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LXVIII.
Public Department, Diary No. 20 of 1768, pages 4-53—457.
Bombay Castle, 21st December 1753.
Per tlio Bose Galley reoed. a letter from the Agent and Council at
Gombroon acquainting us that they transmitted their last advices to us Per Gombroon, letter
Salisbury and took the opportunity P. the Bose Galley of forwarding their g2“‘and trade in
General Books Stewards aocounts and Diary ending the 31st July last, that
they having already acquainted us with their reasons for detaining the
Guardian. They thought it needless to trouble us any further on that head
than to assure us no consideration should induce them to keep her a day
longer than -appeared for the Hon’bio Company’s interest. That in their
Address of the 22nd June they requested we would take the first opportunity
of completing Mr. Wood’s Indent for Perpets and at the same time acknowledged
the receipt of 600 pieces of them P. Bose but the demand for that article being
greatly increased they had inclosed an indent for 2,000 pieces more as they
would be a great help to them in disposing of the large quantity of cloth remain­
ing in warehouse which the merchants would not purchase without an unusual
proportion of Perpets and the supply reced. per Salisbury would not be suffi­
cient. That under the 14th of June last Mr. Ellis indented to them for 1,000
Pieces of perpets but being unable to comply with his request beg’d we would
be pleased to do it. That they had heard. nothing from their Linguist at
Garmenia since 31st July when he acquainted them that the Dutch Vackeel
(having orders to Engross all the Carmenia wool) had raised the price to above
80 Rs. maund, which with loss in weight clearing and other incident charge
must turn out at least Rs. 11. Therefore he desired them to direct him how to
act in regard to the investment not chusing to proceed on such extravagant
terms without our previous consent whereupon they took that affair into con­
sideration and after perusing the Hon*ble Company’s and our orders to them
concerning it which lay them undergo limitation as to price they determined
to continue purchasing till our pleasure was known and gave the Linguist
orders accordingly. That not doubting than an invoice of the Wool consigned
us P Salisbury would have been transmitted them from Carmenia long before
that time they promised to send it us P the next Conveyance but the Linguist
having been so negligent as to omit inclo3iog one In the above letter and as
they had then reoeived no answer to their repeated orders they remained under
a necessity of deferring it to another opportunity. That Nasseir Caun still
continued in the Government of the Hot Countries, tho* not without much GownmJntof the
Difficulty as he was in a manner surrounded with enemies both Arabs and (p^j°untrie*
Persians with whom he is obliged to have frequent skirmishes and in order
to deter others from revolting and those that fell into his hands with the
greatest severity. That it was a considerable time since they had any certain
Acoounts of the state of affairs up Country but ’twas generally believed that
Ahmat Shaw Affgoon would at last reduce the kingdom to Obedienoe and
settle the Government as it was before the time of Nadir 8haw, Sharrook
Shaw (as they advised them a long time since) was killed at Mushat by Jaffer
Caun; Shaw Sultan Hossain who it was thought would have been placed on
the Throne by the Turks remained with a great number of soldiers in Ader
Cajune but as then had done nothing extraordinary unless the report was
true of his having defeated Carean Careem Caun’s brother who advanced
against him from Spahaun with a powerful Army iu the month of June last