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were advised that Solyman Bassliau had got possession of Bagdat for which he
had received Phirinauuds from Court.
Read the advices from the Agent and Council at Gombroon to Chief and
Factors at Surat received the 21st Instant as abstracted in the Diary under *ad *Mton, re&d.
that Date.
Directed that the Chiofs and Factors at 8ural be advised to answer said To wtioh th«y ar«
Letter if a Conveyance offers for Gombroon, by acquainting the Agent and antnU-r iUJ a
C-uncil, that Mahomet Beg had all the assistance that could be given him
expooled from them in a Kingdom where they have no other authority
cr power than the maintaining the EU. Company’s privileges, and that by the
first opportunity we shall fully reply thereto.

LVIII.
PUBLIC DEPARTMENT DIARY No. 2a—1750.
Reperused the advices from the Agent and Council at Gombroon dated Gomhrooo, Advb«
the 9tU October, 10th November and 8th December last, whioh being now taken
into consideration the Board came to the following resolutions thereon. Resolutions thereon.
The Hr Company having been pleased to order a provision of fifty
thousand pounds weight of Carmenia Wool, as much of it red as may be
procurable, and as cheep as possible, without any limitation as to price whioh
we noticed to the Agent and Council per Boscaiven notwithstanding they seem Gombroon Agent A
to be in some doubt concerning the purchase of this article, it is therefore th°?pJr'rTw!!/0'
Carmen in Wool
directed that the same be again repeated to them in our next advices. again repi-atni to
In regard to the Agent and Councils desiring to know the produce in our them.
Mint of the different species of money from Persia it is observed that they
surely cannot be ignorant that in all Mints regard is only had to weight and
fines. However it is agreed that we send them by the next conveyance a List Gombroon, a Liat of
of sundry Gold and Silver coins as they produce in our Mint, and that they be
advised that Gold in comparison with Silver, rises and falls, but that they may our^iint. to bo wnt
in general receive it as paid List, when it will answer as well as Silver.
There being a vacancy at our Board and Mr. Danvers Graves the next in Graves Danvers,
standing it is agreed that he be admitted thereto, and that the Agent and Council
be directed to send him hither by the first conveyance for that purpose. And tu^tiJcmncil
if the circumstances of their affairs at Spahaun absolutely requires a Covenant and
Servant to continue there some time longer, Mr. Dalrimple must be appointed reHevTLm at * °
to relieve Mr. Graves till such time as he can be recalled, for we would have no SSrSiJiVwJjoiw
Covenant Servant reside there any longer than the necessity of those ill con-il*
ducted affairs may unavoidably require.
The Agent and Counoil write us that they had paid Mr, John Hope thirty Gombroon—th«
Rupees for his passage as was usual for a writer, but as he was one of their Go?J
Council he ought to have received the oustomary allowance of fifty Rupees; £®"“unb8t,re®n
for altho* we disapproved of their paying Lieutenant Leviok, a Military lh« to b«
Officer, more than thirty Rupees, yet it was strangely straining the point in uaoU footing id
them to understand it as relating to the Covenant Servi' in general, whose&Kr%bS5K
allowances in such cases art to continue on the usual footing, they must there- K^go^u^im
fore be advised that the sum of fifty Rupees has been made good to Mr. Hop