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thereby. That tho Tartar Snow was now dispatched to them with 151 hales
of cloth and 200 of long ells for their market which being landed they were
to dispatch her to Bussorah unless they should judge her detention absolutely
necessary for tho security of our Hon’blc Masters property. That as tho
Hon’blo Company had been found very full in their Commands of the 22nd
of March last respecting tho Goods of their Market, copy of which had boon
sent per Bombay grab. Wo directed them to pay duo attention thereto
and
enablo us as soon n3 possible to reply to such parts of them as required it aud
gent them also copy of some later Orders for thoir Notico.

CLVI.
Public Department Diary No. 40.
Bombay Castle, 21st July 1766,
Bushiro letter from
That from the Factors at Bushire was under date the 5th April &
acquainted us that Captain Baillio with the fleet under his command arrived
there the lOfcli March & proceeded for Bussorah the 13th but that they had
not fora long time before haany certain intelligence of tho Chaul), except
he had plundered all the villages both above & below tho town of
Mfthaoa and Karim pUSSOrah and it was apprehended ho would make an attempt on the town
itself. That Meer Mahana bad since his capture of Carraok remained very
quiet. Carem Caun had written the Shaik of Bushire, that he would soon
send a large force to his assistance, tho’ none were arrived and as the bad weather
was then drawing near, imagined none would come, especially as they learnt
he had sent a large force under command of his brother Sadoo Caun against
Nasser Caun at Lhor. They remarked that for want of proper sortments of
coarse cloth & Perpets their sales had been hut small, their balance of cash
then being Rupees 37,021-3-18. That they should on Mr. Jervis’s return
hither answer our Letter of tho 5th Januaiy last more fully, that gentleman
returned us thanks ior admitting him to a 6eat at our Board & proposed
taking his passage in tho Dadaloij tho. be imagined neither she nor any
other of our Hon’ble Masters oruizers could arrive here before setting in of
ye. rains.

CLVII.
The Court of Directors to the Agent and Council at Bussorah.
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3. In addition to wbat we have wrote to the Presidency concerning the
correspondence from Bushire to be constantly once a fortnight to the Agency
We now order that copies of all letters wrote from thence to the Presidency
be sent to the Agent and Couuoil at Bussorah by the very first conveyance
that offers.
4. We also direct that the Resident at Bushire is not to correspond with
Direct corr®. Carem Caun or any othor man that may be at the head of Affair in that
BPu"hln®^:netea country, on any matters that may regard obtaining new settlements or
our
•ndJwd10KL*D phirmaunds for the Company, without leave first obtained from you
authorities. agent and Council.