[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Dark Ages](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages) › [Travellers (1500–1858)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel) › [Les six voyages de Jean-Baptiste Tavernier](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.tavernier) › [Travels in India (Ball)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.tavernier~en-ball) › 85.3.1 # Travels in India (Tavernier) 85.3.1 Travels in India (Ball) 85.3.1 - **Language:** English ### [85.3.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.tavernier~en-ball.85.3.1) These people are able, moreover, to make use of still another artifice. If the merchant is a friend of the Commander he settles with him, and pretending to have bought the bales of merchandise from the Company, which is free from all custom, he is released by paying the 2 per cent, the same as all those who have bought goods from the Company. The following is the remedy which can be brought to bear on this irregularity. It is necessary to establish in the principal factory a fiscal counsellor to act in the name of the King and by his authority. He should be independent of the General of the Company, in order that he may have the right to keep an eye upon his actions as upon those of the least of the officers. A man of position is required for this post, who will be resolute and watchful, and who has under him a representative at each factory. Each of these representatives, in the exercise of his duties, should observe what is indicated in the following articles:— As soon as he sees a vessel belonging to the Company in the offing, he should go at once, or sometimes, according to the season, he should await till it has cast anchor. Then the captain of the vessel should deliver no letter to any other person, but should place all in the hands of the representative, who will deliver those of the Company to the Commander. - [Previous: 85.2.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.tavernier~en-ball.85.2.7) - [Next: 85.3.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.tavernier~en-ball.85.3.2) - [Up: 85.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.tavernier~en-ball.85.3) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.tavernier~en-ball.85.3.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.tavernier~en-ball.85.3.1) · Pramāṇa