10 Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. 
Goods found 
to come out 
cheaper here 
then at Dac- 
The whole 
Investment 
8) Ss 
and Mull- 
mulls to be 
made here. 
jacencies. 
The Invest- 
ment of 
Hummums 
and Adaties 
to be made 
at Seerpore. 
Bobboo Ray 
to remaine 
Maulda Va- 
ueell, 
[N.S., XIV, 
ajacenies of this place nearer then which few or 
none are made about Dacca and haveing good 
grounds to judge that those goods must come 
much cheaper here then there where such con- 
stant imposts are layd on the brokers picars and 
weavers not practised here as alsoe hopeing in 
time as at Cassambuzar wee now d i 
sible ever to be done " 
Nabobs &ca. great peons constant residence there 
who will always take the brokers parts by whome 
they receive proffit wee say hopeing in time to be 
able to put by the broakers and to come to deale 
Imediately with the weavers ourselves which will 
be very advantagious to our Masters trade in these 
parts wee resolved and thought fitt to make the 
whole Investment of Cossaes and Mullmulls in 
this Factory haveing in our ey the order left here- 
in by consultation when the Agent and Councell 
were here whereby it was agreed that noe cloth 
should be made at Dacca which could be procured 
elsewhere. . 
Mr. Fyrcue Nepuam therefore who is made 
Cheife of this Factory is ordered as soone as he 
&ca. have given out an Imprest on the above 
specyfied goods that he with one more of Councell 
proceed to Shabazpore and its adjacenties (which 
ley about a day and a halfes Journy from this 
place) and there give out an Imprest on Cossaes 
and Mullmulls such as the Company require use- 
ing all caution therein that noe damage accrue to 
our Masters thereby either by bad debts or other- 
wise to the manufacture the Cheife himselfe might 
have gone but that dayly news comes of fresh 
troubles given us in Hugly by Alle Nucky on Ac- 
count the 15,000: rupees of Hodge Mahmut the 
princes Duan formerly forced on him at Dacca 
and from him againe the latter end of the last 
veare. 
of that part of the Country. y our 
Vaqueell who being a Jentue is found not soe fitt 
for that employment in Hugly the Government 
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