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of coal mines in the districts of Bheerbhoom and Pachete to Mr. 

 Suetonius Grant Heatly. On the 11th August 1774, the Council of 

 Revenue received the following application and proposals : — 



To the Hon'ble WARREN HASTINGS, Esq. President, fyc. 



Hon'ble Sir and Sirs, — I have the honour to present to you, in 

 the name of Mr. Suetonius Grant Heatly and myself, " Proposals for 

 working coal mines and selling coal in Bengal," in consequence of our 

 having discovered certain coal mines in Pachete and Bheerbhoom, 

 and I assure you, Gentlemen, that in case you will be pleased to 

 grant us the indulgences we request, that we will endeavour to 

 prevent all disputes with the country people, and in general to render 

 the execution of what we undertake, subservient to every good pur- 

 pose the nature of the work will admit. I am, &c. 



Calcutta, John Sumner, 



August 1 1, 1774. For Sumner and Heatly. 



Proposals for Working Coal Mines and selling Coal in Bengal. 



That an exclusive right be granted to us for eighteen years of working 

 coal mines and selling coal in Bengal and its dependencies, so long 

 as we can engage to furnish as much pit-coal as ever the Government 

 may bespeak of us for their consumption at the market price of the 

 time, when wanted. 



That in case we discover any copper, lead, or any other mineral or 

 metal, except iron, in digging the six mines we have discovered, that is 

 to say, within the space included by the river Adji to the north, the 

 border of Burdwan to the east, the river Dummooda to the south, 

 and a circular line to the west, described from the town of Aytura in 

 Pachete, at the distance of ten miles from Aytura, between the one 

 river and the other, we may have the property of the same, and we 

 agree to pay a fifth part of their produce to the Honorable Company. 

 In case of our discovering iron ore, we will report it to the Board, 

 and wait their pleasure on the subject. 



That we will furnish the Honorable Company with ten thousand 

 maunds of pit-coal every year, for five years to come, (if we dig so 



