Excerpt from History of British India, Vol. 4

Deliberations on a new Plan for collecting the Revenue, and administering Justice. - Death of Colonel Monson, and Recovery by Mr. Hastings of the governing Power. - Plan by Mr. Hastings, for inquiring into the Sources of Revenue. - The Taxes levied by annual Settlements. - Resignation of Hastings, tendered by an Agent, whom he disowns. - Transactions of Mr. Hastings, in the cases of Mr. Middleton, Mr. Fowke, and Munny Begum. - The Directors, ordering the Transactions to be reversed, are disobeyed. - Relations with the Mahrattas. - A Detachment of the Bengal Army sent across India to Surat. Expedition from Bombay against Poona. - Unsuccessful. - Fruitless Negotiation with the Mahrattas. - Goddard's Campaign against the Mahrattas. - Connexion with the Ranna of Gohud. - Mr. Francis fights a Duel with Mr. Hastings, and returns to Europe.

The state of the regulations for collecting the revenue had for some time pressed upon the attention of the government.

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