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8 Press List of Records of the Ludhiana Agency—1833.
9 No. and
10 date of
11 letter.
12 98rd April | Capt.
13 183
14 Cc. M.
15 Pol,
16 Lu-
17 Wade,
18 Agent,
19 dhidna,
20 W, H. Mac-
21 naghien, Esq.,
22 Secy. to Govt,
23 W. 4H. Mac-
24 naghten, Hsq.,
25 Secy. to Govt.
26 Capt, CG. M,
27 Wade, Pol,
28 Agent, on a
29 mission to La-
30 hore and Ba-
31 héwal per,
32 Subject,
33 Desire of Lu-
34 dhiana mer-
35 chants to es-
36 tablish com-
37 mercial rela-
38 tions with
39 Shikarpar.
40 Opening of na-
41 vigation of In-
42 dus and Sut-
43 lej.
44 Abstract,
45 248 |
46 Agent, Ludhidna, sends Mr, See-
47 retary Macnaghten ‘a copy of a
48 letter addressed to Lieutenant
49 Mackeson and of his reply in
50 connection with the instructions
51 issued to that officer on his de-
52 parture from Mithankot. Men-
53 tions the action taken by him in
54 connection with the Ludhiana
55 merchants who are anxious to
56 establish commercial relations
57 with Shikérpur and are bound
58 with a cargo of goods for that
59 place, Annexes extracts of letters
60 from Lieutenant Mackeson on
61 the subject, (C.)
62 ‘249 |) Mr. W. H. Macnaghten,
63 Secretary to Government, ac-
64 knowledges the receipt of letters
65 dated the 25th February, 3rd, 7th
66 and 19th March 1823* from Cap-
67 tain Wada, Political Agent,
68 Ludhiéna, on a mission to Lahore
69 end Bahawalpur. With refer.
70 ence to the letter of the 25th Feb-
71 ruary, Mr. Macnaghten states that
72 Lieutenant Mackeson will remain
73 until further ordersintha neigh-
74 bourhood of Mithankot for the
75 purposes indicated in connection
76 with the the opening of the navi-
77 gation of the Sutlej and Gharah,
78 Conveys tbe Governor-General’s
79 remarks on the draft treaty pre-
80 sented by the Nawab of Babdwal-
81 pur and requests Captain Wade
82 will endeavour to obtain the Nas
83 wab’s consent to the modifica-
84 tions proposed by His Lordship
85 in the llth, 12th and 18th ar-
86 ticles.
87 With reference to Captain Wade's
88 letter of the 8rd March, the
89 Nawab should be informed that
90 the Governor-General is so im-
91 pressed with the belief of his
92 sincere and entire devotion to
93 the interests of the British Gov-
94 ernment that no new proof of it
95 is required,
96 The measures proposed in Cap-
97 tain Wade's letter of the 7th
98 March are approved.
99 As regards Captain Wade’s letter
100 of the 17th March, Mr. Maonagh-
101 ten requests he will report the
102 names of the British Officers who
103 are said to have arrived at Bahé-
104 - walpur and. put the Nawab to
105 inconvenience in providing them
106 With a-dak to Mithankot, (0.)
107 # Vide Nos, 220, 230, 982 and 235 ante.
108 Page.
109 Captain Wade, Political | 79.8
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