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him the sum of Rupees 25,000, takino^ substantial Letter from 



^ ^ Bombay, 



security for the repayment of the same. 21 Die. 1830. 



7. We shall not fail to report the success, or 

 otherwise, which may attend this man's specula- 

 tion, and we trust that the encouragement and 

 pecuniary assistance which we have afforded him 

 will meet with the approbation of your Honourable 

 Court. 



No. 72. 



Letter fro?7i the Assistant- Seaxtary to the India 

 Board to the Secretary to the Court of Directo?^s, 

 dated the 30th December 1830. 



Sir: 



I am directed by the Commissioners for the Letter from 



India Board, 



Affairs of India to transmit to you, for the pur- so Dec. isso. 

 pose of being laid before the Court of Directors of 

 the East-India Company, an extract from a letter 

 which has been received by the President of this 

 Board from Mr. Cobet of the Hague, respecting 

 a machine which he has had constructed for the 

 purpose of cleaning cotton from its seeds and 

 other impurities. 



I am, Sir, 



Your most obedient and humble servant, 

 (Signed) B. S. Jones. 



Peter Auber, Esq. 



