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much,) at the price of two Arcot rupees, and three quarters per maund, 

 (of 80 Sicca weight to the seer,) and after the expiration of five years ; 

 and we will annually, at the market price of the time of sale, furnish 

 the like quantity, and we desire liberty to sell in Bengal, or export 

 whatever quantity the Honorable Company may not bespeak of us. 



That some uncultivated lands contiguous to the mines we work may 

 be granted us, both because coal mines are known to vary and spread 

 different ways, when the vein is sometimes lost and found again at a 

 distance; and because we may be able to entice the labourers in future 

 to settle on the spot, and if to this indulgence be added some contigu- 

 ous cultivated lands, to the amount of about six thousand rupees rent, 

 to be let out to us from the cutcherry of the Burdwan division, we 

 hope it will prevent our workmen from committing trespasses or any 

 encroachments under any pretence on other revenue lands, as they may, 

 within our own circuit, be then furnished with provisions and necessa- 

 ries by having a market to go to. 



That the Government will be pleased to allow us to employ Euro- 

 peans in the work we are about to undertake, on our engaging to be 

 security for their good behaviour up the country. 



That if the above six mines fail, or do not turn out of a quality for 

 the Company's works, we may be allowed on the above terms to dig 

 any other mines that we may discover on our pointing them out to the 

 Government. But we do not desire to have a property in any metals 

 or minerals we may discover, except in such parts of Pachete and 

 Bheerbhoom, as are within the limits of the Adji and Dummooda, &c. 

 as above described. 



John Sumner, 



Calcutta, For Sumner and Heatly. 



Uth August, 1774. 



On the perusal of these it was resolved, 



That the Board approve of the proposals, excepting the latter part 

 of the 4th article, respecting the farm of cultivated lands in the neigh- 

 bourhood of the mines, which they are of opinion may be allowed as a 

 present indulgence to the proposers ; but to be resumed whenever 



