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working the mines of coal, or of any mineral or metal, iron excepted, with- 

 in certain districts of Beerbhoom and Pachete : — 



III. That we enjoy the immediate protection of your Hon'ble Board, 

 and be in no manner subject to the direction or control of the Bard wan 

 Council, or of any of the Company's servants resident in the provinces 

 within the above-mentioned limits, because should the Hon'ble Company 

 ever be pleased to allow their officers of revenue the benefit of trade — it is 

 obvious how much our works would interfere with their interest ; and in 

 case of disputes happening between the Zemindars or Farmers, and our 

 Agents, they would sit as judges partly in their own cause. But that 

 should any disputes arise, they may be determined by arbitration, or if 

 becoming of a serious nature, by Commissioners sent from the Presidency 

 — we obliging ourselves to abide by the decision of your Hon'ble Board on 

 their report, and if found in the wrong, to pay the expense of such inquiry : — 



IV. That we be permitted to employ Europeans in our works ; we giving 

 security, if required, for the good behaviour of those employed in the execu- 

 tion of that part of our plan which is of a private nature, but that such as 

 may be required on account of the Hon'ble Company's work be on the 

 same footing as the artificers of their contractors, who enjoy the greatest 

 privileges : — 



V. That we be allowed to take into partnership any person or persons 

 whom we may at any time judge necessary to assist us in conducting our 

 designs : — 



VI. That on our part, we engage to erect furnaces and all other neces- 

 sary works, and to keep workmen in constant readiness at our own 

 expense, and that on application being made to us for any number of shot 

 and shells, we oblige ourselves to begin the casting of them immediately, and 

 to employ our furnaces for that purpose only, until such number be com- 

 pleted ; and to deliver them at Fort William at four-fifths the price which 

 the Hon'ble Company's shot and shells now stand them when landed at the 

 same place : — 



VII. That after the expiration of two years from the time of opening 

 the lead mine, we allow the Company one-twentieth part of the profits 

 which may accrue to us by the working of it, to be estimated by the pro- 

 fits of the two first years : — 



VIII. That as the exemption from duty of our bar iron may be prejudi- 

 cial to the interest of the persons who farm the Loha mahals in Beerbhoom, 

 we engage to take their farms on the terms and conditions by which they 

 are at present held. 



We have now, Gentlemen, done ourselves the honour to lay our design 

 before you : happy shall we be if it meet with your approbation, as we then 



