The Suggested Policy for the British Provinces of Bengal in British India.[]
I Lt. General Richard Venables of the East India Company of Great Britain and Ireland, Write this Document to the Board of East India Company Directors and the British Prime Minister Lord Johnathan Goldtimbers to be Approved By His Majesty King George The Second of Great Britain. Due to the Recent Turmoil in India and The Uprising in Mahjarga, I have come up with this policy to protect the interest of the British Crown in British India.
All Export and Trade from India, including tea, coffee, and sugar shall have a 15% taxation of the items in question. this will be to support the British economy and shall go toward benefiting the British Colony of Bengal. I also recommend due to the recent uprisings and the constant threat of native bandits, that 20 new outposts be built on the borders of the Bengal province and the larger towns which house British citizens. I also recommend that a British official be sent to represent the interests of Britain in the native rulers' councils. I also recommend that the British army enforce a new regulation decreeing that native sepoys be taken into the British Army as has been done with EITC armies, we now have thirty-two sepoy regiments in total. I also recommend most strongly that a stronger navel presence be sent to the Indian Ocean as Malay pirates are becoming more of a threat on British shipping and trade. I also recommend a new British convict settlement in the province of Bengal to maintain and Work the large plantations of the East India Co. I recommend that British civilians that come out to India, between the age of 16 and 33, be made to do a least three years of service in the Company's army. I also recommend that a council of EITC officers and officials be placed in the EITC offices in Calcutta to help run the British interests in India.
This is what I propose as the new British policy in Bengal and Calcutta, as the EITC Lieutenant General in Bengal.
Sincerly
~Lieutenant General Richard Venables~