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G. N. Dutt — Hiatory of the Hatwa R<fj\ 
[No. 2, 
ceedings tliereon. The enclosed copy of a letter from Lieutenant 
Harding, who was ordered to co-operate with Fouzdar of Gorackpur in 
the Vizier’s dominions for seizing Futty Shaw, the rebellious Zamindar 
of Hosseypur, will evince to you the little regard that has hitherto 
been paid to the Nabob’s orders on that subject; and we cannot 
avoid observing on this occasion, that it is so much the interest 
of the officers employed by His Excellency in that part of the country 
to let this man remain in the state he is, that we can never expect any 
effectual assistance from them. Futty Shaw holds the zamindary of Perg. 
Jugginee in Sircar Gorackpur adjoining to the district of Hosseypur, 
and from the collusion which has always prevailed between him and 
the different Aumils of the Nabab in that country, we have reason to 
believe that the Nabab himself is defrauded of his just revenue at the 
same time that Futty Shaw secures to himself a retreat and keeps himself 
the whole District of Hosseypur in a continual alarm. The Zamin- 
daries of Perg. Jugginee and Hosseypur were some years ago held under 
the same Collector, and the Nabab’s officers received their revenue from 
the Aumil of Hosseypur, till the former found it more to their own private 
advantage to separate them. Should this expedient be again adopted, it 
would, we apprehend, be more likely than any other to effect the pur¬ 
pose of securing the person of Futty Shaw by destroying his influence in 
the only place where he now finds protection. 
The present farmer of Hosseypur, we understand, would readily en¬ 
gage, and give security for the regular payment of the rents of that part 
of Futty Shaw’s zamindary in the Nabab’s dominions, on a fair and 
reasonable adjustment, taken either from a medium of the last four or five 
years, or from a new and equitable valuation. As this proposal tends 
equally to the advantage of the Nobabs collections, as to remove the evil 
which has so long been experienced in the Company’s District of Hussey- 
pur we are induced to recommend it to your consideration. In our corre¬ 
spondence some months ago with the Resident of the Nobab’s Court, we 
proposed this measure, but as it was not then consented to, we appre¬ 
hend the Fauzdar of Gorakhpur was referred to by His Excellency, and 
from the motives already mentioned prevailed on the Nobab to decline 
it. The usual valuation is about twenty-five thousand rupees, 
We are, 
Hon’ble Sir and Sirs, 
Your most obedient servants, 
(Sd.) Ewan Law. * 
„ Edw. Golding. 
„ Wm, Young. (Copy) 
