YOUR going about to the forts by yourself, and your investigating the accounts of the same, without being accompanied by the first Bukhshy, is not proper. Repair to Bangalore, and after finally settling the accounts of that fort, proceed with the first Bukhshy, and in conjunction with him, examine minutely into those of the other places [within your jurisdiction].
N. B. Several letters appear at this period, acknowledging the Sultan’s receipt of Nuzrs transmitted to him, in compliment to his recent victory over the Mahrattahs. In one of these, addressed to Râjah Râm Chundur, the Dewân of Bangalore, he approves of that officer’s having distributed sweet-meats on that occasion, and desires him to do the same thing in future.