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soe sunk and worne ye ground before ye 
factory gates that we had great cause to fear 
(being told soe also by all that saw it) the 
approaching rains would prejudice if not quite 
destroy ye building near that place wherefore 
for prevention thereof we concluded it most 
necessary to fill up ye low worne places with 
earth and bind ye same fronting the tank with 
brick work that it might continue and ite wos 
to resist ye violence of ye waters in ye rainy 
season and ye charges generall keeper, Charles 
a was sppointed to goe in hand with and 
oversee the and be as frugall herein 
as was possible. 
A terrible storm of haile fell which defaced 
and damaged the building exceedingly. 
coming with great importunity and peremptori- 
ness demanding that our vaqueels goe with 
them to their master, wherefore we sent them 
and he demanded an account of them of all 
silver and gold we had sold for 2 years past, 
coyned but what we have sold alsoe to ye 
mere 
Emperor’s order received to pay customes on 
d, 
nded, 
saying there were 24 mints in the Kingdom 
and only in two (Dacca and Rajmahal) were 
ded. 
” 
The Diwan was very angry at this. The 
Nawab gave secret wegen gt ty to the merchants 
to stop business and go out of the city sending a 
Vakil to ask ie the cafreasaanle dastak. 
} The King’s Diwan. 
