Enclosures of letter to Her Majesty's Secretary of State for India, No.11, dated 15 January 1875: Nos. 3 to 45 of Abstract of Contents, from the Officiating Under-Secretary to the Government of India, Fort William [‎63v] (24/100)

q . What is the name of the Mussulman who has been in the habit of
visiting you at the Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. lately ?
A. He is called Kazee Dada Meeya. I do not know his father's name.
Kazee Dada Meeya lives in the city near the lines of one of the regiments.
He only used to visit me when the Rev. Mr. Taylor came to the Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India.
whom he used to visit. I do not know whether he is in the Maharaja's service
or not. I did not know him before he used to come here to visit Mr. Taylor.
I do not know why he first came to me instead of going to the Padree Saheb
direct. I know nothing about him except in connection with his visit to the
Padree.
I am acquainted with Salam, an Arab Sowar In the East India Company army and later Indian Army, an ordinary native cavalryman or mounted cavalryman. , a private servant of the
Maharaja. 1 have known him since the present Maharaja's time. Salam has
never come to my room in the Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. to sit, nor has he ever smoked with
me. He did not come to my room on Monday last, the 9th, about 9 a.m . I
saw him in the adjoining room to mine on Monday last about 9-30 a.m . He
called out to me, and I said that it was near breakfast time, and that I was
changing my clothes. Salam then left, no further conversation passed between
us on the morning in question.
Q.—Do you remember seeing the Assistant Resident return from shooting
at about 8-30 a.m . on the morning of Monday, the 9th instant, in question, and
were you not at that time sitting on the bench and talking to the Maharaja's
Arab Sowar In the East India Company army and later Indian Army, an ordinary native cavalryman or mounted cavalryman. Salam ?
A.—I did not see the Assistant Resident, and I was not talking to Salam.
Salam has never come to my house in the city. I have never seen Salam
talking with the old man Govind Baloo, who cleans out the Resident's private
office.
When my boxes were searched on Monday, the 9th instant. Government
Rupees Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf. 100 were found in one of them. I usually keep my money in the city
where my family is.
Q.—Do any other persons from the city except the Kazee above referred to
and Salam ever come to your quarters at the Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. ?
. A.—No one has ever come from the city to visit me.
Q.—If as you say the Arab Sowar In the East India Company army and later Indian Army, an ordinary native cavalryman or mounted cavalryman. Salam has never been in the habit of
visiting your quarters at the Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. , how came he to come to your quarters
and call out to you on Monday, the 9th instant ?
A.—1 cannot say why he came.
Q.—Do you ever go to the quarters of the old Hamal Govind ?
A.—I never go, and I have never sat smoking outside with him, in passing
I have enquired about his wife.
Q,.—Do you know how Govind Baloo came to put poison in my sherbet on
the morning of Monday, the 9th ?
A.—I did not see him do it, how can I tell.
I slept at the city on Sunday night, and returned to duty about 7 a.m . on
Monday, the 9th. I slept on Friday night, the 6th instant, in the city. Witness
corrects himself and states that on Friday night he slept in the Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. . I
also slept at the Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. on Thursday and Saturday night last.
Q.—Have you ever made pummelo sherbert for the Resident ?
A.—les, I have, when Abdoolla has not made it. I may have made it with
in the last week or ten days. I have never brought it to the Resident's room
myself. There was no special reason for my not bringing it. I may have
made the sherbet last Friday. I never put sugar into the sherbet.
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Exd.—J. D. G.