The whole revenue of the Carnatic yielded no more, in May, 1782, than four hundred and eighty thousand pounds: nearly the very precise sum which your minister, who is so careful of the public security, has carried from all descriptions of establishment to form a fund for the private emolument of his creatures.
Burke reveals the actual revenue of the Carnatic, highlighting the discrepancy between expectations and reality.
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