That Mr. Willes being appointed Resident, and having arrived at
Furruckabad on the 25th of February, 1784, with instructions to inquire
minutely into the state of the country and the ruling family, he, the
said Resident, Willes, in obedience thereto, did fully explain to him,
the Governor-General, the said Warren Hastings, (he being then out of
the Company's provinces, at Lucknow, on a delegation which respected
this very country, as part of the dependencies of Oude,) the situation
of the province of Furruckabad; but the said Warren Hastings did not
take or recommend any measure whatsoever for the relief thereof in
consequence of the said representation, nor even communicate to the
Council-General the said representation; and it was not until the 28th
of June, 1783 [1785?], that is, sixteen months from the arrival of the
Resident at his station, that anything was laid before the board
relative to the regulation or relief of the distressed country
aforesaid, and that not from the said Warren Hastings, but from other
members of the Council: which purposed neglect of duty, joined to the
preceding wilful delay of seven months in proposing the said relief
originally, caused near two years' delay.
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