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alow when it was finished.

bring alow

with reference to the propored new office

for the Banks

of

India about to be built bef phy intimate friend W. Chater, I should Explain that that gentleman urged me last

year to obtain leave from the Government

him

to Supervise its erection for a proporal

I could not entertain as it would have met

bitt

Your exfurst. Upon learning some Months afterwards that owing to his want

of confidence in Mr. Wilson, M. Chater was

to a native bricklayce to apply actually going for a plan. I begged his

acciplanee

Hinduesses to me and humil

return for many.

of a water colour drawing of a design for his proposed bank, together with some small love phict containing architectural

detail

delants, all of which were prepared by me at

home of an evening.

I avail huyself of

Though possibly irrelevant to the matter

(two opportunity

to bring to your knowledge the cricumstance of a dishonest Offer I acceived verbally from M. Pilson who subsequently repeated it in a letter which I

attack Indeavouring to obtain through the Agency of my friendship with Mr. Chater. the tallers patronage, holding out to are pecuniars inducements which be rush have known to

be in contravention of the terms of mus Government Engagement, and which I Summarily rejected by burning him out of

doors:

Thave re

(Signed) M. Dauks Привор