" And the said Court of
Directors, in giving their orders for the restoration of the jaghires,
or for the payment of an equivalent through the Resident, did give this
order for the restoration of their estates as aforesaid on condition
that it should appear from inquiry that they were not guilty of the
practices charged upon them by the said Hastings. Mr. Stables, one of
the Council-General, did, in execution of the said conditional order,
propose an inquiry leading to the ascertainment of the condition, and
did enter a minute as follows: "That the Court of Directors, by their
letters of the 14th of February, 1783, seem not to be satisfied that the
disaffection of the Begums to this government is sufficiently proved by
the evidence before them; I therefore think that the late and present
Resident, and commanding officer in the Vizier's country at the time,
should be called on to collect what further information they can on this
subject, in which the honor and dignity of this government is so
_materially concerned_, and that such information may be transmitted to
the Court of Directors.
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