRUCKABAD 467 VI. DESTRUCTION OF THE RAJAH OF SAHLONE 484 NINTH REPORT OF THE SELECT COMMITTEE OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS ON THE AFFAIRS OF INDIA. June 25, 1783. NINTH REPORT