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a pecuniary allowance to be received monthly, and the material political 
objection will by this mode be done away with. 
We have the honor to be, with respect, &c. 
(Sd.) J. Shore, 
Calcutta , the 28th October 1784. „ J. Evelyn. 
Extract from a letter to the Committee of Revenue , dated the 2nd 
November , 1784. 
Para 6 , 28th October , 1784. —We leave it to you to determine on 
Mohesh Dutt’s right by adopting, as you may think preferable, either of 
the alternatives you point out, or by rejecting both, only observing that 
should you think it advisable to invest him with the Zamindari of 
Husseypur, it would be done on the express conditions of his effectually 
suppressing the depredations of Futtay Shaw, and if possible, delivering 
up his person to Government within the term of one year, inserting a 
clause in his Sunnud that in the event of his failing in obtaining the 
ends either from negligence or such other cause, as shall be deemed 
unsatisfactory by Government upon a report thereof, which we direct 
you to make to us on the expiration of the present Behar year, he will 
subject himself to immediate dispossession, together with the loss of 
every other interest which he may hold in the land in question. 
Terri. Department , the 8th A ugust , 1820. 
(Sd.) W. Tilghman, 
Offg. Deputy Secretary to the Government. 
(A true copy). 
General. 
To 
Maharaja Chatterdharee Shahee, 
Maharaja of Hutwa. 
My Friend, 
I am in receipt of your petition, dated the 20fch ultimo, forward¬ 
ed by the Commissioner of Patna, and, in reply, have to offer you 
my acknowledgment for the loyalty and good feeling earned by you 
towards the Government. I have noticed with great satisfaction the 
willing assistance you have rendered to the local officers in the district 
