Cover sheet entitled 'Overland Dispatches - their deficiency of intelligence and great expense.' Marked "926". Dated Examiner's Office, East India House
Extract from Bengal Public Consultations, 28 August 1776 Captain David Scott, supercargo of the Alexander, complains that the government at Jedda is oppressing trade at the port. Calls for the redress of British merchants' grievances and considers the importance of Red Sea trade with Bengal.
Report entitled 'Speculations on the situation and resources of Egypt, 1773 to 1785'. Includes an analysis of French and English interests in Egypt. Marked 'Dundas papers' and 'No. 11'.
Covering letter from Richard Harris, Cairo, forwarding letter from Mocha to the Court of Directors. Dated Cairo, 24 December 1752. Received overland, 7 March 1753. Read in Court, 14 March 1753
Paper entitled 'Reflections concerning the communication by way of Suez'. Baldwin relates his efforts to open the Suez route since 1768 and his impatience with Ainslie's acquiescence to Turkish demands.Baldwin suggests forcible means to keep the route open. Copy testified by Richard Scott, Aleppo
Paper listing correspondence forwarded by Sir Stanier Porten, February 1779 to December 1779, and extracts from Company letters to Bengal, July 1777 to March 1778. Marked "D."