A History of the Mahrattas v2.c35.1

v2.c35.1

(1774.)—THE Supreme Council in Bengal assumed the powers of general administration in the affairs of British India on the 20th October, 1774¹; and during the ensuing month addressed a letter to the Bombay Government, requiring an account of the state of that Presidency. This letter was received at Bombay on the 7th December, but as the President and members were then in the midst of preparations for the expedition to Salsette, they deferred the consideration of the Bengal letter until after the troops had proceeded on their destination, and sent no reply until the last day of the year.