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 [‎90r] (79/100)

house of Salim Sowar In the East India Company army and later Indian Army, an ordinary native cavalryman or mounted cavalryman. , who got into the shigram and took us to the ITawalee,
and we all three were conducted by a private entrance to the presence of the
Maharaja, m I io was upstairs. r l he Maharaja, Salim, and the ayah talked
pi natch together tor about an hour; there was no other person present. We
returned 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. about 11 o'clock.
Ihe lollowing day I went to Yeswantrao Veala by direction of the ayah.
1 found Salim there, and he gave me llupees 200, and told me that 100
was for myself and 100 for the ayah. Yestwantrao was present at the time I
reeehed the money. I returned 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. and gave the 100 rupees Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf. to
the ayah in the presence of her husband.
Taken before me this day, the 21st December 1874.
(Sd.) P. H. S outer,
Commissoner of Police, Bombay.
F.
K arbhie P oon/abhie , Mussulman, age 25, hack shigram driver in the service of one Ram-
chunder llulwiee, residing in the Cantonment Bazar of Baroda, states:—
A boiit a year ago a man engaged my master's shigram to go into the town.
He came just about 6 o'clock in the afternoon and gave the order, and then
about half past 7 he returned and ordered the shigram which was got ready and
taken near to the school, where I stood the conveyance till the man went 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. and brought a woman, who I afterwards ascertained to be an ayah.
They both got into the shigram and ordered me to drive to the city. When we
got to the Champanaree Gate they both got out and ordered me to wait there
till their return. They came back about 11 o'clock, and I drove them to the
school again, where I was discharged, and they walked in the direction of 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. : the man paid me Rupees Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf. 1-8 as my fare.
The woman Ameena shown me sick in hospital just now is the ayah I took
to the city on the occasion referred to, and the man pointed out and callino-
himself Pizoo is the persoon who hired my master's bullock shigram, and who
accompanied the ayah.
Taken before me this day, the 24th December 1874.
(Sd.) F. H. S outer,
Commissioner of Police, Bombay.
Appendix G.
R owjeb bin R ama , Mahratta, age 24, Havfldar of Peons on the establishment of the Resi
dency at Baroda, states :—
A bout two months before the Commission sat at Baroda, Salim, Arab
sowar In the East India Company army and later Indian Army, an ordinary native cavalryman or mounted cavalryman. , who was in the constant habit of visiting 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. with His High
ness the Gaekwar, spoke to me and said that the Maharaja wished to see me.
1 agreed, and it was decided that I should go on the following Sunday and
meet him, Salim, at the house of Yeshwantrao about 8 o'clock at night. I
was taken before the Maharaja by Salim and Yeshwantrao by a private
entrance to the side of the Nuzzer Bagh. On being introduced to the Maharaja,
he asked me if I would agree to ke-'p him informed of all that went on at the
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