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[Tuesday] Feb. 17

to the Natives, but that permission was delusive, for they laid so heavy a duty that no person would buy the Salt, but it perished in the Ware-Houses, and by that means the first large Balances accrued due to the Complainants.
The Bill states that the Company seized not only the Molungees or Salt Workers, but they also seized the Salt then lying at the Callaries which belonged to the Complainants.
The Course of the Trade was for the Salt to remain at the Callaries untill it was sold to the Native Merchants who were retail Dealers.
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