Papers received from Bombay forwarded to Henry Dundas by the Court of Directors.

(1) pp. i-ii, List of Contents. (In this List pp. 111-89 have been transferred to Persia, Vol. 21) (2) p. 1, T. Morton (Secretary to the East India Company) to Henry Dundas (Member of the Board of Control) 13th April 1785, Forwarding Papers received from Bombay. (3) p. 5, Statement of the Company's Debts, Bombay 1st Nov. 1784. (4) pp. 9-13, Intercepted Letter from Mons. Montigny (French Resident at Poona) to Mons. le Mareschal de Castries (Minister and Secretary of State, Versailles) 22nd -- 1784, Position of affairs amongst the Marathas, Designs of the British relative to the Indian Powers. (5) pp. 17-21, James Anderson (Resident with Sindia) to R. H. Boddam (Governor of Bombay) 13th Dec. 1784, Sindia and the Sidi, The Peshwa granted the management of Shah Alam's affairs as Vakil-ul-Mulk, but the whole actual power in the hands of Sindia as the Peshwa's representative. (6) pp. 25-32, 37, 71, Lists of Papers. (7) pp. 41-3, Lieut.-Col. John Campbell to Governor of Bombay, Tellicherry, 4th Feb. 1784, His reasons for surrendering Mangalore to Tipu Sultan. (8) pp. 45-56, Letters from Messrs. Anthony Sadleir, George Leonard Staunton and John Hudleston (Commissaries) to the Governor of Bombay (William Hornby and Rawson Hart Boddam) 10th Feb. to 18th March 1784, with, pp. 56-64, Treaty with Tipu Sultan 11th March 1784 (Printed in Aitchison, V, 263-6) and, pp. 64-8, Articles proposed to Tipu Sultan relative to the Presidency of Bombay 21st Feb. 1784 (not in Aitchison). (9) pp. 75-83, Proceedings of the Bombay Council 4th June 1784, Refusal to allow Brig.-Gen. Norman Macleod of the King's Service to assume command over the Company's troops, The General's consequent refusal to dine with the Governor, Lieut.-Col. Lawrence Nilson appointed Brigadier-General to give him superior rank to Brig.-Gen. Macleod. (10) pp. 87-100, Lists of Officers and men released by Tipu Sultan; p. 101, List of Officers not yet surrendered 2nd to 15th April 1784. (11) pp. 103-8, Letters from Brig.-Gen. Richard Mathews to Hyat Sahib Jemadar 28th Jan. to 15th Feb. 1783, Delivered by Mr. Sibbald to the Governor of Bombay.

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