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But that was not true, for they had only 12 Patties the former year. When I came there I stopt the heaps &c Afterwards I went to the Cutcherry and inquired of Deft’s People about the Heaps, and they told me that they had sold them to Gocul Metre, and Gocul Metre’s people sold to Cossinant Muckerjee, who was then retailing it out. There were about 4 or 5 Bees in those Heaps – I came into the Purgunnah on the 10th of Bysack and stayed there till the 2d of Assar but my discharge came 5 days before I left it. While I was there there was about a Rupee of 2 Rupees worth of the Paddy sold to each of the Riots for their maintenance – I saw it sold and saw the money received for it – it was sold at the rate of 6 ½ Pollies for a Pupee. It was sold by Raugovinde Buxey.

Here ended the Examin in chief of this wts, and the day being far advanced his cross examination is deferred till Wednesday; for tomorrow being a Hindu holiday, on which it would be difficult to bring the Wtses in this cause to count, it is agreed to try 2 or 3 short causes in which most of the Wtses are Xtians.