VOL 11 LETTERS INWARD AND OUTWARD

[1] R 15 1 11 [2] Book No 11 [3] (A) For the year [4] 1808 to 1811 [5] (B) For the year [6] 1810 [7] For the year 1810-1811 [8] NOT TO BE ISSUED [9] REFER READER TO [10] 10R NEG 5059

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[1] Bushire 15th. December 1808. [2] To ; [3] Lieutenant William Bruce [4] acting Resident at [5] Bushire [6] Sir, [7] I have the honor to acknowledge [8] receipt of your Letter of the 25th- Novermber per Fury [9] I have requested Sir Harford [10] Jones to order all such articles as her may be pleased to re = [11] =ject from those forwarded to him per Benares to be deli= [12] =vered over to you on the public account , and I beg that [13] you will on receipt of the Said articles forward me a par= [14] = ticular account of them for my information and await my [15] farther instructions concerning the manner in which they [16] shall hereafter be disposed of with the least possible loss [17] to the Honble Company. [18] I have received by the Fury 9.970 [19] Eyn Piasters, the remaining 30 to complete the sum of 10,000 [20] appear to have been lost in consequence of the bursting of [21] some of the Bags. [22] I beg you will take an early op= [23] =portunity of sending us a farther supply as we are great [24] =ly in want of Cash of present, and I wish if possible [25] to avoid drawing any more Bills on the Governments [26] in India, as the Exchange at Bussora appears to be [27] unfavorable. [28] I have the honor to be, [29] Sir, [30] Your most Obedt. H. Servt. [31] Charles Pasley [32] actg. for B.G. Malcolm. [33] Camp at [34] Mohumra [35] on the Hafar [36] 11th. December 1808. [37] Bushire 30th. December 1808. [38] To, [39] Lieut. Wm. Bruce [40] Acting Resident [41] Sir, Bushire

[1] Having lately entered upon a gen [2] review of all Jaafer Ali khan's accounts, I have no [3] request that you will on communications with the Khan a [4] =ford us some further informations, which appears necessary [5] before we can properly understand their actual state at the [6] present moment, and previously to the final terminations [7] of all changes in our Books on account of expences in= [8] =curred by him, which of course takes place from the date [9] of Sir Harford Jones's arrival at Bushire. [10] For this purpose I have the honor [11] to enclose you a statement of all payments made to [12] Jaafer Ali Khan till the period of my departure from [13] Bushire. They amount to the sum of Riage Piasters [14] 13546.3.14 concerning which we are in possessions of all [15] necessary information, with the exceptions of three Bills no= [16] = ted at the bottom, and amounting to the Sum of Raige Piaa [17] = ters 1587.2.11 of the particulars of which expenditure we [18] cannot find any detailed accounts. I request you will [19] address Jaafer Ali Khan on this subject and receive from him [20] the requisite explanations. [21] By your account of Disburse= [22] =ments on account of this missions dates 30th. September, it [23] appears that you have paid Jaafer Ali Khan's Bills on [24] you to the amount of 8382.3 Raige Piasters. But this in [25] no way tallies with the two accounts forwarded to me in [26] your former official Dispatch from Jaafer Ali khan [27] himself. As you may not have retained copies of these [28] accounts, I beg leave to enclose them. [29] N° 2 amounts to Ein Ps. 3055 [30] N° 3 D° D°- 3550 [31] Ein 6605 [32] To which must be added the Amount [33] of Jaafers Bill on you for 600 Meyjars [34] which he in an irregular manner [35] affords you credit for in the body [36] of his last account N°3- 3720 [37] Total Ein Ps. 10325 [38] As this last account N°-3 is very loose [39] =ly draws up. and the particulars of the greater part of the [40] large Disbursements therein noticed are not given at all, [41] I am inclined to think that a great part of the Dis= [42] bursements forming N° 2 are again included in it ; but [43] I cannot be certain how the matter stands without fur= [44] =ther detailed information. [45] N° 1 [46] N°2 & 3

[1] It is useless therefore to waste time [2] in endeavouring to discover the real meaning of these ac = [3] =counts without a reference to Jaafer Ali himself and I [4] request that you will apply to him for the requisite infor [5] = mation and especially for the particulars of the disburse= [6] = ment of 2580 and 3720 Ein Piasters amounting to 6300 [7] which he notices in N°-3 as being expended " to save him [8] from Danger " & a such information as I possess on this [9] subject is to be found only in the vague mention which [10] he makes of different presents in the course of his cor= [11] =respondence. But as in some instances, he has repeated [12] the same thing twice or thrice over and in others has not [13] clearly expressed himself I find it impossible to collect [14] from these documents such lights as appear conclusive [15] and satisfactory [16] Jaafer ali khan has by our ac= [17] =counts received the Salaries for himself and the agent [18] at Teheraun up to the 1st. of August ; and a farther [19] change has been made in Jaafer Ali's Accounts for the Salary [20] of the latter Agent for August and September I beg you will there [21] =fore after receiving the necessary explanations from Jaafer Ali [22] concerning the Accounts pay up the Salary of both to the end [23] of October ; from which period all disbursements of that na= [24] =ture will ofcourse be defrayed by His Majesty's Envoy. [25] To conclude I must request [26] that you will be good enough to procure for us the requi= [27] =site explanations and to make the proposed settlement [28] with Jaafer Ali Khan as soon as you conveniently can ; be= [29] =cause in the present state of these accounts we cannot in [30] any way bring them to a conclusive settlement and the [31] whole of these disbursements must remain for the present [32] charged under the head of Advances to Jaafer Ali Khan. [33] I have the honor to be, [34] Sir, [35] Your most Obedient, [36] humble Servant; [37] Charles Pasley [38] actg. for B.G. Malcolm [39] Camp at [40] Mohumrah [41] 22nd. Decembr. 1814.