nd are
therefore necessary to explain by what means a discovery was made of a
sum of money given by her to Mr. Hastings.

Mr. Goring's first letter from the city, dated 17th May, 1775, mentions,
among other particulars, the young Nabob's joy at being delivered out of
the hands of Munny Begum, of the mean and indigent state of confinement
in which he was kept by her, of the distress of his mother, and that he
had told Mr. Goring that the "Begum's eunuch had instructed the servants
not to suffer him to learn anything by which he might make himself
acquainted with business": and he adds, "Indeed, I believe there is
great truth in it, as his Excellency seems to be ignorant of almost
everything a man of his rank ought to know,--not from a want of
understanding, but of being properly educated."

On the 21st of May, Mr. Goring transmitted to the Governor-General and
Council an account of sums given by the Begum under her seal, delivered
to Mr. Goring by the Nabob in her apartments. The account is as follows.

Memorandum of Disbursements to English Gentlemen, from the
Nabob's Sircar, in the Bengal Year 1179.

+--------------------+
|Seal of Munny Begum,|
|Mother of the Nabob |
|Nudjuf ul Dowlah, |
|deceased. |
+--------------------+

To the Governor, Mr. Hastings, for an
entertainment 1,50,000

To Mr. Middleton, on account of an agreement
entered into by Baboo Begum 1,50,000
--------
Rupees 3,00,000

When this paper was delivered, the Governor-General moved that Mr.
Goring might be asked _how he came by it_, and _on what account this
partial selection was made by him_; also, that the Begum should be
desired _to explain the sum laid to his charge_, and that he should ask
_the Nabob or the Begum their reasons for delivering this separate
account_.

The substance of the Governor's proposal was agreed to.

Mr. Goring's answer to this requisition of the board is as follows.

"In compliance with your orders to explain the delivery of the paper
containing an account of three lacs of rup