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XXXII. That bullion, jewels, and goods, to the amount of five hundred
thousand pounds and upwards, were actually received by the Resident for
the use of the Company before the 23d of February, 1782; and there
remained on the said extorted bond no more than about twenty-five
thousand pounds, according to the statement of the eunuchs, and not
above fifty thousand according to that made by the Resident.
XXXIII. That, in this advanced state of the delivery of the extorted
treasure, the ministers of the women aforesaid of the reigning family
did apply to Captain Leonard Jaques, under whose custody they were
confined, to be informed of the deficiency with which they stood
charged, that they might endeavor, with the assistance of their friends,
to provide for the same, and praying that they might through his
mediation be freed from the hardships they suffered under their
confinement: to which application they received an insolent answer from
the said Richard Johnson, dated February 27th, 1782, declaring that part
of what he had received in payment was in jewels and bullion, and that
more than a month, the time fixed for the final payment, would elapse
before he could dispose of the same,--insisting upon a ready-money
payment, and assuring them "that the day on which their agreement
expired he should be indispensably obliged to recommence severities upon
them, until the last farthing was fully paid.
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