Secret Correspondence of the Court of the Peshua. 121 



Official, in the hand-writing of the Secretary Hari Pant : 



" 1 2th of August 1764. 



" Your letter of the 21st of July was duly received on the 10th of August, 



" stating, that you had received his Highness my uncle's orders to farm 



" the revenues of the districts for the next year, and that you are accord- 



" ingly doing so : that his Highness had gone to Tryambac : that two lacs 



" (£20,000) had been fixed for the artillery equipments ; and that when the 



" instalments payable next month are received, you will send me a kic 



" and a-half of rupees (£15,000). You observe, that money may be expected 



" immediately from the revenues remittable by Sindia and the Gaikwar. Out 



" of this, ' five lacs are required for the garrisons ; half of the balance has 



" « been allotted for his Highness (my uncle's) equipments ; and the other 



" • half is to be sent to the Carnatic' According to this statement, nothing 



" remains over ; but you say you will do all you can to meet my wants here. 



" Now that you have got the management of the revenue department, I 



" have no doubt you mil contrive to raise something more than usual on 



" account of government : of this I rest satisfied. By your account, the 



" expenses of the new artillery establishment, and of the troops raising by 



" my uncle, will be enormous. I should think so many guns quite unne- 



" cessary ; nor ought sucli a number of new troops to be raised. I have 



" written to him two or three times on this subject ; but I wish you to take 



" a favourable opportunity of impressing it on his mind. The enemy is 



" not to be defeated merely by a large park of artillery. My uncle has 



<' already twenty guns with him. If they are properly equipped in every 



" respect, they should be sufficient. Still, if his mind is set on having 



« more guns, he must be indulged. Last year, when I left Poona, the 



" sum of a lac and a-half of rupees was considered enough for my twenty 



« guns ; the estimates will be found in the arsenal. You had better carry 



" them to my uncle, and shew them to him. 



" One word for all. Do not allow the expenses there (Poona) to be too 

 «' large. I am always writing on this subject, and I beg of you constantly to 

 " remind my uncle of it. Our expenses here must necessarily be great. 



" The household troops have only received half their field allowances for 

 " last year, so that half is still due to them, independent of what is to 

 " be paid for this year. These are exclusive of payments to the artillery, 

 " and in compensation for horses killed in action. So, you see, the more 

 " money you can send here the better. I conclude, that the lac and a-half of 

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