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remains with you, llon’blo Sir, to judge bow far it is deserving of attention.
Whatevoryou may bo pleased to order respecting the Accommodation of this
Gentleman shall be done. I hope you will over oonsidor mo as the zealous
& faithful Servant of tho Sirkar; one who can never yet accuse himself, &
hopes he never will, of any Inattention to their Interests & Concerns ; & that,
as such, you will constantly honor him with tho Communication of your
supreme Command.
That my letter may not go empty handed, I beg leavo to offer you, as a
tribute of my unfeigned respect, 2 Baskets, containing 100 Pomegranates
without seed, which, worthless as they are to lay before your honor, I trust
to your Condescension & favor to accept. They go in Charge of the Nakhoda
of the Mansoory, who will have the honor of being introduced to you, & will
be conveyed to you by Aga Mohammed.

CCLXXVIII.

From the Governor,of Bombay Council to Captain John Malcolm.
Sib,
The »<irw»biiitj We now forwardjTranslates of the letters referred to in our Postscript
pbjaloUu*to Mukat yesterday's date and propose, if you shall deem it altogether consistent with
who could b«
turned into a the object of that part of your important Mission, to comply with the
Political Re«ideot. application in Kishendas's communication for a surgeon, who may proceed
with you on the Intrepid ; and be we trust converted into a useful political
Resideut at Musoat by possessing, and being able to exert such a share of looal
influence as shall be equal to prevent the Imaum from continuing his inter­
course with the Prench; and tc induce that Chieftain to abide more fully
and strictly by the tenor of his Oowlnama ; an object that may also admit of
being farther promoted during your negotiations at the Court of Persia; on
which, the Imaum is in several respects a Dependant; and from which
Mebedy Ali Khan has already suggested the expediency (as you will observe
in the series of his correspondence) of procuring the King Baba Khan's
injunctions*to the Imaum, carefully to abstain from all connection with the
European Enemies of Great Britain.
We now transmit the Copies of a letter this day received from the Resident
of Poona and of its enclosure and have the pleasure to remain—
8ib,
Tour most obedient Servants,

- JON* DUNCAN.

J. 8TUART.
JAa RIVETT.

WILLIAM PAGE.
Bombay Ca&tlje;
December J790,

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