Letter from Charles Pasley, Acting for Brigadier General John Malcolm at the Camp at Mohumrah, to Lieutenant William Bruce, Acting Resident at Bushire [2r] (3/6)

[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.