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Alex. Douglas to tho Presidency.
Hon’dlb Sir and Sirs,
Your Commands by the Prince of Wales and Drake I received the 26th Withdrawal of th«
ultimo and shall now prooecd to advise your Honour, eto., of all transactions Gombroon?"
since that time.
Tho small packet for tho Hon’hle the Court of Directors I despatched per
Boat express to Bussorah & the other was enclosed to the provisional Agent
& Co. per Swallow.
The Hon’ble Company’s woolon goods remaining at Gombroon at the
time of the abovementioned vessel’s arrival was 326 Bales and cases which have
been all loaded on board a Tranky and consigned to Bussora and amounts to
Shaliees one million three hundred and seventy four thousand five hundred and
thirty, two and one Goz as per Invoice entered in the journal, pm 42.
I called on Captains Lindsey and Nesbit to know the quantity of bales
eaoh cou’d receive on board the vessels they commanded. The former informed
me he could receive none and the other mentioned he could take no more than
four hundred and as thero was between eight and nine hundred to bo sent to
Bussorah in obedience to your orders freighted two Trankeys to carry the
remainder and the accompanying account how the number of packages
delivered by the Commander agrees with your accouuts.
Having in cash a parcel of Mamoodies which we had beon obliged to
receive from people in power and knowing they would not pass current in
India, I thought it most for the interest of my Hon’ble Masters to send them
to Bussorah and accordingly consigned them to the Provisional Agent and
Counoil per Swallow and amounts to Shasheos forty five thousand and five
hundred as per Invoice entered in the Journal p‘ 43.
Not being able to sell the Hon’ble Company’s Trankys I sent one of them
per Drake Ketch and gave Mr. Jervis directions to dispose of her at any port
he might touch at and account with the Provisional Agent and Council for
the produce, tho other I have directed Captain Court to take under his convoy
in hopes of being able to sell her at Muscat where I learn he will call for
water.
The two- Trankys loaded with the Hon’ble Company’s goods I dispatched
the 16th for Bussorah under convoy of the Drake and gave Captain Lindsey
peremptory orders not to part Company with them till his arrival at the afore­
said port. The Swallow I dispatched the 18th and to this time have no
advices of the Tartar Snow.
As your Honour, etc., mentioned your designs of sending the Prince of
Wales to England I judged it prudent to make as much expedition as possible
and therefore dispatch her to you having loaded on her in cash to the amount
of Shahees one million three hundred sixty one thousand one hundred sixty
one nine Goz and a quarter as per Invoice and Bill of Lading enclosed. Such
stores as was sent on board her from the Factory the account is enclosed and
for whioh the Presidency is debted as well as for what on board the Drake aB
per journal p‘ 47 & 49.
The present Nayeb or Deputy Governor declaring publicly he would
impede to tho utmost of his power several under our protection from leaving
he place likewise hinting we should not remove ourselves and positively