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And it appears highly probable that the instruments which accompanied
the said robes of investiture were made in a manner conformable to the
orders and directions of the board, and the conditions by them agreed
to; as the Rajah, who complained of the insufficiency of the robes, did
make no complaint of the insufficiency of the instruments, or of any
deviation in them from those he had formerly received from the Vizier.
_But a copy or duplicate of the said deeds or instruments were in some
manner surreptitiously disposed of, and withheld from the records of the
Company, and never were transmitted to the Court of Directors._
XIV. That several months after the said settlement and investiture,
namely, on the 15th of April, 1776, the Secretary informed the Court
that he had prepared a _sunnud_, _cabbolut_, and _pottah_ (that is, a
patent, an agreement, and a rent-roll) for Cheyt Sing's zemindary, and
the board ordered the same to be executed; but the Resident, on
receiving the same, did transmit the several objections made by the
Rajah thereto, and particularly to a clause in the patent, made in
direct contradiction to the engagements of the Council so solemnly and
repeatedly given, by which clause the former patents _are declared to be
null_.
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